"Your Highness, Sang Yi is changing your clothes for you. Can you rest after changing?"
Gu Jinke looked at everyone with a wary and cautious expression, which made Sang Yi's voice unconsciously sound a little coaxing.
Unexpectedly, instead of letting Gu Jinke relax his guard, her eyes became sharper and he became more defensive: "No need, all of you retreat, I have grown my own hands."
Sang Yi wanted to say something, but Gu Jinke had already shaken his hand away, forcing him to take two steps back.
Xin Shuang winked at him secretly.
Sang Yi swallowed the words that were not spoken.
"Yes!" The three of them bowed to Gu Jinke and slowly retreated.
Gu Jinke's eyes were fixed on them. Seeing them retreat obediently and hearing the noise outside gradually fade away, he immediately relaxed and fell on the couch.
Outside, Sang Yi frowned and said in a worried tone, "But Your Highness will not be comfortable sleeping like this."
Xun Ji shook his head: "No, His Highness won't let anyone touch her after she's drunk. If she feels uncomfortable, His Highness will handle it herself."
Xin Shuang nodded. As old people, they understood His Highness' habits very well.
Sang Yi could only put aside her worries and said, "Okay, then everyone go back and rest. I will keep watch for His Highness."
If Her Highness wanted tea or water at night, he would sleep lightly and wake up more quickly so that he could take care of her.
Xin Shuang smiled and said, "No need. Someone is on duty. Sang Yi, go back and apply some medicine on your wrist."
Her eyes fell on Sang Yi's wrist covered by her sleeve. She smiled, then left with Xun Ji.
Sang Yi was stunned. After they walked away, he rolled up his sleeves slightly. There was already a circle of red marks on his hand that had been restrained by Gu Jinke just now.
Sang Yi lowered his head and thought for a while, then glanced at Gu Jinke's bedroom and left in silence.
Gu Jinke fell into a deep sleep after lying down. However, as she slept, she slowly realized that she seemed to be trapped and even breathing became increasingly difficult. She tried to struggle, but her whole body felt extremely heavy, as if she was stuck in mud.
What Gu Jinke hates most is this feeling of being helpless.
She suddenly opened her eyes, but what was in front of her was not the familiar Princess Mansion, but only darkness. However, even though she didn't know where this place was and why it suddenly became like this, she still instinctively struggled and resisted.
In this dark and silent world, all resistance seemed powerless and ridiculous. Gu Jinke struggled breathlessly, and his exhaustion did not make the heaviness on his body lessen, nor did the feeling of confinement ease a bit.
"Why, do you really want a puppet?" In the darkness, she suddenly snorted and laughed coldly. Even though her voice was still tired, it couldn't hide the sarcasm and disdain in it.
The darkness was still quiet, but Gu Jinke snorted as if there was someone opposite him, then tensed all his strength and rushed forward.
This time, it seemed as if something couldn't bear it and it shattered with a "crack", and Gu Jinke saw a familiar face.
The face was still cold and otherworldly, with sadness and natural gentleness between the brows.
This is not her, Gu Jinke, but the "Crown Princess" in the original book.
She was in an extremely simple room, wearing a plain cloth dress, her hair neatly tied up, black gauze tied around her arms, and she was kneeling with her back straight, copying a scroll of scriptures.
There was a knock on the door from outside, so rapid and forceful that it seemed as if it would be knocked through in the next second. A rough and unpleasant voice called her, "Come out for dinner!"
Princess Yuan paused for a moment. The knocking on the door outside did not stop. She knew that if it were not for the royal blood in her, these people would have rushed up without distinction of status.
But the new emperor had ordered that they should "treat her well", so these people just did it here and there, not daring to go too far.
She picked up the pen and hung it on the pen holder, then gathered the papers with dried ink on the table one by one. Then she stood up, straightened her cloth clothes, making it as tidy as possible, and went to the door and opened it.
The hand that was still knocking on the door suddenly stopped, and with a lingering fear, it shrank back, put the food box in its hand behind the threshold, and said stiffly: "Lunch!"
After saying that, the person turned around and left, but she obviously met someone not far away. The original lady soon heard their conversation: "Have you returned from delivering food?"
"Yes, she has such an unfortunate job! She has to deliver food to such a traitor who wants to kill his mother! I think she deserves to starve to death early, so that she won't have to pretend to mourn for the late emperor every day."
The eyelashes of Princess Yuan trembled quickly and she lowered her eyes.
"Hey! You better watch your mouth. This is something that we lowly people can discuss. You know that... Forget it! She did some good things in the past. We should just do good things for her."
"What good job can I get here? This is the imperial mausoleum! If... I can be transferred to the capital... Hehe, I heard that the current Queen and Queen are very kind..."
Princess Yuan completely lowered her eyes, picked up the food box, and closed the door. The shabby wooden door creaked in the quiet courtyard, and the people who were talking were startled. After a burst of hurried voices, there was no sound from the outside room at all.
Princess Yuan showed no extra emotion. She took out two small stacks of vegetarian dishes from the food box, placed them neatly one by one, and began to eat. She ate slowly and it was hard to tell whether she liked it or not. It was as if she was just eating woodenly. At a certain moment, as if she suddenly couldn't help it, she spit out everything she had just eaten into the spittoon box beside her without leaving a single drop.
Then he started coughing violently.
The handkerchief covering her mouth was soon stained with blood, but she smiled in relief: "Finally...Is my death coming soon?"
"This shadow puppet-like life is finally coming to an end!" She smiled happily, with tears of excitement even overflowing from the corners of her eyes.
She seemed to see Gu Jinke's shadow, and smiled gently: "You also want to not be a shadow puppet controlled by some mysterious existence, not do things against your will, and not have a life where all your efforts are in vain, right?"
"If there is an afterlife... No, there shouldn't be an afterlife..."
The scene in front of him slowly distorted and dissipated from the moment the original princess seemed to see her. In the end, Gu Jinke only saw a relieved smile on her face.
Gu Jinke regained consciousness suddenly, and she opened her eyes. It was just getting light outside, the morning mist was moist and the birds were already chirping. This was the Princess's Mansion, full of life.
She stretched out her hand, clenched her fist slightly, lowered her eyes and smiled slightly: "She's back, so you...are also here to hint at me, right?"
"A life controlled by the unknown... I have no choice but to resist..." She smiled faintly, and her cold and ethereal face was tinged with an inconsistency of coldness.
"If there's a chance..."
"Boom... Boom!" There was a loud thunder outside, exploding unexpectedly.
Gu Jinke lowered his eyes and said, "Someone, help me wash up."
Sang Yi pushed open the door and came in with hot water: "Your Highness!"
Gu Jinke responded softly and unbuttoned his shirt. He heard Sang Yi muttering softly, "It was fine just now, why did it suddenly thunder? Is the weather going to change? Should Your Highness wear something thicker?"
Many people noticed the sudden change in the weather, and Li Xinyu was awakened by the sudden thunder. He frowned, quickly put on his clothes, and ran to another courtyard. The waiter behind him hurriedly caught up with him: "Sir, I'm afraid it's going to rain, please go slower."
Li Yuxin did not dare to slow down. He quickly ran to the courtyard of the Li family's master's husband. The two or three waiters there were a little anxious. When they saw Li Yuxin coming, they quickly breathed a sigh of relief and said hurriedly, "Sir, the master..."
Li Yuxin just nodded slightly at them, pushed the door open, walked in and quickly closed it.
A muffled cough was heard from inside the room. He turned around the screen and walked into the inner room. There was a small bump on the bed there. Muffled coughs came through the quilt, which made Li Yuxin's heart shrink.
He walked forward, felt along the outline of the quilt, and found his back to comfort him: "Dad, it's me."
She shrank under the quilt, and as if she had finally gotten confirmation when he spoke, she rubbed against him, nestling tightly, but still didn't dare to come out: "Axin, it's... cough cough... thunder!"
"Well, don't be afraid, I'm here!" His usually gorgeous and enchanting eyebrows were now silent, and his phoenix eyes were clear and bright.
The figure under the quilt slowly quieted down, and after a while, a voice came out quietly, timidly, and trembling with fear: "Where is your mother?"
Li Yuxin lowered her eyes in disappointment, but her tone was familiar and calm: "Mother holds an important position in the government, and she is very busy with official duties!"
"Oh!" The voice in the quilt responded with a grievance, and it was completely quiet. The thunder passed, and heavy rain began to fall slowly. Along with the sound of rain, the voice in the quilt gradually subsided, and he fell asleep again.
Li Yuxin patted his back for a while to comfort him before slowly withdrawing his hand and quietly backing out. He nodded silently to the two waiters at the door before walking back.
Not long after leaving the courtyard, he met Li Qi, a satisfied man, walking slowly towards him from another fork in the road.
Behind Li Qi was the residence of a dancer whom she had just brought into the mansion.
The two met face to face. Li Qi glanced at him, then casually looked at the way he came, and said with a smile: "You are filial."
Li Yuxin lowered his eyes and said nothing.
Li Qi had something to ask him: "Did you meet the Princess Royal yesterday? How was it?"
Li Yuxin greeted her, then thought of the small courtyard behind him, hesitated for a moment, and answered carefully, "Normally, when I saw you yesterday, you were disturbed by the wine, so I just said a few words to you."
Li Qi did not doubt his words. Although he had heard recently that the princess treated the maid around her very differently, based on her previous attitude towards men, what Li Yuxin said was more credible.
So, she nodded and said, "What about the Third Princess? Your main target is her."
Li Yuxin paused, then nodded and replied, "Son knows, mother, father..."
Li Qi had already waved his hand and interrupted him impatiently: "Okay, I get it, I'll go when I have time."
Having said that, he left in a hurry.
Li Yuxin looked at her back for a while, and couldn't help but lowered his head and smiled sarcastically.
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