After Liu Baihe left, the two women kneeling on the ground stood up hand in hand. Wu Qingyue spat fiercely in the direction where she disappeared, and spat out the bloody saliva in her mouth.

Qiao Wan'er, who was standing by, came closer to check out Wu Qingyue's face, which was slightly swollen from being slapped. But Wu Qingyue immediately turned her head away, deliberately avoiding her sight, and said unhappily, "What's so good about it? Even if my buttocks were beaten into eight pieces and my tongue was cut off, you don't have to worry about whether I live or die! Why did you agree to let her go to the inner class? Don't you know that Liu Baihe wants to offer you to that old pervert as a plaything! Sister Wan'er!"

"Qingyue, don't be angry. I didn't agree to her because of you. Do you think it's useless for me to say no to what Liu Baihe has decided? You can't defeat her. On the contrary, you standing up for me will not only be of no help, but you will suffer in the end! She is a vengeful person. I don't know how she will punish you in the future!" Qiao Wan'er replied worriedly.

"Sister Wan'er, you can't even protect yourself, and you're still worrying about me? Think about yourself!" Wu Qingyue still had an angry expression on her face, "By the way! Where's Fuzhi? What did Fuzhi say? What method did he use to escape from the palace?"

"I never saw him again after that." Qiao Wan'er's already gloomy expression became even darker.

"What? Didn't see him? Didn't you make an appointment to meet him?"

"I found an opportunity to make an appointment with him, but he didn't show up." When Qiao Wan'er said this, her voice was as low as a mosquito's buzz, as if she was very reluctant to talk about this topic.

"What! He didn't show up for the date?" Wu Qingyue was surprised at first, and then she looked contemptuous. "I told you that when he met you a few days ago, his cold expression was actually him pretending not to know you, and you said it wasn't true. Look, now I go to make an appointment with him in person, but he doesn't even show up. I said this guy is unreliable!"

"Maybe he couldn't come to the appointment because he really had something to do and couldn't get away?" Qiao Wan'er's voice was still lacking in confidence, as if she herself didn't quite believe this statement.

"Sister Wan'er, please stop deceiving yourself. He probably figured it out. If he is caught escaping from the palace, he will be beheaded. He got scared and started pretending not to know you. Now he is too lazy to pretend and just avoids you. How can this guy change his face faster than turning the pages of a book! When he first recognized you as his sister from the same hometown, he was not like this. He found all kinds of opportunities to come to you and show his courtesy. He even swore that he would take you out of the palace to live together. Now that you have made up your mind to escape with him, look at what kind of face he has? He is so scared that he dare not even see you!"

"Escaping from the palace is a serious crime, and I shouldn't have asked others for help. It was because I was worried when I saw Shuxiu's condition that I decided to take Shuxiu and escape with him. But... what can a small eunuch like him do? In fact... I didn't expect him to really be able to do anything." Although Qiao Wan'er said that she didn't care, her extremely ugly expression had already exposed the disappointment in her heart.

"Come on, Sister Wan'er, stop making excuses for him. He's pretending not to know you and avoiding you. Isn't it obvious that he doesn't dare to see you because he has told lies that he can't take back? This man looks decent, but I didn't expect him to be so unreliable! Sister, don't be fooled by his pretty face, not to mention he's not a perfect man..." "Qingyue, what are you talking about? Fuzhi is a neighbor boy I knew when I was a child. He's a poor man like us. It's rare for us to meet again in the palace. It can be considered a kind of fate! That's why I'm close to him. It's not what you think at all."

"You treat him as your brother, but he may not necessarily treat you as his sister. However... fortunately, this incident exposed his mean face..."

"Alright, alright, Qingyue, stop talking about this person. But it's okay this way... Even if Shuxiu can't escape, at least I can go and replace her."

Wu Qingyue frowned fiercely when she heard her say this, and raised her voice a few notes: "Sister Wan'er, how can you think like this! Why don't you think more about yourself?"

"No, I want to go talk to Lady Shang Gong about this!" Without waiting for Qiao Wan'er to reply, Wu Qingyue seemed to suddenly remember something, left after saying a few words.

"Qingyue! Don't go! It's useless! Liu Baihe is well-connected, and Lady Shang Gong will not easily offend her for such a small matter. Besides, if Liu Baihe finds out that you are going to look for her over your head..." Qiao Wan'er followed behind Wu Qingyue and wanted to persuade her, but before she could say half of her words, she found that the girl ran away as if wheels had grown under her feet.

Helplessly, she quickened her pace and continued to chase forward. Before she had taken a few steps, she suddenly heard someone calling from behind: "Qiao Wan'er, Qiao Wan'er, I finally found you!"

Qiao Wan'er stopped and looked back. It turned out to be a young palace maid she knew from the Clothing Department, running towards her breathlessly. "Wan'er, Wan'er, you...you should go and take a look! Shuxiu...she...she drowned herself in the lake!"

(End of this chapter)

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