Crossing the Palace Fighting Fox Harem

Chapter 463: Butterfly Returns

"It's Xiao Zhao again. Are you in love with her?" Concubine An pressed forward.

Shui Furong suddenly raised her eyes and stared at Concubine An in a daze, but did not answer for a long time.

Fall in love with her? Is it true that I fall in love with her?

Shui Furong, who had never fallen in love with anyone, didn't know what her mood at this moment meant.

I just felt that a person who was very important in my life, someone I didn't want to lose no matter what happened, someone I wanted to protect in every way possible, and someone I didn't want to be separated from, appeared.

She appeared so naturally, yet her weight was unexpectedly heavy.

Shui Furong's thoughts were in a mess, and Concubine An said, "Even if you helped her to give an explanation to Zhao Ji, don't you think about whether she can continue to be friends with Zhao Ji after she gets the emperor's favor? She even didn't let go of Prince Ming, and persuaded the emperor to abandon his wife and children. If I don't make her infertile as soon as possible, I'm afraid she will want to give birth to a prince herself next."

"That's enough." Shui Furong hated it most when people kept nagging at her. "She drank the sterilizing drug and can no longer get pregnant. What else are you dissatisfied with? Don't be so vicious..."

As if deeply hurt by the word "vicious", Concubine An took a deep breath and remained silent for a long time.

Shui Furong seemed to be competing with her and did not say a word.

After a long time, Concubine An finally compromised and sighed deeply, "Sister, why don't you just think of this as a way to vent your anger on behalf of Zhao Ji? Why are you saying such mean things to me?"

Shui Furong lowered her head and whispered, "You are not my sister..."

Concubine An laughed and asked tartly, "If you don't believe I'm your sister, why are you helping me?"

Shui Furong was speechless again.

Yes, he also asked himself countless times, why did he help her? Why couldn't he refuse her request?

Because she really knew the secret that only her sister and herself knew, and because she really let herself meet her sister...

Although in that dreamlike illusion, Shui Furong couldn't tell whether he really saw his sister or was just under some kind of illusion. But even if it was just a little hope, a little hope that he could see his sister again, he was willing to pay the price for it.

Even though I know there is a trap waiting for me ahead, I cannot stop.

I am like a moth that longs to fly to the light but accidentally flies into a spider web, desperately trying to get out of the web and learn the truth before being eaten by the spider. Whether I am stupid or foolish, I have come to this point and can no longer get out.

In the evening, Die'er returned to Yizhen's room in the East Congfei Palace.

Because Shui Furong and Concubine An did not pursue the origin of the Jueyun medicine, the matter was quickly settled as a misunderstanding, and no one knew the price Yizhen paid for it.

Die'er knocked on the door and Yizhen sat on the edge of the bed in a daze.

She sat there for a whole day, her body cold, like a long-dead corpse. She stared at the teacup on the table with dull eyes, unable to accept the horrible consequences of the tea. It was so strange, there was no sense of reality, there was no pain in her body, not even any discomfort, just like drinking a glass of water, but she could no longer have children.

Die'er knocked on the door for a long time but heard no response, so she couldn't help but scream "Ahhh".

Unable to speak, she could only utter these strange syllables.

Perhaps because she was afraid that Dier's scream would attract other people's comments, Yizhen finally got up and opened the door. She looked at Dier indifferently, and thought it was ridiculous that she wanted to save her this morning. She laughed at her own ignorance, wanting to save others when she could not save herself.

Die'er seemed to have heard from the Imperial Hospital that Yizhen had been there, and thought that it was Yizhen's plea that led to her being released without charge, so she was grateful to Yizhen as if she were her lifesaver. When she saw Yizhen, her eyes were filled with tears, as if she was about to cry.

Yizhen frowned. Without saying anything, she had guessed everything just from Dier's grateful expression.

Never mind, it’s better to have one more person who is grateful to you than one more person who hates you…

In this deep garden of the imperial palace, she had already lost the protection of her relatives; because of a momentary thought, she lost her only friend Zhao Ji; because of the evil thoughts in her heart, she almost lost Die Er, the maid Zhao Ji left for her; and because of the trouble she brought upon herself, she lost the child she might have in the future.

Looking back suddenly, I suddenly realized that I was already alone and lonely.

The fact that Dier was able to return to me and was grateful to me was perhaps proof that God had not completely abandoned me...

Thinking of this, a faint smile appeared on Yizhen's bleak face.

She closed the door gently, took Dier's hand, and sat down at the table.

"Die'er, do you blame me?" A clear voice.

Dier shook her head desperately.

"Die'er, people can't make mistakes, not even a little mistake, otherwise there will be retribution. I know I was wrong... From now on, I won't make any more mistakes... Can you forgive me and accept me again?"

Dier nodded desperately again.

"Okay then." Yizhen smiled and raised her right hand, revealing the jade bracelet on her wrist. "I can't take this bracelet off. Can you help me smash it?"

Die'er didn't understand what was going on and was stunned.

"I was wrong. I was wrong for still remembering the past and for being tripped by a dead person. I must look forward, because there are still many traps waiting for me. If I keep looking back, I will only be framed again and again..." His bleak eyes suddenly became more sinister, and he had already seen through his own weaknesses. "I don't want this bracelet, because it will make me make mistakes. I am not afraid of change, I must change..."

Even if the jade bracelet changes color, so what? Even if Concubine Baogui's advice is still ringing in my ears, how can a mere bracelet and the words of a dead person protect me from disaster?

After Concubine An left, Yizhen thought quietly in the room for a long time, attributing all the mistakes to her own soft-heartedness.

"Die'er, can you help me pick up a stone from the yard?" Yizhen smiled.

Die'er was trembling all over and kept shaking her head.

Seeing that she refused to obey, Yizhen's face suddenly changed, and she yelled out of control: "Even you don't listen to me? Then why did you come back? Get out! Get as far away as you can!"

Die'er was so scared that she burst into tears. She knelt down in front of Yizhen with a plop, tightly holding Yizhen's sleeve and shaking her head.

Yizhen grabbed her and threw her out of the room without mercy.

It is better to have no servant who disobeys you, and it is better to drive away a servant who dares to resist you as soon as possible.

Maybe it was anger, maybe it was venting anger, Yizhen didn't know why she was so irritable. She was so frail that she couldn't even catch a dog, but now she threw Die'er away like garbage.

Dier fluttered and cried at the door for a while, but soon there was no sound.

Yizhen guessed that she might have left, but after a while, there were two knocks on the door.

When I opened the door, I saw Dier standing outside, holding a hard stone as big as a soup bowl in her hand.

Looking at Dier's tear-stained face, Yizhen didn't know whether to be happy or sad. The corners of her mouth twitched slightly, but she couldn't laugh or cry. Perhaps because she knew that her expression was indescribably ugly, she turned away hastily, walked to the table, put the hand with the bracelet on the table, and said to Dier, "Die'er, come here and help me smash it."

Although Die'er picked up the stone, she was still a little scared. She didn't know why Yizhen wanted to smash the bracelet, so she stood there stupidly, not daring to move.

Yizhen became impatient, glared at her fiercely, rushed over, snatched the stone from her hand, and smashed it on her wrist.

There was a "snap" sound, and the bracelet didn't break, but my hand was almost injured.

Yizhen didn't care and raised the stone high again and smashed it on her already red wrist.

There was another "snap" sound, and the bracelet still didn't break, but purple-black bruises appeared on Yizhen's wrist.

Die'er, who was already terrified, suddenly came to her senses when she saw the blood. She rushed over and hugged Yizhen's hand tightly, crying and shouting "Ahh". She didn't understand why Yizhen hurt herself like this. The splattered blood blurred her vision, and the crazy tears made her even more confused.

Hearing Die'er's cries, Yizhen also started crying, tears streaming down her cheeks, but her hand did not stop smashing the jade bracelet.

When the fifth crisp sound was heard, the jade bracelet finally broke.

The fragments cut an inch-long gash on Yizhen's wrist.

Die'er hurriedly rummaged through the drawers and found the medicine box, took Yizhen's hand and bandaged her.

After the jade bracelet was smashed, Yizhen's crazy expression and behavior finally disappeared. She calmly watched Die'er treat her wounds and said softly: "Die'er, from now on, I only have you... Don't leave me, promise me... Don't leave me..."

As a servant, this was the first time she heard such a request. Die'er, realizing her importance in Yizhen's heart, couldn't help but raise her head and stared at her in confusion. She wanted to speak but no sound came out. She was so anxious that she didn't know what to do.

Yizhen raised her hands and hugged her, whispering in her ear like a possessed person: "Die'er, you have to listen to me obediently. As long as you listen obediently... I won't hurt you..."

Die'er was naive and didn't think much about it. Seeing Yizhen's pitiful expression, she forgot the difference in their identities for a moment and hugged her tightly, hoping that her hug could bring her a little warmth.

Feeling no pain at all from the wound on her hand, Yizhen silently wiped the tears from her face.

That night, she went to bed early. Before closing her eyes, she told herself that when she opened her eyes tomorrow, she would no longer be the same person she was before. When a new day came, she must greet the future with a completely new look and state of mind.

Die'er helped Yizhen clean up the room and wrapped the broken pieces of the jade bracelet in paper. She felt that the bracelet was very precious and couldn't bear to throw it away, so she found a corner in the yard and buried it. She thought that when Yizhen regretted it in the future, she might go back to look for the broken pieces, and then she could dig out the paper package.

The next day.

Ji Anni, who fell into the hands of the general because of her beautiful face's betrayal, was locked in an iron cage and had long forgotten to calculate the passage of time.

Having not eaten for a long time, Ji Anni was so hungry that she could not move. She lay weakly in the cage, unable to even hum.

What on earth does the general want to do? Just lock himself up and leave him alone?

If you want to kill me or cut me up, at least give me a clear answer. Does he want to starve himself to death?