Consort Wen, who had been worried all day, ran out of the inner palace. Upon seeing Ye Jingyan, the mother and daughter embraced and wept bitterly.
But as soon as the tears started to flow, Ye Jingyan remembered what her elder brother and sister had said: crying too much will make you go blind, so she forced herself to hold them back.
On her first day at the East Palace, Ye Jingyan learned not to cry, even though she was too scared to cry.
She stopped crying, but her red and swollen eyes were still very noticeable.
"My son—did the Princess and the Crown Prince bully you?" Consort Wen asked with heartache.
"Quickly summon the imperial physician—" she commanded.
Normally, Ye Jingyan wouldn't call the imperial physician if her eyes were just swollen, but today she was scared and really wanted to confirm with the imperial physician.
"Mother, my elder sister will come to take me to the East Palace again tomorrow. Can I not go?" Ye Jingyan asked Wen Pin with a mournful expression.
Consort Wen's sorrowful expression froze for a moment.
"Yan'er, you've suffered so much! But Ye Jingshu is the eldest princess and is deeply favored by His Majesty, so even I, as her mother, dare not disobey her!" Consort Wen said, wiping away her tears.
"Can't we ask Father Emperor to uphold justice?" Ye Jingyan asked unwillingly.
Upon hearing this, Consort Wen immediately stopped wiping away her tears.
"Yan'er, doesn't His Highness the Crown Prince often take you to Chengqian Palace to see His Majesty? Why don't you wait until you see His Majesty and then tell him that you don't want to study at Wenhua Hall? You're a girl, so it doesn't matter whether you study or not. His Majesty should agree." She advised Ye Jingyan.
"But I don't dare," Ye Jingyan murmured, shaking her head vigorously.
"How about we wait until Father Emperor comes to Biyue Palace someday, and Mother Consort can plead for him on my behalf?" Ye Jingyan asked hopefully.
Consort Wen's expression froze.
"You wouldn't dare, and neither would your mother."
The mother and daughter looked at each other, speechless.
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