Since being humiliated at Mount Fuling, Madam Bai returned to her residence and locked herself in her room, feeling that she was too ashamed to face anyone again.
She cried uncontrollably whenever she thought about how she had embarrassed herself that day.
"Madam, you've been crying for days. If you keep crying, your eyes won't be able to take it anymore," the maidservant said, unable to help but speak up after seeing her like this for the past few days.
Madam Bai lay on the bed, weeping bitterly. She wiped away her tears and angrily shouted at the maid, "You brat! You make it sound so easy! It wasn't you who was seen naked!"
The maidservant brought a plate of pastries to Madam Bai.
"Madam, please eat something first. You've barely eaten anything these past few days."
Madam Bai pouted and knocked the pastries to the ground.
"Every time I eat, I'm reminded of the chicken butt I ate. Now everything I eat makes me feel nauseous!"
Recalling that night, Madam Bai suddenly felt uneasy from head to toe.
She picked up a glass of water and drank it all in one gulp, as if trying to wash away all the bad memories.
The maidservant, too, was caught up in the memories of that night, and the more she thought about it, the more uneasy she felt. She then said to Madam Bai:
"Madam, don't you think what happened that night was too strange?"
Madam Bai gulped down another cup of water. Hearing the maid's words, she looked her up and down and asked:
"What's strange?"
The maidservant pondered for a moment before saying, "The plan to seduce the General was kept completely secret, so logically no one should have known. But why were you suddenly bound by a white cloth, Madam? Where did that white cloth come from?"
Madam Bai slapped the bed and exclaimed, "That's right!"
"I had just gotten entangled when I heard Little Dumpling's voice and her stinky dog. How did they get here so fast!"
Madam Bai had been feeling humiliated for the past few days, but now, after being reminded by her maid, her intelligence returned to normal.
The maid nodded and agreed, "That's right! How did they appear so conveniently and so quickly! I bet they're the ones who tampered with that white cloth!"
Madam Bai's eyes blazed with fury, and she was breathing heavily with rage.
She clenched her fist and slammed it heavily on the bed. "Well, well! This little brat! I really underestimated her before, that's why I suffered such a loss at her hands!"
"I can't swallow this insult, this grudge!"
The maid reminded her, "But she has now been granted the title of Princess Rongchang, and she has the favor of the Mu family and the royal family. Madam, you must not act rashly."
Madam Bai snorted coldly, "Does she think she's the only one with powerful backing?"
Madam Bai pulled the maid aside and asked in a low voice, "Has the master above sent any messages recently?"
The maid took out the secret letter hidden inside her clothes and said, "It just arrived this morning."
Madam Bai immediately took the secret letter, stood up and stood aside, and opened it by herself.
Upon reading the contents of the secret letter, Madam Bai's face changed drastically. With trembling hands, she placed the letter on the candle, which burned out instantly.
...
Inside the west side hall of Duande Palace.
The little dumpling and the fairy Fuling Fruit were resting their chins on their hands, looking ahead with puzzled expressions.
The ball circled around the faceless palace maid a few times, then brought its nose close to her and sniffed.
After thinking for a moment, Qiuqiu said, "She's not a ghost!"
Sensing the puzzled looks on their faces, Qiuqiu continued:
“She is a soul. In life, a person has seven souls and six spirits. She is one of those souls now.”
"This means that her original body is not dead, but her soul has left her body, so she has no face and no memory."
After hearing Qiuqiu's explanation, the little dumpling immediately said, "So her original body is still alive! Let's quickly help her return to her original body."
Fuling Fruit Fairy drank a cup of hot tea and said, "That's right! Otherwise, if we let her stay there every day, we'd all be freezing solid."
Upon hearing that she was still alive, the faceless palace maid excitedly shook her sleeves, "Yes, yes, then please let me return to my body quickly."
The Fairy of Fortune Fruit glanced at her and asked Qiuqiu:
"Then how do we get her back?"
Qiuqiu ran up to the little dumpling and said:
"The young master should take her back."
The little dumpling was naturally willing to help the faceless palace maid.
"Okay! Qiuqiu, what should I do? Should I wrap her up like I'm giving away a little nobody, and put her inside?"
Qiuqiu shook her head and said, "No, this time we're going to use potatoes and Soul-Stabbing Needles!"
The little dumpling quickly ran to the small kitchen and asked a palace maid for a potato.
The little dumpling placed the potato on the table.
"Alright, the potatoes are ready, but where are the Soul-Stabbing Needles?"
A faceless palace maid floated over and said, "Soul-nailing needles? Are you going to nail me up? But aren't we looking for my original body?"
Qiuqiu: "The Soul-Nailing Needle is used to prick your body and draw blood. When the blood drips onto the potato, it will reveal your original name. This is an ancient secret technique for finding souls."
The faceless palace maid shrank back, somewhat frightened, and said, "Ah? Do souls have blood too? And you're going to prick me to draw blood, won't that hurt a lot?"
The little dumpling remembered that the faceless palace maid seemed to be very afraid of pain. Last time, she only punched her once, and the maid ran away screaming.
The little dumpling asked, "Qiuqiu, how big are the Soul-Stinging Needles? Will it hurt a lot when they prick you?"
Qiuqiu wagged its tail and said very easily, "Of course, souls also have blood, it's just different from human blood."
"As for whether it will hurt? Don't worry! The Soul-Piercing Needle is just a small, thin needle, it won't hurt at all when it pricks you!"
The faceless palace maid let out a long sigh.
"It's good that it doesn't hurt, it's good that it doesn't hurt."
Qiuqiu smiled secretly as she watched the faceless palace maid's relieved expression.
"Let's go, young master, let's go to the Hundred Doctors Space to get the Soul-Nailing Needles."
The little dumpling nodded and followed Qiuqiu into the Hundred Doctors Space.
Qiuqiu opened a large box in the corner, pointed inside and said, "Little master, this is the Soul-Stabbing Needle!"
The little dumpling stood there dumbfounded, stammering, "You...you...are you sure this is a Soul-Stabbing Needle?"
Qiuqiu said with a relaxed expression, "Yes!"
The little dumpling had no choice but to take out the Soul-Stabbing Needle and hide it behind its back for the time being.
After emerging from the Hundred Healers Space, the little dumpling told the faceless palace maid:
"Sister, the Soul-Stabbing Needle has been taken out. You should be prepared!"
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