TEWRAWTEC CH 42

Chapter 42: Stirring the Fetal Qi

Murong Zichen worried that if he forcefully took Mo Hua away now, it would only agitate Yun Mingzhuo. So, he decided to wait until after the child was born before doing so.

Mo Hua, however, never told Yun Mingzhuo about being forced to take the pregnancy pill.

At this critical time, he didn’t want Yun Mingzhuo to worry about his problems.

Unfortunately, no matter how well a secret was hidden, paper could never cover fire^[1]. Before long, Yun Mingzhuo found out about it.

It happened one afternoon when Yun Mingzhuo and Mo Hua went for a walk in the Imperial Garden and ran into Qin Yansheng.

At first, Yun Mingzhuo ignored him, but Qin Yansheng took the initiative to greet him.

“Consort Yun, what a coincidence!” Qin Yansheng’s tone and manner were soft and graceful despite being a man, but Yun Mingzhuo still found him unbearable.

In Yun Mingzhuo’s eyes, both Murong Zichen and Qin Yansheng were a perfect match—two equally troublesome people. He sincerely wished they would stay together forever, so they wouldn’t go on ruining anyone else’s life.

“Yes, what a coincidence,” Yun Mingzhuo replied politely. Though he didn’t like this “delicate beauty,” he still followed the basic courtesy of not striking someone who greeted him with a smile.

As expected, Qin Yansheng soon began talking about how the child in Yun Mingzhuo’s belly was his and Murong Zichen’s.

Yun Mingzhuo felt deeply disgusted, but since he would be leaving soon anyway, he didn’t bother to argue.

When Qin Yansheng saw Yun Mingzhuo completely unfazed, he felt bored.

Tch, this eunuch really has a good temper.

He had heard that “Yun Yaofan” was arrogant and self-important, flamboyant in nature. He originally thought Yun Mingzhuo would be jealous of how much favor he received from the Emperor. Who would’ve thought the man would remain so calm and unbothered, not even attempting to please the Emperor?

Qin Yansheng had wanted to provoke him into a fight, so that Murong Zichen would witness Yun Mingzhuo’s ugly side and despise him.

Feeling disappointed, Qin Yansheng turned to leave—but then his gaze landed on Mo Hua, standing quietly beside Yun Mingzhuo.

He smiled meaningfully. “Consort Yun’s attendant is quite lucky. His Majesty told me that after you give birth, he intends to marry that attendant off to a good family.”

He spoke with a friendly smile, but in truth, he looked down on both Yun Mingzhuo and Mo Hua. In his eyes, this master and servant pair were overreaching, both dreaming of leaping from sparrows to phoenixes^[2].

Although Murong Zichen trusted Qin Yansheng, because Shang Xuan had asked him to keep his royal identity hidden for the time being, Murong Zichen hadn’t told Qin Yansheng who Shang Xuan really was.

“What nonsense are you spouting?” Yun Mingzhuo snapped, losing patience. Marry him off to a good family? Was Murong Zichen insane? Mo Hua was perfectly fine—healthy, handsome, and loyal! What kind of twisted logic was this?

“Forget it, Consort,” Mo Hua said, growing nervous after Qin Yansheng’s remark. He tried to pull Yun Mingzhuo away.

But Yun Mingzhuo brushed his hand off, glaring coldly at Qin Yansheng. “Please tell His Majesty this—Mo Hua will marry a woman and have children of his own. His Majesty need not concern himself with that.”

Yun Mingzhuo didn’t care if Murong Zichen targeted him, but he would never allow the Emperor and that shameless consort to turn their cruelty toward the people around him.

Qin Yansheng chuckled, his tone dripping with mockery. “Marry and have children? Oh, Consort Yun must be joking. Mo Hua is just like you now—only fit to bear children, not to father them.”

“What do you mean by that?” Yun Mingzhuo’s brows furrowed tightly, his voice turning cold. “What do you mean just like me? What do you mean only fit to bear children?”

Seeing Mo Hua’s guilty expression and how he kept trying to pull him away to avoid the topic, Yun Mingzhuo’s suspicion grew.

“What? You didn’t know?” Qin Yansheng laughed. “His Majesty said Mo Hua harbored improper thoughts about you. To protect you and your unborn child, His Majesty made Mo Hua take the pregnancy pill—so now, he’s the same as you.”

Smack! Yun Mingzhuo’s hand trembled as he clenched his fist.

Unable to hold back any longer, he turned on his heel and stormed off, leaving both Qin Yansheng and Mo Hua behind.

“Murong Zichen!”

He burst into the Emperor’s palace, fury blazing in his eyes.

Murong Zichen, all for his own selfish desires, had destroyed another person’s life. How could he do something so monstrous?

Perhaps because he was too enraged, Yun Mingzhuo’s emotions flared uncontrollably, and in the midst of his confrontation, he felt a sharp pain in his abdomen—he had stirred his fetal qi^[3]. Moments later, he fainted.

(To be continued…)