After sitting on the piano bench for an hour, feeling extremely uncomfortable, Yun Duoduo was finally freed.
School's out!
[Let's go eat!]
Ah Xiang took Sun Huohuo to the imperial kitchen to get the food, while Yun Duoduo was sent back to Fushuang Palace by that proper nanny.
Upon arriving at Fushuang Palace, Yun Duoduo saw a palace maid standing outside the main hall, seemingly waiting for her.
Yun Duoduo jumped out of the nanny's arms. "Nanny, nanny, go back now. Please give my regards to the Empress Dowager."
"Yes, this old servant understands."
The clouds tumbled and tumbled to the palace maid.
Looking up, she asked in a childish voice, "Have you come to see a doctor?"
"This servant, Xiaoying, greets the Ninth Princess."
The palace maid performed a deep bow.
Yun Duoduo climbed onto the stool by stepping on the legs, sat up straight, and said, "You sit down too."
Without hesitation, the palace maid Xiaoying sat down on the stool in front of the princess after hearing her ask her to sit down.
Perhaps having heard about the Ninth Princess's treatment process, she appeared quite at ease and did not seem uneasy about the rules governing the relationship between master and servant.
Yun Duoduo glanced at her and felt that this palace maid seemed to be hiding a lot of things on her mind.
"It was Sister Hui'er who sent me. I heard that the Ninth Princess's medical skills are excellent. The illness she had last time was cured very quickly." Xiaoying smiled.
Looking at her expression, Yun Duoduo felt that her smile was forced and looked very unnatural.
Only his face was moving; there was no hint of a smile in his eyes or his voice.
She pondered Xiaoying's words. Hui'er must be the palace maid who came to see her last time after she was beaten. She was originally from Consort Ling's palace. Later, Consort Ling was found guilty of arson in the Buddhist hall and was sentenced to death. All the palace maids of Fanghua Palace were then sent to Xinzheku.
The palace truly is a cannibalistic place.
I wonder how Hui'er is doing now?
She wanted to ask Hui'er how she was doing, but she also knew that the palace was so big that if the two of them didn't work in the same place, they probably wouldn't know each other's situation. They would only find out how the other was doing if they bumped into each other occasionally.
"But, are you feeling unwell?" Yun Duoduo looked her up and down. Apart from looking a little haggard, she couldn't tell anything else.
Xiaoying nodded.
"Give me your hand, let me check your pulse." Yun Duoduo stretched out her hand, waiting for Xiaoying to place it on the pulse-taking pillow.
However, the palace maid Xiaoying did not place her hand on the pulse-taking pillow for a long time, but instead looked around at the palace maids and nannies from time to time.
Having spent a long time in the palace, Yun Duoduo quickly understood what she meant. In modern times, medical consultations are always conducted behind closed doors, as patients value their privacy. Even strangers are unwilling to let others inquire about their condition, let alone inside this high-walled palace.
Rumors spread very quickly, especially in a relatively enclosed space.
"Granny Liu, take a few people and go help Aunt Xiang. She might have trouble carrying the food box by herself," Yun Duoduo said to Granny Liu.
"And you guys, go and boil some water!"
"Yes, Ninth Princess."
After the palace maids and nannies had all left Huichun Hall, Yun Duoduo breathed a sigh of relief and looked at Xiaoying: "Don't worry, there's no one around now."
"Ninth Princess, please save me!" The palace maid Xiaoying knelt down with a thud, her body trembling and her eyes red.
Faced with her older sister who suddenly started crying, Yun Duoduo was stunned for a long time, somewhat at a loss.
What's wrong with her?
An eighteen or nineteen-year-old palace maid knelt on the ground, begging a three or four-year-old boy to save her life.
Such an absurd thing could only happen in this world.
"Get up quickly, it's so cold kneeling on the ground!" Yun Duoduo frowned.
"What happened? Tell me. If I can't cure you, I can ask the Third Imperial Uncle for help," Yun Duoduo comforted her.
Xiaoying panicked even more when she heard that Prince Ning was going to be involved. "No, no, Princess! Don't let anyone else know!"
"Okay, okay, whatever you say."
"I won't look for the Third Imperial Uncle, nor will I tell anyone else."
Xiaoying pressed her hands together against her chest, trying her best to control her emotions. After taking a deep breath, she stood up again and sat back down on the stool.
She said slowly, "This servant is a palace maid in Linhua Palace."
[Linhua Palace?]
Yun Duoduo pondered for a moment and remembered that last winter, when the Third Imperial Uncle took them to see the oleanders, it was near Linhua Palace. The main residence of Linhua Palace was occupied by Consort Li, who was the birth mother of the Seventh Prince, Yun Yiqiu.
"Consort Li is not in good health, and the three mistresses of Linhua Palace are also out of favor. As a result, the servants in the palace are all sycophantic and domineering. Those on duty do not perform their duties properly, and those who are supposed to serve their mistresses do not serve them properly either."
Yun Duoduo nodded slightly, listening to her continue. However, Xiaoying didn't seem to have gotten to the main point yet; these were all just preludes and background.
"A while ago, the palace held a banquet and invited princes and nobles to attend."
Yun Duoduo looked at her. There had been several banquets in the palace before. Her first birthday banquet, birthday celebration, Mid-Autumn Festival, New Year's Eve, and so on, would all invite ministers to the palace to celebrate together.
"That night, Consort Li also went, but the consort was in poor health and only sat in the main hall for a short while before she said she was ill and prepared to return to the palace."
"The servants then helped their mistress back to the palace. On the way, Her Highness coughed badly, and Sister Xiao Chan asked me to get some medicine, so I went."
"But, but who knew, on the way..."
Xiaoying suddenly couldn't continue speaking; her face turned deathly pale.
Yun Duoduo watched her quietly, without urging her to continue, but gently patted her shoulder.
"But who knew that we would run into Lord Tan Biao on the road, he, he..."
Xiaoying sobbed, her tears almost dried up. She clutched her collar tightly and said with great difficulty, each word uttered slowly and deliberately, "He raped me..."
What?! That Tan Biao is a complete scumbag!
Yun Duoduo looked at her, unsure how to comfort her.
"After what happened, I wanted to end it all, but what would happen to my parents if I died?!"
"I'm also very sad that this happened," Yun Duoduo said softly.
"I thought that even if I could never get married in this life, I would still live on. I still have my parents, and I can't abandon them." Xiaoying wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes.
"But recently, I've noticed that my period hasn't come this month. Ninth Princess, do you think I might be pregnant?!"
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