Chapter 239 Asking the Imperial Concubine for Help
"What is that? What is that? Is she gone?"
Xiao Ronghua didn't dare to open her eyes to look, and waved her hands randomly.
The maid quickly grabbed her hand: "Master, master, don't be afraid, she is gone."
After a long time, Xiao Ronghua put her hand down, and after reacting, she breathed a sigh of relief: "It's not a female ghost, it's a person. How could someone in the palace use lynching to make a person look like a ghost?"
Curiosity prompted her to follow the bloody footprints all the way forward, but the bloody footprints suddenly disappeared at a corner.
Was she taken away?
Xiao Ronghua's face turned pale in an instant: "I'm done... I'm done..."
She was not alert enough. When she saw the "female ghost" just now, she should have run away.
Curiosity kills the cat, curiosity kills the cat!
The maid was still puzzled: "Master, what's wrong with you? What do you mean you're done?"
"Pah!"
Extreme fear made Xiao Ronghua furious. She slapped the maid in the face: "Stupid, when I wanted to come over just now, didn't you stop me? What should I do now?"
But the maid didn't understand what she was saying at all, so she could only kneel on the ground and beg for mercy.
Xiao Ronghua pulled her up: "Don't kneel, think of a way quickly. Those who dare to use private punishment in the palace must be of high rank. This is the direction to Yanqing Palace. Yanqing Palace lives... lives..."
Thinking of that person, Xiao Ronghua was frightened and broke out in a cold sweat.
The maidservant had not thought about this and was still worried about her: "What should we do?"
Will her master be silenced?
"Master, how about we go and tell the Concubine Yu and ask her to save you!"
"No!"
Xiao Ronghua shook her head: "Concubine Yu...she can't protect me."
Not only can she not protect her, she might even kill her.
"Go find the Imperial Concubine!"
She seemed to have found a life-saving straw, and quickly turned around and walked back: "Only the Imperial Concubine can save me."
Jiang Xinyue had just sent away the concubines who came to pay their respects, and was watching Nanny Lu wiping the body of the Sixth Prince with a homemade toner: "Your Majesty, don't underestimate this mugwort water. There are seven girls in my family. In summer, let alone ice, even the thatched huts can't block the sun above their heads. It is thanks to this that the seven girls in my family have never had fire scabs."
Fire scabs are what people in later generations call prickly heat.
Jiang Xinyue knew that mugwort was a good thing, so she smiled and said, "You have experience in taking care of children. I am relieved to leave the Sixth Prince to you and Nanny Xiang."
Nanny Lu immediately felt a sense of responsibility, and patted "Xiongwei"'s chest and said, "Don't worry, your majesty, I will protect the Sixth Prince with my life."
She has lived in the palace for half a month. Nanny Xiang and Xi Que are very good to her. They taught her the rules of the palace, gave her new clothes, and gave her monthly money to send to Nanny Li's home for her daughters.
The Royal Concubine is really a very good person.
The Sixth Prince is almost two months old and can recognize people. Except for Nanny Xiang, Nanny Lu and Jiang Xinyue, he doesn't let Xi Que and others hold him.
Nanny Lu said that some children are smart and can recognize their mothers at two months old, so they are shy about strangers.
Xi Que and Shuang Jiang were very sad about this. The Sixth Prince was so cute that everyone who saw him wanted to hug him. But suddenly he was shy about strangers. They were not strangers!
However, when the emperor came over these few days, the Sixth Prince did not let him hug him, so they felt more balanced.
As long as the emperor hugged him, the Sixth Prince would immediately pout in grievance, his eyebrows and eyes would turn red, and he would shed tears.
The emperor was almost heartbroken and could only come more often, hoping that the Sixth Prince would recognize him as his loving old father as soon as possible.
Because of frequent visits, the relationship between the emperor and the Fourth Prince became much closer.
Jiang Xinyue could clearly feel that the Fourth Prince's personality was becoming more and more cheerful and confident.
Nanny Lu rubbed the mugwort water on the Sixth Prince, and put on a light shirt for him after it dried.
"Your Majesty, Xiao Ronghua from Zhongcui Palace wants to see you."
Didn't she just leave? Why is she here again?
"Let her wait in the flower hall."
Jiang Chuan took two steps forward, whispered a few words in Jiang Xinyue's ear, and then stepped back and said, "Xiao Ronghua's face is pale and she is distracted. It seems that she has encountered something bad and wants to ask us for help."
Xi Que snorted coldly, "On weekdays, she usually follows the concubine and speaks wildly to our queen. When something really happened, she didn't go to the concubine, but came to our queen instead. I don't know who gave her such a big face?"
Everyone agreed with Xi Que's words, but no one said it as bluntly as she did.
After all, she is the favorite and closest maid of the Imperial Concubine, so she doesn't have to worry about what she says or does.
Jiang Xinyue tidied her hair and clothes, and walked out quickly without letting Xiao Ronghua wait too long.
"Imperial Concubine, please save me."
As soon as she stepped out of the door, Xiao Ronghua rushed over and hugged her thigh: "It's my fault for being mean. I shouldn't go against the Imperial Concubine everywhere. Please save me, I don't want to die!"
Jiang Chuan and Xiao Xuanzi pulled her away without Jiang Xinyue saying anything.
Jiang Xinyue patted her clothes: "If you have something to say, just say it, don't cry. I don't have any friendship with you, and I can't sympathize with you."
Not only no friendship?
The relationship is also very bad.
Xiao Ronghua didn't know why, but when he saw Jiang Xinyue, the fear of dying slowly dissipated, and he was finally able to calm down and talk properly: "Your Majesty..."
The Imperial Household Department -
the palace maids and eunuchs have been extremely busy recently. On the way to help the Royal Concubine pick flowers and put them in a vase, Shuangjiang of Hexi Palace was frightened by a snake that emerged from the bushes and fell. Now the entire Imperial Household Department is dispatched to remove snakes in the palace!
"You guys go in over there and take a look. You guys come here and take a close look. It will be bad if these snakes scare the emperor and the masters and queens."
Jiang Chuan went directly to the bushes where Xiao Ronghua said the "female ghost" emerged, trying to find some clues.
"Master!"
Xiao Ronghua's maid Mei'er looked at the ground in shock: "The bloody footprints... the bloody footprints are gone."
Xiao Ronghua saw it without her having to say it specifically. The floor was clean and there was no trace of blood.
Someone cleaned up the scene after they left.
This made Xiao Ronghua, who was already frightened, even more scared.
Jiang Chuan used his hands to push aside the grass and groped on the ground. Because it was summer and the weather was hot, the surrounding land was very dry, but the soil under Jiang Chuan's hands was slightly moist.
He carefully turned over his fingers, and the soil mixed with blood was on his fingers.
He was shocked. What Xiao Ronghua said was true.
Xi Que exchanged glances with him, followed his gaze to look at his fingers, and when she saw the red mark on it clearly, she immediately returned to Hexi Palace.