Reborn as the Crippled King's Beloved-Chapter 173 - Wang Baozhu is a Jinx Bringing You Bad

Chapter 173: Chapter 173 Wang Baozhu is a Jinx, Bringing You Bad Luck Chapter 173 -173 Wang Baozhu is a Jinx, Bringing You Bad Luck Wang Baozhu received her just deserts, with no one to sympathize with her.

She had originally thought that perhaps Na Kesi would come to his senses and take her away, but Niu Tianbao told her that the Western Region Prince had left the very night after the case was closed,

as if he couldn’t get away from her fast enough.

Wang Baozhu was seething with anger.

Within these three days, there indeed were people looking for her, but it was the sons of Steward Wang from her family home, claiming they wanted to take away their own sister.

Wang Baozhu couldn’t wait to leave with them, yet Niu Tianbao didn’t even let them through the door.

It turned out that these half-brothers from the same father had come for the gold ingots, otherwise, they would not have bothered to see her at all.

But since Niu Tianbao had those ingots in his grasp, how could he be willing to give them up? In the end, it took Niu Tianbao throwing manure on them to drive the people away.

After that incident, no one else came to look for her.

Wang Baozhu thought that these were the worst days she could have, not realizing that there was even more painful suffering to come.

Niu Tianbao took the remaining gold ingots to gamble, and unsurprisingly, he came back having lost everything.

Perhaps it was because the people at the gambling house called him ‘Young Master Niu’ for the sake of the gold ingots, but he actually began to like this floating sensation, being flattered into gambling away the remaining silver in the house, ultimately losing it all.

“Young Master Niu, your luck at the tables used to be not so bad, but recently why have you been so unlucky? Could it be that you’ve been jinxed?”

“Definitely, isn’t everyone aware that he brought that former miss from a rich family, Wang Baozhu, home? It must be that jinx!”

“Certainly, there’s no mistake about it. Wang Baozhu is so unlucky, her mishaps led to her mother being beheaded, Marquis Mansion being raided and its title seized. Her own father’s fate is even more tragic; I’ve heard that since being imprisoned, he has fallen ill and is now nearly dead!”

The “good brothers” in the gambling house, slapping Niu Tianbao’s back and calling him a jinx and cursed, made his eyelids twitch with irritation.

He thought, so this is why he kept losing; it was all because of Wang Baozhu!

“So what do you think I should do? I definitely cannot bear to send her away. You guys have no idea just how tender this minx’s skin is, and she’s much cleaner than those women in the brothels. I have to hold her to sleep every night.”

Niu Tianbao boasted, revealing a hint of pride towards the end.

After all, for a gambling addict like him who previously even struggled to find a wife, now he was bedding a former rich man’s daughter every day!

The envy of many.

“Really? But I heard that even before she got together with the Western Region Prince, she was already unclean?”

“Yes, I’ve heard she loves to flirt with men the most.”

Niu Tianbao was displeased when he heard this.

Then one “brother” spoke up, “Young Master Niu, I think Wang Baozhu is definitely bad luck for you. Now that you’ve lost so much, you must be short on cash. How about this; let us brothers have a taste of Wang Baozhu, in return, we’ll give you money so you can continue gambling, and we can even help you share some of that bad luck!”

“What a great idea! Fantastic!”

Niu Tianbao immediately slapped his thigh in agreement.

Why hadn’t he thought of this before?

He was somewhat sick of her these past two days anyway, his body was failing from daily medication, and even walking felt like his head was heavy and his feet unsteady.

Most importantly, with Wang Baozhu there, his future gambling funds were secure. Life couldn’t be better!

He brought these ‘good brothers’ back home without hesitation.

All of them lowlife gamblers, none had seen the body of a rich man’s daughter before, and upon entering, they were so stunned they were tripping over each other to get to Wang Baozhu.

Wang Baozhu screamed and shouted, until Niu Tianbao hurried over and stuffed a cloth into her mouth to avoid dampening the mood.

“Blame yourself for being a jinx, for wrecking my gambling luck, and causing me to lose all my money, now you’ll have to repay me with yourself.”

Wang Baozhu couldn’t believe it, she didn’t think Niu Tianbao would dare to go so far.

But reality forced her to believe.

She was about to go mad!

Why! Why did her life turn out like this!

She was clearly the most pampered young lady in Capital City, envied by everyone; to her these filthy men were so disgusting that she could barely stand to look at them, yet now they were on top of her.

“Murong Jiu! It must be Murong Jiu who sent you to humiliate me! I will kill her!”

Wang Baozhu shouted angrily.

She felt that only Murong Jiu would hate her to such an extent, wishing her a fate worse than death.

She was just someone who replaced her as the daughter of General’s Mansion for sixteen years, why did she hate her so much!

However, this time Wang Baozhu had wrongly blamed Murong Jiu, who had never harbored such intentions.

Being pregnant, Murong Jiu was trying to accumulate good karma for her child and didn’t have the slightest intention of tormenting her, especially since she had been unconscious these past few days.

Jun Yuyan didn’t do much either, only told his people not to let Wang Baozhu have an easy time; someone would surely guess his intentions and think of ways to torment her.

Murong Jiu was the apple of Jun Yuyan’s eye, and Wang Baozhu had targeted her several times, occupying the position that belonged to her for sixteen years. If Wang Baozhu had been pure and kind, it might have been different, but since the incident, not once either in the court or on the streets had Jun Yuyan failed to hear Wang Baozhu cursing Ah Jiu; naturally, he could not tolerate her.

Such a person, given the chance, would definitely seek revenge against his Ah Jiu.

Jun Yuyan would never give her that opportunity.

After Murong Jiu regained consciousness, her health gradually improved, and her appetite was even better than before.

She wanted to see Master Hui Jue, but the Master had been invited by the Empress Dowager to the Imperial Monastery to give a sermon and would not be back in a day or two.

Instead, some official’s wives brought their daughters to visit her.

The reason was that Lady Xu, wife of the Shuntian Prefecture Governor Xu Darong, attended a banquet a couple days earlier and appeared radiant and rejuvenated, as if she had become ten years younger, so people inquired about any wonder drugs she had taken, only then did everyone find out that Lady Xu was following a prescription given by Princess Consort Ling.

Then, these noble ladies heard that Princess Consort Ling had recovered well and had begun to send visiting cards to the Prince Mansion.

Jun Yuyan took the cards, personally selected four for her, and told her she could meet with these four ladies first.

The husbands of these four ladies were not all high-ranking officials, but what they had in common was that all four ladies were social butterflies, fond of socializing and well-connected in the circles of noble ladies in Capital City.

As long as Murong Jiu’s prescriptions worked for these few, it wouldn’t take long for all the noble ladies in Capital City to learn of Murong Jiu’s ability to make a woman’s appearance youthfully radiant.

With nothing better to do, Murong Jiu sent a reply that very day, inviting the four ladies to Prince Mansion to enjoy the chrysanthemums.

They brought their daughters, arriving happily.

At first, they were somewhat reluctant, thinking how could Murong Jiu, with her young age, possess exceptional medical skills, but after seeing her face, all the women were wholeheartedly convinced.

She herself was so beautiful, with smooth and delicate skin like a peeled egg, she was indeed persuasive.

In the past, they had seen Murong Jiu too, for example at the Mid-Autumn Palace Banquet, but it was far away, at night, not very clear.

Only now, at such close range, could they truly see the indescribable beauty of Princess Consort Ling.

Suddenly, everyone’s expectations rose even more.

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