Chapter 53 - 52: Sooner or Later, You and I Will Have Offspring
The two women exchanged a glance, their faces full of schadenfreude.
Little did they expect, upon returning to the camp, to find a sizable crowd gathered outside the tent.
At the forefront stood Lu Zhengliu, who mockingly remarked, "I heard that Royal Brother favored a certain lady tonight. Royal Sister-in-law and Third Sister set out in the dead of night to catch him in the act—so, did you succeed?"
The crowd murmured and pointed, with some stifling laughter from behind.
Shen Yunxi was infamous in the Capital for her jealousy, to the extent that the Eastern Palace had yet to produce an heir.
In the current age, men of noble families often had three or four concubines. For Lu Ying, as the Crown Prince, to dote on a woman was perfectly normal. Yet Shen Yunxi had turned it into such a spectacle, storming off to catch him in the act in the middle of the night—it was simply laughable!
Shen Yunxi panicked.
She had made every effort to act discreetly when setting out to catch him, so how had this incident become public knowledge?!
Though she loathed the thought of the Crown Prince favoring other women, she had not intended to make this a scandal. Otherwise, given the Emperor’s temper, he would surely scold the Crown Prince for his lack of propriety and poor conduct.
She looked anxiously toward Lu Ying, who responded languidly, "Sixth Brother, you’re running around asking about my private affairs in the middle of the night. Is it because you’ve nothing better to do?"
Lu Zhengliu responded cheerfully, "My concubine passed suddenly, and I was too distressed to sleep. Hearing of a commotion here with Royal Brother, I came out of concern to take a look. By the way, who is your new flame? Tomorrow, perhaps we could petition Father Emperor to bestow her as a concubine upon you."