Chapter 106A: Nangong Qing returns
There didn’t seem to be any difference after marriage. Other than a change in her residence, Luo Qing Luan still continued to do as what she always did, eat, sleep and make merry.
Additionally she made Yuan Xin and Yong An return and the duo managed to find a place in Prince Chu’s mansion, responsible for compiling booklets. Sometimes Luo Qing Luan would go over to take a look and at the same time guide them on how to write. The duo’s ears would turn bright red but they had no choice but to ask for advice humbly, in the hope that Luo Qing Luan would be satisfied with their performance and so that she would treat their illness sooner.
Other than the minority few, no one else knew that the entire capital’s black market’s most popular and most saleable erotic pictures and erotic novels were actually the works of a lady’s hand. But Luo Qing Luan didn’t mind at all. When she earned a huge amount of silver taels each month, she would turn even more resolute into the ideas of earning more money. She still had to look for more ways as money was forever never enough.
After two days later, it was the day of the bride to return to her parental home.
Although Luo Qing Luan did not have any feelings towards the General’s Mansion, but there was after all another old Madame Luo now. Moreover she had also heard that Hongyu seemed to be pregnant and adding on that the return was a custom hence she finally managed to prepare the presents to return back with Nalan Ye early that morning.
They had just alighted from the carriage when they saw Luo Cheng leading the butler welcoming them personally at the entrance. On seeing her, his face was piled with smiles, “Qing Luan’s back, father has waited for you for a long time. Prince Chu… hur hur, quickly come in, please enter.”
Nalan Ye gave a slight smile as he voiced out, “Father-in-law please address me as Ziqing will do. I’ve already married Qing Luan so naturally we’re one family. Those appellations of the past seem too distant, need not stand on ceremony in private.”
Luo Cheng went into a slight pause and instantly blossomed into a smile, “Yes yes, what Ziqing said is right, we’re all one family.” Saying that, he was beaming with smiles as he turned over and looked at Luo Qing Luan, “Your grandmother knows that you will be returning home today and had been waiting for you since morning. Quickly go take a look at her.”
Towards Old Madame Luo, Luo Qing Luan was respectful towards her as she nodded her head, “Yes, then Father, I shall proceed to look for grandmother. You and Nalan Ye go one to have a casual chat.”
Putting aside the General’s Mansion’s bustling and joyous atmosphere, Luo Qing Shuang and w.a.n.g Xue Ru who had been keeping tabs on this side’s situation had a different feeling after receiving the news.
An entire three truck load of gifts, this was merely something which Luo Qing Luan had brought back home, rumoured to be prepared by Prince Chu Nalan Ye himself. It included Damask Silk, bird’s nest and ginseng, precious stones, calligraphy and paintings, antiques and more. There was even a tribute item, the Red Coral, which was bestowed by West Chu’s Emperor. It was three meters in height and the value was ten thousand gold taels as it was treated as a present which was delivered along this round.
“I’d not expected that Prince Chu would treat that la.s.s so well, simply….. even His Majesty’s bestowment had been given out.” w.a.n.g Xue Ru was feeling both envious and hatred as her entire face displayed a bitter resentment expression.
Now she had been divorced by Luo Cheng and this was not revealed publicly because of face issues. If it wasn’t for the fact that she still had a daughter, she would have long been reduced to begging on the streets. Thinking of this w.a.n.g Xue Ru was filled with so much hatred that she clenched her teeth. If it wasn’t for Luo Qing Luo who had intentionally sabotaged her, would she have come to such an end?
Although Luo Qing Shuang had found a temporary courtyard in Fifth Prince’s Mansion for her, but those servants had heard rumours on the reason on why she was divorced and forced to seek shelter with her daughter and son-in-law so they were secretly gossiping about her behind her back. There were some who were bold enough to even ridiculed her secretly. To fall to a state of depending on her daughter, how could w.a.n.g Xue Ru not feel hatred?
Luo Qing Shuang’s hatred was similarly not any lesser than w.a.n.g Xue Ru’s!
The younger sister whom she had been bullying for more than ten over years had climbed over her head to become the respectable Prince Chu’s Consort! As her elder sister, she was only a Prince’s side consort whereas Luo Qing Luan was Prince Chu’s imperial consort. Thinking of the difference in their statuses and that she had been a side concubine’s daughter since young, how aggrieved she had been and how much she had lost out on, it just made her felt even more hatred and even more jealous!
“Luo Qing Luan, I’ll never let you off and never admit defeat.” Touching her perked up belly, Luo Qing Shuang’s face became distorted.
As though she couldn’t wait to raise her daughter’s hatred, w.a.n.g Xue Ru could only depend on Luo Qing Shuang. The minute she recalled herself being schemed and was rolling around with that disgusting wild man, she felt so disgusted that she wanted to throw up. That man was some hooligan whom she had made her underlings found casually from the streets. He had ugly looks and was extremely vulgar entirely, but in the end she had actually caused harm to her ownself!
w.a.n.g Xue Ru grabbed Luo Qing Shuang’s hand as she spoke begrudgingly, “Qing Shuang, mother had fallen to this state is all because of you, you must help mother take revenge!”
Saying that, her tears rolled down and it made Luo Qing Shuang felt extreme heartache, “Mother, don’t you worry. That little s.l.u.t dared to cause you so much harm, this daughter will never let her off!”
“Right, right, you’d better hurry to get someone to watch over them tightly, best if you can take action tonight.” w.a.n.g Xue Ru was extremely impatient, “Doesn’t Fifth Prince has some top exponents under him? Find someone to lure Prince Chu away then after that la.s.s is left alone, abduct her back and I’m going to sell her to a brothel!”
“Brothel, that’s letting her off lightly!”
Luo Qing Shuang’s eyes were rounded as hatred started to grow while she gritted her teeth, “It’d be best if we can sell her to those unlicensed prost.i.tute shops. There are perverted customers there by then so I’d like to see how she is going to continue living! I just want to let her have a taste of what’s called a living h.e.l.l……”
“Shut your mouth, what rubbish are you two sprouting here!”
Suddenly just as these mother-daughter duo were talking excitedly, a deep sullen voice was heard, shocking those two so much that they almost jumped out of their skin. When Luo Qing Shuang saw that the person who entered was Fifth Prince Nangong Chen, she heaved a sigh of relief.
Nangong Chen’s expression was cold and harsh and his entire luxurious dressing couldn’t conceal his anger. His good looking jade like face was icy cold and his entire body emitted a bitter coldness as he said icily, “This is the Fifth Prince’s Mansion. You two are talking about these things in broad daylight, aren’t you afraid that Nalan Ye will hear about this, are you trying to get This Prince into bad luck?”
Luo Qing Shuang and w.a.n.g Xue Ru exchanged glances and stabilised their shocking thumping hearts and the latter gave a dry laugh as she said embarra.s.sedly, “Fifth Prince, we…. We were merely casually talking. Furthermore we’re in our own home so how could this be leaked out? Don’t worry…..”
“There’s no wall which is impenetrable! Since you’ve said that then you must take note that walls have ears. If you womenfolk words get This Prince into trouble, just wait to get into bad luck together! By then our properties will be confiscated, we will be decapitated and by then it will be too late for regrets!” Nangong Chen bore a shady look as he totally unleashed his anger without holding back.