The moment the veil was taken off, Qin Ruoruo saw the maid's appearance clearly. She was stunned and subconsciously shouted: "Qin Ranran? Why are you here?"
Ying'er didn't expect Qin Ruoruo to suddenly take off her veil, and she didn't expect that she would actually recognize her face. She immediately lost her pretense and quickly waved her hands to explain to her: "This servant... This servant is not Miss Qin Er..."
After hearing the maid's voice, Qin Ruoruo was sure that the maid in front of her was not Qin Ranran. But she couldn't figure out how there could be two people in the world who looked so much alike? And they didn't even have the same parents.
Qin Ruoruo let go of the hand that was supporting the palace maid and returned the veil in her hand to her. Although she knew that she was not Qin Ranran, she still felt uncomfortable looking at her face, so she simply stopped looking at her: "What's your name? Which palace are you from? How dare you be so unruly and mess around in the Queen's bedroom?"
"I didn't know this was the Queen's bedroom..."
At the same time, a voice came from behind, "Please forgive me, Miss Qin!"
"She is a palace maid that our Concubine Yu just recruited into the palace yesterday. She doesn't know the rules yet. Miss Qin, please be magnanimous and don't bother with a little palace maid like her." Xiaolan hurried over with her people. She just asked a eunuch and he said that she saw a palace maid with a veil going in the direction of the Empress's palace.
She was afraid that Gu Yanyue would see Ying'er's face, so she ran all the way here with her men, but she was still a step too late. It would be bad if she was seen by anyone, but it happened to be seen by Qin Ruoruo, another young lady from Duke Qin's mansion.
Qin Ruoruo raised an eyebrow. Her impression of the maid had finally improved, but when she heard that she was a servant in Concubine Yu's palace, her impression instantly dropped again. "Oh? When did the maids in Concubine Yu's palace become so unruly? They even dared to come to the Queen's Fengqi Palace without informing her."
She took a few steps forward, pushed Ying'er down to her knees, and kowtowed to Qin Ruoruo several times.
"Ying'er has just arrived at the palace and doesn't know anything yet. She hasn't gotten to know the palace properly. This morning, Concubine Yu was short-handed, so I asked her to go to the Imperial Kitchen and bring her breakfast. I forgot she was new here and wasn't familiar with the place. I didn't expect her to wander into the Queen's palace and even offend Miss Qin. I hope Miss Qin doesn't mind! I'll definitely discipline her when I get back."
Qin Ruoruo asked the question that had been puzzling her mind for a while, "Why does she look so much like my second sister? Can you let me see her face? I want to know if it's artificial or a disguise."
Qin Ruoruo deliberately emphasized the word "disguise". Xiaolan looked up and met Qin Ruoruo's icy eyes. She subconsciously shrank her neck and her hands and feet became cold. "Miss Qin, what you said is true. Our Ying'er's face must be natural. Everyone in the palace knows that Miss Qin will be executed soon. If you disguise yourself as her, aren't you afraid that people will think it's Miss Qin who escaped from prison?"
"It's not impossible." Qin Ruoruo's lips moved slightly. Her voice was not loud, but it was heard clearly by the palace maids and eunuchs present. "After all, Duke Qin would do anything for his only daughter. It wouldn't be difficult to find someone to disguise themselves and take the blame."
"Miss Qin, you're joking... Even if Duke Qin wanted to find someone to disguise themselves and take the blame, there's no way he could find our Concubine Yu's palace. Miss Qin also knows that ever since that incident, our Concubine has been at odds with the Empress and Duke Qin's residence. Even if Duke Qin wants help, there's no way he'd find our Concubine!"
Xiaolan's back was soaked with cold sweat after she finished speaking. She dug her nails into her flesh, making sure she stayed awake enough to avoid being tricked by Qin Ruoruo.
"That's right. If you hadn't reminded me, I would have almost forgotten." Qin Ruoruo chuckled, "Then I won't bother you and take this palace maid back."
After Qin Ruoruo finished speaking, she left behind the palace maids and eunuchs who were still kneeling on the ground and entered Fengqi Palace.
Xiaolan watched Qin Ruoruo's back disappear at the gate of Fengqi Palace before she stood up and whispered to the eunuchs behind her, "Hurry up and take Ying'er back to Concubine Yu's palace. If anyone sees her appearance again, Concubine Yu will definitely not let us off easily when we return."
The eunuchs received the order and stepped forward, skillfully picking up two handkerchiefs and stuffing them into Ying'er's mouth, forcing her to make only mumbling sounds. Then they found a stronger eunuch and carried Ying'er on his shoulders, making it impossible to see what she looked like.
As soon as Qin Ruoruo entered Fengqi Palace, she lifted her skirt and trotted into the main hall of Fengqi Palace. She didn't look like a noble lady at all. As she ran, she shouted: "Sister Gu! Sister Gu! Something terrible has happened!"
Gu Yanyue had just handed Xiao Yuntun to the palace maid beside her and asked her to take Xiao Yuntun downstairs to feed him some complementary food that had just been delivered from the imperial kitchen, when she saw Qin Ruoruo running in hurriedly.
Qin Ruoruo ran so fast that she was a little out of breath when she stopped. Gu Yanyue went forward to help her catch her breath and asked, "What happened? Why are you running so fast?"
Qin Ruoruo waited until she calmed down, then picked up the teapot on the table and poured herself a cup of tea. After drinking it, she felt alive again. "Sister Gu, guess who did I see this palace maid who looked like at the gate of Fengqi Palace just now?"
Gu Yanyue asked uncertainly, "Qin Ranran?"
"Oh! That's right! How did you guess it right on the first try!" Qin Ruoruo put down the teacup and felt a little unbelievable. She hadn't given any clues yet, but she didn't expect Gu Yanyue to guess it so easily.
Gu Yanyue laughed dumbly and said, "No one else can make you lose your manners like this except Qin Ranran."
"Come, sit down and tell me in detail how you found out." After Gu Yanyue asked the palace maid to take Xiao Yuntun away, she pulled Qin Ruoruo to sit on the chair.
"When I entered the palace today, I saw a maid wearing a veil and acting suspiciously at your door, so I went up to her and took off her veil. I didn't expect that she looked exactly like Qin Ranran. If it weren't for their different voices and temperaments, I would have thought that Qin Ranran had escaped from the prison and came to die with you..."
"If she wants to do that, she should beat me first! Her martial arts skills are barely mediocre, and she's trying to find someone to kill her. She's lucky she didn't get killed."
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