Rebirth of the Treacherous Official’s Madam

However, Qin Wang still had a serious look, not feeling that there was anything wrong. Just, when seeing his own wangfei’s charing little face start to turn red little by little, he finally slightly turned to look in Xun Che’s direction.

Xun Che was already rolling around on the ground laughing inside, but he ultimately has two lifetimes of experience of accompanying the ruler, unmoved by the eight winds on the surface. Just, at the same time obviously slowing his pace, he also slightly bowed, carrying a bit of reservation in his eyes, the most suitable sense of propriety and attitude as both a subject and a friend.

However, this time, Xun Che had thought too much. That glance of the straightforward to his bones Qin Wang wasn’t out of embarrassment, but rather, because he didn’t know whether or not those words were appropriate for his little wangfei whose temper was greater than the skies.

Xun Che’s attitude was wanting to deny any involvement: ‘This subject didn’t hear anything.’

But, in Qin Wang’s eyes, it was probably: ‘This is the same as not say anything.’

Thus, following the conclusion of the banquet, after Xun Che and Yu Lingxin took their leave, Qin Wang still carried a bit of slight uneasiness, pondering over and over again, repeatedly deliberating, still not knowing what more to say, also not knowing whether or not Ming Jinrou really listened to his words earlier.

After returning to the main courtyard, and seeing Ming Jinrou seemingly very calmly changing and washing up, not having the intention of saying anything, Qin Wang subconsciously followed behind Ming Jinrou, walking back and forth, wanting to say something but hesitating every time.

Ming Jinrou at first didn’t pay attention. Since Qin Wang has now opened a manor outside of the palace and married, he no longer needed to be like the younger princes, needing to go to Jingde Hall to study everyday, also not needing to go pay respect to the emperor everyday.

According to Great Sheng’s customs, the princes in the capital needed to enter the palace to pay respect once every five days, needless to ask for a decree. The holidays and celebrations were counted separately.

And the post that Qin Wang held currently wasn’t too busy either. That’s why, compared with Xun Che, that kind of court official that needed to enter the palace everyday, he was instead much more idle. If not deliberately arranging an outing, then his time inside his own manor was actually quite long.

But, after a while, when Ming Jinrou had already finished washing off her makeup and changed into her casuals, she noticed that Qin Wang seemingly still haven’t done anything, just following around behind her for half a day. Finally, she noticed that his expression seemingly wasn’t natural, thus turning around and directly asking him, “Your Highness has something to say?”

Looking into Ming Jinrou’s clear and bright eyes, the rough outline that Qin Wang originally had in mind became a blur again, his heart racing, his throat also a bit dry, “Cough, cough, that, en.”

“En?” Actually, Ming Jinrou really has never seen Qin Wang this hesitant to speak before, because prior to their wedding, every time Qin Wang came to see her, although repeatedly saying roughly the same words, he clearly came prepared every time, his attitude solemn, his words also fluid.

And for the first few days of their new marriage……….nuerhong, osmanthus wine, and even grape wine from the western regions, amidst the billows of the bedsheets, there was always the scent of alcohol. Sometimes, she also didn’t know exactly what she’d said before. That’s why, Qin Wang’s uneasy appearance while sober, it was actually also Ming Jinrou’s first time seeing.

She waited and waited, but seeing the tall man before her still carrying a hesitant, not knowing what to say look, she just blinked, “Eh, could it be that your Highness feels that you have pretended to be loving and affectionate enough in front of my father and my older cousin, and now want to go attend to the side consorts?”

“Huh?” Qin Wang blanked, and immediately after, his expression slightly congealed, “What do you mean pretending to be loving and affectionate?”

Ming Jinrou directly went forward half a step, standing less than a foot away from Qin Wang, raising her head and looking at him, “Is it not? Your Highness even now still hasn’t officially said that you like me! Back and forth, it’s just some dignity, respect, and such.”

TN: All translations outside of are stolen and reposted without permission!

On her little face that was clean of rouge and powder, her bright eyes were like the stars. Her vermillion lips that were full of stubbornness every time she opened her mouth were tender like cherry blossoms. The faint fragrance from her body and hair directly rushed towards his face. Qin Wang’s throat uncontrollably moved again. When lowering his head to meet Ming Jinrou’s eyes, something seemingly suddenly broke through inside. That kind of indescribable and unclear satisfaction and happiness filled up inside as if it was about to overflow.

He reached out to embrace Ming Jinrou’s waist. Prior to lowering his head for a kiss, he finally said the words that made his little wangfei grumblingly complain about for don’t know how long, “Stupid girl, I like you.”

And when Ming Jinrou got kissed to the point of losing her breath by the dim-witted Qin Wang who had outstanding waist strength and lung capacity that far surpassed an ordinary person’s, she also produced a new complaint, pushing against his chest, “Meng Yuchen, you elm wood brain, why are you calling me stupid, you’re the stupid idiot, you stupid man!”

“You are right.”

Ming Jinrou was completely unaware how coquettish and pleasant her last three words sounded, to the extent that the tenderness that was originally slowly bubbling inside Qin Wang’s heart rapidly became a raging flame. Thus, while the sky outside still hasn’t yet dyed with twilight, inside Qin Wang Manor’s main courtyard, the usual long-lasting battle between the bedsheets began……….

And starting from this point, inside the capital, a series of large-scale debates regarding the ethics of the imperial clan in the Tianxu period, involving the womenfolk of the imperial family, the princes’ marriage arrangements, the rank and status of the di and shu, the position of the side consorts, and such, also soundlessly pulled open its curtains following the Qin Wang couple’s new loving marriage, as well as under the secret push from Xun Che and certain others’, who had varying motives.

Qin Wang, as the first prince to get married, although didn’t take in that many concubines into the manor at the same time, he ultimately was first in line after all. Additionally, prior to the wedding, the Ming family and Xun family can be considered to have joined hands in accusing Empress Wen of misconduct, leading to Ming Jinrou having the most grand wedding ceremony for a jun-wangfei since the founding of Great Sheng.

The reason why the imperial clansmen and nobles, as well as the court officials, all paid particularly close attention to Qin Wang Manor, aside from being curious about the relationship between Qin Wang’s wife and concubines, as well as what Qin Wang’s relationship with Empress Wen will be like next, what was even more crucial was what kind of example Qin Wang Manor will set for Wu Wang Manor, whose wedding ceremony will be in the following tenth month.

Especially considering how the soon-to-be Wu Wangfei, Qi Pei, as both the Chang’de Countess Xun Qi’s daughter, and as Madam Xun Ming Huayue’s niece, had a certain level of relationship with the Xun family, and at the same time, Qi Pei was also Yu Lingxin’s maternal family older cousin.

From the perspective of the so called family relations, the Qi family had all kinds of connections with the Ming family and Xun family. And Qi Pei herself, although wasn’t adept in horseback archery and martial arts, but as Chang’de Count Manor’s eldest di daughter, in terms of haughtiness, she was somewhat similar to Ming Jinrou.

That’s why, regardless of whether it was due to his fondness towards Ming Jinrou, or trying to win over the Jin Duke Manor Ming family, Qin Wang putting on the attitude of having extremely clear distinction between the wife and concubines, clearly dividing the di and shu, this naturally was what Qi Pei, who soon will marry as the main consort, and even Wen Ruoqiong, who will next marry Wei Wang, were willing to see.

But the family clan of the other five official young ladies that were appointed to the second prince Wu Wang as liangyuans didn’t think this way. Those official young ladies although complied with the selection, but not everyone was willing to be a concubine.

It was just that these families temporarily didn’t have the luck or courage to let their daughter either go crazy or become crippled in order to withdraw from the liangyuan ranks like the three families that had successfully withdrew from the selection.

Of course, one also can’t rule out the possibility that there were still those among them that believed that their own daughter’s talent and beauty surpassed Qi Pei’s, just momentarily having unfavorable luck thus becoming a concubine due to falling into the water. In the future, as long as they marry in and become husband and wife with Wu Wang, then they will certainly be able to tightly grasp Wu Wang’s heart, and from there, rise up rapidly above the clouds.

After all, following Empress Wen getting reprimanded over Qin Wang’s wedding arrangements, as the scales tip, Li Consort seemingly was another step closer to regaining power over managing the six palaces. Even though Qin Wang right now has a very favorable in-law family, his birth mother’s low status was an indisputable fact. And at present, he seemingly also had the intention of having a falling out with the empress. Then, comparing the two sides overall, if Li Consort really can re-obtain Xuan Emperor’s favor, then perhaps these mountains and rivers still have the chance of passing onto Wu Wang’s hands.

Carrying these various unstable thoughts, and witnessing three liangyuans withdrawing from the selection through various extreme means, the other family clans didn’t dare to act blindly without thinking, instead beginning to pay attention to Qin Wang Manor’s movements.

To put it bluntly, if the treatment of the side consorts in Qin Wang Manor is a bit better, then in the future, the family clans of the concubines inside Wu Wang Manor and Wei Wang Manor will be able to stand up a little for their own daughter. At least, implicitly and tacitly fight a little for them.

But, if the opposite, and Qin Wang really just go down one path until the end, wholeheartedly devoting himself to his main consort, not even entering the side consorts’ courtyard, then………then their family can only think of other ways, either letting Qin Wang change, or request the other two princes to not follow this older brother’s example.

For instance, on the twentieth of the ninth month, Qin Wang took Qin Wangfei to the imperial hunting grounds to race horses, while also conveniently inspecting the hunting grounds’ defense layout and arrangement.

On the twenty-third of the ninth month, Qin Wang once again accompanied Qin Wangfei to her maiden home to visit the elders, bringing an entire carriage of presents, conversing three rounds with his father-in-law, Ming Yunji, chatting very happily.

On the twenty-fifth of the ninth month, Qin Wang took his wangfei into the palace to pay their respects, also offering up their meticulously selected presents to Xuan Emperor, and receiving Xuan Emperor’s praise and bestowments. As for Empress Wen, she was currently still bedridden in Zhaoyang Hall. Qin Wang and Qin Wangfei just bowed outside the hall, not once entering the hall to greet.

On the twenty-eighth of the ninth month, Qin Wang and his wangfei went boating outside of the city.

On the thirtieth of the ninth month, Qin Wang took his wangfei into the palace again to pay their respects, happily dining with Xuan Emperor. The emperor was greatly elated, once again rewarding Qin Wangfei, and also praised that such a good wife was hard to come by, wanting the couple to quickly give birth to an imperial grandson.

On the fourth of the tenth month, Qin Wang and his wangfei once again went out of the city to go hunting……….

Such cases were numerous.

Practically every two to three days, one can just hear about how the newly-wedded Qin Wang couple happily went on an outing together, or went to visit Qin Wangfei Ming Jinrou’s maiden family, the Jin Duke Manor, her paternal aunt’s family, the Wen’an Marquis Manor, or her maternal uncle’s family, the Ying Duke Manor that has passed down the noble title for generations.

Amidst this kind of loving affection and harmony, those two that also once had ambitions higher than the skies inside Qin Wang Manor, Side Consort Deng and Liangyuan Wen, seemingly were like as if they didn’t exist. The only traces still related to the side consorts were just the official records sent once every ten days to the Zongjing Bureau and Shangwu Bureau, recording what kind of gold and jade elegant playthings, as well as brocade fabrics, Qin Wangfei has bestowed to the two side consorts, in order to display the imperial family’s graciousness and generosity.

As this kind of situation reached the middle of the tenth month, some people were truly unable to sit still.

T/N: Qin Wang’s actual name actually only appears twice in this entire novel. It’s so obscure that even I barely remember it.