Chapter Fifty-Eight: She's Blind
Yu Zhiyan felt her blood surging, especially the bloody fox, which constantly emitted the smell of blood, mixed with the incense in the house, and she spit out with a "wow".
Yu'er, who was originally sewing a baby's belly pocket there, saw this and hurriedly ran over: "Concubine Shizi, why do you want to bring such an unclean thing over, my young lady is pregnant, how can she withstand such a fright." β
Yu'er's face was full of accusations, and she quickly poured a cup of tea for Yu Zhiyan to rinse her mouth.
Yu Zhiyan also knew that Yu'er was in a hurry, and she didn't care about the difference between dignity and inferiority, after all, she was a high-ranking princess, and even if she did something wrong, it would not be her turn to be blamed by a maid.
Unexpectedly, this Lin Caohua didn't care at all.
And at this moment, I only heard a sound of footsteps, but it was Feng Huang coming. I saw his white robe and jade belt, the clouds and brocade wind rolled up, and there was a faint trace of snow on the crown of his hair.
When he saw the filth on the ground, and then looked at the bloody fox in Yinniu's hand, he immediately understood the reason for the matter, and said angrily: "Whoever asked you to bring it in, don't take it away quickly." β
"The concubine just thinks it's good-looking, so she makes clothes for her sister." Lin Caohua's voice was full of grievances, and others listened to her just doing bad things with good intentions.
"I don't complain about the princess, it's my body that doesn't fight." Yu folded the smoke like a gossamer, and pulled Feng Huang's sleeve.
Feng Huang raised his eyes, and his cold gaze went straight to Lin Caohua, "Forget it, take these foxes back, didn't you say that you want to make hats?" Keep it for yourself, don't give it to others. β
Lin Xuhua heard the displeasure in his voice, and when everyone was not paying attention, a treacherous smile appeared on her face, and then led the silver girl away.
When she went to the garden, she saw that the princess was there instructing the girls to pick fresh plum blossoms, presumably to make tea for the prince.
"Say hello to my mother." Lin Caohua saluted in a proper manner, and vaguely had the demeanor of a young lady, and she was no longer the wild girl.
When the princess heard the voice, she turned around and said with a smile: "It turned out to be you, I heard that Feng Huang took you to hunt outside the city in the morning, did you catch anything new?" β
"I caught a few rabbits, if the princess likes it, Caohua will send them to your house." She had a smile on her face, "It's lively, it's much fatter than the one at our border." β
The princess couldn't help but smile, as if everything in heaven and earth had lost its brilliance.
"What's wrong with you?" Princess Nan'an noticed that her eyes were a little red, and she asked hurriedly.
However, when Lin Caohua heard this, the tears that were originally contained in his eyes rolled down. Her maid Yinniu was busy telling the princess what had just happened.
The princess was really angry when she heard this, "Feng Huang also spoils her too much, now she is older than her ancestors, and now she is pregnant, she can't even punish her." β
"It's better to punish the side concubine for copying "Female Virtue" a few times, otherwise she won't take the princess in her eyes at all, and even the girl next to her dares to point fingers at the princess." Yinniu said these words without fear, as if she was just holding grievances for her own young lady.
"Shut up." Lin Caohua scolded angrily, "What nonsense are you talking about." β
"She's right, she really needs to learn some lessons." Princess Nan'an's voice was full of anger, and she said to the girl next to her, "Go and get a copy of "Nude" for her, and let her copy it slowly." β
Yu Zhiyan spit out all the food she had in the morning, and Feng Huangyou found a doctor to treat her.
Then the medicine for the fetus was brought up by Yu'er, a bowl of black medicinal juice, and she felt nauseous when she smelled it.
Feng Huangche took it from Yu'er's hand with his own hand, but there was an unconcealable tenderness in his voice, "Come and drink the medicine." β
Yu Zhiyan watched him serve his decoction with his own hands, and only drank it slowly, the medicine that was originally as bitter as Coptis chinensis was a little sweet in her mouth.
After she finished drinking, Feng Huang took the white silk in Yu'er's hand and wiped the corners of her lips for her.
But the cat that had been picked up kept circling around the two of them, and kept barking.
"Where did this come from?" Feng Huang's good-looking eyebrows furrowed, and he instructed Yu'er, "Don't throw this thing out yet." β
She liked this gadget very much, and she looked very well-behaved and obedient, so she only let Yu'er hug her out first.
Seeing him with such a solemn appearance, Yu Zhiyan couldn't help but laugh out loud.
She smiled, and Feng Huangdao was a little stunned.
"I thought that when I first met the son of the world, you were still high, a fairy-like figure, who knew that today it fell into my hands." Yu Zhiyan smiled, and there was a hint of redness on his originally pale face.
Feng Huang also smiled faintly, "I still remember the first time you saw you in the Nan'an Palace, where it seemed that you had escaped death, it was clearly like you had just killed someone." β
Yu Zhiyan snorted and laughed, but his eyes inadvertently fell into the bronze mirror on the dressing table.
No wonder she felt a little awkward, it turned out that she had forgotten her thrush in the morning, and her complexion was not good, so she needed to apply some rouge.
She didn't know when she cared so much about her appearance, thinking that in front of a stunning character like Feng Huang, she just wanted to look as good as possible with him.
"Yu'er, bring me Luozidai." Yu Zhiyan commanded Yu'er, his eyes still rolling around.
However, she didn't see Yu'er for a long time, and she didn't even hear back, presumably she seemed to have seen him and the two of them were in deep love, and she retreated with interest.
Feng Huang's eyes were full of affection, "I'll paint it for you." β
Yu Zhiyan looked at him with disbelief on his face, "His Royal Highness the Prince will also do this, and I don't know how many women I have practiced before." β
He coughed lightly in embarrassment, "You girl can only talk nonsense, if our children learn it, how about it." β
Yu Zhiyan just wanted to say something, but heard a discordant sound outside, breaking the warmth of the room.
When Feng Huang called the maid in, he saw that she was holding a copy of "Female Virtue" in her hand, but her face was also full of helplessness, after all, she was unwilling to do such a thankless thing.
"The slave maid is here to pass the word, and the princess said that let Concubine Yu copy "Female Virtue" ten times, and tomorrow the princess will order someone to pick it up." The maid said tremblingly, for fear that Feng Huang and Yu Zhiyan would be angry with her.
Who knew that Yu Zhiyan was not angry, but only asked her to put down the book and let her leave.
After the maidservant left, Yu Zhiyan sighed, "His Royal Highness the Prince of the World, go quickly, lest the concubine be unable to finish copying." β
Feng Huang saw that she said so casually, and his heart was so suffocated that he couldn't breathe, "How can you work so hard when you are so sick, I'll tell my mother." β
She suddenly grabbed his belt, "Could it be that His Royal Highness wants the princess to hate me more?" β
Although Feng Huang was helpless, he couldn't resist her repeated drives, as if he could really delay her affairs.
He only thought about going to the appointment, so he asked someone to prepare a horse and went out of the house directly.
Until the lamp in the house, Yu Zheyan had not finished half of it.
Yu Zhiyan only used some bird's nest porridge for dinner, and then sat in front of the table with a pen and copied, her pen was sharp, and there was a bit of style between the pen and ink, which did not look like it came from a woman's hand at all.
There was only one girl in her room, Yu'er, and she went to get the pastries in the kitchen for Yu Zhiyan, and she was the only one left in the house.
In a trance, she felt that the strength in her hands was gradually full, and her eyes gradually blurred.
In a trance, she involuntarily lay on the table, and sleepiness gradually swept over.
She faintly heard the cat's voice, getting closerβcloser and closer.
But she didn't even have the strength to open her eyes, but a bad premonition spread in her heart.
She snapped her eyes open, only to see the cat slam into the oily wax lamp on the table, the hot oil slamming towards the side of her face.
At this point, she had no time to dodge, and an unforgettable pain spread, from her eyes to her limbs.
"Ahh
Yu'er was coming back with pastries, and when she heard Yu Zhiyan's shout, she was so frightened that she hurriedly threw down the plate in her hand and hurriedly ran over.
"Miss, what's wrong with you?" As soon as she entered the room, she saw Yu Zhiyan sitting on the ground, covering her eyes with both hands, and then screaming in pain.
The light on the table had gone out, and she hurriedly brought one from outside, "Missβ"
When she took a closer look, she was suddenly paralyzed on the ground in fright, only to see that Yu Zheyan's face was full of wax oil, especially the bright red of her left and right eyes, and her eyes could not be opened, presumably the agate-like eyes were also injured.
"Water, waterβ" Yu Zhiyan endured the pain and kept repeating the sentence.
Yu'er got up from the ground, hurriedly brought a basin of cold water, and wiped the shocking wound for Yu Zhiyan, but Yu Zhiyan's eyes couldn't be opened.
She was so frightened that the six gods had no master, so she had to find Feng Huang. Feng Huang was running errands outside the house, and after listening to the advice of his subordinates, he didn't even bring the little maid, and rode back to the house.
When he returned, the room was already full of people, and everyone was grim-faced. Especially Lin Caohua, like a mourner, sat next to the princess with her head drooping.
"How's the cigarette?" He didn't dare to rush behind the screen to look, thinking that he had such a cowardly and useless time.
The first to speak was the doctor, "Concubine Yu's face is not badly burned, and she will be cured by applying some herbs in the future, but her eyesβ"
Feng Huang's face changed drastically, "How are her eyes-"
"Concubine Yu has too much wax oil poured on her eyes." The doctor felt the yin owl on Feng Huang's body, "The things in her eyes must be removed within fifteen days, otherwise the side concubine will only spend the rest of her life in the dark." β
A breath of anger welled up in Feng Huang's chest, "Then I'll treat her immediately." β
"If you use medicine, it will hurt the child in the womb, so you can only endure the severe pain and gently peel off the wax oil from her eyes with a knife." This doctor is a world-famous miracle doctor, and what he said is obviously well thought out.
The prince stood up and said to Feng Huang, "This matter has to be chosen by the child Zhiyan, if she can endure that pain, she will not have to spend her next life in the dark." β
The shadow of the candle danced, reflecting his figure on the screen, flickering and dimming.
"How did she get burned?" Feng Huang's eyes swept to Lin Xuhua, he didn't believe that this matter had nothing to do with her, but he didn't see a trace of weakness and panic on her face.
"It was the child who fell asleep on the table, and the cat happened to knock over the lamp on the table, and the oil was splashed on the face of the girl, and it was just an accident. But the cat had already been killed, and it was considered out of anger. The princess was also feeling weak for a while, after all, she was the one who punished Yu for breaking cigarettes and copying books.
"You all go back, I'll make a choice on this matter." Feng Huang's face showed a depression that he had never seen before.
The prince and the princess left quickly, Lin Caohua stayed thoughtfully until the end, and said to Feng Huang: "Husband, if I stay here with my sister, I think she can't see it now, and she must be very uncomfortable." β
"No need, you can go back and rest." Feng Huang said this sentence without any nostalgia.
When Lin Caohua came out of the house, her originally calm eyes showed endless pride, "Originally, I just wanted to ruin her disgusting face, who wants to lose the mulberry in the east corner, and it is not in vain for us to calculate so much." β
Yinniu looked at the smug energy on her face, and secretly thought, this is the young lady of her family, the face that does not understand the world, it is all fake.
At this time, it was almost late at night, the tent was low, the bright candle was approaching, and there were only two people left in the house, Yu Zhiyan and Feng Huang.
He lifted the curtain, but saw Yu Zhiyan lying on the bed like a puppet, his face was as white as a piece of paper, and his forehead was also a thin layer of sweat, which must have been extremely painful.
Her eyes were covered with a thick layer of cloth, and it was not known if she was awake.
"Feng Huang, is that you?" Her pale lips moved, followed by a subtle sound.
He looked at her like this, and he only felt that there was a blunt knife in his heart, which kept struggling with him.
"It's me." There was a trace of sadness in Feng Huang's eyes, and his slender hand reached over and held her delicate palm tightly. He wanted to give her some warmth, but his hands were even colder than hers.
"I've heard what you just said." There was a tremor in her voice, "I'm afraid, I'd rather be blind in the future." β
"No, you have to endure it." His voice was full of solemnity, and he thought that he had already made up his mind.
"I'm really scared." She felt her body go limp, as if he were the only rattan she could hold in her hand before she fell into the abyss.
"I'll be there for you, always." Although she couldn't see the expression on his face at this time, she could vaguely feel his sworn appearance.
At this time, the voice of the guards came from outside, although it was not loud, Yu Zhiyan could hear it clearly, "His Royal Highness, someone from Beijing has come and is waiting for you in the study." β
"I'll go and come back, you wait here." Feng Huang whispered to her.
Yu Zhiyan took a long time before letting go of his hand, "I'm waiting for you here, Feng Huang, you will definitely come back, right?" β
When Feng Huang left the mouth, Yu Zhiyan involuntarily touched her eyes, but a burst of heart-piercing came from her, which made her feel painful.
"Miss, don't touch it." Yu'er hurriedly stopped her hand.
"Go and bring the overturned candlestick." Yu Zhiyan instructed Yu'er.
Yu'er heard that her voice was full of solemnity, and although she was puzzled, she still took it.
Yu Zhiyan took it, then sniffed it between his noses, and then frowned tightly, "Let's see if there is any change in it?" β
Yu'er looked at it carefully for a while and shook her head, "It's still complete, nothing has changed." β
After she finished speaking, she turned around and said casually: "Why does it seem to be newer than when I first took it out, but I think it has just been scrubbed." β
Yu Zhiyan sneered, "It seems that when my life and death here were unknown, someone had already destroyed the evidence." β
"What about the cat? Where was it when you went to get the pastry? Then he asked, "Do you remember?" β
"The slave remembered that the prince didn't like it, and was afraid that it would hurt you, so I found a cage and locked it up, but I didn't know why I ran out, and I don't know if it wasn't closed properly."
Yu Zhiyan sneered, "It's not that you didn't close it properly, it was someone who deliberately let it out." β
"Wasn't it an accident?" Yu'er only came back to her senses at this time, "Then who is trying to harm you?" Even a kitten can be used. β
Yu Zhiyan sneered, "It seems that I was really blind before, and I thought she was a good person." β
The shadow of the lamp flickered, reflecting on Feng Huang's face, illuminating his expression very clearly.
He frowned, the corners of his lips pursed into a line, "What happened in Beijing?" β
The man in black standing opposite him was still expressionless, "The fourth prince asked his subordinates to bring you a message, the emperor has ordered him to thoroughly investigate Yu Shangshu, and he found that this Lord Yu is too difficult to write, and he can't protect him at all." β
Feng Huang was silent, his face was expressionless, and the stunned color disappeared in a flash, and there was no trace.
The man in black continued: "The four princes said that those sins add up to enough to punish the nine clans. Among them, he was ordered to go to Liangzhou to supervise the river embankment, but because of cutting corners, dozens of workers drowned, but he never reported it to the imperial court. There are also dozens of cases of corruption and bending the law, and there are dozens of cases of disregard for people's lives, if the emperor wants to destroy the door, the second lady of the Yu family will inevitably be implicated. β
Feng Huang's eyebrows were tightly locked, and his eyes were deep and intimidating, "How can I keep the cigarette?" β
"When the four princes investigated, there were a few cases where there was no evidence of stone feet, as long as the second lady of the Yu family could personally testify about these things, and kill her relatives in righteousness, and then the four princes would intercede for her in front of the emperor, presumably her life would be worry-free."
The words of the man in black, together with his expression, made people chill.
Feng Huang pondered for a long time, and said: "Let her testify against her biological father, wouldn't this trap her be in an unfilial situation." β
He understands Yu Zhenyan, don't look at her hatred for her father, but after all, the broken bones are still connected to the tendons, this is her flesh and blood after all.
There was a deadlock in the room.
"This is what the fourth prince asked his subordinates to give you." The guard slowly handed over a piece of paper full of handwriting, on which the confession had already been written, as long as your side concubine signed and signed, her life would be saved.
Feng Huang hesitated for a long time, but still took the black and white paper.
The cold wind rustled the window paper, and she could hear the crackling of the charcoal fire in the stove in the house.
She heard a faint sound of footsteps slowly approaching her, very soft, it must not be Feng Huang. It can only be her maid Yu'er.
"What time is it?" It was pitch black before her eyes, and there was not a glimmer of light.
"Miss, don't get it again, His Royal Highness the Prince is afraid that he won't come over today." Yu'er tried her best to make up the reason, trying not to hurt Yu Zhiyan, "He has been busy in the study, but he is afraid that he will already rest there." β
Yu Zhiyan let out a long sigh, "That's it, I'm asleep." β
Yu'er wanted to blow out the candles on the cabinet as usual, but remembered that her young lady was no longer visible, and these were useless.
The wound on her eye hurt so badly that she woke up and woke up, sweating profusely. She had never felt such heart-rending pain, as if death was the best relief.
I don't know how long later, she heard a burst of footsteps outside, and hurriedly asked, "Is it Feng Huang?" β
No one returned for a long time, she only felt that the footsteps were getting closer and closer, and then Lin Caohua's voice, "Sister, are you better?" My sister has come to see you. β
Yu Zhiyan never gave her half a good face again, "Why do you have to be so pretending, you wish I was dead." β
Lin Caohua's aggrieved voice came, "What are you talking about, I remember how well my sister treated me in the Nan'an Palace." β
Yu Zhiyan didn't want to entangle her too much, and sneered: "That cat was put in my yard by you, and the lamp and candle were also painted with fishmeal by you,"
"I don't know what my sister is talking about?" Lin Caohua originally wanted to show an expression of being wronged, but after thinking about it, she couldn't see it, and she would save herself from trouble.
"You know, you deliberately brought the fox full of blood, just to make me incense, only then can you quietly put the psychedelic drug in, and also ensure that I can't smell the fishy smell on the candlestick, seeing that the cat's nose is sensitive, it will naturally bump into it, and the wax oil can only be splashed on my face."
Even if her face dodged the hot wax oil, I was afraid that the person who released the cat would come up to mend the knife.
Lin Caohua let out a sneer, and she didn't deny it, "That's right, I did it, who told you to be so annoying." But you don't even have proof, so what can you do with me? β
Yu Zhiyan only felt very harsh when she heard her voice, "You are not worthy of being a phoenix, nor are you worthy of being a princess." β
"What did you say?" The fierceness in Lin Caohua's voice became heavier and heavier, "My father is a feudal official, and even the prince is not worthy of the family, the family, but I like the phoenix the most, but you are in my way." β
Yu Zhiyan sat up slowly, although he couldn't see the woman in front of him, he clearly felt her anger at this time.
"That's why you're calculating me like that." Yu Zhiyan sneered, "Sure enough, it's the women who don't let you shave your eyebrows, and you have learned all the skills of your father on the battlefield." β