Bab 182: Haerqi

 The sound of shattering porcelain had become a rare occurrence in the Bright Prince of the First Rank's manor after the announcement of Side Concubine Wu's pregnancy. Some of the famed geniality Prince Xi directed at outsiders had finally been brought home to his household and even now, the servants were still unaccustomed to his cordial smiles. 

 Thus, when the shouting resounded once again from His Highness' study, no one was particularly surprised. These couple of months of his good mood had felt like a guillotine blade hovering over everyone's necks; no one believed that he had changed his ways and surely it was only a matter of time before his true colours resurfaced. 

 "Your Highness, please calm your anger," Eunuch Xiao Lichun placated, so used to Liu Wei's volatile temper by now that he didn't even flinch as a Jade paper holder heavy enough to concuss him went sailing past, missing his forehead by a hair's breadth.