However, Ruan Qing did not give Xie Yunjiao the same enthusiasm. Instead, after hearing Xie Yunjiao call her "mother", her brows furrowed and she said unhappily, "Don't call me mother casually. I'm not your mother, and I don't want to be the mother of someone like you."
Xie Yunjiao was stunned for a moment, and the smile on her face gradually disappeared.
Her heart felt as if it had been stabbed by a knife, and the pain was so severe that she couldn't even speak.
"Are you okay?"
Jing Kai hurriedly walked to Xie Yunjiao and supported her who was about to fall. Xie Yunjiao pursed her lips and looked straight at Ruan Qing. She felt that this kind of thing had happened before, but she tried her best to remember it but couldn't.
Maybe it's just an illusion.
"I'm fine. If you brought me here just to humiliate me, congratulations, you have done it." Xie Yunjiao said as she flicked her sleeves and tried to walk out.
But Jing Kai was one step ahead. He grabbed her hand and said to her, "Don't go. My aunt needs you."
Xie Yunjiao sneered, looking at Jing Kai with eyes full of mockery. She said slowly, "Jing Kai, you really know how to joke. She is the Queen of Baiyue Kingdom, second only to the emperor. If she really is ill, there are many skilled imperial doctors who can treat her. It is not my turn at all."
Jing Kai felt her discomfort, and his heart was also hurt.
"Listen to me, I feel at ease only if you are the only one who can treat my aunt's illness," said Jing Kai.
"What does it have to do with me whether you're worried or not? Could it be that someone else will harm her?" Xie Yunjiao said.
It was just an unintentional remark, but when she saw Jing Kai's face gradually become solemn, she was stunned for a moment.
No way, she really guessed it right?
But as the queen mother, Ruan Qing was actually being harmed without even realizing it?
Although Ruan Qing's attitude towards her was extremely cold and even full of disgust and rejection, when she heard that Ruan Qing might have been harmed by an acquaintance, her heart began to worry for no reason.
"Kai'er, what are you talking about?" Ruan Qing looked at Jing Kai in disbelief.
She has lived in this harem for so many years and has seen many tricks, both those that are acceptable and those that are not.
But in recent years, the women around the king have changed one after another, and in the end, she is the only one left by the king's side!
It’s not that they are deeply in love with each other. After all, she had experienced the king’s ability to change his mind easily when she was young.
But even so, the king never thought of giving up the throne to someone else.
Moreover, the king's health is not as good as before, and his interest in women is decreasing. He has not taken a concubine for a year.
The other women in the harem were also very respectful to her and never missed her visits every morning and evening.
She couldn't imagine anyone would hurt her.
However, her physical condition was indeed much worse than before. Even though she drank the medicine soup as water every day, it did not improve.
Recently, her hair has been falling out in clumps. Every time her baby daughter Yun Qiao comes to visit her, she will hug her and cry softly when she sees her falling hair, and asks her to live a long and healthy life.
She would feel uncomfortable every time, but she would still hug Yun Qiao and gently comfort her emotions, telling her that life is impermanent and no one can predict how long they can live, so be happy when you should be happy, do what you like, and don't worry too much.
She herself had lost her freedom in this palace, and she didn't want her daughter to suffer the same fate!
That's why Yun Qiao developed a willful and capricious character and acted recklessly.
But she was her only daughter and her only hope. She would try her best to help her get what she couldn't get!
Ruan Qing is the master of the harem. After experiencing so much, her heart is as clear as a mirror.
Jing Kai just said one simple sentence and she understood what he meant.
But she wouldn't believe it.
She said to Jing Kai, "Back then, you made Yun Qiao sad for a long time because of her. Now you brought her into the palace again and even said these things in front of me.
No matter what your purpose is, I will not agree.
Even if you only want to keep her in the inner courtyard without any status or position, I will not agree!"
Xie Yunjiao felt a lump in her throat and felt uncomfortable.
Her daughter Yunqiao is a treasure, but she, Xie Yunjiao, is nothing. She can't even follow Jing Kai without any status!
In her impression, she was the childhood sweetheart of Jing Kai, so why should she tolerate him in everything?
"Who said I'm going to be with Jing Kai? I don't need anyone's charity to live well," Xie Yunjiao paused. She looked at Ruan Qing's face, from her eyes to her nose to her lips, and then said, "You've been suffering from insomnia for more than half a month. Your hair is falling out in clumps, you have night sweats, bad breath, and itching all over your body."
Ruan Qing's expression changed and he looked at Xie Yunjiao in disbelief.
Could it be that she really knew something? However, Ruan Qing quickly rejected this idea, because with Jing Kai around, there was nothing Xie Yunjiao didn't know.
She just didn't expect Jing Kai to tell her her secret for this woman!
"Kai'er, in order to help her, do you have no bottom line at all?" Ruan Qing asked unhappily.
Jing Kai said to Ruan Qing, "Aunt, I didn't tell her this."
Ruan Qing was stunned. She looked at Jing Kai in disbelief. She wanted to see something from Jing Kai's expression, but to her disappointment she could not see anything.
Is it really that she is overthinking?
"If you don't mind, I can take your pulse and further confirm the reason for your condition." Xie Yunjiao said as she took a few steps towards Ruan Qing.
If it were someone else, based on her attitude, Xie Yunjiao wouldn't even want to pay attention to her!
But inexplicably, she just wanted to help Ruan Qing, from the bottom of her heart.
"Stop, who asked you to come here?!" Ruan Qing said unhappily.
Xie Yunjiao paused and looked at Ruan Qing, a hint of sadness flashing across her eyes.
Ruan Qing noticed the emotion that flashed across Xie Yunjiao's eyes and was stunned for a moment.
She wondered why when she saw Xie Yunjiao sad, her heart also became sad, and she began to feel sad for no reason!
She obviously hated Xie Yunjiao the most. She had harmed her daughter and made her sad and upset for a long time.
But why did she also feel sad inexplicably when she saw Xie Yunjiao's sadness?
She thought it must be because she was not feeling well that this happened!
"I just wanted to take your pulse. Since you don't want to, there's nothing I can do," Xie Yunjiao said to Jing Kai. "Since I'm no longer useful, can you leave the palace now?"
Jing Kai said to Ruan Qing sincerely, "Aunt, can you please trust me for once?"
Ruan Qing looked at Jing Kai, frowning. "You would never disobey me, but you repeatedly do things that are out of character for this person. You've been bewitched by her. I won't trust you."
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