Quick Transmigration: Underdog Turns out to be Untouchable

Chapter 958: Chapter 869: Unwilling to Be a Slave 89

When the Princess suggested that Prince Yuan ask the Emperor to let Nangong Shuangshuang come treat their daughter, Prince Yuan went to the palace without hesitation. Firstly, it was rare for the Princess to seek his help, so he had to do it well. He didn’t want the Princess to get dissatisfied and turn to her father and brother-in-law for assistance, losing the chance to mend his relationship with her. Furthermore, Princess Furu was his only legitimate daughter, whom he cared about.

The Emperor naturally couldn’t refuse his royal uncle’s request and directly assigned Nangong Shuangshuang to treat Princess Furu. Nangong Shuangshuang didn’t go to the Prince Mansion but instead to the mountain villa where the Princess resided.

This villa was part of the Princess’s dowry and was exquisitely built, with several layers of courtyards, each adorned with beautiful scenery. The Princess and Princess Furu resided in the central courtyard.

The Princess was an exceptionally beautiful woman. Nangong Shuangshuang herself was already good-looking, and as she matured, she became even more beautiful. Yet, the Princess’s beauty was not inferior in any way to the youthful Nangong Shuangshuang.

Although the Princess was over thirty years old, she showed no signs of aging, only an added maturity that made her even more alluring, no wonder Prince Yuan was constantly smitten by her. She truly was a stunning beauty.

Princess Furu was about the same age as Nangong Shuangshuang and had an unsightly raised scar on her right cheek. Perhaps because of this, she appeared timid and meek.

Nangong Shuangshuang understood the Princess was eager for her to examine her daughter’s injury. After paying her respects, she immediately went to examine Princess Furu’s wounds, finding the burns on her body to be much more severe than those on her face.

”Princess, the Princess’s burns are quite severe, and they are old injuries. Although I can treat them, the process is very painful. It requires scraping the uneven scars on her body and face with a knife and then applying medicine, to smooth the scars.

Once the wounds are smoothed, we can tattoo floral patterns over them, completely covering the scars and bestowing upon the Princess an elegance akin to that of my Empress.”

The Princess looked at her daughter and knew that the method of smoothing the scars with a knife would be painful. While she was willing in her heart, she also felt for her daughter, worried that Princess Furu couldn’t endure such pain.

Princess Furu discerned her mother’s thoughts. She desired beauty even more than the Princess, so she resolutely declared, ”I want the treatment. No matter how painful it is to smooth the scars, can it be more painful than when I initially got hurt? I endured it before, and I can endure it again this time.”

Since her daughter expressed willingness, the Princess naturally did not object. She nodded towards Nangong Shuangshuang and said, ”Then I’ll trouble Lady Nangong to treat my daughter’s wounds, and I beg you to do your best. My daughter has suffered greatly because of these scars.”

Nangong Shuangshuang smiled gently and said, ”Rest assured, Princess, I will do my utmost to help the Princess heal her wounds.”

After that, Nangong Shuangshuang stayed at the villa, focusing on treating Princess Furu’s scars. By the time Nangong Shuangshuang healed Princess Furu’s scars, the Princess had already found a renowned female artist.

Now Princess Furu’s wounds were smooth, with only slightly raised scars and some discoloration remaining. A butterfly and flower pattern was tattooed over the scars, completely concealing them. The copper coin-sized scar on Princess Furu’s face was turned into a red plum blossom.

With Princess Furu’s injuries healed, the Princess and Prince Yuan awarded Nangong Shuangshuang a generous reward. Missing her parents, especially since her father Nangong Chengxuan had returned and she had only met him a few times, Nangong Shuangshuang took this opportunity to return home for a day to reunite with her parents.

Though she wished to stay longer, Nangong Shuangshuang’s current complicated position prevented it. If she were merely a confidante of the Princess Consort Gao, given the Princess Consort’s regard for her, she could have requested to stay with her family a few days each month without issue.

Unfortunately, Nangong Shuangshuang’s role now seemed tied to the Princess Consort Gao’s, but more often she served the Emperor’s affairs, akin to a minister with a different residence, leaving her little time for family.

Thankfully, during this period, Nangong Shuangshuang had been caring for Luo Yueying’s health with each visit home. Now that Luo Yueying was pregnant, it meant that after the child was born, Luo Yueying and Nangong Chengxuan would not be left alone, giving Nangong Shuangshuang some peace of mind.

Leaving behind the rewards given by Prince Yuan and the Princess, Nangong Shuangshuang returned to the palace under her mother Luo Yueying and father Nangong Chengxuan’s reluctant gazes.

By the time Nangong Shuangshuang returned to the palace, the matter involving the Empress Dowager and Yang Pin had been settled. The Empress Dowager’s cruel and ruthless intentions to sever the Emperor’s descendants were well known among the ministers. If the Empress Dowager were the Emperor’s biological mother, the Emperor might be constrained by filial piety.

But the Empress Dowager was not his real mother, and her actions effectively severed any maternal bonds. While the Emperor could not take the Empress Dowager’s life, he could exile her to the ancestral temple to atone and pray for her lifetime.

Prince Donglin, being the Empress Dowager’s biological child, was implicated and confined by the Emperor. The Ding Family was heavily purged by the Emperor due to this incident, with the most promising Ding Yiqi stripped of all official positions, marking the downfall of the Ding Family.

With the collapse of the Empress Dowager, the greatest threat to the Princess Consort Gao was removed, allowing her to safely conceive. Under Nangong Shuangshuang’s care, the Princess Consort’s health had reached a state ready for pregnancy, but the menace of the Empress Dowager had been too great for her to dare attempt it.

Even with Noble Lady Cheng, Nangong Shuangshuang expended significant effort to protect her child. Relocating to Yingyue Palace, the Emperor had stationed numerous guards to prevent the Empress Dowager from causing harm to the child in Noble Lady Cheng’s womb.

On the day Noble Lady Cheng gave birth, the Princess Consort Gao also became pregnant. Although Noble Lady Cheng birthed a daughter, she was thoroughly content, having already resolved to closely ally herself with the Princess Consort Gao in the future.

Noble Lady Cheng recognized the Princess Consort Gao’s accommodating nature. Were it not for the dedication of Nangong Shuangshuang, the child would have been lost. Life in the Princess Consort’s presence was comfortable. Noble Lady Cheng believed that with the support of the Princess Consort Gao, life with her daughter would not be difficult.

With Nangong Shuangshuang’s presence, the Princess Consort Gao’s fertility was remarkably successful. In four years, the Princess Consort produced two Princes, and now she was three months pregnant again with twins, as confirmed by Nangong Shuangshuang’s pulse reading.

This dynasty held no superstitions against twins; however, if twins were born, unless one died, they couldn’t inherit the throne.

The Princess Consort Gao already had two sons and was unfazed whether the third was also two sons. She focused each day on nurturing the pregnancy with peace of mind.