A few days later, Yuan Jiang finally recovered from her serious illness. She was weak to begin with, and after this illness, her body lost all color and her skin became a sickly pale color.
While Xie Guanlan was attending the morning court, Yuan Jiang was helped by her maids to take a bath and change her clothes. The bathtub was filled with rose petals. The hot steam made her little face flushed. She scooped water with both hands and splashed it on herself.
Suddenly, the door was pushed open, and Yuan Qingyin rushed in with a pale face and a trembling voice: "Jiang Mei, His Majesty has killed someone!"
The maids in the room shuddered at once, like frightened birds, and looked at Yuan Qingyin one after another.
Yuan Jiang leaned idly against the wall of the bathtub, carelessly pinching a rose petal and pressing it to her cheek. She tilted her head and asked curiously, "Who was killed?"
"You go down first." Yuan Qingyin adjusted her breathing and ordered the seven or eight maids. The maids bowed their heads and said yes, then retreated cautiously and quickly, locking the door tightly.
Yuan Qingyin quickly walked behind Yuan Jiang and said in a low voice, "Sister Jiang, when Xie Ze announced in the court that he would make you the queen, he immediately aroused dissatisfaction and opposition from the ministers. Among them was one man named He Liu, the right prime minister. He opposed it extremely fiercely and spoke wildly, and was beheaded by Xie Ze with a sword!"
"Really?" Yuan Jiang frowned and asked curiously, "And then?"
Yuan Qingyin shuddered and continued in a trembling voice, "And then there was another one, the Minister of Justice, Chen Zhonglie. He kept cursing Xie Ze for being incompetent and a witch who brought disaster to the country and the people. In anger, he yelled and threatened to bang his head against the wall. Xie Ze didn't try to stop him. The moment Chen Zhonglie hit the wall, he was frightened and stopped. He didn't expect..."
"I didn't expect Xie to order General Mu Yingchuan to force Chen Zhonglie to bang his head against the wall. He died, and his brains burst out!"
"Finally, the court fell silent, and no one dared to object anymore."
Yuan Qingyin's eyes reddened as she looked at Yuan Jiang fearfully, "Sister Jiang, shouldn't we have done this? Two people have actually died because of this."
"Sister." Yuan Jiang's eyes turned cold, her pretty face expressionless as she stared at the restless Yuan Qingyin and said, "Do you think I'm wrong?"
"Have you ever thought about our situation? If Xie Guanlan had been ruthless to me, we would have been prisoners or slaves like the other princesses of Jiang Kingdom."
"We are prisoners of war and have no choice. All I want is to thank the Queen of Guanlan. Sister, as long as I ascend to the throne, no one will dare to bully us anymore."
Yuan Qingyin's face turned pale, and her trembling body gradually calmed down. She looked anxiously at the undisguised determination and desire on Yuan Jiang's face. She swallowed hard and whimpered, "It's all my fault for not having the guts to put you in danger."
"Sister, if His Majesty heard what you said, what do you think His Majesty would do?"
Yuan Qingyin froze, her tears stopped instantly, and she asked blankly, "What will you do?"
Yuan Jiang covered her lips and chuckled, a mischievous smile flashing in her eyes. She leaned on the edge of the bathtub with both hands, grabbed Yuan Qingyin's collar, and whispered intimidatingly: "Sister, I don't know either."
"But your Majesty is petty, cruel, and violent. He will probably meet you with a sword drawn, right?"
Yuan Qingyin's pupils shrank suddenly, she lowered her head and uttered a few "Pooh, Pooh" words, then looked back cautiously. After confirming that Xie Guanlan was not there, she breathed a sigh of relief. Turning back to see Yuan Jiang's wicked smile, she pursed her lips and snorted, "You bad sister, how dare you scare me!"
"Sister, you are so timid." Yuan Jiang raised an eyebrow, hooked her slender fingers on the black hair that fell by Yuan Qingyin's ear, and said slowly: "Sister, don't worry about other people's things in the future. The two of us sisters have to do our best to survive."
Yuan Qingyin sniffed, her thoughts in a mess. After hearing Yuan Jiang's words, she suddenly understood. Yes, if Jiang Mei had not caught Xie Guanlan's eye, perhaps the two sisters would have become prisoners or bullied by others. In this way, they could survive, to put it bluntly, all relying on Xie Guanlan.
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