Chapter 1573: Chapter 1568: Qin Muyan’s Tears

Hong Xiu was reaching out to pull Rong Yun when someone forcefully pushed her from behind—

"Ah—!"

The three of them fell into the water together. Rong Yun choked on water and lost consciousness as she fell into the lake.

Hong Xiu and Xiao Xiang struggled desperately to save Rong Yun.

Qin Muyan also rushed over in haste. Seeing Rong Yun fall into the lake, his heart nearly leapt out, "Jingjing! Jingjing, how are you!"

He lifted Rong Yun up and quickly headed towards her courtyard. He was filled with regret, his face full of anxiety, "Jingjing, Your Highness is wrong! Your Highness should not have quarreled with you, should not have lost his temper with you! Don’t let anything happen to you! Don’t be angry with Your Highness!"

She could hit him however she liked!

Only... both she and the child must not come to any harm!

Qin Muyan brought the court physician over that very night. The incident alerted the palace, and Qin Rulie along with the empress sent three court physicians to the prince’s mansion, instructing them to ensure the safety of Rong Yun’s child at all costs!

The court physicians were trembling with fear. They all hoped that nothing would happen to the Princess’s child, but despite their efforts until midnight... the Princess endured agonizing pain, and still, it resulted in blood.

"The Princess... she has miscarried!"

The four court physicians knelt down in a row before Qin Muyan, deeply bowing their heads.

"Boom—"

Qin Muyan was struck as if by lightning, his face rapidly turning pale, clinging to the corner of the table to barely support himself.

"Your Highness!"

Wei Jue quickly stepped forward to support him.

He saw the indescribable fatigue and sorrow in Qin Muyan.

"Jingjing..."

In the twenty-six years of Qin Muyan’s life, he had never shed tears, not even uttering a sound when his bones were broken by the enemy.

But in front of Rong Yun’s bed, his hot tears moistened her long sleeves.𝐟𝐫𝕖𝗲𝘄𝚎𝗯𝕟𝐨𝕧𝐞𝚕.𝕔𝕠𝐦

The news of Rong Yun’s miscarriage swiftly spread across the entire capital of the Great Wei Dynasty. When Li Yunshu heard of this news, her hands trembled momentarily as she was copying scriptures.

She glanced at the ink blob on the white paper, furrowed her brows, and asked Chun Xing to change the sheet before continuing to copy the scriptures.

Chun Xing had been silently accompanying Li Yunshu in her subdued days at home. She thought her Miss had been feeling stifled all this while, but unexpectedly, her Miss... no, the secondary consort, remained so calm upon hearing the news of the person she hated most having a miscarriage.

Li Yunshu was calm, as if nothing had happened, and continued to write until she finished the page, before slowly putting down the pen.

Her slender hands were soaked in milk daily, making them delicate and lustrous compared to the rough calluses from previous martial arts training, as if she had grown a new pair of hands.

Chun Xing brought Li Yunshu some hot milk, also adding aromatic oils and rose petals for her to soak her hands in.

Li Yunshu, with her hands in the copper basin, slightly frowned and said lightly, "These hands were not well cared for before, rough and coarse. Now, even more attention must be paid to their care."

"Miss, although your skin wasn’t very delicate due to your focus on martial arts before, your hands were strong and powerful," praised Chun Xing, cherry-picking her words.

Li Yunshu curved her lips into a cold smile, "A woman’s hands should not be strong and powerful; they should be soft and delicate. That’s how one captures a man’s heart."

She had experienced a life and death situation, copied so many records of the harem, and had a profound epiphany.

She wanted to change her former self, to metamorphose and become a different Li Yunshu.

Only then could she return to the Scarlet Flame King’s mansion and compete with Rong Yun!

Seeing her lack of interest, Chun Xing no longer mentioned Rong Yun’s miscarriage. Now, as a secondary consort, she remained calm and steady, seemingly undisturbed by trivial matters, which pleased her as a maid.

But actually, Li Yunshu had already secretly rejoiced.

When her grandfather had beaten her half to death, he told her that as compensation, he would cause Rong Yun to miscarry without leaving any traces.

She was extremely shocked, but she believed her grandfather!

Grandfather told her to wait patiently and watch carefully; no one could surpass their Li family’s mansion and bear children for Qin Muyan or the Imperial family of the Great Wei Dynasty before them!

Even if the other party was Princess Beiling, it was impossible!

Now, it was indeed the case!

Li Yunshu took her transcribed scriptures for her grandfather to review. At that time, the old Duke Li was in the study, writing a dissertation.

Dressed in an exquisite gown, Li Yunshu kneeled before him and bowed deeply, "Granddaughter greets grandfather. The Life Sutra that you commanded me to transcribe—I have finished writing ten volumes, please review them, grandfather."

Old Duke Li hummed, took her transcriptions, carefully flipped through them, nodded, and smiled, "Very good, the handwriting is elegant, and the writing was done calmly and unaggressively. Now, they can be put to good use."

Old Duke Li passed the materials to Li Bo, instructing him to prepare to deliver them to the palace in a few days as a token of mourning for the young Crown Prince.

Looking at Li Yunshu, who was much different than before, subdued and seemingly more demurely beautiful, Old Duke Li was very pleased, "Grandfather has said, what I promise, I will certainly accomplish. What you need to do next is to wait for the right moment, return to the Scarlet Flame King’s mansion, and then... become the capable secondary consort of the Scarlet Flame King."

"Yes, granddaughter will heed Grandfather’s teachings! Just that... granddaughter wishes to learn how exactly did Grandfather manage to make Rong Yun miscarry?" Li Yunshu looked up with curiosity in her eyes.

She had admired her grandfather since she was young; in her eyes, although he was strict, he was omnipotent.

Before, she and her parents had exhausted all their energy and still failed to drive a wedge between Qin Muyan and Rong Yun. But in just half a month, her grandfather had managed to cause the highly cherished Rong Yun in the prince’s mansion to miscarry effortlessly.

She was truly in awe!

She must learn well from her grandfather’s sharp intelligence and superior tactics.

Old Duke Li chuckled lightly, "Although the inner house and back courtyard are places with many women, you have already tried using women for fighting. Rong Yun is surrounded by clever and intelligent young girls, clearly not easy to approach. So, how about bribing one of Qin Muyan’s guards, use him for our purpose, and then frame it on Duke Zhao afterward?"

Old Duke Li’s series of profound words nearly confused Li Yunshu, and he did not further explain to her.

With just this conversation, Li Yunshu thought it over repeatedly after returning to her room, and finally understood her grandfather’s tactics!

"Grandfather is truly brilliant!" Li Yunshu exclaimed, clutching her chest; why hadn’t she thought of this, to first send away Rong Yun’s closest caretaker Madame Yan before attempting anything against Rong Yun?

That was the smartest one!

Using her illness to move her out of the prince’s mansion would leave Rong Yun alone.

No matter how clever the two young girls by her side were, how could they stand against one of Qin Muyan’s treacherous guards?

With Su Yingxue being the one Qin Muyan cherished most in his heart, now when the affection between him and Rong Yun was at its peak, how could Rong Yun tolerate Qin Muyan still remembering another woman?

Any items of Su Yingxue stored by Qin Muyan, if placed in front of Rong Yun now, would be like a sharp knife brutally stabbed into her heart!

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