After he paused for a while, he continued: “Mu Yan towards Yu Li, Xiao Bao, and Rui Ze’s heart, is actually the same.”
The Emperor’s face color darkened, “Towards whoever, he will be friendly. Only towards me he would be rigid and less spoken. Rui Ze came to visit, he talked and laughed with him. Once he heard my voice, he became silent at once.”
Jue Yu heaved a sigh, “You have to give him some more time. Be patient. To cultivate the heart is the same as to cultivate the body. You have to do it slowly.”
After two days, The Blind Concubine gradually felt something was wrong.
“Where is Xiao Bao?”
The Palace’s servant with the utmost respect answered him: “Answer, Master. Xiao Bao was temporarily assigned to serve at another palace.”
The Blind Concubine knitted his brows, “Why?”
“This….” The Palace’s servant hesitated for a while, “The Emperor had ordered, Xiao Bao to be moved to serve at another palace. When will he come back, your humble subject doesn’t know.”
The Blind Concubine staggeringly stood up, then anxiously said: “Xiao Bao has been with me from the very start.”
The Palace’s servant said: “But this is His Majesty’s order…..”
“I want Xiao Bao to come back. He has been with me. If he had to follow other people, it would put him in a great inconvenience. I… I want him back…..”
The announcing loud voice from outside notified: “The Emperor has arrived---”
The Blind Concubine once hearing that, hurriedly went towards the door. Stretched his hands to grope wildly, he touched the front robe of the Emperor. Immediately he seized it in his palm and pulled it, “Where is Xiao Bao? Where did you send Xiao Bao to?”
The Emperor helped to support him, told him: “Xiao Bao is serving in another palace.”
“I don’t believe it!” The Blind Concubine’s pair of eyes tightly closed, shook his head with all his might, “Why did you send him away? It because you have ruthlessly punished him, isn’t it? Tell me!!”
The Emperor frowned, “Why did you say it like that?”
“I just want Xiao Bao back!!” The Blind Concubine loosened his grip on the Emperor’s front robe then suddenly fell, knelt down, bumped on the brick: “I beg you… let him come back. Don’t kill him...” His voice hoarsened very much.
The Emperor angrily said: “You get up first! The floor is cold. Your body has recuperated for several days.”
The Blind Concubine shook his head, his eyes had become very red, “Please let Xiao Bao come back. He has always been with me. Please don’t harm him, let him come back. I beg you……”
He said that with sobs, his face color was red. He had started to cough violently.
The Emperor couldn’t stand it and yielded: “You stand up first, I will let Xiao Bao come back, alright?!” Both of his hands carried The Blind Concubine in a bridal embrace, bringing him back to the bed. That body was very cold. His palm was covered with nothing but sweat.
The Blind Concubine’s soft and weak body was slanted. The roundish droplets of tears were flowing from the corner of his eyes. Flashing through his cheek, dripped and dropped on the cotton-padded mattress. “In any way I am unable to see, you could just lie to me……”
His heart was really hurt.
As if as precious and valuable as a frail thing, once it was smashed and broken, it couldn’t be repaired nor mended anymore.