Chapter 95 Free Cry
Jiang Shuyi was a little at a loss.
Seeing Cheng Fu approaching with a fierce look on his face, as if he was going to attack Tuoba Yuer, she quickly stretched out her hands to protect Tuoba Yuer's head and shouted: "What are you doing? Go back!"
Cheng Fu followed the orders of His Majesty and was to take action as long as the Princess of Xitian intended to do something bad to the Empress, but he was not sure whether this would be considered as bad behavior.
He looked at Fang Chu. Fang Chu frowned and looked at the empress with worried eyes. She had no time to pay attention to him.
Cheng Fu had no choice but to follow the Empress's orders and retreat.
Tuoba Yu'er seemed to know nothing about this, and sighed with emotion: "My queen, I will soon finish the painting for you. By then, there will be no reason for me to stay in the palace. Will you miss me?"
Jiang Shuyi thought for a moment and said truthfully: "If you don't hug me today, I probably won't. If you hug me, I will probably think of you once or twice occasionally."
Tuoba Yuer laughed: "Your Majesty is really honest. You won't even say a few nice words to deceive me?"
Jiang Shuyi pulled her away from her arms, and was shocked to find that her eyes were red.
"You...you're crying?"
The two of them shouldn't have such a deep and lasting relationship, right?
Tuoba Yu'er looked at her with red eyes: "My Lady, can I have a few words with you alone?"
Jiang Shuyi paused, and even though she was somewhat moved, she still refused in the end, and said jokingly: "No, what if you are scheming and you are just pretending to be like this, and you are taking the opportunity to murder me."
Tuoba Yuer looked hurt: "Every time I enter the palace, I have to be searched, Your Majesty. I don't even have a hairpin on my head, I can only use a hairband. Your Majesty actually still thinks so!"
Jiang Shuyi still insisted: "If you want to say something private, just lower your voice, they can't hear it."
In her previous life, she died because she didn't listen to Pei Yan and insisted on taking the token to see Pei Yu. She must not repeat the same mistake in this life.
Tuoba Yuer uttered "Oh" in a muffled voice, and then lowered her voice, leaned over to her ear, and rested her chin on her shoulder.
"My lady, are you willing to run away with me?"
Jiang Shuyi was stunned for a moment, and then she understood that she was just joking because she couldn't bear to leave her.
"I have already planned the route. As long as the queen asks His Majesty to take you out of the palace for a tour, I will find a way to take the queen away and we will go back to Xitian together. I can ride a horse and hunt. I can do everything that your Emperor Dayuan can do. I will also buy you many beautiful dresses so that you can dance and spin under the gaze of the crowd and receive their praises."
The first thought that came to Jiang Shuyi's mind was that she didn't really want to dance in public, as it would be a bit of a derogation for a favored concubine.
Then she suddenly shuddered, Tuoba Yuer was serious! !
"Are you crazy?"
Jiang Shuyi was shocked and couldn't believe it. There was nothing wrong with her. Why should she go to Xitian to be a dancer instead of being her favorite concubine?
Tuoba Yuer looked into her eyes and said, "Your Majesty, don't you want to be free? Although His Majesty treats you well, it's just like your brother treats that hibiscus bird, he just has a monopoly on the captive thing. Because of his own desires, he doesn't allow you to wear beautiful skirts. Wherever you go, a group of people will monitor you and report your words and deeds. What's the difference between this and treating prisoners? Do you really want to be a caged bird for the rest of your life?"
If someone else had said this to Jiang Shuyi, she would have been furious, but Tuoba Yuer's eyes were full of sincerity, so she could not lose her temper. She only frowned and explained, "Don't say that. Your Majesty will use the best fabrics from Dayuan and have the best embroiderers cut them into dresses for me to wear, and let me go out and show off. As for the ones you gave me, they are too eye-catching. Even if Your Majesty agrees, I don't want to wear them and let other concubines talk about them."
"As for why I have people following me wherever I go, your country of Xitian is not so poor that there are no servants in the palace, right? In the Dayuan Palace, being surrounded by servants is a sign of nobility. If I have no one following me, it means I have fallen out of favor!"
There was some disappointment in Tuoba Yuer's eyes.
Jiang Shuyi didn't care. After all, she wasn't crazy and it was impossible for her to suddenly run away from the palace for no reason.
"But don't you think it's meaningless to live like this? Don't you want to be self-reliant? In Xitian, women can run businesses in public, and even if there are no men in the family, no one will talk about it."
Jiang Shuyi looked at her speechlessly: "What do you think I, who has been a lady of an official family and has never left the house for fourteen years, and a concubine in the inner court for five years, can do for a living? I can't even say a word when I see a stranger."
Tuoba Yu'er still refused to give up: "Then I can also support the Empress, just like your Emperor!"
"It's all the same, why would I run away from you?"
Jiang Shuyi took out a handkerchief and wiped the cake crumbs from the corner of her mouth, then stuffed the handkerchief into her hand: "Okay, I will just pretend that I didn't hear your silly words. Are you going to paint today? If not, leave the palace. When you return to Xitian, I will prepare a generous gift for you."
Tuoba Yuer was sure that Jiang Shuyi would not change her mind, and she said "hmm" sadly.
"My queen, considering our friendship for so many days, if His Majesty wants to attack Xitian in the future, can you dissuade him?"
Jiang Shuyi looked at Tuoba Yuer's sad eyes. After the smile faded, she seemed particularly pure, as if she had never loved to laugh so much.
"This is a major government matter, and I cannot interfere. However, I can tell you that your majesty is a wise ruler, and he believes in a legitimate cause. As long as your brother does not provoke like the old monarch and imposes annual tribute, your majesty will not start a war first."
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After Jiang Shuyi left, Tuoba Yuer did not leave immediately as she did in the past, but instead finished the portrait that was already completed.
Fang Chu did not leave with Jiang Shuyi. She found an excuse to stay. When Tuoba Yuer finished painting, looked over with a smile and said, "The portrait of the queen is finished," Fang Chu asked curiously, "Is Xitian really as comfortable as you said?"
The smile on Tuoba Yuer's face froze, and then she stammered, "You, you heard it?"
Fang Chu smiled and said, "The princess' voice is low, but the queen's voice is high. I deduced what the princess said from the queen's words."
Tuoba Yu'er was relieved a little, Fangchu said: "However, Cheng Fu was born in the secret guards, and his hearing is very good. From the look on his face just now, I think he must have heard everything and reported it to His Majesty."
Tuoba Yuer's heart was completely broken.
Fang Chu smiled and said, "Anyway, the princess probably can't leave the palace today. Can you answer my question first? If I have money and brains, can I live a good and decent life in Xitian without any restrictions?"
Tuoba Yuer glanced at her and said with despair, "Of course you can, if our Xitian had not been destroyed by your emperor."
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