12dz Chapter 488 I Have a Heart-to-Heart Talk with Her
Chapter 488 I Have a Heart-to-Heart Talk with Her
Just as Concubine Mei said, Ruyi particularly loved the baby in her belly and only wanted to leave this posthumous child for Zhang Qing.
For the sake of this child, she can endure a lot of humiliation.
Seeing Yan Wan finally coming, she immediately knelt down, holding her belly and said, "Royal Concubine, I really know I was wrong. Please help me find an imperial physician to check on my child!"
She didn't do a half-kneeling salute, but knelt on both knees like a slave.
Sometimes, Yan Wan really doesn't understand her. She has been claiming to love and respect the emperor from birth to death, so why didn't she cherish her previous children so much?
Could it be that the emperor is not dead, but Zhang Qing is dead?
That really makes sense.
Yanwan glanced at Wang Chan.
Wang Chan swiftly led his men to move out two armchairs.
Yanwan and Concubine Mei sat down and looked at Ruyi together.
Ruyi's heart skipped a beat. For some reason, she felt very panicked: "Royal, Royal Concubine?"
Yan Wan chuckled: "Don't rush to call me, I have good news to tell you."
Ruyi's scalp tingled: "What?"
Concubine Mei smiled and said, "The Emperor has bestowed you with a title."
Ruyi felt more and more uneasy: "But I already have a title."
Yan Wan said: "So what? The emperor gave it to you, how dare you refuse it?"
Concubine Mei raised her eyebrows; "That's disobeying the emperor's order."
Ruyi moved her aching knees: "I dare not. What is the title?"
Mei Fei smiled and said, "It's Concubine Yao! You must live well. If this title can be promoted with you in the future, it will sound more and more auspicious and interesting!"
Ruyi's face was stiff: "Monster? Which monster?"
Yan Wan said: "Of course it's the Yao in Yaohuang Peony."
Ruyi's face turned green, and she looked at them in disbelief; "Why do you have to humiliate me like this?!!!"
Concubine Mei's face suddenly turned cold: "If you don't know how to speak, I will teach you how to speak!"
Ruyi trembled and choked up, "I just don't understand. I've been made like this by you guys, and I've promised not to have any evil thoughts again, so why are you still not willing to let me go?"
Concubine Mei said sarcastically, "Whether you really admit your mistakes or not, whether you really promise or not, I can still tell the difference. If you really changed, you wouldn't have this title today."
Ruyi felt wronged: "But I really didn't mean it. I just didn't think too much about it. I really wanted to give Lan Cui something good, so I brought the gift from the emperor."
Concubine Mei narrowed her eyes and said, "Don't give me this trouble. Straighten your throat and speak properly, otherwise I will slap you in the face!!!"
Ruyi subconsciously covered her face, then realized her actions, and her face suddenly turned blue and red.
It’s been seven years.
Her mother has been dead for several years.
But she still felt pain on her face when she saw someone raise their hand, and she subconsciously covered her face and shrank back when she heard someone was slapping her in the face.
She collapsed and said, "What on earth do you want?!"
This time, the sound was much rougher than before.
Yan Wan said calmly, "This palace and Concubine Mei are here to announce the imperial decree and find the imperial physician to diagnose your dragon fetus so that we can record it. Don't act so much. The emperor is not here. This palace has a heart of stone. No matter how much you act, this palace will only believe what you want to believe."
Ruyi: “…”
Her face turned cold: "Since the Imperial Concubine said so, then I have nothing to say. However, as for this imperial physician, I only trust Jiang Yubin. I can see from what others say that I will not listen to or acknowledge a single word."
Yan Wan looked at her meaningfully: "You treat Jiang Yubin very well."
The first person who wanted to be punished for this heinous crime of killing nine generations of his clan was him.
Ruyi pulled the corner of her mouth and said, "I never thought of going against the Imperial Concubine when I came out this time. It's just that sometimes I can't help myself. Even if it's not for myself, it's for the people behind me and the child in my belly."
Yan Wan wanted to laugh when she heard her words, and she laughed and said, "Why are you forced to do this? I can see clearly how you got here, so why bother talking about your difficulties?"
Ruyi held back her breath and said, "Since you know how I came here, you should also know what I have lost along the way! My difficulties are obvious to you, why do you have to pretend not to see them?"
Yan Wan listened to her answer carefully and smiled lightly and happily: "So that's what you think."
Back then, in order to survive and get out of Qixiang Palace, she grabbed Jinzhong, the only person who was willing to lend a hand. After becoming the emperor's woman, she also said similar words of hardship when she met Ruyi, but was instead ridiculed by her.
Now it is Ruyi herself who is very good at refutation. She knows exactly what it means to be forced to do something and what it means to be forced by the situation.
Ruyi felt uncomfortable being looked at by Yanwan, as if she was stripped naked and exposed in front of her. She endured it and said, "The Imperial Concubine has had a smooth journey, so naturally she doesn't know my suffering. However, you sit high up in your hall, while I stay quietly in my own Yanxi Palace. I beg you to let me go."
Yan Wan said softly, "What do you mean by letting you go? As long as you abide by the palace rules, I will naturally not bother to pay attention to you. If you insist on challenging the strict palace rules, then even if you hide in this Yanxi Palace and don't come out, I will make sure you don't sleep peacefully."
Ruyi forced a smile and said, "I will naturally abide by the palace rules and dare not make any mistakes."
Yan Wan clapped her hands, and an old maid came in with two strong palace maids and knelt down in front of Ruyi.
Ruyi exclaimed, "Madam Zhao?!"
When she saw this old woman, she would immediately think of the seven days she spent with Hailan's body.
And there were countless scenes later where she was forcibly suppressed and held down!
Madam Zhao said respectfully, "It is a great blessing for me to serve Concubine Yao again. I will serve you well!"
Ruyi shook her head repeatedly: "No, no, I don't want you."
Yan Wan played with her fingers and said calmly, "The Emperor has issued an order for you to learn the rules well and not to leave the Yanxi Palace unless necessary. In addition, I will give you thirty slaps on the face every day to help you remember the strict palace rules more deeply."
Ruyi turned around abruptly and looked at Yanwan; "I don't believe it! The emperor..."
Concubine Mei smiled with the corners of her mouth raised; "Madam Zhao, first give Concubine Yao thirty slaps in the face to whet her appetite."
Aunt Zhao replied, "Yes!"
She signaled the two sturdy palace maids to grab Ruyi, raised her big hand, and slapped her in the face. Then she slapped the second, third, and fourth one with a smooth backhand...
She finished giving thirty slaps in a short while, not daring to delay Yanwan and Concubine Mei from continuing their conversation with Ruyi.
Yan Wan watched Ruyi's face swelling up little by little, and the breath she had been holding in her heart finally dissipated with joy: "Madame Zhao is worthy of being praised by the emperor. Her work is really good. Okay, you can leave first. I will have a heart-to-heart talk with her."