As the golden autumn sun was high in the sky, one weary and drenched pitiful being, frustrated to his brim walked along the stone paved wide roads of the most extravagant place in the Wind Kingdom save the Imperial Palace."Dear Sister-in-law... Please be here", he mumbled. His cruel boss, Prince Jin has ordered him not to return back to his home to his wife until he finds the Princess Consort and report her whereabouts to his boss.
"Only after my wife returns home, you can be with your wife"
The Prince had ordered.
Seriously? How am I responsible if brother wolf cannot keep his wife with him? Lin Mubai frowned. But orders are orders.
Lin Mubai has been wandering around the Western Province for the past week but the Consort is not there and so he came here. If his wife knows he stepped foot inside a brothel, she"d leave him no questions asked, Unless his Boss" wife and his wife"s Mistress is there.
His wife almost grabbed his boss" collar when he returned without the Consort. Even now, his wife told him that his first priority should be finding her mistress and nothing else. For now, he cannot return to the city if he doesn"t find the boss" wife.
Please be here!
Xing who had decided to have a talk with Chenglei still planned to wait until he starts searching for her first. She wasn"t willing to return to their Manor without having a proper talk first.
What if he rejected her request for a talk?
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The moment, Lin Mubai stepped foot inside the Heavenly Flowers Palace, Xing was informed of his arrival.
Only then Xing sighed in relief. Guess Chenglei didn"t throw her away after all.
Lin Mubai looked at the Consort with a small child on her lap and he could guess it should be someone else"s child. She"s been gone only for a couple of months after all. That child looked a couple months old. So there is no way that child is his brother wolf"s or the Consort"s.
"I want to have a talk with him in the Inn outside the capital city in ten days", she pa.s.sed a letter to Mubai and he got it with his both hands.
"And do not inform him about the child. I"ll talk to him myself", she added. She wanted to talk to him about the boy face to face and not through other means. Something that important must be handled properly.
"Your highness is not returning to the Manor?", the talkative Lin Mubai measured his words carefully before talking, this time.
"No, I need to talk to him first", Xing didn"t want to explain more. As much as she wanted to have her life together with Chenglei, she had a small seed of fear rooted in her heart by the way Chenglei treated her in their Manor.
Him ignoring her, just sending her jewellery and clothes and his unwillingness to even talk to her and let her explain everything, taking light of her feelings.... Those things, she cannot accept.
She needed to not betray herself to be with him leat she ends up hating him.
She herself is not someone who liked to run around a lot these days but she felt suffocated when he tried to restrict her. She cannot accept these behaviours.
And she could understand his side after Lady Shaoyao explained it to her. She decided to explain to him that he is jealous of himself. How she could explain it, she didn"t know since she had tried it before. But since the G.o.ds decided to not disturb them anymore, it is possible that he could hear what she says this time.
Lin Mubai swallowed every other questions he had, seeing her looking serious and he feared her. But he needed to convince her to return. Only then his brother wolf will be happy. He knew how much the Consort loved his wife and he decided to use his wife.
"Xiao Mei is pregnant. We only learnt about it when I left to search for your highness... She is worried for you and will only be relieved if you comeback. So....", he paused seeing Xing"s expression softening.
"Why are YOU here then?", Xing"s tone held discontent.
Why is he here when his wife is pregnant?
"I....", Lin Mubai felt his loose mouth has brought trouble to his brother wolf and his plan backfired. The Consort is angry her husband isn"t here by himself.
Xing was mad at Chenglei not for searching for her himself but for sending Lin Mubai to search for her when Xiao Mei is pregnant.
What an inconsiderate person my Prince is!
"My wife kept nagging me to find you first", he suddenly said. It is the truth too but he wouldn"t have left her if not for his boss" orders but he decided to stand by his words not to create trouble for his boss.
"You know how women get during the early stages of pregnancy. I couldn"t coax her...he he ", he chuckled awkwardly, "I"ll leave and inform brother wolf first", he stood up and left to inform his brother wolf. Who knows what else trouble he might bring for his boss if he talks more?
Chenglei after leaving the Palace that day had sent Lin Mubai to search for her and waited for her. He sent Mubai because he feared she"d get angry and refuse to come with him and there is no one else he trusted more than Mubai.. So he sent Mubai to check on her mood.
Mubai got back in five days from Caijing to the city and he pa.s.sed the letter Xing gave to Chenglei.
The moment Chenglei got the letter, he opened it hurriedly even though he feared for what might be written there.
"Awaiting for a talk with you"
That"s all it read.
Is she coming back then?
Sigh!
"How did she look? ", Chenglei asked Lin Mubai and his hesitant expression made Chenglei uneasy.
"What?", he shouted.
"The Consort wants to meet you in the Inn outside the city", Lin Mubai said and that told Chenglei everything and his hand shook along with the paper he was holding.
"Leave", he sent Mubai out and seeing him lurking, "To your wife", he added. This Mubai just follows his words to the tee. Just because he asked Mubai not to be with his wife until his JiaXing returns, he stayed away from his wife for this long without even protesting...
Won"t his pregnant wife want him by her side?
Why did I bother others for my incompetency?
But... She wants to talk?
She... What did she decide? For her to have the talk in some neutral place...
Whatever!
Chenglei decided to face it properly.
He left the city immediately and went to the Inn six days early and waited for her. He wanted to receive her himself. No matter how angry she was at him, he decided to be calm and beg her to comeback with him,like a good husband must.
I am the one who pushed her away and I should be the one bringing her back!
The fateful day came...
He got ready early and waited for her arrival. Lin Mubai was there too since he really couldn"t hold back his wife"s nagging and he had to bring her along. She wanted to meet her Mistress.
Lin Mubai saw the pitiful looking man waiting for his wife with his hands fisted showing his stress. The usually cold and aloof man who cares for nothing is looking haggard for his wife.
He had let his beard grow and didn"t tie his hair properly and even wore his outer robe inside out... A look completely unsuited for a Prince.
"I should treat my wife properly", Lin Mubai held Xiao Mei"s hand, "I don"t want to end up like brother wolf!"
Chenglei saw the carriage approaching and he could recognise it as his wife"s and ran towards it before Mubai could ask him to wear his outer robe properly.
Chenglei stood by the door of the carriage and held out his hand to help her get down from the carriage.
He stretched his hand but she didn"t give her hand. Her Amber eyes looked pretty as ever and her jet back hair was made to a proper bun with dangles hanging making tinkling noises and her pink lips were pursed to a line.
Stunning! As ever!
But something is missing....
Her heartfelt smile...
His heart ached seeing her like that.
But he was more startled to see a bundle in her hand.
No way...
The bright green eyes... The silver hair...
He looks exactly like me...
Don"t tell me...
Chenglei knew whose child this is...
Only one person had the same qualities like him... The Water Emperor!
The death of the Water Empress during Childbirth was the talk of the town these days.
She was Jiaxing"s friend. JiaXing has her baby.
Then Chenglei remembered the letter sent by the Water Empress asking for help.
I hid it!
JiaXing saved Chu Weiye when she had no hopes of survival. So she could have saved the Water Empress too? And I ruined it?
Does she hold me responsible like when she did at the ceremony in the fire Kingdom?
Chenglei got terrified.