The next day, Ying Ran was invited to the Dawn Palace. When the news was delivered, almost everyone thought that Shui Mei had started to take revenge. Relying on his power, he made a comeback.
Ying Ran was still wearing a simple palace dress, but the smile on her lips was filled with deep mockery.
Han Yue stood at the side and said uneasily,""Yingran…"
It was Yi Shuimei who waved her sleeves and interrupted Han Yue's words. Instead, she tried her best to be gentle and said,"Auntie, I want to be alone with Yingran for a while.”
Han Yue was startled. A look of worry flashed across his face, but he still nodded. Then, he waved his hand and said to the maids around him,"We'll leave."
"Yes." Their push was like the wind.
Ying Ran's face still had the childishness of the past, but she forced herself to look mature, and this contained true coldness. Yi Shuimei personally handed over a cup of tea, but Ying Ran sneered,"Consort Chen, why do you have to treat me like this?”
" I..." Yi Shuimei was provoked by her sudden words. She couldn't say anything. She only said the word 'I', and she still didn't have the confidence.
Ying Ran smiled. Her smile seemed to be from the past, but at this moment, it was even more chilling than a cold smile.
"Yesterday, His Majesty sent Consort Xian to the Cold Palace. Today, Consort Chen, are you planning to send me to the Internal Affairs Department for investigation? Or kill him?"
"Shut up!" Yi Shuimei actually lost her usual gentleness and loudly interrupted Ying Ran's meaningful words. Her eyes became sharp, but something swayed under her sharp gaze. In the end, it turned into a sigh.
At this moment, Ying Ran spoke again,"What's wrong? You finally couldn't take it anymore?" There was a hint of sarcasm in her voice, and there was also a hint of choking that was difficult to hide.
" Yingran…" Yi Shuimei softly uttered these two words, but she could no longer suppress the sadness in her heart. She actually sat on the ground, her legs curled up and even twitching. Her voice was filled with pain. She supported her forehead with one hand and covered her panicked and painful face with the other hand, not wanting others to see it.
Ying Ran was also stunned by Yi Shuimei's loss of composure, but she still hardened her heart. Yi Shuimei's voice was deeply apologetic. She covered her face but stubbornly spoke. She was not even willing to wait for another fifteen minutes to modify herself or even adjust her emotions.
"Yingran, do you hate me so much?”Yi Shuimei said such silly words again.
Ying Ran naturally didn't answer, but Yi Shuimei didn't seem to care and spoke to herself.
" But I…I really can't do anything…But I was wrong…Actually, Bai Qu is so good to me, I should have agreed to him a long time ago…" As she spoke, her remorse seemed to not only be for Ying Ran, but also for everything she had done after entering the palace.
" I know…about Merlin…I don't blame you…Yingran…It's my fault, I just want you to forgive me…" Yi Shuimei spoke for a long time, and she sounded like she was crying, but she didn't seem to be crying. This was a kind of relief. The words buried in her heart had finally come out.
Ying Ran seemed to be deeply shocked by her unexpected loss of composure, or the sincerity of her feelings at this moment. She seemed to feel that for a moment, she was still the little master of the past, and she was deeply guilty because of something that happened to her.
I didn't kill Boren, but Boren died because of me. Wasn't it?
Wasn't this what Yi Shuimei was blaming herself for? Yes, she had never done anything to let Yingran down, but because of her, Yingran could not be happy with the person she loved. At least there was ink on a blank page. No matter who drew it, the ink and paper had changed.
However, the emperor's handwriting was different.
Ying Ran's heart was really slowly shattering along with her crying. Those broken tears that fell were more capable of shattering the barrier of the human heart than the stray bullets that burned with flames.
Ying Ran's tone slowly turned into a pure sigh. She sighed resolutely and said,""I've already done what Merlin did. Whatever you want, I won't say anything. From now on, we don't owe each other anything.”
Although Ying Ran's words were still cold, she could no longer speak clearly. She was even a little tongue-tied. Yi Shuimei slowly raised her head. There were no tears in her eyes, but they were so sad. They were like a piece of bright jade, with a hint of water. Then, there was the determination of jade.
"No, I owe you." Yi Shuimei suddenly shouted. She was so persistent in thinking that she had let Yingran down. How stubborn was she?
Ying Ran sneered and said nothing.
"I didn't kill Boren, but Boren died because of me, didn't I?”As expected, she spoke. Even if he didn't say a word, it was a relief in his heart.
Ying Ran was still sneering. She seemed to be able to feel a trace of sincerity, but she could not say anything. At this moment, she still felt that this so-called sisterly relationship had long disappeared. What was she still clinging to?
Yi Shuimei adjusted her expression and closed her eyes. She let out a sigh of relief and slowly regained her usual expression. She looked at Ying Ran and was about to speak, but Ying Ran couldn't help but say,"Consort Chen, what are you so stubborn about? What are you trying to say? What do you want?" She felt that it was ridiculous for her to remain in this world and face her magnanimity after she exposed her. If it was not for revenge, she would have had nothing to live for from that moment on.
He had clearly betrayed her completely, so why did he have to turn back?
Yi Shuimei was stunned for a moment, and her eyes seemed to be stunned for a second. At that moment, her eyes were empty, and then slowly deepened. She said,"For you, I feel at ease." These six words were so simple, without any fancy words. It was peace of mind. For peace of mind.
"Peace of mind? How can I be at ease?" Her voice was filled with disdain, but the words that followed were filled with doubts.
At this moment, their words were so simple that they directly expressed what they were thinking. There was no need for any embellishment. It was as if their friendship and conspiracy were so naked, leaving only the original, the most real feelings, joy, and anger. They were honest with each other.
" Fulfill my promise..." Yi Shuimei's voice was very soft. It was a little difficult for Ying Ran to listen to it. Just as she seemed to be greedily taking a breath to ease the knot in her chest and was about to speak again, she heard Ying Ran's smile.
It was as crisp as a silver bell, but the crisp sound at this moment knocked the filth in one's heart with a loud bang. It was as if clear water had been poured into a quagmire, stirring up the mud at the bottom of the clear pool and producing mud-colored lotus flowers.
It should have been spotless…
"What are you thinking about? Do you really think that we can go back to our sisterly relationship?”Ying Ran finally shouted. This shout caused her pores to widen. Her voice was not loud, but it was completely vented.
"I…I can't do anything to you. These words may be very silly and naive, completely different from the me who caused you to be unable to live well that day.”Yi Shuimei's voice no longer wanted to answer the question. Instead, it was a simple recollection and statement.
Ying Ran was speechless.
"I just want to use my sincerity to prove my feelings and make up for what I owe you.”
“……”
" I still remember when I was young, it was you, Yingran, who accompanied me when I was bullied…" She spoke slowly and took a deep breath. It seemed that only the cold breath could clear her mind.
" Didn't you say that I have to change after entering the palace? I want to work hard and make myself the same as before..."
"Like before?" Ying Ran was stunned. For some reason, she felt that the naivety of her words seemed to have returned to a few years ago. She looked at the young lady, who was hiding in a corner alone, fiddling with a cloth tiger. The tiger was covered in stains. The bright red cloth was no longer bright, but she still held it like that…
She felt something surging in her chest. Her mind could not control this fluctuation. It was as if a powerful force was attracting her heart to beat with this rhythm.
That was Yi Shuimei's rhythm. She had to admit that Yi Shuimei's words were extremely direct and even ridiculous, but it affected the friendship between the two of them at the bottom of her heart, making her unable to refute.
"Should I really blame her?" Ying Ran muttered in her heart, while Shui Mei was still reminiscing and pouring out her true feelings in the most plain language.
Ying Ran felt like she had entered another world, because every word from Yi Shuimei would open up a picture that Ying Ran treasured in the bottom of her heart.
In the end, the memories of this time and place stopped at that day. Yi Shuimei said,"Hehe, I'll talk to Bai Qu in a few days and ask him to help you?”
She slowly turned her head and looked at Yi Shuimei's haggard face that had not fully recovered. At that time, her expression gradually overlapped with the faint sadness now. Ying Ran sighed. Her sigh finally became a pure sigh.
The change in the air interrupted Yi Shuimei's words. Yi Shuimei was stunned and subconsciously said,"Sorry, I…"
"Sorry?" Ying Ran smiled. Sorry for what?"
Yi Shuimei was speechless. Ying Ran smiled again. This woman always had a child-like side, as if she would never grow up. Although her thoughts were slowly dominated by her emotions, she still couldn't withstand the waves of the outside world.
Yi Shuimei was about to open her mouth when she felt Ying Ran's hand holding onto her, trying to lift her up. "Then, fulfill your promise…"
Ying Ran smiled. There was nothing else but that smile. It really made Shui Mei find the woman who was like water.
That's right. The ink of an emperor was not ordinary ink. His brush could change the fate of mountains and rivers, let alone a woman's fate.
Bright and beautiful, just like before, dressed in colorful clothes and red sleeves, even better than before. Ying Ran got married.
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