Human hearts are always greedy.
Since the death of his parents, the lonely and helpless Li Shengyi had the opportunity to witness a lot of greedy human nature in his previous life.
Just like the palace maid from Chengde Palace who was walking towards her, she guessed that the other party must want to find out her identity first.
If his identity was exposed and he 'accidentally caused the twelfth prince to fall into the water', his life or death would be in danger.
This palace maid will surely run back happily to report the news to her master, intending to ask for benefits.
Count in your heart.
When she counted to ten, as expected, a slightly shrill duck voice sounded behind her.
"Don't be afraid, young lady. The Twelfth Prince is a lucky man and will be fine."
After hearing the comfort, Li Shengyi sobbed and raised his head from the palace maid's arms.
She looked at the eunuch in front of her with tears in her eyes, and her voice was so hoarse from crying that she almost couldn't make a sound.
"Really?"
The palace attendant nodded vigorously, "Of course it's true. The Twelfth Prince is the Majesty's son. With the True Dragon's protection, everything will be fine."
"This old servant is getting confused. But the young lady is the second young lady of Lord Yun's family?"
The other party's purpose is too obvious.
Li Shengyi applauded himself in his heart for guessing the other party's intention, while sobbing and shaking his head.
"My father is the Prime Minister. I am not Miss Yun, I am Shengyi."
Li Shengyi raised her hand to rub her eyes which were red and swollen from crying. She was still sobbing. She felt something flowing down her nose, and she immediately sniffed.
"Eunuch, will the Twelfth Prince really be alright?"
She acted so insecure, so weak and childish that the palace maids didn't even pretend, they just lowered their heads to hide the smile in their eyes.
After bowing and saying "yes", he heard the palace servant speak anxiously, "I see that they don't seem to have found the twelfth prince. I will go back and find a net bag."
"Don't be afraid, Miss Shengyi. The Twelfth Prince will be fine."
The palace maid's pace of leaving could almost be described as flying. She was not an old fool as he said.
There are no stupid palace maids in the palace. Those who are stupid are either sent to work as laundry maids or bullied to death.
Taking his eyes away from the palace maid who had already walked away, Li Shengyi turned back to look at the palace maid holding him, "Thank you, sister."
The maid shook her head and frowned as she looked at the palace servants fishing for people in and around the pond. A look of worry crossed her face. "Did the Twelfth Prince really fall into the water? Why hasn't he been found yet?"
Li Shengyi swallowed his saliva, calmed his sobs, and then spoke in a hoarse voice, "Maybe I saw it wrong."
"Just now I was playing with the Twelfth Prince, but in the blink of an eye he disappeared."
"Then I heard a sound of falling into the water..."
Before the palace maid could speak, hot tears began to roll down her red eyes.
"Have you brothers and sisters found the Twelfth Prince? The pond is not big, how come you can't find him?"
The pond was indeed not big, but the water was cold in winter, and the palace maids who entered the pond were so cold that their faces turned pale.
After scooping out handful after handful of mud, a palace maid raised her head and said in frustration, "Miss, do you remember clearly? Did the Twelfth Prince really fall into this pond?"
Li Shengyi shook his head. "Maybe I heard it wrong."
"Twelfth Prince?! Twelfth Prince, are you around?"
"If you hear me calling you, please come out. I don't want that gold hairpin anymore!"
After Li Shengyi finished speaking, the palace servants around him stopped trying to rescue people and turned their heads to look around.
A palace maid noticed something moving in the grass that one would not notice if not looking carefully.
He hurriedly ran towards the bushes.
After seeing the Twelfth Prince hiding in the bushes, the palace servant breathed a sigh of relief, "Found him! The Twelfth Prince has been found!"
When Chu Huaize followed the palace maid towards the pavilion, he saw Li Shengyi holding a brocade bag in his hand.
When he looked closer, he found that the other party was distributing golden beans to the palace servants who came to help rescue people.
"I would like to apologize to all the brothers and sisters today. It was because of my misunderstanding that I made you brothers and sisters take the trouble to help me."
"These are just a small token of my gratitude. I hope you brothers and sisters won't blame me for playing around. Please use them to buy some medicine so I don't get too cold."
"Shengyi only hopes that all the brothers and sisters can keep the secret for Shengyi. Shengyi is just an adopted daughter. Daddy is very fierce. Shengyi is afraid of being beaten..."
Li Shengyi has long since transformed from the malnourished child he used to be to his current rosy and tender appearance.
She has beautiful facial features. Even though she is still young, she already has the outline of a stunning beauty in the future.
In addition, she was born with a pair of eyes that could speak. Just a blink of those almond-shaped eyes could make the palace maid standing in front of her run around in circles.
When they heard her mention the Prime Minister Qin Songmo, the palace people's minds suddenly popped up with Qin Songmo's usual cold and stern appearance.
I felt sympathy for Li Shengyi.
Now she was so obedient in giving them the golden beans, which made these palace maids' hearts lean towards her.
"Don't worry, Miss Shengyi. Everyone is keeping their mouths shut. Today's events will definitely not be spread around."
"It's just that Chengde Palace..."
Li Shengyi sniffed and, following the palace maid's suggestion, turned his head to look at the Chengde Hall beside him.
"Is that Chengde Palace? Who lives there? Brothers and sisters, please go back and change your clothes later. I will go over and thank that brother."
Seeing how well-behaved and capable she was, the palace maids began to like her more and more.
In the palace, the first rule of survival is to know how to read people's expressions.
Many of them are young palace servants who were sent to serve the palace master who is very close to the cold palace because they have no qualifications.
They had been unable to make any money for years, and this was the first time a young lady from a wealthy family called them brothers and sisters, and she was polite and apologized to them.
The palace servants weighed the golden beans in their hands. The weight was not very large, but it was enough for them to feel Li Shengyi's sincerity.
After a group of palace servants received the golden beans from Li Shengyi, knelt down and left, Li Shengyi finally breathed a sigh of relief and turned his head to look at Chu Huaize beside him.
"What are you looking at? Why are you daydreaming?"
Seeing that Little Potato was staring at him without even blinking, Li Shengyi raised his eyebrows and immediately stepped forward and pinched his cheek.
It’s pink and tender, and feels perfect!
Chu Huaize was still immersed in the shock that Li Shengyi had bribed so many palace servants by himself.
Feeling his face being pinched, he looked up, his eyes full of admiration for the person in front of him.
"Sister, you are so awesome!"
Li Shengyi couldn't help but curl his lips at his praise, "Is it amazing? I have something even more amazing, do you want to see it?"
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