Chapter 230 Dark Cloud Pearl & New Moon (XII)

Xiaozhuang gently patted the child, secretly transmitted a trace of spiritual power to him to calm him down temporarily. Su Moer brought a breathable box, carefully took the child from Namu Zhong and put it in, and then she personally led people to send Namu Zhong out of the palace. Except for a few confidants, no one knew that Concubine Yijing had taken a child away during the three hours she entered the palace.

Xiaozhuang sat down in the room, quietly waiting for Shunzhi to come back to his senses. Under normal circumstances, she would take care of the original owner's relatives and friends after traveling through time, but Shunzhi's thinking was really unteachable. She couldn't just hypnotize him or give him some medicine, right? That was a bit too disregarding of human rights, and she couldn't accept it herself. But thinking about the original owner's memory, maybe the royal family didn't have pure family affection. The most important thing in the original owner's heart was never Shunzhi, but the entire Qing Dynasty.

"Bang!"

She was just thinking about whether the original owner had any wishes, but was startled back to her senses by the sudden loud noise. She looked up and saw Shunzhi overturning the table in a venting manner, and the teapot and ornaments on it fell to the ground together. The porcelain fragments even bounced onto her skirt. She frowned, and with a slight movement of her fingers, a simple barrier was covered around her.

Shunzhi continued to throw things, including vases, incense burners, stools, calligraphy and paintings... Everything within his reach was not spared. Aunt Cui was kneeling on the ground and had been hit several times, but she dared not make a sound.

"Are you satisfied? You just want to humiliate me! Are you kidding me? I don't listen to you and I don't want to be your puppet, so you have to punish me! You asked me to drop blood to test my relationship on the day Wu Yunzhu gave birth, and you specially called the noble concubine. You just want me to never be able to raise my head, right?" Shunzhi's eyes were red, his voice was getting louder and louder, and he finally roared.

"Of course not." Xiaozhuang shook her head and said calmly: "I just want you to see the reality and not be deceived by Dong E again. Then when did you ask me to tell you? Just this morning, you still believed that Dong E gave birth prematurely because someone had caused her to give birth. You trust her so much, will you believe what I say? As for the noble concubine, since it is her grandson, of course he should be given to her to raise, which is also a little compensation for her."

"Do you mean that I am a tyrant? Can't tell right from wrong? Why do you always go against me? Don't forget that I am the master of the world! Do you want to abolish me and imitate Emperor Wu, the hen crows at dawn?" At this time, Shunzhi was like a hedgehog. Every word Xiaozhuang said sounded like sarcasm to him. He stared at Xiaozhuang with resentment in his eyes, thinking that Xiaozhuang's every move was ill-intentioned.

Xiaozhuang suddenly didn't want to talk to him so much anymore. The two of them always couldn't get along. Moreover, just looking at Shunzhi's performance today, he was not suitable to be an emperor. He didn't even have the most basic calmness and composure. How could he handle national affairs? When he snatched Wu Yunzhu, he knew that Wu Yunzhu was his brother's wife, so what was unacceptable about the result today?

Su Moer went to escort Namu Zhong, and then Eunuch Chang came in to serve. When Eunuch Chang saw Xiaozhuang standing up, he hurriedly stepped forward and stood beside her.

Xiaozhuang looked at Shunzhi for a while, shook her head, turned around and took Eunuch Chang's hand and left without saying anything. Shunzhi's self-esteem was too heavy. No matter who accused him, he would stand up and would not listen to any persuasion. She didn't need to do useless work. Now the white lotus in his heart is no longer a simple and weak image. She wanted to see what he would do. If he just didn't make progress, then the best thing for him might be to abolish him and keep him in vain until he grows old.

Shunzhi stared at her back as she left, and suddenly remembered every time Xiaozhuang scolded him, and every time she looked at him with disappointment, he shouted: "Don't go! What do you mean? Do you think I am hopeless? Explain clearly!"

Madame Cui was trembling with fear, she knelt on the ground, her eyes went dark, she didn't know if she could live to the next day after witnessing all this, so she had to shrink aside carefully, hoping not to provoke the furious Shunzhi.

Shunzhi yelled at himself, and glanced at Madame Cui from the corner of his eye, and remembered Wu Yunzhu in the inner room. He rushed in with gritted teeth, and unlike his previous worry and anxiety, he wanted to strangle Wu Yunzhu who embarrassed him!

Wu Yunzhu lay on the bed with a pale face. The maids had already packed up the delivery room and left with Xiaozhuang. She listened to the noise outside alone, her mind was blank, and she didn't know how to react. When she saw Shunzhi's angry face, she reflexively put on a wronged look, choking with tears and said: "Fulin, Fulin! I didn't betray you. It was Boguer who found out about us. He... He took me by force, and I couldn't resist him. Fulin, I didn't hide it from you on purpose, but this is my shame, I can't say it! Fulin!" Shunzhi walked to the bedside and looked down at her, with no expression on his face. Wu Yunzhu nervously held his hand, and kept telling her how she had no choice and how she had to compromise. But she had just experienced a birth, her body was weak, and her mind was not so clear, so her pretending was not as real as usual. Shunzhi stared at her face, his expression twisted little by little, and with a "snap", he hit Wu Yunzhu's face hard! He was an extremely willful person. He wanted those he loved to live and those he hated to die! He deposed the empress who had been betrothed to him since childhood, and he hated the concubine Tong who he had favored. He did not even look at his two sons, and he had no guilt for forcing his own brother to death.

For so many years, he has been sitting on the throne of the world. Although he cannot do what he wants in politics, Xiaozhuang is enough to follow him in private. Who dares to make him unhappy except Xiaozhuang herself? Wuyunzhu is the only person he has ever treated in his life. He has fought against so many people for her, but the reality has given him a loud slap in the face. What happened today is simply trampling on his face. Even if it will not be spread, what does it matter? The eyes of Xiaozhuang and Namu Zhong are enough to make him unbearable!

"Fulin..." Wuyunzhu covered her face in disbelief. The burning pain gradually turned into numbness. She couldn't even speak clearly. When she met Shunzhi's eyes, she instinctively shrank and her heart began to feel cold. The thing she feared most happened. She was finished.

The higher you climb, the more painful it is to fall. Shunzhi and Wuyunzhu got closer and closer in the face of everyone's opposition, raising their love higher and higher. Everyone thought they loved each other, and even they themselves thought they loved each other. This love was so beautiful and dreamy that Shunzhi couldn't accept it when he found out that Wu Yunzhu had lied to him.

He struggled in his heart. On one hand, he felt that Wu Yunzhu was a hypocritical and vulgar woman who seduced him, deceived him, and treated him like a fool for the sake of wealth and glory; on the other hand, he felt that he had paid so much, how could Wu Yunzhu not love him? It must be like what Wu Yunzhu said, she was forced by Boguer, and she herself didn't know about the child.

Shunzhi didn't know how long he stood there, maybe a quarter of an hour, maybe an hour, Wu Yunzhu looked at him in doubt, not daring to move. Finally, Shunzhi sighed, his expression eased, and he asked gently: "My beloved, does it still hurt? I was also angry and beat you, don't worry, I believe you, we finally got together, how can we be defeated so easily? You have to take good care of your body and give birth to a healthy prince for me next time, understand?"

Wu Yunzhu nodded softly, but cold sweat oozed from her back.

Concubine Xian Dong E gave birth prematurely, and three hours later, she gave birth to a dead fetus. Her body was severely damaged, and the empress dowager ordered her to concentrate on recuperating in Chenggan Palace. Shunzhi stopped attending court for three days to show his grief, and many people who were unaware of the situation praised the emperor for his infatuation.

There were many speculations about this in the former court and the harem. The most common one was that the empress dowager could not tolerate Concubine Xian and finally took action. Of course, this idea could only be discussed privately among family members, and no one dared to put it on the table. In this way, it had a slight deterrent effect, making many neutral parties and royalists more afraid of the empress dowager's cruelty.

The door of Prince Xiang's mansion was still closed, and Namu Zhong kept the child tightly. She wanted the child to be under Boguer's name, so there could not be any unfavorable rumors. Looking at the innocent and lovely smile of the baby, her heart softened a lot. She did not doubt the authenticity of the bloodline. After all, in her eyes, it was impossible for Xiaozhuang to give her her grandson.

She specially asked Wu Ma to check the warm jade that Xiaozhuang gave her. It was top-grade jade, very rare, and she didn't find anything wrong with it. Wearing it in cold weather can indeed keep warm, so she personally made a collar and put the warm jade on the child's neck. Boguer was the only child she had taken care of with care. Now she transferred all this affection to this little baby, holding him in her arms every day without the help of others, and it seemed that even the resentment in her heart had faded a little.

That warm jade is indeed a good thing. Xiaozhuang's existence space will be more or less contaminated with some spiritual energy, and ordinary people will naturally feel very comfortable wearing it. However, she also engraved amulets and meditation symbols on it, mixed with complex lines, and people who don't understand will only think it is a beautiful pattern. In addition to protecting the baby, it can also calm people around the jade pendant. It is because Namu Zhong is so close to the jade pendant every day that she is not so obsessed with revenge.

Xiaozhuang took advantage of Namu Zhong's relaxation of vigilance and cleared all the secret agents she left in the palace according to the list found by the secret guards, using the excuse of praying for the virtuous concubine and the little prince who died young. After Namu Zhong learned about it, she was silent for a long time. She didn't expect that her power in the palace would be uprooted. This means that Xiaozhuang's power is so terrifying that she can find out all her nails. Then are her every move also monitored by Xiaozhuang?

Namu Zhong thought of the day when Xiaozhuang mentioned her son and daughter, and there was a hint of threat and warning in her words. She resigned herself to giving up the idea of ​​revenge. She has always been smart. She can't implicate her children and grandchildren because of a momentary impulse. Besides, she can't do anything to Xiaozhuang and Shunzhi. As for Shunzhi's children, just treat it as a virtue for grandchildren. She will not interfere with the palace in the future!

The author has something to say: I don't know if there will be a second update. I'm writing now. I'll post it when I finish it. If I'm not finished, I'll post it tomorrow. It seems like I'm talking nonsense_(:3∠)_