Chapter 404: 404 ran away in the middle of the night Chapter 404: 404 ran away in the middle of the night After Prince Jing finished speaking and turned around, he noticed that the Princess Consort Jing was shivering severely. He opened his mouth and asked, “What’s wrong with you?”

“Nothing… It’s just that your consort feels uncomfortable. I injured my body when I gave birth to Tianci, and if not for that, I wouldn’t have left the Prince with any regrets,” the Princess Consort Jing said with tearful eyes.

She didn’t know if the Heavens were punishing her, but ever since she switched that child, she had not been able to conceive for all these years.

Even though the Imperial Physician had checked and found nothing wrong with her body and Prince Jing, although not deeply affectionate, treated her with respect and came to her chamber every now and then, never allowing her to lose the dignity of a Princess Consort.

However, her body simply failed her, and she never got pregnant again.

Outsiders said that she was infertile because she had given birth to a Princely Heir blessed with good fortune, but she knew that her child had been abandoned by herself long ago.

The more she thought about it, the deeper the sadness on Princess Consort Jing’s face became.

Prince Jing considered himself a decent man; while he hadn’t been entirely faithful, he had never despised the Princess Consort for her low birth, and to ensure her status was not looked down upon by others, he spent at least half of each month in the main courtyard.

Prince Jing was not the type of man to coax others, so at times like these, actions spoke louder than words.

“Since the Princess Consort wishes for a daughter too, let’s make a greater effort. Our daughter will come, eventually,” he said, and then he covered her once more.

But, the Princess Consort Jing’s face was stiff, and she couldn’t stir up any enthusiasm at all.

She had long regretted it and wished to reveal the truth of those years; she had indeed given birth to a daughter.

But she dared not; she could not risk the entire Liu Family on such a gamble, nor could she harm Zi Yan!

At the peak of emotion, Princess Consort Jing suddenly spoke up, “Prince, why not help Minister Mo and allow their family to return? Minister Mo has been assigned to a faraway place, and Zi Yan and her daughter have suffered hardships by following him. Your consort also misses Wanwan quite a bit.”

Suddenly, Prince Jing pulled away and got up, donning his outer clothes on his own.

This action left Princess Consort Jing somewhat stunned.

Then, there was a sudden irritated voice from Prince Jing, “Instead of spending time thinking about someone else’s children, the Princess Consort would do better to instruct the Princely Heir properly at home. At ten years old, he is as timid as a mouse and as dumb as a pig, nothing about him befits the title of Princely Heir of Prince Jing! And as for the Liu Family, they should stop bullying others by flaunting my name.”

“Prince…” Princess Consort Jing didn’t understand. He had been so warm just a moment ago, so why had he become so heartless the next?

But Prince Jing did not respond to the Princess Consort and left halfway through the night.

He had told this foolish woman many times to stay away from that Madam Mo.

Yet she never learned her lesson, instead treating Madam Mo’s daughter as if she were her own, even more attentively than she did to the Princely Heir, and even contemplating an arranged child engagement!

It was nothing but a dream.

He, the magnificent Prince Jing, had married the daughter of a merchant because the state treasury was empty, and as a prince, he had to make sacrifices. At least the Liu Family had money, but what about the Mo Family?

A destitute family without money or power, and their daughter was not even exceptionally beautiful, yet they dared to dream of marrying into the Royal Residence as the Crown Princess!

Prince Jing knew that all these excuses were just that–excuses. In truth, he simply detested that Madam Mo.

Back when he and the Princess Consort had just married, that Zi Yan had not yet been wed and had visited the Royal Residence a few times, relying on her good relationship with the Princess Consort and even presumptuously attempting to seduce him.