Chapter 1118 - 28: Cuckolding the Prince
Chapter 1118: Chapter 28: Cuckolding the Prince
You think this time it’s like before, making a fuss, then pleasing the Prince?
The Housekeeper sneered.
The daughter of a mere County Magistrate bewitched the Prince, making him marry her as his Concubine at all costs. Everyone said her family was blessed, had great fortune. They thought she would follow the rules and cherish the position of Concubine. But the result?
She’s making trouble every day, constantly challenging the Prince’s authority.
She curses him as a dog servant all the time, but fine, this dog servant will see who laughs last.
The Empress Dowager has already talked to Prince Kang, asking for severe punishment for Concubine Qin. But Prince Kang, recalling old ties, pleaded for Concubine Qin. The Empress Dowager swiftly declared Concubine Qin’s intent to assassinate the Prince! The Empress Dowager wants Concubine Qin dead. Thanks to Prince Kang’s plea, she was spared from death. However, a pardon from death does not mean exemption from punishment. She can no longer be a Concubine and is to be sent to the Nun Temple to pray, ending her days there.
Now seeing the Prince cannot change this outcome anymore.
The Housekeeper reported this to Prince Kang.
Prince Kang sighed, stood up, and decided to see her one last time.
Originally, he didn’t want to see her again to avoid feeling distressed and unwilling.
Now the situation is beyond his control and cannot be changed.
The Empress Dowager’s accusation of assassination has concluded this matter.
The Emperor has also made a decision on this matter.
He cannot alter it.
Prince Kang went to see Concubine Qin.
Seeing Prince Kang, Concubine Qin was delighted and wanted to rush to embrace him, tears in her eyes, feeling wronged: "Why did you come only now? I’ve missed you. Please take me out, it’s so dark here, and the food is terrible. I’m so scared."
But she got nothing, blocked by the Housekeeper.
"Dog servant, how dare you." Concubine Qin was just being coquettish, but seeing the Housekeeper blocking her, she instantly changed face and cursed loudly.
Prince Kang originally felt a soft spot upon hearing Concubine Qin’s grievance, about to say something, but the next moment, seeing Concubine Qin’s twisted face, he froze.
Has he never really understood her?
"Concubine Qin, oh, no, Ms. Qin, starting tomorrow, you must go to Huashui Temple to pray for the Empress Dowager and Prince," the Housekeeper blocked Concubine Qin and said cooly.
"What? What did you say?" Concubine Qin, who was pushing the Housekeeper, froze upon hearing this. She knew about Huashui Temple, clear as day. She specifically inquired about it! However, not for herself; it was for the Princess.
Her original plan was that once the Princess became an abandoned wife, she would whisper to Prince Kang and send her to Huashui Temple.
Huashui Temple is a nun temple thirty miles outside the city, a place where those abandoned by families and punished women go. Aside from daily sutra chanting, many tasks have to be done. Living arrangements require personal effort. The dwelling is extremely simple, in summer it’s stuffy hot, in winter freezing cold; firewood must be chopped personally for warmth.
Now the Housekeeper says sending her there?
That dreadful place, no one returns once sent there. All spend their remaining days in misery.
She definitely doesn’t want to go there!
"Prince, Prince, what’s the Housekeeper saying? Speak up." Concubine Qin looked at the silent Prince Kang, panic finally rising in her heart, "Prince, the Housekeeper is intimidating me, right? Say something."
"It’s true." Prince Kang finally spoke slowly.