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As Jiang Yan staggered into Pear Blossom Residence, dragging her body which felt as heavy as a thousand-pound boulder, Huang Ying quickly ran towards her.
"Master, where have you been? Why are you only returning now?"
Jiang Yan leaned all his weight on her, weak and listless: "I was about to ask you that, didn't you say you'd wait for me there? Why did you come back first?"
Huang Ying hurriedly explained, "My lady, it's not that I broke my promise, it's that the prince's personal guard, Zhang Qin, made me leave, saying that it was too close to the prince's Yunxiao Pavilion and would disturb him, so I..."
"Anyway, you didn't wait for me and came back on your own! I won't listen to any explanations!" Jiang Yan said, feeling wronged.
"Master, I know I was wrong. Please punish me."
Jiang Yan was already feeling depressed, and hearing her blaming herself again, she sighed helplessly.
"Just kidding, did you really take it seriously? Help me to the rocking chair for a while."
Huang Ying: "My lady, it's already past midnight. Let me help you into your room to rest."
"Let's go to the rocking chair! I want to see the moon."
Huang Ying stopped trying to persuade her, and instead helped her slowly walk towards the rocking chair.
The pear blossoms have all fallen in the past few days, leaving only the dark green leaves.
Jiang Yan stood in front of the rocking chair, quietly gazing at the thriving pear tree behind it for a while, before letting Huang Ying help her sit down in the rocking chair.
"Ah, finally I can rest! I'm so tired!" she murmured weakly.
Huang Ying: "Master, where did you go? What happened?"
Jiang Yan closed his eyes and slowly recounted everything that had happened after they separated.
Upon hearing this, Huang Ying felt extremely guilty and felt sorry for her: "Master, it's all my fault. I didn't handle things well, which is why you suffered in vain." She knelt at Jiang Yan's feet.
Hearing her kneel down, Jiang Yan sighed again: "Get up, don't make me pull you up now. I'm so tired I feel like my bones are about to fall apart!"
"Master, I beg you to punish me!"
"What punishment? It's nothing, get up."
“Master, this is no small matter! This servant is willing to accept punishment. Please punish me, Master.” Huang Ying said, lowering her head in shame.
Jiang Yan was so tired that she didn't even want to open her eyes, but seeing that Huang Ying didn't intend to stand up, she reluctantly lifted her eyelids slightly.
"Fine, I'll punish you! My punishment is that you stop kneeling before me all the time!"
Huang Ying: "Master, this is not punishment..."
Jiang Yan sighed helplessly: "It's not a punishment for you, but it is a punishment for me! You're much younger than me, kneeling to me will shorten my lifespan. Do you want me to die sooner?"
"My lady, I have no such intention," Huang Ying said anxiously.
"Then what are you waiting for? Get up!"
Huang Ying hesitated for a moment before slowly standing up.
Jiang Yan closed her eyes again: "Don't worry about me, go and rest. I want to be alone for a while."
Huang Ying seemed to have more to say, and stood there for quite a while before bowing and leaving.
Jiang Yan only opened his eyes and let out a long sigh after he felt her walk away.
Oh dear, this is only the first day she met Shangguan Zeyu, and she's already caused such a big fuss. Could it be that he already dislikes her from the bottom of his heart and thinks she doesn't respect him?
He disliked her, and she had no objection; in any case, she didn't want him to like her either!
The problem is, what if he takes Wang Qianqian's side and finds fault with her all the time because of this?
She didn't want to get involved in the endless women's fight!
She just wanted to figure out how she got here as soon as possible, get justice for Liu Ruyi as soon as possible, and then return to her hometown as soon as possible.
Jiang Yan gazed at the round moon in the sky and sighed silently.
The next day, when Huang Ying got up to help her wash and change, she discovered that she had spent the night outside. Worried, she ran to her and woke her up.
"Master, Master, please wake up, please wake up."
Jiang Yan was half asleep when she heard her call out. She reluctantly whispered, "What? Get away!" She tried to turn over, but then she vaguely realized that she wasn't sleeping in bed, so she opened her eyes.
Huang Ying: "Master, why didn't you go back to your room to sleep last night?" As she spoke, she reached out her right hand to touch her forehead before relaxing. "Thank goodness, Master, you didn't catch a cold."
"I only slept for most of the night, how could I catch a cold so easily?" Jiang Yan said, stretching her legs.
Huang Ying said, "When I saw that you were so tired when you came back last night, I thought you should lie down and rest. It was my dereliction of duty, and I beg you to punish me." As she spoke, she was about to kneel down.
Seeing this, Jiang Yan quickly stopped her, saying, "No! Don't kneel down anymore!"
"master!"
"Ugh, why do you like kneeling so much? Why are you so fussy? It's only early morning! Can't you be happy?" Jiang Yan was really annoyed. She had to worry about this and that all day long, and she also had to soothe her emotions from time to time. It was really too much!
Huang Ying said, "Master, are you angry? It's my fault! I'll go and accept the punishment myself!" With that, she turned to leave.
Jiang Yan was in a real bind and hurriedly called out to her again, "Come back here! Who told you to go and be punished? Are you a masochist? Come back here!!"
The oriole, head bowed, returned, filled with remorse.
Jiang Yan was speechless. He sighed, looked at her, and earnestly said...
"Huang Ying, I'm begging you, please stop! I'm not your young lady, and you're not my servant! I've told you so many times, you have to treat me like you! Let's talk things out, that way we can have a tacit understanding and figure out how to get justice for your young lady!!!"
"But......"
"Stop with the 'buts'! If you're so kind, you should tell me more about your young lady's situation, and think carefully about what to do if we encounter any more difficulties or bullying!"
Huang Ying stood still, lost in thought.
Jiang Yan was terrified that she would say something like, "Master, please punish me. Master, this servant is guilty. Master, this servant cannot wait like this," which she didn't want to hear at all. So she got up and prepared to go back to her room.
Just then, a voice suddenly came from outside the door; it was Chunhua.
"Is Your Highness the Concubine here? This servant is here on my master's orders to invite you to the Peach Blossom Garden to appreciate the calligraphy and paintings."
Appreciating calligraphy and paintings?
So early?
Is this some kind of trap?
Jiang Yan was so frightened that she didn't know what to do.
You see, she had just experienced Xiao Yiqing's ruthlessness last night, and today she was asked to appreciate calligraphy and paintings. The purpose of this was definitely to warn her.
The thought of how exhausted she was yesterday, and the scene that terrified her so much that her mind went blank, made her legs tremble uncontrollably.
"They said I wasn't feeling well and couldn't go."
Huang Ying received her order and went out.
Jiang Yan quickly ran back into the house, peeked through the crack in the door, and began to eavesdrop on their conversation.
But because the distance was so far and their voices were so low, she listened for a long time but couldn't hear a single word clearly.
Hmph, whatever. If she can't hear it, she can't hear it. It's better that she can't hear it, then she won't have to be afraid!
Jiang Yan walked to the bedside as she thought about it.
She was still in pain all over, especially her calves, which felt like they had been hit by huge rocks dozens of times. Even the slightest movement made her want to cry out in pain.
Jiang Yan quickly took off her clothes and shoes, preparing to lie down on the bed. Just then, Huang Ying returned.
"What did you say?"
Huang Ying hurriedly approached her: "Master, Sister Chunhua said that you must go to Peach Blossom Village today, and there can be no excuse."
"Who said that? Chunhua said it?"
"That's impossible, it must have been the princess who said it."
Jiang Yan was shocked: "No way? How can you do this? I'm sick and you still want me to go? Isn't this making things difficult for me?"
Huang Ying: "My lady, I heard it from someone else. I heard that the princess has a bad temper. If you make her angry, you might suffer."
"I found out about this last night! She seems virtuous and kind, and what she says is perfectly reasonable, but her heart is malicious!"
"Then, Master, are you going to Peach Blossom Village?"
Shall we go?
She definitely doesn't want to go!
But if she doesn't go, what if she causes trouble for her, convicts her, and punishes her?
But if she went, she was certain that her fate would be even worse than last night!
Jiang Yan thought about it again and again but still couldn't decide whether she should go or not, so she had no choice but to ask Huang Ying.
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