About 15 minutes later, there was some movement from Ah Yin's side.
Gu Xin got up, went over to get the silver needles for A Yin, and then called Dong Xue to wipe A Yin's sweat.
"Lie down for a while! Wait until the kitchen brings the food over before you get up." Gu Xin said, pressing A Yin down as she tried to get up after the silver needles were removed.
"Yes, I obey!" Ah Yin was in so much pain that she stopped struggling.
"Ayin, who else do you have in your family?" Gu Xin asked.
“Princess Xinxin, I still have my mother and elder sister,” Ayin said. After a pause, she added, “My father was a guard in the General’s Mansion. Shortly after I was born, he went with the old general to fight pirates and never returned. The General’s Mansion takes care of us orphans and widows, so they let my mother work in the mansion.”
"Then they chose you because you were smart and quick-witted since you were little, and looked at you differently. In the end, they found out you were very capable?" Gu Xin asked.
Ayin remained silent for a moment.
"No," Ah Yin finally voiced her opinion. "At first, Mother was very grateful to the General's Mansion. Later, when I was three years old, I was discovered secretly following the young lady of the General's Mansion to recite her lessons, and I was taken away by the steward of the General's Mansion. The steward told Mother that I was clever and could become a maidservant by the young lady's side."
"At that time, Mother asked, 'I am only three years old, and the youngest girl in the General's Mansion is already six. How can I take care of the girls?' The steward said that because I have a good memory and am clever, they need to train me in advance to become a maid for the future girls of the General's Mansion. If no girls are born in the General's Mansion in the future, I can go to the side of the girls who have grown up, since the age difference is not much. So, they have to take me with them to learn."
"The steward also told my mother that this was a blessing, and that I would definitely have a bright future if I followed the girl. My mother was overjoyed. At that time, my older sister was only five years old. She envied me and wanted to go too, but she couldn't remember things and learned slowly, so she wasn't taken away."
"After that, I went to a manor in the general's mansion. I was the youngest there. There were more than twenty little girls and boys. We learned the same things and kung fu. Like me, they were all descendants of guards who died fighting pirates. We could go home once every three months. When we turned thirteen, we would be taken away."
“I studied there for seven years and never saw anyone else who was taken there at the age of three. Most of them were taken there at the age of five. When I was ten, I became the most skilled person in the village. My kung fu was the best, and I could memorize the most. So, I was sent away when I was ten.”
"After being sent away, we were simply moved to another estate. There were fewer people there, but every day we learned things like how to pass messages, how to disguise ourselves, and so on. I studied there for half a year before being taken away again. This time I was alone, and someone specifically told me how to act and how to gain the Second Princess's trust. They also told me that what I ate every month was actually poison pills, and if I didn't obey, I would die from the poison. Not only did I eat them, but my mother and older sister did too. If I didn't obey, my older sister and mother wouldn't have anything to eat either, and they would die from the poison just like me."
"At that time, I realized that we were not there to serve as maids and servants for the young masters and ladies of this mansion, but rather to serve as maids and servants for the young masters and ladies of other people's families."
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