After the secret talk, the two reached a consensus.
Xiao Qingyun kept Lin Feng in the palace and prepared a secret room for him to practice.
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"Your Highness, a living being turned into a cold paper figure, this Lin Feng is too weird."
After coming out of Lin Feng's place, Qi Ye couldn't help but say to Xiao Qingyun, "Your Majesty, do you think he is trustworthy?"
When Xiao Qingyun heard Qiye say this, his expression turned slightly cold: "Lin Feng's words can indeed deceive people, but he is a smart man. If he dares to deceive me, he should know the consequences!"
Qiye replied: "Understood, I will warn him."
"Go check secretly to see if there are any women in the mansion who were born in a Yin year, Yin month, and Yin hour. People with such a Yin fate are hard to find, and gathering seven of them is even more difficult. We need to think of another way."
Xiao Qingyun's eyes were deep, "This matter must be kept secret and must not be leaked."
Qiye nodded.
Just as the two were about to leave, they heard a loud noise coming from far away:
"How dare you steal the dinner prepared by the kitchen for the nobles? You are simply asking for your own death!"
"Quick! Catch that chicken leg thief!"
“…”
Xiao Qingyun looked up and saw three cooks not far away shouting and cursing at each other, and chasing a thinly dressed girl who was running madly in front of them.
And that poor girl was none other than Xia Qinghe, who was punished by Xiao Qingyun to go to the laundry room a few days ago.
Xia Qinghe was running as fast as she could, not forgetting to look back to see if the cooks had caught up with her.
The person chasing her was still hot on her heels. She had no time to think, so she turned around and took a step forward, only to bump headfirst into a tall man.
She looked up in horror, and in the light of the candle in the corridor, she saw Xiao Qingyun, who was wearing a purple gold-woven robe, with an upright posture, and exuding natural nobility and majesty.
"Your Majesty..."
Xia Qinghe was so frightened that she took two steps back and fell to the ground.
The chicken leg that he had stolen with great difficulty also fell to the ground with a "bang".
"Quick, there she is! Catch her!"
There were loud shouts coming from behind her. Xia Qinghe looked back in panic. Seeing that those people were about to catch up with her, she immediately crawled a few steps and picked up the chicken leg that had rolled on the ground.
The chicken leg was already covered with dust, but she seemed to be oblivious to the dirt and filth. She stuffed the chicken leg into her mouth and started eating it in big mouthfuls.
He had just taken two bites of meat when he was kicked in the back.
The kick was so powerful that she stumbled and fell heavily to the ground. She lay there motionless as if her whole body was broken into pieces, with blood running down her nose.
"See if you dare!"
Several cooks rushed up, cursing and slapping Xia Qinghe hard, causing her face to tilt to the other side.
She was like a fish on a chopping board. She wanted to struggle, but she was not as strong as the cooks.
"stop!"
Seeing this scene, Xiao Qingyun's face was gloomy: "What are you doing?"
Several cooks looked up in confusion, and only then did they see the person standing beside them.
He knelt down quickly: "Your Majesty!"
Xiao Qingyun frowned, his displeasure evident on his face.
"I don't know when it will be your turn to bully others in my palace."
Xiao Qingyun felt that this slap in the face was like a slap in the face to himself as someone bullied the people in the mansion right under his nose.
Hearing this, the cooks panicked and hurriedly explained:
"Your Majesty, please forgive me!"
"It's not that we're being deceitful for no reason. It's just that this little thief was so audacious that he stole food from the kitchen. How despicable!"
"Your Highness, we know we were wrong! We will never do it again!"
Several cooks cried and shouted that they were wronged.
On the other hand, Xia Qinghe knelt there with a red and swollen face. She did not feel aggrieved or unwilling. She did not move or say a word.
Xiao Qingyun lowered his eyes and took a closer look, only to find that her hair was messy, her clothes were wrinkled, and she looked extremely disheveled.
He couldn't help but ask Xia Qinghe, "What about you? Aren't you doing laundry in the laundry room? Why did you come here to eat and be lazy?"
Xia Qinghe shook her head, then nodded and said softly, "Life in the laundry room is hard. I don't have enough to eat, I don't have warm clothes, I don't have money to pay for things, and I get beaten and scolded by the housekeeper."
"But I couldn't stand eating rotten steamed buns anymore, so I thought of going to the kitchen to steal a chicken leg. Unexpectedly, I failed the first time I tried to steal a chicken leg, and the prince even saw me."
When she said the word "steal", her eyelashes trembled a few times, and she lowered her head again, looking extremely embarrassed.
The night wind blew over, buzzing across her body, lifting the thin clothes on her shoulders, revealing the mottled red marks caused by whipping.
Xiao Qingyun's eyes were filled with tears.
How could she be considered poor? She was clearly being treated maliciously!
Thinking of the fact that Nanny Huang from the laundry room was very close to the concubine Ye Wanning in the mansion, Xiao Qingyun immediately had an idea in his mind.
"Your Majesty..."
Xia Qinghe suddenly approached Xiao Qingyun and grabbed his collar.
Qi Ye, who was standing next to Xiao Qingyun, mistakenly thought that she was going to assassinate him, and in a flash, he kicked her nimbly.
Xia Qinghe had no more strength left, her vision went dark, and she fainted.
"Qiye, stop!"
Xiao Qingyun looked at Xia Qinghe who was lying on the ground.
She was in a dishevel and pale, lying on the ground like a fragile porcelain doll.
"Carry her back to the room."
Xiao Qingyun retracted his gaze and said to Qiye beside him.
“…”
Qiye was stunned for a moment, then quickly picked up Xia Qinghe with clean and neat movements.
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