Reborn as the Crippled King's Beloved-Chapter 46 - : Did the Prince Go to Suppress Bandits?

Chapter 46: Chapter 46: Did the Prince Go to Suppress Bandits?

Murong Jiu had already been pregnant for over two months.

In her past life, she started suffering from morning sickness around this time too, no, it was even earlier; depressed and resentful, she began to experience morning sickness quite early.

Back then, everyone in the Prince Mansion knew that the Prince had not touched her, and seeing her vomiting like that, various rumors started spreading for a while.

Jun Yuyan came to inquire, and she truthfully told him that she was carrying the Second Prince’s child and asked for a divorce.

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Jun Yuyan agreed.

At that time, the two of them were not well acquainted. On their wedding day, right in front of Jun Yuyan, she declared that she would marry no one but the Second Prince, and since then, Jun Yuyan had never stepped into Qiyun Courtyard again.

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So this was the second time she saw him.

He was a true gentleman. Even though there was an open and secret struggle with the Second Prince, he never made things difficult for her, a mere woman. When she asked for a divorce, he agreed to go to the palace and request it officially.

However, he was punished due to the remnants of the former dynasty’s issues, sentenced to a half-month of reflection, and could not enter the palace to see the Emperor until after that half-month.

Yet, he suppressed all the rumors within the Prince Mansion and prevented her pregnancy from leaking outside, preserving her dignity fully.

Later, she encountered Jun Yuyan twice in the garden, by then she was already suffering from severe morning sickness and couldn’t stay cooped up in her room. The medicine used to mask her body odor was also ineffective because using it too much made her condition worse.

Perhaps it was due to the strong scent on her; Jun Yuyan’s expression changed the last time he saw her.

With her face obscured by a mask, she couldn’t see clearly.

Fearing that he might misunderstand her use of scent as an attempt to seduce him, she hurriedly left and tried not to appear wherever he might pass by afterward.

Yet the divorce was never successful, perhaps Jun Haoze interfered, not wanting her to get the divorce, hoping instead that she would continue to disgust Jun Yuyan and tarnish his reputation.

But even without the divorce, Jun Yuyan never mistreated her; she still received the treatment of a Princess Consort in the mansion, and the talkative servants never gossiped in front of her.

When she gave birth, Jun Yuyan was outside the birthing room.

When Murong Jiu was so nauseated she could no longer vomit and sat gasping for air in a chair, memories of her past life flashed through her mind.

She thought she could delay the reaction a bit longer this time, but she didn’t expect such severe morning sickness so soon.

All things considered, she had only been married into the Prince Mansion for about twenty days.

It couldn’t be hidden anymore.

Soon, the servants in the Prince Mansion would likely start whispering about her again.

She could not let Jun Yuyan carry the stain of being called “Cuckolded Prince” anymore. Murong Jiu suddenly stood up, “Chun Tao, help me see the Prince.”

“Miss, you are too weak to see the Prince now. You should rest in bed first.”

Chun Tao, though slow to react, realized her mistress must be pregnant otherwise she wouldn’t be vomiting this badly, and remembering her mistress’s recent lack of appetite, her face also turned pale.

Murong Jiu worried that the news had already spread, as her retching was quite loud. By this time, the servants in the mansion should have started to gossip.

However, what she feared did not occur.

Unbeknown to her, when she began to retch, Zhou Chen, the Hidden Guard protecting her in secret, had already driven away the servants who came to clean and even knocked out Bai Aoshuang and Zhen Zhu in the courtyard.

The only one who knew about her morning sickness reaction was Chun Tao.

Zhou Chen called over Murong Jiu’s two guards and told them to stay at Qiyun Courtyard, then hurried to see his master.

Unexpectedly, the master had already woken up and was frowning while reading in the study room as if he hadn’t slept much all night.

Seeing him appear, his master asked in surprise, “Zhou Chen, did something happen to the Princess Consort?”

Zhou Chen hurriedly told him about how Murong Jiu was struggling with intense vomiting.

Jun Yuyan quickly stood up, “She hadn’t reacted before, why is she suddenly feeling so unwell? What did she eat before bed?”

Zhou Chen shook his head, “I was only guarding outside the courtyard and am not sure why the Princess Consort is experiencing morning sickness. However, it seems she had a nightmare, as I heard her crying out in her sleep.”

He was highly skilled in martial arts with exceptional hearing, and in the quiet of the night, he heard the Princess Consort waking up with a low gasp as she sat up.

Jun Yuyan frowned deeply, thinking of going to Qiyun Courtyard, but it was still too early, and dawn had not fully broken; it would be inappropriate for him to go rashly.

Zhou Chen had already “cleared” Qiyun Courtyard, so there was no need to worry about her pregnancy being discovered. If it weren’t for the early hour and fear of gossip, he could openly announce her pregnancy.

“Have the kitchen slowly simmer some light porridge.”

Zhou Chen nodded and left.

Jun Yuyan paced back and forth in his study, and as soon as the sky started to lighten, he immediately went to Qiyun Courtyard.

Zhou Chen had been heavy-handed; Zhen Zhu and Bai Aoshuang were still unconscious in the side room, oblivious to everything, so when Jun Yuyan arrived, they knew nothing.

Chun Tao was considerably startled, her anxiety evident on her face.

Jun Yuyan, as if unaware, looked at Murong Jiu. Her face was pale, and her normally plump, rosy lips now lacked color.

“Prince, you’re here.”

Murong Jiu was surprised. Although they usually had breakfast together, it was never this early. Did he know about her morning sickness?

Jun Yuyan said, “I have to leave the city for some business today, so I came early to have a meal.”

So that was it. She nodded, then sat down at the table with Jun Yuyan.

It was painful when she vomited, and after throwing up, she felt hungry and needed to eat something to feel better; otherwise, it would be even more uncomfortable.

The kitchen brought over some light rice porridge and refreshing pickles. Murong Jiu managed only a small bowl before she couldn’t eat any more, and looking at the breakfast on the table made her feel sick again.

Jun Yuyan also put down his utensils and waved his hand to have the meal cleared away.

Murong Jiu, though slow to notice, could see Jun Yuyan’s care for her. She pursed her lips and said, “Thank you, Prince.”

Chun Tao, who had been worried that her mistress might vomit again, listened, puzzled.

Jun Yuyan said, “There’s no need for thanks.”

“Your master will be back in the Capital City by the day after tomorrow at the latest.”

He told Murong Jiu the good news, hoping it would lift her spirits and make her feel better.

Bright lights flashed in Murong Jiu’s eyes, and joy was evident on her face.

Indeed, Jun Yuyan had business outside the city and didn’t stay long before leaving. Chun Tao let out a long sigh of relief, thankful that her mistress hadn’t vomited in front of the Prince.

“Chun Tao, go and inform the coachman that I want to go out of the mansion to clear my mind.”

Murong Jiu, with her previous life’s experience with morning sickness, knew that moving around in a spacious and bright place could alleviate her symptoms.

Although Prince Mansion also had such places, she didn’t want others to find out.

She feared, like in her previous life, her two children would be called bastards, and she also feared tarnishing the Prince’s reputation.

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“Brother Yan, why are you so distracted today? I called you several times and you didn’t respond!”

On horseback, Su Kai, holding a whip, spoke loudly and annoyed.

Jun Yuyan turned his head to glance at him, then suddenly spurred his horse, and the chestnut steed charged out like the wind.

“Wait for me, Brother Yan!”

Su Kai hurriedly urged his horse to follow, with the procession of guards quickening their pace behind him.

The horse hooves kicked up dust on the narrow path.

That afternoon, while Murong Jiu was sitting in Manager Chai’s rice shop drinking tea, she heard outside shouts of “Prince Ling hunting bandits!” and “severed heads!”

Jun Yuyan went to hunt bandits?

That had never happened in her previous life!