Gifted Bride of the Sinned Prince

However, to her surprise, the doors of the room were opened, and she saw one of the King’s concubines inside. The concubines were not allowed to come out of this part of the palace unless they were ordered to.

Li Hua put the key inside her pocket and walked in. Concubine Huan Bi had stepped back and turned. Juan Bi was surprised to see her.

Li Hua bowed to her and then removed her shoes. She stepped up and lit an incense stick before putting it inside the tiny couldron. She closed her eyes and kept her hands, one above the other, praying for the peace of Yu Jun’s soul.

After a while, she walked out with Huan Bi. “How is the Princess Consort doing? I heard yesterday an attack was made,” Huan Bi worriedly asked. The two stood by the side of a pillar to converse.

“I am well. Luckily, I didn’t get injured,” Li Hua said.

“That’s good to hear. I am the mother of Prince Tianjie,” Huan Bi informed her, as she knew that Li Hua wasn’t aware of this. “Prince Tianjie hardly visits me. If Princess Consort Li Hua can ask him, then I will be grateful,” Huan Bi requested.

“Sure. I will deliver the message to the Third Prince,” Li Hua assured her. Huan Bi thanked her and asked Li Hua about her sudden visit.

“It is strange because Prince Lóng Wei never comes here. I was surprised to see his wife for a moment,” Huan Bi said.

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“I thought I should visit my late mother-in-law once,” Li Hua lied to her.

“Sister Yu will surely bless her daughter-in-law. She met an unfortunate death,” Huan Bi said, and the smile on her lips slowly faded away. Li Hua understood what she meant by that, but she could not tell her why Lóng Wei did that.

“I heard that my mother-in-law was cold to her son,” Li Hua said. She could not directly tell Huan Bi that Lóng Wei wasn’t at fault, so she tried to tell her differently.

“That’s a mystery to everyone. Sister Yu was a kind lady,” Huan Bi stated. “I remember the time when she took such good care of me. She was even by my side when Prince Tianjie was about to be born. She was warm at heart,” she asserted.

Li Hua was surprised to hear all this about Yu Jun. Yu Jun was the cruelest woman, according to Lóng Wei.

“May I know how she entered the palace?” Li Hua asked, and with inquisitiveness, waited for Huan Bi’s reply.

“I would love to tell her daughter-in-law,” Huan Bi agreed and asked her if she would like to join her for the tea. Li Hua immediately agreed to it.

However, she decided to put the key back in its place first because if Lóng Wei found out, he would be angry at her. She told Huan Bi that she would return in ten minutes and left.

After she put the keys back in the original place, she went to her chamber as she couldn’t go empty-handed. She carried a basket of some perfumes that her brother had purchased for her a few days ago.

When she placed the decorated bamboo basket on the floor table, Huan Bi was astonished for a moment. “Is this for me?” She asked.

Li Hua hummed. “It is my first time visiting Lady Huan, so I thought not to come empty-handed. I hope Lady Huan will like this small present on my behalf,” Li Hua humbly said.

Huan Bi thanked Li Hua and asked her if she would like to drink tea. Li Hua nodded and looked around. She realized that the places for concubines weren’t that good. She suddenly felt bad for Huan Bi.

“We concubines aren’t given rights as equal as the others,” Huan Bi replied after she read Li Hua’s thoughts. Huan Bi asked her personal attendant to send the tea for them and leave them alone. Li Hua found that even the servants were not present in that quarter.

“Sister Yu was forced to be a concubine. No one exactly knows why His Majesty was adamant about bringing her to the palace. But rumors were there that she was tough to please. I should not be saying this, but she wasn’t happy here,” Huan Bi said with an upset expression.

Li Hua was frightened to hear that. She could not even imagine of being forced to marry someone. Was that the reason that she was always cold towards Lóng Wei? She pondered.

“I am surprised to see Prince Lóng Wei looking happier than before. Since I have closely observed the Prince, I can tell that he loves his wife a lot,” Huan Bi said with a wide smile. Li Hua was astonished to see that Tianjie’s mother was a lot better than him. He was not a nice person, but his mother was different from him.

Huan Bi’s personal attendant served them the tea and then left the room.

They drank tea while conversing with each other.

“The Princess Consort must ask Prince Lóng Wei to visit his late mother frequently. Now, she is no more, so he should not hold any grudges against his mother. Sister Yu might not be in peace because her son’s hate still hasn’t ended for her,” Huan Bi asserted.

“I will surely talk about it with His Highness,” Li Hua said, and then took a sip.

“Sister Yu used to cry when Prince Lóng Wei would be punished and sent to the cold palace. She heard so many taunts from everyone around her. I truly pitied her situation. Fate played badly with her. Her own son took her life,” Huan Bi said. Li Hua furrowed her brows together, and after a while, she left for her chamber.

She was troubled by the things that she got to learn about Yu Jun.

‘I decided to kill her to prevent her from a torturous death!’

She recalled the words of Lóng Wei and decided to go to the depths of the truth, which made Lóng Wei’s mother act cold towards him only in front of him.