All of a sudden, Yun Shang was fully awake. She opened her eyes and looked in the direction of the voice. She saw a maid and a eunuch coming over behind the rockery. The eunuch was speaking.
Yun Shang narrowed her eyes. Lady Li?
She hadn't heard the name for a long time. She didn't pay attention to it since she asked Lady Li to transcribe Buddhist scriptures in the Xiangyi Palace.
But judging from the words of these two servants, Lady Li didn't seem to have a good time in the Xiangyi Palace?
Qian Liu and Qian Zhuo looked at each other. When they were about to speak, Yun Shang raised her hand and made a gesture of silence.
The maid lowered her head and said in a very low voice, "I offended a noble person when I first entered the palace. If it weren't for Lady Li's help, I would have died long ago. The grace of saving my life is greater than the sky. When Lady Li was living a good life, I didn't want to come to her. But now she is down and having a bad life, I must repay her kindness."
Yun Shang pursed her lips and sighed in her heart, 'It's true that love and friendship are important.'.
"Yesterday, when I went to visit from outside of the Xiangyi Palace, I saw Lady Li's servants were looking for guards. They said that it was raining endlessly and the weather suddenly turned cold. Lady Li was ill and was getting worse and worse because of no medicine. They asked the guards to call for an imperial physician.
But those guards all held their heads high and said that the Empress had ordered that no one was allowed to enter the Xiangyi Palace and even pushed the maid to the ground.
I was going to take some silver jewelry to the guards and see if I could send some medicine. The guards didn't appreciate it, so I asked you for help. You are responsible for bringing food to Lady Li. It must be easy for you to bring some medicine to her,"
the maid pleaded. The eunuch turned to look at the maid and said, "If anyone finds out this, I will be seriously punished. I've told you that you don't have to take such a big risk to do it since Lady Li will never be able to make a comeback? I advise you to stop thinking about it. If it's just a minor illness, she doesn't have to take medicine to get through it. If she is really seriously ill, I think it will be a good thing if Lady Li really dies of illness. It will be better than being alone in that cold palace for a lifetime. Do you think so? "
The maid didn't say a word, and the eunuch continued, "Now their former majesties are in deep love, so the other imperial concubines are in vain. If they have a son, they can have hope that their son can take them out of the palace after he leaves the palace and set up a family. Unfortunately, Lady Li has nothing.
Don't come to me or ask others for help. It's not good for you to take such a big risk. No one will do it."
The eunuch laughed scornfully, "If you really want to help Lady Li, I can show you a way."
The maid bit her lips and asked in a low voice, "What way?"
"Ha ha..." The eunuch laughed, "It's easy. Go and beg the Empress. Now, in the imperial household, all the decisions are made by the Empress, and it's the Empress's order to keep Lady Li in the Xiangyi Palace. So only asking her can be useful." After saying that, the eunuch waved at the maid and left quickly.
The maid stood there for a while before she left with her head down.
After the maid had gone far, Qian Zhuo said in a low voice, "Your Majesty asked Lady Li to copy the Buddhist scriptures in the palace, leaving only one person to serve her. Others are not allowed to enter or leave without permission, but you didn't let those servants and guards treat Lady Li so harshly. What's the matter? It's okay to call an imperial physician to see her if she is ill. Those servants and guards have gone too far..."
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