Chapter 11 Ji Yuntang Sends a Bed to the Chen Manor

Chapter 11: Ji Yuntang Sends the Bed to Prince Chen's Estate

Meanwhile, at Prince Chen's estate.

Chen Hu drove an ox cart, delivering the Ice Stone Bed to Prince Chen's Mansion just as Luo Sinian was out on business.

Remembering Ji Yuntang's instructions, he didn't rush to leave. Instead, he found a shady spot outside the gate and settled in to wait for Luo Sinian.

After waiting for about half an hour, a luxurious and elegant carriage slowly approached from the street corner and stopped at the entrance. Chen Hu immediately recognized it as Prince Chen's private carriage. He strode forward and intercepted Luo Sinian, who was about to enter.

"Prince Chen, please wait! This humble servant is a house servant from Prince Ye's Mansion. Today, I am here on the orders of my Princess to deliver this Ice Stone Bed to Your Highness. We hope Your Highness will accept it."

Hearing this, Luo Sinian halted. He glanced over his shoulder at the Ice Stone Bed covered with black cloth on the ox cart, and his handsome, chiseled face instantly turned livid!

Without even thinking, he knew it was that country bumpkin, Ji Yuntang, who had ordered a servant to deliver it.

"This woman, she truly has the audacity and doesn't know what's good for her!"

Luo Sinian had thought that Ji Yuntang was just speaking in anger last night, nothing more than empty words. He never expected she would actually send over the Ice Stone Bed his third brother slept on.

As if his Prince Chen's Mansion was lacking a bed?

The one who was sick was his third brother; the one who needed to neutralize the fire poison was his third brother. If Ji Yuntang took away the Ice Stone Bed, what would his third brother sleep on in the future?

As if guessing Luo Sinian's thoughts, Chen Hu added, "Prince Chen, rest assured. Our Princess has already arranged a new room and bedding for Prince Ye, with thick quilts and sheets. It's kept dry and comfortable, guaranteed to be much more comfortable for my Prince Ye to sleep on than this cold, hard stone bed."

After saying this, he made as if to leave, then suddenly seemed to remember something and slapped his forehead, turning back. "Ah, look at my memory! I almost forgot the most important thing!"

"Our Princess also asked this humble servant to relay a message to Your Highness. She said this Ice Stone Bed is extremely costly, crafted from rare and precious materials. Most importantly, my Prince has slept on it closely for three years, so it has long been imprinted with his unique traces. Your Highness had best inspect it personally."

"Moreover, Your Highness and my Prince Ye are brothers who share a deep bond. If my Prince, a sick man, could sleep on it for so long, surely Your Highness, being hale and hearty, can certainly endure this stone bed. The Princess is very much looking forward to hearing about your experience using it."

By the time Chen Hu finished speaking, fury was already blazing in Luo Sinian's eyes. He could bear it no longer and angrily punched the carriage.

"Is Ji Yuntang insane? What does she actually want? Does she really think that just because she became Princess Ye, the entire Prince Ye's Mansion answers to her alone? She overestimates herself far too much! Matters concerning this Prince are not for her to meddle in!"

Luo Sinian's chest heaved with anger. The corner of his eye caught sight of a large pile of ox dung under the cart. He frowned, his face full of disdain.

"Why are you still here? Staying to pollute the air of this Prince's mansion?"

Chen Hu wasn't angry either. He maintained a smiling face. "Prince Chen, this humble servant had a most difficult journey transporting the Ice Stone Bed. This ox cart was even rented from outside. As for the transportation and labor fees..."

"Your Highness is benevolent and always considerate of your subordinates. Surely you wouldn't deny this humble servant his due, right?"

Luo Sinian was fuming inside. If he remembered correctly, this Chen Hu was just about to leave, wasn't he? Now he dares to come back and ask for money?

If he didn't give it, would that mean he wasn't benevolent or considerate of subordinates?

Trembling with rage and watched by passersby, Luo Sinian couldn't very well bully a mere house servant like Chen Hu. He glared at him hatefully.

"Someone, go fetch him one hundred taels of silver."

Soon, Luo Sinian's bodyguard, Su Mu, delivered a one-hundred-tael silver note to Chen Hu's hand.

The moment the silver note was in his grasp, Chen Hu still felt like he was dreaming. He pinched his thigh hard and only then realized it was real. "Ouch, that hurts! I'm really not dreaming!"

Just as Ji Yuntang had said, Luo Sinian really gave him a one-hundred-tael silver note.

Chen Hu's hands trembled with excitement. Working at Prince Ye's Mansion, his monthly salary was at most two taels of silver.

But because he usually had a huge appetite, eating at least eight bowls per meal, Nanny Xu, who resented his large appetite, had withheld his entire monthly salary to offset his food expenses.

Not only that, he even owed Nanny Xu five hundred taels in food expenses.

Chen Hu had brute strength but was actually penniless.

He never expected that a casual remark from Ji Yuntang before he left would earn him a full one hundred taels profit.

This errand, no matter how he thought about it, felt incredibly worthwhile.

With the money in hand, Chen Hu was in a good mood. He saw the servants of Prince Chen's estate circling the Ice Stone Bed on the ox cart, trying but failing to lift it.

In a show of goodwill, he effortlessly lifted the Ice Stone Bed himself and helped carry it into the front courtyard before driving the ox cart away.

After Chen Hu left, the servants of Prince Chen's estate stared at the stone bed, feeling perplexed.

After all, leaving this stone bed in the front courtyard was no solution. It not only took up space but was also very conspicuous. Most importantly, not everyone had strength like Chen Hu's to lift it so easily.

Luo Sinian had already returned to his study. Su Mu glanced at the servants and said sternly, "You lot, hurry up and move this bed to the backyard. What kind of sight is this, leaving it here?"

Upon hearing this, the ten servants immediately mustered every ounce of their strength and began to act. During the moving process, someone's hand slipped and pulled off the black cloth covering it. When they clearly saw what was on the Ice Stone Bed, they were almost shocked out of their wits.

The ones with weaker stomachs couldn't hold back and ran to the side to vomit.

Su Mu's face also turned pale. Having followed Luo Sinian since childhood, he had witnessed life and death many times and had countless blood on his hands.

But seeing this bed with his own eyes actually made even him, a shadow guard, feel a shock to his system.

Luo Junhe was, after all, the renowned War God Prince of the Dongchen Kingdom. He had gone to battlefields, fought off foreign invaders, and risked his life for the Dongchen Kingdom for nearly ten years. Now, left disabled, could it be that he slept on such a bed every day?

If this got out, it would likely dishearten the common people of Dongchen Kingdom.

After some thought, Su Mu ordered the servants to leave the stone bed where it was. He turned and went to the study to inform Luo Sinian.

Standing in the room, he hemmed and hawed for a long time, unsure how to describe what he had seen. Finally, Luo Sinian asked impatiently, "If you have something to say, say it. If not, get out. Don't stand here stammering, you're an eyesore."

Su Mu sighed, swallowed what he was about to say, and said with some helplessness, "Prince Chen, you really should go to the front courtyard quickly and take a look at that Ice Stone Bed sent by Princess Ye!"

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