Second Madam took Song Wan Yue’s hand and asked the same question as Madam Xu Yan, “It’s almost New Year’s Eve, when will your maternal grandmother and your maternal great-grandfather return?”
“Soon.”
Song Wangyue lied without changing her face.
“Are you waiting for them to return before you go back?”
“Well, I’m afraid I’ll miss them on the way.”
If Song Wan Yue and Song Yin hadn’t been engaged, she would have pushed her two grandsons in front of Yue’er every day, no matter how big or small they were, as long as Yue’er could see them, she would have engaged them both immediately.
Unfortunately, Yue’er already had a sweetheart, so she was only thinking about it.
After she had spoken with the Second Lady for a while, Mrs. Xu Yan sent someone to call her, and the three of them went back to eat, so Song Wan Yue and Song Yin left the Xu family and went back to the South City.
Song Wan Yue took Song Si and Xiao Yao with her to the Duke of Ding’s residence and told Duke of Ding and Xiao Zheng what had happened today.
Song Wangyue said, “I want to accompany the old lady to the palace tomorrow.”
It was unlikely that Consort Xiao Xianfei would have a black eye for no reason, and she wanted to go to her palace to take a look.
What she was going to do, Duke Ding and Xiao Zheng naturally understood, but Song Wan Yue’s face was too conspicuous, she was afraid that if she entered the palace one foot, the emperor would know the next, and in case they took advantage of the opportunity to lay hands on her, they could not afford the consequences.
She and one of the old lady’s maids were of similar size, so she could just disguise herself as that maid, as the people in the palace did not know how the maid acted and behaved, and would not be exposed.
Afraid that the Duke of Ding would not be at ease, Song Wan Yue had someone prepare something for her disguise and she went to Xiao Yao’s courtyard.
Half an hour later, a maid entered the flower hall carrying cakes, and every move was the same as the maids around the old lady.
Xiao Zheng’s eyes widened, “You, you, you are ……”
The maid was also “shocked”, how could the young master not recognize her?
Seeing her reaction, he knew she was the real maid, Xiao Zheng patted his chest, he said, how could anyone look so much alike? Not only did they look exactly the same, they even acted and spoke the same way.
Then he laughed again, this girl Song Wan Yue, she had deliberately sent someone over to scare them, right? Not to mention that he was really scared.
He picked up his tea and just took a sip of it to pressurise his fright.
The maid suddenly changed her voice, “Uncle Xiao.”
Xiao Zheng spat out a mouthful of tea, and if he hadn’t reacted quickly, I’m afraid the tea would have been sprayed all over Song Si and Song Yin on the opposite side of the room.
The Duke of Ding was also surprised, the maid Song Wan Yue had disguised herself as had served him and his wife for many years, and he had not been able to tell the difference just now.
“How is it?”
Song Wangyue asked with a smile.
Xiao Zheng was already completely speechless.
The following morning, the Lady of the Ding State arrived with her personal maid and a maid to go to the entrance of the palace to beg to see Consort Xian.
The emperor was now only going to the palace of the Queen Consort, and the palace people were fiercely obsequious, trotting off to report the news and soon returning, leading the people into the palace.
The emperor really got the news quickly and gave a look to eunuch Huang, who retreated and beckoned a small eunuch to whisper a few instructions, who trotted out.
In Kunli Palace, Consort Xiao Xianfei was so happy to see her mother that she left only one of her aunts in charge and told all the other palace staff to retreat.
The personal sisters and “maids” of the Duchess of Ding stayed in the house.
The “maid” looked around, but the housekeeper aunt looked at her eyes and nose and just ignored them.
She has been with Her Highness since she entered the palace, and has been with her for over ten years now, and she feels that there is something strange about what happened yesterday. The maid that the old lady brought in today was certainly not simple, so it would be good to have her check her out.
After carefully examining her, she found nothing unusual and the “maid” shook her head at the two of them.
She took out a small box from her sleeve and put it into Consort Xiao’s hand, “This is a calming pill made by Yue’er, if you feel unable to sleep, just take one, it’s very effective.”
After saying that, she even patted her hand.
Consort Xiao Xianfei understood and handed it to the housekeeping aunt for her to put away.
The two mothers spoke for an hour, and the Lady of the Ding Country wanted to go back, and Consort Xiao Xianfei sent the person out fondly, “There are still a few days to go before New Year’s Eve, mother and be sure to come over early.”
Her mother could visit her in the palace often, but her father could not, she had not seen him for over a year since Yao’er’s marriage.
“Mother knows, we will definitely come over early when the time comes.”
When they reached the courtyard, Consort Xiao Xian stopped seeing them off and asked the steward aunt to escort them out of the palace.
As they walked along, a young eunuch rushed out of a nearby door and the “maid” was knocked to the ground as she dodged.
“How do you walk?”
The steward aunt scolded.
The little eunuch apologised in panic, “Forgive me, aunt, but I was in a hurry.”
“You can’t run around in the palace even if it’s an emergency, do you still want your head?”
The little eunuch was about to cry in fear.
The “maid” got up with difficulty.
The blow she had just received was not light, and her hands had subconsciously tried to support the ground but failed to do so, breaking the skin and causing her to gasp in pain.
The aunt in charge couldn’t be bothered to reprimand the little eunuch, “Is it serious? Let’s go back to the palace and take care of it.”
“The maid hurriedly waved her hand, “No, no, it’s nothing.”
Seeing that her face was white with pain, she still said it was fine, so she must not dare to stay in the palace, so the aunt in charge did not persuade her anymore and led them out of the palace.
The little eunuch knelt on the ground and, seeing that the “maid” who had come last was limping, obviously having just fallen badly, got up and walked through the door.
Inside, six eunuchs were waiting with nets in their hands, so that if the maid had evaded them at all, they would have gone out and taken her down immediately.
The eunuch turned around and pushed the door open to enter the imperial study and went to the table, “Your Majesty, they have just tested the maid, she does not know martial arts.”
That game of the Emperor’s yesterday was a triple whammy, not only against Consort Xiao Xian and Xu Yan, but also Song Wan Yue, but it was just a pity that it fell short and didn’t work out yesterday. However, it did not affect that the Ding Guo Mansion would think of letting Song Wan Yue follow them into the palace, but unfortunately the emperor was wrong again, Song Wan Yue did not come, only an ordinary maid came.
The emperor put down his pen.
He was not interested in how Eunuch Huang had his people try to find out, what he wanted was how Song Wan Yue did not come. If the Ding Guo House had let Concubine Xiao into the palace to avenge Xiao Wan’s death, they would have been very concerned about Concubine Xiao’s health and would have come over as soon as they learned of the incident, and would have brought Song Wan Yue with them, not only to have her examine Concubine Xiao’s health but also to have her help check if there was anything poisonous in the Kunli Palace.
Not true!
“You just said that the palace people were all whisked out and that the people from the Lady of Ding Guo’s side were accompanying around?”
“Yes.”
“That maid must be Song Wangyue in disguise, have someone chase after her!”