PNB Chapter 108: Former Master and Servant
Chapter 108: Former Master and Servant
The tall maid said, "Thirty years in the east, thirty years in the west. In the past, the prince was willing to send the princess to Hanshan Village for her, but now the prince has sent her away for the princess again. We used to say that Guangfu protected her like the apple of his eye, but we didn't expect that she was the bastard of Guangfu and Stone. With such an identity, she still had the nerve to be arrogant to us. We didn't expect that her identity was even lower than ours."
After the tall maid finished speaking, she spat out the door.
The short maid said, "That's right. In the past, Guangfu and Cuixiang relied on her power to bully others in the palace. I heard that their expenses even exceeded those of the princess. I don't know where they got the nerve to do that."
"She looks gentle and kind on weekdays, and she looks harmless. She can only pretend in front of the prince. If she was really that harmless, she wouldn't pretend to faint in the princess's courtyard every so often, causing the prince to wrongly accuse the princess and get beaten. The princess must be really heartbroken, so she wants to leave Prince Yun's Mansion."
After the tall maid finished speaking, there was knocking and crying sounds outside the door again.
"Get lost now. The prince won't see you, and we won't let you in. Just give up on this idea."
After the tall maid finished cursing at the door, she left with the short maid.
When Cuixiang saw the two maids leave, she quickly put down the night bucket, walked to the back door, opened the bolt, but saw Shen Qianqian slumped on the ground, wiping her tears sadly.
"Concubine~"
"Cui Xiang?"
They used to be master and servant, and had very high status in Prince Yun's Mansion. But now things have changed and the moment they met, they hugged each other and cried bitterly.
After crying for a while and seeing many people outside looking at them, Cuixiang took Shen Qianqian into Prince Yun's Mansion.
Cuixiang cried, "Concubine, where did they send you? How did you get back?"
Shen Qianqian also cried, "They sent me to a courtyard on Nanmen Street, which is also the prince's private property."
"How do they treat the concubines?" Cuixiang asked.
It turned out that on the day Mu Jin divorced her husband, Shen Qianqian was escorted out of the palace by the servants of Prince Yun's Mansion.
It was just because Su Yuntian didn't tell them where to go, and the servants, seeing how Shen Qianqian had been favored by Su Yuntian in the past, were not sure whether Su Yuntian was just putting on a show in front of Mu Jin by sending Shen Qianqian away.
Therefore, the servants did not dare to send Shen Qianqian to a place that was too far or too bad, but instead arranged her in a house on Nanmen Street.
It couldn't be said that the servants treated her badly these past two days, but compared with the past, they were indeed a bit negligent. They only took care of three meals a day and nothing else.
Shen Qianqian begged the servants to let her go. She wanted to go back to Prince Yun's Mansion to find Su Yuntian. She didn't believe that Su Yuntian would be so cruel as to throw away their friendship of more than ten years. However, the servants were watching her closely, so she couldn't leave the house.
In order to let the servants let down their guard, Shen Qianqian pretended to accept her fate and stopped crying in front of them over the past two days, so the servants relaxed their supervision of her a little.
Last night, while the servants were asleep, Shen Qianqian sneaked out of the house and walked towards Prince Yun's Mansion.
When she arrived at Prince Yun's Mansion in the morning, she was chased out by the guards. She thought that there was no one guarding the back door, so she knocked on the door to see if she could meet some greedy servants, hand over some silver and let her into the mansion to see Su Yuntian. However, she didn't expect that those servants who used to flatter her not only refused to let her into Prince Yun's Mansion, but also spoke ill of her.
In the past few days, the two of them finally realized the fickleness of human nature and the cruelty of the world. After talking for a while, they couldn't help but hug each other and cry again.
Cuixiang wiped Shen Qianqian's tears.
"Concubine, you have to cheer up. I don't believe that the prince doesn't have you in his heart. What the prince did that day was nothing more than to show off to Mu Jin. After all, Mu Jin has a good reputation among the people of Dongyue because she cured the plague. At this critical moment, the prince kept her just to win the hearts of the people."
Shen Qianqian nodded quickly: "I know, that's why I lost face and went back to the Yun Palace to see the prince."
Cuixiang combed Shen Qianqian's messy hair and used a towel to wipe the smudged makeup off her face.
"Come with me. I will find you a set of maid's clothes to change into. This way, others won't be suspicious and you can go to Yunjing Courtyard."
After hearing Cuixiang say this, Shen Qianqian stopped crying and smiled.
Cuixiang helped Shen Qianqian change into maid's clothes, and then she carried a toilet and walked towards Yunjing Courtyard with her head down. When she reached the gate of Yunjing Courtyard, she was stopped by the guards.
"Stop, didn't we just change the toilet today? Why are you changing it again now?"
Cuixiang saw the guard scolding them and was afraid that Shen Qianqian would be recognized by the guard, so she quickly stepped forward and stood in front of Shen Qianqian who was lowering her head, and said with a smile.
"Brother Guard, the toilet was delivered to the wrong place just now, so we are here to replace it."
The guard who stopped them snorted coldly: "Cui Xiang, this is not the first day we have been working in Yunjing Court. Today we will pretend that we have never seen you. Just go back to where you came from. Don't make things difficult for both of us."
Shen Qianqian and Cuixiang were both stunned when they heard the guard's words. Didn't the implication of that mean that he recognized them? Cuixiang thought, there was no need to pretend anymore. She brushed her hair, took out a silver ingot from her bulging chest, and stuffed it into the guard's hand with affection.
"Brother Guard, since you have recognized Concubine Shen and me, you should know how much the prince loved Concubine Shen in the past. The prince was only angry for a moment, and his anger should have subsided now. When the prince sees Concubine Shen, he will definitely restore her former honor and favor. By then, Concubine Shen will naturally not be able to do without your benefits."
The guard worked in Yunjing Court every day. Although he was very familiar with Su Yuntian's current attitude towards Mu Jin and Shen Qianqian, he knew about it to some extent.
Now, Su Yuntian only wants to bring Mu Jin back to Prince Yun's Mansion. He takes great care of her daily whereabouts, but never mentions a word about Shen Qianqian.
If Shen Qianqian really could regain her former glory and favor as long as she saw Su Yuntian as Cuixiang said, that would be simply a fantasy.
The guard said impatiently: "Go, go, stop talking nonsense. If you don't leave, you will disturb the prince's rest. I will not be polite to you."
Seeing that the guard was so difficult to talk to, Cuixiang exchanged a glance with Shen Qianqian, then hugged the guard and shouted loudly.
"Concubine, run in and find the prince."
Shen Qianqian was stunned for a moment after being yelled at by Cuixiang. Then she realized what Shen Qianqian's look meant. She immediately ran into Yunjingyuan with all her strength, shouting loudly.
"My Lord, where are you? Qianqian is back to see you."
The guard was anxious when he saw Shen Qianqian running into Yunjing Courtyard, and turned to the servants in the courtyard and said, "Stop her, don't let her go in and disturb the prince."
After the guard finished speaking, he turned around and kicked Cuixiang away, then ran into Yunjing Courtyard to chase Shen Qianqian.
Several servants stopped the crying Shen Qianqian.
"Your Highness, I'm Qianqian, Your Highness~" Shen Qianqian's miserable cry echoed in Yunjing Courtyard.
When several servants dragged Shen Qianqian to the gate of the courtyard, the door of the main room creaked open. Everyone was stunned when they saw Su Yuntian walking out of the room.