Chapter 197: There is a black hand behind the scenes

"I ......"

The palace maid only said a word, and she was immediately speechless.

Ah Yao patted her shoulder and comforted her softly: "Don't be sad, speak slowly." ā€

The palace maid slowly calmed down, "My name is Lan Xin, and I am the palace maid who serves in Concubine Xiao's palace, but not long ago, I was assigned to serve by the eldest prince's side, and the eldest prince was drunk that night...... Asked for me. ā€

Ah Yao is also a person who has been a servant girl, and understands Lan Xin's involuntary and helplessness.

"When this happened, I didn't dare to say anything about it, but recently I found out that my sunflower water was gone, and I may be pregnant."

Ah Yao was shocked and asked, "Are you sure?" ā€

Lan Xin cried and shook her head, "I didn't dare to go to the Imperial Doctor, and I didn't dare to tell anyone, it was just my own speculation." ā€

"I'm a doctor, if you don't mind, can you let me take your pulse?"

Lan Xin looked at her, hesitated for a moment, and slowly stretched out her right hand.

After she gave Lan Xin the pulse of joy, her eyebrows immediately wrinkled together.

"How?" Lan Xin asked.

She withdrew her hand and said with a solemn expression: "You are really pregnant." ā€

Lan Xin's eyes were dull, and her face was like ashes.

She is a palace maid with a humble status, where is she worthy of giving birth to the first child of the eldest prince?

If this matter is publicized, then she will only be put to death.

"No wonder they want to kill me, Concubine Xiao will never let me go." Lan Xin's face was expressionless, and tears fell down one after another.

"Concubine Xiao knows that you are pregnant?" Yao asked.

Lan Xin shook her head, "She only knows that the eldest prince wants me, and I haven't had time to tell her about it, because I've been restless lately, and I always love to cry, and she's afraid that others will know about me and the eldest prince, so she wants to kill me." ā€

This is Concubine Xiao, who is gentle and friendly to people, and a wolf in sheep's clothing.

She was silent and thought of a way to survive for Lan.

Lan Xin hurriedly grabbed her hand, "Girl, save me, I don't want to die." ā€

"Don't worry, I won't leave you alone."

Ah Yao faintly felt that something was wrong.

If Concubine Xiao didn't know that Lan Xin was pregnant, there was no need to kill her mouth.

Compared with extinguishing the mouth, it is more convenient to drive Lan Xin out of the palace.

She raised her eyes to look at Lan Xin, "Do you know anything else?" ā€

"I ......"

Seeing that Lan Xin was still hiding, she continued to ask: "If you hide it from me, then I really can't save you, you'd better think about it." ā€

"I, I went to find Concubine Xiao some time ago, I originally wanted to beg Concubine Xiao to let me come back, but I happened to hear her explain who got rid of Yun Niang."

"What did you say?"

Lan Xin was too frightened by her eager appearance to speak.

"Don't be afraid, tell me what you know."

"I didn't take it to heart at that time, I remember that they said that there will be no more Yun Niang in the world."

There is no Yun Niang in the world!

Could it be that they really poisoned their mother?

"Do you remember who Concubine Xiao said to whom?" Yao asked.

"It's Sister Rose, the personal palace maid beside her."

So that's why they want to kill Lan's heart.

She looked at Lan Xin and asked, "What are you going to do with this child?" ā€

"I ......"

Lan Xin looked down at her stomach, "I don't know. ā€

"This kid can't stay." A-Yao reminded.

"I naturally know that I can't stay, but I can't protect myself now, what else can I do?"

Ah Yao thought for a while and said, "I'll find a way to take you out of the palace." ā€

"Thank you, girl."

"You stay here for the time being, and I'll take you away when I think of a way."

"Okay."

Ah Yao instructed Lan Xin a few words and left here.

It is indeed not easy to take a living person out of the palace, and it must be planned carefully.

Not daring to delay too long, she hurriedly returned to Concubine Xiao's palace.

After entering, she found that Concubine Xiao's face was not very good-looking, and before she could ask, Concubine Xiao saw that her color had returned to normal behind her.

It's so fast to change faces!

"A-Yao is back." Concubine Xiao said with a smile.

"Hmm."

"Are you feeling better?"

"Much better."

"You've been practicing for so long, it's time to take a break."

"Hmm."

After a pause, Ah Yao asked suspiciously: "I was not very happy to come in and see Concubine Xiao just now, did something happen to you?" ā€

"It's okay, don't think about it."

She let out an "oh" and didn't ask any more.

At this moment, a palace maid came in with refreshments.

"Miss A-Yao, drink some hot tea and eat something!"

"I'm tired."

Just as Ah Yao was looking at the palace maid, Concubine Xiao said to the palace maid, "Rose, go and tell the small kitchen to cook some light dishes for Ah Yao today." ā€

"Yes."

She's a rose!

A-Yao's gaze fell on her, and she took the initiative to thank her, "Thank you, Sister Rose." ā€

Rose looked at her embarrassedly, "The slave can't afford Miss A-Yao's sister, and the girl must not shout like this." ā€

"Sister Rose, I felt kind when I first saw you." A-Yao continued to get close to the rose.

"The girl praised it falsely."

Concubine Xiao flicked her hand and said, "Rose go down first and get busy!" ā€

"Yes."

Ah Yao watched Rose go away, and was planning how to meet Rose alone.

For the next half day, A-Yao kept looking for an opportunity to talk to Rose alone, until she was about to leave the palace, and finally found an opportunity.

Towards evening, a light rain suddenly began to fall.

Concubine Xiao saw that it was gloomy and raining lightly outside the house, so she took the initiative to say to A-Yao: "It's raining outside, and the weather is not good, why don't you stay with me tonight?" ā€

"No, I'm tired of Concubine Xiao lending me an umbrella, and I'll leave the palace with an umbrella."

"But it's still raining outside, if something happens to you, how can I explain to the emperor?"

"I ......"

Concubine Xiao grabbed her hand, "Okay, don't talk about it, stay with me tonight." ā€

Seeing that Concubine Xiao insisted on keeping herself, Ah Yao didn't refuse, and agreed to stay.

After nightfall, Concubine Xiao asked Rose to clean up the house for A-Yao.

Concubine Xiao pulled Ah Yao and talked for a while, and Rose cleaned up the house and came back.

"Mother, the house is cleaned up."

Concubine Xiao looked at Ah Yao, "You have practiced the rules all day today, you can go back and rest first!" ā€

"Okay."

Rose said respectfully, "Girl, please come with the slave." ā€

"There's Sister Lau Rose."

Ah Yao saluted Concubine Xiao slightly, and then left with Rose.

She followed behind Rose and deliberately chatted with Rose, "I didn't expect Concubine Xiao to be quite big here." ā€

"That's natural, although our mother is not the queen, but she is also in charge of the queen's affairs in the palace, so she is naturally different from other mothers."

She looked around curiously and asked, "Does Sister Rose live here too?" ā€

"As the personal palace maid of the mother, the slave maid naturally has to live in the place closest to the mother."

"I see."

Rose didn't think much of it, she only asked these questions when she was curious about the palace.

After a while, Rose brought A-Yao to the room.

Rose pointed to the room, "This is the room that the maid specially asked the slave to clean up. ā€

"Thank you."

"The girl rested earlier, and the slave and maid were gone."

"Okay."

Watching Rose walk away, she went into the room and sat on the bed.

This room is really good, the bed is also very soft, Concubine Xiao is really attentive.

It's a pity that it's not a good intention.

While it was still early, she lay down and slept for a while.

In the middle of the night, she woke up on time.

She quietly pushed open the door, saw that there was silence outside, and continued to walk outside.

She followed her memories to Rose's room, stuned her with the drug, and quietly brought her back to her room.

It was only after tying her up and stuffing a rag in her mouth that she woke her up.

Rose opened her eyes and was stunned for a moment when she saw A-Yao in front of her.

When she saw the room she was in, she found that she was tied up again, and Rose looked at A-Yao suspiciously.

Ah Yao took out the dagger and shook it in front of her, "Don't shout, otherwise you may lose your life." ā€

Rose nodded.

Yao took the rag out of her mouth.

"Miss Yao, what are you doing here?"

A-Yao brought a chair and sat in front of her, "I have something I want to ask you." ā€

"I don't know anything, please let me go!"

"You don't know anything before I ask?"

"I ......"

Ah Yao pinched her chin vigorously and approached her coldly, "Where is Yun Niang?" ā€

"Y-What did you say?"

Hearing Yun Niang's name, Rose immediately changed her face, but she still didn't want to admit anything.

"Don't say it?"

"I—I really don't know who Yun Niang is."

Ah Yao hooked her lips coldly, raised her dagger and slashed her arm, and the bright red blood immediately stained her clothes.

"Spare your life!"

Rose didn't expect Ah Yao to really make a move, and she was completely frightened by this knife.

"If you don't say it, the next cut may be on your neck."

With that, she slowly moved the dagger to Rose's neck.

"I ......"

The sharp and cold dagger stuck to Rose's tender flesh, making Rose feel excited.

"I, I ......"

Rose's lips trembled, and her voice trembled.

"Have you figured it out?"

"I ......"

Ah Yao didn't have much patience, and slashed straight at Rose's neck, "It's just a warning, next time ......"

"I—I said."

She took the dagger away and looked at Rose coldly.

"Yun, Yun Niang has been killed by Niangniang's people."

"Really?"

"I, I don't dare to lie to you, Niangniang learned that you were coming to Fengdu, so she sent someone to send Yun Niang away, Yun Niang has long been poisoned, even if she doesn't die in the hands of Niangniang, she won't live long."

She pinched Rose's neck fiercely, gritted her teeth and said, "You still poison my mother?" ā€

"No...... It's not the poison of the mother, she, she was poisoned long ago before she fell into the hands of the mother. ā€

She let go of Rose a little, "What do you mean?" ā€

Rose took a big breath of fresh air, and said truthfully: "Niangniang accidentally learned about Yun Niang and you, so she went around to find out your whereabouts, and finally caught Yun Niang in Fengdu, but found that she had already been poisoned. ā€

"Didn't you bring Yun Niang to Fengdu?" Yao asked.

Rose shook her head, "Niangniang sent someone to find Yun Niang for a long time, but someone found Yun Niang one step earlier than Niangniang. ā€

Who found Concubine Xiao first?

"Then how did you find Yun Niang?" A-Yao asked again.