The old nanny was sent by Qin Guoan specifically to protect Feng Han. She had some skills and in just a few breaths she slapped Concubine Yao's pretty face until it became red and swollen.

"Yao Fei! You are guilty of insubordination. You will be punished by kneeling here for an hour. You are not allowed to rise without my order."

"Mammy! You just stay here and watch over her for me. If she dares to disobey my orders, go to His Majesty immediately!"

"I don't believe it. He really wants this woman to climb over my head."

The nanny quickly said yes respectfully!

Then she glanced at the Yu family members, said, "Follow me!" and left first.

She wanted to find a place where no one was around and reminisce with the Yu family!

For the past three years, she has been like a walking corpse, trapped within these high palace walls, and is almost going crazy.

She even began to doubt whether it was really worth it for her to endure the disgust and pretend to be nice to that old man for so many years.

Would it be possible to be liberated sooner if I just killed that beast and then killed myself?

But she thought of her son, Liang Shulan's careful instructions before she left, and those ordinary and happy days, which made her persevere.

As long as I can live that kind of life again, what does it matter if it is a little painful now?

It is with this belief that I have persisted until now.

Just when she was about to give up, her family came...

Those nightmares are about to end...

But just as Feng Han's jade armor was about to touch the back of Yu Ruyue's hand, a sharp voice suddenly came from the distance, "The Emperor has given an order! Summon the Yu family to an audience!"

"Your Majesty! Leave these people to me. His Majesty has ordered that Your Majesty go back and rest well. Such a thing will never happen again."

The eunuch's voice was extremely sharp. He was holding a long dustpan in his hand and looking at the Yu family with a cold expression. His drawn-out ending tone made people feel very uncomfortable.

Feng Han stared at the eunuch in front of him and could only accept the order and leave!

Yu Ruyue sneered at the shadow cast by the sundial in the distance. This farce lasted for two whole incense sticks, which was enough time for the shadow guard to report every detail to the emperor in the Yangxin Palace.

Yu Ruyue knew that Qin Guoan did it on purpose. He just wanted Concubine Yao and Qin Shi to give him a warning so that he, as an emperor, would not be able to control this legendary goddess.

Liang Shulan clutched her daughter's sleeve worriedly, while Yu Ruyue patted the back of her hand. Then they followed. However, when they reached the gate of the Yangxin Palace, the eunuch stopped the others and said, "Wait here. His Majesty will only let Miss Yu in."

The Yu family became even more worried. An An and Ning Ning couldn't help but pull Yu Ruyue's clothes tightly, their eyes full of worry.

They couldn't understand why this place looked no different from the imperial palace they lived in, but the person in charge was not their father, but an emperor who was a threat to their mother?

Isn't this the palace where they usually live? Where is it then? Why is it so similar? Where is my father?

They remembered that night when they had a hasty farewell, and their mother took them in and protected them alone!

They didn't know what their mother's departure meant, but when they saw the worried expressions of their grandparents and uncle, they couldn't help but tear up.

I wanted to ask why this happened, but I remembered my father's careful instructions before I left home, and I swallowed all the words. They couldn't cause trouble for their mother, and the situation was already very bad.

Yu Ruyue squatted down and looked at her two children with tears in their eyes. Her heart was full of guilt. She suddenly felt that she was very selfish. Why did she bring them back from another world?

As the emperor's only child, they were born into a noble family. They didn't have to kneel before others, didn't have to go through so many dangers, and had a better life and a higher education...

She softly comforted her two children and secretly made up her mind that if she met Shen Zhiheng this time, she would definitely ask him to send the two children back. It would not be too late to take them back after the matter here was completely settled...

An An and Ning Ning first felt that their mother seemed to have made some kind of decision, but they couldn't guess what their mother was thinking, so they could only try their best to control their emotions and not fall behind.

"Miss Yu! Let's go!"

The shrill voice sounded again. Yu Ruyue hardened her heart, stood up, and her eyes were full of determination.

She is finally going to meet Qin Guoan!

The culprit who had made me hide for so long, the culprit who had caused my family and friends so much suffering...

She pushed open the heavy door alone and walked in. The smell of ambergris mixed with rotten meat hit her in the face.

Qin Guoan was wrapped in a sable fur coat and curled up on the dragon throne, his withered fingers stroking a gilded skull incense burner. Yu Ruyue's pupils shrank slightly. Is this person in front of her really Qin Guoan?

How could he be so different from what she had imagined? He was so frail and old. Although it was already autumn, the weather outside was still hot and sunny, but he was as cold as if it were winter...

Qin Guoan looked at Yu Ruyue who was staring at him, and a hint of surprise flashed in his eyes. The girl standing in front of him was actually a thousand times more beautiful than the person in the portrait. The portrait could not capture even one tenth of her charm.

No wonder those people made her sound so magical, she really looked like a fairy from heaven.

But soon, a trace of disappointment flashed across his eyes. He wondered if those people were deceived by this extremely beautiful face and worshipped her as a goddess, when in fact, she had no real ability.

Thinking of this, and then looking into those bright eyes, I felt even more dissatisfied.

He didn't like this look, and he even disliked the woman's overly bright and beautiful eyes, which made him feel like he was the inferior.

He said coldly, "How dare you look me in the face! Humph! Why don't you kneel down?"

Qin Guoan, wrapped in a black fox cloak, slumped on the dragon throne. The green smoke from the gilded heater swirled around his sunken eye sockets. Yu Ruyue stared at the blackened knuckles on his fingertips and suddenly remembered the rotten corpse she had seen in Qingtian Mansion three years ago, with the same blue-black color seeping from the cracks between his fingernails.

Yu Ruyue retracted her gaze and quickly knelt down. "Your humble servant, Yu Ruyue, greets Your Majesty. May Your Majesty be blessed with good health."

Qin Guoan looked at the figure kneeling on the ground, feeling an indescribable blockage in his heart. He just listened and watched quietly. He wondered how far this legendary goddess who could call the wind and rain and communicate with the heavens could endure.

Time is passing by every second.

Yu Ruyue didn't hear Qin Guoan's voice asking him to get up, so she just kept kneeling. Fortunately, he had thought of the current situation before he came over. He had thick knee pads tied around his knees, hidden under his overlapping clothes.

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