Xiaohua trembled all over.
"Oh," the nanny smiled, "It's not your last meal, it's the last meal the Queen gives you..."
Xiaohua felt relieved a little. She also felt that even if she had no merits, she had worked hard, and the queen would not kill her like this.
"You're also a fool," the nanny glanced at her and said, "why not just listen to the queen and keep the princess?"
"The princess has escaped... and Her Majesty has lost... an opponent," Xiaohua muttered softly, knowing it was a weak excuse. It would be far more culpable to be found guilty of letting her escape out of softness than of being foolish.
"You haven't figured it out yet?!" Nanny looked at Xiaohua as if she were a fool. "The biggest obstacle right now is just her—Mu Chenshuang! If you let the princess go, who else can compete with Mu Chenshuang?"
The nanny seemed to be getting angrier and angrier as she spoke. She simply snorted and walked out: "Eat the buns while they're hot. Why did you choose such an idiot in the first place..."
Xiaohua held the food box in her hand without saying a word. Suddenly, a squeaking mouse came from somewhere and quickly bumped into her feet. She screamed and the food box fell to the ground - the white steamed buns quickly rolled to the ground covered with dust.
Xiaohua closed her eyes tiredly, turned around and prepared to get a broom to clean up, and returned to this dirty and gloomy environment.
After all the trouble and effort, you have fought hard but ended up going around in a circle exhausted and back to where you started.
When I got the broom, I found that the mouse was so bold that it didn't run away. Instead, it stuck its little head into the bun. It even made a delightful "squeaking" sound.
Although she was afraid of mice, she was so angry at the moment that she waved the broom at the mouse. The mouse became alert and quickly "swished" to the wall. The storage room was already cluttered with things, and it disappeared in an instant.
She threw the broom in anger. Another maid called out from outside, "Xiaohua, have you got the cleaning tools? We still have to go to Concubine De's place!"
Empress Defei was frugal and generous. There were few maids in Zhuangning Palace, so when she needed to clean, she would just ask the idle maids in the palace to do it.
Xiaohua agreed and went to the corner to count the brooms. When she got the third one, a black thing suddenly emerged. She took a step back in shock and found that the black thing was lying on its side and twitching slightly.
It turned out to be a mouse!
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