Chapter 160.1 – Heartless and Unjust
Consort Yan quickly dismissed the palace maids and eunuchs who were serving her and she stood up from the wicker chair. The lazy look that was just on her face a moment ago changed into a soft smile. This smile was different from the formulaic coquettishness used to deal with Emperor Chong Ming. This smile came from the heart.
Consort Yan’s weak body nestled into Wei Shun Qing’s arms.
“Yesterday, didn’t you tell me that you were going to see the emperor? Why did you come here so suddenly?”
Wei Shun Qing put his arms around her waist and rubbed her waist with his hands. A wave of heat suddenly spread throughout the body. Consort Yan’s face turned red and she leaned almost all of her body weight on him.
“Not now, it will take half a month for our child to be stable in the womb.” Consort Yan thought he wanted it. Ever since she got pregnant, they haven’t done the deed again. She also wanted to do it, but she had to endure it for the sake of the child.
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Wei Shun Qing’s complexion suddenly cooled. “How many times have I told you that you can’t say these words even in private. Don’t you know that there are ears on the other side of the wall?”
Consort Yan’s expression froze. Knowing that he was really angry, she quickly soothed his chest and said softly, “Okay, okay, I won’t dare anymore, don’t be angry.” She was just happy to be able to have a child with the man that she loved.
Wei Shun Qing’s expression softened, “I came here this time to tell you something.”
“What’s the matter?” As long as he wasn’t angry, Consort Yan had no interest in what he wanted to say. In any case, he was the one who made the final decisions.
“It has something to do with your mother.”
Consort Yan was stunned, “What happened with my mother?”
Wei Shun Qing said lightly, “Your mother is missing. A dark shadow took her away last night. Her whereabouts are still unknown.”
Consort Yan’s expression changed and she grabbed his arm forcefully. “How could this happen? Didn’t you send someone to protect her? Why was she still captured?”
Consort Yan was gripping him so tight that the tips of her fingers were white. Wei Shun Qing glanced at the hands holding on to his elbow and frowned without showing it.
“Just as humans make mistakes, so can a horse stumble*. This is normal. Just calm down. For now, your mother will be fine. What you have to worry about is that if your mother can’t bear it and confesses stuff about us, it will be very detrimental to us!”
[*T/N: “just as humans make mistakes, so can a horse stumble” is an idiom meaning “everyone makes mistakes”]
Consort Yan had already calmed down. After hearing his last words, she opened her mouth but could not speak, because she could not guarantee that her mother could keep their secret.
She knew her mother’s character very well. Her mother was not young anymore and she was also a woman. If the torture was severe, she would definitely not be able to withstand it.
“Then what are we going to do now? Do you know who kidnapped my mother?”
Consort Yan still had good feelings for Fang Jun Ping. After a ruffian raped her, it was her mother who did not hesitate to sell her body to seduce an old man to avenge her. Although she knew part of the reason was to survive, she couldn’t just sit back and ignore her mother’s safety.
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Wei Shun Qing shook his head and said, “We don’t know yet. Since the other party can search all the way to the South District and also knows that your mother lives there, his identity must be quite high. Right now, my suspicions are on the three princes. But in the end it may be possible that the one who kidnapped your mother was the third prince.”
“What do we do then?”
Consort Yan was already feeling somewhat frazzled. She had heard of the third prince, who was a cruel and cold-blooded man. If her mother fell into his hands, she didn’t know how she would be treated. She was a little worried that her mother would spill all their secrets.
“The top priority is to prevent your mother from telling on us.” Wei Shun Qing said.
Consort Yan looked at him, “How will we prevent that?”
