Yu Zizhen took Cui Yu out of the yard and let her lead them slowly towards the princess's yard.
Cui Yu was torn between her conscience and her desires, but she couldn't help but ask Yu Zizhen, "Prince, Mama Liu and Cui Ping..."
Yu Zizhen looked around inconspicuously and replied nonchalantly, "Don't worry, I won't tell the princess that they deliberately harmed me."
Cui Yu almost couldn't hold back her tears when she heard this. She felt that her princess was so pitiful. Her father didn't care about her, her mother didn't love her, and the wet nurse and maids around her were unfaithful. Although she had fine clothes and delicious food, her life was not as comfortable as hers as a servant.
At least she was loved at home, and after coming to the mansion, thanks to her parents, she soon became a second-class maid in the princess's courtyard. The princess treated her kindly, and she had never suffered any grievances or suffering over the years.
Yu Zizhen, who was unaware that he was being silently pitied by the maid, observed the terrain, routes, buildings, plants, rockery, etc. along the way, and then began to think about what method he would use to rob the princess, cough, plunder, cough, beg for some money.
The master and servant came to the princess's yard with their own thoughts. Cuiyu cheered up and asked Qingyi, the second-class maid in the princess's yard, to help go into the house to pass the message.
Princess Zhenbei had actually heard Cuiyu and Qingyi talking in the yard a long time ago. She frowned impatiently and asked, "Why is she coming to my place instead of taking a good rest?"
"Princess," one of the Zhenbei Princess's trusted maids whispered to her, "The Crown Prince will be going to the capital soon. At this critical juncture, you should indulge her a little more."
Princess Zhenbei took a deep breath and put away her impatience. "Go and invite the prince in."
With the system as his gospel informant, Yu Zizhen knows exactly what Princess Zhenbei is thinking.
Although she was not actually the daughter of Princess Zhenbei and would not be saddened by her boredom and indifference, she was still determined to trick Princess Zhenbei.
It's nothing else, she just feels sorry for the little original owner.
"Cough cough cough... cough cough cough..." In order to blur the words "mother concubine", Yu Zizhen saluted to the Princess of Zhenbei in a formal manner, while his face turned red and he coughed fakely.
Princess Zhenbei was afraid that Yu Zizhen would pass on his illness to her, so she subconsciously leaned back, covered her mouth with a handkerchief with her left hand, and waved her right hand perfunctorily at Yu Zizhen, "No need to be so polite, sit down and talk."
"Prince, please sit here. I have specially put a cushion on it for you." Qingyi's eyes were smart. The moment Princess Zhenbei leaned back subconsciously, she immediately made a decisive move and brought a small brocade stool that suited Yu Zizhen's height.
She placed the small round stool not too far from Princess Zhenbei but definitely not too close, so that Yu Zizhen would not notice her deliberate alienation, and at the same time, Princess Zhenbei would not have to worry about being infected by her illness.
"What a keen eye, wow." Yu Zizhen's mind moved, and she complained to her baby-voice system in an ambiguous manner.
The little baby sound system is quiet as a chicken.
Yu Zizhen didn't mind. She coughed a few more times on purpose and said, "Thank you very much."
Princess Zhenbei secretly breathed a sigh of relief. She put down the hand holding the handkerchief and said, "Since you are still sick, why don't you stay in your room and rest for a while? You came to see me in such a hurry, but what's the urgent matter?"
She didn't want Yu Zizhen to stay here for long, and Yu Zizhen didn't want to be so polite as to flatter someone like her who had nothing to say to her.
"There are two things."
"Mother Liu and Cuiping in my room are reluctant to leave their family but dare not tell me directly. They have been a little absent-minded these days. It just so happens that I will dress like a man when I enter the capital. I thought that instead of separating them from their family, I might as well not bring them to the capital with me."
"The same goes for Cuiyu. Although she is devoted to serving me, I can't be partial to her, right?"
"Princess?" Cui Yuwan never expected that she was involved in this. She was shocked and nervous, and her eyes turned red in an instant.
Yu Zizhen patted her hands like a little adult, "I know you're loyal, but I'm going to dress like a man from now on. I can't always have a beautiful maid serving me, right?"
Cuiyu's father is the third steward of the palace, and her mother is the steward's wife of the main kitchen. With them taking care of her, Cuiyu doesn't have to worry about her future life in the Zhenbei Palace.
Of course, "it's not appropriate to have a maid around when you're dressed as a man" was just an excuse Yu Zizhen came up with to deal with the Zhenbei King and his wife.
The real reason why she was unwilling to take Cui Yu with her was that she did not want Cui Yu to be passively involved in the open and secret struggles between her and the princess.
In the original book, the princess used Cui Yu's parents as a threat, forcing Cui Yu to report to her every once in a while about Yu Zizhen's movements in the capital and some important events that happened in the capital.
Cui Yu couldn't bear to leave her parents, so no matter how reluctant she was, she had to compromise with Princess Zhenbei, who held her parents' lives in her hands. However, the huge psychological pressure of betraying her master made her unable to sleep or eat.
Less than two years after arriving in Beijing, Cui Yu became ill from working herself to death.
The young owner knew nothing about this. She spared no effort to find a doctor and medicine for Cui Yu, and racked her brains to cure this loyal maid who was willing to accompany her to the capital.
But the more she cared about Cui Yu, the more she suffered from the guilt and self-blame in Cui Yu's heart.
In the end, Cui Yu, determined to die, died in the late winter of that year. Before she died, she confessed her betrayal to the little master.
It was from that time that the little owner completely lost her heart towards Princess Zhenbei.
As an unimportant cannon fodder character, the moment Cui Yu appeared, the system gave Yu Zizhen a cannon fodder rescue mission with a completion reward of only 30 points.
Anyway, it was something that could be done easily, so Yu Zizhen didn't care about the very few points given by this stingy system, which were like a beggar's reward.
Princess Zhenbei was impatient to watch them perform the affectionate act of master and servant. She asked, "Then who are you planning to bring to the capital? The maidservant and the attendant?"
Yu Zizhen shook his head. "Don't the prince's palace in the capital also have servants left behind? I can just use them."
The princess frowned, "No, in your situation, the people around you must be absolutely trustworthy."
Yu Zizhen knew that Princess Zhenbei would definitely not agree. She felt a little embarrassed, "But no matter who I take away, won't they be separated from their entire family?"
Before Princess Zhenbei could start to lecture her, Yu Zizhen suddenly said, "Ah! There's one person who doesn't know how to do this! Do you still remember the apricot blossom in my yard? Why don't I take her to the capital?"
Princess Zhenbei glared at Yu Zizhen, who was daydreaming, with a look of disdain that said, "Have you burned your brain?" "She's just a fool, and she's so young. What's the point of taking her with you?"
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