Children of Loulan

Not long after, the maid who went out to track Hanguli's whereabouts quickly returned to the nanny.

The maid walked up to the nanny with a serious expression and said softly, "Mammy, I have already found out some information."

Upon hearing this, Nanny's eyes flashed with anticipation, and she quickly asked, "Tell me quickly! What did you find out?"

The maid took a deep breath and then told the nanny in detail everything she had seen.

It turned out that not long ago, when she and the court doctor were treating the nanny's wound in the house, another maid who was burned was responsible for boiling medicine for the nanny. When she finished treating the nanny's wound and was about to go out to check whether the medicine was boiled properly, she accidentally noticed that Hanguli seemed to raise her arm intentionally when she turned around, and hit Miss Dora.

Then, Dora pushed Hanguli, and surprisingly, Hanguli accidentally knocked over the nanny's medicine. Witnessing this series of events and the dispute over it, the maid couldn't help but feel suspicious.

Especially when Hanguli ordered her maid to boil the medicine again and specifically told her not to interfere, the maid's doubts became more and more serious. She felt that Hanguli seemed to know something, but she had no way of knowing what it was.

Because of this, after the city lord dispersed everyone, the maid decided to secretly follow Hanguli to find out the reason. After all, she always believed that Miss Hanguli must be hiding some unknown secrets.

Sure enough, after Hanguli and the others returned to the room, they closed the door quickly, while she tiptoed carefully to the window at the back of the house, held her breath, and pricked up her ears to eavesdrop on the movements inside the house.

The maid named Dale in the room was the first to break the silence. With a hint of doubt and confusion in her tone, she asked softly, "Miss, what is the meaning of your behavior today?"

Hanguli pursed her lips slightly, revealing a barely perceptible smile, and replied softly: "You have sharp eyes, you saw it."

Dahl nodded and continued to ask, "So, did the lady intentionally offend Dora?"

Hearing this, Bayer was stunned. She had naively thought that it was just Dora who was looking for trouble with Hanguli, but she never expected that all this was carefully planned by Hanguli. Although she was full of doubts, Bayer did not interrupt their conversation rashly, but chose to stand aside quietly and listen silently.

Facing Dar's question, Hanguli answered without hesitation and very frankly:

"Yes, I know clearly that she hates me. As early as the day we first met, when she colluded with Bully to make me embarrassed in public, I knew that they looked down on me. Since her face was destroyed, I heard that her temper has become more violent and perverse, and she often beats and scolds the maids around her. If at this moment, the person she hates the most accidentally bumps into her, then she will definitely not be able to control her emotions and embarrass me on the spot."

Dahl frowned, looking confused: "Miss, what is your purpose in doing this? Is it just to make her cause trouble for you?"

Hanguli smiled slightly and said, "If I hadn't provoked her like this, how could she have pushed me away in a rage and even knocked over Madam's medicine?"

Darl was even more confused: "Miss, what you mean is... you deliberately angered her in order to overturn Mammy's medicine? But what good will it do you? Is it just to reject the queen?"

Hanguli shook her head slowly and responded softly: "That's not the case. The medicine in that bowl contains a highly toxic substance. It is extremely toxic. Just one drop can kill a person."

When Bayer heard that the poison was so powerful, his pupils shrank and he looked straight at his young lady.

And Dal suddenly became nervous. He reached out and held his young lady's hand without hesitation, and asked anxiously: "Someone wants to kill Madam? Then...will the young lady ruin other people's plans..." Her voice trembled slightly, and her eyes were full of worry and fear.

Hanguli smiled gently, patted Dal's hand gently, and comforted him: "No, Dal, you don't have to worry. It was not me who spilled the bowl of medicine today, but that Dora." Hearing this, a big stone in Dal's heart finally fell to the ground, and he breathed a long sigh of relief.

After Dar relaxed a little, he asked curiously, "Miss, did you smell the poison in the medicine and deliberately induce Dora to attack you?"

Hanguli nodded, with a glimmer of wisdom in her eyes: "That's right, Dal. When the maid walked into the yard with the medicine, I smelled a strange smell. So I leaned back deliberately to further confirm whether there was really something wrong with the medicine. Sure enough, when the maid was about to get close to me, I was sure that the medicine contained a deadly poison.

However, in such a short time, I couldn't think of any better way. So I decided to take a risk and hit Dora. Fortunately, she did not disappoint me as I expected. Just when the bowl of medicine was about to be delivered to me, Dora pushed me, and I naturally rushed to the bowl of medicine. "At this point, Hanguli's mouth corners slightly raised, revealing a hint of relief.

Bayer finally couldn't help but speak:

"Miss, this is too dangerous! If someone accidentally finds out, the consequences will be unimaginable! You must never take risks like this again in the future!"

Hanguli smiled slightly and replied softly: "Okay, I understand. I will pay attention next time."

Hanguli did not show any annoyance towards the maid's caring feelings, but instead felt grateful. In this completely unfamiliar place, the only people she could trust were the two people around her.

After listening to her maid's words, Aunt Taji said in astonishment, "According to what you said, could it be that Hanguli could tell that the medicine was poisonous just by smell?"

The maid nodded and answered, "That's right. I also deduced from their conversation that although Hanguli doesn't know any medical skills, she knows a lot about pharmacology and has an extremely sharp sense of smell. She can tell what kind of medicine it is just by smelling it."

After thinking for a while, the nanny nodded in agreement and said, "That's true. Their village makes a living by growing herbs, so even if they don't know medicine, they are quite sensitive to the scent of various herbs."

Maid: "And I also found that there doesn't seem to be a master-servant relationship between them. Instead, they are as close as a family."

"You mean, she treats her maid not like a master and servant, but more like a sister?" asked another person in surprise.

The maid nodded repeatedly and said, "That's right! If it were any other maid of a concubine, how could she dare to speak to her master like this? However, during the whole conversation, Hanguli did not have the slightest air of a master."

The maid who was burned earlier interrupted and said, "Perhaps it's because we grew up together, so our relationship is deeper."

The nanny shook her head and said slowly: "Even though we grew up together and have a deep friendship, there is a difference between master and servant. This difference in status should always be kept in mind. No matter when and where, the master is the master, and the servant is just a servant after all."

At this moment, the maid who was in charge of getting the news seemed to suddenly remember something. Just as she was about to speak, she was stopped by the nanny: "Stop talking nonsense!"

It turned out that the nanny already knew what she was thinking.

Yes, they all thought of it. Hanguli was most likely a replacement for the imperial concubine in the selection. But the nanny knew better that this matter must not be made public or spoken out loud because Hanguli had just saved her life.

So this matter must not be spoken out. The burned maid looked at the look between her sister and the nanny. She really wanted to know what her sister had not finished saying, but she also knew the rules of the palace. The more she knew, the more disadvantageous it would be for her. So she did not ask, but just watched silently from the side.

Mammy reacted for a moment and then said:

"Perhaps it's because Hanguli is too stupid and naive, or she is too trusting of others, that's why she has such confidence in her two maids."

After hearing this, the maid who went to inquire about the situation immediately understood and agreed: "Yes, Madam, what you said is very true. It's all because of my stupidity."

Mammy stared out the window with empty eyes, as if she was thinking about something. After a long time, she nodded slightly and said softly, "Well, you can leave first."

The two maids then bowed to the nanny and said in unison, "Then nanny, please have a good rest." After getting the nanny's consent, they slowly left the room.

The next morning, the sun filled the courtyard, and everything was as peaceful as usual. The ladies went to the dance floor to practice their dancing skills as usual. However, unlike the past, the person who supervised and guided them in dancing today was not Mammy herself, but the maid who was close to Mammy.

She looked around expressionlessly, seemingly casually examining everyone present, but in fact her eyes never left Hanguli. At first, she did not think there was anything special about this girl. Even when the nanny specifically told her to pay attention to this person and even took the initiative to extend an olive branch to her, she still thought that it was just a momentary misjudgment by the nanny and there was no need to make a fuss.

However, after what happened yesterday, her view of this "fool" in everyone's eyes changed drastically. She stared at Hanguli dancing for a whole morning and gradually noticed something strange.

Hanguli's dancing posture seemed a little clumsy, and her movements were not very standard, but this kind of "stupidity" seemed different from the dullness of those who were not born good at dancing. This made her puzzled, so she decided to continue observing for a few days to find out.

Finally, in the following days, she made a surprising discovery: although Hanguli's body movements seemed not standard, in fact, her hands and feet were extremely flexible. Only then did she understand that Hanguli was not really stupid, but was deliberately hiding her strength! She did not want to be the most outstanding person, so she always pretended to be stupid, and remained true to herself even when she was laughed at by others.

It was not until this moment that she suddenly realized that what the nanny said was true. Hanguli, who she had once despised, actually knew how to hide herself so well! She secretly decided in her heart that she must follow the nanny and study hard in the future so that she could constantly improve herself.