After The Scumbag Alpha Consort Chose To Lie Flat, The Princess Rebelled - Chapter 10

Gu Xianyu suddenly fell ill, frightening all the servants in the consort’s estate so badly that they lost all sense of what to do. Only the estate physician had some experience. He came over to take Gu Xianyu’s pulse and check her breathing, and in the end, he shook his head again and again.

Xiu’an was so frightened that he grabbed the physician’s hand and anxiously pressed him, “Is the consort still alive?”

“What nonsense are you spouting, you little brat? The consort is naturally still well.” The physician was startled by his question. If the consort died while he was treating her, he was afraid he would not live long either.

Xiu’an let out a breath of relief. “That’s good, that’s good.”

“What’s good about it? I’m afraid the consort is not well.”

With one sentence from the physician, Xiu’an’s heart rose again. He clenched the physician’s hand tightly. “I say, old sir, can you give me a clear answer? Don’t say one thing one moment and another the next. What exactly is wrong with the consort?”

“The consort is still all right for now, but her body has deteriorated badly. She needs a famous physician and precious medicines to survive. This old man can only temporarily protect the consort’s vital pulse and keep her from declining to the point where there is no saving her.”

The moment Xiu’an heard this, he hurriedly had someone deliver a message to the princess’s residence. After all, the consort had come from a poor background and had little of value herself. The consort’s estate had only been newly built not long ago, and on top of that, the consort had been lax in managing it. The people below were always prone to deceiving their superiors and hiding things from those beneath them. Even if there were good things, they had unknowingly ended up in various people’s pockets.

But after half a shichen passed, no one came back with a reply.

Silver One and Silver Two, who were secretly protecting Gu Xianyu, also felt that something was not quite right. But they could not rashly leave Gu Xianyu’s side, afraid someone would take advantage of a gap.

Xiu’an was so anxious that he was practically about to hang himself in the consort’s estate.

Silver Two said, “You keep watch here. I’ll go back and report to Her Highness.”

“Good. Be careful.”

However, once Silver Two left, she did not return from morning until afternoon. Silver One gradually began to feel uneasy. She wanted to leave, but she was afraid something would happen here.

Xiu’an was so anxious that he paced back and forth in the courtyard, going in from time to time to check on Gu Xianyu’s condition.

“The princess is here.”

Someone called out quietly, and Xiu’an ran out as though he had finally found his backbone.

He had only just knelt down when he was kicked by the registrar at the princess’s side.

“You bastard thing. The consort fell ill during the day, so why was it not reported? You lowly slaves—how dare you deceive your master?”

Xiu’an was so frightened he turned into a sieve, only daring to repeat, “This servant deserves death, this servant is guilty,” over and over.

“Enough,” Meng Qianyan said.

Only then did Silan stop the interrogation and say, “What are you still standing there for? Hurry and lead the way for Her Highness.”

“Yes. Yes, yes, yes!” Xiu’an climbed up, limping as he ran quickly, terrified that if he was even one step late, his head would fall.

When they arrived outside the consort’s bedroom, Xiu’an guided them in.

Meng Qianyan smelled the thick medicinal scent inside the room and could not help frowning in discomfort. She hated the smell of medicine.

When she was young, her empress-mother had gradually lost all vitality amid this endless bitter smell of medicine. She had stayed by her empress-mother’s side the entire time, watching her decline day by day, until, at the very end, even when her empress-mother wanted to touch her face, she could no longer lift her hand.

At that time, Imperial Mother had been away fighting a campaign, and Crown Prince Brother had not been very old, but he was highly valued by Imperial Mother and had been kept by her side for careful instruction.

Yet it just so happened that at that time, her empress-mother had been gravely ill. The people she most wanted to see before she died were precisely the ones not by her side.

“Yun Rou, hurry and take a look at the consort.” Meng Qianyan entered the room and saw the person lying weakly on the bed. She sighed helplessly. “Whatever you lack, simply have someone fetch it from the princess’s residence.”

Yun Rou carried her medicine box over to examine Gu Xianyu. There was not the slightest trace of impatience in her eyes at having her rest time disturbed, only the drive to save the dying and heal the wounded—to research something new!

Meng Qianyan saw that Yun Rou looked neither hurried nor flustered, so the consort’s illness presumably did not count as a major problem in her eyes. She loosened her tense mind slightly and said to Silan, “The consort’s estate should be cleaned up.”

“Yes, Your Highness. This subordinate will handle it at once.”

After Silan left, Meng Qianyan went straight through the consort’s estate.

By the latter half of the night, Silan handed over a booklet.

“Your Highness.” Silan spoke in disbelief. “There are over four hundred people in the consort’s estate. Half of them were bestowed by Her Majesty. Of the remaining hundred or so, some were sent in by major court officials. After that, the Crown Prince’s side arranged a dozen or so people, and the Second Prince also arranged a dozen or so. The other imperial princes and princesses also sent people in.”

“Your Highness, but that slave called Xiu’an—when he was trying to seek a future in the palace, he offered too little silver as tribute and was deliberately sent here.” Silan was astonished. “After entering the estate, the consort specifically named Xiu’an to serve her. Could it be that the consort discovered this long ago?”

If the consort truly had an eye for recognizing talent, then this discernment of hers really could not be underestimated.

Nor did they know which faction the consort truly belonged to. Previously, they had thought the consort belonged to the Second Prince’s party. But now it seemed… perhaps the Second Prince had only been a front on the surface.

“Keep Imperial Mother’s people. Sell off all the remaining rotten fish and shrimp.” With one sentence, Meng Qianyan decided the fate of every servant in the consort’s estate.

As a noble princess, let alone the servants in the consort’s estate, even the consort herself had to listen to her.

Silan hesitated slightly. “Your Highness. The Crown Prince’s people are to be sent away too?”

“Must this palace say it a second time?”

Silan lowered her head. “Yes, Your Highness.”

After a while longer, Silan hesitated, but still asked, “Should we also arrange some people?”

“Did Gold One not come leading a team?” Meng Qianyan chuckled lightly. “As long as the people have entered, that is enough. When they withdraw is up to this palace. However—go investigate who concealed things from Gold One.”

If news of the consort’s serious illness had reached Gold One’s ears, Gold One would not have failed to report it to her.

Gold One had not come, while Silver Two had returned injured to report. It seemed someone with far-reaching influence had covered up everything happening in the consort’s estate.

Silan suddenly realized that her own thinking was still stuck at the stage of sending spies to investigate secretly. It was not only her; aside from Her Majesty, everyone was still stuck at that stage, only daring to secretly send people over.

But Her Highness was different. With one word from her, replacing everyone from top to bottom in the consort’s estate would be no problem at all.

During the three days Gu Xianyu was unconscious, the consort’s estate underwent earth-shaking changes.

When the Second Prince learned that all his spies had been sold off, he was so furious that he smashed and threw things around in his study.

“Useless! A pack of useless trash! Seven people—how could all seven be discovered? Huh?”

The advisors did not dare speak. Only one male Alpha stood forward and smiled. “Second Master, calm your anger. This is not necessarily a bad thing. No matter what Gu Xianyu is, she is only a sickly invalid. A discarded pawn, that is all. Why be so angry over her? Take care not to damage your health.”

“Fools! Idiots! I actually raised a bunch of idiots like you!”

A dark mass of people knelt throughout the study.

The Second Prince picked up a jade paperweight and threw it at that male Alpha’s head, instantly smashing open a bleeding wound.

“Is Changning an ordinary person? If that one in the Eastern Palace did not have Changning exhausting herself behind the scenes to help him, then with only that thing who has no maternal family to support him and even has to sell himself for glory, would he be worthy of competing with me?”

“Changning has begun purging the consort’s estate. She is trying to enclose the person under her control. Do you still not understand what this means?”

The brave soul who had just had his head smashed held the wound and no longer dared speak. Besides, he was so dizzy that he could not say anything coherent anyway.

The others dared even less to open their mouths, all cowering together submissively.

When the Second Prince saw these people, a vicious breath of anger surged up, stuffing his chest until his face flushed red and his body began to tremble.

The trusted aide at his side noticed something was wrong with him immediately and hurriedly had everyone else leave.

After sending that group away, the trusted aide quickly supported him into the hidden chamber of the study. Inside the hidden chamber, they found a black wooden box. Inside were four porcelain bottles, each pasted with a red label bearing three words: Spirit-Replenishing Pills.

The Second Prince, Meng Suiming, impatiently opened a porcelain bottle and poured the Spirit-Replenishing Pills into his mouth.

After a while, he finally recovered, full of energy, half crying and half laughing, floating as if in immortal bliss.

“This medicine is excellent. I cannot go a single day without taking it.”

“Second Master, mind your words.” The person who stepped out from the darkness had a bewitching figure. He leaned against Meng Suiming’s chest and reached out to cover his lips. “Second Master, beware of ears beyond the wall.”

Meng Suiming pulled his hand over and pressed it to his own chest. “You are still the most considerate. Tell me, what is Changning’s intention with this move?”

“Princess Changning transferred away everyone else, yet left only Her Majesty’s people behind. Perhaps it is so she can better control the consort?”

“But if it were only to control the consort, why make such a great fuss? Besides, she even touched the Crown Prince’s people. If it were someone else, this could be understood as cutting ties with the Crown Prince’s faction. But why exactly would Changning do this?” Meng Suiming felt his head ache somewhat. “Good darling, rub my head for me. I’ll dote on you properly later.”

“Master~” The male Omega’s voice was soft and coquettish. Falling into an Alpha’s ears, it carried extraordinary allure. Perhaps he could not even wait until later. The arrow was already on the bowstring now.