The Villain's Mother

Xiao Qianyu calmed himself. He'd transmigrated before and become a father, even a grandfather and an ancestor!

Just stay calm, stay calm!

But why hadn't Shumo and Qinxin reminded him of something this important? Could the child have died?

Then again, from Qinxin's tone, it didn't sound like the Crown Princess had an accident. At least she was able to move things out of the Eastern Palace.

Could it be that only the Crown Princess survived and returned to her family home?

Xiao Qianyu maintained his aloof and inscrutable expression, asking as if casually, "The Crown Princess, how is she?"

Qinxin and Shumo both fell silent.

Qinxin's face was a mess of tangled emotions: conflicted, troubled, hesitant, worried. His honest face was so wrinkled it looked like he could wring a cup of bitter juice from it.

Shumo, on the other hand, was stifled, indignant, disgusted, and hateful. He was practically grinding his teeth.

Xiao Qianyu watched their starkly different expressions with amusement, his tone deepening slightly, "Hmm~~, is there anything that I, your Prince, cannot know?"

With a thump, both of them knelt.

Qinxin, timid as he was, started crying from fear, snot and tears streaming down his face. He choked out, "Your Highness, the Crown Princess is not worthy of you. She, she already..."

Wuwuwu, he couldn't go on.

Shumo's small eyes blazed with hatred, his face contorted as he spat, "What right does she have to be called the Crown Princess? She hasn't been for a long time. Your Highness, you were so good to that woman, but not only was she ungrateful, she repaid your kindness with malice and put you in a disadvantageous position. Don't think about her anymore. A slut like her deserves severe revenge." His face was filled with vicious pleading, "Your Highness, leave this matter to your servant. I guarantee I'll make her wish she were dead and regret betraying you."

It was clear he detested the original owner's Crown Princess to the extreme.

Xiao Qianyu narrowed his phoenix eyes, a half-smile playing on his lips, "Is that what I asked? I want to know how she is."

His face darkened, and an unyielding aura emanated from him, making it hard to breathe.

Qinxin fearfully lowered his head.

Conversely, Shumo's pupils flashed with excitement, gazing up at Xiao Qianyu with almost drunken adoration.

In his eyes, his Prince was always good. In the past, he was gentle and pure, like a celestial being. Now, his assertive demeanor was even more captivating.

Shumo licked his lips, his face dripping with contempt and disdain, "Three days after that woman returned to her family, she remarried. She's already pregnant."

His Prince was perfect in every way, except for his poor taste in women. He had to fall for that pure, utter bitch of a Crown Princess. What terrible luck for him.

Xiao Qianyu was startled, then found it both ridiculous and funny, "Remarried?"

Qinxin lowered his head even further.

Shumo, however, stole worried glances at him, constantly goading him to do something wicked, "Yes. Your Highness, you were so good to her. If it weren't for you, she would have been disgraced and hanged herself with a silk scarf at Marquis Jingyuan's Estate, or at the very least, been kicked out and left to wander the streets. It was Your Highness who gave her the position of Crown Princess, allowing her to live in wealth and splendor. Unexpectedly, she bit the hand that fed her, testifying falsely that you were in close contact with Prince Jiujiang's Heir's Consort.

She couldn't wait to remarry, clearly afraid you'd cling to her. She must have been secretly involved with that scoundrel long ago, and who knows if the child in her belly isn't from their illicit affair." Shumo speculated maliciously, stopping just short of saying the former Crown Princess had cuckolded the original owner.

"How can such a shameless and immoral person like her have the right or face to take away the Eastern Palace's private treasury? Your Highness, you should take all the items back and publicize her despicable actions, leaving her no face to live in this world."

Xiao Qianyu's forehead twitched. The memory loss was a real pain. After listening for so long, he was still completely clueless.

He mentally tortured the system a thousand times over.

However, he was at least sure that the original owner probably didn't have any children.

But, for a fake Crown Prince's former Crown Princess to be able to move the Eastern Palace's private treasury, that was interesting.

Even if the original owner was a lovesick fool willing to give away his possessions, would Emperor Yongchang and the Empress agree? A Crown Prince's private treasury was no small matter; it was priceless.

Also, remarrying within three days of returning home and quickly becoming pregnant... why did he smell a whiff of melodrama?

Xiao Qianyu also noticed a key point: the former Crown Princess had betrayed and accused the original owner, mentioning 'Prince Jiujiang's Heir's Consort'.

His heart stirred, and he murmured, "Prince Jiujiang's Heir's Consort."

What was this woman's connection to the true and false Crown Prince case?

Shumo answered honestly, "Yes. Previously, everyone said Prince Jiujiang's Heir's Consort was insidious, cunning, and vicious. In order to have her son impersonate the Empress's legitimate son and ascend the throne in the future, she didn't hesitate to plot to cause the Empress to give birth prematurely, so she could switch the babies. Then, she cruelly plotted against the true imperial prince, not hesitating to kill to silence witnesses. To prevent Prince Jiujiang's Estate from discovering her secret, she snatched the son of another concubine and raised him as her own, separating a parent from their flesh and blood. In short, she was so wicked that sores grew on her head and pus flowed from the soles of her feet; everyone cursed her."

However, he added with confusion, "But Your Highness, you are the true Crown Prince. Even Heaven sent down a divine miracle as proof. Did Prince Jiujiang's Heir's Consort really do those bad things?"