Wen Fuyue faintly felt that she seemed to have been looked down upon by Wei Sinian. So, not quite willing to admit defeat, she looked up at him, with the corners of her mouth unconsciously drooping slightly. She looked pouty and discontented.
Seeing her expression, Wei Sinian felt rather pleased. A faint smile appeared in his eyes as he said, "What, does the imperial concubine think I won't help you?"
Not really. Wen Fuyue was taken aback. Then she recalled the weak and feverish look on Wei Sinian when he saved her. Her conscience started to bother her. The anger that had been in her heart vanished, leaving only a deep sense of entanglement.
Should she ask?
[Wei Sinian doesn't seem angry. It feels like he's in a pretty good mood right now. The problem is, what should I ask? Where should I start so as not to touch his sore spot?]
Hearing this, Wei Sinian raised his eyebrows. Watching Wen Fuyue become more and more entangled, with her willow - leaf eyebrows almost knitted into an earthworm, he asked gently, "Let me guess. Perhaps the imperial concubine wants to ask why the empress dowager is targeting you?"
Wen Fuyue was shocked. She looked up at Wei Sinian with eyes as wide as bells, and there was a faint look of dullness in her eyes. On the surface, she seemed speechless, but in fact, her mind was in a complete mess, and one thought after another flashed through her mind quickly.
[Is this something I'm allowed to hear? No, is Wei Sinian really that straightforward?]
[Help! Is he being so straightforward just to throw me into the cold palace after I hear this? Although he's moody, he can't be that outrageous, right?]
[Why is Wei Sinian being so proactive! I'm scared!]
Wen Fuyue felt that Wei Sinian was a bit different today. The way he looked at her carried a complexity she couldn't quite put her finger on, but it seemed much gentler. Moreover, his directness made her a bit scared.
"Well, why has the empress dowager been targeting this subject consort again and again?" After much thought, Wen Fuyue decided not to hesitate anymore. She looked at Wei Sinian and said firmly.
Not bad, there's progress. Wei Sinian was quite satisfied with Wen Fuyue's reaction. A faint smile immediately appeared in his eyes. He said unhurriedly, "At first, the empress dowager targeted you perhaps because of me."
Wen Fuyue thought the empress dowager was crazy.
Wei Sinian was silent for a moment. He thought her thought was indeed rather disrespectful, but he didn't get angry.
Wen Fuyue was right. Li Qingying had long gone crazy. She might have cared about the late emperor and the Li family before. But ever since she personally stabbed that dagger into Concubine Chen's body, Li Qingying had lost all her senses.
She was an extremely selfish and cold - hearted person, yet she always pretended to be dignified and generous. For the sake of the late emperor, she tricked her cousin into entering the palace, and then day after day, she was jealous that her cousin had taken away the favor that belonged to her.
In fact, did she love the late emperor? Wei Sinian knew that she only loved herself, the favor from the emperor, and the feeling of being above everyone else.
"And then?" Wen Fuyue didn't miss a single word of what Wei Sinian had just said. He said it was because of him at first, so what about later?
Perhaps it was because Wei Sinian's tone was so relaxed now that Wen Fuyue finally asked what was on her mind.
"Because of Concubine Chen." Wei Sinian's tone turned cold. His voice was cold and indifferent, making Wen Fuyue shiver.
He looked at Wen Fuyue, his eyes growing darker, with a hint of indescribable scrutiny and danger, like a poisonous snake coiled beside her.
Sure enough. Wen Fuyue didn't avoid Wei Sinian's gaze. She was silent for a moment under his stare.
Although Wen Fuyue finally got a definite answer, she felt even more uncertain. Who on earth was this Concubine Chen? Could it be that she had once competed with the empress dowager for the emperor's favor, so the empress dowager still held a grudge until now and even took it out on her, who was also a concubine?
But all her thoughts came to a halt when she accidentally met Wei Sinian's gaze.
Although Wei Sinian seemed very dangerous now, when Wen Fuyue looked at him, she didn't miss the confusion beneath his silence. Maybe he was just as at a loss as she was when thinking about these questions.
She was just an outsider and never had any sense of substitution when thinking about these things. But it was different for Wei Sinian. The empress dowager was his mother, yet she was so cold to him and even repeatedly challenged his bottom line.
And finally, in the end of the story, the empress dowager even indirectly caused Wei Sinian's death for the sake of her younger son.
Wen Fuyue suddenly felt a bit sorry for him. There was a hint of tenderness in her eyes as she looked at Wei Sinian.
Wei Sinian never thought that he would hear the imperial concubine feeling sorry for him. His hand unconsciously tightened, but then gradually relaxed. He closed his slightly sore eyes under Wen Fuyue's clear and gentle gaze.
"Wen Fuyue."
Wen Fuyue realized that this seemed to be the first time Wei Sinian had seriously called her name since she transmigrated into the book. She couldn't help but look up at him, and her whole figure was reflected in his eyes.
Wei Sinian saw the tiny reflection of himself in Wen Fuyue's eyes. For some reason, the corners of his mouth turned up, and he said softly, "In the future, just ask directly if you have any questions. I will give you the answers."
So you don't have to worry anymore, don't have to test me anymore. As long as you ask, I'll tell you.
Wen Fuyue never expected that Wei Sinian would say such a thing to her. All her expressions froze on her face. Under Wei Sinian's serious gaze, she suddenly couldn't say a word.
Wen Fuyue used to think that Wei Sinian was an unpredictable person. She still thought so until just before Wei Sinian said these words.
It seemed that since the moment she was summoned, an indelible shadow had been cast over Wen Fuyue's heart. Wei Sinian was a tyrant. He was unpredictable and moody.
The people around her didn't dare to say it, but their actions all told Wen Fuyue this. So she was also afraid of him, just like everyone else. Even though she tried hard to ignore the situation at that time, she would still wake up suddenly in the middle of the night and feel at a loss.
It seemed that from the moment this sentence was spoken, something had quietly changed between them. There seemed to be a tiny crack in Wen Fuyue's once - unbreakable heart.
Wei Sinian was different.
"Thump, thump, thump..."
Wen Fuyue clearly heard her own rapid and powerful heartbeat. She heard herself say, "Okay."
Then Wei Sinian smiled faintly, and his eyes were filled with an unprecedented warmth. His handsome face was full of a gentle smile, and the corners of his mouth were slightly raised.
After a moment of thought, he asked Wen Fuyue, "Wen Fuyue, it seems that I always call you the imperial concubine. What do the people in your family call you?"
People in her family? Wen Fuyue had no family. This name was very beautiful. It was given to her by the dean aunt.
But before she transmigrated into the book, the people who were on good terms with her always liked to call her Yueyue.
"Yueyue." She said these two words with some difficulty. She felt a bit embarrassed for no reason, and a blush crept up her ears.
[Woohoo, will Wei Sinian think I'm being perfunctory? The problem is, I really don't have a nickname!]
"Okay." Under Wen Fuyue's somewhat nervous gaze, Wei Sinian softly called out, "Yueyue."