After his wife and daughter died tragically, the scumbag prince's hair turned white overnight

Chapter 137 Treating the Old Princess’ Legs

After entering Ronghui Hall, Kang was still sitting in the same posture as after meeting Yu Yuexi.

There was a faint stench in the air, which could not be covered up even with the use of sandalwood.

Shen Muxi and Gu Xiaoxiao bowed respectfully to Kang.

Kang raised his hand casually, and his eyelids slightly lifted. His gaze first moved around Shen Muxi, and then fell on Gu Xiaoxiao, who was almost sticking to Shen Muxi.

"Everyone, get up."

Gu Xiaoxiao obeyed, but Shen Muxi knelt in front of Kang and did not move.

"Please, mother-in-law, give me and my daughter a clear way out."

Kang's expression changed slightly, "Shen, what are you talking about?"

Shen Muxi lowered his head and said nothing.

Kang glanced at Gu Xiaoxiao, who was standing next to Shen Muxi and looking at her timidly.

As expected, he grew up among the common people and has no dignity at all.

Kang was inexplicably upset.

"Madam Su."

"The old slave is here."

"Send the young lady back to Bishuiyuan."

Shen Muxi suddenly looked up and met Kang's cold gaze. He murmured slightly, but finally lowered his head again and acquiesced to Kang's arrangement.

Gu Xiaoxiao didn't cry or make a fuss, and obediently let Mrs. Su lead her away.

The incense in the hall mixed with the stench of rotting meat, forming a strange smell.

Kang looked at Shen Muxi without even raising his eyebrows.

"Didn't you run away before? Why is Baba coming back and kneeling in front of me now?"

There was contempt in her casual voice.

Shen Muxi looked embarrassed and said nothing.

Kang had an expression that said, "I knew it would be like this," and there was a bit more contempt in his eyes when he looked at Shen Muxi.

"I didn't want to bother with you two, but since you're back and asking for help, I might as well put the ugly words in front of you.

Now that Shi'er has married, there are some things you can't covet."

A look of humiliation gradually appeared on Shen Muxi's face, but she endured it silently, her calloused hands tightly grasping the exquisitely embroidered cuffs.

"I know, daughter-in-law, I beg mother-in-law...old princess, to have mercy on me."

After saying this, she bowed deeply again.

Kang originally thought that Shen Muxi would come this time with the so-called prescription in her hand to negotiate with her and ask her to help her regain the position of Su's wife.

Unexpectedly, she knelt in front of her so humbly.

Looking back a few months ago, when Shen Muxi just returned to the palace, she condescended to invite her to Ronghui Hall and mentioned to her that she could be a concubine. She still firmly declared that it was impossible for her to be a concubine.

Now, after only a few months away from home, it seems as if all his edges have been smoothed out, and he looks cowardly.

He slowly let out the anger in his heart, and the feeling of cowardice in his heart when he saw Yu Yuexi also subsided a lot.

"Tell me, what do you want?"

"Daughter-in-law..." Shen Muxi's words seemed to be stuck in her throat, as if she was embarrassed to say it. After a while, she spoke with difficulty, "Daughter-in-law wants to stay in the Rongjun Palace so that Xiaoxiao can have a good background."

It's that simple?

Kang intuitively felt that this was definitely not a simple matter.

"For such a small matter, you can just tell Shi'er. Why bother making this trip?"

Shen Muxi smiled bitterly, "Old Princess, don't you know..."

Under Kang's inquiring gaze, Shen Muxi told him half truthfully about the difficulties she had faced after leaving Prince Rong's Mansion, and expressed her sincere wish to stay in the mansion with Gu Xiaoxiao.

Finally, she told Gu Shi everything about his plan to make her his mistress.

The matter of having a mistress was something Kang had never expected.

Officials in Beichen would be impeached even for lingering in brothels.

What is the difference between keeping a concubine and tying your official career to a woman?

"Sometimes I get confused."

She cursed Gu Shi in a low voice and threw the soft pillow at Shen Muxi.

"You don't want to be a good concubine, but you want to be a concubine. How could you be so depraved?"

Before he could finish his words, a soft pillow flew out, but Shen Muxi dodged it by kneeling down and kowtowing.

"Old Princess, calm down... Your daughter-in-law doesn't even want to be a concubine, let alone a mistress? But... but... The prince is my husband, and Xiaoxiao is the child I carried for ten months and gave birth to with great difficulty. How can I bear to leave the palace?"

Kang's eyes narrowed slowly, "So what you mean is..."

"Since it concerns the reputation of the prince and Xiaoxiao's identity, I naturally cannot agree to it. Therefore, I ask the prince to give me three days to consider..." At this point, Shen Muxi seemed to have made a great decision and bit her lip lightly, "If... If the old princess has mercy on me and takes me in to serve her, I am willing to stay in the palace as a slave without any name or status, just to be with the prince and see Xiaoxiao grow up safely..."

After saying this, she fell to the ground helplessly, covering her face and crying bitterly.

It was rare that Kang didn't get angry with her.

A pair of slender eyes flashed with a sharp light, and soon returned to normal.

"I thought you were ungrateful, but I didn't expect you to be so difficult."

She sighed slightly, as if she was very helpless, and waved her hand at her, "I'm not that kind of unkind person, but I never keep idle people here."

Shen Muxi stopped crying, and her eyes, filled with water, showed a hint of pity.

She quietly looked at the elegantly dressed Kang.

It is true that wealth and honor nourish people.

Amidst the pile of gold and jade, even a cunning person like Kang seemed to have a bit more compassion.

It's rare for her to be so easy to talk to.

Of course, this kind of "easy to talk to" has a prerequisite.

"Do you really have a way to restore my leg?"

Before Shen Muxi even had time to say anything, Kang took the initiative to ask.

"What will you do if you can't recover?"

Shen Muxi fell to the ground again, his eyes filled with hesitation.

“There is a way, but…”

"But what?"

Kang asked anxiously. Right now, nothing was more important to her than restoring her right leg.

"Let me put it in front of you. If you can cure my leg, I will give you a chance to stay by my side and serve me. As for Xiaoxiao..."

Kang paused deliberately, and when she saw Shen Muxi looking at her nervously, she raised her chin towards her arrogantly, "Xiaoxiao is also the flesh and blood of my Rongjunwang Mansion after all. As her grandmother, I will naturally not treat her unfairly."

Shen Muxi was immediately grateful, "Thank you, old princess."

"Don't talk too much for now," Kang raised her hand to stop her from standing up, "Is there any way to treat my leg?"

Her eyes were staring at Shen Muxi, as if she could drive him away at any time if he said something unpleasant.

Shen Muxi didn't say anything else, but knelt down and crawled humbly to Kang's legs.

After apologizing, he personally lifted up Kang's right trouser leg, which had not yet scabbed over and was emitting a foul smell.

The stench of decay and stink hit Shen Muxi in the face, and it almost made her eyes tear up.

The smell was so strong that the servants guarding outside couldn't help but frown slightly.

Kang couldn't bear it any longer and pinched his nose.