After Zi'an left, Han Qingqiu was still very angry. She said to the maid in a sad voice: "Why do everyone treat me as a bad person? Am I not worthy of sympathy? She, the regent princess, thinks highly of the Grand Princess, of course, because she has a good family background. If I were the Grand Princess, there would be many people praising me. But just because I was born a maid, I have reached this position today, and everyone is jealous of me and hates me. Am I destined to be a maid? Can't I find my own way out?"
The maid said, "Madam, don't be angry. Go to bed early."
"I just can't accept it. After the princess committed suicide, I have been unhappy. I still feel a little sorry for her. But when I saw her tonight, she was still wearing her wedding dress. She was about to die, but she was still thinking about marrying my husband. Isn't that too much? It's been eleven years, why didn't she let Xiao Xiao go? If she had married earlier, Xiao Xiao would have forgotten her. It was she who didn't give me a way to live. In the end, I was still wrong? And those who look down on me, why do they look down on me? Chen Taijun's family background is not good either, didn't she get the appreciation of the Grand Empress Dowager? They can be promoted to be masters, why can't I? My ancestors are also from a prominent family, not slaves. They are jealous of me, jealous."
The maid raised her head, seeming to want to say something but stopped herself.
Han Qingqiu stared at her and said, "Just say whatever you want to say."
The maid whispered, "Although Lady Chen was appreciated by the Grand Empress Dowager, she also had to have her own abilities. She was an excellent martial artist and good at strategizing. After becoming a general, she made plans and won many battles thousands of miles away. She deserves to be respected."
"Are you saying I shouldn't do it? Are you saying I'm incompetent?" Han Qingqiu was immediately furious and slapped the maid in the face. "You're saying this to me too? Don't forget, you're just a servant."
The maid knelt down and said in fear, "Madam, please calm down. I didn't mean to contradict you. It's just that I heard you talking about the old lady, and I was touched. I am from the border town. Fortunately, the old lady led the army to drive away the Xianbei. Otherwise, my grandfather would have died long ago."
Han Qingqiu sat down, feeling sad, and didn't bother to argue with the maid, "Go away."
The maid stood up and walked out. When she reached the door, she suddenly said, "Madam, if I tell you that I also like the general, will you be happy? Will you pity me for wanting to be your master?"
Han Qingqiu flew into a rage and slammed the table, "How dare you? Don't you want to die?"
The maid hesitated for a moment, then knelt down again, "I don't really like the general, I just said that."
Han Qingqiu immediately understood her intention. She was stunned for a moment, then slowly fell to the ground and said, "Get out!"
The maid retreated and closed the door, but her legs were weak with fear. She regretted her impulsiveness, but when she heard the lady use the old lady as an analogy, she became excited for a moment. The old lady was the benefactor of her family, and she was not a person like the lady.
From the maid's disobedient words, Han Qingqiu knew that she had never been treated sincerely in this mansion. Even as a servant, she was only respectful on the surface but looked down on her in her heart.
What on earth did she get after all these years? Apart from the luxurious clothes and food that others could only see, she had nothing.
She betrayed the princess, killed Yao Zhi, and came to the one she loved with all her heart. She never thought that this would be the outcome.
The maid's words just now made her feel like she was struck by lightning. It was not that the maid could not climb up the social ladder, but that she could not take away the love of her benefactor.
She went to the cabinet, took out a letter, read it over and over again, and was so sad that she could not be more sad. After that, she put the letter away and lay on the table in pain, saying repeatedly in her heart: Xiao Xiao, why do you treat me like this? I don't ask you to treat me wholeheartedly, I just ask you to give me half of your love for the princess, and I will be satisfied. However, you never look at me, what am I now? I am sorry for the princess, sorry for Yao Zhi, and I can't get what I want.
She cried very sadly, as if she had unspeakable grievances in her heart.
After crying enough, she raised her head and saw someone sitting across the table.
"You... who are you? How did you get in?" Han Qingqiu asked in panic.
The man smiled and said, "I just walked in."
"Get out, I don't know you."
"But I know you, ma'am," the light shone on the man's face, and he smiled brightly, "I am someone close to the noble concubine."
She slowly poured the wine and pushed the glass in front of Han Qingqiu, "Have a drink with me, and the noble concubine can help you, so that Xiao Xiao will forget the princess and only love you wholeheartedly."
Han Qingqiu was not stupid, so he knew it was impossible. "I don't need it, go away."
"Don't believe it?" The man smiled slowly.
"I do not need."
"Don't worry, Noble Concubine, as long as you insist that you are Xiao Xiao's wife when you enter the palace tomorrow, there will be no divorce. As for Xiao Xiao forgetting the princess, he won't even remember the princess. He will only remember you as his wife."
"Really?" Han Qingqiu really wanted this day to come. She knew that the person in front of her could not be trusted, but she still had a glimmer of hope in her heart.
"This is the promise that the noble concubine made to you," she took out a piece of paper from her sleeve pocket and handed it to Han Qingqiu, "You can take it. If Xiao Xiao comes back and still remembers the princess' words, you can announce this promise to the world."
Han Qingqiu took a look and found that it described in detail how to make Xiao Xiao forget the Grand Princess, among which was the Forgetfulness Pill.
"Why do you want to help me?" Han Qingqiu is not stupid. Is it just because he can't let her give up the position of Mrs. Xiao
"After Xiao Xiao comes back, he will only love you. At that time, you have to persuade Xiao Xiao to submit to the noble concubine, that's all." The man said.
Han Qingqiu was silent for a moment, "Okay, I promise you."
The man smiled, pushed the wine in front of her again, and poured himself another glass. "Come, let's have a drink to celebrate our cooperation."
Han Qingqiu thought that she was lying down just now and didn't see her come in. She didn't know if she would tamper with the wine. She saw that the man had already picked up the wine and put it to his lips. She said, "I want this glass from you."
The man chuckled, "Madam, if I wanted to kill you, I could have done it when I came in just now. Why would I have to poison you? But, you like it, right?"
She handed the wine in her glass to Han Qingqiu, then took Han Qingqiu's glass and drank it in one gulp.
Seeing her so frank, Han Qingqiu seemed a little timid and stingy, so he drank too.
The man looked at her with a smile, then took the letter of commitment in his hand, folded it, and put it back into his sleeve pocket.
Han Qingqiu was anxious, "You..."
A cramp came from her stomach, and her throat felt like it was pierced by thousands of needles, painful and sore. She pinched her neck and looked at the man in horror, "You..."
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(End of this chapter)