roccoschili Chapter 137: Skills of Quarreling
Chapter 137: Skills of Quarreling
Li Ce brought his men to Yichun Palace.
However, he was stopped at the temple gate.
"Your Highness, please stop."
Xiuchun stretched out her arms and blocked the door, scaring the other palace servants out of their wits.
How dare you stop the master! Are you trying to kill yourself?
Before Li Ce could react, Mi'er, who was following Xiuchun, spoke up.
"Please forgive me, Your Highness. Liangdi said that she was not feeling well and went to bed early. Your Highness, please come back in a few days!"
Even Eunuch Wang was shocked.
What happened to the people in Yichun Palace today?
Are you all crazy?
Xiuchun and Mier mustered up the courage to speak, and after they finished speaking, both of them had a stern expression, ready to be punished at any time.
But no one expected that Li Ce not only did not get angry, but laughed instead.
"She's sick? I think she's just trying to be mad at me! When did she ever act like a little girl? Get out of the way."
Li Ce waved his hand, and Eunuch Wang quickly signaled to the two people behind him, asking them to go forward and pull Xiuchun and Mier apart.
Mi'er still refused to leave.
Li Ce ignored her and pushed the door open and walked in.
The room was pitch black, with no lights on. Only a thin layer of moonlight came in through the window, casting a white haze on the ground.
Li Ce walked through the floor-length curtains, into the inner room, and lifted the gauze curtains on the bed.
He saw Jiang Wanyue with her back to him, hugging the quilt with her eyes closed.
He sat down on the edge of the bed and reached out to touch Jiang Wanyue's back.
"Really asleep?"
Jiang Wanyue didn't respond.
Li Ce smacked his lips and suddenly a hand slipped under the quilt.
Jiang Wanyue dodged.
Li Ce pulled his hand back and patted her.
"Don't pretend to be asleep. It's my fault for what happened today. I apologize. Isn't that enough?"
Now Jiang Wanyue couldn't pretend any longer, so she sat up slowly, still holding the quilt, and glared at Li Ce.
Her eyes were red and seemed to be glaring fiercely, but in Li Ce's eyes, she was just like a harmless little white rabbit.
"You're already a mother, and you're still hiding in your bed crying secretly?"
Li Ce hooked the tip of her nose.
Jiang Wanyue wiped the tip of her nose in embarrassment, snorted, turned her head away, and said nothing.
"I've already apologized, what else do you want?" Li Ce said again.
It would be fine if you didn't say it, but once you say it, it's like stirring up a hornet's nest.
Jiang Wanyue turned her head quickly and poked Li Ce's chest with her index finger.
"Your Highness, are you apologizing? How come I didn't see that? But it's true. Your Highness is the crown prince, the one I've been waiting for, and I'm just a lowly concubine. Is that worthy of Your Highness' apology? Whatever Your Highness does is right. Even if it's wrong, it's my fault."
She said a lot in one breath.
The more Li Ce listened, the more his brows furrowed.
"Speak nicely. It's not like you to be so sour."
Jiang Wanyue's eyes turned red and were filled with moisture.
"You are still mean to me...Your Highness has no regard for me at all."
She hugged her knees and started crying.
The tears quickly soaked her sleeves and then stained the quilt, wetting a large area.
Li Ce was overwhelmed.
"Why are you crying all of a sudden? Stop crying, I'm not mean to you!"
He wanted to pull Jiang Wanyue's hand away and ask her to lift her face up, but Jiang Wanyue refused.
But how could she match Li Ce's strength?
Just as they were about to be pulled apart, Jiang Wanyue suddenly opened her mouth and bit Li Ce's finger.
Li Ce hissed and quickly withdrew his hand.
"You really bite?"
"Your Highness, are you in pain?" Jiang Wanyue looked at him. "No matter how much your Highness's hand hurts, it's not as painful as the pain I feel in my heart. I've been wholeheartedly trying to help your Highness, taking care of all the chores in the East Palace, taking care of the children, and taking care of other people. These are not my responsibilities!"
"I am only a concubine, not your highness's legitimate wife. Aren't I doing all these things to make your highness feel more relaxed? To allow your highness to concentrate on the outside of the mansion and the front court? If I had known this, I would have learned from Sister Zhu and not cared about anything else, just focusing on taking care of the children. This would have saved me from wasting my efforts and being disliked by your highness."
Jiang Wanyue talked a lot.
Li Ce sighed.
"I know you've worked hard, and I don't despise you."
Jiang Wanyue stared at him with her watery eyes.
"Then why didn't Your Highness see me before? And you told me to stay in the inner courtyard and not to go to the front yard..."
"When did I say that?"
Li Ce cried out that he was innocent.
"Isn't that what your Highness meant? Telling me to stay in the inner courtyard... Then I will not leave this door from today on."
Jiang Wanyue rolled up the quilt into a ball and threw it to the inside of the bed angrily.
It was the first time that Li Ce saw Jiang Wanyue lose her temper, and he was at a loss for a moment.
He realized that Jiang Wanyue was really angry and could not be comforted by just a few words.
Li Ce scratched his hair, feeling a little irritated and depressed, but for some reason, he felt a little happy in his heart.
"Okay, don't be angry. I was wrong and shouldn't have said that. It's just that I've been upset these past few days. It's not that I dislike you, but I'm just worried that I'll say something excessive when I see you."
Li Ce sighed.
When Jiang Wanyue heard that his tone had really softened, she secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
She turned her head.
"Why are you so upset for no reason? Is it because I did something to upset you? If so, why don't you just say it directly?"
She pursed her lips, the anger in her eyes gradually faded, and was replaced by sadness.
"I thought that Your Highness and I were in tune with each other, but it turns out that I was just being too sentimental."
She lowered her eyes, said nothing, and tears fell from her eyes.
It was quiet, but it made Li Ce more nervous than when it was noisy just now.
He hugged Jiang Wanyue into his arms.
"do not Cry."
He really regretted that he shouldn't have done that during the day.
"I'm overthinking. It's not a big deal. I saw you take the pills that day and thought it was strange so I asked someone to check..."
Li Ce spoke in a low voice.
Jiang Wanyue leaned in his arms without moving, just blinking her eyes.
really!
It’s really because of this incident!
Before Li Ce could finish speaking, she interrupted him.
"That's contraceptive medicine."
Li Ce didn't expect her to say it so directly, and for a moment he didn't know how to react.
Jiang Wanyue gently pushed him away and tidied her messy hair.
"Your Highness, you took this medicine because you thought I didn't want to have your child anymore, right?"
Li Ce came back to his senses and looked at her with a complicated expression.
Jiang Wanyue placed her hands on her knees, took a deep breath, and said something that shocked Li Ce.
"Your Highness is right in your guess. I do not want to be pregnant again for the time being."
As soon as she finished speaking, Li Ce's eyes instantly turned cold.
But she seemed not to notice and continued talking to herself.
"When I was pregnant with Xu'er, everything went smoothly, but when I gave birth to him, many problems occurred. Plus the death of Aunt Guan, I was really scared."
As Jiang Wanyue spoke, her body trembled a bit and her voice trembled a little.
"And Sister Zhu... The second young master died young, wasn't it because Sister Zhu got pregnant again before she recovered after giving birth to Yin'er? Moreover, Sister Zhu has been unable to get pregnant since then... Your Highness..."
She suddenly grabbed Li Ce's arm, raised her face, and her eyes sparkled.
"Your Highness, I have selfish motives. I love you and want to be with you for a long time, until we grow old together, so I took the contraceptive pills."