"No!" Yun Qing shouted, waking up from her dream.
In her dream, she was personally fed poison by the man who had doted on her for two years. The feeling at that moment was so real that it didn't seem like a dream.
At this moment, a voice told her that it was not a dream, but something that had actually happened. She just didn't know why, but she had returned to the time when she was alive.
"Qingqing, what's wrong?" The man beside her was awakened by her movement. Seeing his beloved's pale face and cold sweat on her forehead, he didn't have time to ask anything. He quickly pulled her into his arms and gently comforted her, "It's okay, I'm here."
Hearing that familiar voice, Yun Qing felt as if it were echoing from her dream: "It's alright, go in peace."
Enraged, she broke free from Li Yan's embrace and slapped him across the face.
"Snap—" At this moment, the entire palace fell silent, and the palace maids and eunuchs on night duty at the door knelt on the ground, trembling.
Although Consort Yun is usually domineering, this is the first time she has directly attacked His Highness the Crown Prince. It is unknown whether he will be angered.
Li Yan was indeed furious. He had been made crown prince right after birth, and he had never been beaten or even heard others speak loudly before.
Seeing his dark face, Yun Qing felt a little scared. Although this man usually doted on her, he was not a good-natured person. When he got angry, he was no less than her. How could he not control himself?
She felt a pang of regret, but remembering his heartless face in her dream, Yun Qing held her breath. At worst, she would be given a cup of poisoned wine in advance. What was there to be afraid of? But her eyes still involuntarily reddened.
Seeing her like this, Li Yan's anger dissipated. He turned Yun Qing around and hugged her again, saying, "That's enough, I'm really doomed in your hands for the rest of my life."
After this incident, the initial nightmare had lessened Yun Qing's shadow considerably, and she soon fell into a deep sleep again.
After staring at her sleeping face for a long time, Li Yan waved his hand to summon his personal eunuch: "Go and check if someone is gossiping again and making her upset."
"Yes, sir."
The next morning, when Yun Qing woke up, there was no longer a man in the bed. She sat on the bed and began to seriously think about the dream she had the day before.
In her dream, she lived her life in a whirlwind, from being hungry and cold as a child, to going to Huanyun Tower to survive, to meeting Li Yan, and suddenly becoming the Crown Prince's concubine, even suppressing the Crown Princess Mo Yanran in the Eastern Palace.
Thinking of this woman, her eyes darkened. In her dream, she finally defeated her and was made empress after Li Yan ascended the throne. After a series of setbacks, the two of them ended up being a couple for life.
Only she, a notorious favored concubine, was branded as a villain deserving of everyone's wrath and became cannon fodder in their love story.
Yun Qing's lips curled into a sarcastic smile. More than half a year after entering the Eastern Palace, everyone said that she was domineering and tyrannical, bullying the Crown Princess and mistreating the servants.
She wouldn't believe that Mo Yanran wasn't involved in all of this. To not pay her respects and establish proper etiquette was tantamount to insulting her; it was truly laughable.
Then there's Li Yan, the only legitimate son, who was made crown prince at birth, second only to the emperor. He was spoiled by the emperor and empress, arrogant and violent, and had no good reputation among the people.
After being poisoned to death, she became a typical example of a prodigal son returning home, and her previous behavior was attributed to her being bewitched by this treacherous concubine.
"My lady, why are you wearing this hairpin today?" Xiaohe asked, looking at Yunqing's stunning face.
She knew that this jade hairpin was Yun Qing's favorite, because His Highness the Crown Prince personally drew the design and commissioned someone to make it. However, Yun Qing rarely wore it and usually kept it in her makeup box to collect dust.
"It's nothing, I just figured it out." Yun Qing looked at herself in the mirror and smiled slightly.
"Hairpins are meant to be worn. Even if I don't wear this phoenix hairpin, everyone will assume I want to. So why should I care about what others think?"
Xiaohe seemed to sense Yunqing's change and stood silently to the side without saying a word. She knew that sometimes it wasn't necessary to ask too many questions; simply staying quietly by her master's side was enough.
Upon entering the main courtyard, the Crown Princess, Consort Zhang, and two other concubines were chatting idly.
The eunuch announcing the arrival called out in a high-pitched voice, "Consort Yun has arrived!"
In that instant, everyone's smiles froze on their faces, as if their throats had been choked, leaving them speechless.
Mo Yanran's originally dignified face took on a hint of ruthlessness, her narrow eyes narrowed slightly, revealing a trace of disdain.
Zhang Liangdi was somewhat surprised, her lips slightly parted as if she wanted to say something, but seeing everyone's silence, she ultimately did not speak.
In an instant, the main courtyard fell silent, with only the rustling of leaves in the breeze.
Yun Qing wore a bright yellow dress and a golden phoenix hairpin in her hair. Her stunningly beautiful face dazzled all the women present.
Consort Zhang, who couldn't hold back, was the first to speak out: "What's the wind blowing today? Consort Yun actually came to the main courtyard to pay her respects to the Crown Princess. This is not like you."
Upon hearing this, Yun Qing covered her mouth and smiled, "I didn't realize you knew me so well. I'm not here to pay my respects today. I have a serious matter to discuss with the Crown Princess."
Mo Yanran was initially happy to see the two of them bicker, but she didn't expect the topic to turn to her. Thinking of Yun Qing's past deeds, her brow twitched: "I wonder if Consort Yun has something to say?"
“A few days ago, when I went out shopping, I heard some passersby say that the Crown Princess was often bullied by me in the Eastern Palace. This really terrified me. After inquiring, I found out that the news came from the General’s Mansion. I don’t know how you offended the Crown Princess and made me ruin my reputation like this.”
As she spoke, Yun Qing covered her face and wept, tears streaming down her cheeks, a sight that evoked pity in me.
His thin, frail shoulders trembled slightly, as if he was trying his best to suppress his inner fear and anxiety.
Zhang Liangdi, Zhou Chenghui, and Li Chenghui, who were watching the scene from the sidelines, all looked at Mo Yanran in shock after hearing Yun Qing's accusations.
They originally thought that the Crown Princess, born into a general's family, would be a magnanimous and unconventional daughter of a military family. They never expected that she would resort to such insidious methods in the inner quarters!
Everyone knows that no matter how much the Crown Prince dotes on Consort Yun, she can never shake the Crown Princess's position.
However, the Crown Princess's actions will undoubtedly ruin Yun Qing's reputation.
If Yunqing loses the Crown Prince's favor in the future, the gossip from the outside world will overwhelm her. Would the Emperor and Empress let a concubine who is so disrespectful and disrespectful of her superiors go unpunished? If the Crown Prince ascends the throne, would the officials in the court let her off the hook?
At that time, those who were once jealous of her will surely seize the opportunity to kick her when she's down, plunging her into an abyss of no return. The Crown Princess's move is truly insidious.
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