Chapter 2585 Human Instinct

Yun Dai nodded and watched him go out, frowning in thought.

Qing Yi came in with a tray and said softly: "Mother, it's time to drink the medicine."

Yun Dai picked up the bowl, took a sip, looked around, and asked, "Where's Baoxing? Why haven't you seen him?"

"Baoxing...still kneeling outside."

"Didn't I tell him to get up? Really, who are you playing stubborn with? Tell him to come in."

"Yes." Qing Yi hurriedly went out and called Bao Xing in.

Baoxing was kneeling on the hard gravel road, and his knees were numb and painful. If he knelt for a long time, his knees would be broken.

In the past, many maids and eunuchs in the palace had problems with their legs falling due to this, causing unbearable pain in cold weather. This is the case with Liu Dequan beside the emperor.

The situation got better after Yun Dai became the queen, treated others generously, and rarely punished people to kneel down at will.

Baoxing staggered in, his face pale and his head covered with sweat.

Yun Dai asked Qing Yi to bring him a stool to sit on and twist a towel to wipe his face.

Yun Dai drank the medicine slowly. After finishing it, she saw that he had recovered and then said: "Baoxing, you are here to save me, not to harm me. How can I blame you? You broke your leg by kneeling. Who will protect me when I go out again?"

"This slave will not hesitate to break his body to pieces for his wife."

"Stop saying these clichés."

"This slave is guilty."

"What's your crime? I'm most annoyed by you being like this. I know you're loyal, so you don't have to die to apologize. The emperor didn't even punish you."

Bao Xing glanced at the gauze wrapped around her forehead and looked guilty: "I shouldn't have pushed the empress away at that time. I should have blocked the arrow myself. Make sure that the empress was not harmed at all."

"Baoxing, do you know what people's instinctive reaction is when they encounter danger?"

"I don't know."

"Human instinct is to protect oneself first. This has nothing to do with any moral issues, it is an instinctive reaction." Yun Dai said, "Just like when a person is drowning, he will instinctively grab everything around him. Sometimes he will even save himself. People are also dragged into the water. This is not because they are bad, but because of the human instinct of self-preservation."

Bao Xing and Qing Yi were stunned for a moment.

"So," Yun Dai concluded, "it is not easy to think of and protect the safety of people around you in critical moments. In such a short time, how could you think that I would hit the table next to me? Not to mention which of the two evils is the lesser , I’d rather hit a table than be hit by an arrow.”

Bao Xing shook his head: "I should block the arrow."

"Okay, next time you must remember to use your body to block the arrow. After death, everything will be in vain. No one will protect me next time."

"..." Bao Xing was silent for a moment, "If the slave dies, there will be others who will continue to protect the empress."

"Then why don't you live well?" Yun Dai waved her hand, "Go back to your room, apply some medicine, and lie down to rest. You don't have to come here to serve me these two days."

Baoxing thanked him and walked out slowly.

Yun Dai shook her head: "What a stupid person."

Qing Yi pursed her lips and smiled: "That's why the empress is so tolerant. If it were another master who had his head knocked like this, it would be strange not to get angry. You still comfort Baoxing. You should finish the medicine in the bowl soon. It's time to cool down."

Yun Dai frowned and drank it in one gulp.

"It's so painful."

"Come, my dear, try this. It's made from honey beans." Qing Yi stuffed a piece of salted peach meat over her.

Yun Dai ate and said with a smile: "It's so delicious. With our skill in honey beans, if we go out and open a restaurant, won't we make a fortune?"