The imperial physician was truly astonished that a mother could be so cruel to her child, whose body was covered in bruises and swelling.
"Is it serious?" Yu Jingchen frowned.
"They are mostly superficial wounds, and old ones at that. But the Second Princess is so young, she will definitely have bad memories of them. And... the scars all over her body are heartbreaking." The imperial physician spoke the truth; he also felt sorry for the Second Princess. Not even six years old, a royal princess being treated like this, he felt heartbroken.
"Does Your Majesty wish to go and take a look?" Nan Zhiyun asked, after all, she was his own daughter.
"Is Yun'er unhappy?" Yu Jingchen sat down next to her.
"Does Your Majesty want to hear the truth?" Nan Zhiyun didn't want to lie to him.
"Yun'er, you can tell me what you think, whatever you want to say, okay?" Yu Jingchen hugged her.
"To be honest, I'm not happy. I can't bring myself to like His Majesty's child with other women," Nan Zhiyun said softly, leaning against her chest.
"I'm sorry..." Yu Jingchen apologized. Nan Zhiyun looked at him in confusion: "Why is Your Majesty apologizing?" she asked.
“I never knew I would treat someone like this, never knew I would have a girl like Yun’er, so I had no concept of these things before, thinking I could just deal with it. So… I’m sorry, Yun’er, you’ve been wronged,” Yu Jingchen said.
Nan Zhiyun shook her head: "It was my own choice, I don't blame His Majesty. In short, I am very satisfied now. Before... I never thought that His Majesty and I would be in this situation."
"Yes, things will get better and better in the future," was all Yu Jingchen could tell her.
"I believe you," Nan Zhiyun said to him. "Will Your Majesty go and see the Second Princess?"
"Yun'er, do you want to come with me?" Yu Jingchen asked her again.
"Go ahead." It's not far anyway, just a few steps, it's not impossible. Besides, she always felt that the Second Princess had a certain... well, she couldn't quite put her finger on it.
Yu Jingchen smiled. What to do when the little girl is too good? He suddenly wondered what it would be like if they really had a child, and he began to look forward to it.
Yu Jingchen took Nan Zhiyun to the side hall of He'an Palace. When they arrived, Qiu Yun was applying medicine to Yu Wan'er, whose hands and knees had just been scraped.
"Greetings, Your Majesty and Your Highness," Qiu Yun bowed.
Yu Wan'er trembled slightly when she saw Yu Jingchen come in; she was still afraid.
"Father, Emperor." Yu Wan'er was about to kneel down.
"No need for formalities," Yu Jingchen stopped her, and Qiu Yun helped Yu Wan'er up.
Yu Wan'er stood there at a loss, while Yu Jingchen pulled Nan Zhiyun to sit down beside him: "Is the medicine finished?" Yu Jingchen asked.
"The medicine has already been applied," Qiu Yun replied, though she felt a chill run down her spine while the medicine was being applied.
Yu Jingchen looked at Yu Wan'er: "Does the wound still hurt?" Yu Jingchen asked. For some reason, looking at Yu Wan'er like this, he felt that he was seeing the Nan Zhiyun from before.
"It doesn't hurt..." Yu Wan'er's voice trembled slightly.
"Does it really not hurt?" Yu Jingchen asked.
“Hmm…” Yu Wan’er’s eyes reddened.
"You didn't lie to me?" Yu Jingchen saw Yu Wan'er's fear, but he still insisted on asking.
“...It hurts.” Yu Wan’er couldn’t help but cry out.
Yu Jingchen's expression softened, perhaps because he saw a resemblance to Nan Zhiyun in her. "Then why did you lie just now?"
Yu Wan'er thought Yu Jingchen was angry and cried in fear.
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