Shuiyue Pavilion.

After Ji Yunshu awoke, she had already stayed here for a full two days.

When she first woke up, she already knew where she was and who had taken her.

She just never imagined Wei Yi would go this far!

To say her heart didn’t ache would be a lie!

However, from the time she woke until now, she had been neither anxious nor agitated!

Even less had she cried, made a fuss, or threatened suicide. Instead, she was extremely quiet.

She ate when she should eat, drank when she should drink, slept when she should sleep.

Not missing a single thing!

Just like a woman in postpartum confinement.

And those palace servants also attended to her carefully, not at all carelessly. As long as she opened her mouth to say what she wanted to eat, in less than the time it takes to drink a cup of tea, the item would appear before her.

But during these two days, Wei Yi hadn’t come even once!

Only the palace maids and eunuchs from the hall came in and out.

During this time, no matter what she asked, those palace maids refused to answer, only serving her with fine food and drink.

So even now, she still didn’t know the news that Jingrong had been imprisoned.

Or even the news that Eunuch Zhang had already died.

This place was as if isolated from the world!

Blocking all matters related to the outside.

At this moment, the palace maid who had been serving her entered from outside, carrying something in her hands.

Only when she drew near could one see it was a serving of sweet potato cake and a bowl of lotus seed soup.

Still hot!

The palace maid said, “Miss Ji, this sweet potato cake was specially ordered by His Majesty to be made for you by the imperial kitchen. He said it’s your favorite. After drinking this lotus seed soup, you can rest well.”

How thoroughly considerate.

But—

Favorite?

She herself didn’t even know what her own favorite food was!

She glanced at it and said in a cool tone, “Put it down.”

“Yes.”

After the palace maid set down the items, she withdrew to the side to wait, not leaving, only saying, “This servant will attend to you here.” Bah! She said “attend,” but in reality it was surveillance—watching her every move, not letting her pass information, not letting her run away, and even more not allowing… her to do anything to harm herself. So these past two days, several palace maids had constantly been by her side, taking turns watching her. Even when she slept, those palace maids kept watch beside her.

Now in this great hall, nearly every corner had someone standing.

Each and every pair of eyes staring tightly at her.

Impossible to escape even with wings!

Wei Yi, you’re truly ruthless!

Fortunately, she had also grown accustomed to it.

She sat down at the table, looking at that sweet potato cake and lotus seed soup, yet had not the slightest appetite!

Instead she felt somewhat nauseated!

Her stomach turned.

She couldn’t help but furrow her brow slightly.

The palace maid waiting at the side saw her subtle change in expression and walked over, asking, “Does Miss not like it?”

“No.”

“Then why isn’t Miss eating? This was specially ordered by His Majesty to be made by the imperial kitchen.”

Deliberately reminding her again.

Heh!

Ji Yunshu really wanted to roll her eyes at her. So she was using imperial orders to forcibly make her eat?

“Remove these things!”

She had lost her patience!

If this continued, she would be driven mad.

However—

“Ah?” That palace maid was shocked for a moment and quickly said, “But Miss, His Majesty said…”

“I’ll say it again—remove these things!”

“This…”

“What? Are you going to force me to eat it?”

Eh!

The palace maid didn’t dare. Her body shrank back, her face showing timidity, but imperial orders were difficult to go against—she didn’t dare disobey.

“If Miss doesn’t like eating this, this servant will order the imperial kitchen to make something new. But if Miss doesn’t eat anything at all, if His Majesty blames us, this servant’s head and all our heads… will be difficult to preserve!”

When the palace maid said this, all the palace maids and eunuchs in the hall nodded in agreement.

They also didn’t want to die!

Ji Yunshu had always been good-tempered. Whatever she could endure, she had essentially endured. These past two days she had been like a puppet, letting people manipulate her, without any sense of self whatsoever.

She didn’t want to be driven mad!

So she said sternly, “I don’t want to eat these things, and I don’t want to eat anything else. I don’t care whether it’s His Majesty’s order or not. In any case, take it all away.”

“Miss…”

“Hurry up!”

Even though these past two days she had been extremely patient, obediently following their arrangements, now she could endure no longer.

Just because your sister doesn’t lose her temper doesn’t mean she’s easy to bully!

Those several palace maids immediately dropped to the ground with a “thump.”

They pleaded, “We beg Miss not to make things difficult for us servants.”

On one side was His Majesty, on the other was Ji Yunshu.

Of course they would choose His Majesty!

Just as they knelt pleading, in the next moment Ji Yunshu suddenly rose and grabbed the cloth on the table.

Before everyone’s eyes, her fingertips pulled forcefully.

As her wrist swung backward, that cloth was yanked back into a bundle, sweeping everything on the table onto the floor.

“Bang!”

“Crash and clatter!”

…

Clattering loudly.

All the palace servants in the hall were dumbstruck, frightened badly. Every face turned pale white in an instant.

Extremely shocked!

No one had imagined that they had all thought Ji Yunshu was a docile little cat—who knew she had such a violent temper?

She had actually started smashing things.

And with this smashing, the palace maids and eunuchs all knelt down in unison.

“Miss, calm your anger!”

Voices filled the entire hall.

Full of panic.

Although they didn’t dare offend His Majesty by forcing Ji Yunshu to eat, offending Ji Yunshu was also equivalent to offending His Majesty. So calculated either way, it was still a capital offense.

No one dared bear the responsibility!

This was the first time Ji Yunshu had lost her temper so badly. If she hadn’t truly been pushed to desperation, she wouldn’t have done this! At this moment, her eyes blazing with fury, she swept over each person in the hall one by one. Clutching that tablecloth tightly in her hand, she said, “Listen, all of you. I know you’re all following His Majesty’s orders to watch me, to monitor me. But he shouldn’t have told you to restrict me. If even this small thing is controlled by you, fine—you might as well kill me.”

Just as she finished saying this, she immediately grabbed the only remaining cup on the table and smashed it fiercely against the table’s corner.

“Bang!”

A perfectly good cup instantly shattered.

Only one piece remained in her hand, and that piece’s three edges were extremely sharp. With just a light touch, it would cut flesh and draw blood.

She didn’t care about any of that and directly pressed that shard against her own neck.

Eh!

This terrified everyone.

“Miss, you mustn’t!”

“Miss, we beg you, put that thing down. If you get injured, we’ll all have to accompany you in death!”

“We servants beg you.”

“We beg you…”

“…”

Wailing and crying!

If Ji Yunshu injured even one finger, or if even one strand of her hair fell out, all of them would have to accompany her in death!

Pairs of tear-filled eyes looked at her.

Carrying pleading.

Carrying fear.

Everyone in a state of alarm.

Ji Yunshu showed no fear whatsoever. Instead, the movement of her hand intensified slightly.

The shard’s edge pressed against her fair skin. Extremely terrifying.