After Transmigrating As The Scumbag Alpha In An Ancient Pregnant-And-Run Novel - Chapter 12

Shen Liunian had originally planned to nap for a while, but because of Yun Chenghuai’s bizarre maneuver, a quarter of an hour passed and she still had not slept.

Yun Chenghuai truly did not climb into the bed. She had someone pull out the trundle beneath it, then spread thick bedding over it and settled down peacefully on top.

She was still unfamiliar with ancient clothing and fumbled for quite a while before finally taking it off.

All the maids in the main courtyard belonged to Shen Liunian. If Yun Chenghuai did not take the initiative to call for them, naturally no one would come over to serve her.

So she simply took off her clothes by herself, crawled under the quilt, and wrapped herself up.

The charcoal fire in the room burned strongly, making it very warm. But once her outer robe was removed, it was still cold.

She wrapped the quilt tightly around herself, leaving only her head exposed, looking as obedient and cute as a cat.

“Madam isn’t sleeping?” Yun Chenghuai saw Shen Liunian standing to the side, not removing her heavy outer garments for her afternoon nap even after a long while.

Nanling stood there, unsure whether to leave or stay, momentarily uncertain whether she should help her mistress remove her clothes.

Shen Liunian took a deep breath. The courtyard she had lived in before had already been emptied. At the moment, she could only sleep in the main courtyard.

Judging by Yun Chenghuai’s intention, she had clearly made up her mind to sleep in the same room as Shen Liunian.

Since that was the case, Shen Liunian had no need to wrong herself.

“Nanling.”

Shen Liunian stretched out her arms, and Nanling skillfully helped her remove her clothes, then served her as she got into bed to rest.

Yun Chenghuai was lying on the trundle beneath the bed. If Shen Liunian wanted to get into bed, she had to step over Yun Chenghuai.

“……” Shen Liunian took a deep breath, then decisively stepped on Yun Chenghuai’s arm. She even twisted her ankle hard before getting into bed.

Yun Chenghuai hissed in pain. “Hiss—Madam, that hurts.”

She cried out directly, though in truth, the quilt was thick, and Shen Liunian was light. Being stepped on through it did not feel like much.

She only wanted to satisfy Shen Liunian’s desire to take revenge on her a little. After all, the original owner had bullied Shen Liunian so many times. If she let Shen Liunian bully her a few more times and vent some of the displeasure in her heart, Yun Chenghuai’s plan would be easier to carry out.

Sure enough, after making Yun Chenghuai hurt, Shen Liunian’s expression improved quite a bit and was not so gloomy anymore.

Yun Chenghuai lay flat under the quilt, thinking about whether she should say something. But there was already no movement from the bed.

She propped herself up on her elbow and took a look, only to see that Shen Liunian had closed her eyes and seemed to have fallen asleep.

Depressed, she lay back down and closed her eyes, pondering. For no reason at all, she had transmigrated into a novel and become the early-stage cannon fodder on the female lead’s road to becoming emperor. If her brain were not good enough, she might end up even worse off than the original owner.

Although she knew the contents of the novel, this world was a real world. Things were happening every moment, not like in a novel, where everything revolved around the female lead.

She closed her eyes and let her thoughts wander. Perhaps because she had eaten her fill, sleepiness soon rose, and before long, she fell into a deep sleep.

At the same time, the Eastern Palace, the Prince of Han’s manor, the Prince of Wei’s manor, and several other factions were all receiving reports on what had happened in Prince Chuxiang’s manor.

The difference was that some people knew more, while others knew less.

In the Eastern Palace, the Crown Princess, Yun Chengji, listened to the shadow guard’s report. Her muffled, weak voice sounded. “You’re saying Ah Huai handed control of the prince’s manor to Shen Liunian?”

“Yes, Your Highness. Last night, Prince Chuxiang braved the cold personally and carried the Princess Consort back to her room. Afterward, it was discovered that the Princess Consort was pregnant. Today, she had the Princess Consort move into the main courtyard and allowed the Princess Consort to manage the household.”

“Later, Prince Chuxiang was alone in the study. She wrote something, though it is unknown what, and burned it herself.”

A figure in the darkness repeated everything that had happened in Prince Chuxiang’s manor in a voice as cold as a machine.

Yun Chengji leaned against the luohan couch. The smell of medicine in the room was very strong, but everyone had long grown used to the scent.

Starting seven years ago, the Crown Princess’s health had worsened day by day. The imperial physicians were helpless and could only drag it out one day at a time.

The Crown Princess’s body was precisely the reason so many imperial daughters were beginning to stir restlessly. If the Crown Princess were in good health, with her achievements, no one would dare harbor thoughts of fighting for the succession.

“Ah Huai is probably thinking that now that she has a child, His Majesty will give her a sliver of opportunity. But she does not know just how heartless this imperial mother of hers can be.”

There was no affection in the imperial family. Killing one’s mother, killing one’s child, killing one’s elder sister, killing one’s younger sister—those who had not experienced it would find it hard to imagine the danger within.

At the side, someone dressed in an inner official’s attire said with heartache, “Your Highness, Prince Chuxiang has always opposed you. Why not let her suffer a loss and learn her lesson?”

“Otherwise, she will bring you even more trouble.”

“Slap your mouth.” Yun Chengji’s cold voice sounded.

In the quiet room, the sound of slaps rang out continuously. Only after around twenty or thirty strikes did Yun Chengji call a stop.

“Ah Huai and this palace are both Mother Empress’s children. She is not trouble. I do not want the people of the Eastern Palace to have such thoughts. Do you understand?” Yun Chengji warned. Her voice should have been stern, but because of her weak health, it sounded soft and gentle.

Yet no one dared treat her words as a joke. She had been appointed Crown Princess the year after the Emperor ascended the throne and had occupied the position for more than twenty years. Even while seriously ill, the domineering aura of someone in a high position was still enough to intimidate everyone.

The inner official had truly slapped herself hard, not daring to hold back in the slightest. After hearing Yun Chengji’s words, she hurriedly knelt. Her speech was no longer clear. “Yes, Your Highness.”

Yun Chengji’s voice softened slightly. “This matter must not be mentioned again. Go apply medicine.”

“Yes. This servant takes her leave.”

After the inner official withdrew, Yun Chengji continued, “Shadow Chief, send a few more shadow guards to protect Ah Huai.”

She casually placed a piece on the board and murmured, “The wind is about to rise.”

A response came from the darkness, with no intention of offering a second word.

Yun Chengji seemed to be talking to herself. “If Ah Huai is locked away, will she behave?”

…

Yun Chenghuai was sleeping when she suddenly felt a burst of pain in her arm. Her eyes flew open, and she discovered Shen Liunian just passing by.

The other woman looked as if she had not noticed anything at all and simply let Nanling support her as she went out.

Shen Liunian had definitely done it on purpose. One step on one arm before sleeping, then one step on the other after waking. Her life was truly too hard.

She did not react for a long while, causing Shen Liunian to turn back and glance at her.

She was probably wondering why Yun Chenghuai had not lashed out after being stepped on.

Yun Chenghuai had only just woken up and was still dazed. In her muddled state, she remembered that she had to hug Shen Liunian’s thigh tightly. How could she dare lash out at this thigh? She could only rub her arm while climbing out from under the quilt.

Seeing her young mistress step on the prince, Nanling broke out in cold sweat from fright. Fortunately, the prince did not get angry and merely looked at her young mistress with a resentful gaze.

The corners of Shen Liunian’s lips curved slightly. She never believed in a person’s sudden transformation. When awake, one could pretend, but it was absolutely impossible to keep pretending even in sleep.

When someone had just woken up, their reaction was the most real. Yun Chenghuai’s reaction just now had clearly been confusion and helplessness. After realizing it was Shen Liunian, there had even been a sense that she was indulging her.

It was a little cute, and her eyes made one’s heart stir for reasons that were hard to explain.

Shen Liunian did not believe that Yun Chenghuai, the very person who had pushed her into this situation, had changed her nature overnight.

Then had Yun Chenghuai been pretending in the past? Or was Yun Chenghuai no longer Yun Chenghuai?

Immediately afterward, she was amused by her own thought.

If Yun the dog was not Yun the dog, then who else could she be?