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Bickering, Infertility Powder, Son (3)
T/N: Translated by Jen on Broken Jinsei! Please do not repost my translations! All translations outside of Broken Jinsei are stolen and reposted without permission!
The traveling doctor whose expression had been indifferent since entering, this while, suddenly revealed a smile. Li Hong Ming didn’t understand the meaning of this, but immediately after, just felt his arms and legs becoming weak, his head dizzy, his eyelids heavy. Prior to completely losing consciousness, he seemingly heard the traveling doctor’s words——–
“Wangye really is optimistic, trying to force a doctor to do something, yet still count on the other party to serve you? Are you not afraid of having your own life thrown in? However, wangye isn’t the first person to do this kind of thing to this old man either. In the future, wangye should remember this lesson.” After saying this, the traveling doctor looked to the pile of people collapsed on the floor, and dust his sleeves, picking up his medicine case, leaving neither slowly nor quickly.
Just as Noble Consort Su had said, if this person didn’t have means of self-preservation, then how could he just let others freely decide the place of meeting.
Previously, it’s not that Noble Consort Su didn’t warn Li Hong Ming, but unfortunately, Li Hong Ming simply didn’t take it seriously, having the traveling doctor treated the same as the imperial physicians, underestimating the traveling doctor’s abilities and also overestimating his own position in these people’s hearts. He believed that for a mere commoner, he absolutely wouldn’t dare to do anything to him, a qinwang of the imperial court. Yet, in the end, he was met with unexpected failure.
The traveling doctor just that boldly strutted out of the Su Manor. Even if getting seen by the servants, they also didn’t dare to block.
The traveling doctor also wasn’t heavy with his hand, so in less than half an hour after he left, the people in the room just woke up one after another.
Li Hong Ming’s complexion was terrifyingly gloomy. He was very clear, this time, he’d really been careless. If the other party had harbored malicious intent, then he would have unknowingly died. Even if having suffered in Li Hong Yuan’s hands before, it still wasn’t this big.
He did send people out to search first thing, but this matter, he simply didn’t dare to attract attention. First setting aside the fact that the other party’s methods can be considered unpredictable, the other party even held onto information against him. In the end, it naturally was fruitless. In fact, they didn’t even find a single person resembling him.
In the end, Li Hong Ming left the Su Manor with a dark and heavy expression, entering the palace to go see Noble Consort Su.
Learning the final outcome, Noble Consort Su’s complexion wasn’t much better than Li Hong Ming’s. In this moment, she truly felt it was retribution, or perhaps should say retaliation. Why wasn’t it anything else, yet just had to be infertility powder, infertility powder! “Did you ask when you got poisoned?”
Rui Qinwang Manor hasn’t had good news in more than a year already. To say it was long, it wasn’t that long, but it wasn’t considered short either. That’s why, it was possible to have gotten poisoned at any point in time. Just deducing on his own, it was for the most part impossible to find the culprit.
Li Hong Ming’s face stiffened for a moment, “Asking consort mother to please forgive.”
Noble Consort Su endured, not having the teacup in hand smashed, “Ming’er, what should consort mother say about you? You neglected to take precautions, not even knowing when you got poisoned, and now, even losing your composure, not having this consort’s words taken to heart. With you like this, how can you still scheme for the great cause, you’re practically…………”
“This son already can’t have children anymore, what’s there to scheme for, might as well………..”
“Shut up!” Noble Consort Su sternly shouted. Her suppressed anger, because of Rui Qinwang’s sulky attitude, thoroughly erupted, nearly having the cup in hand smashed onto Li Hong Ming’s head. “Might as well what? If we don’t scheme for the throne, then all of us might as well just end ourselves right now. In any case, in the end, it’s also just dying.”
Rui Qinwang’s body shook, deeply inhaling a breath, forcibly stabilizing his state of mind, “Apologies consort mother, this son momentarily lost one’s bearings.”
“Didn’t that doctor also say, it’s not completely impossible for you to have children. You’re certainly someone favored by the heavens. In a few days, just announce to the outside that your wife is once again pregnant, already more than a month. After nine months, she will certainly give birth to an eldest di son for you. As for those absurd things you’ve been doing with the women by your side recently, all cease for this consort. How it was in the past will be how it is in the future. Have everything cleaned up nicely. You know what the outcome will be if this matter gets leaked out.”
TN: All translations outside of Broken Jinsei are stolen and reposted without permission!
Rui Qinwang already understood his own consort mother’s meaning, faking a pregnancy and borrowing a child, although he was still reluctant to give up inside, “Consort mother, if this son work a little harder, perhaps…………..”
“Shut up, you’ve worked hard for that long, yet was there any results? Never mind that there’s none, your spirit is even that lacking. You think your imperial father and the court officials are all blind? If this continues, your imperial father will be thoroughly disappointed with you, and the court officials that support you will also be disappointed. When that time comes, even if you give birth to a son, what use is there? Once all the dust has settled, there’s plenty of time for you to produce a child.”
Rui Qinwang knew that what Noble Consort Su said was true, and he indeed doesn’t have the time to waste on women. The matter at present was the most important right now, and consort mother’s method was indeed the most suitable, although there exist a very large risk. After all, if discovered, none of them will be able to escape, and moreover, will no longer have the chance to crawl up again. After all, muddying the imperial bloodline, that was a serious crime among serious crimes.
“This son will listen to consort mother.”
“That is for the best.” Noble Consort Su closed her eyes, “Why don’t you go back first.”
“Yes, this son will take one’s leave.”
Once Li Hong Ming was gone, Noble Consort Su’s whole face turned malevolent, as if an evil spirit. For the first time, she thoroughly lost her bearing, having the palace hall violently smashed, venting the melancholic anger inside. “The infertility powder still has a trace of possibility to produce a child…………” Noble Consort Su didn’t know whether she should rejoice at this possibility, or resent.
When her foster son first hit puberty, she just let someone give him infertility powder. That’s why, all these years, even if he’s had countless women by his side, there has never been any ‘good news’. Towards this, she was never surprised in the slightest. And her foster son didn’t wish for his son’s birth mother to be of low status, so has never let those women give birth, which just so happened to save her a lot of troubles. Yet, in the end, she learned that the infertility powder can’t really make someone thoroughly infertile. Even if the probability was extremely low, it still meant that her foster son can still produce a child at any time.
Then, her doing that much, what did it count as? She wholeheartedly treated her foster son, to the point where even she herself completely believed that she had him viewed as her own, no different from her other two children. It has always been like this. But now? These mother-son feelings just instantly emerged with a giant crack from her side, uncontrollably just wanting to poison him again, and kill Luo-shi.
In this moment, she was glad that her foster son’s fate was that rigid. The fewer the women by his side, the easier it’ll be to take care of cleanly. Fine, since Luo-shi was easily jealous, then she’ll just help her, thoroughly solidifying the fact that this foster son of hers will curse all women close to him aside from Luo-shi, who was perfectly matched with his fate. It was best if another one doesn’t appear.
Thus, without a doubt, the topic regarding Li Hong Yuan ‘cursing wives’ that originally hadn’t died down yet, now further escalated a level.
When Li Hong Yuan received the news, he was completely unconcerned. Su-shi, that woman, regardless of what her intent was, it was nevertheless true that she’d helped him in this matter.
However, Jing Wan failed to understand exactly what Noble Consort Su wanted to do.
This while, Li Hong Yuan didn’t hide either, directly having the truth behind the infertility powder told to Jing Wan.
Whenever Jing Wan recall her own husband’s bitter experiences, she just greatly heartached, even if Noble Consort Su didn’t really succeed, “Because Noble Consort Su thought that she’d successfully poisoned you, that’s why it’s better for me to not get pregnant for the time being. But what about now? Since she already knows that it’s actually possible to have a child, then is it possible for her to do something crazy?”
“Something crazy? I will let her truly become mad!” Li Hong Yuan heavily landed the chess piece in hand.
In this lifetime, Su-shi indeed failed, because he knew, thus avoided. But, in the past life, he was genuinely affected by the infertility powder. Although it wasn’t thoroughly becoming infertile, but it was still more or less the same. That remaining bit of possibility truly was limitlessly approaching zero. When he learned of this matter from Su-shi’s mouth, he just never thought that he would have children. However, in the end, he had a son, even given birth to by the woman he loved the most. He sometimes felt that he sure enough was favored by the heavens. After all, they had only ever made love once.
Yet, the heavens just had to take her away.
Li Hong Yuan stared at Jing Wan. Because of the infertility powder, it once again evoked his deepest and darkest memory.
In this moment, his memories and reality even began to blur a little, making him somewhat unable to distinguish between the two.
Before his eyes, for a moment it was seemingly the current her, smiling like a flower, yet a moment later, it was seemingly the her from his past life, wasted away on her dying breath, using the remaining strength in her arms to hand him her child, telling him, “Wangye, child, yours.”
Even if at that time, Li Hong Yuan didn’t know the actual effects of the infertility powder, he still never once doubted that the child was his, and further didn’t suspect Jing Wan of deliberately deceiving him for the sake of letting her child live better.
At the time, he held the child in one hand, and tightly held her in the other. There wasn’t a trace of emotion on his face, just endlessly muttering, “Don’t die, don’t die, don’t die……………..”
Afterwards, Li Hong Yuan slowly endured through that period of time, and only then realizing clearly that during that period of time, he was truly on the verge of breakdown and madness. What made him endure perhaps was just Jing Wan’s wishes prior to death. And perhaps it was because she’d made out his state, she thus, in the very end, endlessly reminded………..
That good imperial father of his, he originally didn’t plan on killing him, but in the end, he personally had him chopped up, literally chopping up.
And all related people, he didn’t let a single one go. The entire imperial palace reeked with blood, seemingly as if unable to wash clean no matter what. At that time, no one was able to wake him. In the end, someone had his son carried before him. Hearing the child’s crying sound, he seemingly heard Jing Wan’s voice again. It’s also no wonder he was very skilled with holding children now. In reality, that child, for a very long period of time, he’d personally taken care of, not leaving his side in the slightest.
“Ah Yuan, Ah Yuan, what’s wrong, don’t scare me, Ah Yuan………….”
Li Hong Yuan returned to his senses. Before his eyes was the Wan Wan that was as beautiful as a flower, his legitimately wedded wife. She was still perfectly alive, currently staring at him with a worried look. Li Hong Yuan reached out, having her tightly embraced, “Wan Wan, I won’t let anyone harm you, absolutely won’t. Whoever dares to touch a single hair of yours, I will make them regret living in this world.”
Jing Wan right now didn’t care about this. She just wanted to know, exactly what was wrong with her husband. In that moment just now, he was practically just like a demon that walked out from hell stepping on a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood, making one tremble in terror.
However, what Jing Wan truly worried about was still his body. His face was as white as paper, his temples drenched in sweat. His condition was very bad.
“I’m fine, just thought of certain things, momentarily becoming somewhat possessed, don’t worry.”
Just now, it was truly too scary, so how could Jing Wan not worry, “Then call Gong Jiu over for a look?”
“Fine.” If able to let her relax, it was merely taking the pulse.
However, Li Hong Yuan nevertheless had Jing Wan tightly confined in his arms. He still hadn’t completely recovered. Without her, perhaps he would continue to be affected by those negative emotions.
Jing Wan also didn’t plan on leaving, lightly stroking his back, again and again.
Gong Jiu came very quickly. Seeing Li Hong Yuan’s condition, he immediately understood the situation. This condition of master’s actually wasn’t rare. And Eunuch Mu who was to the side was even more clear. Ever since master turned ten, this situation would all appear a few times every year. At first, it was still relatively frequent, seemingly happening every month, only slowly reducing afterwards. Although, ever since getting engaged with wangfei, they for the most part didn’t see it again, just never thought that it would once again relapse today, even coming in a violent wave.
Actually, Li Hong Yuan right now was quite dangerous. He was only ever harmless towards Jing Wan.
Gong Jiu endured the terrifying feeling coming from his master, and took Li Hong Yuan’s pulse as discreetly as possible, afterwards silently retreating, “Replying to wangfei, wangye doesn’t have any problems and will be fine after resting a little.”
Jing Wan still wanted to ask the specifics, but Li Hong Yuan turned to kiss her, drawing over her attention, saying with a smile, “This husband already said that one is fine, Wan Wan doesn’t believe? En?”
Knowing that his condition wasn’t right, Jing Wan didn’t bicker with him either.
The people to the side very perceptively left, not daring to disturb.
Li Hong Yuan right now was already much better, but he wasn’t able to completely recover that quickly.
Actually, towards that son of his from the past life, his feelings were very complicated. On one hand, that was the only thing Jing Wan left for him, carrying both their blood, but at the same time, he also knew, because of that child, Jing Wan in the end had to endure that great of a burden on her body. He even once thought that if not for that child, perhaps Jing Wan wouldn’t have………..died.
Aside from that period of time in the very beginning, he gave that child the best of everything, but their father-son relationship actually wasn’t close.
T/N: I feel like this is the chapter most people are waiting for. I hope that this clears up some the bad spoilers out there. And so yes, Li Hong Yuan’s only child in the past life was with Jing Wan, because of a literal miracle since he was practically infertile. No idea how some people ended up with spoilers saying Li Hong Yuan’s child wasn’t with Jing Wan………….
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wow that was one f***** revelation, really satisfying
I’m fucking crying (๑⃙⃘ ˃̶͈̀ロ˂̶͈́)੭ु⁾⁾