Chapter 15 Heart to Heart
Just returned to Fuyao Palace
As soon as Concubine Zhengui entered the room, she angrily shouted at the eldest princess, "Kneel down."
The eldest princess did not dare to hesitate and knelt on the ground, her shoulders trembling slightly with nervousness. "Mother, I know I was wrong."
"Bring the ruler."
Linglong was startled and quickly advised, "Your Majesty, today's incident is not the eldest princess' fault. Please calm down."
"Bring the ruler." Concubine Zhengui repeated.
Linglong knew that she couldn't persuade Concubine Zhengui, so she had to take out the ruler.
The eldest princess stretched out her hand tremblingly.
Linglong lowered her head, unable to bear to watch this scene.
Concubine Zhengui slapped him hard without blinking.
"Snap"
The eldest princess's palms and face suddenly turned red.
The ruler was thrown to the ground. Concubine Zhengui turned around and sat on the chair, her tone still stern, "Do you know what you did wrong?"
The eldest princess felt extremely aggrieved.
She didn't know what she had done wrong, or how she had made her mother unhappy.
Her father told her that if she didn't want to give in, she didn't have to. If someone bullied her, she didn't have to endure it. Just because she pushed her second sister, did she do anything wrong?
The eldest princess did not admit her mistake and shook her head: "I have done nothing wrong."
The usually well-behaved daughter had defied her today, and Concubine Zhengui was even more furious. She picked up the ruler and was about to hit her again. Linglong was so frightened that she knelt on the ground and hugged Concubine Zhengui's legs:
"Your Majesty, if the Emperor knew you hit the eldest princess, he would be furious."
Hearing the word "Emperor", Concubine Zhengui finally regained some of her sanity.
Linglong reached for the eldest princess's hand again, choking with sobs as she said, "Princess, tell the Queen you know you're wrong. Quick."
The eldest princess was once in doubt. Did she really do something wrong? Why did she have to admit her mistakes?
Here, Linglong was still urging her to admit her mistake.
Concubine Zhengui slammed her palm on the table and said, "If you don't admit your mistakes, you are not allowed to have dinner. Go back and reflect on yourself."
Linglong breathed a sigh of relief, pulled the eldest princess up from her kneeling position, and half-pushed her out: "Eldest Princess, please go back to your room first."
Concubine Zhengui supported her head tiredly.
Today, the emperor did not help her... When she thought about Yu'er lowering her head and not saying anything or making excuses in Fengyi Palace, and not knowing how to fight for herself, she became furious.
The emperor seems to like Yu'er more, but Yu'er is a daughter, and a reserved and unmotivated one at that.
After half a quarter of an hour, Concubine Zhengui said to the nurse in a hoarse voice:
"You don't have to serve the princess anymore."
The nurse looked up in surprise: "This servant..."
Concubine Zhengui glanced at the wet nurse and said coldly: "If she can't even protect the princess, what's the point of keeping her here?"
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Wen Wanyu had just come out of Cheng Shuyi's Yihua Palace after visiting her. Passing by an unnamed pond, she heard crying. She was startled, thinking there was a real water ghost.
After seeing who it was, he breathed a sigh of relief and slowly walked over. "Princess, why are you here?"
The eldest princess didn't recognize her, didn't say anything, and shrank against the wall with her knees hugged.
Wen Wanyu noticed her wariness.
Let Bai Su and Qing Dai stand further away.
She slowly approached and said, "I am a concubine who has just entered the palace. I am Lady Wen. It is normal that you don't recognize me."
The eldest princess greeted her politely, "Hello, Lady Wen."
Seeing that even though she was very sad, she still hadn't forgotten the rules and politeness, and called people obediently, Wen Wanyu felt an indescribable feeling in his heart.
Sitting down next to her, "Unhappy?"
"Um……"
"Can you tell me about it?" Wen Wanyu felt completely baffled. She didn't even know the princess, yet she was being asked to confide in him. How presumptuous.
He added with a smile, "I don't mean anything else. I just think that after I say it out loud, I'll feel better."
The eldest princess sniffed, her voice so soft that she could barely hear it. "Will you tell others?"
"Of course not." Wen Wanyu replied without hesitation.
Afraid she wouldn't believe him, he held out his pinky finger and asked, "Pink?"
The eldest princess stretched out her little finger and made a pinky promise with her.
Only then did Wen Wanyu notice her palms. They were red, as if she had been hit.
"Mother...Mother doesn't like me."
These eight short words contain the disappointment of a six-year-old child.
"Do you think what happened today was my fault?"
Wen Wanyu shook his head, "Of course not. You did nothing wrong in what happened today. A gentleman can be reserved but not cowardly. He can speak out when he is unfairly treated."
The eldest princess paused and asked sincerely, "Um...what does this sentence mean?"
Hearing this, Wen Wanyu slapped her forehead speechlessly. She had forgotten that this sentence was beyond the knowledge of a six-year-old child.
She explained: "As a gentleman, you can be quiet, but you can't be timid or weak. When faced with unfair treatment, you can stand up and argue."
"But, Mother thinks it's my fault."
The eldest princess seemed to have found an outlet for her emotions. She stretched out her hand while crying and showed her, "Mother forced me to admit my mistakes. Hit me."
Wen Wanyu held the eldest princess's small hand and blew on her palm.
Wen Wanyu guessed that Concubine Zhengui felt that today's incident had affected her dignity to some extent, and wanted to make the eldest princess more assertive. That's why she hit the eldest princess.
This was clearly a conflict between adults. To put it bluntly, the eldest and second princesses were just part of their competition for favor. What did the children have to do with it? Why didn't they just beat Concubine Wan?
"Yu'er, can I call you that?"
The eldest princess nodded.
"There's nothing wrong with arguing with people when faced with injustice."
Finally, after much deliberation, I came up with this: "Nine out of ten things in life are unsatisfactory. Either you live with a clear conscience, or you become stronger and reduce the unsatisfactory things."
The eldest princess seemed to understand but not quite.
Wen Wanyu smiled. She didn't need to understand it now. When she grew up, if she still remembered this sentence, she would naturally understand it.
Wen Wanyu patted her head and said, "You don't have a wet nurse or servants with you. You must have run away secretly, right? Go back quickly. Your mother must be worried."
The eldest princess nodded sullenly, looked at her, and asked cautiously, "Can you hug me?"
"certainly."
The eldest princess hugged her gently.
Wen Wanyu said gently: "Yu'er, let me give you one more word -
First you have to be happy, everything else comes second."
The eldest princess was in a trance for a moment and began to sob softly.
The thing she heard most from childhood to adulthood was that you have to be sensible and make your mother proud, but she rarely heard you have to be happy.
The eldest princess sobbed in her arms, and Wen Wanyu patiently comforted her until she stopped crying.
Wen Wanyu wiped away her tears and said, "Princess, please go back soon. Your mother must be worried."
"Yeah. Can I still talk to you later?"
"As long as Yu'er wants." Wen Wanyu said with a smile.
The eldest princess smiled slightly. She liked the gentle...sister in front of her.
I think I can call her sister.
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Looking at the eldest princess's back as she left, Wen Wanyu sighed, but was also very happy. Isn't this saving her former self?
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The author would like to say a few words: in ancient times, girls began to receive enlightenment education at the age of six, and the princesses were subject to stricter education. They were already married at the age of fifteen, which was considered relatively "precocious" compared to today, especially in terms of psychology.
At six years old, one knows a lot (ˊˋ*)
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