Chapter 225: I Never Thought of Being a Crown Princess
Zhao Yun signaled to Ye Wanhe with his eyes, but Ye Wanhe did not compromise and stepped back.
Queen Wei frowned and said, "Yun'er!"
Zhao Yun put his hands in his sleeves and explained to Queen Wei, "Mother, Wan He was ill today and was impolite. I apologize to you on her behalf. What is the matter with you coming to see me?"
Queen Wei looked at Ye Wanhe, whose hair was disheveled, and frowned, scolding her: "Since you are still the Crown Princess, you should act like a Crown Princess. Look at you, with your hair disheveled, how can you be so undignified now?"
Ye Wanhe just lowered her head and said nothing.
Queen Wei looked at Ye Wanhe again and scolded, "Yu Xihe has done Yun'er a favor, how dare you slap her?"
Ye Wanhe said coldly: "She asked for it."
"Wanhe!" Zhao Yun frowned and looked at Ye Wanhe. She shouldn't speak to her mother in this manner.
Ye Wanhe looked at Zhao Yun with disappointment, but just said that it was his own fault, and he immediately protected Yu Xihe.
Queen Wei frowned and looked at Ye Wanhe and said, "You drugged Yun'er, and Yun'er didn't pursue the matter with you, and even covered it up for you, allowing the outside world to spread rumors. Your Majesty and I both felt sorry for Yun'er's suffering, and we never forced him to deal with you, but what about you? Do you still look like a Crown Princess?"
Ye Wanhe looked at Zhao Yun and said, "The moment I gave you the drug, I no longer thought about being the Crown Princess... I should say, I never thought about being the Crown Princess!"
Zhao Yun stepped forward and tried to stop Ye Wanhe from speaking.
Ye Wanhe pointed the tip of the hairpin at Zhao Yun and said, "I told you not to touch me! I'm so disgusting!"
Queen Wei frowned slightly when she saw Ye Wanhe seemed to be out of control. She looked at the red marks on Zhao Yun's hand where he tried to stop her in a hurry. She stepped forward, held Zhao Yun's hand and said, "Yun'er? Did she scratch it with a hairpin?"
Zhao Yun shook his head and said, "No..."
Queen Wei said angrily, "You are still covering up for her? Do you want her to kill you again, so that your father and I can endure the pain of losing our son again?"
Zhao Yun said: "No...Mother..."
Queen Wei glared at Ye Wanhe and said, "Come here, lock the Crown Princess in the torture chamber."
Ye Wanhe was not afraid at all. The torture chamber was a place in the palace of Dasheng specifically for punishing palace servants. When she first entered the palace, she saw a palace maid who had been tortured into the torture chamber. When she came out, she was already half dead. It was said that she was disabled. But she eventually left the palace and returned home...
Zhao Yun hurriedly said, "Mother, don't, Wan He is just sick, she didn't mean to hurt the child."
Queen Wei shouted angrily: "Zhao Yun!"
Zhao Yun said, "Mother, please go back first. Don't worry about me. I will teach her a lesson."
Queen Wei placed her hand on her heart and said, "Yun'er, do you know that during the days when you had the accident, your mother felt like a knife was cutting her heart every day. If Yu'er was not too young and needed your support, your mother would have thought of following you... Your mother cannot bear the pain of losing a child again, do you understand?"
Zhao Yun said, "Mother, I know my limits. The hairpin in her hand cannot hurt me. Please go back first."
Queen Wei sighed, "Do you have any sense? What sense do you have? If you really have any sense, you should abolish her position as Crown Princess!"
Zhao Yun said helplessly: "Mother, I will take you back to Fengyi Palace first."
Zhao Yun supported Queen Wei as they walked out. He then instructed Li Quan, "Go to the Princess's residence and invite Consort Gu."
"Yes." Li Quan responded.
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Now that Gu Yan has some free time, Yun Xiangye has time to wander around Chang'an. Although she has been in Chang'an for a year and a half, there are still many places she has not been to.
The scenery in early summer was just perfect, so the two of them wandered around leisurely.
However, they are parents after all, so they returned home early in the afternoon because they were worried about Nuonuo.
When Yun Xiangye returned to the Princess's house, she saw the eunuchs of the East Palace coming to her in a hurry.
"Princess, you are finally back. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince wants you to go to the East Palace."
Yun Xiangye asked: "What's wrong?"
The eunuch said, "I dare not say more."
Yun Xiangye said: "I will go with you right now."
Gu Yan said: "I will accompany you there too."
Yun Xiangye hurried to the East Palace.
Just like in the bedroom, the sound of medicine bowls being smashed could be heard, as well as Ye Wanhe's hoarse voice in resistance.
"I don't want to take the medicine, don't touch me!"
When Yun Xiangye entered the hall, she saw Ye Wanhe, who was in a disheveled state, and Zhao Yun, who had a gloomy face, standing beside her.
Yun Xiangye bowed repeatedly and said, "Greetings to Your Highness, Crown Princess."
Zhao Yun said, "I don't know why she's crazy today. You should try to persuade her. She can't refuse to take the medicine."
After Zhao Yun finished speaking, he left the bedroom angrily.
Yun Xiangye saw the embarrassed Ye Wanhe and stepped forward and said, "Sister..."
Ye Wanhe looked at Yun Xiangye and said, "You don't have to worry about me, I'm fine."
Yun Xiangye stepped forward and helped Ye Wanhe to fix her hair. "You look like you're okay. Your lips are pale. Is there something wrong? And if you are sick, you must take medicine."
Yun Xiangye took the new bowl of medicine handed to her by the palace maid, handed it to Ye Wanhe and said, "Take the medicine."
Ye Wanhe rubbed her lower abdomen and said, "The imperial physician checked my pulse and it was just that I was too angry. I have been afraid of cold and heat since last year. I thought it was because I was pregnant, but now I think it was because of liver qi stagnation. The pain today is just because I was angry."
Seeing Ye Wanhe's appearance, Yun Xiangye said, "Sister, you must take good care of yourself."
Ye Wanhe said: "I also want to take good care of myself. My Yu'er is still so young, but I can't face Zhao Yun anymore...hiss."
Ye Wanhe covered her belly, looked at the palace maids and said, "Get out!"
Yun Xiangye looked at Ye Wanhe distressedly and said, "You just gave birth not long ago, why are you so angry?"
After the maids left, Ye Wanhe said to Yun Xiangye in Yongxing dialect: "Miaomiao told me today that Zhao Yun and Yu Xihe had spent a night together in Yongxing City..."
Yun Xiangye pursed her lips and said, "We just spent one night together, but that doesn't necessarily mean anything happened."
Ye Wanhe said: "But he let Yu Xihe call him Brother Yan. Today, Yu Xihe asked for the slap, but he still protected Yu Xihe. If nothing happened that night, how could he bring Yu Xihe back to Chang'an and bring her to the palace..."
Yun Xiangye said: "Sister, there must be a misunderstanding. Why don't you go and verify it with His Highness?"
Ye Wanhe said: "If there was a misunderstanding, how could Yu Xihe dare to spread this matter concerning her reputation without any scruples? This is not something worth spreading in the first place."
Yun Xiangye now really understood what it meant that those involved were confused but those who were not were clear: "Sister, think about it, if His Royal Highness the Crown Prince really favored Yu Xihe, would he still think of marrying her to Zhao Rui?"
Ye Wanhe gently rubbed her aching lower abdomen and said, "Xiangye, the conflict between him and me is not just about Yu Xihe. I want to be Ye Wanhe again. I agreed to be Wei Zhenzhu out of helplessness in order to find a chance to take revenge on Zhao Yun.
I never thought that after I took revenge on Zhao Yun, he would forgive me when he came back.
I thought I would be executed, and after I “died” I would become Ye Wanhe again.
I've been thinking about it these days, why not just let it go.
Zhao Yun loves me, he just loves himself more. He can give me one of the most honorable status in the world, let my child inherit the throne in the future, and allow me to see my parents often. What else can I be dissatisfied with? Ye Wanhe or Wei Zhenzhu, aren't they all me?
I persuaded myself to just bear with it. Even though I was no longer willing to be Wei Zhenzhu, I should be satisfied.
The position of Crown Princess, second only to the emperor and above everyone else, is what many people dream of.
But today, Yu Xihe and Miaomiao made me angry and my illness flared up. Then I realized one thing: it seems that the daughters of the Ye family don't live long.
The two great-aunts of the Ye family also died in their early thirties, and my aunt also died at the age of thirty-three...
Now, I am already 26, almost 30, I don’t know how long I can live, I don’t want to stay in the palace anymore, I don’t want to have any regrets, I don’t want to have to call others my parents, I want to be Ye Wanhe again, not Wei Zhenzhu anymore. "
When Yun Xiangye heard what Ye Wanhe said, she thought of her mother who passed away young, and said to Ye Wanhe: "Sister, you will live a long life. We can all live a long life."
Ye Wanhe said: "I know my own body. I didn't take good care of myself during the confinement period. I have been very afraid of cold and heat these days. I am really afraid that I will be trapped here for the rest of my short life. I want to leave here."
Yun Xiangye whispered, "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will definitely not let you leave."
"Will he not let me die?"
Ye Wanhe held Yun Xiangye's hand and said, "Go and tell my parents. Don't let them get too sad, but don't let them show any flaws."
"What about Yu'er?" Yun Xiangye asked, "Don't you want Yu'er anymore?"
Ye Wanhe said: "I will go back to Yongxing City first, and then go back to Chang'an City to find a Taoist temple for meditation. You can bring Yu'er to the Taoist temple to find me. Yu'er has your Princess Mansion to rely on, so I am relieved..."
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