Yu Jingchen found it a bit strange to see Nan Zhiyun like this. So she could be shy after all?
However, he wouldn't let Nan Zhiyun off the hook because of this; on the contrary... well, he went even further.
"What's wrong? Why are you looking so downcast? Can't I say anything? Or do you think I've said something wrong?" Yu Jingchen asked.
Nan Zhiyun: "..." What could she say?
"It's one thing to vomit after eating, but to take medicine like that? You would have dared to take it even if I told you it was poison?" Yu Jingchen's temper flared up again when he thought about how Nan Zhiyun had swallowed the "poison" directly.
"Tsk, you don't care about life and death anymore?" Yu Jingchen put down what Nan Zhiyun had copied.
Nan Zhiyun looked like a little girl who had done something wrong, too ashamed to even look up. When the so-called "poison" was mentioned, Nan Zhiyun's expression turned rather unpleasant.
Yu Jingchen also saw it. Actually, he was just saying it casually to see Nan Zhiyun's reaction. Who told her to actually eat it? After she ate it, he didn't know why he got so angry.
"Why aren't you saying anything? Tell me, are you really not afraid of death?" Yu Jingchen asked.
"I'm afraid," Nan Zhiyun answered softly.
"If you're afraid, why did you eat it in the first place? Couldn't you have said something nice? Begged for mercy?" Yu Jingchen raised an eyebrow.
"His Majesty doesn't like others doing that..." Nan Zhiyun was not in a good mood.
"Even in this situation, you don't dare to speak up? What could be worse than this?" Yu Jingchen asked her again.
"...I'm afraid Your Majesty will be angry. Your Majesty has never liked me. I was thinking, if I'm more obedient, Your Majesty won't dislike me so much." Nan Zhiyun lowered her head, somewhat uneasy, and pinched her own hands.
Yu Jingchen remained silent for a moment.
“Your Majesty’s punishments always terrify me. I’ve pleaded before, but Your Majesty has never been lenient with me. I wonder if if I stopped doing this, Your Majesty would stop punishing me like that…”
"I used to be very afraid of pain, and I still am, but I can endure the pain now."
"In the past, I was afraid that Your Majesty would be unhappy, that Your Majesty would dislike me. Now, I am simply afraid of Your Majesty."
“Your Majesty, I am a member of the Nan family, and I have never regretted being born into the Nan family. I have never felt that I have done anything wrong as a member of the Nan family. But I don’t understand why they think that I deserve everything I am suffering now as a member of the Nan family.”
Upon hearing this, Yu Jingchen frowned slightly and said, "Insolence!" However, there was not much anger in his words.
However, Nan Zhiyun was still frightened; she hadn't expected to suddenly say such a thing.
"Your Majesty, please forgive me, Your Majesty..." After Nan Zhiyun came to her senses, she panicked again and was about to kneel down again.
But Yu Jingchen stopped him, saying, "I didn't tell you to kneel."
Nan Zhiyun didn't dare to answer. She had just lost control of her emotions and said those things. She felt wronged, but she knew those words shouldn't have been said, which was why she was feeling uneasy now.
"I have misspoke, Your Majesty, please punish me," Nan Zhiyun said nervously.
"You're always resorting to punishment. At this rate, how many times will you be punished?" Yu Jingchen said calmly, seemingly not angry at all.
“Sit down,” he said again.
Although Nan Zhiyun was scared, she didn't say anything more and sat down again.
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