Pregnant Before the Royal Marriage

Chapter 781: Chapter 781: The Prince is Very Satisfied

Upon learning this, the Emperor would feel guilty, pity him, and treat the Kang County Prince’s Mansion better.

Wearing a giant green hat, the Kang County Prince brought himself twenty years of good fortune.

At the beginning, it was suffocating.

However, as the days went by, and as he received more and more benefits, his resentment and frustration gradually disappeared. Instead, he felt a trace of relief and gratitude towards the Emperor.

After all, they were both men, and it was understandable for the irresistible beauty of the Princess Consort to sweep them off their feet.

Besides, who could refuse the Emperor anything or any woman?

Kang County Prince asked himself, if it were him who had taken a subordinate’s wife and fathered her child, he would have most likely taken back the child.

After all, one simply cannot let his flesh and blood remain out of his scope.

Especially when it’s a Prince.

The stakes were high.

Yet, the Emperor never did that.

For the past twenty years, he never admitted that Li You was his own son.

This move allowed the Kang County Prince to save face.

And with that face saved, everything else was negotiable.

Now that the Emperor has made Li You a Prince, he didn’t restore his true identity either.

All the glory still belongs to Kang County Prince’s Mansion.

Li You married the daughter of the Jiang Family, which meant that the Kang County Prince became in-laws with the Jiang Family, boarding their metaphorical great ship.

Kang County Prince was very satisfied.

After all, he did not lack biological sons.

Since the Emperor had made Li You a Prince and granted him another residence, this meant that his title of Kang County Prince could be passed on to his own son.

Ever since the Princess Consort became pregnant, he had not touched her again, staying with concubines and fathering seven or eight concubine-born sons and over a dozen concubine-born daughters.

After his death, the title of Kang County Prince would be passed to his eldest concubine-born son.

As the Emperor felt guilty, he awarded the hereditary title to Kang County Prince’s Mansion, meaning that all his descendants would be Kang County Princes without demotion.

It should be noted that at the beginning, the Kang County Prince’s mansion was in decline. After he passed on, the title would be demoted by two levels, and his offspring might only be Counts or something similar.

And by the time it reached his grandchildren, the family would have completely declined.

But now?

Everything in the future will be different.

Looking at the spectacular scene and the splendid mansion, the Kang County Prince smiled happily and felt utterly content.

As for the Princess Consort of Kang County, this charming woman had shallow wrinkles forming around her corners of her eye now, but her beauty and fullness remained undiminished.

She was dressed luxuriously, enjoying the congratulations and envious gazes of the guests. However, her heart was somewhat bitter.

For twenty years, she had endured loneliness and lived like a widow. Who could understand her?

Though she occasionally entered the palace and saw the lord of the world, experiencing brief moments of tenderness.

But she didn’t like the feeling of secretive, clandestine meetings that couldn’t be seen in the light of day.

Not at all.

Moreover, she knew very well that although the Emperor had some affection for her, it wasn’t much. He treated her like one of the many concubines in the harem, only showing her favor when someone reminded him or he happened to think of her.

Otherwise, he might not even remember her once in ten or eight years.

In the bustling crowd, Princess Consort Kang spotted a stunningly beautiful young woman.

The woman wore a light ivory-colored long gown, covered by a coral-colored cloak, and had her feet in Cloud Sheepskin Boots. Her face had eyebrows like distant mountains, eyes as bright as shining stars, and skin as white as fresh snow–an extraordinary beauty.