Chapter 52: Dispelling Rumors
“Ah Ying, don’t worry yet!”
Chu Lianmo hurriedly comforted him, “Doctor Ji just said that with active treatment, a full recovery is possible. He’s a divine physician. Once your injury heals, just follow his instructions for rehabilitation, and I believe you will definitely…”
“Your Highness!” Murong Ying interrupted him with tear-filled eyes. “If I become a cripple, will you still want me as a guard for the Prince Rui’s residence?”
This question made Chu Lianmo’s heart ache sharply.
It turned out that Murong Ying had never thought of hating him.
The only thing he cared about was whether he could continue to stay by his side.
“I want you, of course I want you!” Chu Lianmo couldn’t help but lean down and hug Murong Ying, choking back a sob. “As long as you are willing to see me, let alone be a guard, you can even be an ancestor in the Prince Rui’s residence!”
Murong Ying couldn’t help but chuckle at this. “How could I be your ancestor? Your Highness, isn’t that disrespectful to the royal family?”
Chu Lianmo stared blankly at his smile, wanting to joke along with him, but his heart was filled with bitterness, and he couldn’t smile at all.
“Ah Ying, I hurt you like this, do you really not blame me?”
“Of course not.” Murong Ying shook his head without hesitation. “I made a huge mistake. It’s only right for Your Highness to be angry and punish me.”
Chu Lianmo felt his nose sour again.
Qi Xiaojun, standing aside, also had wet eyes because of their deep friendship.
However, he tried to act a bit lighter. “Lianmo, since you hurt him, why don’t you compensate him with Sister Jiang?” Qi Xiaojun deliberately stopped addressing Jiang Wan as “Princess Consort”.
“No!” Murong Ying spoke before Chu Lianmo could agree. “I’m already like this, how can I be worthy of Sister Jiang… She should remain the Princess Consort.”
“…Alright, we’ll talk about that later.”
Chu Lianmo knew that the priority now was for Murong Ying to recover from his injury; otherwise, the inferiority complex in his heart could not be eradicated.
The next day, Murong Yang, who had heard about the incident, rushed over.
“Your Highness Prince Rui,” Murong Yang spoke to Chu Lianmo in a very impolite tone for the first time. “Although my son is mischievous, if you had punished him lightly, I would not have said a word. But how could you cause him a lifelong disability?!”
Murong Yang had always been strict with his son, and since Murong Ying’s ambition was to be a guard, he inevitably had to beat him often. However, Murong Yang had never once broken his son’s bones.
“I’m sorry.” Chu Lianmo could only lower his head and apologize obediently.
“…” Seeing his good attitude in admitting his mistake, Murong Yang couldn’t say much more. Leaving a sentence “I’ll go see Ying’er,” he turned and left.
Chu Lianmo returned to his room with a heavy heart. This was now considered his and Qi Xiaojun’s shared room.
“Lianmo,” Qi Xiaojun greeted him softly, “Are you still sad?”
“How can I easily forget such a big thing?” Chu Lianmo smiled bitterly and sat on the edge of the bed. “Ah Jun, do you remember when I bruised your chin last time? Actually, my emotions have always been this unstable. I just didn’t expect that one day it would lead to a big mistake!”
“I understand.” Qi Xiaojun comforted him considerately. “Your upbringing environment was so turbulent, it’s hard for your temperament to be completely healthy… Lianmo, this isn’t your fault. You have to learn to forgive yourself.”
“Ah Jun…” Chu Lianmo was moved by these words and embraced Qi Xiaojun. “Fortunately, I have you by my side, otherwise I might have made even bigger mistakes.”
Qi Xiaojun smiled faintly in his arms. “To err is human. If mistakes are made, we’ll find a way to make up for them together.”
In the following time, Murong Ying stayed in bed to recover. Chu Lianmo visited him at least twice a day, and Ji Hua often came to check on his condition and change the prescription.
With their joint efforts, Murong Ying’s injury improved quickly.
When he could get out of bed, he started trying to walk.
But as soon as he put weight on his left leg, he felt a piercing pain.
Forcing himself to take a few steps, he indeed limped.
“Ah Ying, don’t be discouraged,” Chu Lianmo supported him from the side, comforting him gently. “It’s inevitable at the beginning. It will get better slowly.”
“Yes, Your Highness.” Murong Ying just lowered his head and replied softly.
For the next few days, Murong Ying endured severe pain and tried hard to practice walking.
However, the situation didn’t improve significantly.
The once lively and cheerful Murong Ying gradually became silent. He didn’t hate Chu Lianmo, but he began to loathe himself, who used to be heroic but now couldn’t even walk properly.
He stopped practicing actively because without hope, there would be no despair.
Jiang Wan came to see him many times. Chu Lianmo had accepted their relationship, but Murong Ying always coldly shut Jiang Wan out.
Chu Lianmo saw this situation and was anxious, blaming himself even more.
During this time, rumors about Chu Lianmo’s impotence were rampant outside, but Chu Lianmo had no mind to pay attention to this matter.
Qi Xiaojun felt that things couldn’t go on like this.
After some thought, he came up with a plan that could kill two birds with one stone.
However, this plan might be too bold.
Qi Xiaojun was prepared to be opposed, but unexpectedly, when Chu Lianmo and Jiang Wan heard his idea, they both agreed immediately.
That evening, Jiang Wan brought several dishes to Murong Ying’s room. “Ah Ying, I made these myself. Try them?”
“I have no appetite.” Murong Ying lay on the bed with dull eyes, staring straight at the ceiling.
“Don’t be like this. It’s my first time cooking, and no one has eaten it yet. I don’t know if it tastes good.”
Murong Ying glanced at her. “Wouldn’t you know if you tasted it yourself?”
“You have a point.” Jiang Wan smiled, picked up a piece of beef, and put it in her mouth. “Ah Ying, you’ve always loved meat. I’ve been trying to eat more recently to understand the benefits of what you love.”
“I don’t like eating meat anymore.”
Murong Ying had no appetite for anything now. His food intake had dropped several times compared to before. He barely ate anything just to keep himself alive so as not to worry Chu Lianmo and his father.
“But I’ve started to like it. I also like,” Jiang Wan suddenly turned her head and stared at Murong Ying seriously, “you. Ah Ying, let’s be together.”
“I’m not interested.” Murong Ying suppressed a throb in his heart and refused coldly. “I’m not interested in food, and I’m not interested in you anymore.”
“But,” Jiang Wan smiled and said lightly, “there’s aphrodisiac in this food.”
“…What?!” Murong Ying’s expression finally changed.
“Ah Ying, I really want to be with you. To be with you, I’ve resorted to all means.”
As Jiang Wan spoke, she felt her body heating up and her face flushing. “Ah Ying, help me, okay? Otherwise, I’ll be in pain! His Highness won’t touch me. Except for you, I have no way to resolve this drug!”
“Why do you bother!” Murong Ying’s eyes became wet. Finally, he couldn’t help but hug Jiang Wan and plant a kiss on her lips.
“Not enough… this isn’t enough…!” Jiang Wan lost her usual dignified lady-like demeanor and fiercely grabbed at Murong Ying’s clothes.
Murong Ying could no longer suppress himself and pushed her onto the bed…
After the cloud and rain, Jiang Wan lay contentedly beside Murong Ying, leaning against his warm chest.
Murong Ying was filled with confusion—how should he handle things now that they had reached this point?!
“Ah Ying, you’ll take responsibility for me, right?”
“I… I certainly want to take responsibility for you, but I’m a cripple. If I limp when marrying you, people will laugh at you!”
Jiang Wan felt a pain in her heart and said softly, “I don’t care about that. Besides, marriage isn’t urgent. We have to help His Highness with a favor first.”
“…What favor?”
“We need to have a child.”
“What?” Murong Ying’s eyes widened instantly.
Jiang Wan then told Murong Ying about Chu Lianmo and Qi Xiaojun’s plan.
After listening, Murong Ying didn’t know whether to laugh or cry. “What ‘resorted to all means to be with me’? I actually believed it. So I’m just a part of your plan!”
“No.” Jiang Wan said seriously. “If it were just for this, I wouldn’t have agreed. Ah Ying, I did this to help you cheer up! A child can’t have such a decadent father, right? He can limp, but he must not give up on himself!”
“Child…” Murong Ying stared at Jiang Wan’s still flat belly, as if he had already begun to feel the responsibility of being a husband and a father. “Sigh, but is this really okay? Why do I feel His Highness is quite reckless?”
Jiang Wan smiled. “You finally look a bit like your old self.”
Murong Ying then realized that since being with Jiang Wan just now, his life had become a bit more vibrant again.
Anyway, the plan started like this.
Murong Ying and Jiang Wan were both experiencing intimacy for the first time and were in their prime. Once they tasted the beauty of love, they couldn’t stop, like dry wood and fire, doing it at least once a day.
So Jiang Wan soon became pregnant.
Once this news was released, the rumors about Chu Lianmo’s impotence collapsed on their own.
Recently, another person also became pregnant, and that was Liu Min, who had married Ah Wang.
Now, the rumors about Liu Min’s inability to bear children were also broken.
Now, the only one without a child was truly Chu Ziqian.
Emperor Chu Wen finally realized that this was a serious problem and called Chu Ziqian over privately:
“What exactly is going on with you having no offspring all this time? If there’s a physical problem, find an imperial physician to treat it. Don’t avoid treatment.”
“What are you saying, Father!” Chu Ziqian hurriedly said. “I am healthy and have absolutely no problems.”
“If there’s no problem, hurry up and find a woman to have a child! You divorced Liu Min, don’t you know to marry another one?”
“…I will resolve the issue of offspring as soon as possible.”
Chu Ziqian was already extremely annoyed recently.
He didn’t believe that Jiang Yingnan truly had no feelings for him anymore, and he was still trying hard to find a way to redeem the situation.
If he found a woman to have a child at this time, it would be impossible with Jiang Yingnan anymore. After all, no one would give up someone as good as Jiang Ruobin to be with someone who had a wife and children.
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