eurekapd Chapter 410 Song Yin is Pregnant
Chapter 410 Song Yin is Pregnant
Gui Shan pointed to the eunuchs and instructed them to take the three concubines to their respective courtyards to rest.
"His Highness the Crown Prince has been busy these past few days. We will arrange for him to spend the night with you once he has a little more free time."
Yan Wenyuan covered her mouth and shook her head: "Sister, I don't like using eunuchs. How about I assign a palace maid to lead the way for me?"
Without even thinking, it was obvious that Yan Wenyuan was going to cause trouble.
Sure enough, she pointed at Song Yin and said, "This is Miss Song Yin. Lead the way for me."
Song Yin raised an eyebrow, nodded and smiled, "Alright, this servant will take Consort Yan over there."
Yan Wenyuan looked at the other two smugly, as if she had won because she had the Crown Prince's head maid leading the way.
Zuo He kept a low profile, bowed, and followed the eunuch. Hu Manman, on the other hand, glanced at Gui Shan slowly before leaving with her head held high.
Gui Shan rubbed her temples, thinking about the events of the past few days, and couldn't help but worry. She especially wanted to check on the situation at Zichen Palace, but unfortunately, she couldn't even ask another question.
Song Yin would appear by her side from time to time, and she wasn't sure if it was the Crown Prince's idea.
All he knew was that he was being closely monitored, and all he could do was diligently serve the Crown Prince.
In the middle of the night, a palace maid rushed over and woke Gui Shan: "Your Highness, something has happened to you. His Highness is angry and wants to have Consort Yan beaten to death."
Gui Shan jolted awake, opened her eyes, and asked, "What happened?"
The palace maid shrank back and shook her head: "This servant does not know."
Gui Shan quickly put on her clothes, not caring about her makeup, and went to Yan Wenyuan's courtyard while asking people what was going on.
Some clever palace maids, upon receiving the news, quickly came to report back.
"Your Majesty, it was Consort Yan who insisted that Miss Song Yin serve her during her bath. Miss Song Yin was unwilling and was slapped twice by Consort Yan."
Gui Shan paused and said to the palace maid, "I have a bottle of scar-removing medicine that Consort Wan gave me before. Go and get it. Let's go see Song Yin."
The palace maid asked nervously, "Your Highness, shouldn't we go see Consort Yan first?"
Gui Shan shook her head and went straight to Song Yin's room.
Song Yin's face was pale, as if she were sick, and a palace maid took out the filth she had just vomited.
Gui Shan covered her mouth and nose and entered the room, asking with concern, "Miss Song Yin, are you alright?"
"Thank you, Your Highness. This servant... is fine." Song Yin waved her hand.
Gui Shan sized her up and, seeing no ill intent on her face, reasoned that Yan Wenyuan's frail physique was no match for Song Yin. After all, Song Yin had been a reindeer girl before, possessing great strength and agility.
"I thought you were injured, so I brought a bottle of medicine. Please keep it for now. Or should we summon the imperial physician to take a look?"
Song Yin shook her head: "No need to trouble yourself, Your Highness. His Highness is angry and needs you to go and see him."
Gui Shan nodded, told her to rest well, and then went to Yan Wenyuan's courtyard.
Yan Wenyuan appeared frail and delicate, kneeling on the ground and sobbing softly, but the handprint on her face was too obvious.
It was the Crown Prince who made the move.
The crown prince sat to the side with a cold smile, letting the eunuch in, indicating that he wanted the eunuch to continue his work.
Gui Shan entered and bowed: "Your Highness."
The Crown Prince grunted and chuckled, "I thought the concubines chosen for me would all be quiet and chaste, but it turns out they aren't."
Quiet and chaste? Gui Shan's eyes narrowed slightly.
"Yan Wenyuan has lost her chastity; she shall be beaten to death." The Crown Prince spoke these few words, and Yan Wenyuan's life was sealed.
Yan Wenyuan was terrified. Ignoring the pain on her face, she begged for mercy and cried, "Your Highness, I haven't... I haven't lost my virginity! Your Highness, Your Highness can verify my identity! Your Highness..."
The crown prince curled his lips into a cold smile: "Then let someone..."
“Your Highness,” Gui Shan said hurriedly, “It is a grave crime for Consort Yan to lose her virginity before entering the palace, and the Yan family is even more guilty of failing to supervise. I think it would be better to send Consort Yan back to the Yan family and let them give Your Highness an explanation.”
"Why should I need anyone else to explain myself?" the Crown Prince said dismissively.
Meanwhile, Yan Wenyuan was still crying and shouting, making oaths and vows. When she saw that it was useless, she thought that Guishan was trying to harm her and cursed Guishan: "I am clearly innocent. Guishan, with your family background, you are afraid that I will steal your limelight, so you slander me in front of His Highness, right? If you send me back, how can I face people in the future?"
Gui Shan raised her hand, ordering someone to gag Yan Wenyuan, and continued speaking to the Crown Prince: "Your Highness, it's too late today. Perhaps we should lock up Consort Yan first and make a decision tomorrow. I just came from Miss Song Yin's room and saw that she was not feeling well. She is usually very healthy and rarely so weak. I think it would be appropriate to call a doctor for Miss Song Yin."
As expected, upon hearing this, the Crown Prince's brow furrowed with worry. He rose and walked out, saying, "I don't want to see her again. You make the arrangements."
"Yes."
After seeing the Crown Prince off, Gui Shan turned to look at Yan Wenyuan. Seeing the disgust and hatred still in her eyes, Gui Shan didn't want to say another word.
"Lock her up tonight, and tomorrow morning, have someone send her back to the Yan family. Remember, tell the Earl that she lost her virginity and angered His Highness."
Song Yin is pregnant.
Gui Shan learned of this news the next morning. She was somewhat stunned and couldn't help but look at her lower abdomen.
She cannot be pregnant.
His Highness the Crown Prince said that she could not get pregnant for the time being, so even on the few times he came to her courtyard, she drank contraceptive soup.
But Song Yin is pregnant.
Gui Shan's face showed a momentary crack, but she quickly returned to normal.
The Crown Prince was overjoyed by Song Yin's pregnancy and bestowed honors upon the entire Eastern Palace. Gui Shan looked at the gifts sent by the Crown Prince, all wishing for many children and abundant blessings, and felt nothing but irony.
Zuo He and Hu Manman came to pay their respects. They had both heard about how Yan Wenyuan had angered the Crown Prince because of Song Yin last night. Now that they knew Song Yin was pregnant, they were surprisingly calm.
It was only calm on the surface.
Zuo He finally couldn't hold back any longer: "Sister, she's not even a concubine, yet she got pregnant before you. Isn't that against ancestral rules?"
Gui Shan smiled and said, "From now on, we'll all be sisters, so we should get along well. However, Sister Zuo reminded me that I'll ask His Highness later what rank would be most suitable for Song Yin."
Zuo He's face fell immediately. Song Yin was already so favored just because she was a palace maid. If she became a concubine, who knows how arrogant and domineering she would be.
She was carefully selected by the Zuo family. Although she was from a collateral branch, she had already been adopted by the Duke and was now the legitimate daughter of the Zuo family.
Originally, she had given up on the idea of entering the palace, as the Duke intended to marry her off to another noble young man. Being forced into the palace as a concubine was already a great injustice, but she never expected that above her was Gui Shan, a woman of humble origin, and below her was a favored palace maid.
How could she possibly tolerate this?
So after she went outside, she immediately said to Hu Manman, "Sister Hu, are you just going to watch His Highness and the Crown Princess like this, and let that palace maid do whatever she wants?"