The Virtuous Concubine of the Qing Dynasty

Chapter 48

Seeing Yougui again, Jiaorong was a little startled.It's just been a few months, Yougui's complexion looks like he's ten years older now, his eyes are bloodshot, the skin under his eyes is dark, and he looks very tired.

"My lord, are you looking for me?" Jiaorong stepped forward respectfully and asked Yougui, her eyes couldn't help but linger on Yougui for a while, wondering why she became like this .

Yougui glanced at Jiaorong lightly, gave a soft "hmm", took the tea cup handed over by Bai Lan, and gestured to Jiaorong, "Sit down."

"Sit?" Jiao Rong frowned and looked at Yougui in disbelief, then glanced at the wooden chair behind her, and was a little dazed for a moment, "The status of a servant is humble, how can this be?"

It's rare that Yougui didn't get angry with Jiaorong, she lowered her eyes and sighed, the paleness of her face became more obvious, she said softly: "I promise you to sit, so you can sit."

Jiao Rong stood there without moving, and looked up at Bai Lan who was beside Yougui, wanting to ask for help.But Bai Lan just looked at her deeply, and nodded heavily.

In desperation, Jiaorong looked back at Yougui again, and could only obediently sit on the wooden chair behind her, but she still just sat in the corner, not daring to accept this kindness, "What do you want, my lord?"

Yougui put down his teacup, shook his head slightly, stared at Jiaorong with deep eyes, but asked another topic: "How have you been these past few months?"

Jiaorong's expression was very strange, her eyelashes trembled slightly, she thought for a moment before replying respectfully: "Everything is fine, my servant, you don't have to worry about it."

Yougui nodded silently, and asked lightly: "During this time, has the emperor looked for you again?"

At this moment, the corners of Jiaorong's brows frowned a little bit, whenever the emperor appeared in the topic of talking with Yougui, the conversation was destined to not have a good result.Jiao Rong still doesn't know Yougui's purpose at this moment, so she can only answer truthfully: "The emperor never sent anyone to look for slaves."

But after hearing this, Yougui frowned, she stared at Jiaorong for a long time, and said softly: "Do you have any intentions for the emperor?"

Hearing this, Jiaorong's voice sank completely, and she even gritted her teeth and said: "This servant has never had any intentions towards the emperor."

No matter how many times Jiaorong emphasizes this point, Yougui doesn't seem to believe it, and Jiaorong has a lot of resentment towards the emperor because of this.Obviously, the emperor himself provoked her everywhere, but in the eyes of others, they all thought it was her subjective seduction, which really made him unable to clear his innocence.

Seeing Jiaorong's familiar stubborn expression, Yougui was not angry at all. He kept a weak look, put his fingers on the handrail beside him, and said calmly: "If... I want the emperor to show interest in you, are you willing to let me go?" What I want?"

In fact, when you said this, Yougui's heart was also bleeding.No woman is willing to hand over her husband to others, but now that she can no longer be favored, if she wants to stabilize her position, the best way is to introduce a subordinate to the emperor. protection for her.

If you look at it this way, Jiaorong is undoubtedly the best choice for Yougui.Yougui has served the emperor for many years and knows the emperor well enough. It is absolutely impossible to say that the emperor does not have a good impression of Jiaorong.

Jiaorong's eyes widened when she heard Yougui's words. The queen mother had said the same thing to her before, but Jiaorong knew that the queen mother just saw that Yougui was useless, so she wanted to find someone from the emperor's side to talk to her. It's just a person, but why did Yougui say such things?Obviously a few months ago, Yougui was furious because she misunderstood that she had contacts with the emperor.

"My lord, this servant doesn't understand and can't accept such a thing." Jiaorong stared at Yougui's eyes and shook her head vigorously, her whole face was full of reluctance.

Yougui pursed his lips, clenched his fingers a little, and said slowly: "Recently, I have a redness syndrome, I saw the imperial doctor yesterday, the imperial doctor said that this disease can be cured, but I can't go back for at least half a year. Bedtime."

Although Yougui's tone was flat, there was a slight tremor at the end of the sentence. She didn't dare to look at Jiaorong, for fear that she would see the moisture in her eyes.Yougui swallowed, and said softly: "Do you know what it means for an emperor's concubine not to be in bed?"

Jiaorong's pupils vibrated, and she looked at Yougui in disbelief, never expecting such a situation.Yougui suppressed his emotions and continued: "It means falling out of favor, losing power, being slaughtered and bullied by others, and there is no future to look forward to."

Saying that, Yougui took a breath, and silently picked up the teacup to cover up the ups and downs of emotions, "The emperor had a good impression of you before, as long as you appear in front of him again and do something eye-catching, and take the initiative again, the emperor will definitely be tempted."

Hearing the sound, Jiaorong's expression couldn't hold back any longer. Didn't the meaning of Yougui's words be to let her seduce the emperor?How could it be possible to do such a thing, but after thinking about it, if Yougui hadn't really run out of options, she wouldn't have made such a request to her.

"My lord, I can't do it." Jiaorong's expression was full of complexity, resistance and hesitation at the same time, she would never allow herself to actively seduce a man she didn't love, but this was the only thing that could help Yougui. Method.

Seeing that Yougui was about to lose control of his emotions, Bai Lan frowned at Jiaorong, and persuaded him, "Jiaorong, you can help the young master, if the young master falls out of favor, what will the elder brother do? You have served elder brother, do you have the heart to watch him being bullied by other princes because he was forgotten by the emperor?"

When it comes to Yinti, Jiaorong hesitates even more, Bai Lan is right, she has served Yinti for a while after all.Her heart is not made of stone, so naturally she couldn't bear to watch Yougui and Yinti gradually being buried in this harem.

In the end, Jiao Rong closed her eyes, but her heart softened, and she compromised: "My lord, please allow this servant to think about it."

Seducing the emperor in order not to let her master fall out of favor sounds really absurd, and it violates morality and the bottom line of being a good person. If she really did this, how would she face her family and friends?They would probably just think of her as a whore who betrays her master and seeks glory.

Yougui looked at Jiaorong's slightly relaxed emotions, and suddenly felt hopeful, and hurriedly continued: "Okay, you take your time to think about it, don't worry."

Jiaorong nodded lightly, stood up slowly, put her hands in front of her belly, and curtseyed: "Your servant will leave."

On this day, Jiaorong went back to the backyard, and she couldn't concentrate on doing things for a long time. She had a splitting headache, and her mind was full of entanglement and powerlessness, which really made people feel uneasy.

(End of this chapter)