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Chapter 118: The Injured Maid

Chu Yueyin secretly looked at Mrs. Mei from the corner of her eyes. She was as quiet as ever. Chu Yueyin was a little uncertain. Is Mrs. Mei cunning or really not caring?

Chu Yueyin covered Fan's mouth with her bare hands and yawned a little, gently stroked her lower abdomen with her other hand, and said with a smile: "I often feel tired recently. I guess it is caused by my body getting heavier. Mrs. Zhen, do you think so?"

Mrs. Zhen's heart skipped a beat again and said with a grin, "Although I have never been pregnant, I heard from the nanny in the palace that if this woman is pregnant, she will feel very tired and always want to sleep. The Empress do not have to worry too much."

Chu Yueyin thoughtfully and said slowly: "I will feel relieved after hearing what you said."

The concubines sat for a while and then left Kunning Palace together. Concubine Lixian and Mrs. Zhen walked in front, while Mrs. Liang and Mrs. Mei walked behind.

Mrs. Liang looked longing and said, "I didn't expect the Queen would hang the "Hundred Sons and Thousands of Grandchildren" in the front hall. It would be great if I could really get some of the Queen's blessings and get pregnant."

Mrs. Mei looked at Mrs. Zhen’s back, bent her mouth, and a sarcasm flashed quickly in her eyes, “Sister Liang, my sister thinks the Queen doesn’t seem to like the picture of “Hundred Sons and Thousands of Grandchildren”.”

Mrs. Mei's voice was neither loud nor small, and it happened to let Concubine Lixian and Mrs. Zhen walk in front of her hear it. After hearing this, Mrs. Zhen's body shook. This time, the mockery in Madam Mei's eyes became even more intense.

Concubine Lixian and Mrs. Zhen exchanged their eyes and got on their own chariots.

Mrs. Mei thought for a while and said to Mrs. Liang: "Sister Liang, is it good for me to accompany you to the Meiyuan Garden to enjoy the flowers?"

Mrs. Mei has always been cold and has not had a close relationship with others, but now she has taken the initiative to invite Mrs. Liang. At that moment, Mrs. Liang did not think much and agreed happily: "Okay! My sister has long wanted to travel with Sister Mei, but... she has never found a suitable opportunity."

"Sister Liang has a good personality. She should have made friends with her earlier." Mrs. Mei said while holding Mrs. Liang's arm. The two of them walked slowly along the palace road and went to Meiyuan.

After everyone left, Chu Yueyin sat on the chair and looked at the picture of "Hundred Sons and Thousands of Grandchildren" on the wall, and sighed lightly after a long time. I hope that this move to shake the mountain can make Mrs. Zhen restrain herself and be content with her own self-righteousness. As long as Mrs. Zhen stops, she can keep her past without any blame. Otherwise, even if Mrs. Zhen has strong family support behind her, she will not be able to escape the fate of being abandoned.

Later, Chu Yueyin realized that she had thought about the problem too simply. There were many things that she didn't pursue, and the other party would be grateful and silence. On the contrary, it became even worse. And the day came soon.

On this day, Chu Yueyin came to the depressed imperial garden and walked slowly along the path. Since one time, Doctor Pang came to ask for a pulse and said that for the health of the dragon fetus, it is best to spend half an hour walking slowly every day, in order to cover up, Chu Yueyin followed Doctor Pang's words and took a walk in the Imperial Garden every day.

When he was tired of walking, Chu Yueyin sat down on the big rock beside Biyuan Pool. Due to the cold weather, thin ice formed on Biyuan Pool. Through this layer of thin ice, you can vaguely see the gurgling water below. Only bare dead poles were left at the reeds beside the pond, covered with fine ice.

Chu Yueyin looked at it for a while, suddenly remembered something, looked up and waved to Bei Mingyu, "Xiyan, have you read all the booklets you brought from Aunt Xinyi? Have you found it?"

Bei Mingyu walked up to Chu Yueyin and whispered: "I had finished watching it last night. A year ago, after spending the night in Luheyuan, the emperor gave him a jade Ruyi to Mrs. Mei. I have to see it with my own eyes before I know if it is Blood Ruyi."

"How do you plan to check?" Chu Yueyin asked in a low voice.

"Night visit."

"No! A few days ago, the emperor ordered Leng Feng to strengthen the guards in the harem. If you walk around at night, you will be easily discovered."

"Don't worry, Miss, if I'm really discovered, I will escape from the palace and will never implicate the lady."

"You are wrong! If you are really discovered, if you escape back to Kunning Palace, the guards will follow you and expose your identity. But if you escape from the palace, Leng Feng will only investigate one palace and one palace in the harem, and sooner or later, he will find that there is a missing palace maid in Kunning Palace and will still expose your identity."

Bei Mingyu asked unwillingly: "Then won't check it?"

"I know that you will be at ease after you have seen it, but you don't have to check it secretly."

"What does Miss mean?"

"Let's go and check it out with just a legitimate reason." Chu Yueyin looked at Bei Mingyu, raised her plain hand and gently pulled a strand of black hair on her temples, and explained slowly, "Two days ago, didn't the Imperial Guard catch a servant smuggling treasures from the palace and selling them outside the palace? You used this as an excuse to tell Mrs. Mei that there was a jade Ruyi on the list given by the servant, and it was impossible to tell the origin. Therefore, you took the order of the palace to check whether the Ruyi in Mrs. Mei's hand was still there. In order to clear the suspicion, Mrs. Mei will definitely take Ruyi out for you to show."

Beimingyu showed joy on her face. This is indeed a good idea.

"Miss, then I..."

Chu Yueyin interrupted Bei Mingyu, "You go now." She knew that Bei Mingyu was anxious to know the answer.

"Thank you for your fulfillment, Miss." Bei Mingyu turned around and stopped suddenly, and asked hesitantly, "Without Xiyan's company, do you have no problem, Miss?"

Chu Yueyin doesn't like the feeling of hudding and huddling. Since Beimingyu entered the palace, if she was traveling during the day, except Yin Qiao and Beimingyu, she often did not bring other guards and palace maids. Since one time, she accidentally discovered that Zixia reported her whereabouts to Queen Mother Zhao, Chu Yueyin's trust in Zixia has dropped sharply, and she left her in Kunning Palace as her assistant to Aunt Jianing and rarely brought her out.

"Don't worry, there is still a clever trick." Chu Yueyin said with a smile. Even if the concubines regard her Chu Yueyin as a thorn in her eyes and a thorn in her flesh, they would not dare to attack her in broad daylight unless they didn't want to live anymore. Besides, there were secret guards sent by Yuwen Hua next to her.

"Then, Xi Yan quickly go back." Bei Mingyu turned around and told Yin Qiao beside him, "Be careful, don't leave the lady before I come back." Seeing Yin Qiao nodding and agreeing, Bei Mingyu left with confidence.

Chu Yueyin sat for a while and felt a little cold on her body. She was about to get up and walk when she suddenly heard a woman's scream not far away. She followed the sound and saw a palace maid in a light green palace outfit sitting on the ground with a broom lying beside her.

"Yinqiao, let's go over and see what happened." Yinqiao hurried over to help Chu Yueyin up and helped her walk towards the palace maid with a look of pain.

When there was about one meter away, Chu Yueyin stopped cautiously and looked at the familiar palace maid sitting on the ground, about her early twenties, with a round face, big eyes, and a pair of beautiful willow eyebrows frowned. Her bright red cherry lips were bitten hard by her snow-white teeth, as if she was enduring an inexplicable pain.

It turned out to be her! This palace maid is responsible for cleaning the roads in the Imperial Garden. Chu Yueyin often sees her when she is walking in the Imperial Garden, and she always sweeps the road surface in a hurry. Even when the road is muddy when the snow melts, she has never heard her complain.

Chu Yueyin nodded to Yin Qiao and signaled her to come forward to ask. Yin Qiao took a few steps forward and asked with concern: "What happened to this sister? Why are you sitting on the ground?"

The palace maid suddenly raised her head when she heard Yin Qiao's question. She was a little surprised when she saw Yin Qiao. She saw Chu Yueyin behind Yin Qiao, and she was immediately panicked. She supported the ground with her hands and tried to stand up, but she failed after trying twice.

"Don't move anymore, otherwise the injury will be even worse." Chu Yueyin carefully discovered that the palace maid's left ankle was swollen and it seemed that she had accidentally twisted it.

"Report to the Empress, my maid named Xiao Ping, is the palace maid responsible for cleaning the Imperial Garden. She accidentally stepped on a stone and sprained her foot. She couldn't help but shout in pain, disturbing the Empress. Please forgive me!"

"You didn't mean it, why would I blame you? Besides, if I had suffered such a crime, I might have been screaming a lot. How could you bear the pain like this?" Chu Yueyin said as she walked forward, "If Yin Qiao helped you, can you leave?"

Yin Qiao squatted down according to Chu Yueyin's wishes, stretched out her hand to help Xiao Ping up.

Xiao Ping did not cooperate and looked at the weak Yin Qiao and said, "Does Aunt Yin Qiao know martial arts? I can't use any force on my feet. If Aunt Yin Qiao knows martial arts, I can walk. Otherwise, I'm afraid I can't take a step."

Although Yin Qiao had not been in the palace for a long time, because she was Chu Yueyin's personal maid, she was just promoted to a second-class female official a few days ago, and the palace outfit on her body changed from the original light pink to dark green. Therefore, Xiao Ping was older than Yin Qiao, but she called Yin Qiao the aunt.

When Chu Yueyin heard this, "I didn't expect you to be so seriously injured. I'd better find another way."

When Xiao Ping heard this, she knew in her heart that Yinfa did not know martial arts, and a look of relief flashed in her eyes.

Chu Yueyin didn't notice Xiao Ping's strangeness. She looked around and knew that no one would go to the Imperial Garden to play at this time. So she said, "Yinqiao, you and I will help Xiao Ping to the big stone over there, and then you can find a guard nearby."

Xiao Ping looked panicked, "It's impossible to do this. The Empress is a body of thousands of gold. How can she do such a thing for her servants? Let her sit on the ground and wait for the guards to arrive."

"The ground is cold, and you are injured again. Let me sit on the big stone first." Chu Yueyin and Yin Qiao helped Xiao Ping up, one left and one right, and it took a lot of effort to help her sit on the big stone beside the Biyuan Pool. Yin Qiao left to find the guards.
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