"Your servant greets the Imperial Concubine." The palace maid hurriedly stepped forward and knelt down to pay her respects.
"Stand up."
The palace maid bent her body and slowly stood up. Her eyes accidentally met Xu Qiudong's. In just a moment, the palace maid was frightened and knelt on the ground again.
It was a frightening look, as if seeing a lurking beast.
The maid knelt on the ground, her whole body drooping, her head buried low, and said tremblingly: "Your Highness, I have something to tell you."
The palace maid was betting on the reason why Xu Qiudong kept her.
Guan Junmei helped Xu Qiudong sit on the chair and asked, "Oh? Do you have anything to tell me?"
Several palace maids walked out sensibly and closed the door.
At this time, there were only three of them left in the hall.
The maid slowly said, "I was originally in the Sixth Princess's palace, but because I did something, I was taken away by the eldest princess."
Guan Junmei asked: "What's the matter?"
The maid continued, "At the Sixth Princess's coming-of-age banquet, the eldest princess gave me a silver ingot and asked me to put drugs in the Sixth Princess's tea."
Guan Junmei: "Tell me more clearly, what medicine?"
"I don't know what the medicine is exactly. The princess only said to put it in the tea and that I'm not responsible for anything else."
"However, I secretly followed and saw that after the Sixth Princess drank the tea, she became unconscious and was taken away by the maidservant beside the eldest princess."
"I don't know what happened afterwards."
After the palace maid said this, she still didn't dare to look up.
Until Guan Junmei called her, "Take a closer look. If there is no problem, please sign and seal it."
The palace maid raised her head cautiously, glanced at the confession that recorded everything she said, and then nodded.
"Yes, exactly."
The palace maid picked up a pen and signed her name delicately below. Then she became cruel and bit her finger until it bled, and pressed a bloody handprint on the signature.
Guan Junmei put away the confession and handed it to Xu Qiudong.
After looking at him for a few times, Xu Qiudong finally spoke: "Do you want to live?"
The maid raised her head in surprise, a hint of shock on her tear-stained face. She kowtowed vigorously, "Yes! I want to live even in my dreams."
"Do one thing, and I'll protect your life."
After saying that, Xu Qiudong stood up and left, leaving only his back. In the eyes of the palace maids, that back looked like a savior.
"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your grace!"
After everyone left, the palace maid seemed to have used up all her strength and sat on the ground exhausted.
The bet was right.
Inside the courtyard, Xu Qiudong sat in a rocking chair, rocking leisurely. On the table beside him lay a plate of various candied fruits.
Seeing this, Guan Junmei wanted to persuade Xu Qiudong not to eat so many sweets, but she didn't dare to speak.
Just as Guan Junmei was struggling, she heard Xu Qiudong softly order, "Go and invite the Sixth Princess."
The stage is set, how can the protagonist not appear?
Guan Junmei: “Yes.”
At the same time, Jiang Shuke also found out the life story of that palace maid.
"The Emperor has found out that the maid was originally from the Sixth Princess's palace, but was later transferred to the Eldest Princess's."
It was common for palace maids in the harem to be transferred, so why was this palace maid so special that she was brought into Tingzhu Palace?
Song Chiyou ordered in a cold voice: "Continue investigating."
Jiang Shuke had just taken two steps when he was stopped by Song Chiyou.
"No need to check. Find someone to keep an eye on Ting Zhugong's movements."
"yes."
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