The Anarchic Consort c1-1376

by Warring Young Seven

  He was afraid that the situation would get even worse in the future.

  But Eunuch Sun did not know at all that from Helian Wei Wei's point of view, She had already arranged her escape route, but Baili Jia Jue indeed posed a thorny problem for her. If he had been as tough on her like any other man, she would have found it easy to deal with him, not to mention cruel. But so far, she did not know what his idea was.

  Helian Wei Wei couldn't figure it out. She simply leaned back and pulled up the quilt. Only then did she become aware of the drowsiness and fatigue that laid dormant within her body.

  It was night. The study was filled with candle lights. The room did not need any exquisite and costly ornaments, yet it gave off a mysterious and dignified feeling.

  It's because of the presence of the man who half reclined on the imperial consort chair His whole body exuded an aura of kingly dignity. He was cold and detached, with a demonic charm as well as bloodiness.

  His dark hair and the dim light of the night merged as if he had been born to lead the darkness. He shook the glass in his hand, and the red liquid looked so attractive in the candlelight.

  Chapter 273 - His Highness’ Weak Spot?

  "Your... Your Highness..." A trembling voice was heard from the dark corner. The man leaning on the chair of the imperial consort narrowed his eyes. He didn't shift his sight away from the glass in his hand. He lifted the glass gracefully and sniffed the aroma under his nose.

  The monks looked at each other's face and cold sweat dripped down from their foreheads. Even if they could drive away the witchcraft and recite Buddhist sutras, they could not find out how profound His Highness's magic power was.

  "Speak up, what were the sutras you read in the big wedding?" Baili Jia Jue propped his head with one hand while holding a Buddhist Sutra in the other hand. He did not even look at the monks, but quietly flipped through the Scripture pages in his hands. His tone was neither cold nor indifferent. "Don't tell me that those were the blessings. My ears are not bad yet."

  When he asked this question, the attendants had handed up the brewed tea. Those attendants were youths who knew to guard their mouths.

  The monks, after hearing Baili Jia Jue`s inquiry, showed great shock in their eyes. They looked at each other and whispered, "Whether Your Highness knew or not, sometimes people will be possessed after encountering a significant misfortune."

  "Yes, I have heard of that." Baili Jia Jue put down the Buddhist scriptures in his hands and knitted his brows deliberately. "What does that have to do with the Scriptures that you read aloud?"

  The monks chanted Amitabha in one voice, and then said, "We read the spirit exorcism from the rebirth sutra. If the person who was possessed listens to the soul quotation for a long time, she will show the original form."

  "Oh?" Baili Jia Jue stood up and put on a robe. "You are so bold to chant spirit exorcism at my wedding banquet."

  The monks turned stiff again, but after all, they were monks. Even though they were upright, they did not know how to please His Highness. They just said honestly, "We did this for the sake of Your Highness. We didn't dare to hide it from Your Highness. Several of us have received news that Helian Eldest Miss may have been possessed, and Your Highness knows that there is no way to keep them alive in the empire. In fact, even the elders have said that they would likely become demons one day and threaten the safety of the people."

  "It's possible, yet it's still uncertain." Baili Jia Jue smiled coldly. "Under uncertain circ.u.mstances, you will punish my princess to warn others? Who gave you the courage?"

  The monks heard those words and their hands shook. They were not the Buddhist monks from the Shaolin Monastery. They had been the capital city all year round and appointed by the four elders. They had heard about the might of the third prince from the gr.a.p.evine. Now, after really experiencing it, they were shocked to find that he laid his questions to entrap and punish their crimes. Even the elders would not be able to save them.

  "Drag them and chop their heads off." Baili Jia Jue took a mouthful of tea. "If someone asks, say that someone wanted to exploit the grand masters to frame the princess. The great masters have confessed their guilt. If anyone wants to ask for leniency, let him come to request it from me directly."

  Shadow looked down and dragged the monks away.

  Eunuch Sun was trembling with fear, but he did not doubt Wei Wei. Rather, he felt that His Highness's act of beheading so many monks would create lead to retributions.

  He thought that this matter should be told to the Retired Emperor. Furthermore, this news should be explained in great detail. It should not mention the spirit possession, but that the monks read the Sutra indiscriminately to persecute the princess.

  Eunuch Sun still had the mind to protect Helian Wei Wei. Thus, he had a clear mind about what to say and what not to say, since those words could provoke bigger problems.

  After the Retired Emperor listened to his explanation, he immediately sighed. "The child's mind is still so heavy. It's all the fault of this emperor and his useless emperor father."

  Eunuch Sun did not know how to respond to this, but could only comfort him. "The Retired Emperor does not need to blame himself too much. Third Prince is intelligent and he would let go of the things that weighed his heart down."

  "Old Sun, ah...that child is so bitter that he can't really compare with Xiao Qi." The Retired Emperor was deep in his reminiscence that his eyes were somewhat red. "A Prince suffered so much. He was a sensible child yet betrayed by his closest relatives. Tell me, as a grandfather, how can I not be distressed? Even his deceased mother did not cherish him very much. Whenever I think of that, my heart becomes..."

  In the past year, The Retired Emperor had mentioned this mistake for countless of times. Probably at that time he was still young and only had power in his eyes, thus he neglected a lot of things.

  At that time, the third prince had not developed such a temperament as he was now but was a little reticent. At the age of five or six, he was much more sensible than children of his age.

  But his innate chilly and noble temperament and his tendency to right the wrongs couldn't be concealed.

  Wherever he went, those places were empty.

  The other princes didn't like to play with him because he was boring and dissimilar to others since he didn't want to join them and form a faction with them.

  The empress also didn't like to see him.

  She was even a bit resentful toward him.

  All of these clearly happened in his sight.

  Therefore, the noble and chilly Third Prince's childhood was not as satisfactory as what people had imagined.

  The disfavored Prince was sadder than the disfavored children in the palace.

  He would ordinarily receive harsh treatments.

  It was difficult, even for a smart child like him, to be like a praying mantis who could stop Duke Chuang's chariot inside the Harem.

  In that kind of atmosphere, many of those eunuchs and palace maids deliberately made things difficult for Third Prince.

  Eunuch Sun remembered the situation in those days when the dynasty was the most unstable and the Retired Emperor could not see the third prince for many days.

  Later, he ran into the third prince in the rear court.

  Truth be told, at that time, not only was the Retired Emperor so stunned, his eunuch, who was accustomed to fighting in the palace, was also flabbergasted.

  The Third Highness had a wound on his forehead. He was short a month from a.d.u.l.thood, but his eyes were still beautiful and unearthly. He was chilly and noble.

  He said nothing at first when the Retired Emperor asked him.

  The emperor shouted angrily, "Come, bring all the slaves to this emperor. I want to see those who acted so bold!"

  "No need." In the time it took an incense stick to burn, the third prince finally opened his mouth. His expression was very indifferent and his tone was casual as if he was talking about other people's affairs. "I have k
illed all of them."

  But later, it was this servant girl who almost destroyed the third prince.

  Only very few people know the inside story of this matter since it had been kept secret by the retired emperor.

  Eunuch Sun knew that the Retired Emperor did not want anyone to touch the third prince's weak spot...

  Chapter 274 - The Glued Contract

  The night grew darker.

  There was no one else in the study except Shadow.

  Baili Jia Jue looked down at the Shadow kneeling on the ground. His eyes narrowed into slits. "What have you found?"

  "Basically the same as what those Buddhist monks said." Shadow lowered his eyes. "Based on this subordinate's inquiry, even for a mind with good mental power, the temperament will not change. However, the princess was like a changed person overnight. Not only the martial qi was so simple, but even the usual habits were different. But strangely, this subordinate made sure that she was indeed the princess. When she fell into the river, her old nanny was beside her. There was no time to exchange persons. No one knew what happened to the princess. This matter is also the most difficult to fathom for this subordinate."

  Baili Jia Jue did not speak but rotated the teacup in his hand. His beautiful side face didn't show any emotions.

  Shadow looked up at his master and continued, "So this subordinate was over 70% certain that the princess had been possessed."

  When Baili Jia Jue heard this, he shifted his sight from Shadow and said indifferently, "There is no need to look into this matter any more."

  Shadow was stunned when hearing those words at first, but then he respectfully answered, "Yes."

  He watched the tall and straight rear view of his master lifting the curtain and entering another room. He was thinking about what to do if the princess was really possessed since the royal family would not allow a person who was possessed to enter the palace...

  "Achoo!"

  She didn't know whether the cause was the hellish situation she was in these past two days or being drenched with water at her big wedding night. Helian Wei Wei about to fell asleep when her throat got itchy and her nose stuffy. But she felt so lazy and did not want to move.

  Then she looked down at the tiger skin to her side. The rug was cold. Helian Wei Wei creased her willowy eyebrows.

  The two people used to have a good relationship, so it was unnecessary for Helian Wei Wei to make a fuss.

  Helian Wei Wei was stunned. Somehow, a scene emerged in her mind of His Highness sitting in her study, frowning and glueing things. She shook her head and picked up the paper contract.

  Eunuch Sun, who came in to serve her, thought that she was going to tear it up, and quickly restrained her hand, "Aiyo, Madam. This slave begs you, please stop making trouble!"

  "Were you the one who glued this, Eunuch Sun?" Helian Wei Wei frowned.

  Eunuch Sun was dumbfounded by this question. "This slave didn't do that."

  "Then, who glued this?" Helian Wei Wei stretched lazily.

  Eunuch Sun answered, "I don't know, but His Highness said that if you tear up the contract again, he will tear you up in return."

  Helian Wei Wei took a glance at Eunuch Sun and jumped down from the bed laughing. "He will not say those things to me. It's you who wanted to say that, Eunuch Sun."

  Eunuch Sun asked subconsciously, "How do you know?"

  After finished speaking, when he saw Helian Wei Wei smiling eyes, he wished he could bite off his tongue.

  "Because it's not sinister enough." Helian Weiwei touched the paper briefly. "If it were him, he would surely say, Keep on tearing the paper off, I still have some copies in my study."

  Eunuch Sun was stupefied again. He spoke while holding his forehead, "This slave truly convinced now."

  Helian Wei Wei knew she guessed right. The corners of her mouth turned up. She then rinsed her mouth with mint water. In dealing with people, unexpectedly, she and His Highness were equally matched.

  "But His Highness gave Princess a task." Eunuch Sun opened his mouth with a smile.

  Helian Wei Wei frowned, "What kind of task?" Is it to deal with these three palaces and six courtyards in the imperial palace?

  "His Highness said that in a few days you'll have to go back to college. You can't drop out of the academy's program." Eunuch Sun was speaking while giving her breakfast. "So let the old slave observe Princess practising the brush strokes for an hour every day. But rest assured that you won't have to write too complicated words. You just need to write three words ten times without stopping, and leave the rest."

  Helian Wei Wei's mouth which was still gargling suddenly became stiff.

  Without stopping?

  "I see." As she spoke, Helian Wei Wei took the towel handed over by the little aide and acted calmly and naturally as if she was born to be served by others. It was obvious that her daily living expenses were also in the luxury category.

  Eunuch Sun didn't expect the princess to get along so easily. He arranged everything happily. Nothing was left behind: ink, paper and ink stone.

  "Princess, these are all usually used by His Highness. See if those are suitable for you."

  Helian Weiwei grunted in assent, "Those are suitable."

  Afterwards...

  She just stuffed those in her bag!!?

  What was this attitude!

  "Achoo!" Helian Wei Wei sneezed again. She sat immediately on the imperial consort chair, looked at the study room and started falling asleep.

  Eunuch Sun ...Didn't you just said that you'll write the characters!!!

  Half a shichen (one hour) later, Helian Wei Wei woke up automatically, touched her stomach and asked, "What's for lunch?"

  Eunuch Sun….You wake up too accurately, okay!

  The little aide was born as a death warrior. When His Highness had given orders before, she would often see Eunuch Sun. She had the impression that he was a slick and smooth person in relating to others. Now, well, he looked a little irritable.

  However, the princess seemed to know how to placate Eunuch Sun and then said, "I have a dan medicine here. Take it, you'll look younger."

  Grandpa Sun's received it. His face was beaming. He sent his underlings away to eat and was not as hypocritical to anyone as before.

  Only then did the little aide realize that Eunuch Sun had acknowledged the princess.

  Those who were acknowledged by Eunuch Sun must have the Retired Emperor's consent.

  In fact, this was not the same treatment as that elder sister at that time.

  It's only that His Highness….

  As if to notice the little aide's staring eyes, Helian Wei Wei turned to look at her, "Do you also want to get one?"

  "Mm?" The little aide was late to react.

  Her mouth was already stuffed with the dan medicine. She knew it was expensive, but she didn't know that someone would be so willing to give it to a slave.

  Helian Wei Wei did not seem to care at all. She picked at the dishes on the table with bamboo chopsticks. She did not eat much. She only picked a few chopsticks. It was probably not to her liking: "Why is there not even a piece of meat."

  The little aide was dumbfounded. "This servant heard that Princess had a sore throat. Then the food shouldn't be greasy."

  "Fine, health is important." Helian Wei Wei picked a vegetable dish, chewed it for a while. After that, while still chewing, she went to pick the second vegetable dish.

  It's elegant yet carrying an indolent, childlike expression.

  The little aide thought that she had never seen such a woman. It was a sight that made people watching felt comfortable.

  But no one knew what would happen to her in the end.

  Somehow, the little aide hoped that day would pass at a slower pace.

  Chapter 275 - That Person is Coming Back

  The little aide came out of the palace bedroom with bowls and chopsticks in her hands. She came across Hei Zhu who she hadn't met for a long time. She wore a cheongsam, as if she had just come in
from outside the palace. Hei Zhu's eyes brightened when she saw the little aide, "Qing Zhan, you're back!"

  It seemed that no one had called her with this name for ages. The little aide slowed down for a moment and then nodded.

  Hei Zhu's hands slid and she creased her slim eyebrows. "Why are you doing these things? It's not true that you're serving that woman Helian Wei Wei now, as those palace maids said, right? "

  Qing Zhan took a look at her and corrected her faintly: "Call her the princess."

  Hei Zhu scoffed at her, "Princess? She will lose that position soon."

  Qing Zhan's hands that were holding the bowls and chopsticks stilled. She knew Hei Zhu would not say such a thing without being 100% sure. Could it be something unexpected happen?

  Hei Zhu continued saying, "Her methods are only indulging passions. His Highness has never met anyone like that before and put up with her."

  Qing Zhan looked at the bowls and chopsticks in her hands without uttering any words.

  Hei Zhu spoke again, ""I advise you to leave her as soon as possible. Don't you like Young Master Lie? It will be much better to ask Young Master Lie to help you leave."

  Qing Zhan raised her head, her eyes were serious. "I've never thought of asking him for helping me leave, ever."

  "I know, I know." Hei Zhu did not know what temper she was having, and patted her gently on the back of her hand.

  Qing Zhan thought in her heart, "You don't know it. Just because liking a person, I won't put myself down and be that person's concubine."

  She couldn't help recall what the princess had said to her.

  That was a recklessly elegant and unconventional manner.

  From the time she entered the palace to be a death warrior, she only had one person in her eyes. At that time, she had no extra thoughts at all. They both were still young. When she finished training, she would stand in the shadows and watch the little boy frown and perform divination. She knew that he did not love her. Every time he went out, she would come along with some new things, just to make him happy. It seemed that as long as he smiled, it was worth doing anything. More importantly, she didn't care if she was covered all over with cuts and bruises for him.