Chapter 023 Chapter 23
Chapter 23
When the emperor arrived at Ruiyu Pavilion, Yan Shiyu raised his hand to avoid the eunuch's call outside the door and walked directly into the hall.
As soon as I reached the door, I heard a woman's sweet and charming voice coming from inside:
"Yingning, be gentle."
"Hurry up, this looks really weird."
"Right there, a little higher up."
Yan Shiyu's eyes turned cold and he glanced at Wei Maoyuan who was following him. This made Wei Maoyuan feel annoyed. Although he was a man with no roots, the emperor would definitely not want anyone to hear Ying Baolin's voice.
Wei Maoyuan hurried out and gently closed the door of the inner hall. The bed was separated from the outside by a thin veil, and the woman inside who was speaking in a sweet voice had not noticed the movement at the door.
Yan Shiyu's brows were stern and he pulled open the bed curtain, which scared Ruan Jun who was lying inside. She hurriedly grabbed the quilt beside her to cover herself.
Her movements were always much slower than Yan Shiyu's gaze. In his peripheral vision, he could only see her straight white legs trembling, and then hurriedly clasping them together. It really reminded him of Ruan Jun's legs yesterday when they were placed on his shoulders. They were also weak and kept falling down, and then trying desperately to close.
Yingning and Tingxu stood up nervously and greeted the emperor, saying, "Your Highness."
Ruan Jun's face was flushed, and there was still moisture in her almond-shaped eyes, looking like someone who was loved.
Yan Shiyu had a headache and asked in a low voice, "I heard you hired a female doctor. What are you doing?"
Seeing her young mistress turning her face away, unwilling to pay attention to the emperor, Ying Ning said, "The young mistress is in great pain, so we asked the female doctor to come and see her. Just now... we were applying medicine to her."
Yan Shiyu touched the tip of his nose, coughed lightly, and directly stretched out his hand to signal Yingning to give him the medicine, saying, "You all go down."
Ruan Jun became anxious when she heard this. The blush at the corners of her eyes became longer, her nose became straighter, and her lips were red without any dye, making people want to scoop up her beauty.
Yan Shiyu held Ruan Yun down and said calmly, "Are you feeling unwell? Don't move."
Ruan Yun was extremely embarrassed. Even though she had done everything she should have done with Yan Shiyu, it was the first time she had experienced such a thing and she was hurt in an embarrassing way. How could she not be embarrassed?
Tears fell onto the quilt as she sobbed. Yan Shiyu's eyebrows jumped at her behavior. "You are going to flood my palace."
Ruan Yun curled her lips and covered herself tightly with the quilt. "Your Majesty has made me look so evil, yet you still want to bully me."
Yan Shiyu pinched Ruan Yun's little face with his hands and said with a sullen face: "You are so disrespectful!"
Ruan Jun did not answer, but just groaned.
"I won't do anything." Facing Ruan Jun's disbelieving eyes, Yan Shiyu seemed even more calm and said, "I will apply the medicine to you personally."
Ruan Yun's eyes were wide open. If she let the emperor apply medicine for her, she would rather just endure the pain.
"Your Majesty's body is worth a ton of gold." Ruan Yun said in a low voice, "How can you do such a thing? It's better to let Ying Ning and the others come in and apply medicine to this concubine."
"Okay." Yan Shiyu placed the medicine on the table slowly and said calmly, "It's not bad for me to watch from the side."
Ruan Jun immediately grabbed Yan Shiyu's sleeve and said, "This... How can this be possible?"
Seeing her big movements, Yan Shiyu grabbed Ruan Yun's waist with his big hands. Ruan Yun took the opportunity to move closer to Yan Shiyu's arms, and then quickly covered her with the quilt.
The emperor's hand never let go. As winter was approaching, the eunuchs knew that Ruan Yun could not stand the cold, so they sent a charcoal basin early. At this time, she was covered with a quilt, which made her sweat a little. She put her soft hand on Yan Shiyu's chest and pushed him gently. Ruan Yun said softly, "Your Majesty, I feel so hot."
Yan Shiyu's dark eyes caught Ruan Yun's and he sneered, "It seems that my Ying Baolin has been chosen?"
Ruan Jun felt embarrassed immediately after hearing these words from his mouth. It sounded like Yan Shiyu was teasing her.
Ruan Yun was unwilling to choose any of them, and her face was full of knots. Yan Shiyu said in a clear voice, "I promise that I will not do anything else."
Raising her little face, Ruan Jun looked at Yan Shiyu with a scrutinizing look, as if she was thinking whether what he said was reliable. "Is what the emperor said true?"
"Don't joke."
Ruan Yun slowly loosened her tightly clenched hands, took off the quilt and quickly put it on her face. It was good that no one could see it, so she said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, hurry up."
Yan Shiyu looked dignified. He took the medicine bottle with his slender fingers and lightly touched a little ointment on his fingertips.
Changing positions, Ruan Yun could not see, so she could sense the emperor's movements particularly clearly.
She only felt the rough and thin fingertips pressing there, and then slowly rubbing it, causing her raised legs to tremble uncontrollably.
There was a serious look in Yan Shiyu's black eyes, as if he was reading a battle report from the south, but his movements were more lewd. After applying the medicine, he couldn't help but pat Ruan Yun's waist and hips with his big hands, causing Ruan Yun to quickly roll inwards, fearing that Yan Shiyu would do something else and move away.
Yan Shiyu stood up and washed his hands. He did not call anyone in to serve him. His voice was dull, "Today is the fifteenth day of the lunar month. I will go to the Queen's Palace in a while."
Ruan Yun then pulled down the quilt with both hands, revealing only a pair of watery almond eyes, "Then Your Majesty, please go quickly, and don't let the Empress wait too long."
Yan Shiyu walked over and stroked her chin with his fingertips, "I will come to see you again tomorrow."
"Your Majesty!" Ruan Jun quickly avoided Yan Shiyu's hand. He had just touched that place, how could he... touch her face again.
Yan Shiyu's eyes were filled with a smile as he strode out. When he passed by Ying Ning and Ting Xu, he said in a low voice, "Take good care of your young master."
Yingning and Tingxu naturally did not dare to slack off for the moment, until they saw Yan Shiyu getting on the palanquin again, Yingning breathed a sigh of relief.
Tingxu was puzzled and pulled Yingning's sleeve to ask, "The emperor is gone, why is sister still looking like a survivor?"
Ying Ning tapped Ting Xu's forehead and said, "If the emperor really stayed and did something, I would be worried."
The first and fifteenth of every month are the days when the Emperor goes to the Empress's palace. If the Emperor stays there without caring, no matter how virtuous and generous the Empress is, there is no telling whether she will blame the young lady for it.
Yingning and Tingxu entered the inner hall and saw Ruan Jun sitting on the bed, playing with the bottle of ointment in his hands, and sighed deeply.
"My lady, what would you like to eat for dinner?" Tingxu asked with great interest, "I will go to the kitchen to get it."
Ruan Yun said angrily, "Just take whatever you like."
Baolin’s position was nothing more than those dishes. Perhaps the kitchen staff thought that she was the one who slept with him, so they always gave her better dishes, but they were always the same.
After Tingxu left, Yingning supported Ruan Yun and helped her get dressed. "My lady, are you worried about something?"
Ruan Jun was stunned and shook her head, "I can't explain it either."
Ying Ning said softly, "There are many days of sighing in the deep palace, but now that my lady is deeply blessed by the Holy Lord, there is no need to do so."
Ruan Jun bit her lip and looked at herself in the bronze mirror. She didn't know how long this kind of favor would last, but as long as there was one day left, she would make good use of it.
…
Fengyi Palace.
Yan Shiyu had finished bathing and was lying on the bed reading a book, while the empress was being helped by Ran Xia to comb her hair.
Looking up at the bronze mirror, the queen said softly, "I heard that Ying Baolin invited a female doctor today. Did the emperor go to see her just now?"
"Yeah." Yan Shiyu turned a page of the book in his hand, and the white and soft flesh did appear in front of his black eyes.
His throat was rolling, and Yan Shiyu said, "She is just coquettish."
The queen personally picked up the wooden comb on the table and said, "Ying Baolin is still young, so this is normal."
Yan Shiyu did not say anything else. The Queen lowered her head and pretended to be indifferent and said, "Yu Ronghua and Wen Yunu have been under house arrest for a long time. I believe they must have known their mistakes. Besides, winter is coming and the New Year is coming soon. It is time for us ladies to enter the palace."
Yan Shiyu placed the book on his lap and leaned lazily, thinking of how the Hanlin Academy scholars would cry and wipe their tears in front of him every day after court, and all their words were about Wen Yunu. If they didn't come out that year, he was afraid that the Zichen Palace would really become a place for those ministers to cry and beg.
"It's up to you." After saying this coldly, Yan Shiyu picked up the manual and continued reading.
The Queen stood up and brought the tea that the maid had just prepared to Yan Shiyu, "It's just that Yu Ronghua has been released from her confinement, so Ying Baolin will inevitably be upset."
Yan Shiyu closed the book in his hand, handed it to the palace maid, and said, "She should be more sensible."
The queen stopped talking when she saw this, and soon the palace maids extinguished the candles in the hall, leaving only the sparks of charcoal burning in the charcoal basin.
…
When paying their respects, everyone heard that Yu Ronghua and Wen Yunu would soon be released from house arrest, and everyone's eyes fell on Ying Baolin from time to time. After all, everyone knew that Ying Baolin was once a palace maid serving Yu Ronghua. When her master put her under house arrest, Ying Baolin suddenly became a palace concubine and was now the most favored by the emperor. Everyone was just waiting to see the show.
Ruan Yun sat quietly eating tea and snacks, paying no attention to the gazes of others.
She got up late in the morning and had no time to have breakfast. She was very hungry now. Fortunately, the snacks in the Queen's palace were very good, so she didn't go hungry.
When Ruan Yun heard her name coming out of Concubine Shu's mouth, she knew that she would not be able to eat such a delicious snack.
"Speaking of which, Ying Baolin used to be a servant of Yu Ronghua. Now that Yu Ronghua is under house arrest, the servant has become the master. It's really hard to believe if you tell others about it."
Concubine Shu looked at Ruan Yun with pride. That bitch Yu Ronghua was probably happy that she would be released from house arrest soon, not knowing that the harem had already been turned upside down.
Ruan Yun swallowed the cake in her mouth and wiped the crumbs in her hands with a handkerchief. "It is my fortune that the emperor likes me. If Yu Ronghua knew that the emperor has found someone as pleasing as me, she would definitely be happy for the emperor."
Concubine Shu's eyebrows twitched and she sneered.
The bitch is really a bitch, and she really knows how to flatter herself. She looked at Ruan Yun and said unhappily: "I'll wait and see how long the emperor can favor you!"
The Queen smiled and looked at the half-empty pastry plate beside Ruan Yun. "Are the snacks to your liking?"
Ruan Yun said coquettishly, "I really like the snacks from the Empress' palace."
The queen couldn't help laughing and said, "Since you like it, take a few more plates with you when you leave. You are still young now, so it won't hurt to use more."
Ruan Yun stood up and said coquettishly, "Then I will not be polite to the Empress."
There was a hint of smile in Concubine De's eyes, but if you looked closely, you could see that her gentle expression was mixed with a lot of coldness.
Ruan Jun didn't notice any of this, and when she left, she took a few plates of snacks without any hesitation.
Tingxu supported Ruan Yun and reminded her to slow down.
"It's getting colder today. I'm afraid it will snow in a few days. My lady, you better get up early."
Ruan Jun's face sank. "It's really cold. I was thinking the same thing."
When I was a palace maid, I had to get up no matter how cold or harsh the weather was. Now, I haven't done so for only two days, and I'm still a little uncomfortable.
Just as Xu was about to say something, she suddenly saw Yu Ronghua's ceremonial staff coming towards them out of the corner of her eye. She was so frightened that she grabbed Ruan Yun's sleeve, and the wound on her arm was slightly painful.
Ruan Yun raised her eyes and saw it clearly. She held Tingxu's hand and pulled her behind her. Then she greeted Yu Ronghua without changing her expression, "How are you, Yu Ronghua?"
Yu Ronghua has lost a lot of weight due to being confined to her house for so many days. She looks much less energetic and haggard than before, which is incomparable to the tender and beautiful Ruan Yun now.
Yu Ronghua walked up to Ruan Yun and said, "You are really a lowly servant. You actually carried me on your back and climbed onto the emperor's dragon bed!"
Ruan Yun had a faint smile on her lips, but her almond eyes were a little cold. "When the little princess fell into the water that day, I was no longer a servant in Yuronghua Palace. How could I be said to have betrayed my master?"
"It was I who made a mistake." Yu Ronghua pinched her fingertips tightly into her palm and said as she looked at Ruan Jun's little face.
Ruan Yunsi was not bothered by Yu Ronghua at all. "Yu Ronghua has a unique vision, otherwise she wouldn't have chosen me out of so many people."
Yu Ronghua raised her hand to hit Ruan Yun in the face, but was caught by Ruan Yun, "Yu Ronghua, don't forget that you and I are both concubines of the emperor now, and I am not the little palace maid I used to be."
Ruan Yun shook off Yu Ronghua's hand and stood up. "Besides, if Yu Ronghua hits me with this palm, I'm afraid that if the emperor sees the wound on my face, Yu Ronghua won't be able to explain it clearly."
Yu Ronghua was so angry at her words that she trembled. She pointed her finger at Ruan Yun's nose, and couldn't utter a word as her chest heaved.
Ruan Yun took Ting Xu away, and just as she took a step forward, she saw a bright yellow dragon robe flashing around the corner. The handsome face of Yan Shiyu appeared in Ruan Yun's eyes. He wore a jade crown on his head, with his hair tied up with only a jade hairpin, and he was dressed in the emperor's regular clothes. His cold face showed the royal majesty.
I was quite annoyed. How could the emperor hear it?
Ruan Yun trotted into Yan Shiyu's arms and pretended to squeeze out two tears, "I was walking peacefully, but Yu Ronghua wanted to rush out and beat me."
Yu Ronghua, who was standing not far away, heard Ruan Jun's words and was so angry that she almost vomited blood!
Yan Shiyu glanced at Ruan Jun's little face, which made her lower her head and dare not look directly at Yan Shiyu.
Holding Yan Shiyu's clothes tightly with her small hands, Ruan Yun said coquettishly, "Your Majesty, I am very cold."
Yan Shiyu glanced at Yu Ronghua standing in front of him and said coldly, "Now that the house arrest is lifted, don't wander around if you have nothing to do."
Then he said to Wei Maoyuan in a calm voice, "Didn't you hear your master Baolin say that he was cold? Why didn't you let anyone bring the imperial carriage over?"
Wei Maoyuan took the order and went to do it immediately without any delay.
Ruan Jun grabbed Yan Shiyu's sleeve and refused to let go no matter what. Yan Shiyu tried several times without success, his eyebrows twitching, but he just let her go.
Yu Ronghua stood aside and looked at the two of them. Now, she became the superfluous one.
A charcoal basin was lit on the throne. Ruan Yun buried her face in Yan Shiyu's arms and asked dryly, "Why is the emperor here?"
Yan Shiyu knocked Ruan Yun's head down and warned her in a low voice: "You should be punished for trying to find out the whereabouts of the emperor!"
Ruan Yun raised her little face, looking innocent, "How could the emperor be willing to punish me?"
Yan Shiyu sneered and mercilessly exposed Ruan Yun's words, "If I hadn't come, how could you have seen my Yingbao Forest? How dare you rely on my power and disrespect the superior!"
Ruan Yun let go of Yan Shiyu's sleeve in grievance, "The emperor is partial."
Yan Shiyu's face was filled with anger, "Ruan Jun!"
He shouldn't have let her come up just now. He hasn't had a single day of peace since then!
Ruan Yun's shoulders trembled, as if she was frightened. "Yu Ronghua relies on her higher status than me to punish me at will. If I am sick or injured, how can I serve the emperor? The emperor is so unreasonable."
Yan Shiyu rubbed his brows and said, "Didn't I ask you to come up?"
Ruan Yun hugged Yan Shiyu's waist and said with a particularly pleasing face, "The emperor still loves me."
Yan Shiyu lowered his eyes to look at Ruan Yun and patted her waist/hips, causing her face to instantly blush. "If I let you go, I'm afraid your tears will continue to fall today, and the Taiye Lake will overflow tomorrow!"
Ruan Jun rubbed her little face against Yan Shiyu's chest, not paying any attention to what Yan Shiyu said.
The eyes buried in his clothes were exceptionally bright.
…
Yan Shiyu was originally going to go back to Ruiyu Pavilion with Ruan Yun, but Wei Maoyuan suddenly came to report halfway, saying that Young Master Yu had something important to report. Yan Shiyu ordered someone to send Ruan Yun back to Ruiyu Pavilion and went straight back to Zichen Palace.
After this incident, Ruan Jun was very tired, her eyes were dry from crying, and she wanted to go back quickly and ask Yingning to give her a massage.
Before they even stepped into the palace, Ying Ning came over and whispered in Ruan Yun's ear, "My lady, Miss Wen Yu is here."
Ruan Jun frowned slightly. Why did everyone come to see her just after she was released from house arrest? Was she really so popular? She had never known that she was so likable.
Tilting her head to look at the food box that Tingxu was carrying, Ruan Jun adjusted herself in a few moments and said to Tingxu, "It just so happens that the Empress's tea and snacks are put out. I remember that the Emperor rewarded a few cans of tea leaves. You can pick out some good ones and bring them in."
Tingxu responded and went to the backyard to busy herself, while Yingning accompanied Ruan Jun into the inner hall.
Wen Yunu had been waiting for a long time. When she saw Ruan Jun come in, there were many complicated emotions in her eyes.
When Ruan Yuncai walked around the screen, Wen Yunu suddenly knelt down and said humbly, "Sister Ying."
Ruan Jun didn't even have time to take off her cloak. She hurried over to help Wen Yunu up and said, "Sister Wen, why are you so polite?"
Wen Yunu shook her head and refused to get up. She looked at Ruan Yun and said sincerely, "Sister Ying and I have both stayed in Hanyu Palace for some time, so we naturally know what kind of person Yu Ronghua is. I am willing to follow Sister Ying, and I only ask Sister Ying to do me a favor."
Ruan Jun withdrew her hand and looked at Wen Yunu with some complexity.
She and Wen Yunu had only a superficial acquaintance, and all the things they had achieved in the past had vanished into thin air. She didn't expect Wen Yunu to come to her on her own initiative today. She was not stupid enough to agree to what Wen Yunu said, nor would she directly reject Wen Yunu's face. After all, Wen Yunu should not be underestimated.
Looking at Wen Yunu's clear eyes, Ruan Jun held Wen Yunu's arm and said with a smile:
"With Sister Wen's talent, you will get what you want."
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