Everything was ready outside, and Yuxiu came back to report.
After listening to Yuxiu's discussion with Manager Zhuang, Qu Moying's eyes slightly rippled, "Can five people go?"
"Five people at most, no more." Yuxiu said.
"Why five people?" Qu Moying asked puzzledly.
"I heard that the bamboo forest is quite large, but there won't be many bamboo shoots in it today. We just sent a batch to the East Palace yesterday. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince liked them very much. There may not be many now, so we need to look carefully. The bamboo forest is quite long, and the planting locations are a bit irregular. There are five corners that are particularly far away. If we let five people search from those corners to the middle, it will be much faster."
If there are a lot of bamboo shoots, you can find them anywhere, but if you just dug yesterday, you may not be able to find them today.
Yuxiu used the excuse that the Princess of England could not eat any food, and her cousin wanted to have something light and tasty for her to eat with rice, so the bamboo shoots had to be freshly dug.
"Let the two of them go together." Qu Moying said with a blink.
"Those two people?" Yuxiu immediately understood what her master was talking about and took a breath.
"Master, nothing good will happen if these two people go." Yu Chun, who was listening on the side, also became anxious. Those two were not peaceful people and had been locked up for so long. If they were released now, who knew what would happen, and whether it would be bad.
Qu Moying shook her white and tender fingers and smiled: "It's okay. If they don't go, things won't get any worse, but nothing good will come of it either. After all, it's not easy to go once, so it's good to have them mess things up."
"Will they monitor us servants?" Yuxiu frowned.
"No, do they have such an opportunity... I have to do something myself." Qu Moying smiled. Those two were given by the Queen Mother. They thought that if they followed me into the Prince of Ying's Palace, they could become Pei Yuanjun's concubines. They knew that I was a weak bride and didn't dare to say anything.
No matter how many grievances she had, she had to swallow them. However, she did not expect to be thrown aside as soon as she entered the mansion. She was just an ordinary maid, and then she was locked up for her mistakes. Finally, she was thrown into a remote courtyard. Not to mention being a concubine, even being a maid was just that. Moreover, she could not even see her own prince. She had no place to vent all the grievances in her heart until now.
Originally, they should have waited for the Queen Mother to rescue them, thinking that the Queen Mother would take care of them and that even if they were in a remote garden, it would only be temporary. However, they did not expect that the Queen Mother would just abandon them like this. Without anyone to stand up for them, they would have to live out their entire lives in that remote courtyard.
How could a beautiful girl, who only wanted to get into bed, be willing to do that for her whole life? She made a lot of noise and cried a lot, but what did it matter
The Prince of Ying's Palace is not the Eastern Palace, and Pei Yuanjun is not any other prince. They simply did not give the Queen Mother any face, and these two women were the victims.
If they didn't understand at the beginning and felt that there was still hope, they are now in despair, especially since they met Pei Yuanjun that day.
They were asked to cry and beg Pei Yuanjun, but the result was that each of them was kicked and had to lie in bed for half a month.
Qu Moying also sent a maid to take care of them for a few days, but it was only a few days. The maid tried to persuade the two maids and made them understand that they would never have a chance to make a name for themselves in the Prince of Ying's mansion.
They are not liked by the King of England and may even lose their lives. Their only way out is to go to the Queen.
They were sent by the Queen Mother.
Allowing them to go back would be another way out...
"The master wants them to stay here secretly?" Yuxiu understood and her eyes lit up. She was thinking about what to do after entering the farm and how to get rid of the surveillance of the people there.
If there really was something wrong with that farm, they would definitely be watched once they entered, and it would be difficult for them to escape from others' sight.
"Staying will be good for them, or it may be the only chance." Qu Moying said softly with a smile, her long eyelashes fluttering twice, her face beautiful and charming.
It seemed as if everything was calm and peaceful, but in Yuxiu's heart there was a storm.
"If they are missing, you don't need to worry, just come back." Qu Moying smiled again.
Yuxiu nodded repeatedly: "Master, rest assured, I understand, but what if they are discovered by the people over there?"
"Then you should negotiate with them, and negotiate well. If it doesn't work, ask Manager Zhuang to come over. At least both the host and the guests should be happy."
Qu Moying said indifferently.
For this only hope, the two maids are still very hopeful. This is their only trip into the British palace, and there may not be another chance in the future.
They will not give up this opportunity.
Yuxiu and Yuchun nodded repeatedly as they listened. They looked at each other in joy, having understood their master's intentions. This was really a good idea...
The five maids happened to be the ones who agreed the most. Manager Zhuang knew the managers there very well. There were no more, no less, and each of them carried a basket and a tool for digging bamboo shoots.
Five people went there together.
When they were stopped at the door, Yuxiu stepped forward and said to the guard who stopped them, "I am a maid from the Ying Palace. I am here to pick some fresh bamboo shoots for our princess. Has the steward of your manor told the two brothers?"
"Are you maids from the King of England's palace?" One of the guards asked after looking them up and down.
"That's right. If you don't believe it, you can go over there and ask the manager." Yuxiu pointed to the location of the hot spring villa in the Prince of Ying's Palace.
"What's in your hand?" The guard didn't look in that direction. He looked at them a few more times and then looked at the bamboo baskets they were holding.
Yuxiu lifted up a square towel and showed them: "It's just something for digging bamboo shoots, nothing else."
Seeing her like this, Yuchun and the other maids also opened their boxes one by one. They were all very simple things and indeed not worth much.
"Don't run around or walk around randomly after you go in. If you offend an important person, you will not be able to bear the consequences." The guard warned after checking.
"We won't run around. The princess is waiting for us to go back and use some bamboo shoots!" Yuchun muttered, looking a little unconvinced.
She looked younger than Yuxiu and wasn't very sensible, so it wasn't a big deal for her to say something like that.
The guard received instructions from his steward and had to let him go even though he was a little unhappy.
The people in the Eastern Palace can act arrogantly when meeting anyone, but they cannot do so towards people in the Prince of England's palace, even if it is a little maid. They heard that there might be the Prince of England's princess's personal maid among them, so they dare not offend her.
A few people entered the manor. A maid was waiting there. When she saw them coming, she greeted them with a smile and said, "Are these five girls the people around Princess Ying?"
"We are." Yuxiu stepped forward and greeted.
"Five girls, please follow me. I will take you to the bamboo forest.
"The old woman smiled and led the way, saying as she walked, "Our bamboo forest is very large, and the steward is afraid that the girls won't be able to find it. This is the East Palace's courtyard, and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will come to visit from time to time, and many things cannot be seen by outsiders."
"Don't worry, Ma'am. We'll be in the bamboo forest and won't go anywhere else." Yuxiu replied.
The old woman smiled so hard that her teeth were exposed: "That's the best. If anything happens to the girls here, we won't be well, and the girls won't be well either."
The last two maids were originally some distance away at the back, but now they saw the old woman from the East Palace calmly stepped forward a few steps and walked with Yuxiu and the others. Except for themselves, no one noticed that these two maids were different from the other three.
"Here... Does His Royal Highness the Crown Prince come here often?" One of them asked curiously after hearing what the old woman said.
She was a maid with delicate appearance. The old woman looked at this maid, then at Yuxiu and the others, and couldn't help but sigh in her heart. How bold was this Princess Ying? One such beautiful maid was not enough, and she actually got so many. Was she planning to serve her, or did she have other ideas
Of course, the old woman would not say such things without thinking. She smiled and said, "Our prince comes here often. He used to stay here for a while. Compared with the surrounding manors, our prince comes here the most. Therefore, everything here is not allowed to be moved. If anyone messes up the arrangement of our prince, no matter who it is, he will be punished."
"Is His Highness here today too?" A maid suddenly became excited, looked at the other one, and asked.
"Now..." The old woman looked at the maid a few times, and the smile on her face faded a little. "I really don't know whether our prince will come today. If the girls want to know, you can ask the steward."
"Mammy, they are joking. How dare they bother to take care of things?" Yuxiu glanced at the maid coldly and explained with a smile.
How could a little maid have the courage to ask such a question
The maid lowered her head, feeling extremely embarrassed. The handkerchief in her hand was crumpled into a ball. If possible, she would not want to be here. They were given by the Queen Mother to serve the King of England, but since they entered the King of England's palace, they have been living such a life. She covered her chest with her hand.
The kick I received that day still hurts a little.
If I had some delusions before, they are gone now.
Who would still have any thoughts about the murderer after being kicked mercilessly, causing him to spit blood and almost die
If there is, it's not them.
Anyway, they are not like that. They just want to live a good life, just want to be loved, just want the offspring they will give birth to in the future to be rich and prosperous, with endless possibilities.
It is definitely not the current situation where life is worse than death.
Their food and clothing are not as good as those of a maid, and their once tender hands have rapidly aged during this period of time. Sometimes they feel that they are no longer themselves.
They were carefully selected by the Queen Mother in order to live a good life. They were born in the families of minor officials. Although they were not as wealthy as those big families, they were also born into masters' families. How could they do the things that maids did
The old woman who had served them for a few days was right. If there was a chance... they had to seize it. The person who tied the bell must be the one to untie it. This knot was tied by the Queen, and now this was the only chance...