novelraw Chapter 1091: Confidence in Success
Chapter 1091: Confidence in Success
In this perfect harmony.Hai Feng showed no reaction to the arrival of the three concubines.
Those who were waiting to see a joke were disappointed.
However...
While the Fifth Prince’s Mansion had no reaction, the Sixth Prince’s Mansion was bustling.
The Sixth Prince was a spoiled wastrel by the Empress Dowager Zhen.
Violent by nature, lecherous, a gambler, fond of ease and loathing hard work, full of flaws without a single virtue.
His legs were weak, and Zhao Junyao didn’t really manage him.
As long as he didn’t cause a huge uproar, everyone turned a blind eye and let him run wild.
Now, suddenly, three beauties arrived at the mansion.
Exotic beauties with slim waists, long legs, and curvy hips, which delighted him immensely.
The night they entered the residence, the mansion was filled with music and dance, reveling the whole night through.
All three beauties had their barriers broken and became his women.
In the days that followed.
The three women took turns serving him, managing to keep the Sixth Prince utterly captivated.
Completely sidelining the Main Wife, the concubines, and all the maids of the He Residence.
Lady Zhu was shaking with anger but didn’t know what to do.
After the previous failure of complaining to the Empress Dowager Zhen.
She understood well that her mother-in-law’s heart was entirely with the master, and she, as a niece, could never be more important than the master.
So she gave up on having the Empress Dowager Zhen intervene.
She learned a lesson.
The affairs of the inner courtyard must be plotted by oneself.
Compared to the master’s favor, the position of the Main Wife is still the most important.
Therefore, she must give birth to a legitimate first-born son.
Only with a son can she secure her foothold in the Royal Family.
After some careful consideration.
The Sixth Princess Consort felt that the favoritism towards the three foreign women wasn’t necessarily a bad thing.
It’s much better for them to be favored than that lowly Xia Ruyi.
After all, foreign women absolutely cannot give birth to the Prince’s heirs, at most they’re just there to mess around for some days.
Once the Prince has had his fill and the novelty wears off, they’ll be pushed aside.
Her task is to deal with the aftermath appropriately.
For example: brewing more contraceptive soup and ensuring they drink it.
Having arranged all this.
The Sixth Princess Consort finally felt relieved, living even more comfortably than before.
Especially when she saw Xia Ruyi and the concubines collectively fall out of favor.
Her mind was as elated as bathing in a hot spring during snow or eating popsicles in the scorching heat.
’Hmph! So what if you were once favored? You still have to live under my control?!’
’At least I’m still the Family Matriarch, what is Xia Ruyi anyway?’
She luxuriated in her role as the master of the rear courtyard.
While Xia Ruyi and the two concubines were like facing a formidable enemy.
In their struggle for favor.
Various means in the inner courtyard emerged in an endless stream.
Every day a new drama unfolded, livelier than a theater.
Unfortunately...
The commotion was futile.
The Sixth Prince was still energized.
His heart completely absorbed by the three beauties, leaving no room for anything else.
On this day.
The Sixth Prince woke up late in the morning from a beautiful dream.
Narrowing his eyes, he intended to roll over and give a little peck to his beauty.
But he reached out to nothing.
Opening his eyes, he found the bed empty.
This angered him.
His face, somewhat puffy from excessive indulgence, was full of fury.
"Someone come!"
The servant boy hurried in from outside.
"What orders does the master have?"
The Sixth Prince yawned.
"Where’s the beauty? Where did my beauties go?"
The servant boy scratched his head fearfully, muttering softly.
"My lord!"
"Concubine Lan wasn’t feeling well, and she called the concubines over, saying they were needed to serve the sick..."
The Sixth Prince’s face twisted with rage.
"Serve the sick?"
"Concubines serving a consort?"
If he remembered correctly, only the Main Wife had the right to be served by concubines.
The Family Matriarch hasn’t made a fuss, what right does a concubine have?
The more the Sixth Prince thought, the angrier he got.
With a ’bang,’ he slapped the table.
The teacup and teapot shook slightly, spilling water.
The servant boy was so frighted that he knelt on the ground quickly.
"My lord! The consort said, by the rules, concubines shouldn’t stay overnight with the Prince, I didn’t dare defy the rules!"
The Imperial Family’s rules are strict.
They lived at the bottom, subject to all the masters.
The best way is to follow the rules!
But... who’s the Sixth Prince? The first-class wastrel of the Royal Family.
Talking about rules with the Sixth Prince was like playing music to a cow.
Thus... the servant boy was successfully whipped fifty times and sent to reflect in a dark room.
In the cold weather.
After being whipped fifty times and kept in a dark room, let alone being beaten to death or maimed, the cold alone could deliver him to Yama.
However.
The Sixth Prince didn’t have time to worry about whether the servant boy met Yama.
Without bothering to get dressed, he rushed to Concubine Lan’s courtyard in haste.
...
Concubine Lan was indeed ill, with pain in her hands, feet, chest, and all over.
Was it the sight of the prettier, younger, voluptuous beauties at the bedside that upset her?
Or was it the sight of the fierce, cold-eyed Sixth Master who seemed eager to tear her apart, that scared her?
In any case, she was limp on the bed, unable to get up.
The Sixth Prince glanced at the three beauties kneeling nearby.
Then at Concubine Lan’s pale face on the bed, his eyes brimming with ferocity.
He lunged forward, grabbed Concubine Lan by the collar, and said viciously.
"Did you call them here?"
"You must have a death wish!"
Concubine Lan was nearly scared to wet herself.
"My lord... I... this concubine..."
The Sixth Prince pushed her onto the bed, her head thumping against the bedpost.
Concubine Lan was in so much pain that her vision blurred with stars and tears.
"Lord..." she trembled as she spoke.
The Sixth Prince sneered.
"What? Feeling wronged?"
"What do you have to be wronged about?"
"Can you be more wronged than them?"
He pointed at the three beauties kneeling below.
Concubine Lan was bewildered, too scared to speak.
But internally she was puzzled;
What grievance do they have? A bunch of foreign women, stealing a man from this concubine, and humiliating me.
A bunch of vixens.
Hmph! You’ll have your comeuppance when you fall out of favor.
While thinking, Concubine Lan tore at her handkerchief, but she didn’t dare to lift her head.
The Sixth Prince cursed viciously for a while.
Considering she was given by the Empress Mother, he didn’t punish her too harshly, only cutting her stipend and confining her to the residence.
Yet the anger in his heart needed venting.
Concubine Lan escaped, but her maid wasn’t so lucky.
The Sixth Prince had her beaten and similarly sent to reflect in a dark room.
As the saying goes.
Even when punishing a dog, one must consider its master.
After punishing Concubine Lan’s close maid, how proud could Concubine Lan still be?
First her stipend was cut and she was confined, then her maid was taken away and beaten.
In a moment, once glorious Concubine Lan fell to the bottom, becoming the laughingstock of everyone.
The entire Sixth Prince’s Mansion buzzed with gossip.
Even Lady Zhu couldn’t help but mock.
"I told you so!"
"These women are formidable, subduing all the concubines and maids!"
The main maid Ying Tao was somewhat worried.
"Master, if they are so formidable, what if... they threaten our status?"
"Impossible!" Lady Zhu said confidently.