Doted By The Regent King

Chapter 1718 - 1656: One After Another

Madam Wang came from a伯府 and married into the Main branch as the wife of the Legitimate Son, giving birth to a Legitimate Son and a Legitimate Daughter. She had spent half her life preaching about the distinction between legitimate and illegitimate, sneering at young wives and plebeians; and now, her own Legitimate Daughter had become the mistress she despised most.

She looked down on mistresses born of concubines, yet her own daughter had become exactly what she hated and disdained the most. Was this retribution?

Was this what Zhou Wufu wanted?

A sharp pain stabbed at the tip of Madam Wang’s heart as she numbly watched Wu Yining drink down that bowl of medicinal soup, her lips trembling soundlessly.

Nanny Lin saw that not a single drop of the decoction remained in the bowl; the corner of her mouth curled in a cold arc, and a trace of pity flashed through her eyes—so fast that no one could catch it.

For Wu Yining to enter the manor in such a manner, and to have seduced the Princely Heir in a temple into committing such a disgraceful scandal that the whole world would spit upon, how could the Princess Consort possibly tolerate her?

She was just a woman; what kind of woman did they not have? The bloodline of Prince Wei’s Manor did not need such a person to bear children; she was unworthy.

Therefore, what Wu Yining drank was not a Contraceptive Drug, but a Sterility Drug. This was also the explanation Prince Wei’s Manor gave to Princess Jinyang and Princess Channing.

Only this mother and daughter, stupid as pigs, remained utterly in the dark.

Wu Yining was quietly carried into Prince Wei’s Manor in a small sedan chair; from then on, she never again stepped out of Prince Wei’s Manor, nor did she ever return to the Wu Family. Within less than a year, she withered away in the inner courtyard; after that, she was never spoken of again.

And Madam Wang, watching Wu Yining get into the small sedan chair without once looking back and be carried farther and farther away until the sedan was no longer in sight, suddenly felt a sweetness rise in her throat and spat out a mouthful of fresh blood.

With Wu Yining’s departure, she felt that in this lifetime, with her most beloved daughter gone, there would never again be a chance to meet.

Wufu, Zhou Wufu—how vicious she was!

Madam Wang was so enraged that it attacked her heart; before she could crawl out from the pain of losing Wu Yining, a servant came to report that Wu Guanyu had smashed open the head of the legitimate young master of Marquis Changle’s family, and that little Profligate had immediately broken his leg in return.

Madam Wang had no time to grieve for her eldest daughter. In a panic, she rushed to her son’s courtyard; from a distance she could already hear the heartrending screams, and her heart trembled uncontrollably.

"Yuyu." Madam Wang went in and saw his left leg twisted at a strange angle, his small face deathly pale. Her own legs went weak beneath her as she cried out, "The physician, where is the physician!"

"Mother, it hurts, it hurts so much I’m going to die." Wu Guanyu sobbed loudly.

"Mother is here, Mother is here. It won’t hurt, it won’t hurt." Madam Wang’s heart quivered as she glared at the serving lackeys and snapped, "How do you attend to the young master? Are you all dead? How could you just watch him get beaten?"

"Spare us, Madam, spare us, Madam." The lackey knelt on the ground, knocking his head, and said, "We couldn’t stop them, madam. That young master from Marquis Changle’s family mentioned the Eldest Young Lady in front of the young master... The young master couldn’t swallow the insult and started fighting with him."

"He said Eldest Sister was raised by a young wife, so she could only ever be a young wife. His words were filthy, I just couldn’t endure it." Wu Guanyu said angrily.

Madam Wang shook all over with rage.

"Mother, will my leg be crippled?" Wu Guanyu cried. "I don’t want to be a cripple."

Madam Wang’s heart skipped a beat, and she shouted again loudly for a physician.

"Madam, it’s bad, it’s bad." An old servant woman stumbled in, nearly falling.

"What is it?"

"People from Marquis Changle’s family have come. They’re guarding our gates and won’t let the physicians in. They said that as long as their young master doesn’t wake up, our young master can forget about finding any physician to treat his leg. They said anyone who comes will be beaten, and now the physicians don’t dare come." the woman reported in a panic.

"Waaah, I’m definitely going to be a cripple!" Wu Guanyu burst into loud wails.

Madam Wang held her son in her arms; a chill spread through her heart, and her face went blank and dazed.