Chapter 162 The poor little girl who was married off VS the inhumane prince 47
"Humph, a bunch of quacks, they have no ability to cure my son."

The princess looked at the old doctors' departing backs and cursed with a grim expression.

"Mother, my son... my son, it hurts so much, am I useless in the future?"

Prince Jing was lying on the bed, twitching in pain, and spoke to the eldest princess with a distorted face.

"No... No, it's because these quack doctors are incompetent. I'll have someone find famous doctors for you, and they will definitely cure you!"

The eldest princess didn't care about being angry. She walked to the bedside and saw her son twitching in pain. She felt so distressed that tears streamed down her face, but she didn't forget to comfort him.

"Oh my God, if I have done something wrong, please punish me. Why punish my Jing'er..."

The eldest princess cried so sadly that her eyes were red and swollen.

She suddenly thought of something and turned to ask the maid beside her: "Where is the prince consort? Where did he go? Such a big thing happened, why didn't he show up?"

The maids in the room looked at each other.

Then, a maid came out and whispered, "Your Highness, the Princess, the master has not returned since he went out early in the morning."

"Where did he go?"

The eldest princess stared at the maid and asked in a cold voice.

"Your Highness, I don't know, but the master has been going out early in the morning these days and will not return until nightfall."

The maid told the truth.

The princess narrowed her eyes and frowned, "How long has Prince Consort been like this?"

"It's been four or five days since I returned to Your Highness the Princess."

The maid continued.

The eldest princess's face suddenly darkened and became extremely ugly.

She knew without thinking that he must be hiding somewhere.

She called a secret guard and asked him to quickly check the whereabouts of the prince consort.

The secret guard responded respectfully and quickly retreated.

In a villa in the capital city.

The hibiscus tent is warm, and the room is filled with spring.

The mahogany bunk bed was shaking, and a few moans could be heard through the green gauze curtains.

Two enchanting beauties were entangled on a middle-aged man like water snakes, doing things that were disgusting to the eyes.

"Master, you can't be partial to Sister Yue, please love me more..."

"Hehe... Don't worry, Chan'er. The master will treat you well..."

The man's voice was full of hoarseness. He laughed and then went on.

The room was filled with an ambiguous atmosphere that made people blush and their hearts beat fast.

These women are all skinny girls carefully trained in Yangzhou, with top-notch figures and looks.

They are proficient in singing, dancing, playing the piano, chess, calligraphy and painting.

They were originally playthings presented to the prince by low-level officials, but in the end they were sent to the prince consort's villa through various means.

These skinny horses have only one mission, which is to seduce the prince consort to be inseparable from them, leaving the eldest princess alone in her empty room every day, becoming an abandoned woman who is not loved by her husband.

In addition to the skinny horses secretly sent by the East Palace, there were also a few skinny horses sent by Nangong Yan in the yard.

They all have good looks and figures, and have been carefully educated.

The purpose is similar.

The prince consort had no idea where these skinny horses really came from. He just thought that some official wanted to curry favor with him and sent a few toys to please him.

In addition to being the eldest princess' husband, the son-in-law is also the second master of the Ningguo Mansion.

Naturally, there are many officials who want to curry favor with him.

When someone gave him a skinny horse, he did not doubt it at all, but accepted it with joy.

……

Yongling Marquis Mansion, study in the front yard.

"Father-in-law, I heard that the Dali Temple is in charge of the assassination case. I have been training in the Hanlin Academy for a long time and I think I have some talent. I wonder if I can be transferred there to help?"

Li Luoshu said as he looked at Yongling Hou who was sitting at the desk.

He heard some time ago that an official position in the Dali Temple had become vacant.

It is the left temple of the Dali Temple and is of the sixth rank.

He is currently a sixth-rank editor in the Hanlin Academy. If he can enter the Dali Temple and become a left minister, it will be a promotion. Although it is only half a level, it is just right and will not be too eye-catching.

But this requires the help of my father-in-law.

Marquis Yongling glanced at his son-in-law in front of him and of course understood what he meant.

Although he was no longer in the court, he still had a lot of connections, so it wouldn't be difficult to find someone to smooth things over.

But no one knows who Li Luoshu offended. He wanted to move this son-in-law out of the Hanlin Academy and arrange him into the Ministry of Personnel some time ago.

But for some reason, no matter how he tried to smooth things over, it was of no use.

It was an old friend from the Ministry of Revenue who secretly told him that there were people from higher up who were preventing Li Luoshu from being promoted.

He once asked who was holding it down, but his old friend refused to say anything.

"Luo Shu, have you offended any noble person?"

Yongling Hou raised his eyes to look at Li Luoshu, frowned and asked in a deep voice.

Li Luoshu was a very capable person. He knew what was going on as soon as he heard it and became nervous instantly.

"What do you mean, father-in-law?"

Yongling Hou looked at him with a complicated expression, and did not hide anything. "Some time ago, I wanted to put you in the Ministry of Personnel. The Ministry of Personnel is responsible for the promotion of officials. There happened to be a vacant position of Yuanwailang. If you went there, you would be promoted half a level."

"What happened next?" Li Luoshu's eyes lit up when he heard it.

The Ministry of Personnel is a lucrative job, and I don’t know how many people want to get in.

"I have tried every possible means to smooth things over. I thought there would be no problems, but to no avail. An old friend from the Ministry of Personnel told me that someone above me was pressuring you."

Yongling Hou took a sip of tea and spoke slowly again.

Li Luoshu frowned in thought.

What the father-in-law meant was very simple, that is, he had offended a noble person and someone was preventing him from getting promoted.

He tried hard to recall the past to see if he had offended anyone in any way.

He worked diligently and conscientiously in the Hanlin Academy, reporting in and leaving work on time every day.

I got along very well with my superiors and colleagues in the Hanlin Academy, and didn't meet any big names during that time.

"Father-in-law, I really can't remember how I have offended anyone. Please tell me clearly."

Li Luoshu stood up, clasped his fists, bowed to Yongling Hou, and said sincerely.

The attitude is respectful and humble.

Yongling Marquis glanced at him, sighed softly, shook his head and said, "I asked before, but the old friend refused to tell me."

Seeing that Li Luoshu didn't say anything, Yongling Hou comforted him again: "Don't be discouraged, I will ask someone to find out what's going on."

"In this case, I'll trouble you, father-in-law."

Li Luoshu bowed respectfully to Yongling Hou again and said.

Marquis Yongling smiled and patted his shoulder, and invited Li Luoshu to have lunch at his house.

After lunch, Li Luoshu left.

……

Li Luoshu was thinking about this matter all the way. He couldn't even smooth things over with Marquis Yongling, so he was afraid that it might be a big shot above.

I just don't know who is making things difficult for him, and why?

As soon as he returned home, he saw his wife and mother arguing in the yard over a trivial matter, and his three new concubines were watching the show.

He frowned, feeling extremely annoyed.

The unrest in his family and the setbacks in his official career made him feel very bad.

He ignored his mother and wife's quarrel and went into the study.

Li Luoshu sat at his desk, Yu Wan's domineering face flashing through his mind.

He remembered that Yu Wan was supposed to marry into the Prince of Jin's Mansion, but she used some trickery to marry him because she loved him.

The reason why he was not angry at that time was that he felt that Yu Wan was more valuable than Yu Yao and had a good reputation, so of course he would not be angry.

But it was different for the Prince Jin's Mansion, it was a blatant slap in the face.

Who would feel comfortable about a legitimate daughter becoming a concubine's daughter?
Li Luoshu's eyes were heavy. Could it be that the Prince of Jin's Mansion was angry that Yu Wan married him, so they secretly had someone suppress his official position?
The more he thought about it, the more he felt that this was the case.

Afterwards, he quickly ordered his followers to prepare a generous gift and planned to visit Prince Jin's Mansion the next day.

He felt that if he didn't resolve this matter, his future official career would be over.