Reborn as the Crippled King's Beloved-Chapter 34 - : Which outfit looks better on me today?

Chapter 34: Chapter 34: Which outfit looks better on me today?

Murong Jiu’s sudden approach left Jun Yuyan frozen in place.

“Prince, the scar on your face has healed very well, but you should still wear the mask less often, and the medicine must continue to be applied. I will bring you another tube of ointment tomorrow.”

Perhaps because he had been diligently applying the medicine every day, there was such a good recovery, Murong Jiu’s face wore a smile, revealing her pearly white teeth. Looking at her like this, her lips also appeared rosy and plump, with a very pleasing shape.

What was he looking at?

Jun Yuyan’s heart skipped a beat, and he averted his gaze, which felt as lascivious as that of a rogue.

Murong Jiu did not notice; satisfied, she prepared to leave. Just as she was about to go, Jun Yuyan suddenly grabbed her wrist.

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“Prince, what’s wrong?”

Realizing his eagerness, he let go of her hand and motioned for Eunuch Shi and Chun Tao to leave first.

Murong Jiu thought he had something important to say and straightened herself, looking at him seriously.

Who knew, he only asked, “Ah Jiu, how long have you been pregnant?”

Murong Jiu showed a look of surprise, not understanding why he would suddenly ask that, but she answered truthfully:

“Almost two months.”

In Jun Yuyan’s heart, waves surged. Almost two months, wasn’t that the exact timing?

Was the woman that night really her?

But why was the fragrance on her body so faint?

Thinking he was worried about how her pregnancy would embarrass him, Murong Jiu quickly said:

“But don’t worry, Prince. I am thin, so my pregnancy might not show until three to four months. By then, I can wear loose clothing, and it won’t be discovered too quickly.”

“That’s not what I meant.”

Jun Yuyan looked at her flat belly, feeling bitter because of her words. If the woman that night was her, then the child in her belly was his.

Yet here she was, worried about being discovered, telling him she would cover it up well.

He looked up and asked her, “Do you know who the father of the child is?”

Murong Jiu pursed her lips. She didn’t want to discuss it; she didn’t want Jun Yuyan to think she was a frivolous woman who didn’t even know who the father of her child was.

But she didn’t want to lie either.

“I, I am a bit cold, Prince. I will go back to change my clothes.”

With that, she lowered her head and hurried out. Arriving at the door, she turned back and reminded him, “Prince, you better soak your legs soon, don’t let the water get cold.”

With her words completed, she had already disappeared at the doorway.

Jun Yuyan frowned deeply.

That night, she hadn’t been willing, it was just two people tormented by drugs entangling each other.

She should hate him, after all, bearing a stranger’s child and having to hide it, frightened of being discovered, what woman wouldn’t hate that?

At that moment, Jun Yuyan was almost certain that the woman that night was Murong Jiu.

Otherwise, why had he still been unable to find her after nearly two months? Because she was right before his eyes.

“Someone come.”

The Hidden Guard appeared, kneeling on one knee.

“Check whether His Highness the Second Prince took the Princess Consort to the lantern festival that day.”

The Hidden Guard was startled.

The words the Prince had just spoken with the Princess Consort had also been overheard by him, and he marvelled at why the Prince was curious about who the father of the Princess Consort’s child was. Now, did the Prince suspect that the woman who went to Wu Mountain with him that night was the Princess Consort?

“Yes, I will check right away.”

This concerned the Prince’s progeny; it had to be thoroughly investigated.

After the Hidden Guard left, Jun Yuyan did not let Eunuch Shi in. Instead, he took off his shoes and socks and soaked his injured leg.

An indescribable emotion enveloped his heart like the warm water he was now in.

The next day, Murong Jiu did not go to meet with His Highness the Second Prince. She spent the day in the pharmacy and finally prepared the ointment. Fearing that Jun Yuyan would ask her about the father of her child, she had Chun Tao deliver it to him.

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Zhen Zhu was extremely anxious, worried that she would not handle the Second Prince’s matters well and be disdained by him.

As soon as Chun Tao left, she hurriedly urged Murong Jiu:

“Miss, I know you are upset, but the marriage substitution was the fault of Marquis Mansion, not related to His Highness the Second Prince. His Highness is very eager to see you, and if you keep ignoring him, His Highness will be saddened. Can you bear that?”

Zhen Zhu thought that Murong Jiu was holding a grudge against the Second Prince and might think that being pregnant would allow her to dictate terms to the Second Prince.

Little did she know, the Second Prince was only interested in her medicine.

But Zhen Zhu did not want to be negligent in her duties. Seeing that Murong Jiu did not respond, she urged again:

“I heard that the Empress is selecting a wife for His Highness. Are you not worried? You are the one His Highness likes, and the child in your belly is the Second Prince’s child. Only if you marry the Second Prince will your child have a legitimate claim. Miss, you really need to think this through!”

She saw Murong Jiu’s long eyelashes flicker and thought her words had struck home, her lips curling into a smile as she quietly continued:

“The child in your belly is the Imperial Grandson, after all. If His Highness becomes the Emperor in the future, your child will be the Crown Prince…”

Murong Jiu suddenly said in a stern voice, “Zhen Zhu, you have grown too bold, daring to say such things out loud. Go out and kneel!”

Zhen Zhu, realizing her slip, covered her mouth, “I know my mistake, I won’t mention it again. Please don’t punish me.”

“Go kneel in the yard!”

Zhen Zhu turned pale — it was raining in the yard.

“You can choose not to kneel, but I cannot tolerate you here anymore.”

“I will kneel! I am going right now!”

Zhen Zhu rushed out and knelt down in the rainy yard with a thud.

Murong Jiu’s expression, under the dim candlelight, was hard to read.

Jun Yuyan knew that Murong Jiu was preparing medicine for him today. Since twilight, he hadn’t turned another page in his book. Unexpectedly, he only saw Chun Tao arrive.

After receiving the ointment and as Chun Tao was about to leave, Jun Yuyan impulsively called her back, “Has the Princess Consort eaten?”

Chun Tao, delighted, quickly replied, “She has, but the Princess Consort doesn’t have much of an appetite and ate very little.”

Jun Yuyan knew that women usually had poor appetites during the first three months of pregnancy.

“Does she still enjoy the pickles from Drunken Fairy Tower?”

Chun Tao nodded, “The pickles are all gone; the Princess Consort always has a bit with her meals.”

Jun Yuyan immediately called Eunuch Shi and had him personally make a trip to Drunken Fairy Tower.

Chun Tao’s smile grew, “The Prince is really considerate towards the Miss.”

“Then I will go back first.”

“Wait, you, you go back and tell the Princess Consort that I will come to spend the night.”

Hearing this, Chun Tao’s eyes widened with joy, “Yes! I’ll go right away!”

Since it had started raining in the Capital City, the Prince hadn’t visited Qiyun Courtyard again, and some gossipy servants even said the Princess Consort was forsaken, which sounded awful. If it weren’t for the Princess Consort not wanting to pursue the matter, Chun Tao would have torn those people’s mouths apart.

Chun Tao went back cheerfully.

Under his mask, Jun Yuyan’s ears tinged slightly warm.

Today, he wasn’t just going through the motions as before; he planned to stay the night at Qiyun Courtyard.

The child in Murong Jiu’s belly was his, and he needed to make this child’s position even more legitimate.

He opened the wardrobe and asked the Hidden Guard, “Which robe should I wear today to look better?”