"Yalan, although cousin doesn't agree with your stubbornness, there is nothing you can do since you love him, so you have to work hard! If you give up on yourself and don't eat, aren't you clearly admitting defeat?"
"But the emperor's brother has issued a decree and granted marriage to them, wuwu——"
Sure enough, while saying the words that he refused to give up, he felt sad because of what had become a foregone conclusion.
Concubine Chen looked at Sima Yalan, who was already moved, and said: "So what if you have already issued an order, Yalan, what you have to do now is to preserve your strength. You are giving up on yourself now. Even if you starve to death, there is nothing you can do to preserve your strength. At least you can still preserve your strength."
There's a chance of survival, isn't there?"
Seeing Sima Yalan's hesitant look, Concubine Chen said again: "Yalan, what you have to do now is to eat quickly to strengthen your thin body so that you can fight against that woman, do you understand?"
Sima Yalan looked at Concubine Chen. Concubine Chen knew that her heart was completely shaken, so she quickly called Xiao He to come to her side.
"Go and prepare all the princess's favorite meals. The princess wants to eat."
Concubine Chen gave the order directly, and Sima Yalan did not stop her, which was regarded as acquiescence.
"yes"
When Xiao He retreated and prepared the food, Concubine Chen saw with her own eyes that she had made a mess of the food on the table, and then she smiled with satisfaction.
Sima Yalan wiped her mouth, looked at Concubine Chen sheepishly, and said, "Cousin, the way I looked just now was ugly, wasn't it?"
"No, my cousin thinks it's cute."
Although Sima Yalan looked a little ravenous when she ate just now, in the eyes of those who love her, she looked cute.
Compared with the pain her hunger strike caused them, they wanted her to eat so much.
Sima Yalan smiled sheepishly, feeling that the way she had just eaten was very rude, and she didn't dare to say anything more.
After chatting with Concubine Chen for a while, Concubine Chen said: "Yalan, it's getting late. I have to go over to pay my respects to the queen mother. Do you want to accompany me?"
"I-I still don't want it anymore-"
Sima Yalan felt that she had no face to meet the Queen Mother at the moment. The hunger strike was so serious before, how could she dare to meet the Queen Mother now?
Concubine Chen knew Sima Yalan's thoughts, hugged her and said: "Yalan, my mother will not blame you. Accompany me to meet my mother! You don't know how much she cares about you these days."
Sima Yalan shook her head and said: "Cousin, I better not go. I feel so weak. Tomorrow, tomorrow I will go to pay my respects to my mother in person."
"Okay! In this case, you should have a good rest! I'm going to pay my respects to the Queen Mother."
Seeing that Sima Yalan refused to see the Queen Mother, Concubine Chen no longer persuaded her, and left Sima Yalan's palace and headed towards the Queen Mother's palace.
Sima Yalan sat alone in the room, thinking about what Concubine Chen said and how she should deal with Xia Luoying next.