When Shen Qingwan received the news, she was holding a policy paper in her hand. When she heard Lianyun being slapped, her emotions surged and her hands trembled so much that she couldn't even hold the book and it fell to the ground. She grew up with her since she was a child. Although she was simple-minded and spoke bluntly, she still knew her limits in doing things. How could she have contradicted the princess
Shen Qingwan didn't have time to think any more at this time. She found some rare little items from the warehouse and sent a capable nanny to apologize to the princess. As the saying goes, one should not hit a smiling person. The princess would surely not make things difficult for her.
In less than half an hour, the nanny came back, supporting Lianyun. She suppressed her trembling and ordered someone to find a royal physician for Lianyun.
"Thank you for your hard work, Madam. What does the princess say?" She asked after the imperial physician examined Lianyun.
"Master, you really embarrassed me. I took the things with me, and the princess didn't make things difficult for me. She just let me take Miss Lianyun away."
Shen Qingwan looked at the nanny. She looked as if she had something else to say, "Madam, did you find anything wrong?"
"I don't think the princess really wants to embarrass Miss Lianyun, otherwise she wouldn't have sent someone to tell Her Majesty, nor would she have let her go so easily, and..." Nanny seemed to have thought of something, but was a little hesitant.
Knowing that she had some concerns, he simply waved his hand and said, "Go ahead."
The nanny looked around and whispered in her ear, "I saw a maidservant following the princess. The princess seemed very afraid of her!"
"Afraid?" Shen Qingwan thought about it, but couldn't figure it out. "Mammy is tired too, go down and have a rest. You don't have to come and serve me for the next two days."
I was still a little worried about Lianyun, and I didn't have the energy to think about what the nanny said. The doubts in my heart only magnified again. Why should I be afraid of a maid
She forced herself to walk into the house, her eyes flickering, but she still saw Lianyun's swollen face out of the corner of her eye. Shen Qingwan covered her mouth to prevent herself from making any sound, but the tears in her eyes flowed uncontrollably.
"Master, Lianyun has caused you trouble." Lying on the bed, he saw Shen Qingwan trying to struggle to get up, but was pushed back by her. He could only speak weakly, but unexpectedly pulled the wound and gasped in pain.
"Lianyun." Shen Qingwan looked at her with sobs. She had been slapped twenty times and was exposed to the sun. Lianyun looked like a broken rag doll, weak and lifeless.
"Master, I'm fine. I don't feel any pain at all." Seeing Shen Qingwan's sad look, she forced a smile to make her less worried.
Shen Qingwan felt even worse when she saw Lianyun pretending to be strong and enduring the pain to comfort her. She had been worried all the time when she accompanied her into the palace, and now she was even more scarred.
At this time, she saw a maid outside bringing a bowl of porridge to her and wanted to feed her. Lianyun refused and wanted to take the porridge, but she didn't expect that she would drop it on the ground and the porridge would be scattered all over the floor. The mark on Lianyun's hand where the princess stepped on it was also exposed to Shen Qingwan.
Lianyun's hands were red and swollen, and some parts had turned black and blue. There was only one word in Shen Qingwan's mind: horrible.
"What's going on?"
Shen Qingwan could hardly hear her own voice. She didn't know what Lianyun had gone through. She didn't even dare to imagine or believe what she saw. Holding her hands, her heart felt like it was being eaten by countless ants, the pain eroding bit by bit, the pain was unimaginable.
"It's okay, my queen, I'm fine." Lianyun quickly pulled back her hand and hid it behind her body.
Shen Qingwan sighed, her eyes showing a bit of helplessness and determination, "What's going on? I know you're not such a tactless person, why would the princess do this to you?"
She finally asked about her doubts, she had been constantly thinking about this matter before, and it seemed that her attitude towards herself had changed a lot since the princess was poisoned last time.
"I get angry just talking about it." Lianyun heard Shen Qingwan's question and remembered the princess's domineering and unreasonable appearance, and she grimaced in anger. "I wanted to go to the imperial kitchen to get some cakes for the queen, but I ran into the princess when I went out. The princess blocked my way and deliberately bumped into the cake box, which caused all the cakes to spill on her."
Shen Qingwan frowned. She never thought that the princess was the first to stir up this matter. Why did she do this? What was the meaning of doing this? Several questions popped up in her mind one after another, and her brows furrowed more and more, "Then what!"
"Then the maidservant beside her came up and slapped me in the face, and then said that she would send me to the torture chamber..." Lianyun trembled a little when she thought of this. The maidservant's vicious look was really scary. She still feels scared when she thinks about it now.
Suppressing her surprise, Shen Qingwan motioned for her to continue.
Lianyun then told the situation word for word, including the words she accidentally said in anger, and lowered her head. She also knew that if she had been patient and didn't say anything, maybe there wouldn't be so many problems, and the master wouldn't have been so embarrassed.
"Master, it's all my fault. I shouldn't have said anything."
"It's okay. Just take a good rest. Just rest and recover during this period. Don't worry about anything else. I'll take care of everything."
Shen Qingwan's words made Lianyun, who had been holding back her tears, burst into tears. However, Shen Qingwan did not comfort her. She just went out with reluctance, gave instructions for everything, and locked herself in the room.
Although he had little contact with the princess, he knew that she was by no means such a rude and cruel person. Now that her temperament had changed so drastically, there must be something fishy going on.
But she couldn't figure it out after thinking about it all night, so she decided to talk to the princess and get clarification.
But what a coincidence, he just happened to meet Fu Xinyan walking towards him on the road. He was delighted, but the maid following her was unfamiliar to him. He suddenly remembered what the nanny said.
Shen Qingwan took a few steps forward and was about to speak when she saw that she seemed not to see her and walked around her. She subconsciously reached out to grab her sleeve, but was pushed away.
"I'm sorry, Your Highness the Princess is in a bad mood today and doesn't want to talk much." The maid turned around, her eyes seeming to be filled with gloating.
Looking at her hand being shaken away, Shen Qingwan felt that the princess was behaving more and more abnormally. She suddenly wanted to find Fu Yuheng and ask for his opinion. However, he had not come in the past few days due to busy government affairs, and it was not convenient for her to go to him. In the end, she gave up the idea.