bookpower Chapter 51 - 51 Cousin, I’m Afraid I Cant Make It
Chapter 51 - 51 Cousin, I’m Afraid I Cant Make It
Chapter 51: Chapter 51 Cousin, I’m Afraid I Can’t Make It
Jun Yuyan’s heart trembled as he gazed deeper into Murong Jiu’s eyes.
He told himself that he didn’t want and didn’t wish to miss out on the woman who was carefully applying medicine to him.
“Ah Jiu...”
“What’s wrong? Did I hurt you? It will be over soon.”
Jun Yuyan shook his head, the words he wanted to say ultimately remaining unspoken.
He didn’t want to pierce through that layer of paper window.
...
He feared that whatever he might say would irrevocably alter their relationship.
Facing matters of the heart, he hesitated and vacillated, no longer as decisive as he was on the battlefield. The enemy’s thoughts were not as hard to fathom as those of a woman; to this day, he still didn’t understand what Murong Jiu truly intended to do.
He also didn’t know if she was aware that he was the man from that evening.
She kept the child, but was it because she merely liked children, or was it for the child’s father?
These questions were not something a few Hidden Guards could clarify.
If he truly spoke now, he feared he might interfere with her plans and thus alter the current situation.
Murong Jiu quickly finished bandaging him and advised him not to eat anything inflammatory or touch water, prattling on, sounding partly like a physician and partly like a wife.
Jun Yuyan, worried that the bloody smell from his clothes would upset her, went to change. He wanted to find another excuse to move back to Qiyun Courtyard, so that if she suffered morning sickness again, he could offer her water.
Zhou Chen appeared like a ghost and knelt on the ground.
“Master, as soon as you left, the Princess Consort vomited immediately; not sure if it was the sight of the blood, I replicated the same method and knocked out Zhen Zhu and the others.”
Jun Yuyan’s brows furrowed deeply, and he took a few steps, then turned back.
Although he had changed and rebandaged, his keen sense of smell could still detect a faint scent of blood; if his presence worsened her vomiting...
“Go, have Steward Lin send some pickled plum fruit paste over there, and instruct the kitchen to prepare some light, appetizing dishes, absolutely no strong or meaty smells.”
Zhou Chen left.
Jun Yuyan couldn’t sit still. Walking back and forth, he eventually found himself outside Qiyun Courtyard, listening to Chun Tao’s anxious words and Murong Jiu’s weak response. His heart raced, yet he dared not step inside.
Fortunately, Steward Lin arrived soon after, delivering the fruit paste that alleviated the nausea.
With money, he could continue secretly cultivating Dead Soldiers and Hidden Guards, recruiting troops and horses.
“No rush, let’s keep them hanging, and go to the New Moon Pavilion first.”
New Moon Pavilion was his cousin Yun Weiwei’s residence.
The Second Prince was not in a hurry because he believed those expensive spices were already in his bag. However, he did not know that at this very moment, Murong Jiu was already meeting with Tianzhu Merchant Convoy’s steward, along with Manager Chai, at the outskirts in the Colored Glaze Workshop.
Upon seeing the various types of Colored Glaze, the steward couldn’t take his eyes off them.
In just a short Shichen Chinese hour, they had struck a deal.
By evening, several Tianzhu ships’ worth of spices had been brought into the storage house purchased by Manager Chai, ordered by Murong Jiu, packed to the brim.
The next day when the Second Prince ordered a meeting with the Tianzhu Merchant Convoy, they had already left the Capital City by two li.
“How could this be! How could this be!”
The Second Prince was furious and incredulous at the outcome.
This was completely different from what he had anticipated.
“Your Highness, calm your anger. I went out of the city to inquire and found out that Colored Glaze is extremely popular overseas. Overseas, they do not have our Great Yan’s technology, and the various Colored Glazes produced by Princess Consort Ling’s workshop are both luxurious and practical. The steward of the merchant was so delighted that they set up a barter transaction on the spot and exchanged with Princess Consort Ling!”
Jun Haoze frowned, his eyes filled with suspicion, “How did she know that Colored Glaze is so sought after overseas?”
“This... perhaps it is just good fortune, a coincidence maybe. How could she, a woman, know about these?”
“Impossible. One instance might be a coincidence. Could two also be a coincidence? It must be Yu Yan helping her behind the scenes!”
Jun Haoze narrowed his eyes fiercely.
He absolutely could not allow Murong Jiu and Yu Yan to have linked interests, for that would make Murong Jiu even more difficult to control.
“Your Highness, Miss Cousin has vomited blood again!”
At that moment, a maid shouted from outside.
Jun Haoze clenched his fist and stood up, walking swiftly outside as he urgently commanded, “Quick, summon the Imperial Physician!”
New Moon Pavilion.
Servants were carrying out bowls stained with blood. Jun Haoze, with a deeply furrowed brow, quickly entered the room and took the hands of a pale-faced girl lying on the sickbed.
“Weiwei, how are you feeling?”
The girl wept, “Cousin, I’m afraid it might be the end for me.”