Chapter 240: The True Relationship

“Her? She’s a very good consort mother.” Li Hong Yuan rather meaningfully said, “Just in terms of a ‘warm caring mother’, she’s definitely number one among the imperial consorts and concubines. Especially in treating the daughter-in-law, there’s probably no better mother-in-law than her. Li Hong Ming, even now, still doesn’t have a son, yet she has always comforted and consoled third sister-in-law, and has never had the intention of establishing a side consort for Li Hong Ming, so as to avoid giving third sister-in-law pressure. Third sister-in-law has felt very ashamed of herself, personally looking for women that are good at bearing children for Li Hong Ming.”

Jing Wan looked to the smiling but not really smiling Li Hong Yuan, this newly appointed husband. However, these words of his…….Her eyes slightly spun, “Then, wangye, what should this wife do?”

“What should you do? Isn’t there a saying called ‘a hundred filial pieties not as good a single obedience’? Since consort mother is this kind, you as the daughter-in-law, naturally need to ‘go along’ with her on all things. Can’t be like third sister-in-law, ‘disobeying’ her.”

Jing Wan understood, yet let out a somewhat hesitant expression, “What if too obedient that it makes her Highness noble consort feel this wife is dough? Perhaps her attitude towards this wife will just happen to be the opposite of her attitude towards third sister-in-law. Compared to Rui Qinwang, under wangye’s knees, it’s even empty. Wangye takes pity on this wife, but as time passes, we will eventually come to that step.”

The two of them right now were truly one body, and in the future, which step they will walk to, to a very large degree, depended on the attitude of this husband of hers. Jing Wan didn’t mind having some things spread out now. Even if producing estrangement, even if from here on out just begin to walk towards the path as strangers, she all won’t hesitate. When it comes to little habits in life, and interests, she would rather just extinguish the source from the start, yet on the matters she cares about, she will relentlessly prod out. As expected, she was also a selfish and self-serving person.

Li Hong Yuan reached out, having Jing Wan pulled over, and embracing into his arms. He was a bit vexed and also a bit heartbroken. But, for her heart to be restless inside, it can only mean that what he did was still far from enough. What happened to ‘viewing the husband as the sky’? “Wan Wan has always been a clever one, so how come this while just don’t know how to be flexible? When clearly knowing that consort mother is saying ‘the reverse’, you as the daughter-in-law, naturally have the responsibility of upholding her amicable image, no? Need to use upright and stern words to correct her, don’t be dim-witted like third sister-in-law, unable to tell whether consort mother is saying ‘genuine words’ or making a sarcastic remarks.”

Jing Wan looked to Li Hong Yuan with just 囧. Your Highness noble consort, your family’s ‘younger son’ being this ‘filial’, did you know? Jing Wan already for the most part can predict the scene of Noble Consort Su getting angered by her to the point of fuming all over. Although she probably won’t be this way in front of her face, but wasn’t this way even more sullen?

(T/N: LHY slowly teaching her how to kill his parents with anger lmaooo)

However, to be pulling in hatred like this, she worried that Noble Consort Su will secretly want to kill her.

Jin Qinwang, as the sandwich cookie, was it helping his old mother, or helping his wife? Jing Wan swept a glance at a certain someone. It was him that let her do this, so even if on the surface, he didn’t stand on her side, in the dark, he would still help her, right?

And Noble Consort Su, wasn’t it already said that she was a caring mother and good mother-in-law? Would she even tear apart her own beautiful image to be mean to her? Everything else aside, just his Majesty would probably all ‘see her in a new light’.

That’s why, her safety was still adequate. As such, it just didn’t matter.

However, wasn’t it said that Jin Qinwang didn’t give anyone face, didn’t spare anyone’s feelings, yet only Noble Consort Su alone was able to make him compromise, make him soften his attitude? Wasn’t it said that Noble Consort Su, towards her biological son and foster son, was the same with no differences, sometimes even slightly leaning towards the foster son? Wasn’t it said that Noble Consort Su and Jin Qinwang were close to the point that even his Majesty all envied somewhat?

What kind of place was the imperial palace? How many eyes were watching? Whether it was true kindness or fake kindness, able to deceive one or two people, but was one able to deceive everyone? That’s why, these rumors should all be true. Even if disguising oneself, it was certainly still countless times stronger than Ruan Fang Fei. After all, the imperial palace, that kind of ‘super grand residence’, how was it something the Ruan Manor, that kind of ‘small humble household’, can compare to? A fake act certainly needs to be done for real.

As Jing Wan thought of this, she waved away the servants, having her own doubts voiced out.

Li Hong Yuan had his head buried in her neck, rubbing against her.

A bit ticklish. Jing Wan withdrew her neck, pushing him, “Talking about serious business right now, or is it something that you can’t tell me?”

“Already said before, regarding my matters, there’s nothing that can’t be told to you. It can’t be denied, she is indeed very good towards me, and not the so called committing to a fake act, but true and honestly good. I once also had her viewed as my actual consort mother for a time. But, tens of thousands of good still can’t make up for one two points of bad. When I was ten, she did one thing, and when I was thirteen, she did another thing. These two things were more than enough to have everything erased. Want to know what it was? It was………..” Li Hong Yuan smiled as he spoke a few words, seemingly as if not caring at all.

Jing Wan’s pupils instantly shrunk, “You……..”

Appearing nonchalant and indifferent, but Jing Wan still sensed his care. But, then again, humans weren’t plants that were incapable of emotion. No matter how ruthless and fickle of a person, all have a soft spot in the depths of their hearts. Just imagine, a mother, twenty some years, meticulous in every possible way, no matter how you nitpick, and no matter how you go look with colored lens, all unable to find any place bad about the other party, but when actually discovering, perhaps there was even a kind of pain that penetrated the soul.

Li Hong Yuan held Jing Wan, “I’m fine.”

Jing Wan didn’t know how she should comfort him, but after this many years, his heart should’ve also long come to accept it. En, can’t really say it like this either. This living Enma, perhaps was just brought about by the shock from Noble Consort Su. However, “Such a secretive matter, you were just able to discover at ten years old, incredible.”

Li Hong Yuan laughed in spite of himself. He actually wasn’t the least bit incredible at all. After all, in his past life, he just fell for it, and moreover, for a very long period of time, was completely unaware of it. This life, it was nothing more than having foresight thus able to easily avoid. In reality, that time at ten, he just happened to return at that crucial moment. And that time at thirteen, he actually gave her a chance, seeing whether or not she will restrain herself. Unfortunately, she still did it.

Then, he can just enjoy her motherly love without the slightest emotional burden, enjoy the benefits she brought him, and also unhesitantly sort out her son, afterwards, further letting her son never have an heir. If one day, she were to find out…………Li Hong Yuan softly began laughing. He rather quite looked forward to seeing how that good consort mother will crumble.

After learning the true relationship of this pair of ‘mother and son’, Jing Wan’s heart didn’t have the slightest pressure anymore, even somewhat faintly looking forward to it. Angering someone and whatnot, it’s not like it was someone on their side, and also not some innocent person either. Even for Jing Wan, that was also not having the least bit of guilt.

The two of them changed their clothes, the qinwang’s formal court attire, and the qin-wangfei’s formal gown, dressing in the most solemn direction.

According to Li Hong Yuan’s meaning, he didn’t have any intention of doing this. Those people, how big were their faces worth him treating them as such? Moreover, it was still early, who would be willing to go to the palace to waste time.

Jing Wan jokingly opened her mouth, “I’m going to gain good favor, letting them be deeply grateful towards me, because I chained up you, this living Enma, even making you become more obedient. That way, when I make a mistake, their tolerance level will also raise a little.”n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

Li Hong Yuan stroked his chin, “Wan Wan is right, should just let them know of your good, and have you cupped into the heavens.”

Jing Wan was speechless. She really was just joking, yet he still took it seriously? He won’t for the sake of coordinating with her, even deliberately have some things done even more thoroughly and even more ruthlessly, and afterwards, at the critical moment, pull her to go put out the fire, right?!?

Jing Wan won’t expect that she really guessed right.

And there was that particular bunch that probably further won’t expect that a certain someone, for the sake of his wife, will just have them stomped towards death.