RPAGF Chapter 388 Sisterly Difference
Chapter 388 Sisterly Difference
Upon seeing Gui Shan again, the Crown Prince's face darkened, and he gripped Gui Shan's chin, asking, "You have a good relationship with Si Muwan. Did you leak what happened that day?"
Gui Shan's face turned red from being pinched, and she couldn't say a word. Her desperate waving of her hands was of no use.
Just as he was about to stop breathing and his body went limp, he heard a voice behind him say, "Your Highness."
It is Song pronunciation.
The prince released his grip, and Gui Shan collapsed softly to the ground.
Song Yin glanced at her, then brought in a teacup to serve the Crown Prince tea, saying in a low voice, "Your Highness, why are you so angry?"
"The poison isn't fatal, but the emperor is so old, he'll definitely be weak from the poison! In that case, I, the crown prince, will naturally oversee the country. It's a pity that that woman, Si Muwan, ruined it!" The crown prince threw the teacup away.
Song Yin smiled as she leaned closer to the Crown Prince, almost like she was being coquettish, and placed her hand on his chest: "Your Highness is angry because of that woman? But what's done is done. You can't just let things get out of hand just because the Crown Princess is on good terms with that woman... Your Highness... I know you're angry, but you are the Crown Prince. Those things were bound to happen sooner or later!"
With Song Yin by his side, the Crown Prince's expression finally softened. He sat in a chair, enjoying Song Yin's massage, and with his eyes closed, he directly instructed Gui Shan, "Go and make me some tea."
Gui Shan lay on the ground, her hands almost digging into her flesh.
Before she could respond, Song Yin's laughter rang out: "Your Highness, the Crown Princess has never done such things. Is the tea she brews any better than A-Yin's?"
The Crown Prince then opened his eyes and touched Song Yin's face, saying, "A-Yin is the one who wins my heart the most."
Gui Shan was still in a daze when she saw Song Yin glance at her and frown.
Realizing what had happened, she quickly knelt down and begged for forgiveness: "Your Highness, although I have a good relationship with the third young lady of the Si family, we are not exactly inseparable. I don't know why she would suddenly..."
The Crown Prince, having calmed down, didn't bother with further discussion and waved his hand, saying, "Remember, she is now Consort Wan. You must address her as Your Highness. You may leave."
Gui Shan returned to the carriage and asked the maid to bring out a bronze mirror. She saw that her neck was bruised and purple from being strangled. Her hands were also scraped when she fell.
She closed her eyes; having nowhere else to turn, she had no choice but to grit her teeth and move forward.
The Crown Prince was not as gentle and refined as he appeared.
Once the younger sister's condition stabilized, the Emperor sent for her two older sisters to come to the palace to be with her. This was also to let the Si family know that she was doing very well.
However, Si Muyan was unwilling to go. She told her second sister, "You can go to the palace. If my younger sister asks, just say that although I have no right to interfere with her actions, I do not approve of them."
The second sister said sadly, "Sister, but... she is our little sister after all. She will be in the capital from now on. We can't leave her alone in the palace to suffer."
Si Muyan said, "My mind is made up. I will move to the estate with my parents in a while. Second sister, I'm afraid you will need to take care of the affairs of the manor and my younger brother."
The second sister entered the palace alone.
Seeing her younger sister looking so haggard, she was truly heartbroken.
Although she felt that her younger sister was wrong, she was still her own sister.
My younger sister used to love to dress up. She would get angry if anyone said that she was not as pretty as her. Now her face is as pale as paper and she is emaciated.
The usually strong second sister suddenly burst into tears.
The delicate younger sister could only smile and say, "I'm alive now, why are you crying?"
The second sister wiped away her tears: "You suffered so much; we sisters almost became separated by death."
"Second sister, if you feel sorry for me, please stop crying. We will rarely see each other in the future, so we should have a good talk."
The second sister then stopped crying and pulled her aside to ask her a lot of questions, mainly about her health and whether she was used to living in the palace. If she wasn't, the emperor had promised that she could return to the palace.
The younger sister lowered her eyes. She knew that the Emperor's spies were everywhere in the Zichen Palace, so she couldn't agree with her second sister.
She then said, "Second Sister, you will bless me, won't you?"
The second sister was stunned.
The younger sister said, "I'm so happy to be with the one I love. Are you happy for me too?"
The second sister turned her face away and silently withdrew her hand.
The younger sister continued, "I'm very happy to be here, Second Sister. I've turned misfortune into blessing. Before... he was a high and mighty emperor, and even if I wanted to get close to him, I could only... do so as a junior. But things are different now. I can be with him forever."
Her pale face flushed with shyness. It was as if she would normally be too embarrassed to say such things, and that she was only saying them to her older sister, with whom she had grown up.
The second sister hugged her tightly: "As long as you're happy, I'm happy."
The younger sister was even happier, but then became a little sad: "But... Wan'er's selfish act must have made Father and Sister Xiao'an suffer from the cold looks of others, right? And from now on, I will not be able to fulfill my filial duties in front of the family, and I can only trouble my two sisters."
“We are sisters, there’s no need to be so formal. Little sister, as long as you are healthy and happy, we are all at ease.”
Hearing this, the old woman standing outside the window quietly slipped out.
The younger sister's eyes flickered slightly before she asked, "Second sister, why didn't eldest sister come?"
Seeing how weak she was, the second sister couldn't bear to tell the truth. She only said, "Eldest sister caught a cold. Knowing that you are weak, she was afraid that entering the palace would pass on her illness to you, so she didn't come in."
The younger sister burst out laughing.
The second sister asked, displeased, "What are you laughing at?"
The younger sister said, "Second sister, has no one ever told you that you can't lie?"
The second sister blushed and remained silent.
The younger sister sighed, "Eldest sister is blaming me for acting on my own initiative, so she won't forgive me and that's why she's unwilling to come to the palace to see me."
"No...no." The second sister quickly denied it, then relayed Si Muyan's words, "Little sister, eldest sister said she doesn't agree, but respects your decision...and she plans to take Father and Mother to live on the estate. But don't worry, I'll talk to her when I get back."
"No need to persuade her, eldest sister did a great job," the younger sister said.
The second sister was stunned again.
The younger sister held her hand: "Second sister, eldest sister and I have different ambitions, but she understands me and is aware of the current situation. I advance while she retreats, so that the Marquis's mansion can remain standing. She is not being stubborn with me, but is thinking of the best course of action for us. If the Marquis's mansion prospers, I can survive better in the harem."
The second sister remained silent for a long time before nodding: "Eldest sister and you have both been clever since childhood."
The younger sister added, "The three of us sisters have had completely different personalities since we were little, and we are destined to take different paths, but no matter what, we are sisters."
The second sister recalled how she had stubbornly followed Sanlang away from home and suffered so much, and she thought her eldest sister would never forgive her. Unexpectedly, her eldest sister wasn't angry at all, but only felt sorry for what she had gone through.
It's the same today.
Even if they have disagreements, they will always be sisters.