infatuation
Chen Run patiently waited for the servants to inform him of Jiang Yan's mad behavior, so as soon as the maid spoke, he hurriedly went to Jiang Yan's residence.
Jiang Yan had Huang Ying stand at the door looking in the direction Chen Run came from. As soon as Chen Run appeared, she had Huang Ying notify her, and then she began to perform with great enthusiasm.
Huang Ying craned her neck in anticipation, and when she saw Chen Run appear around the corner, she immediately ran back to tell Jiang Yan, "He's here, he's here, Young Master Chen is here."
Jiang Yan quickly straightened up, cleared her throat, and began her performance.
"You brat, what are you doing? I told you I don't drink tea, so why did you still make it for me? And all this stuff, didn't I tell you to throw it away? What are you doing? Are you trying to drive me crazy?"
Jiang Yan shouted at the end, yelling and jumping around as if afraid she wouldn't sound like a shrew.
Chen Run naturally heard her shouts, but he merely raised an eyebrow and smiled.
The maid pushed the door open, and Chen Run went inside.
Jiang Yan caught a glimpse of Chen Run out of the corner of her eye and then pretended to slap Huang Ying.
Jiang Yan and Huang Ying had practiced the slapping scene beforehand. In their view, the two of them worked together perfectly without any flaws. As long as Chen Run saw it, he would definitely get angry and accuse her. Then she could take the opportunity to continue her crazy behavior. In that case, Chen Run would definitely agree to let her leave soon.
However, the truth is that their performance was full of flaws. When Chen Run saw it, he was not angry or upset. Instead, his smile widened.
Jiang Yan continued to berate Huang Ying: "What are you standing there for? Is there something on my face? Don't you know you're wrong? Do you want me to slap you again?" As she spoke, she pretended to wave her right hand.
Huang Ying was so frightened that she hurriedly blamed herself: "Master, I was wrong, I was wrong!" But her performance was too convincing and lacked any credibility.
Chen Run walked over to them, feigning shock: "What's going on? What happened?" He glanced at the paintings, calligraphy, gold, and jewelry lying on the ground with a puzzled look.
Jiang Yan, having given up all pretense, arrogantly said, "Didn't you see? Does Young Master Chen have poor eyesight?"
Chen Run paused for a moment, said "Oh", and then apologized to Jiang Yan: "Yes, yes, it was my fault for not noticing that you don't like these things, Ruyi. Don't worry, Ruyi, I'll have someone clean them all up and replace them with things you like."
Jiang Yan was taken aback by his reaction. He paused for a moment, glanced at Huang Ying who was equally bewildered, coughed lightly, and said in a fake tone.
"Young Master Chen, to put it bluntly, none of these things are worthy of my attention! Young Master Chen also knows that I have served in the Prince's Palace and have seen all kinds of beautiful and useful things, all kinds of strange and rare treasures. I have no interest in anything here!"
Now that's happened, Chen Run must be angry and furious, right?
But Chen Run remained unperturbed and patiently explained, "Ruyi, what I have here is certainly not as good as what the Prince Duan has, but everything here is yours. Ruyi, what the Prince Duan has is meant to be shared with you, but what I have here is entirely yours. Don't worry, Ruyi, in a few days I will definitely find some of the most famous treasures in the Great Zhou and give them to you, just to make you happy."
Jiang Yan felt a little uneasy. Had she not made herself clear? Why would he think that?
"Chen Run! Can't you even understand what I'm saying? I don't like anything here! And I'm not the gentle, considerate, kind woman you see at all! I'm vicious, unreasonable, greedy, and have a sharp tongue. I'm nothing like a typical lady from a respectable family. If you don't believe me, you can ask Huang Ying. If you still don't believe me, ask the maid who brought you here. She's seen me go crazy." Afraid Chen Run wouldn't believe her, she quickly pointed at the maid and asked, "Tell me, did you just see me cursing and going crazy?"
How dare the maid answer that question? She was so frightened that she shrank back and buried her head in the ground.
Jiang Yan was extremely anxious. She looked at Chen Run and said, "Ask her! You'll know if what I said is true or not if you ask her!"
Following her lead, Chen Run looked at the maid standing behind him and said, "Tell me what you saw."
The maid still didn't dare to raise her head, but whispered, "I just came to bring breakfast to Miss Liu, and Miss Liu was indeed cursing, just as she said."
"See! I was absolutely right!"
Chen Run said to the maid, "You can go back now."
After the maid bowed and left in a hurry, Chen Run looked at Jiang Yan again, but a faint smile appeared on his lips.
Jiang Yan was completely bewildered: "What are you laughing at?"
"Isn't it funny? Ruyi, your purpose is all too clear."
Jiang Yan felt guilty, her eyes darting around, and she stubbornly asked, "What purpose could I possibly have?" She even unconsciously turned her body to the side.
Chen Run looked at her with doting eyes, his gaze unwavering, and said, "Who else would be as impatient as you, Ruyi, to prove that you're not a good person?"
Jiang Yan panicked and said, "What's wrong with that? I'm a very honest person, I don't lie."
Chen Run simply smiled slightly again and did not continue the topic. Instead, he said, "The Duan Prince's Mansion has been cleared out, and the items inside have been confiscated and returned to the national treasury. As for the people, the Princess Consort was arrested along with Shangguan Zeyu earlier, Madam Wu returned to the Wu Mansion, and the servants were dismissed."
Jiang Yan, not having heard where Wang Qianqian went, asked curiously, "Isn't there also a Madam Wang? Where is she?"
"Where they went is unknown."
"Where did he go?" Jiang Yan murmured, repeating what he had said, then asked, "Will Shangguan Zeyu really be beheaded?"
"I don't know, it all depends on His Majesty's decision."
Jiang Yan suddenly felt incredibly disheartened. All her hard work and effort had been for nothing.
Chen Run said, "The capital city may seem peaceful, but there are undercurrents running deep in places unknown to others. Ruyi, you should stay here for now."
"Chen Run, you've heard what those people are saying about me, haven't you? It's not appropriate for me to stay here any longer!"
"It's alright. Ruyi doesn't need to listen to what they have to say. As long as Ruyi is willing to stay here, nothing else matters."
Seeing that things had come to this point, Jiang Yan stopped hiding her tongue and said calmly, "Chen Run, don't waste your time on me. Putting everything else aside, even if I were Ruyi, I have amnesia now and can't remember anything about our time together. The way you treat me now puts a lot of pressure on me."
But Chen Run only heard "Even if I am Ruyi", and asked excitedly, "If Ruyi is not Ruyi, then who is she? Why would Ruyi say such a thing?"
Jiang Yan looked at him when she saw his excitement.
He looked flustered, his eyes burning with anxiety, staring intently at her, wanting to get a definite answer from her.
Jiang Yan took a deep breath, thought for a moment, and felt that the current situation was already too complicated. If she were to be honest and say that she was "Jiang Yan" and not "Liu Ruyi", the sky would probably fall down. So she smiled.
"If I'm not Liu Ruyi, then who am I?" She glanced at Huang Ying, who was looking at her. "What I mean is, don't waste your time and feelings on me. I have amnesia and I don't know when it will be cured. If I can't remember you for the rest of my life, wouldn't that be a waste of your time?"
"Ruyi, why can't you remember this for the rest of your life? Aren't we getting to know each other again now?"
Jiang Yan's heart skipped a beat when she heard this, and she didn't know how to answer the question.
Xiao Yiqing visited Shangguan Zeyu the first time, and then wanted to visit him a second, a third time... In fact, Xiao Yiqing wished he could live in the imperial prison, watching over Shangguan Zeyu constantly.
Her father definitely disagreed, even though she said that day that she was pregnant with Shangguan Zeyu's child, her father did not budge.
These days she's been behaving rudely and throwing tantrums in the Xiao household, causing chaos and unrest. Her father couldn't take it anymore and went to find her.
When her father went to find her, she was throwing a tantrum. She threw everything in the house out the door—teapots, teacups, cosmetics, clothes, shoes—anything she could throw away, while yelling and cursing.
Her father was so angry that he was practically fuming.
"Have you made enough of a scene?!" her father shouted sternly, and the room fell silent instantly.
Two maids, with disheveled hair, blurred makeup, and red eyes, rushed out.
Her father was so angry when he saw this that his face turned pale. He said to the two maids, "Go find the steward to get the medicine and treat her properly." Then he went up the steps into the house.
As soon as she stepped into the house, her father's vision went black. He was in a panic, as if he had been robbed, and there was nowhere to put his feet.
What about Xiao Yiqing?
With disheveled hair and wearing mismatched clothes, he sat dejectedly on the floor under the bed.
Her father sighed, and took advantage of a gap to walk over, saying as he went, "Daughter, why are you doing this to yourself? Why are you degrading yourself like this?"
"Father, please promise me you will visit Prince Duan."
Upon hearing that she still wanted to see Shangguan Zeyu, her father angrily raised his voice: "What's there to see? What's so interesting about it?"
Xiao Yiqing, her eyes red-rimmed, looked at him pitifully and said, "Father, do you want my child to be born without a father?"
"What children? You're not... Even if you had children, I wouldn't let you give birth to them."
"Why?" Xiao Yiqing's unfocused eyes suddenly brightened.
“He is a disgraced official, and his fate is still unknown. If the Emperor investigates, given your past status as his princess, it may not be good for you either. As his father, I cannot allow you to be in any danger.”
Xiao Yiqing's voice trembled with anxiety, and tears welled up in her eyes: "Father, that's your grandson! How can you be so heartless?"
"What grandson or granddaughter? I've already sent someone to find a reliable doctor, and he should be here in the next couple of days..."
"No!!!" Xiao Yiqing suddenly cried out in anguish, then stood up shakily, tears streaming down her face. Her eyes were filled with sorrow and grief as she stared intently at her father, saying, "If Father insists on killing my child, then I will die too!!!"
Xiao Yiqing's father flew into a rage: "Xiao Yiqing, do you even have a brain? Are you stupid or an idiot? Do you know that Wu Lanyu has already remarried to someone else, following her father's arrangements?"
Xiao Yiqing's eyes remained completely calm: "She is her, and I am me."
"What's wrong with you? Did you take some kind of drug that messed up your brain? Is it worth it to spend your whole life on a dying person? Besides, he might not even cherish you!!"
"My daughter doesn't care. She just likes him and doesn't want to leave him."
Seeing Xiao Yiqing's infatuated and oblivious state, her father left in anger without looking back.
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