Murong Jinchuan, The Third Prince

The first thing that Noble Consort Ying did after getting out of her bedroom was to take a nice long bath. She wanted to get rid of all the blood smell that was on her body. After coming out, her maids quickly came forward to help her get dressed properly as a noble consort. While the servants and guards were cleaning her room, she had her breakfast and went to another empty palace to rest for a while. While sitting on one of the couches, Noble Consort Ying couldn't help but think of all those corpses hanged in her bedroom.

"That evil spawn..... that evil monster," she cursed through gritted teeth. "No matter what I do, he simply doesn't die."

"Noble Consort, please calm down your anger!!!" One of her closest maids pleaded while fanning her with a long paper fan. "Here, drink this special tea. It would refresh your mood."

"Hmm....." Noble Consort hummed softly and took a sip of her drink. Her long enchanting eyes closed down in enjoyment as she took in the amazing taste of the tea. She leaned her head back and for a second, the entire room was surrounded with an aura of cold and peace. All the maids glanced at Noble Consort Ying and couldn't help but sigh softly. All of these maids were the closest maids of Noble Consort Ying and had come as a part of her dowry. They had taken care of Noble Consort Ying since she was a child and were extremely loyal to her.

Noble Consort Ying was one of the most beautiful women in the entire palace. After the empress, she was the only one who was the most favored woman of the emperor. If the former empress was the pious, pure kind of beauty then their Nobel Consort Ying was the fierce, temping kind of beauty. At that time, everyone in the palace knew that the emperor only loved one woman and that was their empress. There were many beautiful women in the palace however, nobody could tempt the emperor's heart. There was no one who could take the empress's position in the emperor's heart.

Although the emperor didn't love any other woman, he had favored them all and fulfilled his duties. Out of all these women, the emperor had a great and close relationship with Noble Consort Ying. However, everything changed when the empress died and the relationship between the emperor and their Noble Consort Ying also got weakened after that incident. Since then, the emperor only played a namesake relationship with their Noble Consort in front of the other courtiers and people while when they were alone, he would be extremely disgusted by her.

To their surprise, even their Noble Consort Ying began to hate the emperor. Before that incident, Noble Consort Ying was madly in love with the emperor. She wanted to have his love, his adoration, his heart, his pure feelings, his care but he never gave her that. With dark means, she fought for his love yet, he never cared about her. Instead, all she got from him was his indifference, his unmoved heart, his cold gaze, his unchanged feeling for another woman. Therefore, since that incident, Noble Consort Ying began to hate the emperor harder than the love she used to have for him, before.

Suddenly, the door to their room flew open with a bang and a man rushed inside the room. It was a young handsome man, with a strong body wearing a purple robe, his long black hair moved gracefully with his rushed movements while a beautiful silver crown resting on his hair, his face was adorned with worry and concern, those sly pair of eyes looked everywhere inside the room and then, finally it rested on Noble Consort Ying.

Noble Consort Ying frowned at the sudden disruption. Her eyes flew open with anger as she glared at the person who was disturbing her rest but when it landed on the person who was rushing towards her, she smiled and sat up straight. "Jinchuan!!!"

"Mother," Murong Jinchuan walked up close and looked at his mother properly. "Are you okay? Are you hurt somewhere? I heard what happened in your palace and I immediately rushed towards your palace but one of the servants informed me that you were resting in this room, so I came here to see you."

Noble Consort Ying smiled. "Sit," she pointed out.

Murong Jinchuan nodded and took a sit. If Amelia would have been present in this room, right now, then she would have been shocked to see that face of this Third Prince looked exactly like the face of that witch who had sent her to this world.

"Serve the tea," Noble Consort Ying commanded her maid. The maid nodded and quickly served the tea to the Third Prince. After serving the tea, she obediently stepped back, bowed her head, and stood next to Noble Consort Ying. "Retreat!!!"

Instantly, all the servants, maids left the room, closing the door behind them. Now, only Noble Consort Ying and the Third Prince were left in the room and they were free to talk. Murong Jinchuan took a sip of his tea and looked at his mother. "Mother, are you okay?" he asked.

Noble Consort Ying smiled gracefully. "I am fine, Jinchuan. Don't worry that evil monster wouldn't dare to kill me."

However, even after hearing her words, the third prince wasn't rest assured. "Mother!!!" he sighed unhappily. "Why did you do that? Why did you hide this from me? At least, you could have told me about hiring those mercenaries to kill Crown Prince Brother while he was on his way back to the capital."

"Don't call him you brother!!!" Noble Consort Ying glared at her son. "He is not your brother. He is an evil spawn, a monster that only knows how to kill, a blockage in your path to that throne."

"And what's wrong in trying to kill him? It's not like I am doing it for the first time. Jinchuan, don't forget. That dog emperor loves that evil spawn too much. He will only pass that throne to that person," Noble Consort Ying snorted. Madness and hate flashed through her eyes as she was talking about the Emperor and the Crown Prince. "Remember, Jinchuan. That throne belongs to you. Not to that evil monster. How can a stupid maid's son be worthy of that throne? He is not worthy at all!!!"