Chapter 88.2 - Hatred Born of Jealousy (1/2)
With a cold sneer, Luo Qing Shuang replied, “What, don’t tell me that you truly have never thought about it? You’re a respectable Fifth Prince, but His Majesty simply doesn’t like you. Don’t tell me that you’re actually perfectly happy to live under people all of your life, looking on helplessly as your oldest brother inherits the throne, to finally sink into the life of an idle prince, sullen for a lifetime until death?”
Nangong Chen was filled with astonishment as he looked at the woman before him. He didn’t expect that the Luo Qing Shuang who formerly only knew of riches and glory, pleasure and acting spoiled, jealous in love, actually became so unfamiliar. Did she know what she was saying? If these words were to spread, he’s afraid the entire Fifth Prince’s Mansion would be turned upside down.
Grabbing her wrists with an iron grip, Nangong Chen’s complexion became increasingly unsightly, saying between gritted teeth, “These are matters for men to deal with. You women should care less about them. You only need to properly nurture your fetus and give birth to the child properly, that’s enough. You don’t need to bother with anything else and are also forbidden from taking part in them. Do you hear!”
“Child? Do I still have mood to care about a child?” Luo Qing Shuang was aggrieved and inconsolable, tears already flowing down. “You don’t know how I was humiliated today? And how my mother was also humiliated? This is the first time I’ve felt so vexed in my life, so vexed that I wanted to die, did you know that?”
Almost screaming through her sobs, her voice hissed and cracked. “Luo Qing Luan, that loathsome girl. Relying on the fact that she’s marrying Nalan Ye, she actually chastised my mother for being a concubine who failed to have a son and even wanted my mother to dance for her. She’s taking my mother to be a lowly performer. Even more so, she was humiliating me!”
“Chen, I’m indeed your Imperial Side Consort. You’re a stately Fifth Prince. Why is it that Luo Qing Luan dared to humiliate me? Wasn’t it because she relied on the Prince of Chu’s power! That Nalan Ye basically is not someone from the royal family, yet struts about even grander than a prince. Why is that, what does he count as!”
Forcibly shaking Nangong Chen’s hand, Luo Qing Shuang wept as she vented, not caring about anything else. “Chen, if you’re a man, you should take back everything that belongs to you! You’re a prince, you’re His Majesty’s son. How can an outsider like Nalan Ye step on you under his foot? As long as you’re willing, I can do anything for you. I’m willing to pay any price. As long as you can ascend to that position! I don’t want to be looked down upon. I don’t want to be humiliated again!”
After letting everything out in a breath, Luo Qing Shuang seemed as if she’d lost all of her strength, nearly falling to the ground paralyzed.
Nangong Chen listened with fury rocketing, depression and boredom suddenly changed into a raging fury. He quickly supported Luo Qing Shuang, expression already as dark as the bottom of a pan.
Nalan Ye! It’s Nalan Ye again!
If it wasn’t for him, last time, when facing Imperial Father, how would the matter of him marrying a principal consort forcibly be turned into taking in a concubine? Nalan Ye was slapping his face, looking down upon him. Otherwise, how could he have taken him lightly like that!
“Qing Shuang, did you return to the General’s Mansion today?” Nangong Chen asked apathetically and had Luo Qing Shuang tell him everything that happened today.