Why did Qiao Si send an unknown palace maid to take them back?
Moreover, Qiao Si had already sent the two of them here to supervise the medicine, so why did he want them to go back now?
The two looked at each other, with confusion in their eyes.
Chunhua spoke first and asked, "Sister? I wonder why the princess wants us to go back? The medicine is almost finished. Why don't we wait until it's done before going back? It won't be too late."
The maid walked ahead without looking back, her words unmistakable: "I don't know either. I'm just a sweeper. Someone dressed like you came to me in a hurry and asked me to come to the Imperial Hospital to find you and take you back."
"The same clothes as us?" Zhang You repeated her words, thinking.
"Then what are her characteristics? Why doesn't she come?" Chunhua asked vigilantly.
The maid looked back at them in confusion. After hearing their question, she pondered hard, "Features? Let me think. She seems to be about the same height as this girl, thin, with eyes that are neither too big nor too small... Oh! That's right! She has a red mole here."
The maid gestured at Chunhua's height and spoke thoughtfully. When she mentioned the red mole, she pointed to her neck.
Chunhua and Zhang You were both stunned.
Qiuyue?
"Then she didn't say where she was going? Why didn't she come by herself?" Zhang You always felt something was wrong and asked hurriedly.
"I don't know. She didn't say, but I saw several aunts taking her away." The palace maid shook her head.
"Then where did she go?" Chunhua continued to ask.
Qiuyue is alone and not with Qiao Si. Who can she follow?
"It seems to be the cold palace? I don't know why she went to the cold palace? What happened to you?" The palace maid asked curiously when she saw that they looked strange.
Zhang You shook his head at her, not wanting to reveal too much to her, "Nothing."
She and Chunhua exchanged a glance, and she leaned close to Chunhua's ear and said, "Qiuyue might have been in trouble. I'll go over and take a look. You go back and tell the princess the news."
Chunhua frowned, worried about her: "Why don't I go and you go back to report?"
"Don't argue with me, I'll be smarter." Zhang You patted her hands and comforted her. Chunhua saw that she had made up her mind and did not delay any longer.
"Sister, how do I get to the cold palace you just mentioned? I'm worried about my sister, so I'd better go find her to put my mind at ease." Zhang You pulled the woman who was leading the way in front and asked politely.
"Oh, it's just that the cold palace is a bit far away, and I can't explain it clearly at the moment. I want to..." The palace maid was interrupted by Chunhua before she could finish her words.
Chunhua was in a hurry to report back. When she heard the maid say that, she said directly, "How about this, let this sister take you there. I've memorized the route, so you can go back by yourself."
The maid's expression froze for a moment, then quickly returned to normal. Neither of them noticed anything unusual. The maid smiled and said, "Sure."
After making her decision, Zhang You hurriedly followed the maid towards the cold palace. All the way, she was filled with worry: Was Qiuyue being plotted against? Why did she go alone? What could she be doing in the cold palace? Could she be meeting someone? I hadn't heard that she knew anyone there.
The hurried steps suddenly stopped.
Why did she follow alone?
As these words flashed through his mind, Zhang You suddenly looked up at the person in front of him.
The maid heard the movement behind her and turned to look at her with a smile. Her voice was gentle and harmless: "Why did you stop? Aren't you in a hurry to get on with your journey?"
Zhang You looked at her smiling face and felt that she was a demon in a harmless appearance, luring her into a trap step by step.
She took two steps back defensively, her voice wary: "Nothing. I just suddenly realized that I seemed to have left something on the way here. I need to go back and look for it."
"What's so important? Aren't you going to go find your friend? If you don't go now, it will be too late." The person in front of him was still smiling, but the smile had lost its harmlessness and turned into a teasing one.
She saw that Zhang You was suspicious, so she stopped pretending and watched her dying struggle with a wicked smile.
Now that we're here, are you still afraid that she'll run away?
She moved closer step by step, trying to catch Zhang You.
Every time she took a step forward, Zhang You took a step back. As he retreated, he secretly took out the knockout drug he had always kept from his sleeve, and when she approached leisurely, he unexpectedly sprinkled it on her face.
The moment Zhang You swung the powder in his hand, he turned around and ran without caring whether he knocked her down or not.
There was a sound of someone falling behind her. Zhang You didn't dare to stop and look back. The strong desire stimulated her nerves. She couldn't stop, she had to escape.
There is a corner just ahead. Turn around and you’ll see other people!
Zhang You looked at the corner ahead, his heart full of hope.
"Bang!"
Zhang You bumped into a group of people head-on, staggering and causing his heart to beat even faster.
The next second, my heart seemed to stop beating, and even my breathing seemed to stop.
Chunhua was caught unconscious by the group of palace maids in front.
The maids saw Zhang You lying on the ground and sneered, as if mocking her presumptuousness, or even mocking the fact that even if she had dodged the first one, she couldn't escape them. They rushed forward and grabbed Zhang You, leaving her no room for escape.
"Who are you? Why are you arresting us? Do you know who we belong to? My master is Princess Dingjia! If anything happens to us, the princess will not let you go!"
Zhang You had his hands tied, but he was busy shouting, trying to attract other people by talking loudly.
But the road to the cold palace was extremely quiet and there was no one else to be seen.
The maids seemed to think she was too noisy, so they took out a handkerchief that had been used to wipe something and stuffed it into Zhang You's mouth. It was a large ball, blocking her mouth tightly, so that she could only make whimpering sounds.
"Mmmmm? Mmmmm!"
The palace maid who was holding her down didn't expect that Zhang You would still make so much noise even after her mouth was blocked, so she slapped Zhang You in the face without mercy.
Zhang You was dazed by the slap and calmed down a little, but was still whimpering.
"Behave yourself! Otherwise, you'll suffer the consequences!"
The palace maid raised her hand and threatened her.
Zhang You stared back unconvinced, which brought about her revenge.
It's not that she's looking for trouble.
She has to leave some clues so that someone can come and rescue her, right?
The situation was urgent at the time, and Chunhua was knocked unconscious by them. Even if she used the knockout drug, she would not be able to escape far before being caught by others because of her poor sense of direction.
She didn't have much knockout drug left, just enough for one more use. She had to find the right time.
The reason why she was so loud and ostentatious was, firstly, to take the opportunity to spread rouge and powder on the road, and secondly, to wake up Chunhua.
As a result, Chunhua didn't wake up, but she was slapped several times.
It’s so frustrating!
If they hadn't been so numerous, she would have taken action long ago.
The cold palace was in ruins. Beyond the gate lay dead trees and broken eaves. It was suddenly extremely quiet, a dead silence permeating the air. The maids threw Chunhua and Zhang You onto the cold ground.
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