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Helping someone isn't something you can just say you're doing.

Yunxi tried hard to recall the past, but it had been too long, and she needed to take the time to review it properly.

For some reason, she felt that Qiu Miaomiao could become her pawn.

What Li Ruolan disdains and discards may become her strongest weapon.

No matter how much she planned, she couldn't let it slip. Now that Qingqiu was by her side, she had to be on guard against her at all times.

Yunxi knew that Qingqiu was actually sent by Granny Gui to supervise her.

Since Li Ruolan entered the palace, although she seemed to have gained benefits every time, she also lost a lot. According to their original plan, this should not have happened.

The Li family had played such a grand game, spending so much money, and with the He family's meticulous planning, they shouldn't have encountered such difficulties.

Granny Gui suspected that there was a traitor among them.

Just because the Li family could bribe people in the palace doesn't mean others couldn't.

If such a person truly exists, their power and wealth surpass those of the Li and He families, making them even more worthy of vigilance.

But they would never suspect Yunxi.

Yunxi, a former slave, only managed to clear her name thanks to the Li family; otherwise, she wouldn't even have had the chance to enter the palace and would have been forced to sing in the Qin Ge Lou (a type of brothel) outside the palace.

Now that he's entered the palace, he's even more helpless and alone.

Aside from Li Ruolan's protection, she had nothing and had no right to make a fuss.

Granny Gui never doubted that this was true.

However, it's always good to be cautious. It's best to keep a close eye on Yunxi and prevent her from causing any more trouble.

The baby in her womb is the most important thing. Once the baby is born, she'll be useless.

As expected of someone personally chosen by Granny Gui, Qingqiu's style of doing things was exactly the same. On the first day, she divided the work with Yunxi, telling her what she shouldn't do and what she should do.

"Although this is our first meeting, let me make this clear from the start: we are both palace maids, the servants of our masters. I do not need to take orders from you, and you should not try to use the child in your belly to blackmail me."

This sentence makes it clear that Qingqiu would never give Yunxi any special treatment.

They did whatever the palace maids were supposed to do.

After all, they were personal maids. The rough and tiring work was done by the other palace maids outside, and it wasn't their turn to do the heavy work as well.

As for serving tea and water, and attending to the master's daily needs, Qingqiu should treat these matters on an equal footing with Yunxi.

If she slacks off, she won't give Yunxi a kind look.

The tension was palpable from their very first meeting, but Yunxi didn't seem to mind. She lowered her eyes and softly replied, "Understood."

It was the same in her past life. Qingqiu was just that straightforward. She really thought that although the other person had a bad temper, he had a good heart.

Unexpectedly, this person was true to his word and had an even worse heart.

She even intentionally or unintentionally ostracized them, deliberately telling Granny Gui and Li Ruolan that she wanted to take back her child.

If Yunxi hadn't noticed early, she would have avoided the tests every time.

Just then, Granny Gui became a victim of palace intrigue, and Li Ruolan needed her advice; she herself might have died long ago.

At that time, she became the aunt who took care of the children, and Qingqiu naturally became the head steward of Jingyang Palace.

The two only disagree in private; on the surface, they still have to pretend to be dutiful and good friends.

friend.

Yunxi feels nauseous whenever she sees those two words.

She remembered that she had once taken half the blame for Qingqiu, but the other party insisted that it was her fault.

The memories of my past life flooded my mind, and the pain was incredibly profound.

It's quite good that we've kept to ourselves from the beginning.

"Since this is your first time here, I also have something to say to you."

Just as Qingqiu thought she had finished speaking and was about to leave, she heard Yunxi speak slowly and deliberately behind her.

"Don't talk about having the same status. There's no way our statuses can be the same."

Upon hearing this, Qingqiu's eyes widened.

Why is this different from what Granny Gui described? Granny Gui said that this Yunxi is just stupid and even soft-hearted. As long as you treat her well, she will easily be led by the nose.

Such people are the easiest to manipulate. Just slap them first, then give them some benefits, and you can make them completely trust you.

That's why she immediately established her authority from the start, making Yunxi fear her.

Give them some more benefits later, and pretend to be close sisters; everything won't be too difficult.

Everything is completely out of control now. How come things are developing in a way that is completely different from what I imagined?

Just as Qingqiu was taken aback, Yunxi spoke again.

"Since you're one of us, you know that I now have two bodies, and they're heavy, so I can't do many things on my own. You have to cooperate with me."

After saying that, she walked up to Qingqiu with a gentle smile on her face and gently reminded her, "We are both servants, so it's best not to do anything that will anger our master, and we must also do our best to complete the tasks assigned by our master."

Granny Gui was indeed very quiet and experienced.

Don't forget, Li Ruolan is still in charge of the entire Jingyang Palace.

With just a word from Li Ruolan, even Granny Gui would kneel down and admit her mistake.

But Yunxi happens to have what Li Ruolan desires most.

As long as the child in her womb hasn't been born, they should treat her better.

These rules were taught to Yunxi by them.

Yunxi left the side room amidst Qingqiu's astonished expression.

The sun is shining brightly now; she needs to go out and soak up some sun to warm up her body.

With a healthy body, the birth of twins will be smoother in the future, instead of the ordeal that nearly cost me my life, like I did back then.

At that time, if the imperial physician hadn't said that the child was in poor health, prone to premature death, and would need to be breastfed and given medication later, she probably wouldn't have been able to save her life.

Yunxi still remembered what Granny Gui had told her.

"Yunxi, these are both your children. No wet nurse can compare to you, their own mother!"

"If they were bribed by other concubines and did something wrong, the child really wouldn't survive."

That's why she swallowed the nauseating and unpleasant medicine herself, and then fed the child with nutrients.

She was too obedient and too useful. Li Ruolan got used to her, and in the end, even the last bit of value she had was squeezed dry before she was discarded.

Having experienced this kind of pain, Yunxi felt her nails digging into her flesh just thinking about it.

She couldn't cry, nor could she admit defeat.

God gave me a second chance, not to let me go back to the pathetic days of my previous life.

After Yunxi left, Qingqiu immediately went to report the matter to Granny Gui, and even added fuel to the fire, saying more bad things about Yunxi.

"Granny, that bitch is probably faking it. She's not that easy to bully. She gave me a hard time as soon as she arrived, scaring me so much I couldn't say a word!"

After complaining, Qingqiu made a scared face, hoping that Granny Gui would give her some revenge.

She had been lying low in the palace for several years, and now that she had returned, she wasn't coming back to be bullied.

None of the places in the palace are pleasant places to visit.

If you don't have a good backer, you will only run into obstacles everywhere and be trampled underfoot.

Qingqiu was, after all, the daughter of a respectable family. If her family hadn't fallen on hard times, she wouldn't have ended up in the palace and ended up relying on Granny Gui.

Palace maids were also divided into different ranks. Even though Yunxi's identity was cleared, she was still a slave before, which was a fact that could never be changed.

Here, anyone born into slavery is destined to be a slave, working like an ox or a horse for others, for their entire life.

However, Granny Gui didn't jump to conclusions about Yunxi based solely on Qiu's one-sided account. Instead, she glanced at the other woman and asked:

"Now that you're new here, you should be hiding your talents, or did you disobey me and bully Yunxi?"

"This... Granny, how could I possibly..."

"Qingqiu, as I told you, before the baby in her belly is born, what you need to do is make Yunxi treat you as the person she trusts most!"

No matter what the people below did, Granny Gui didn't care.

As long as things don't escalate, she can even turn a blind eye.

But children are different.

Whether Li Ruolan can become the mother of the nation depends on this one event; their years of planning cannot afford any mishaps.

Qingqiu hadn't expected this matter to be so big. She shrank back, not daring to utter a single word of complaint.

However, he secretly made up his mind that if he had the chance in the future, he would make Yunxi kneel in front of him and watch her beg for mercy.

Don't think that just because she borrowed someone else's uterus to have a child, she'll suddenly become a phoenix rising to a high social status.

In the palace, there are countless nameless and unranked palace maids. Who does Yunxi think she is? Does she really want to rise in status through her son?

She's just a slave, how could she be worthy of sitting on equal footing with her!

Little did they know, all of this was Yunxi's plan.

Even Qingqiu's future difficulties were part of her plan; once the time was right, she would have a chance to escape their sight.

Finally, when it was time to go out and collect the items, Qingqiu deliberately nudged Yunxi, signaling her to go.

"I'm making sachets for Consort Lan. Her Majesty needs them tonight, so I can't leave. I'm just going to get some fabric. You can't even walk that short distance, can you?"

It's not too far from Jingyang Palace, but it's starting to get chilly now, so you're bound to catch a cold on the way.

No one wanted to leave the warm room, not to mention that the palace maids' clothes weren't particularly thick.

Only Yunxi, fearing she would get cold, was given one of her own rabbit fur coats by Li Ruolan, who also reminded her not to let the baby in her belly get cold.

Qingqiu's reason was also appropriate; she couldn't stand Yunxi having good things.

She couldn't stand that Yunxi, who was a palace maid just like herself, was given different food because she was pregnant.

Any woman can give birth, so why is it that Yunxi is the only one who gets this good fortune?

It should be noted that the things Li Ruolan gave were all top-quality tonics, specially brought in from outside the palace, all for the sake of the child's health.

I've heard that this treatment is the same as that of an empress.

It's a pity, it was given to a sinner.

Does that sinner even understand these things? He always looks like he's about to vomit after eating.

What a waste!