After swallowing my anger and taking the blame, I became the lucky little queen

Knowing only half of the fact that Qin Junyu and Nian Chengyun were both punished, she thought he would ask the reasons and the results, but he didn't. He only asked, "Did the imperial physician say when I can get out of bed?", "How serious is the injury?" and other questions to show his concern for Qin Junyu's health.

Qin Junyu answered patiently, so she learned a lot about his injuries.

After understanding the situation, Qin Guanqing quietly retreated to the door.

There were only two people left in the hall.

After talking for a while, Qin Junyu seemed to be in much better spirits. He stared at Nian Susu with eyes full of tenderness and doting.

He asked, "Why did you think of coming to the Eastern Palace?" The anticipation in his tone was particularly obvious.

Nian Susu guessed what answer he wanted to hear, blushed and looked away, saying in a muffled voice: "Father asked me to convey something, but the emperor has ordered that you cannot enter the East Palace without his order. When I came here, I was stopped by the guards."

Qin Junyu continued her words, "Then you met the second brother and asked him to bring you in. You waited in Xingyao Palace until dark, and then he used his status as a prince to exercise his privileges and asked the guards to let you in."

Nian Susu smiled and shook his head, "Your Highness, you guessed wrong in two places."

"Oh?" Qin Junyu was very interested. He even raised his head and lay on his side with his hand to look at her.

Nian Susu didn't care either. He just sat there with his eyes on the same level as his.

She smiled and said, "First of all, I didn't ask the Second Prince to bring me in. He took the initiative to ask for it."

Qin Junyu said "Oh", raised his eyebrows, and looked meaningfully at the shadow outside the window.

"Secondly, the Second Prince did not use any privileges, nor did he use coercion or inducement. We came in through legitimate means."

At this point, Nian Su Su paused, "The Second Prince got the Emperor's handwritten letter. It was Concubine Ning who asked the Emperor for it."

Qin Guanqing cares so much about him, and Concubine Ning is also nice to him. Nian Susu thinks that the two brothers should be in the same boat.

"He is thoughtful..." Qin Junyu sighed. Not sure if it affected his wound, he frowned in pain with a "hiss".

Nian Susu wanted to take his pulse immediately, but he refused and declined several times with a firm attitude.

She had wanted to ask for a long time why he always refused every time she wanted to take his pulse, but he just gave a perfunctory explanation.

Considering that he was seriously injured and had taken twenty beatings for his father, she didn't bother with him.

Nian Susu reached out to tuck the corner of the quilt for him and relayed to him what Nian Chengyun had told her. However, he just said indifferently, "Miss Nian, please tell the Prime Minister when you go back that I'm fine. Don't worry or feel guilty. They want to deal with me. The Prime Minister has been implicated. I am sorry for him."

It was the first time that Qin Junyu said such words. Nian Susu couldn't help being a little surprised. Who were the "they" he was talking about?

"I believe that father and His Highness would not do such a thing. Then who is it..." Before she finished asking, her face froze, as if she had thought of something, and her eyes became deep.

Qin Junyu knew he didn't need to explain any more.

"Now I just don't know how he got the letter from Prime Minister Nian." He said meaningfully, "The Prime Minister's residence is not a safe place either. You should be more careful in the future."

Nian Susu nodded.

It was getting late, so Qin Guanqing came to urge her to go back.

Nian Susu gave Qin Junyu some instructions to take good care of his injuries, and she would come again one day when the guards in the East Palace were not so strict.

Qin Junyu agreed, but he didn't want her to take the risk.

Qin Guanqing sent Nian Susu to Xizhimen, where the carriage he had prepared was parked at the entrance.

It was inconvenient for him to leave the palace late at night, so he could only be sent here.

Nian Susu was very grateful to him and felt that he owed him a favor, so he promised to help him in the future, and Qin Guanqing gladly accepted it.

The two said goodbye in a hurry and separated.

On the way back home, Nian Susu thought about his birthday party at the end of the month and felt upset again.

She had already been having trouble sleeping and eating because of her wedding, and now this incident had happened. Her mind was suddenly filled with so much that she had no chance to breathe.

Qin Junyu was seriously injured and was under house arrest by the emperor. She could not let him worry anymore, so she could place her hopes on another person - Xuan Ji.

If he wanted to fake his own death and escape from marriage, it would be most appropriate to ask Xuanji to help him, after all, he had experience. In this way, Qin Junyu would not be implicated.

Having made up her mind, she decided to find a way to contact Xuan Ji in a few days to see if he had any good way to get her out of this situation without arousing suspicion.

Xiangfu.

It was late at night when Nian Susu returned home, and the front door was locked. After getting off the carriage, she could only walk around to the back door and prepare to climb over the low wall to get in.

The carriage that stopped at the main gate rumbled away again, causing ripples in the empty and quiet street, which soon returned to calm.

Nian Susu stood with her hands on her hips and looked at the low wall. She was still wearing the clothes of a palace maid, which was very inconvenient.

She exhaled heavily and was about to leave when she heard voices coming from the small door next to her. She became nervous and leaned against the wall to listen to the movement inside.

It was the voices of two little girls.

"Can we really do this? The indenture is still with the Madam. Where can we go even if we run away?"

"It's already this late and you're still thinking about selling your body. Your life is more important! The most important thing now is to escape. You can plan for the future slowly. Sitting there and waiting to be killed will only lead to your death."

"But……"

"Don't say buts. Let's run away now while no one is around. There has been a commotion in the palace these past few days, and Madam has been so busy that she probably won't find out so quickly. Once we escape Shengjing, even if Madam finds out, there will be no replacement for us."

After a moment of silence, the maid seemed to be hesitant.

Then a firm voice was heard: "Okay! Let's go!"

With a "click", the bolt was lifted, and with a "creak", the door opened.

The two maids were excited and nervous. They tiptoed outside. Before they stepped out of the door, they saw a woman in blue suddenly flash in front of them, like a ghost.

The sudden appearance of this person scared the two of them. The timid one shouted out loud, and the other one quickly covered her mouth and nose and made a loud "hush" sound.

However, when they saw the face of the man in green clearly, their legs immediately went weak.

"Eldest...eldest lady."

One of them dropped his bag and knelt down, and the other followed suit. Both of them knelt in front of Nian Susu in fear.

There are three of them separated by a threshold, two inside and one outside.

Nian Susu was furious and asked sternly, "Which room are you from? Where are you going with your luggage in the middle of the night?"

The younger maidservant tugged at the older one's sleeve and whispered, "Yuanyuan, why don't we just tell the truth? The young lady is kind-hearted and will forgive us."

After hearing this, Nian Susu sneered. She might have been soft-hearted in the past, but this time it might not be the case.