Chapter 237 Consort Li Visits the Eastern Palace

Chapter 237 Consort Li Comes to the Eastern Palace

Since ancient times, the imperial family has been inherently cold-hearted, and no emperor can ever treat his children equally.

Otherwise, how could there be sayings like "the mother gains status through her son" or "the son gains status through his mother"?

Although Consort Chu is very powerful, she cannot surpass the Empress, let alone be the woman Emperor Jingyang loves most.

It's clear which one is more important between Luo Feizhou and Luo Jingshen.

However, in Qing Feng's view, Luo Feizhou is not the most miserable prince.

The most miserable one should be Prince Ye.

He's truly the one whose father doesn't love him and whose mother doesn't care for him, hated by brothers and resented by sisters.

Fortunately, he married a capable princess.

But Qing Feng dared not say these words in front of Luo Feizhou.

Seeing Luo Feizhou smashing things in the room without even wearing clothes or shoes, he quickly brought the shoes to him.

"Your Highness, there are many shards of porcelain on the ground. Be careful not to cut yourself. Take my advice and put on your shoes first."

"Where there's life, there's hope. As long as you recover, there will be plenty of opportunities to take down the Crown Prince later."

His words gave Luo Feizhou an excuse.

Luo Feizhou snorted coldly before sitting down to put on his shoes.

The moment he lowered his head, he saw the large turtle on his chest, its flat head staring right into his eyes.

Luo Feizhou was startled and nearly fell off the stool.

He pointed at the large turtle on his chest in panic and shouted, "What... what the hell is this? How did that get on my body?"

Qing Feng was at a loss for words. It seemed Luo Feizhou had truly forgotten.

He said, "Your Highness, have you forgotten? The black-clad assassins drew it on the day they broke into your room when you invited Princess Ye to the restaurant."

He wanted to say it might have been Ji Yuntang's doing, since Luo Feizhou had invited her to the restaurant to drug and rape her.

Given how vengeful Ji Yuntang is, she would be highly likely to retaliate against Luo Feizhou.

Drawing a turtle and writing on his body was exactly the kind of thing she would do.

But Qing Feng had no evidence; all the evidence that day pointed to the eight assassins in black.

In the following days, rumors spread that those eight assassins in black were from the Blood Rain Sect, specifically sent to deal with Emperor Jingyang's children.

Since Ji Yuntang had no blood relation to Emperor Jingyang, she escaped the ordeal.

Now that Luo Feizhou had completely lost his memory of what happened at the restaurant that day, the matter became even more puzzling.

Luo Feizhou gritted his teeth and said, "Black-clad assassins? I think the Crown Prince must have sent them. He was afraid I'd win Ji Yuntang over and use her to turn against him, so he sent people to ruin my plans. How infuriating!"

"Luo Jingshen, I won't let you off the hook, I swear I won't!"

Luo Feizhou spoke through gritted teeth, while in the Eastern Palace, Luo Jingshen, who had been unconscious for a long time, sneezed loudly.

"Who dares to curse me?"

Opening his eyes, he saw his broken leg and the wound on his chest, and a surge of anger welled up inside him.

"It must be the Blood Rain Sect's leader. For making me look so pathetic, I swear I will be her sworn enemy!"

Luo Jingshen had never met Blood Flower, but that didn't stop him from hating her.

As the Crown Prince, suffering a great loss at the hands of a martial arts assassin organization—how could he stomach it?

Hearing voices in the room, Linchuan quickly pushed the door open and entered.

Seeing Luo Jingshen actually sitting up on the bed, he was overjoyed.

During the days the Crown Prince had been injured and unconscious, the entire Eastern Palace was panicked and shrouded in gloom.

Now that the Crown Prince was awake, they finally felt a sense of relief, as if the clouds had parted to reveal the sun.

"Your Highness, you are finally awake."

Luo Jingshen asked Linchuan, "How long have I been unconscious?"

Linchuan replied, "It has been two full days. The Emperor sent three imperial physicians to treat you, and they are still staying in the Eastern Palace. Shall I call them to take your pulse now?"

Luo Jingshen waved his hand, "Not yet. During the time I was unconscious, what was Father's reaction? Did he punish me?"

"The Emperor only fined you one year's salary and asked you to copy the Buddhist scriptures a thousand times to pray for the souls of the fallen Xuanzi Army."

Luo Jingshen asked in surprise, "That's all?"

"That's all."

"Didn't Father order someone to beat me or put me under house arrest?"

"No," Linchuan answered truthfully.

Luo Jingshen was full of doubt. When had Emperor Jingyang become so lenient? Could he be planning something behind the scenes?

"Your Highness, your subordinate feels this is not so hard to understand. Now Prince Qi and Prince Ye are both severely injured and lying in bed, and the other princes are not in the capital. If the Emperor were to punish you further, he would surely hesitate to do so."

After thinking it over, Luo Jingshen realized the logic was indeed sound.

In his position, he served as a counterbalance.

If he lost his position as Crown Prince, Luo Feizhou would basically have unchecked power, and the capital would be in chaos.

With this thought, Luo Jingshen felt relieved and asked Linchuan to summon the imperial physician to take his pulse.

The physician's final diagnosis was, "Your Highness is recovering well, but this leg... it is likely that you will not be able to attend court for the next two weeks."

Luo Jingshen waved his hand, indicating that he understood.

He wasn't worried about whether he could attend court.

If he couldn't attend court, neither could Luo Feizhou, so there was nothing to fear.

About half an hour later, a guard came with a report.

"Your Highness, Consort Li has arrived. She says she came specifically to thank you for saving the Tenth Princess. She is outside now. Do you wish to see her, Your Highness?"

Luo Jingshen's expression shifted slightly when he heard this, and a very peculiar feeling surged in his heart.

He found it quite puzzling.

Consort Li had actually come to see him in person?

After all, she had rarely even left the Weiyang Palace in the past twenty-plus years. How could she now leave the palace to visit him over something so trivial?

Luo Jingshen couldn't quite put his finger on what he was feeling. He found this very strange, yet couldn't pinpoint what seemed wrong.

But since she had already come, it would be rude not to let her in.

Not to mention that there was nothing between him and Consort Li anyway.

Luo Jingshen instructed: "Have Consort Li wait for me in the front hall. I'll be there shortly."

Consort Li made her way into the Eastern Palace.

This was her first time at the Eastern Palace, and her first formal visit to see Luo Jingshen.

Although it was her first time, Consort Li felt a familiar warmth in her chest.

Since the Crown Prince would take a while to arrive, Consort Li instructed the palace maid to set down the three large chests of tonics she had picked out carefully.

Then, as if she owned the place, she took Jian Lan on a stroll around the Eastern Palace.

When they reached the rear garden, a maid from the Eastern Palace suddenly looked alarmed and hurried forward to stop her.

"There's nothing to see up ahead, Consort Li. How about I show you another area?"

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