Chapter 088 Chapter 88
[Chapter 88]
Du Xuanshi suddenly tried to move forward, but Chunqing held her down so hard that she couldn't move.
Today, Concubine Du no longer looks like she used to be pampered. Although her dress is not torn, it is not as neat and tidy as when she was a concubine. She is terribly thin, and her beautiful eyes have lost their former color.
Ruan Jun looked at Concubine Du's ferocious appearance coldly, without feeling any sympathy in her heart.
Concubine Du was pinned to the ground. She looked up at the bowl of bitter cold tea on the table and said, "The thing I regret most is that I couldn't let you die in my hands."
Suddenly laughing, Lady Du said, "By the way, Lady Meng must have thought the same. After all, I told her what you were going to do back then. Now she has become like me, and it's all because of that jerk. I didn't expect you to be able to escape her clutches!"
Ruan Yun looked down at Concubine Du. No wonder Concubine Meng knew of her existence and had people keep an eye on her in advance, wanting to drown her. It turned out that Concubine Du was behind all this.
Concubine Du shook off Chunqing's hand and kept coughing. Her throat was hoarse as she said, "You are so lucky. You managed to dodge several times."
Ruan Yun was unwilling to argue with the madman in front of her. Seeing Ting Xu's slightly trembling hands, Ruan Yun went over and held her wrist to calm her down. "You go out first."
She spoke softly to Tingxu, but Tingxu just shook her head and said, "I am here to accompany the Majesty."
Ruan Jun patted the back of Tingxu's hand and said nothing more.
Her eyes fell on the bowl of bitter cold tea. Ruan Yun spoke in a gentle voice, as if she was just asking Concubine Du a very common question, "Did you do it yourself, or did I help you?"
Concubine Du suddenly wanted to get up, but since giving birth, her health had been getting worse day by day, "You are dreaming!"
Ruan Yun waved his hand, and Chun Qing immediately wanted to step forward to take the bitter cold tea and force Du Xuanshi to drink it.
However, Tingxu stepped forward first and said, "I'll feed her, you hold it for me."
Chun Qing paused, and first looked at his own queen. When she nodded, he held down Concubine Du, preventing her from moving.
Tingxu's hand touched the edge of the bowl. Ruan Jun looked at Tingxu with some worry, "Don't force yourself."
With a slight smile on his face, Tingxu took a deep breath and picked up the bowl in front of him.
He pinched Lady Du's jaw and poured the medicine directly into her.
Lady Du struggled desperately, and some of the medicine dripped onto her skirt, but most of it was drunk by her.
Only after the bowls and cups had knocked to the ground did Ruan Yun calmly ask her, "Is the bitter cold tea delicious?"
Du Xuanshi burst into a swearing, full of dirty words, "My mistress's family is the Pingyang Marquis's Mansion, how dare you touch me, you bastard, if my father and mother knew, they would definitely not let you go."
The same few sentences were repeated over and over again, and Ruan Jun's ears were almost ringing.
After Du Xuanshi finished her excited words, Ruan Yun fumbled with the thin armor on her hand through the handkerchief:
"I almost forgot that Concubine Du has been locked up for so long that she almost has no idea what is happening outside."
"Then I will tell you slowly."
Ruan Yun squatted down, her skirt dragging on the ground and touching the dirt. She bent her fingertips slightly and suddenly lifted up Du Xuanshi's chin:
"Marquis Pingyang has personally come to the Emperor to plead guilty to his mismanagement of his daughter, and he kindly asks the Emperor to punish him."
"The wife of the Marquis of Pingyang even brought her concubine's daughter to the banquet early, hoping that she could catch the emperor's eye."
Seeing tears falling from Concubine Du's eyes, Ruan Yun said softly, "But don't worry, I will not let your daughter enter the palace. This can be regarded as fulfilling your wish. In fact, you should thank me."
After removing her hand and shaking off Lady Du's jaw, Ruan Jun stood up and felt a stinging pain on her neck.
Concubine Du murmured, "It's impossible, it won't happen, mother... How could mother do this? She wouldn't do that. I'm the only one she has. How could she choose to send a bastard's child into the palace!"
However, Ruan Yun did not answer her at all. She just wiped her hands with a handkerchief, put it over the candle, and let the flames devour the handkerchief.
Lady Du was so exhausted that she sat on the ground, unable to get up. Ruan Jun didn't even look at Lady Du and walked out of Yinlanxuan directly.
Ying Ning in front had just opened the palace door when she was shocked by the scene in front of her. She turned around to look at the empress. Ruan Jun's almond-shaped eyes were filled with inexplicable emotions, and she walked straight out of the palace.
Yan Shiyu stood with his hands behind his back in the courtyard of Yinlanxuan, wearing a black cloak, almost blending into the night.
Ruan Yun took small steps, walked slowly to the back of the emperor, bowed and said, "May your majesty be well and safe."
Yan Shiyu's hand was turning the white jade ring, but when he heard Ruan Yun's voice, his hand suddenly stopped.
Turning around, he saw that the woman in front of him had not gotten up and was still maintaining the same posture. He grabbed her wrist and used his strong arm to support Ruan Yun and help her stand up.
Ruan Jun lowered her head, not knowing that this action made the wound on her fair neck very visible.
Under the dim yellow light, the red color is particularly eye-catching and striking.
Yan Shiyu's eyes were dark, and his voice was filled with anger, "How did you get hurt?"
Ruan Jun avoided the emperor's hand, turned sideways, and said in a low voice, "Your Majesty, don't look."
Yan Shiyu stretched out his hand and Wei Maoyuan quickly handed the handkerchief to the emperor. Yan Shiyu pressed on Ruan Yun's neck and heard Ruan Yun's cry of surprise before he said in a deep voice, "You come here to show off your power, but you still want to hurt yourself?"
Ruan Yun quietly refuted the emperor's words, "I... did not show off my power."
Yan Shiyu was so angry that Ruan Yun laughed. There was no one else in the world who dared to use his name and was sent to the cold palace so obviously.
I thought she was here to vent her anger, but she ended up hurting herself.
Yan Shiyu didn't want to watch any longer, so he grabbed Ruan Yun's hand and led her to the imperial procession.
Before sitting down, Yan Shiyu said, "Send the female doctor over."
Ruan Yun quickly grabbed the emperor's sleeve and said in a negotiating tone: "I am fine, I was just scratched, it's not a big deal."
Yan Shiyu looked at Ruan Jun's soft hands getting tighter and tighter with cold eyes. Now he felt scared. He remembered that the Queen Mother had already returned to the palace. If the Queen Mother knew about it, she would be disgusted. Why didn't he think of this when he came here just now?
The big hand withdrew, the curtain fell, and Yan Shiyu silently rejected Ruan Jun's words, making Ruan Jun feel uneasy.
When the maid who was in charge of Lady Du returned to Yinlanxuan, she saw Lady Du lying on the ground with lifeless eyes and muttering something. They did not dare to get close to listen and could only stand far away and watch.
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Linxuan Palace
Along the way, Yan Shiyu held Ruan Yun's hand and didn't let go. The two of them entered Linxuan Palace together. The palace maids greeted them. Yan Shiyu said coldly: "All of you go out."
The palace maids did not dare to stay any longer, so Yingning went in, found the medicine, placed it on the table, and quickly left.
Turning sideways, the glaring red color on Ruan Jun's fair neck suddenly appeared in his eyes. He frowned and opened the medicine himself.
Ruan Yun watched the emperor pick up the stick and was startled. She said, "Your Majesty...how can you do it yourself?"
Yan Shiyu tapped her forehead and said, "If you hadn't hurt yourself, why would I be so worried?"
As soon as these words were spoken, the only sound left in the inner hall was the rustling of the pearl curtains and the flickering candlelight. When Ruan Jun looked into the emperor's eyes, she was unable to tell what the emperor was feeling.
She could only cautiously reach out her hand. Ruan Jun looked aggrieved and pitiful, as if the connection between the two of them was her only support. "I don't want to either."
"But...but every time I wake up in the middle of the night, all I can think of is her forcing me to drink the bitter cold tea."
Ruan Yun threw herself into Yan Shiyu's arms and put her face on Yan Shiyu's shoulder:
"Your Majesty, please don't blame me. I am willing to accept any punishment. I don't have a family background like hers, I only have Your Majesty. But if Your Majesty is in trouble, I can do anything."
When Yan Shiyu heard her words, his eyebrows twitched with anger.
What is she saying? After doing it, she wants a punishment. Does that mean there is nothing she cares about afterwards?
Yan Shiyu pulled Ruan Jun down, his face looking very dark under the dim candlelight.
Ruan Jun carefully observed the emperor's expression, occasionally tapping Yan Shiyu's knee with her fingertips.
Suddenly, there was a sharp pain in her neck, and Ruan Jun's tears flowed uncontrollably. Yan Shiyu sneered, "Do you feel the pain now?"
Wei Maoyuan stood outside, trying to hear the sound inside, but he could hear nothing.
The female doctor was waiting patiently outside. Wei Maoyuan took a look and remembered the emperor's nervous look just now. He couldn't help but clear his throat and said to the inside: "Your Majesty, the female doctor is here."
It took a long while before a cold voice came out from inside, "Come in."
The female doctor went in carrying the medicine box. The moment she looked up, she saw Ying's gentle almond eyes. She bit her lower lip tightly, as if she had suffered a great injustice.
He didn't dare to look any further for a moment, and just walked to Ying Chongrong's side and looked at the wound on her neck.
He knelt down and replied, "Your Majesty, Ying Chongrong's wound will heal after applying medicine, Your Majesty, don't worry."
This is just a minor wound. It may look serious at the moment, but it will heal in a short while, and you don't even need to apply any medicine.
Yan Shiyu raised his hand, and the female doctor hurried out with the medicine box.
Ruan Yun sat there dejectedly. She hadn't thought too much about it before going there tonight, but now she realized everything belatedly.
The Queen Mother was indifferent to her, but because of Concubine Xian, how could she truly like her?
She wanted to kill Lady Du tonight. If Lady Du really died, she would be so happy. However, countless things were waiting for her.
But if you ask her if she regrets it
She doesn't at all.
Yan Shiyu wiped the ointment off his hands with a handkerchief. Looking at Ruan Jun's red eyes, she was as flustered as a rabbit that had strayed into the forest. He couldn't help but soften his tone, "Are you scared now?"
Ruan Jun said nothing, nor did she avoid the emperor's hand, letting her hot tears drip onto the back of the emperor's hand.
She sobbed and slowly held the emperor's big hand with her hand. The cold little hand and Yan Shiyu's hot palm were quite inconsistent.
Ruan Yun said in a soft voice: "I am afraid that the emperor will be angry with me and will never pay attention to me again."
Yan Shiyu's throat moved, and he looked at Ruan Jun with a dark and unclear look in his eyes, not knowing how to respond to Ruan Jun's words.
Stroking her black hair with his big hand, Yan Shiyu said solemnly: "I am not angry with you."
He couldn't explain exactly what he was feeling. When he heard the guard tell him the news, he was silent for a while, then became angry. He felt that he had no one to rely on in the heart of the woman in front of him.
What made him angry now was that she always hurt himself, but he didn't even know how to say a soft word to him and had to dirty his own hands.
Yan Shiyu looked at her delicate red lips and ignored everything else, doing what he had wanted to do half an hour ago.
The moment their lips touched, Ruan Jun's eyes widened and she didn't know what to do.
She clenched her fists and placed them on the emperor's shoulders until she felt his kiss become even hotter. Only then did she finally give up resistance and loosen her lips and teeth.
But during this kiss, she was still sober.
She understood even more clearly that the emperor's kiss contained anger and punishment. If she let her guard down, she would fall deeper and deeper into the trap one day.
When she fell asleep, Ruan Jun could still feel a stimulation between her legs. The wetness became more and more intense, and she finally cried out and fell on the bed.
Yan Shiyu looked at Ruan Yun's soft profile, with some water stains on her thin lips, and pushed away the loose hair on Ruan Yun's cheek.
It was okay to just sleep like this, after all, he would solve all the problems for her.
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