dtnovels Chapter 385
Chapter 385
The throne of the Qinling Kingdom had always been occupied by the capable.The Empress believed her own son could not compare to the First Prince and the Second Prince. If she wanted what was best for the common people, she would rather the First Prince and the Second Prince become the next emperor.
She would rather the First Prince and the Second Prince become the next emperor.
However, Shangguan Mu was her biological son.
In truth, she only wanted him to be an idle prince in the future.
Living his life well would be enough.
But now, her good son was not only eyeing that position, but he even wanted to sell out his own biological sister.
How could the Empress not be disappointed?
"Alright, Mother. Father will make his own decision regarding this matter. I am going back." Seeing the disappointed look in the Empress's eyes, the Third Prince could not help but feel a little irritated. He did not understand why his mother would not support him in taking that position.
Otherwise, given how much his father loved his mother, his father would have made him the Crown Prince long ago.
However, just as Shangguan Mu turned around, he saw his sister standing at the door, her eyes full of tears.
"Did Yun'er come to see Mother too?" Shangguan Mu asked somewhat awkwardly.
He deliberately ignored the tears in Shangguan Yun's eyes.
Compared to the position of Crown Prince, he could not afford to be soft-hearted right now.
"Mother, I don't want to go to the Lannuo Kingdom!" Shangguan Yun rushed straight into the Empress's arms, crying heartbrokenly.
"Alright, Mother knows about this." The Empress patted her daughter's back gently, feeling somewhat uncertain in her heart.
Decisions made by the Emperor were generally not changed. But, did her daughter really have to go to the Lannuo Kingdom?
Prince Lanhuai's Mansion
"Side Consort, the Prince has asked you to go over," Fangcao walked up to Huo Yunzhi with trepidation and said.
When she returned that day, the Prince had angrily slapped her.
Upon returning, the Side Consort had thrown a huge fit.
Now Fangcao was still very afraid in her heart.
"I'm not going!" Huo Yunzhi touched her face, which still bore a faint handprint, and said with great displeasure.
Last time, the Prince had hit her without even distinguishing right from wrong. She was not going to listen to him.
From childhood to adulthood, Huo Yunzhi had never suffered such a grievance. Why should she be beaten after coming to Prince Lanhuai's Mansion?
Besides, what she lost clearly belonged to the Huo family.
On what grounds did the Prince hit her?
And now he wanted to call her over?
Hmph, she was not going!
"Side Consort, if you don't go, the Prince will be even angrier..." Fangcao whispered.
Although Huo Yunzhi was annoyed with Prince Lanhuai, her younger brother was still in exile. She still needed Prince Lanhuai to find a way to get her brother back.
She could only grit her teeth and go to see Prince Lanhuai.
Just as she walked out of the courtyard, she ran into Concubine Mei.
"Oh, who is this? Isn't this our Side Consort Yun? My goodness, what happened to your face? Could it be that someone hit you?" Concubine Mei said while covering her mouth and snickering.
She had heard that yesterday, this Huo Yunzhi went to the Jubao Pavilion to gamble with others and lost.
The Prince was currently furious with her.
Before, she had been so incredibly arrogant.
Now, let's see how arrogant she could be.
Thinking of this, Concubine Mei could not help but chuckle secretly. This woman truly deserved it. Did she really think she was special?
For the women in Prince Lanhuai's Mansion, having a child was the only true way to secure a firm footing.
Although she was only a concubine, she had the Third Young Master.
As long as she did not make any major mistakes, the Prince would never drive her out of the mansion, nor would he make her deal with outsiders.
How long had this person in front of her been in the mansion? She had not even figured out the rules of survival here.
Yet she was so insufferably arrogant. With a temper like that, she was destined to suffer.
"Bitch, who are you talking about?" Huo Yunzhi was already annoyed, and hearing Concubine Mei's words only fueled her fury.
She cursed inwardly: This bitch actually dared to mock her?
After Huo Yunzhi finished speaking, she still did not feel satisfied. She stepped forward and delivered a resounding slap to Concubine Mei's face. Smack!
Concubine Mei had never expected that Huo Yunzhi would actually dare to hit her.
"You hit me?" Concubine Mei asked angrily.
"So what if I hit you? You are nothing but a concubine!" Huo Yunzhi said smugly.
It was one thing for Prince Lanhuai to hit her, but did this lowly concubine also think she could climb over her head?
She, Huo Yunzhi, was no pushover.
She would not let a mere concubine walk all over her.
Hearing Huo Yunzhi's words, Concubine Mei laughed instead of getting angry. She had originally wanted to hit back, but now, she refrained from retaliating. Instead, bearing the fresh five-finger print on her face, she headed straight toward Prince Lanhuai's study.
Huo Yunzhi snorted softly, not taking Concubine Mei seriously at all.
She wanted to see exactly how this bitch would complain to the Prince.
"Your Highness, I merely cared about what happened to Sister Huo's face, and she slapped me." Concubine Mei walked up to Prince Lanhuai with red eyes and cried.
Prince Lanhuai was already in a bad mood because Huo Yunzhi had gambled away those two land deeds.
Now, seeing the bright red handprint on Concubine Mei's face, he looked at Huo Yunzhi with displeasure and questioned, "Did you hit her?"
Seeing Prince Lanhuai's look, Huo Yunzhi was initially startled, but then she remembered that Concubine Mei was just a concubine.
So what if she hit her?
"Your Highness, she was the one who offended her superior first and insulted me." Huo Yunzhi looked at Prince Lanhuai with an expression that said she had done nothing wrong, speaking very indignantly.
"Your Highness, I only kindly asked Sister if her face had been hit by someone, and she started calling me a bitch, then came up and hit me. Your Highness, I truly don't know what I did wrong." Concubine Mei said while crying.
"Huo Yunzhi, is this the upbringing of your Huo family?" The look in Prince Lanhuai's eyes as he stared at Huo Yunzhi grew colder and colder.
"Your Highness, what she says isn't true. She mocked me first, which is why I hit her," Huo Yunzhi said with a face full of dissatisfaction.
She did not feel she had done anything wrong.
"You insolent fool, what right do you have to hit her?" Prince Lanhuai scolded angrily.
At this moment, in his eyes, Huo Yunzhi was nothing but a worthless woman who loved to cause trouble, whereas Concubine Mei had at least given birth to a son for him.
Unconsciously, Prince Lanhuai's heart leaned toward Concubine Mei.
"Your Highness, as a concubine, she overstepped her bounds and disrespected me, a Side Consort. I merely slapped her," Huo Yunzhi said to Prince Lanhuai, her face flushed.
"Side Consort? Hmph! Has this Prince ever acknowledged your status?" Prince Lanhuai looked at Huo Yunzhi and asked sarcastically.
After all, to him, Huo Yunzhi had long lost her usefulness.
Calling her over today was just to confirm with her one last time whether Huo Yunxuan had given her anything else.
If not, he had no intention of keeping such a troublemaker around.
Concubine Mei, standing behind Prince Lanhuai, flashed a smug smile at Huo Yunzhi.
If taking this slap meant Huo Yunzhi would be kicked out of the mansion, it was well worth it.
"Your Highness? What do you mean by that?" Hearing this, Huo Yunzhi panicked.
What did he mean that Prince Lanhuai had never acknowledged her status?
If he did not acknowledge her status as a Side Consort, then what was she in Prince Lanhuai's Mansion?
Thinking about the official registry document she had never been able to see, and the words Princess Fuan had said previously, Huo Yunzhi panicked.