Swap, the involutionary regent palace fight also forced me to rebel

Smelling the sweet aroma wafting from the steamer, Yun Ji felt something was wrong.

My mother usually steams cakes, why is the air so sweet?

Looking at the almost empty sugar jar next to the chopping board, he felt dizzy.

Mother, when I make cakes in a trance, I will unconsciously put more sugar, but today, did I put too much sugar?

"Xiao Zhe," There was no response in time, Concubine Jing's voice became low, her originally relaxed brows twisted, her eyes became resentful, "Mother is asking you a question, what have you learned today?"

Her stiff tone brought Yun Ji back to his senses. Seeing the bloodshot eyes of Concubine Jing, Yun Ji did not dare to provoke her and only answered cautiously: "The Grand Tutor taught classics, history and literature."

"Classics, history and literature..." Concubine Jing muttered to Yunji while watching the temperature of the steamer, "How well do you know? Are you better than the other princesses?"

Yun Ji's mind suddenly popped up Yun Yan's fluent recitation, and he felt uneasy. He nodded hesitantly: "Yes."

"Xiao Zhe," Concubine Jing sighed deeply towards the fire, and said earnestly, "You must study hard. Only by reading more and getting the praise of the Grand Tutor will your father value you. Do you understand?"

Yun Ji lowered his head, accepting her sudden long speech, and responded obediently: "I understand."

Concubine Jing sighed again and began to ramble, "Your father hasn't come to Anhui Palace to see mother for quite some time. Tell me, what on earth is he busy with? Does he really not even have time to step into the harem?"

Yun Ji was just about to say something like "Father may be busy with state affairs, mother, please bear with me and don't be sad anymore", when he was suddenly interrupted by Concubine Jing in a nervous tone.

"Ah, I know!" Unlike the calmness just now, a hint of madness appeared in Concubine Jing's eyes, "I have given birth to a child. Yes, it's because I have given birth to a child!"

"I have given birth, so I am not as attractive as before, while the other concubines are still young and beautiful," Concubine Jing grinned, her expression looked like she was crying, but also like she was laughing, "The Emperor must have gone to another concubine's palace! I am old and in love, old and in love!"

Yun Ji was frightened by her sudden madness and was stunned and speechless.

"But, why?"

Concubine Jing's expression suddenly became cruel, and she pounded the table hard, making a "bang" sound.

"I worked so hard to give birth to a prince for the emperor, the only prince in Dali who brought good fortune to Dali. But he refused to come here and look at me again!"

Without any warning, Concubine Jing went crazy and screamed illogically, as if venting her inner depression: "Ahhhhhhhh!!!"

Once upon a time, she had a beautiful and moving voice that could make the flowers bloom; now, she can only make miserable screams.

After shouting for a while, her voice suddenly stopped.

Yun Ji looked up cautiously to see what his mother was doing without saying anything.

Concubine Jing stretched out her slender jade fingers, pulled the hairpins and tassels on her head, and threw them to the ground.

Without a headdress to hold her hair in place, Princess Jing's hair hung down in tangled strands.

She jumped up and down vigorously and stamped her feet fiercely, as if trying to shake off the dirt on her body.

"Your Majesty," After a long period of silent movements, Concubine Jing suddenly cast her gaze towards a corner of the palace. Her eyes were bloodshot and her voice was shrill, "Your Majesty, why don't you come to see me, Your Majesty, why don't you come!"

Even though he had seen his mother go crazy many times, Yun Ji still couldn't help feeling fear. He pinched his palms hard and tried to reduce his presence.

He was afraid that Concubine Jing would find out that there was another person in the room.

Especially this person, he was the prince who caused her to lose favor.

The makeup on her face was smudged by tears, but Concubine Jing was unaware. She was still complaining to the void: "In the harem, I have only seen new people smiling, never old people crying! Father, mother, your daughter is bound in this deep palace, and her life is so hard!"

After crying for a while, she was tired and simply sat down on the ground, making a strange sound of "hehehaha".

She had no idea where to put her eyes, so she just looked around the hall.

Finally, she focused her gaze on the trembling Yun Ji.

"Xiao," the words "Xiao Zhe" seemed to be very hot. Concubine Jing used "Xiao" many times before she finally said "Zhe". She forced a smile and said, "You, you are here."

Looking at his mother who seemed like she was crazy, Yun Ji swallowed hard, not knowing what to say.

As if she had regained consciousness briefly, Concubine Jing hummed an unknown ballad and reached out to take out the steaming pastries from the steamer.

Even when her hands were burned red, she didn't even frown.

Concubine Jing lowered her eyebrows and looked at Yun Ji like a loving mother, "Xiao Zhe, come and have some cakes."

Yun Ji blinked his purple eyes, turned his head away, and tried to pretend that he didn't see it.

But Concubine Jing didn't give him this opportunity at all. She placed the cakes directly in front of Yun Ji and said, "Eat it while it's hot."

Due to Concubine Jing's fiery gaze, Yun Ji had to reach out for the pastries carefully.

The pastry was about to reach his mouth, but the fragrance made Yun Ji unable to open his mouth.

Concubine Jing's mouth was almost stretched to her ears. She urged Yun Ji anxiously, "Eat quickly."

Taking a deep breath, the aroma of pastries entered his nose, his stomach churned, and Yun Ji's breathing became rapid.

Seeing that soft tactics didn't work, Concubine Jing decided to use hard tactics. A fierce look appeared on her face. Without saying a word, she reached out and grabbed Yun Ji by the collar and lifted him up.

With his neck stuck by the front collar, Yun Ji suddenly found it difficult to breathe. He struggled hard, trying to make some noise to wake Concubine Jing up.

Even though she knocked over the freshly baked cakes on the table, Concubine Jing still had a blank look in her eyes.

While muttering, "You all refuse to eat, you all refuse to eat," she carried Yun Ji to the hand-washing basin she used when making pastries.

Seeing the water with oil droplets floating on the surface, Yun Ji's heart was filled with alarm.

Could it be...

Before he could finish his thought, Concubine Jing suddenly exerted force and pressed him face down into the basin of water.

Because I didn't have time to hold my breath, the greasy water immediately rushed into my mouth and nose.

Feeling suffocated and nauseous, Yun Ji struggled to grab the edge of the basin with his hands, trying to escape from his mother's clutches.

But he was still young and was no match for Concubine Jing who was in a violent state.

When he was about to lose consciousness, Concubine Jing suddenly pulled him back.

Yun Ji choked on a lot of water and his lungs ached. He curled up and coughed hard.

"Do you want to eat?" Jing Fei's devilish voice came from behind, "Do you want to eat?"

After coughing up the water, Yun Ji really didn't want to go into the dirty basin again. He had no choice but to cry and shout, "I'll eat!"

As soon as he finished speaking, a piece of sickly sweet dessert was stuffed into Yun Ji's mouth.

Thinking of the pastry falling to the ground and getting covered in dust, Yun Ji felt nauseous in his throat.

Coupled with the excessive sweetness and the discomfort caused by choking on water, he couldn't help but spit out the snack that he had just put in his mouth.

"You," Concubine Jing was furious when she saw this. She taught Yun Ji a lesson with great sorrow, "Xiao Zhe, how could you waste the cakes that your mother has gone through so much hardship to make!"

Before Yun Ji could answer, Concubine Jing pushed him into the basin again without any explanation.

The feeling of being on the verge of death once again surrounded him, and Yun Ji felt extremely uncomfortable.

He thought painfully, if this was a nightmare, could he wake up quickly!