Dongfang Yi watched in disbelief as the face in front of her suddenly loomed closer. Helian Qi's lips came down on hers. Her eyes widened involuntarily, and her mind seemed to explode with a sudden buzz.
For a moment, her movements froze. By the time she fully came to her senses, she instinctively raised her hand and slapped the man on top of her.
"Slap!"
The crisp sound reverberated in the air. Helian Qi was also startled by her action. His face immediately flushed, and then he sat up straight, frowning but with bright eyes fixed on Dongfang Yi.
"Helian Qi, are you crazy!" Dongfang Yi kept wiping her mouth, her voice full of anger.
But the man in front of her remained silent. His eyes only grew more and more desolate as he stared at her intently.
Dongfang Yi could hardly breathe under his gaze. Her heart was pounding violently.
Who did he think he was? How dare he break into her room in the middle of the night and take liberties with her? How dare he casually demand her return while easily flirting with other women? And how dare he so easily stir up her emotions?
Thinking of this, Dongfang Yi's eyes uncontrollably welled up with tears. Her eyes were filled with humiliation. The man in front of her, drunk on this night, was just amusing himself at her expense. Just thinking about it made her heart ache unbearably.
Helian Qi saw the woman in front of him on the verge of tears. His expression instantly turned panicked. He had never seen Dongfang Yi cry, not even when... when he slapped her...
Was he really that detestable to her? Was his kiss that unacceptable?
"I'm sorry..." Helian Qi couldn't help but apologize. He hadn't intended to do such a thing, but he didn't expect her to suddenly open her eyes and stare blankly at him.
That look in her eyes reminded him of the countless times they had gazed into each other's eyes. Maybe it was the alcohol that finally got the better of him and made him lose control.
Dongfang Yi simply raised her hand to wipe away the tears from the corners of her eyes and let out a disdainful snort at the man.
"Sorry for what? You're the emperor. Didn't you bring me back just for your amusement?"
Dongfang Yi half-sat up, stared at the man opposite her, and said with a sneer.
Helian Qi's heart stabbed sharply at her words. Then his heart began to ache as if being cut by a knife.
He had nothing more to say. After all, he had done such things to her. What was the point of explanation now?
Thinking of this, he fell silent. He just frowned, turned around, and walked out step by step.
"Don't ever come again. I don't want to see you!"
He heard Dongfang Yi's extremely determined words from behind. The voice was filled with a shrill tone. Suddenly, something in his chest seemed to collapse, and then he disappeared from her sight.
In the palace, only Dongfang Yi remained, sitting there in a daze on the bed. Her hair was a bit messy, and her face was deathly pale. In the dimly lit palace, she looked like a ghost.
"Hahaha..." She suddenly burst into uncontrollable laughter.
Outside the bedroom, Donghua saw Helian Qi walking out of the palace with a pained expression. Hearing the laughter from inside the palace, a sense of unease washed over him, and he quickly rushed into the bedroom.
Dongfang Yi had already gotten out of bed. She walked barefoot to the cabinet, swept her hand across it, and there followed the sound of porcelain shattering on the ground.
She walked up to various things and kept smashing them. The sound of things falling echoed throughout the palace. Even her bare feet were cut by the broken porcelain, and blood kept flowing out.
"Your Highness, please stop!" Donghua quickly walked to her side and said with concern.
Then he added, "Your Highness, your feet are bleeding."
"Donghua, is the sound of me smashing things loud?" Dongfang Yi suddenly looked up at Donghua. Her eyes were bloodshot and a bit scary.
"Yes, it is," Donghua replied with pity.
"Do you think everyone can hear it?" she asked again.
"Your Highness..." Donghua frowned as he looked at the woman in front of him. Her crazy appearance was really heart - wrenching.
"I'm asking you!" Dongfang Yi suddenly raised her voice and snapped.
"Yes, Your Highness! It's so quiet at night. All the palaces should be able to hear it by now," Donghua responded helplessly, lowering his head.
"That's good," Dongfang Yi nodded blankly and murmured. Then she threw a blue - and - white porcelain vase on the ground.
It was good that everyone in the palace could hear. Then there would be rumors flying around the palace tomorrow: last night, the emperor left the queen's palace in a fit of anger, the queen smashed the palace in a rage, the emperor and the queen had a fight, and the queen was suspected of being sent to the cold palace.
Then she could finally have some peace. She didn't have to care about the title of queen anymore. Anyway, everyone would say she was sent to the cold palace.
Thinking of this, Dongfang Yi smashed things even more vigorously, with a bitter smile on her lips. Seeing this, Donghua could only shake his head and reluctantly retreat.
Not long after, the sound of smashing things stopped. Just as Donghua was about to breathe a sigh of relief, he heard a "thud" as if something had fallen to the ground.
When he entered the palace, he found Dongfang Yi lying on the ground. Her feet were a bloody mess.
Donghua quickly sent a little maid in the palace to invite Doctor Li from the imperial hospital. He himself quickly carried her to the bed, fetched a basin of water, and carefully wiped her feet with a clean cloth.
His heart was filled with pity. He thought to himself how cruel this woman was to herself. Her feet were so badly cut by the porcelain shards that she fainted due to excessive blood loss.
When Doctor Li arrived, he saw this scene. Dongfang Yi's feet were cut up everywhere.
He immediately exclaimed, "Oh, Your Highness, what happened?"
But seeing the wreckage in the palace, he stopped talking. After all, these were the affairs of the noble people, and they, as ministers, had no right to ask.
Thinking of this, he quickly opened his medicine box to apply medicine to Dongfang Yi.
After applying the medicine and wrapping her feet with a cloth, Doctor Li instructed Donghua, "Your Highness's foot injury is very serious. After she wakes up, she must not get out of bed. Be sure to apply the medicine on time every day. It will take about a month for her to get better."
Donghua bowed and thanked him, then sent someone in the palace to escort Doctor Li back to the imperial hospital.
On the couch, the woman's eyes were tightly closed, and her eyebrows were tightly knitted.
It seemed that even in her dreams, there were only unpleasant things entangling her. Maybe she was having some other nightmare. In any case, her dream must be very terrifying.