Chapter 253 – The Concubine’s Visit

Chapter 253 - The Concubine's Visit

But today, Du Ruo came to beg Cheng Yunshuo.

Her aunt was waiting for the court physician.

She couldn’t lose her temper at him, couldn’t argue with him, she had to speak nicely to Cheng Yunshuo. She let out a whimper, forcefully pushing away the servants holding her, reaching out desperately towards Cheng Yunshuo.

"Teacher, Teacher, Teacher... Just let me say one thing."

Her simply bandaged hand quickly reopened, fresh red blood instantly soaking through the gauze. Cheng Yunshuo glanced at her struggling with bloodied hands.

"Enough! Go ahead."

He eventually softened.

Du Ruo pushed through the crowd holding her, her blood-stained hand grabbing onto Cheng Yunshuo's arm. She sniffled, "Teacher."

Seeing her like this, Cheng Yunshuo calmed down, patiently speaking to her, "Du Ruo, you need to grow up. You can’t always act like a child, causing trouble every day."

He felt he had been more than fair to Du Ruo.

When he took Du Ruo as his concubine, he gave her and the Du family a tremendous favor. He never mistreated her in the Marquis's Mansion.

Seeing her wronged or harassed by others, he would step in to protect her, sometimes even doting on her like a child.

He felt he had done everything he could for Du Ruo, yet she, on the other hand, always caused trouble.

Time and again, she stirred up problems, acting like an ignorant child, making things difficult for him.

"Yes, I'll change, I promise," Du Ruo nodded repeatedly, behaving obediently.

Seeing her sincerity, Cheng Yunshuo relented, "Since you admit your mistake, we'll leave it at that. Go back and rest, heal your wounds properly."

With that, he turned to leave, but Du Ruo still desperately clung to his sleeve.

"Is there something else?"

Du Ruo looked up with tear-filled eyes, "Teacher, could you please help me call for a court physician again? My aunt is coughing up blood again."

Hearing this, Cheng Yunshuo's just-softened expression turned cold again.

Had everything he just said been in vain?!

Asking for a court physician again.

One time was already too much, and now it's happening again!

Especially after Bishuo had just mentioned outside that only official wives could request a court physician. How could Du Ruo be so tactless and insistent, constantly pestering him to call for a physician.

"Teacher, I'm begging you."

Cheng Yunshuo looked at the pleading Du Ruo with a cold face, "Du Ruo, how old are you?"

Du Ruo's pleading expression came to an abrupt halt, she looked at Cheng Yunshuo, "Teacher..."

"Don't call me Teacher!" Cheng Yunshuo's voice was icy, his sharp rebuke cutting through the air, "Do you still see yourself as a child, always making unreasonable requests? When will you grow up? Learn to prioritize what matters! Always asking for this and that, if you keep this up, don't come to me anymore!"

Cheng Yunshuo outright rejected her request.

At this moment, Du Ruo understood.

It turned out that earlier, it wasn't because Bi Shuo had stirred things up outside that Cheng Yunshuo didn't listen to her plea; it was that Cheng Yunshuo simply didn't want to help her.

He wouldn't call for an imperial physician for her again.

In an instant, a vague realization struck her heart.

Cheng Yunshuo might not actually love her...

Du Ruo shook her head violently, no, no! Impossible!

She frantically searched for an excuse, "Teacher, you called for an imperial physician for me before."

"Hmph! You know I've already called an imperial physician for you once; how can you ask again?"

Hearing this, Du Ruo burst into uncontrollable tears, "It's not like that, why could you do it last time but not this time?"

Why, oh why.

Why was he willing the last time, but not this time?

He couldn't possibly not love her.

She was still the same as before and hadn't caused any trouble, so what had changed?

This time, the only response Du Ruo received was a cold expression.

"Teacher, you definitely can do it, just help me, A'Ruo will be good, she'll listen in the future, please help me!" Du Ruo kept pleading desperately.

Now, she didn't care about the outcome; she just wanted to see some willingness.

Without hesitation, Cheng Yunshuo shook off her hand, "Take Concubine Du back."

"Teacher!"

"Cheng Yunshuo!"

Du Ruo was forcibly dragged away, pulled back to Xiaohe Courtyard.

At that moment, excruciating pain spread through her entire body, numbing her with its intensity.

The next day, Qiu Ling and Ling Long visited her. Because of the commotion the night before, everyone had learned about Cheng Yunshuo keeping a mistress.

Knowing about the mistress, they understood what Du Ruo had been going through lately.

They had originally wanted to console her, but Du Ruo had kept her door closed. After discussing it, they went straight to Lu Lingyun.

"Young mistress, that concubine is too arrogant! She got into a conflict with Concubine Du right on the street, letting the whole Imperial City know!"

"How could the Crown Prince be so foolish! No matter how good that concubine is, he shouldn't have let Concubine Du suffer in public!"

"I think it's all because that concubine is seducing him!"

"It's outrageous!"

Lu Lingyun fiddled with an abacus, listening half-heartedly to their complaints.

She remained completely indifferent.

At that moment, a servant suddenly came to report.

"Lady Lu, a woman is kneeling outside our Marquis's Mansion, saying she is here to beg for your forgiveness."

Hearing this, Lu Lingyun finally perked up. "Who?"

"It's the outsider that the Crown Prince has been keeping!"

Upon hearing this, Qiu Ling and Ling Long were both shocked.

That outsider actually dared to come to the mansion uninvited!

How dare she!

Lu Lingyun closed the ledger and smiled. "Bring her in."

A short while later, Bishuo was led into the courtyard.

Qiu Ling and Ling Long were both stunned at the sight of her, their eyes widening in shock.

She looks so much like Xing Dairong!

At this moment, they finally understood why Du Ruo had lost control on the street that day, claiming she saw Xing Dairong. They also understood why Cheng Yunshuo had been so bold as to keep an outsider, going so far as to humiliate Du Ruo publicly. He had been infatuated with Xing Dairong, and now, encountering a woman who looked so much like her, it was no wonder he had lost his senses!

Who could resist someone like her?

After entering the courtyard, Bishuo said nothing but suddenly knelt down and prostrated herself in front of Lu Lingyun.

Her entire body was on the ground, kneeling solidly.

"Please spare my life, Mistress!"

After this deep bow, Qiu Ling and Ling Long both looked at Lu Lingyun.

Lu Lingyun lightly raised an eyebrow. "What does this woman want?"

Bishuo's head remained on the ground. "Mistress, I know I have wronged the Crown Prince and brought shame to the Marquis's Mansion. I do not dare to ask for your forgiveness, only that you spare my life!"

Bishuo's words were extremely sincere, each one humble, taking all the blame and demeaning herself in hopes of receiving forgiveness.

Hearing this, Lu Lingyun's lips curled slightly.

Among all of Cheng Yunshuo's concubines, finally, there was one who was ambitious and cunning.