Chapter 41: Are You Crazy?
“As long as you swallow your pride and go beg him, I believe the Snake King will send someone to bring the Second Prince back from the Phoenix Clan, if only for the sake of you submitting to him.”
“Is that true, Cheng Momo?”
Empress Lin clutched the hem of Cheng Momo’s robes as she asked. She was so distraught over Jun Mo’s situation that she had long since lost her own ability to plan.
Cheng Momo nodded. “Would this old servant lie to you, My Lady?”
“Although the Snake King appears cold, he actually treats the princes quite well. As long as you beg him with true sincerity, I believe the Snake King will not sit idly by.”
“After all, this matter is the Phoenix Clan’s fault.”
“He was plotted against on their territory; the Phoenix Clan owes our Snake Clan an explanation.”
“They shouldn’t be allowed to simply cover this up with a marriage alliance.”
“If this stands, who would dare go to the Phoenix Clan in the future?”
Empress Lin thought it over and felt that Cheng Momo’s words made a lot of sense.
In the past, it was her overly haughty attitude that had caused the Snake King to leave in low spirits time and again.
If she lowered her stance this time, surely he wouldn’t hold a grudge against her.
“Let’s go. Accompany this Empress to see the Snake King.”
Having thought it through, Empress Lin immediately began to groom and dress herself, then, supported by Cheng Momo, headed towards the Snake King’s sleeping quarters to seek an audience.
Meanwhile, far away in the Phoenix Clan, Jun Mo had been imprisoned in Qihua Hall by Li Qinghe on the grounds that he was carrying her child due to the Pregnancy Pill.
He finally saw the truth of it now.
Li Qinghe had no intention of letting him leave.
The palace was now filled with burning incense that drained his magical power.
Even if he wanted to step out of Qihua Hall, he had to be accompanied by maids.
He was completely incarcerated.
He never imagined that one day he would fall to such a state.
His situation was actually worse than that piece of trash, Jun He.
How could he possibly endure this?
Before the maids could even serve the food, he began to smash things inside Qihua Hall.
The sounds of crashing and breaking echoed like firecrackers, banging and booming throughout the hall.
None of the maids in the hall dared to step forward to stop him.
They all stood carefully to the side, terrified.
Naturally, the news of Jun Mo going mad and smashing things was reported to Li Qinghe by her confidantes.
She simply sat quietly before her vanity, saying nothing.
No one could tell what she was thinking deep down.
“Princess, should we go and take a look ourselves?”
Ruyue asked cautiously from the side.
The Second Prince had been smashing things in Qihua Hall for more than a day or two.
If this continued, he was going to smash everything Chaoren Hall sent over.
“Let him calm down a bit more.”
Li Qinghe didn’t think that going to see Jun Mo right now would change anything or bring a turning point.
On the contrary, it would only make him angrier.
Rather than that, it was better to wait until he had vented his frustrations.
Seeing that Li Qinghe had no intention of dealing with the matter, Ruyue dared not say more and could only wait quietly by her side.
However, Jun Mo’s rampages in Qihua Hall continued for days.
At first, everyone thought he was simply smashing things to vent his anger because he was unwilling to accept his fate.
But after a full week of this, the entire Phoenix Clan was left without peace.
Even Li Feng summoned Li Qinghe and reprimanded her over the issue.
When Li Xuanyue heard about this from Yinxin, she wasn’t surprised in the least.
In fact, she felt Li Qinghe deserved it.
She thought that just by capturing Jun Mo, she could fight against her?
She hadn’t considered that he wasn’t the type to be manipulated so easily.
All of this was nothing more than the consequences of her own actions.
“Princess, what should we do next?”
Yinxin asked, “Consort Jun’s condition is currently stable thanks to Divine Doctor Liu.”
“But… on your end…”
Li Xuanyue lowered her eyes.
“Is there still no news from Xiao Han?”
She hadn’t forgotten about the Crane’s Crown; it was a matter of life and death for her.
How could she relax?
Yinxin shook her head.
“Princess, should we… maybe discuss this with Consort Zhong?”
Consort Zhong was, after all, the Princess’s man.
If he learned the cause of the Princess’s illness, he surely wouldn’t sit by and do nothing.
“No!”
Li Xuanyue still firmly rejected the idea.
“It is best if not too many people know about the Crane’s Crown.”
And “too many people” naturally included Zhong He.
“Father Consort is already helping me think of a solution.”
Yinxin’s eyes lit up instantly.
“Does the Princess mean that you’ve already told the Empress Consort about this?”
“En!”
Li Xuanyue didn’t hide anything. “Relying solely on my own manpower and resources to find that item won’t be easy.”
“Therefore, after thinking it over again and again, I informed Father Consort about it yesterday.”
“Father Consort said he has a way, and that I just need to wait quietly for a few days.”
However, Li Xuanyue was still confused in her heart.
The Crane’s Crown was no ordinary object.
Even Divine Doctor Liu said that this item had to be given voluntarily by the owner.
Yet when Li Xuanyue told Hua Shan, he stated with certainty that he had a way.
As for what that way was, Li Xuanyue didn’t ask.
Everyone has secrets.
Since Hua Shan didn’t want to tell her, she naturally wouldn’t pry.
“That’s wonderful.”
Hearing this news, Yinxin was truly happy for her from the bottom of her heart.
“Princess, then which Consort’s sleeping quarters do you plan to visit tonight?”
Li Xuanyue: “…”
“Can’t I just rest alone?”
Why must she go to someone’s sleeping quarters?
It was a matter of necessity with Jun He before; if she hadn’t intervened, he would have exploded and died.
Now, her other four Consorts didn’t have that condition, so why would she go to their chambers?
“In the future, if there’s nothing urgent, don’t urge me to go to anyone’s chambers.”
None of them were willing.
As the dignified Princess of the Phoenix Clan, she naturally wouldn’t stoop to forcing or scheming against them like Li Qinghe.
If they wanted to leave, they could do so at any time; she wouldn’t try to keep them.
Yinxin was choked into silence by Li Xuanyue’s words.
The Princess wasn’t like this before.
In the past, she would insist on going to a certain Consort’s place to listen to them play music or sing every night.
Even if she was tired and didn’t go to their palace, she would have them come to Fenghe Hall.
But ever since the wedding night, the Princess seemed like a completely different person.
She handled things with calculation, courage, and strategy; she didn’t even take Princess Qinghe’s schemes to heart.
This version of her was simply incredible to Yinxin.
Was this still the irritable Princess she knew?
Li Xuanyue felt prickles all over her body under Yinxin’s stare.
“Why are you staring at me like that?”
She reached up and touched her face, asking in confusion, “Is there something on my face?”
Surely not?
She had just taken a stroll outside.
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