Yue Qingyin's palace was now surrounded by guards.
The palace maids knelt on the ground, trembling, not daring to utter a sound.
A group of guards, like wolves and tigers, dragged a cleaning maid out of the palace and took her away. The rest of the guards were ordered to kneel on the ground and were not allowed to go out.
The crowd had just received the good news that their master was pregnant and about to rise to prominence. They decorated the palace with lanterns and colorful streamers, eagerly awaiting his triumphant return. But to their utter dismay, their master not only failed to return but also ordered the palace gates sealed off. What kind of show was this? The crowd was completely baffled.
Among these palace maids, the leader was Ou'er. She witnessed the ordinary nanny in the palace being taken away in such a grand manner, and she couldn't help but feel a little panicked. She had been in the palace for many years and had long understood a principle: the more ordinary something seems, the more likely it is to lead to something extraordinary.
She needed to report to the Empress Dowager as soon as possible, but how could she get out?
The gate was guarded as tightly as an iron barrel.
In a moment of quick thinking, she suddenly clutched her stomach and cried out in pain, rolling around on the ground.
"Sister Ou'er, what's wrong with you?" A palace maid hurriedly got up to help her.
"Sister, where does it hurt?"
"My stomach hurts terribly." Ou'er bit her tongue hard, forcing herself to sweat from the pain.
"Could it be that your period has started? I'll go get some brown sugar water, sister, just bear with it."
"No...no!" Ou'er hurriedly grabbed the other person, shaking her head repeatedly.
"Then...then we can only call a doctor? But how do we get out of here?"
Ou'er remained silent, simply continuing to roll around, using her body to exert pressure on those around her.
The commotion around them quickly attracted the attention of those outside.
A pair of boots stopped in front of Ou'er, and a person asked with a smile, "What's wrong with you?"
Ou'er looked up at him. She recognized him; he was Zhou Anyuan's apprentice, Eunuch Xiao Jinzi.
She hurriedly said, "Eunuch Jin, my... my stomach hurts terribly. Please, sir, have mercy and let me go see a doctor."
"Oh! What bad timing! We're just about to seal off the palace when you suddenly have a stomachache. I suspect you're planning to go out and tip someone off!"
"Eunuch Jin, please don't scare me. It's my fault for having a stomachache right now, which made you misunderstand. Ah! It hurts! Please, Eunuch Jin, let me out. You can bring people with you." Ou'er hurriedly clutched her stomach and bit her tongue, tears streaming down her face from the pain.
Xiao Jinzi glanced at it, thought for a moment, and then smiled and said, "Since you're in such a hurry to leave, I won't stop you. So go ahead and leave!"
"Yes! Eunuch Jin, you are truly a kind man. Ou'er will never forget your great kindness." Ou'er quickly bowed and turned to walk towards the door.
The guard received the order and moved the knife away.
Ou'er went out the door, and the door closed.
The palace maids breathed a sigh of relief; the fact that they could come and go meant there was still room for maneuver.
However, just as their nerves relaxed, they heard a woman scream outside the door, and then there was silence.
"It's Sister Ou'er!"
The palace maids were startled; some cried out in surprise, then quickly covered their mouths.
Little Gold sighed, "You have a path to heaven but choose not to take it, and you barge into hell when there's no way out."
Some people are determined to die, and there's no stopping them.
He raised his voice and said, "Who else wants to cause trouble outside the palace? I will accept all comers, but I will not be responsible for their life or death outside the palace."
The entire palace was deathly silent; no one made a sound.
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