Ruan Yuyi stared at Cen Li who was bending down and lowering his hands, pursed her lips tightly, and the atmosphere became tense for a moment.
She said coldly, "I don't want you. You can go back to where you are from. I will explain it to Your Majesty."
Cen Li paused for a moment and thought to himself that the tone of the young master was somewhat similar to that of His Majesty. He lowered his eyes and collected his thoughts, "The young master is joking. Neither you nor the servant can easily
Tell your majesty to take back his orders."
She suddenly felt a lump in her throat and threatened, "Are you leaving or not?"
"I don't dare." Cen Li leaned down and folded his hands in front of him. Every etiquette was as standard as if it had been practiced hundreds of times, making it impossible to make mistakes.
He handed over a small white porcelain bottle and said, "This is the medicine your Majesty asked your slave to bring. Please take a look at it."
She hesitated for a moment, took the porcelain bottle, and asked, "What is this for?"
"Your Majesty said, it is to heal the wounds after the joy." He said straightforwardly, his voice calm.
"I don't need this thing." The tips of her ears suddenly burned red, and the white porcelain bottle was also very hot to the touch. She wanted to ask him to take it back. She just thought it was a thing sent by the new emperor to tease her.
Cen Li repeated that sentence, "This is your Majesty's order."
She was really a good ear and eyes. She choked and was speechless. She had no choice but to hide the things behind the ornaments on the table, out of sight.
At this time, Mu Xiang also brought hot soup and a cup of tea to rinse her mouth. Thinking that the lady was slow with things and the water should be cold after drinking the soup, Mu Xiang took some very hot water and waited for her
After using it, the tea was just at the right temperature.
Mu Xiang had never seen this new eunuch before. She didn't know the situation and stayed by the screen, "Little Master, this -"
Ruan Yuyi looked calm and signaled Mu Xiang to come closer. She picked up the tea cup on the tray through the handkerchief, tilted her hand slightly, and the water poured down on the back of Cen Li's hand.
He seemed to be unconscious, neither hiding nor evading, and even the position of his hands did not change at all. It was water that Fang took from the stove, and the back of his hands soon became a frightening red.
She really didn't expect that he wouldn't hide, her eyes widened slightly, her hand trembled, and the white jade cup fell to the ground.
Only then did Cen Li make a move. He accurately caught the cup and held it in his hands. "My dear, please be careful not to hurt yourself." His voice was calm, neither sad nor happy.
She didn't answer, opened her mouth, and asked after a long time, "Why don't you hide?" Wouldn't it hurt him?
Whether you are a noble or a servant, your body is made of flesh and blood. There is no reason why it shouldn't hurt. But it's just a little water, and he has been through even more powerful people. "It's all at your own pleasure, little master," he said.
She shook her head slightly, feeling extremely uncomfortable with his meticulous submission. The person in front of her was very different from the wood spirit, and did not have the liveliness and vitality of the wood spirit at all.
These are the people raised in the imperial city.
Her eyes trembled, she took a breath, and after a while she said feebly, "Just go down."
After receiving the order, Cen Li retreated.
Chonghua Palace.
Concubine Shu took off the gold and green hairpin that she always loved, put on a plain skirt and blouse, and lay slumped on the couch.
In fact, in the past few days, things about the Rong family had begun to take shape. She wrote several letters to the Rong family, but received no response. At that time, her heart skipped a beat. Because the Rong family relied on her to achieve greater prosperity,
Her letters are never ignored.
She vaguely felt something was wrong. But she didn't want to think about it further and suppressed her uneasiness.
It wasn't until yesterday that the new emperor and a group of guards pushed her back to the palace. She spent some money and asked around, and then she pieced together the whole story.
Secretly hiding 800 stones of pepper?
Concubine Shu sneered. The Rong family did have this ambition, but it would not be obvious. After all, the new emperor was also a figure worth fearing.
She knew that this was just an excuse for the new emperor to overthrow the Rong family.
Perhaps it was His Majesty's plan from the moment he allowed her to enter the palace and granted her the title of concubine. He wanted to expose all the Rong family's ambitions and disloyalty, and to prove the charges bit by bit.
Poor Rong's family thought they had benefited, and fell into the illusion created by His Majesty for them without realizing it at all.
She covered her eyes and curled her lips, which were painted with bright red lipstick, but the curve was cold. A creepy chill gripped her whole body, making her feel like she had fallen into an ice cellar.
She has always been just a pawn.
This is true for him and the Rong family who gave birth to and raised her.
"Your Majesty—" Her confidant, the maid, called her with worry in her voice.
She took off her hand and shook her head slightly, indicating that she was fine - at least His Majesty wouldn't do anything to her.
Because it was she who personally presented the medicine given to her by the Rong family to the new emperor, and explained everything the Rong family had told her, in exchange for her and her younger sister's lives being safe.
The mother-in-law from the Rong family was beaten to death on the spot in front of her eyes.
Later, the new emperor sent someone to send news that all the men of the Rong family had been beheaded and the women had been reduced to slavery. This matter was so important that no emperor in the past dynasties would let it go easily. The nine clans should have been implicated, but Concubine Shu took the initiative.
Confession reduces the guilt.
She knew that the Rong family deserved this. Now that the matter had come to this, she had nothing to say.
She cried, she couldn't breathe, and her heart was broken. This was the emotion of being a daughter of the Rong family. Once the Rong family was destroyed, only the concubine Rong would be left.
She didn't see any commotion and stayed peacefully in this gorgeous Chonghua Palace.
Whether she obeyed orders or made atonement, she never felt sorry for the Rong family.
Concubine Shu rolled her dull eyes and said hoarsely, "Liu Ying, I'm thirsty."
Liu Ying hurriedly brought tea for her and said, "Mom, please take your time." She took it and glanced at it. It contained fine tea leaves. They had not been taken away, but there probably wouldn't be any new ones. I don't know when.
Will finish drinking.
Everyone in the palace would probably laugh at her.
The carved red door was pushed open, and what came in was the maidservant that Concubine Shu had left in the palace at that time. She bowed sadly and said, "My maid, my maid, please be in peace."
"You're so stupid," Concubine Shu glanced at her, "Once you come in, you can't get out, do you know that?"
The little palace maid burst into tears and said, "I know this. I am willing to accompany you and share the joys, but I also want to share the hardships."
Concubine Shu was silent for a while and then said, "Have you ever visited Ruan Jieyu's place?"
The little palace maid nodded.
She let out a long sigh. She shouldn't have gone, but she had harmed her sister. At that time, she didn't know the whole story, and always thought that there was still a chance of improvement, so she stayed behind.
I just hope that Sister Ruan will be as cold-hearted as others and just pretend that I have never been on good terms with her. This will avoid being angered by His Majesty and suffering the same fate as a fish in the pond.
She looked at the window. The light during the day was always brighter, casting a water-like light and shadow under the window.
Liuying noticed what she was looking at and said softly, "Madam, it's snowing outside. It's very heavy, like goose feathers."