The eldest daughter, she is proud and sassy

Chapter 272
Seeing Zi Yan and the others put down their things and really left, Shui Fu clenched her fists.

"These people, sooner or later I want them to look good."

Thinking about how many people fawned on her when she was working with the lady in the palace at the beginning, she didn't expect that when she returned to the palace a few years later, she would be treated like this.

Cui Hengyue glanced at her fist, and then asked: "Which of you two is more familiar with the layout of the palace?"

The two looked at each other and exchanged glances: What is she trying to do?
The next moment, Shui Fu said: "We are all familiar."

Hearing this, Cui Hengyue ordered: "Then leave one of you outside to guard, and the other to come in and help me."

At this time, Shui Rong had already guessed what Cui Hengyue wanted to do, so she said to Shui Fu: "You stay outside and I will go in."

So, Shui Fu stood guard at the door, and Shui Rong followed Cui Hengyue into the room.

In the dilapidated Hongqiongyuan, only the main room was spotless and clean, and there were pens, inks, papers and inkstones sent by the palace just now on the desk.

Cui Hengyue pointed to the paper and pen placed on the desk: "Draw a map of the palace for me."

Then pick up the ink stick and grind the ink.

Shui Rong walked to the back of the desk and sat down, picked up the pen and thought for a while before drawing on the paper.

A quarter of an hour later, Shui Rong dried the ink on the paper and handed it to Cui Hengyue: "This is the general layout of the palace, some small places may be missed."

Cui Hengyue took the map and glanced at it: "It doesn't matter."

Shui Rong opened her mouth to ask her what she wanted to do, but finally closed her mouth and didn't ask anything.

Cui Hengyue put away the map, went into the inner room and took off his coat, revealing the night clothes underneath, took out the map and looked at it before leaving the inner room.

"I'll go out for a while, you stay here, if someone comes, find a way to get rid of it."

Shui Rong respectfully replied: "Yes."

But Shui Fu chased after her: "Yuan Niang, what do you want to do?"

"Save people." Before he finished speaking, Cui Hengyue disappeared in front of him.

Shui Fu stared blankly at the place where Cui Hengyue disappeared, wondering in her heart: Who is she going to save?

"Go in." Shui Rong shouted.

In the cold autumn night, only the main room in Hongqiong Garden has a clean place to sit.

Shui Fu walked into the room in despair, and sat on a chair: "Tell me, who is Yuan Niang going to save?"

"I don't know." Shui Rong picked up the teapot and poured a cup of tea, and drank it in one gulp.

She claims to be the best at figuring out people's thoughts, but she can't see through Cui Hengyue's thoughts.

Shui Fu rested her chin on her hand, with a troubled expression on her face: "If Yuan Niang doesn't tell us, is it because she has already begun to doubt our identities and trust us?"

Shui Rong was silent for a moment, then said slowly: "My master has his own considerations in his mind when doing things, it is impossible to tell us everything, even if he is a confidant."

"You're wrong, my lady will tell us everything." Shui Fu retorted.

"No, my lady has something to hide from us." Shui Rong reminded her: "King Chu."

Shuifu took a meal.

The lady seldom told them about the King of Chu. Occasionally, when she got interested, she would talk about the King of Chu with them only in trivial matters.

Shui Fu felt very uncomfortable, and looked at Shui Rong stubbornly: "The lady is our benefactor, and she treats us very well. Even if she has something to hide from us, I will serve her wholeheartedly."

"Miss Cui is also very kind to us." Shui Rong reminded her again.

Shui Fu was stunned for a moment, "Okay, let her do whatever she wants, as long as we protect her."

Hearing this, Shui Rong showed a gratified smile.

The night was as cool as water, and the lights in the harem gradually went out, only a few palaces were still lit with candle lights.

After the queen mother went to bed, she thought of Cui Hengyue, so she asked Nanny You: "How is that Hongqiongyuan?"

"Reporting to the Queen Mother, the little lady can bear it. She didn't say anything and accepted everything."

After You Nanny replied, she hesitated for a moment: "Queen Mother, is it inappropriate to do this? After all, the king of Chu personally let her leave Yunxuan Temple."

"So what?" The Queen Mother said with a straight face: "If the King of Chu really valued this stinky girl, he wouldn't just send her two little maids."

Nanny You was silent.

The queen mother did not speak any more, and closed her eyes after lying down.

At this moment, Cui Hengyue has sneaked into Yeting according to the map.

Unexpectedly, the map that Shui Rong drew for her was real, not fake.

Cui Hengyue felt at ease, folded the map and stuffed it into her arms, hid in the darkness, and continued to sneak forward.

"Who?"

Hearing a slight sound coming from outside the window, Lu'er turned over and sat up, looking at the window vigilantly.

"Are you looking for me?" A familiar yet unfamiliar female voice suddenly sounded in the room.

Lu'er followed the prestige, but saw a man in black coming out from behind the curtain, she couldn't help shouting: "Yes!"

"Shh-"

Cui Hengyue jumped up and came to the bed. She covered Lu'er's mouth with her hand and reminded in a low voice, "Don't talk, or I will kill you."

Feeling the sharpness in her waist, Lu'er nodded hurriedly.

Cui Hengyue let go of her hand, and asked fiercely: "Let me ask you, how did Concubine Rong die back then?"

Lu'er paused for a moment, then replied, "He died of illness."

"What disease?"

"Wind chill."

"lie."

Cui Hengyue sent the dagger forward, and Lu'er's clothes were instantly torn.

There was a coldness in the waist, and there was a wet and painful feeling, Lu'er was shocked, and begged for mercy: "A good man spared his life, what I said is true, I didn't lie to you.

"Really, you have to trust me."

The corners of Cui Hengyue's lips under the scarf showed a trace of sarcasm: "You can still live in a room by yourself if you are fined to Yeting, no one will make things difficult for you, and you don't have to work.

"Do you think all this means that the Empress Dowager has sent a message to ask the people in Yeting to treat you well?
"Do you still think that the Empress Dowager demoted you to Yeting Court out of helplessness, and when the turmoil passes, the Empress Dowager will transfer you back to the Longevity Palace?"

Lu'er didn't speak, but her expression revealed that she thought so.

Cui Hengyue sneered: "If you think so, you will fall into the Queen Mother's arms, and I'm afraid you won't even know how you died.

"What kind of person the queen mother is, you should know better than me after following her for so many years.

"When the Empress Dowager was Concubine Shu, she fought against Concubine Rong Gui everywhere. You know the truth back then, and you know so many secrets about her. Do you think she will spare your life?"

Lu'er's face changed, she thought of those palace servants who made mistakes, they were either executed by the Queen Mother or secretly executed by the Queen Mother.
But the next moment, her expression became firm again: "You don't want to provoke discord, I am different from them, I am the Queen Mother's confidant, and the Queen Mother will never abandon me."

"Ha ha--"

Cui Hengyue made no secret of her sarcasm: "It's really stupid!"

"You..." Lu'er was furious, she clenched her hands tightly, but when she thought of the sharp weapon at her waist, she loosened her fists again.

"Concubine Rong did die of illness. Even if you ask me a hundred times or a thousand times, I will still answer you this way, because this is the truth."

Cui Hengyue leaned over and stared at her reddish ears: "You don't believe that the Queen Mother will kill you?
"Well, let's make a bet, I bet the queen mother will send someone to kill you tonight.

"If I win the bet, you tell me everything you know."

Seeing that there was no more text, Lu'er said: "Then what if you lose the bet?"

Cui Hengyue: "No, I won't lose"

(End of this chapter)