Capítulo 887: Chapter 887: Secret Delight from the Heart
After Ye Jiu entered the room, the Princess Consort was lying on the bed, holding a Buddhist scripture in her hand. Although her coughing had reduced significantly, her face remained pale and bloodless.
Moreover, from the moment she entered the courtyard until now, apart from the nanny Liu, Ye Jiu hadn’t seen any other servants here.
Then, she remembered that it was her own oversight.
Since her return, the King had forcibly handed the authority of the household into her hands, and the servants from the Princess Consort’s original courtyard had long found their own masters. She carelessly hadn’t made arrangements, no wonder there was no one to use here, not even to serve tea, which had to be done personally by the nanny Liu.
The Princess Consort, who was originally lying on the bed reading the Buddhist scripture, immediately put it down when she saw Ye Jiu enter, and propped herself up to sit upright.
Perhaps from the exertion, her body couldn’t hold, so she followed with a few coughs.
Seeing her in such discomfort, Ye Jiu wanted to reach out to help, but her heart felt somewhat uneasy, so when the Princess Consort had already sat up and looked over, she instinctively pulled back her already extended hands.
However, the Princess Consort’s eyes flashed.
Was she mistaken just now? For a moment, it seemed like Jiujiu was reaching out to her?
Immediately, she quickly abandoned the thought.
Considering all the things she did in the past, it was already a blessing from heaven that the child didn’t hate her, how could she dare to wish for a favorable impression from the child!
“Jiujiu, you’re here…” The Princess Consort originally wanted to ask Ye Jiu to sit by her bedside, but recalling her illness, she feared passing her sickness to Ye Jiu, so after a slight hesitation, she said, “You better sit a bit further away.”
Ye Jiu, “…”
She truly was a foolish woman. Were it not for the obvious longing in her eyes, this statement would make people think that she wasn’t welcoming her!
Ye Jiu simply sat by her bedside and said, “If you’re not welcoming me, I can leave now.”
“No, that’s not what I meant…” The more agitated, the more mistakes are made, that speaks to the present moment.
Fortunately, being a Princess Consort for years was not for nothing, she quickly composed herself and said, “I’m just afraid being too close will pass the sickness to you. Jiujiu, don’t go, let your mother take a good look at you, alright?”
Looking at her pleading gaze, Ye Jiu remembered He Shi’s words, and suddenly felt a different kind of emotion rise within her.
Once, Ye Jiu thought that the person who wanted her dead was her, so after being poisoned, the person she hated most was also her.
Upon discovering she didn’t want her dead, merely swapped children, Ye Jiu still disliked her.
Later, as time slowly faded, it couldn’t be said whether Ye Jiu disliked or liked her, she simply wished to remain strangers.
But now, upon seeing her concern for herself, Ye Jiu realized, she truly wasn’t as carefree as she appeared.
It’s just because she couldn’t obtain it, so she pretended not to care.
“I’ll sit right here. You can watch if you like.” Ye Jiu responded haughtily.
The Princess Consort indeed started looking, without any hint of concealment, making Ye Jiu, who was being scrutinized this way for the first time, feel slightly at ease, while secretly a flush of inner joy emerged from the depths of her heart.
However, as the Princess Consort continued to look, she suddenly began to cry, yet ironically, her face was marked by a smile as she cried, creating an odd juxtaposition of expressions on someone’s face.