The King's Concubine_The Feast of Masks【Complete】(88)
This was the first time that the King of Jin treated Yao Niang like this. There was no kissing or caressing, only hard hitting again and again. Yao Niang felt pain, but gradually it stopped and she felt a little better.
She closed her eyes tightly, covered her face, and did not dare to look at the King of Jin, fearing that she would see disgust and disgust in his eyes...
After one round, Yao Niang was exhausted.
But it did not end there. The King of Jin started a new round of beatings. He wanted to crush her to pieces, so cruel and fierce, from the day to the night, he was unwilling to stop.
There was a dead silence in Rongxi Courtyard until the King of Jin left, and Yuchan walked in with a lamp.
"Madam."
Yao Niang on the couch was like a dead body, and she did not move until Yuchan called her again.
"Don't call me Madam." She blinked her dry and swollen eyes and said bitterly. Her whole body felt like it had been run over by a carriage thousands and tens of thousands of times, and it hurt everywhere. It felt like a knife cutting when she moved.
Yuchan did not dare to speak, and stepped forward to help her up carefully, "I will help you bathe."
Hongchou and others came in quickly, prepared water, and helped Yaoniang into the bathroom. After struggling to slide into the water, Yaoniang breathed a sigh of relief.
Hongchou could not help sobbing, and wiped Yaoniang with a handkerchief. Although the action was so light that it could not be any lighter, it still caused Yaoniang to gasp.
"Your Highness is really, how can he treat you like this..."
Yaoniang did not speak, but smiled bitterly in her heart, knowing that the King of Jin had resentment in his heart.
Maybe he also had hatred.
Probably he wanted to drive her out of the house now, but he had to endure it because of his face at that time. Even the death of that person was probably to silence him. After all, it was a great shame for a prince to take a woman who had been defiled as a concubine, and the other party came to the door.
Maybe today, maybe tomorrow, she will be sent away, maybe thrown far away, or maybe die of old age in some deserted corner...
Yao Niang didn't want to think about it anymore, and closed her eyes helplessly.
After washing, she applied the ointment again. At this time, Yao Niang had no sense of shame. Ren Yuchan and others helped her apply the ointment on her body, even the most shameful part was not left out. After changing into clean and comfortable underwear, Yao Niang lay down on the bed again.
Hongchou wanted to keep someone to watch the night, but she didn't let him, saying that she wanted to be alone.
The faint cry of a baby came from outside.
Yao Niang couldn't react at first, but then she realized that it was Xiaobao who was crying. She wanted to sit up in excitement, but fell back again, and could only hurriedly say: "Go quickly, bring Xiaobao here."
Not long after, Xiaobao was brought over.
The child seemed to have been crying for a while, with red eyes and twitching, very pitiful. As soon as he saw Yao Niang, he grabbed her clothes tightly and refused to let go.
Seeing Xiao Bao like this, Yao Niang suddenly wanted to cry again, but she also knew that she shouldn't cry, so as not to scare the child.
Patting her and asking Xiao Bao if she had eaten and drunk, Yao Niang dismissed everyone and said that she would sleep with Xiao Bao tonight.
Yu Chan and others filed out. With the young master by the side of the lady, they could be relieved. Before, when they saw the lady like that, they were always afraid that she would be unable to think straight for a while, after all, she had experienced such a thing.
The room was quiet, with only a lamp on the small table next to the bed. Yao Niang hugged Xiao Bao, who had taken off his clothes, in her arms, and the mother and son lay in the quilt.
"Xiaobao, are you afraid that your mother will do something stupid?" She spoke to Xiaobao like she was talking to an adult: "Don't be afraid, how could your mother do something stupid? God finally gave me another life, I must watch Xiaobao grow up, get married and have children."
She lowered her eyebrows and eyes, her expression was gentle, and she even smiled a comforting smile, as if watching Xiaobao grow up, get married and have children was a very happy and beautiful thing.
All along, Yao Niang had only this wish, but when people get more, they can't help but become greedy. It's a pity that her dream was cruelly punctured just at the beginning, so it's better, so that she doesn't have to cover it up all the time...
Fortunately, that person died, it's good to die.
Xiaobao opened his eyes wide, seemingly ignorant and innocent, but in fact he was holding back tears and cursing in his heart.
He certainly didn't ignore the grief behind Yao Niang's smile, her swollen red lips, the red marks on her neck, and the purple marks underneath her sleeves when she raised her arms.
At this moment, he suddenly changed his mind. He didn't want his father anymore. He wanted to take his mother away from here. This place was not suitable for his mother, and his father was not his mother's good man. Otherwise, how could his mother die in her previous life?
There is no such good thing in the world to regret after missing it, and to repair it after it is broken. He deserved to have white hair in his prime, live a lonely life, and even end up without any descendants...
But thinking of this, Xiaobao's heart began to tremble again. In his mind, he saw Emperor An of Jin with gray hair on his temples, tightly pursed lips, and an eternal cold face, coming and going day after day and year after year...
"Xiaobao, be good, go to sleep. Maybe we will leave here tomorrow. Mother will ask him to let us live. I believe he will still remember the old feelings... Then, mother will take you to a place where no one knows you and start a new life again..."
In Zhaohui Hall, the room was deadly dark, with only a dim light in the corner.
The light was too dim, and only a shadow could be seen vaguely, while the rest was in darkness.
Fu Cheng stood in front of the couch, and under the light, his figure cast a strange shadow. The shadow of the lamp was like a ghost.
"Yao Yan'er is crazy, she is stupid and stupid, and nothing can be asked."
A hoarse male voice came from the bed: "No need to ask anymore, pull out her tongue, chop off her hands, and throw her into the military camp as a guard."
"Madam is a little bit bad, but Yuchan is watching..." Fu Cheng paused, and then said: "The child suddenly made a fuss, and Madam asked someone to take the child over. For the sake of the child, Madam should not do anything stupid."
After a long time, a voice came from the couch: "Back."
Fu Cheng went down, and the room fell into silence again.
Ever since Yan Jie'er woke up, she has been locked in this gloomy room.
That day, someone took the initiative to find her and asked about Su Yao Niang, and she knew that this matter was not simple.
She never expected that Su Yao Niang would become the concubine of His Royal Highness the Prince of Jin. Why did she do that! A slut who was defiled and gave birth to a bastard.
A slut like this should be as miserable as her, unable to get married, and only worthy of being someone's stepmother, or marrying a deaf, lame, or blind person. How can she be better than her? !
But the other party was better than her, and even became a concubine of His Royal Highness Prince Jin.
Yan Jieer could of course see that the person who asked her about Su Yao Niang had bad intentions, so she told the ugly story of Su Yao Niang from beginning to end, and of course concealed what she did in it, in exchange for the opportunity to work in the palace.
The other party was really sinister, and he could even find a man to come forward and pretend to be the evil man who defiled Su Yao Niang. Yan Jieer could almost predict how miserable Su Yao Niang would cry, and maybe she would be too ashamed to face people and commit suicide on the spot.
In fact, Yao Niang did cry miserably, but it was not her who died, but the fake man.
Yan Jieer never expected that the handsome and noble Prince Jin would be such a terrifying person! He actually did such a thing to cover up for Su Yao Niang!
She was so scared that she could almost predict her fate without thinking. So when someone came to ask her questions, she pretended to be crazy.
She thought that no one would embarrass a crazy person.
She only wanted to save her life and never dared to serve the prince again.
The door was opened from the outside, and Yan Jieer wondered if the people in the palace were going to throw her out. Someone pulled her up from the ground, but did not throw her out, but pressed her to the ground, and something went into her mouth--
Then there was a miserable howl.
The gatekeeper, Mrs. Qian, yawned while opening the back door. She held a broom in one hand and rubbed her eyes with the other hand.
It was just dawn, and it seemed early, but it was actually late for the servants in the palace.
Suddenly, a person appeared in front of the door, but Mrs. Qian was not startled. She looked closely and found that it was a little woman.
"What are you doing here? Do you know where this is?" She cursed again, "Those soldiers don't know what they are doing. They let people guard the back door."
The young woman hurriedly said, "Mother Qian, Mother Qian, can you see who I am?"
"Who can you be? Am I some great person?" Mother Qian said sarcastically while looking at me. She felt that I looked familiar, but she couldn't remember my name for a while.
The young woman had a forced smile on her face and said awkwardly, "Look at what you said, Madam Qian. I am Tao Shan, the maidservant of Concubine Hu in Liuchun Mansion. You have seen me before, but I was released. Now, I want to visit the Concubine, but unfortunately my home is far from Jincheng. I walked for a day and a night and came at a bad time, so I waited outside the door."
Mrs. Qian said, "Oh," and finally recognized the name, "It turned out to be you."
"Yes, yes." Tao Shan smiled, "My husband came with me, driving the carriage. The military officer at the street corner knew me and checked our pass before letting us in."
As he spoke, a man's face appeared in the mule cart parked not far from here, and he smiled nervously at Mrs. Qian.
"I'm here to visit the Concubine, and I've brought a lot of homemade things. I'll get some for you. Please help inform her when it's daybreak. If I get a reward from the Concubine, you will certainly benefit from it." Tao Shan probably knew the character of Mrs. Qian, so she said that.