Yun Shang shook her head. "It's nothing. I have prepared it, but it's okay. Prince Jing is just in a complicated mood, and I don't have anything to do that can help him. He has to calm down on his own." After finishing her words, Yun Shang changed the topic, "mother, do you know that Hua Jing is now in the imperial city and become the concubine of the Crown Prince in the state of Yelang, and she is also pregnant?"
Lady Jin was a little surprised and shook her head. "Since the Empress' accident, I haven't paid attention to the situation of Princess Hua Jing. The current situation of the Li clan has reminded me of a saying from the Buddhist, which is karma. Li Yiran used to be so arrogant, but ended up being burned to death. Princess Hua Jing was also very willful and arrogant in the past, but now she could only be reduced to a concubine of another country's prince."
"Karma is a bitch," Yun Shang curled her lips into a sneer and muttered the four words. Perhaps, as her mother said, everything was karma. In her previous life, although she was willful, it could be said that she was
still an unbridled and simple girl. She had never harmed anyone, but she had to saw her child die in a tragic way, and she was set up and killed by someone. The reincarnation of cause and effect made her reborn and she was looking for the lives of those people who harmed her.
"It would be nice if Hua Jing could be the crown prince's concubine peacefully. I'm afraid that she's the reason that Prince Cangjue Kangning couldn't get away with me yesterday. After she entered the Imperial City, she has been actively taking action recently. Jing Wenxi also got in touch with her. I'm their common enemy, so I think she came after me." Yun Shang sighed.
Lady Jin felt a little nervous at Yun Shang's words. She took Yun Shang's hand and said, "you must be very careful these days. It seems that many things are going to happen in the imperial city these days. Although I don't want to see you murder innocent people, it will be another case if someone threatens your life. If she wants to hurt you, you don't have to be nice to her. Although Princess Hua Jing is the princess of the state of Ning, she is also the daughter of a guilty woman. Don't worry..."
Yun Shang had never intended to conceal the truth from Lady Jin. After all, lady Jin was one of her few relatives that she could trust with all her heart and soul, and Yun Shang only didn't want to put her in an awkward situation. As Lady Jin said, Hua Jing is still the flesh and blood of his majesty, and her mother, after all, is a concubine in the imperial household.
"I know. I can handle it." Yun Shang smiled gently, approached lady Jin, and rested her head on Lady Jin's shoulder. She sighed softly, "since I was back in the palace, I seldom stayed with mother to take care of her. Now, the mystery of Prince Jing's birth suddenly popped out. I'm afraid that I won't have much time to stay with mother in the future."
Lady Jin lowered her head and said with a smile, "it's my fault. You have suffered a lot in the past dozen years. Prince Jing is nice to you, but... " Lady Jin flashed a smile, as if she had remembered something, "if Prince Jing returns to the state of Xia and inherits the throne, there must be many things for him to do. I'm afraid that you might suffer from injustice in the state of Xia."
Yun Shang lowered her head and felt a lump in her throat. Lady Jin murmured, "if you were in the state of Ning, your father and I would be able to protect you. But in the state of Xia, you were so far away. I was afraid that we would be unable to protect you."
"Don't worry, mother. I'm not that weak. If his highness bullied me, I wouldn't let myself suffer as well." Yun Shang was afraid to remind lady Jin of her sad past, so she smiled and said happily.
Lady Jin looked at her complacent appearance and couldn't help laughing. She said softly, "that's good."
The nurse had helped change Chenxi's clothes and carried him in. Yun Shang walked towards Chenxi and took him in her arms. She smiled warmly at the baby and said, "Chenxi is a smart boy. I hope when he grows up, he won't do anything naughty. Don't piss our mother off, Chenxi."
Lady Jin looked at Yun Shang, who was quite good at holding kids, and was taken aback. After a while, she finally calmed down and smiled at Chenxi. "He's too young to understand you."
"How could it be? Chenxi is the smartest boy in the world, he must have understood me. " Yun Shang couldn't help but laugh when she saw Chenxi glare at her with rolling eyes. She reached out her finger and poked his rosy cheek before saying in a low voice, "when the Chenxi gets older, please ask lady Ya's brother, the Vice Minister of the Ministry of rites, Liu Qiyan, to be his master. Although he is young, he is talented, and even my grandfather often praises him."
Lady Jin raised her head and stared at Yun Shang for a long time. Then she nodded with a smile, "you are right. Lord Liu is number one scholar. If lady Ya becomes the empress, there's plenty of time left for her to do her best in the future. Three or four years later, he'll be the first teacher in the first trimester."
Yun Shang knew that lady Jin should have seen through her trick. She smiled and bowed her head to play with Chenxi. After lunch, Yun Shang intended to see what Jing Wenxi had done in Qianxin Tower this afternoon, so she left early. Yun Shang coaxed Chenxi for a long time before she left. Then she returned Chenxi to lady Jin. Lady Jin held Chenxi in her arms, and watched Yun Shang leave, lost in thought. After madam Zheng sent Yun Shang back, she whispered, "she seem to like kids a lot, but she's not fit to have a baby now. I think she should be more careful about it..."
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Translator: HCIO
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