Volume 1: Swan Goose Chapter 430: Sit and Listen to the Sound of Rain on the Windy Roofs at Night (2)
——Lon——
The wet nurse was going back to pack her things, so Hua Fangyi returned to her residence first.
She felt a little sleepy, so she went to the bedroom to take a rest. But she lay on the bed and tossed and turned, unable to fall asleep.
Today, she met the Queen and the Emperor one after another. Their attitudes toward her were a bit strange, which made her feel very uneasy.
While she was tossing and turning, the nurse ran into the door with tears streaming down her face, shouting: "Girl, it's not good! It's not good, girl!"
Hearing the nanny's voice, Hua Fangyi immediately stood up from the bed and hurried out to greet her.
She saw the wet nurse running into the house with a bundle on her back and empty hands. She was crying so hard that she couldn't breathe and spoke intermittently.
"What happened? Why didn't Qing'er come with you?" Hua Fangyi hurriedly looked behind her, with a bad premonition in her heart.
The wet nurse was so anxious that she was sweating profusely and complained with tears and snot in her nose: "Girl, I just went back and was packing Qing'er's things. The aunt next to the queen rushed in with someone and said it was the emperor's order.
, left Qing'er in her care, and took the child away without any explanation. I chased him out in a hurry, but they pushed me and even beat me. What should I do?"
When Hua Fangyi heard this, she suddenly became angry. She lifted up her skirt and walked out the door: "That's unreasonable! Although she is a queen, she can't bully others too much! What a fool to say that the emperor asked her to raise Qing'er.
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As soon as she walked to the door, Eunuch Shuangxi walked in with a smile: "Girl, stop looking for it, this is indeed the emperor's will!"
Hua Fangyi opened her mouth and took several breaths of cold air, unable to speak for a long time.
Eunuch Shuangxi saw her doubts and said slowly: "General Yan is the pillar of the country, and his son will become a great person in the future. Therefore, the emperor attaches great importance to it. Naturally, he must leave it to the most noble person to take care of him, so as to show the emperor's great grace."
ah!"
Hua Fangyi naturally didn't believe this. She knew that the emperor must have some ulterior motives for doing this.
However, she had no time to explore the emperor's thoughts. Hua Fangyi shuddered when she thought of the empress's sinister face and the treatment Yan Rong's son might receive.
She quickly calmed herself down, took out a piece of silver from her sleeve, and put it in Eunuch Shuangxi's hand: "Eunuch, please help me think of a way. To be honest, General Yan and I have a very close friendship. This time he knew that I was entering
Palace, he also asked me to take good care of his son for him, I can't break my promise."
But Eunuch Shuangxi pushed the money back to her and said meaningfully: "Girl, don't worry! In fact, this matter can be solved easily. Everything depends on the girl herself!"
Hua Fangyi frowned and raised her head, showing confusion and hesitation: "What do you mean, father-in-law?"
Eunuch Shuangxi looked at her with a dead smile and sighed: "Given the girl's beauty, if she is willing to enter the palace to serve the emperor, she must be of noble rank or above. When the time comes, as a noble, you can ask the emperor for your return."
My child, isn’t it just a matter of course?”
Hearing these words, Hua Fangyi's whole body trembled, and her expression suddenly changed drastically. How could she not understand the meaning of these words if she was as smart as she was?
"But I don't know, is this the father-in-law's intention or the emperor's intention?" Her expression was a little nervous, and there was a little anger in her words.
"Just now, the girl was in trouble by the queen, and the emperor saved the beauty in time. The girl had many rudenesses, but instead of punishing the girl, the emperor praised the girl in every possible way. He is the emperor, and how many people support him! How can he have such feelings for the girl?
, but it’s rare! Don’t let the girl live up to the emperor’s kindness!” Eunuch Shuangxi’s voice was very calm, and after speaking, he glanced at her with a look that was not very kind.
"If I refuse to serve the emperor, will I never see Qing'er again?" Hua Fangyi asked again, with neither surprise nor displeasure on her face.
"The girl is smart!" Eunuch Shuangxi nodded slightly and answered calmly and simply.
His matter-of-fact attitude made Hua Fangyi feel a chill down her back.
When she thought about the choices she had to face next, she couldn't help but feel a little timid.
"If I go to serve the emperor, how will the emperor explain to His Highness King Yi?
This thing?" She asked innocently, holding on to her last trace of fantasy.
"Who dares to compete with the emperor for the woman he likes? Even the emperor's own son will not get good results." Eunuch Shuangxi's words completely shattered Hua Fangyi's last fantasy.
She closed her eyes, took a deep breath, and then slowly spoke: "I understand, please allow me to think twice, your Majesty, okay?"
"Of course. However, the emperor is not a patient person, please remember this, girl!" Eunuch Shuangxi nodded with a smile, then turned around and left.
After he left, Hua Fangyi leaned against the door in a daze. There was an inexplicable heat swelling in her chest. She knew that it was a kind of raging anger.
The wet nurse was still sitting on the chair crying, which made Hua Fangyi a little upset.
"Now that things have come to this, what's the use of crying to death? Yan Rong handed the child to you before leaving, but you changed hands and let others take it away. You still have the nerve to sit here and cry. It's really useless!"
The nanny was so scolded that she lowered her head and could only sob quietly, not daring to make any more noise.
Hua Fangyi's anger was extinguished by the wet nurse's tears. Her whole body cooled down and turned into an empty shell.
It seemed that the emperor was interested in her and took advantage of the conflict between her and the queen to force her to commit herself to him.
She has always been influenced by King Yi, and she has no good impression of Emperor Yu.
When I saw him today, I saw that the words and deeds of the majestic emperor were no different from those drunken men in the tavern who wanted to take advantage of him.
This made her even more disgusted!
But if she doesn't obey, won't Qing'er be in a difficult situation?
Besides, how could a despicable person like the Queen treat Yan Rong's children well when she was already angered by him?
Thinking of this, she couldn't bear it. But when she thought of serving the emperor, she felt unwilling!
"By the way, Ruan Lang! He told me that if anything goes wrong, just come to him!" Hua Fangyi's eyes suddenly lit up, as if seeing hope, she immediately opened the door and ran out.
Unexpectedly, as soon as she went out, she bumped into the chest of an acquaintance.
Immediately afterwards, his waist was hugged and he was pushed into the door.
She came to her senses and was about to shout when she raised her head and met Ruan Lang's frowning face.
Hua Fangyi hurriedly pulled Ruan Lang's arm: "Great, I'm just going to find you! Something happened to Qing'er, you have to find a way to save him!"
"We don't have time to take care of Yan Rong's child now!" Ruan Lang pushed her away and threw the baggage behind her on the table.
"What do you mean you don't have time to take care of him?" Hua Fangyi was startled, and then said angrily: "Even if you don't consider Yan Rong a friend, have you forgotten that he saved you so many times?"
Ruan Lang did not answer her, but opened his bag, took out a piece of clothing belonging to the Royal Guards, and stuffed it into her arms.
"What are you doing?" Hua Fangyi's eyes widened with an expression of confusion.
——Decision——
"There is no time to explain now. Please put on the emperor's clothes and I will take you out of the palace!" Ruan Lang's expression was heavy and his tone was urgent, as if a disaster was about to strike, he urged.
"I can't leave Qing'er and go with you!" Hua Fangyi threw away the Feiyu suit in her hand and looked very angry.
"Now is not the time to be impulsive! You go first, Qing'er, I'll think of a solution!" Ruan Lang was so anxious that he couldn't help but lose his temper with her.
Hua Fangyi sat down on the chair, half turned around, as if she refused to communicate.
Ruan Lang knew her temper very well. The more impatient and pressing he was, the more unwilling she would listen.
He took a deep breath and waited until his emotions calmed down a little before he could persuade him: "Okay, let me make the story short! It was Wang Jing who revealed the matter about King Yi and the Lu Gang Leader to the Emperor. You also know that he and the Lu Gang Leader
King Yi is having a holiday. He heard that you entered the palace instead of the leader of the Lu Gang. He is preparing to go to the emperor tomorrow to explain everything. If so, you have committed the crime of deceiving the emperor, and you will be beheaded! Not only you,
Even King Yi and Yan Rong may be implicated!"
Hearing this, Hua Fangyi turned to look at him and smiled softly: "If I leave like this, won't I implicate His Highness Prince Yi and Yan Rong?"
"The two of them are not in Shengjing at this time. If anything happens, they can easily move around. You and the child are the key now! You can't take care of the child while pretending to be Yushousi, so you leave here first. I will find a way later.
Take the child away! You don’t have to worry about this!" Ruan Lang was so anxious that his whole face was somewhat deformed.
"What about you?" Hua Fangyi tilted her head and looked at him and asked seriously: "If you let me and Qing'er go like this, wouldn't you be violating the imperial decree? The emperor will not let you go!"
Ruan Lang was startled, obviously he had not thought of this step.
"I...I will argue with the emperor vigorously. Since I have saved the country in the past, I think...I think the emperor will not embarrass me..."
He scratched the back of his neck, feeling a little guilty.
Seeing his embarrassed look, Hua Fangyi smiled, and her serious face immediately melted away.
"You are such a fool!"
How could she not know that when it came to her, Ruan Lang would put his own life and death aside every time. Ever since he devised this plan, he had never left a way out for himself.
Perhaps, he was determined to die and decided to make a desperate move!
However, how could she treat him like this?
"Fool." She repeated softly, her pure eyes filled with water.
"If that's the case, I can't leave even more. Isn't it the king's land in the whole world? Where can I escape to if I leave here? Where can His Highness and Yan Rong escape to? Are they going to be hunted by the emperor for the rest of their lives?"
"Then let's leave Beiyu!" Ruan Lang suddenly grabbed Hua Fangyi's hand and said in a more excited voice: "It doesn't matter whether it's Annan or Nanzhao. Let's leave Beiyu and never come back!"
Feeling his hot body temperature, Hua Fangyi smiled lightly and said, "Master Ruan, are you going to elope with me?"