That night, Prince Huaiyang slept a bit late and waited and waited, but there wasn’t any delivery of the warm soup and quilt.
The maids in the yard were as dead as death, and not a single one showed up.
Cui Xingzhou knew that it must have been Miantang who had instructed them not to deliver anything to him.
Although the study was also warm, how could it be more comfortable in a room where there’s Miantang? At this time of the day, he would have been hugging his soft wife and kissing each other under the blanket. Unexpectedly, due to a quarrel, it went in vain.
Thinking of this, he felt drunk and his head felt uncomfortable. Mo Ru knew that the prince had not yet sobered up, so he quickly brought the sobering soup cooked in the kitchen.
Cui Xingzhou took a sip and immediately furrowed his brows, saying, “It’s so sour, what the hell is this?”
Mo Ru’s face turned bitter. The hangover soup that the prince is accustomed to drinking is made by the princess consort according to the customs of her hometown. The taste was sour and sweet, and it tastes refreshing to drink. The pickled plums in the soup were also made by the maid in her yard of the princess consort. Only the Princess Consort has it in the entire residence, and the hangover soup made in the kitchen was naturally different from the one made by the Princess Consort herself.
Just now, he went back to the yard to seek help from Bicao, but Bicao hid in the crack of the door and said that the princess consort had instructed them not to send a single grain of rice outside. They were servants and dared not disobey, and only asked Mo Ru to find some other similar ingredients.
The prince was being picky now, but he can’t speak ill of the princess consort directly too. So he can only ponder and say, “It’s too late. The princess consort is tired today and went to bed a bit early, so this soup is made by the cook. Why not… Your Highness deal with it and have a drink first, and tomorrow morning, I’ll ask the princess consort to make another bowl.”
No one drinks the sobering soup after waking up the next morning. Upon hearing that Miantang had gone to bed early, Cui Xingzhou felt even angrier.
Her temper was quite strong, just for the sake of a few bandits, she treated him like this. He wants to see what’s more she can do.
Thinking of this, Cui Xingzhou stopped drinking the sour sobering soup and fell asleep on the soft floor of the study with a full stomach of depression.
When he woke up the next morning, Cui Xingzhou did not wake up early as usual to train but instead lay lazily for a while.
Usually, there were times when the two of them quarreled, but Miantang was not the kind of petty woman with a sour nose and eyes. Usually, after each night’s anger, she would change ways to comfort himself the next day.
Cui Xingzhou will also give her some reasons to get closer, such as minor illnesses like early morning discomfort.
But today he waited and waited on the soft couch, but couldn’t see Miantang leading her maid with a gold basin for washing and clothes to change.
Lying for so long, his already painful mind last night has become even more chaotic. Cui Xingzhou couldn’t wait anymore, only got up with a gloomy face and let Mo Ru serve him, wash and change clothes.
But how can a man with thick hands and feet compare to Miantang’s delicate hands? Being served uncomfortably, the prince inevitably scolded Mo Ru coldly and became rude.
He cursed Mo Ru until tears rolled in his eyes, suspecting that the prince was fond of the new and disliked the old, and wanted to change a servant.
After a simple sip of congee, Cui Xingzhou gets ready to go to the military department. When he was about to leave, he saw his sister Cui Fu preparing to get on the carriage and accompany the familiar ladies to a tea banquet.
After the siblings chatted a few words, Cui Fu took the handmade stove handed over by the maid and said, “Where is Miantang going early in the morning on such a cold day? She has just given birth, so don’t let the chill pass.”
If it wasn’t for his sister who told him, Cui Xingzhou didn’t even know that Miantang had left the residence. He was slightly stunned for a moment, and when his sister left, he asked the steward where the princess consort had gone.
The steward said, “The princess consort didn’t say where she was going either. She just had someone prepare a carriage and then took the guards and left.”
Cui Xingzhou frowned and said, “Why hasn’t anyone come to inform me?”
The steward said cautiously, “This… The princess consort doesn’t need to report to the prince when she goes out normally… so I haven’t told you this time…”
What did Liu Miantang do early in the morning? Cui Xingzhou could guess after a moment’s thought.
After arriving at the military department, he picked up the document and looked at it for a while before sending someone to ask at the gate of the city. Sure enough, in the morning, the carriage of the royal residence left the city through the Yuehua Gate.
She was determined to find all the bandits back who he has thrown out of the city!
To be honest, Cui Xingzhou had not expected that Miantang would be so reluctant to give up on those bandits who raised on the mountain, but her concern for others made him even angrier.
Cui Xingzhou returned to the residence earlier that day. When he returned, he casually asked and found out that the princess consort had gone around the city and returned to the residence to feed the young prince. However, after coaxing the young prince to sleep, she went out of the city and circled again.
Cui Xingzhou wasn’t worried about who she can retrieve. When he threw them out of the city for the second time, he sent troops to escort them all the way and sent them away from a distance.
Thinking of this, he furrowed his brows and eyes and still went back to his study. This time, Servant Li brought a cup of chicken soup and presented it to the prince. His heart relaxed and he thought it was Liu Miantang who had come to terms with it.
Unexpectedly, Servant Li said, This was originally stewed soup for the princess consort, but she couldn’t drink it, so I brought a bowl to you, your highness. I stayed at the residence for a while now, and although some words were inappropriate, I still thought of telling you. The princess consort is currently nurturing the young prince, and the most taboo is to get angry. Otherwise, the breastmilk path will be blocked, and she will become inflamed. By then, the women will have to suffer. You may as well bear with her more. If the princess consort really did something wrong, take your time to teach, or wait until the young prince is weaned before it’s too late…”
Most noblewomen in the royal residence would not personally raise their children, but instead gave them to the nurse. Even when Cui Xingzhou was young, he grew up on the milk of a wet nurse. How did he know about the hard work of the nannies?
However, Servant Li has raised several of them herself, so she naturally knows the secrets inside. Seeing that Miantang seemed to be getting angry and there were faint signs of inflammation, she rushed to give a word or two to the prince.
Cui Xingzhou pursed his lips and finally got up to go to the yard.
Upon entering the room, it seemed that his son Xiaoyi’er was not full and was humming and arching into her mother’s arms. Miantang’s expression also seemed to be very painful.
At this moment, all the thoughts of being angry were thrown away into the sky. He quickly walked over to sit next to her and said, “What’s the matter?”
Miantang became a mother for the first time, but she didn’t expect it to be just a slight outburst, which could have such consequences. She sometimes regretted it, afraid that she wouldn’t be able to breastfeed her son. She watched Cui Xingzhou come over and tears rolled around her eyes, saying, “What should I do? I can’t feed my son till he is full…”
Cui Xingzhou took out the piglet-like doll from her arms and called for Fangxie to say, “Go, call the nurse who is kept in the inner courtyard back and let her feed the young prince.”
Fangxie whispered, “The young prince recognizes people, except for the princess consort, he doesn’t go for anyone else.”
Cui Xingzhou didn’t expect his son to be as picky and discerning as his father. If Miantang really suckles, wouldn’t Xiaoyier starve to death?
At this moment, all the hardness that was still stuck in the stomach disappeared.
He gently comforted Miantang in his arms and said, “Don’t get angry. I’ll have someone bring back those loyal and righteous individuals for you tomorrow, not even a hair will be missing. Take a break, I’ll have the doctor come and take a look, so you won’t get inflamed. Don’t worry about Yi’er, there are so many nannies, can you still starve him to death? This is all common among living people. If you starve him for a whole day, let’s see if he’s still being picky.”
Xiaoyi’er, who had not had enough to eat before, was feeling aggrieved. Listening to his father’s loud voice saying things that didn’t sound like his own father, he seemed to feel the desperation in his words. As soon as he pouted his mouth, he burst into tears.
For a moment, the room was also bustling with chickens and dogs. After the doctor came to see it, he prescribed a hot compress and taught the maid the techniques of massaging acupoints.
After tossing and turning, Cui Xingzhou hugged Miantang and fell asleep again.
After waking up and drinking a bowl of vegetable soup to reduce internal heat, Miantang finally smoothes her blood.
After Fangxie picked up Xiaoyi’er, who was crying convulsively, the little meatball immediately turned into her mother’s arms, and his two little fists clenched tightly, and he ate it gurgling.
So, after a night of stubbornly sulking, both the prince and princess consort were defeated by their son’s crying need for nourishment.
Miantang had been suffering for a long time. At this moment, she hugged her son and touched his bulging little mouth with her slender fingers. She dared not think of anything else to avoid getting angry.
Cui Xingzhou has also become much more honest, slightly releasing the authority of the tough prince and leaning against Miantang as a waist protector.
After her son hiccupped and closed his eyes with satisfaction, Fangxie quickly took the little prince over and gave the princess consort a good rest.
For a moment, the two of them were somewhat speechless, and Miantang didn’t look at the prince either. She just lay there lazily in a daze.
Cui Xingzhou pulled her hand and hugged her in his arms like a baby, coaxing her, “Alright, I don’t care about those shrimp soldiers and crabs under your command in the future. Whatever you like, do it. If you don’t have enough manpower when robbing houses, you can tell Fan Hu and ask him to dispatch some more guards for you.”
Miantang looked up at him and said, “My shrimp soldiers and crab generals used to beat your elite soldiers to the ground.”
Cui Xingzhou disliked listening to this section the most and pulled his face slightly, saying, “Are you not convinced? Why don’t you rearrange it again someday? I will definitely make your subordinates obedient, my beloved Princess Consort?”
Miantang should have seen his sour nose and eyes, but with a chuckle, she said, “I refuse, otherwise, if I accidentally won, what can I do if you can’t afford to lose?
Cui Xingzhou didn’t expect Liu Miantang to reply back, only raising his eyebrows and looking at her with a smile on his face, saying, “If I lose, I will give away my body for you to sleep, how about this?”
Miantang looked at Cui Xingzhou’s face and said with a hint of disgust, “It’s okay. Even if it’s a banished fairy in the sky, sleeping every day will be tiring… Ah… Why are you biting me?”
Cui Xingzhou doesn’t feel tired. Since Miantang got pregnant and gave birth, he has been starving.
When looking at Miantang, it was like a hungry dog seeing a big meat bun emitting a fragrance.
But now this goddamn girl, she first quarreled with him and now she’s tired of it. He thinks she’s tired of living!
At that moment, he took a hard bite and had to fill his hunger before he could slowly settle the accounts with her!
Moonlightjie On GD (QT) Chapter 6