The little green snake had an inverted triangular head and spit out bright red snakes. It followed Ye Qiqi's arm and climbed all the way to the palace maid's shoulder. Then, the cold snakes were placed on the palace maid's shoulder. A trace of something appeared on the face that was pale with fear.
"Don't... don't bite me..." After seeing Xiao Qing, the palace maid was so frightened that her voice was almost out of tune.
"If you don't want Xiaoqing to bite you, just answer our questions obediently." Ye Qiqi raised her delicate chin slightly and looked at the palace maid in front of her.
"You... you ask..." The palace maid kept staring at Xiao Qing, fearing that if she didn't pay attention, she would be bitten by the poisonous snake.
"What's your name?" Ye Qiqi thought for a while and decided to ask some irrelevant questions first to ease the palace maid's mood.
"I... I am Tao." The palace maid stammered in reply.
"How many years have you been in the palace?"
"I... entered the palace when I was fourteen, and it has been fifteen years now." The palace maid thought about it carefully, and then answered cautiously.
"You have been following the Queen Mother??"
"This..." The palace maid hesitated for a moment and did not answer.
Xiao Qing spat out the snake letter and lunged towards her face with a hiss.
"No!! No!! When this servant first entered the palace, she was just a little maid responsible for cleaning beside the late emperor. Later... later she went to the queen mother." The palace maid only saw a green snake head flying towards her. He came over, trembled with fright, and quickly answered.
"First Emperor??" Ye Qiqi frowned and looked at her.
"He is... the father of the current Emperor." The palace maid explained tremblingly.
"Then why did you have such a big reaction when you heard about the Cardamom Beauty Pill today?" Ye Qiqi pressed further and asked, "Do you know some of the inside story at that time??"
"Today??" The palace maid hesitated for a moment. When she looked at Ye Qiqi again, her lips opened, and then she asked uncertainly: "You... are you the emperor??"
"Stop talking nonsense!" Ye Qiqi glared at her and said, "I'm asking you something."
"I don't know anything, I don't know anything! Your Majesty, please let me go. My hands are shaking today just because the tea is a little hot. I didn't mean it, Your Majesty!!" The maid guessed. After Ye Qiqi revealed his identity, he knelt directly on the ground and kept kowtowing.
Ye Qiqi turned around and glanced at Mo Hanqing who was standing beside him.
Mo Hanqing's eyes flickered slightly, and then she raised her chin towards Ye Qiqi.
Ye Qiqi bit her lips, and then said to Xiao Qing: "Xiao Qing, go!"
"Hiss!" Xiao Qing spit out the letter, and her green body slowly wrapped around the palace maid's neck.
"Your Majesty... don't..." The palace maid felt a cold touch on her neck, and snake scales slowly scratched along her skin.
"Let me ask you, when did this cardamom beauty pill start to spread in the palace?" Ye Qiqi stared at the palace maid and asked without any emotion in her voice.
"Yes...it's been since Concubine Yue became pregnant." The palace maid's face turned red and her voice stammered.