Bai Lu pursed her lips and sincerely comforted her, "Sister Lin Shuang, don't say that. The Princess Consort doesn't want us to listen, but it's actually for our own good."
We are not very skilled, and our martial arts are not as good as Sister Xique's. What if we find out so many secrets and others target us?
"If we're not safe then, the princess and the prince won't be safe either."
“You…” Lin Shuang forced a smile, reached out and stroked Bai Lu’s hair by her ear, swallowing back the words “you’re still too naive.”
Bai Lu had never spent time in the inner palace and did not understand human nature and scheming.
Just because others say they are not qualified, does that mean they are definitely not qualified?
You should know that the proportions and ingredients of the medicinal bath that the princess gave to the magpies were different from theirs!
Bai Lu shrank her neck and smiled happily: "Actually, the princess is really good to us. We are now veritable little rich women!"
“Yes, I know,” Lin Shuang nodded in agreement.
On the other end, Aunt Sun had already explained the location of the evidence.
Shang Xiye's voice softened a bit. Considering that Aunt Sun was about to die, he, as a prince, made an unprecedented promise to a servant: "Very well, if what you say is true, I will protect your family."
After saying that, he turned to leave.
Aunt Sun smiled sadly, struggled to her feet, and said, "Your Highness, please wait a moment."
Shang Xiye turned around with suspicion.
Aunt Sun, panting heavily, said, "I only learned today that Your Highness is truly a loyal and righteous man, and that the world has misunderstood you. Your Highness has been so kind that I have no way to repay you, so I will give you some more information; however, this is all based on what I overheard or guessed, and there is no substantial evidence. Your Highness may take it as evidence to help you find the truth in the future."
"Please speak," Shang Xiye said gently, looking at Aunt Sun, who had already come to her senses.
Aunt Sun took two deep breaths to calm herself down before slowly saying, "That happened not long after I started serving the Empress Dowager."
One evening, after the Empress Dowager retired for the night, the servant girl prepared to return home to rest. Halfway there, she realized that she had left the half-embroidered shoe pattern in the Empress Dowager's bedroom, so she went back to retrieve it.
To everyone's surprise, just as they were about to enter, they heard a man's voice coming from inside.
The man said, "Chen Qinglian has already taken her away for you, so don't forget to keep your promise."
The Empress Dowager said, "The Emperor is keeping a close eye on things. If I can successfully ascend to the position of Empress and have immense power, it will be easy for me to grant you anything else."
The man laughed again, "You're really greedy. Back then you wanted to have the emperor all to yourself, and now you want to dominate the entire Great Zhao Kingdom?"
The Empress Dowager said, "If I were to truly seize control of the Great Zhao, it would be beneficial to you as well. Besides, you haven't fully fulfilled your promise to me by not killing Zhao Qinglian. If you were to bring me Zhao Qinglian's head, I would gladly offer up my own nephews and nieces."
Just then, a palace maid carrying lanterns came to that spot. She saw me lying at the entrance to the Empress Dowager's bedchamber from afar and asked in surprise, "Who's there?"
The palace maids quickly approached me, which naturally alerted the people inside the room.
In a moment of panic, I hastily climbed into a lotus-filled water vat in the courtyard. I vaguely heard the sound of the palace maid being murdered. I hid in the vat, concealed by the flowers and leaves, for most of the night before daring to quietly crawl out and escape back home.
As Aunt Sun finished speaking, she became breathless and could no longer hold on.
"Shadowless," Shang Xiye turned his head slightly and called Shadowless in.
Then, he gestured to Aunt Sun with his chin, signaling Wuying to come over.
Wuying glanced at the beautiful woman with a graceful figure on the soft couch.
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