There is only one maidservant, Han Dong, in Qiwu Palace, and the rest are mostly guards. In Jiang Qiao's opinion, although these guards are obedient, they are more like surveillance.
In the past, although Qiwu Palace was not as good as when he was in the palace, Bai Mian felt it was quite peaceful. However, in recent months, the Queen Mother's health was getting worse and worse, and she could not take care of too many things, so Qiwu Palace became like this. All the maids were dismissed by Lou Zhuxin, leaving only Han Dong, the heartless guy, and the Ministry of Internal Affairs became increasingly useless.
Bai Mian just looked at Jiang Qiao quietly with a smile on his face.
Jiang Qiao sat on the edge of the bed. She noticed the woman's gaze from the corner of her eye and felt a little uncomfortable. "Ahem, mother, I was wrong before. I didn't know people well and always sided with Concubine Zhu, which made you sad. I promise that this will never happen again. I will protect you and A Yan."
Bai Mian felt sad. Her Changle had grown up. "Mother never blamed you."
Jiang Qiao looked out the window. The window had been closed just now. She looked away and said, "Yes, you have been blaming yourself."
Bai Mian suddenly remembered something, "Changle, you...how do you know medical skills? That prescription..."
Jiang Qiao's heart skipped a beat, and his brows knitted together. What excuse could he give?
"Well... actually..."
Seeing her embarrassment, Bai Mian looked away and smiled, "Changle has grown up and will have her own secrets. Mother, I won't ask any more questions. Ahem…"
The door was suddenly pushed open, and Yunyan came back.
"Princess, are these the medicines you mentioned?"
Although Yunyan didn't know when her princess learned medical skills, she inexplicably believed in the current Princess.
Jiang Qiao pushed aside the bead curtain and went out, took the medicine bag from Yunyan's hand, opened it and examined it carefully.
"These medicines are right. Yunyan, go and make the medicine!"
Yunyan nodded, remembering what she had just seen when she came in. She continued, "Princess, when I came in just now, Handong in the courtyard had already fainted from the cold. What do you plan to do with her, Princess?"
Jiang Qiao narrowed his eyes slightly, "I'll take care of it later, you go and make the medicine first."
"yes."
In the yard.
Han Dong's body was covered with a layer of snow, his hair and eyelashes had turned white, his eyes were closed, and his face and hands were frozen purple.
Jiang Qiao sighed, bent down and dragged her to the storage room nearby.
Han Dong kept it for her own use.
After an unknown amount of time, Han Dong's body began to warm up. She opened her eyes slightly, but could only see a blurry red figure. She kept muttering, "I'm so cold... Don't kill me..."
Jiang Qiao curled his lips: "I won't kill you."
Hearing the familiar voice, Han Dong's eyes suddenly widened. Although her limbs were still a little stiff, she quickly stood up and knelt down, "Princess, please spare me. I know I was wrong. I will do my best to serve you in the future. Please let me go."
Jiang Qiao said calmly, "Just now I heard from my mother that Linglong has taken refuge with Concubine Zhu. What's going on? Remember, I like to hear the truth."
Han Dong spoke truthfully. She was well aware of the eldest princess's tyranny and cruelty. "Actually, Linglong didn't take refuge with Imperial Concubine Zhu. She was captured by Imperial Concubine Zhu and is now working as a servant in Kunning Palace. Imperial Concubine Zhu...she even cut off Linglong's tongue."
At the end she even tried to defend herself, "Your Highness, I have no choice but to do this. If I don't listen to the Imperial Concubine, she will kill me."
Jiang Qiao found it funny, "Aren't you afraid that this princess will kill you?"
Han Dong was so frightened that he kowtowed repeatedly, "Princess, please spare my life, Princess, please spare my life..."
Jiang Qiao was annoyed by the noise. She propped up her chin with her hand and said, "Alright, you don't have to serve in Qiwu Palace anymore. Follow me back to Changle Palace!"
She was not at ease leaving such a person with her mother.
Han Dong was stunned for a few seconds. She looked up at the girl with a bright smile. Was she really going to let her go?
"As you command."
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After Bai Mian took the medicine, she fell asleep.
Jiang Qiao ordered Yunyan to serve well in Qiwu Palace, and then took Handong away.
Han Dong was still shivering. She held an umbrella for Jiang Qiao and followed her carefully, fearing that something might go wrong.
When we were almost at Changle Palace, we heard a chaotic quarrel ahead.
Not far away, a young girl dressed in jewels was instructing several maids behind her to beat the boy in the corner.
Those servants obviously did not dare to use force. Although the eldest prince was not favored, he was the only prince of Anhuai Kingdom after all.
Jiang Shuhuan was still not satisfied and said arrogantly, "Didn't you eat? Beat him up! He's even stained my clothes. This is my favorite scarlet phoenix-wearing-peony jacket!"
After receiving Jiang Shuhuan's instructions, the maids finally put in some effort.
The person who was beaten didn't say a word, but just curled up in the corner, protecting his head with his hands.
Jiang Shuhuan showed a smug smile. His mother said that everyone born by Bai Mian deserved to die.
"Snap—"
The crisp sound made the place quiet, and the servants knelt down quickly when they saw who was coming.
Jiang Shuhuan covered his face and stared at Jiang Qiao in front of him with disbelief.
Jiang Qiao clapped her hands, "Are you all speechless? Can't you greet this princess when you see her?"
Then they all paid their respects in unison, "This servant pays his respects to Princess Changle."
To be honest, Jiang Qiao's action shocked everyone present. Was Princess Changle crazy? How dare she treat Princess Yongning like this? Everyone knew that she was the beloved daughter of Concubine Zhu.
The title of Yongning was given by the emperor himself, and he had high hopes for Jiang Shuhuan.
Jiang Shuhuan came back to her senses, and the burning pain on her face made her realize what had happened. "Jiang Qiao, how dare you hit me?"
Jiang Qiao ignored her and went to help the person in the corner up. This was her younger brother Jiang Yanchuan. "Ayan, don't be afraid. Your elder sister is here."
Jiang Yanchuan's hands and face were covered in bruises, and he looked a little silly. He smiled at Jiang Qiao, "Sister, I'm not hurt."
Jiang Qiao saw that he was still wearing autumn clothes, so he put his red cloak on him.
Seeing that she ignored him, Jiang Shuhuan ordered the guards beside him, "Hold her down for me!"
The guards looked left and right and knelt down together. They didn't dare to do so because the eldest princess's methods were much more cruel. It was said that she had many murders on her hands and was even more harsh and cruel to the servants. Even though Princess Changle was not favored, she still had the empress dowager's jade token in her hand.
The Queen Mother can suppress the Emperor, so they don’t want to offend the eldest princess yet and would rather go back and be punished.
Jiang Shuhuan was furious. "Very well, you dare to bully me? When I get back, I will tell Mother and have her punish you severely."
Then he pointed at Jiang Qiao and said, "Changle, just wait for me. Don't ever come to Kunning Palace to look for Mother again. I'm going to tell my father about how you hit me today, and he'll hate you even more!"
In the past, in order to please Concubine Zhu, the original owner obeyed Jiang Shuhuan's every word. Jiang Qiao felt disgusted when he thought about the past.
In the eyes of Lou Zhuxin and her daughter, Jiang Qiao is just a waste. I don’t know how many times they have laughed at Jiang Qiao behind his back.
PS: I'm sorry for the late updates, but I've been really busy lately, so please understand! ?_?
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