Chapter 44 It is easy to deceive others but difficult to deceive yourself

Afterwards, Huipin was too exhausted to rest, and Yunqin finally came out of the inner hall.

Because she had been suppressing her emotions for so long, she no longer had any anger in her heart, only fatigue and boredom.

Rong Xin came in and bumped into her. Seeing that she looked unhappy, she quickly asked in a low voice: "What's wrong? Are you feeling unwell? If you are not feeling well, go back and rest. Madam, I'm here!"

"I'm really fed up with her!" Yun Qin grabbed her arm, her facial expression did not change much, but her eyes were full of hatred.

Rong Xin was startled, and immediately looked in the direction of the inner hall and the surroundings. After confirming that no one heard it, he breathed a sigh of relief.

He lowered his eyes and saw that Yun Qin's hand was covered in blood, and several of her nails had cut into the flesh.

"How did it become like this?" She wrapped her fingers with a handkerchief, feeling somewhat distressed. "This is not the place to talk. Go back to your room first, I'll come find you later and we can talk it over."

Yun Qin realized it later and felt a piercing pain in her fingers. She just nodded without saying anything more.

Not long after she returned to the room, Rong Xin walked in with an external ointment in her hand.

"No matter what happens, you can't take it out on yourself, right?" She walked over and took Yun Qin's hand.

Yun Qin had been sitting there in a daze since she came back. She came to her senses and realized that she had been holding the silver flat sword in her hand.

She then threw the plaster on the table and said coldly, "This is what she gave me as a reward today. She wanted me to dress more simply in the future."

After saying that, she sneered again, "Does she think everyone is like her, that they can only rely on their face for everything? Like her, they value this face more than their life?!"

Rong Zhi looked at the bloodstained hairpin, sighed softly, and shook her head slightly, "The Queen really...wouldn't let you get so angry, look at the mark on your hand."

"If it were just this, I wouldn't bother getting mad at her. I'd even like to thank her for not letting me show my face in front of the Emperor."

"But she, but she used Ajing to threaten me!"

"What?" Rong Xin was also shocked and asked hurriedly, "What's going on?"

Yun Qin told Rong Xin about how Huipin had threatened her with A Jing and had to go to Yuqian to deliver snacks.

"Sister, I'm really scared. I can't let myself harm Ajing. I'm also afraid that if I just walk away and leave you and Ajing by her side, she will do the same to you."

She didn't cry when she was wrongly accused and confronted in court, and she didn't cry when Huipin made things difficult for her and humiliated her in every way. But when she thought about how their situation would become worse because of her, Yun Qin's eyes turned red.

After hearing this, Rong Xin's eyes turned cold. She had never expected that Huipin would be so unscrupulous as to resort to such means.

She held Yunqin's hand and said, "Don't cry, let's think of a way. There must be a way."

Yun Qin held her hand tightly, as if she had made up her mind, "Sister, I will not leave the palace. Please let Nanny Ruan take Ajing away."

"Nonsense, this can be done right away, why do we need you to replace Ah Jing!" Rong Xin calmed down faster than Yun Qin. She said, "Ah Jing... I can go to the Shang Palace Bureau and let Ah Jing go to work somewhere else."

"Sister, don't lie to me." Yun Qin burst into tears. "I know that when a person leaves, the tea gets cold. Nanny Ruan has handed over all the errands now. Who in the palace will still consider the favor and help you? Besides, Nanny Ruan knows Huipin's character. I'm afraid she will be more worried about you than I am. If there was a way, she would have transferred you to another palace to work."

She wiped her eyes and smiled at Rong Xinyang, "I've thought about it. It's not a bad idea to stay. Like you said, with my qualifications, if I want to climb up, I will definitely be more glorious than Huipin. Then you can come to my side, and our lives will be better."

"What nonsense are you talking about?" Rong Xin's eyes instantly turned red. "If you really want to be the emperor's concubine, why do you have to endure so much hardship and tolerate Huipin until today?"

She softened her voice and said to Yunqin slowly, "Don't worry. Haven't you heard that cats have their own ways and dogs have their own ways? Even if I can't persuade the head nanny, please help me transfer Ah Jing to work somewhere else. Nanny Ruan has been in the palace for so many years and has taught so many people, many of whom I have some friendship with. If I can use some personal connections, there will always be people willing to help."

"There is an aunt in the laundry department. I can have a few words with her. I can make Ah Jing make a small mistake and punish her to the laundry department first. Then it will be much easier to find a way to send her back to the Shanggong Department."

"This is just the worst-case scenario." Rong Xin lowered her voice, "The Empress Dowager attaches great importance to harmony with nature. When Concubine De gave birth to a prince, the Empress Dowager sent out a group of palace maids to be married. If Concubine Hui can also give birth to a prince, the Empress Dowager may send a group of palace maids out of the palace, and I will arrange for Ajing to be in."

Yun Qin looked at Rong Xin's gentle face, and a layer of mist filled her eyes again. These methods sounded perfect at first glance, but as long as you think about it carefully, if any link in it goes wrong, she and Ajing will fall into an irretrievable situation.

She blinked her eyes, blinking away the tears in them, and did not respond to Rong Xin's words. She only said, "Sister, I really want to stay."

Yun Qin blushed as she told him about the emperor's visit to her room. She smiled sweetly at the end, "I contradicted him like that, but he asked Aunt Xia Yun to send me some tranquilizers afterwards. He also remembered my minor injury two months ago. He was really good to me."

She raised her eyes and looked at Rong Xin, revealing some little girl's demeanor, "Sister, even if I leave the palace, where can I find a man who is so good to me? Maybe, maybe, the emperor can always be so good to me?"

Rong Xin was shocked again and again, and her brows furrowed at the end. "Yun Qin, answer me honestly, do you really think so?"

"Really!" Yun Qin's smile deepened. Her face was as soft as a flower, but her eyes were full of ambition. "Empress Hui was so stupid, yet she was still favored and even got pregnant with the prince. Why can't I do that? I must do better than her! Sister, you will help me, right?"

"Of course." Rong Xin nodded quickly, but her brows did not relax. She still could not completely believe her words. "Have you really thought about it? Don't you hate fighting in the palace the most?"

"So what if I'm hated? Didn't I do a good job? I defeated Rong Zhi, and I was the one who exposed Zi Sang's affair... They are no match for me." Yun Qin smiled brightly, but there was some sadness in her eyes.

"This is what they deserve. What does it have to do with you?" Rong Xin held her hand tightly and warned her, "Don't belittle yourself!"

Yun Qin's nose was sore, but she quickly maintained her smile. "Look how scared my sister is. Of course I won't belittle myself. The most important thing now is to inform Aunt Ruan about the replacement of Ajing out of the palace. If we delay, if she mentions my name, it will be bad!"

"No hurry, Nanny still has a lot of things to deal with, and the Queen Mother has also been talking to her recently. It will take at least five or six days, and these days are enough for you to think it over carefully." Rong Xin sighed, "If Ah Jing knew that you did this for her... she wouldn't agree."

"Don't tell her." Yun Qin said anxiously.

Rong Xin sighed again, "Okay, I won't tell you. But it's easier to deceive others than to deceive yourself. You have to promise me and think it through carefully."

Yun Qin smiled and nodded, "I'll agree to it, sister."

"I've been here for quite some time. Concubine Hui is almost waking up. You can apply the medicine yourself and you don't have to come over at night. I'll keep watch." Rong Xin whispered again.

Yun Qin still nodded, and the smile on her face did not fade until she opened the door and went out.

How could she have any other choice...