When Yu Jingchen came over, Nan Zhiyun looked at him and subconsciously took two steps back, which Yu Jingchen naturally noticed.
"Your Majesty, I have come to pay my respects," Nan Zhiyun said, suppressing her fear as she performed the bow, lest Yu Jingchen use this excuse to punish her again later.
Yu Jingchen could clearly see that her whole body was trembling. She was still afraid. Yu Jingchen looked at her. In just a few days, Nan Zhiyun seemed to have changed... She looked healthier, almost like she had returned to when she first entered the palace, only with more fear of herself.
"Get up," Yu Jingchen said, unusually refraining from making things difficult for him.
Nan Zhiyun stood up, but dared not look at Yu Jingchen's current expression.
"If I don't go there, are you planning to stay in Cining Palace indefinitely?" Yu Jingchen questioned.
“…Your Majesty thought he had agreed.” Nan Zhiyun replied. Yu Jingchen had promised her to go to Cixi Palace to “attend to the Empress Dowager’s illness”, so she naturally did not expect that Yu Jingchen would be angry because she had been gone for too long and would insist on calling her back.
"Heh, it seems you're getting worse and worse at learning the palace rules. Do you want to learn them all over again?" Yu Jingchen seemed quite angry.
"Your Majesty, please forgive me," was all Nan Zhiyun could say.
Her attitude infuriated Yu Jingchen. What kind of attitude was that? What kind of excuse was that?
"Kneel down," Yu Jingchen said.
Kneeling again? To be honest, Nan Zhiyun was starting to resist, but... she couldn't just rebel; Yu Jingchen was someone she couldn't afford to offend now.
Nan Zhiyun obediently knelt down, and Yu Jingchen sat down beside her, looking at her: "Don't you have anything to say? Where have you learned your manners?" Yu Jingchen asked.
"I don't know what I did wrong..." Nan Zhiyun felt wronged.
"Ha!" Yu Jingchen didn't expect Nan Zhiyun to dare to say such a thing.
"If you don't know, I have plenty of ways to make you know. Do you want to try them one by one?" Yu Jingchen looked at her with a cold smile. She still had a temper? What right did she have to have a temper?
Hearing Yu Jingchen's words, Nan Zhiyun's heart tightened, and she dared not speak again. But would Yu Jingchen let her off so easily?
"Speak!" Yu Jingchen roared, and Nan Zhiyun trembled in fright.
"Do you need me to help you think of something?" Yu Jingchen repeated.
Nan Zhiyun didn't know where she got the courage from. What had she done wrong? The only mistake she made was entering the palace...
"Your Majesty..." she looked at Yu Jingchen.
"Your Majesty, I was wrong to enter the palace, to fall in love with you, to become your Consort Shu, and to disobey my father and the Empress Dowager. I know I was wrong." Nan Zhiyun spoke calmly, and kept looking at Yu Jingchen.
Yu Jingchen was initially stunned. After all, how could Nan Zhiyun dare to look at him like that? But after hearing Nan Zhiyun's words, Yu Jingchen gradually felt a surge of anger. What was she saying? Did she even have the nerve to talk back?
"What did you say?" Yu Jingchen's voice was unusually calm this time, but it was this calmness that made Nan Zhiyun suddenly realize what she had just said.
Seeing Yu Jingchen staring at her, Nan Zhiyun felt cold in her hands and feet and dared not speak again.
"I ask you, what did you just say?" Yu Jingchen stood up, walked to Nan Zhiyun, and squatted down.
Nan Zhiyun didn't dare to speak. She didn't know where she got the courage to feel those things just now. Now that Yu Jingchen looked at her like that, she was afraid that Yu Jingchen would use those inhumane methods on her.
The last experience was still fresh in her mind, and this time, she feared that Yu Jingchen would escalate the situation even further. After all, he seemed genuinely angry today.
"I'm asking you a question, are you deaf?" Yu Jingchen's tone was frighteningly calm.
Nan Zhiyun turned her face away, not daring to look directly at him. But Yu Jingchen immediately pulled her back, his hand gripping Nan Zhiyun's chin: "Don't dare now? Scared? Didn't you dare to say it just now? I'll ask you one last time, what did you just say?!" Yu Jingchen's tone was almost clenched with anger.
Nan Zhiyun was trembling violently. She tried her best to control her body, but she couldn't.
"Nan Zhiyun, I'm asking you a question!" Yu Jingchen emphasized, and Nan Zhiyun trembled.
"Your Majesty..." Nan Zhiyun's tears flowed instantly. She bit her lip gently, too frightened to speak.
"Your tongue is healed? What? You want to do it again? If you do, you'll have to consider the consequences. How did you feel last time? Do you want to go through it all again?" Yu Jingchen's tone was cruel.
Nan Zhiyun was panting, she was scared, but she couldn't utter a single word.
Yu Jingchen slowly lost patience. The hand that had been gripping his chin slowly slid down to his neck, and then he grabbed it.
"Nan Zhiyun, are you looking for death? Are you so eager to die?" Yu Jingchen's tone gradually became dangerous.
"..." Nan Zhiyun wanted to speak, but couldn't utter a word.
"Are you scared?" Yu Jingchen asked Nan Zhiyun. Tears streamed down Nan Zhiyun's face as she nodded repeatedly; she was scared.
But no matter how much pleading there was in Nan Zhiyun's eyes, Yu Jingchen seemed not to see it at all, and instead laughed.
"Nan Zhiyun, have you gotten too bold? I warned you last time that there are some things you can't say, but you insisted on challenging my bottom line, and even went further. Tell me, how should I punish you this time? Tell me yourself, what should I do to make you remember this lesson? Hmm?" Yu Jingchen's grip tightened, and Nan Zhiyun slowly began to have trouble breathing.
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