Concubine Yi was stunned.
That old bastard of a Duke might have been heartless and faithless, but he really did stay true to his tastes.
He liked imperfect beauty. Now that Concubine Yi was whole, he no longer loved her.
The look in the Duke's eyes changed as he gazed at Concubine Yi.
Yuan Fanfan asked, "Father, why do you like people with something missing?"
The Duke looked unfathomably profound. "Nothing in this world is complete. The moon wanes once it waxes full; water spills once a vessel is filled. That is the principle."
Yuan Fanfan asked, "Father, are you complete, then?"
The Duke replied, "I am not complete either."
Yuan Fanfan asked, "Father, what are you missing?"
Putting on the airs of a great artist, the Duke was racking his brains over what he lacked when that familiar inner voice suddenly entered his mind.
[Brains.]
Yuan Fanfan thought that perhaps, possibly, there really was some truth to that.
The Duke flew into a towering rage!
You kept calling me an old bastard at the start, and I didn't even realize you were insulting me, the Duke!
I let it slide, and now you're climbing up my nose to stomp on my face!
A mere maid, acting so outrageously!
The Duke ordered, "Someone, drag her-"
"Ack-"
Before he could finish, the Duke suddenly clutched his throat and collapsed, crying out, "Great-Grandma-"
The Duke's Madam exclaimed, "?? Hurry, fetch an Imperial Physician!! What's wrong with the Duke?"
[Nothing much. His brain deficiency must be acting up!]
Fortunately, the Duke's brain was so tiny that the moment he began suffocating, he forgot all about punishing the little maid and could breathe again.
[That's the good thing about being brain-deficient.]
[You don't hold grudges.]
*[Oh, oh, oh, no, that's wrong. You can't remember