novelraw Chapter 1400 - 1484: Vicissitudes and Indifference
Chapter 1400 - 1484: Vicissitudes and Indifference
Ji Jiuhuang was momentarily startled, but then she slowly raised her hand and lightly touched her head.
When Ji Jiuhuang touched her, Dong Huiying’s body stiffened involuntarily, but she did not flinch. Ji Jiuhuang still wore a look of world-weary indifference, yet the hint of red at the corner of her eye betrayed her inner emotions.
"My Baowei, you’ve grown up. It’s wonderful to be alive to see you."
Dong Huiying also chuckled softly, "Although I remember little about the past, if you don’t mind, I’d like us to get to know each other again. My name now is Dong Huiying; I prefer this name. Ji Jiuhuang, Your Highness Ninth, I look forward to your guidance in the future."
Ji Jiuhuang was slightly taken aback, then a trickle of laughter escaped her lips, "Dong Huiying? Yun Ge thought Baowei was too plain, and I found Purple Chervil too pretentious for you. For the sake of naming, she was at odds with me for over a decade. But in the end, it’s Huiying; it seems we both lost, and this time it’s a draw." It was always close; a former common state.
Even if there were wins and losses, one could always make a comeback.
Recalling back then, she and Yun Ge were indeed childish. After Dong Baowei’s departure from the Capital, the winds and clouds in the city were ever-changing.
First, the Empress fell into a coma, then she was ambushed in the game against the Eighth Princess; many of her old loyalists were purged by the Eighth Princess, and blood flowed freely in the entire Capital.
Thereafter, she herself was imprisoned by the Eighth Princess; she was only protected by this inherited Phoenix Blood, else the ancient families might not have shielded her, and she might have already perished at the hands of the Eighth Princess.
She was in the palace, driven mad day by day, sternly imprisoned for many years, her spirit no longer as it was.
Where did her world-weariness come from?
Precisely here, because of all these years of hardship!
Yet, no matter how much she had gone through, there remained a pure soil in her heart, reserved for the person she cherished most in her life.
Ji Jiuhuang’s moments of clarity were irregular, but overall they were quite short-lived.
Ji Jiuhuang had much to say to Dong Huiying, many things to ask. She wished to know how the Devouring God Gu was inside Baowei, wanted to know when she married, how her husband treated her, where she had been living all these years, and if she had suffered.
She had countless things to ask but felt her awareness blurring; she knew she would soon revert to her mad state.
"Baowei!"
She clasped Dong Huiying’s hand tightly, keeping her gaze attentively on Dong Huiying until her eyes closed. She seemed to want to memorize this face, a face now vastly different from before.
After a while, the person before her looked bewildered, wore a dazed expression, then foolishly began to laugh again, hugging Dong Huiying’s arm, like a puppy begging for attention, persistently cuddling against Dong Huiying.
Her behavior was rather amusing.
The contrast between before and after she regained her senses was especially striking!
Seeing her like this, Dong Huiying couldn’t help but let out a chuckle.
Finally managing to get the clingy Ji Jiuhuang to sit obediently on a chair, Dong Huiying looked towards Prince Meng, "Well, can I begin my treatment?"
Prince Meng smiled wryly, "What else can be done? Ninth Sister has already agreed, it’s her choice. Since she trusts, I can only trust along with her."
Dong Huiying laughed lightly, "You’re too guarded, always thinking everyone around is bad, but that’s not the case. However, I’ve found your perspective isn’t quite right, otherwise there wouldn’t be so many spies around you."