It's good to exchange marriages. My sister eats coarse food while I wear gold and silver.

At the next door, Yuan Buwei, who was listening attentively, heard Master Youshi's puzzled voice: "Jiedushi Deng?"

"Master Youshi, do you recognize him?" Yuan Buwei looked up and asked.

"He donated a large sum of money to Ganye Temple, and the condition was to see me. I was very ill at the time, and I was afraid that he would make things difficult for the people in Ganye Temple, so I forced myself to see him. But after he saw me, he didn't say anything, but just asked me a few questions casually and then left."

In the previous life, Yuan Buwei had dealt with many officials in order to pave the way for Jiang Weiming's career, but this Jiedushi Deng was the only one who was away from the capital for a long time due to his official position. In addition, he acted low-key and mysterious, so she could dig out very little information about him.

"Yunxiang said that she saw the Queen and Jiedushi Deng... She didn't even say anything clearly, so why was she silenced?" Yuan Buwei thought, her eyes fell on Master Youshi's face, even though the blush on his face had faded and his clothes were a little messy. Then she thought, "Master Youshi, do you think that the Queen and Jiedushi Deng will be like you and Princess Jinghe?"

"Same?" Master Youshi was stunned for a moment before he reacted. His face turned pale. "A tryst?!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Princess Jinghe came from outside the door and asked, "Yunxiang, do you think I'm sick and my brain isn't working well, or that I'm no longer as decisive as before? You dare to spread rumors about the Queen and Governor Deng in front of me. I think you're tired of living."

"Princess, I did not lie. The Queen and Jiedushi Deng were childhood sweethearts. If, if the Emperor had not fallen in love with the Queen at first sight, the Queen would have married Jiedushi Deng as her legal wife."

As soon as Yunxiang said this.

Princess Jinghe was stunned.

Yuan Buwei and Master Youshi, who were listening attentively, were so shocked that they were speechless.

"The princess and the queen have always been at odds. No wonder Jiedushi Deng came to Ganye Temple to see me. Did he want to confirm my relationship with the princess? Because I was so ill at the time, he thought I would not survive?" Master Youshi, who was the first to react, broke out in a cold sweat the more he thought about it.

"Yunxiang, do you know that your words are enough to get your entire clan executed?"

When Princess Jinghe's voice came, Yuan Buwei and Master Youshi stopped talking at the same time and listened carefully again.

"I dare not lie. Actually... I was carried here because there are so many people in the palace today. If something happens to me near Fengyi Palace, it will inevitably affect the Queen. But if something happens to me near the temporary palace, any guest staying here today or tonight can be a suspect."

The wet clothes on Yunxiang's body gradually took away her body temperature. She hugged herself tightly: "I know that the queen has the habit of eating midnight snacks. After returning to Fengyi Palace, I went to the kitchen to prepare midnight snacks for her. As a result, before I entered the palace, I heard the voice of Deng Jiedushi. I was frightened and dropped the food box in my hand, which alarmed the people inside. Then, before I could react, I was knocked unconscious and carried to the temporary palace..."

"Then why did you say just now that the Queen was dragged into the grove?" Princess Jinghe saw Yunxiang lowering her head and saying nothing, and suddenly realized, "I understand. You know that I am not on good terms with the Queen, and you are not sure whether I will save you, so you first spread false news to test me?"

"I dare not, I just... just..."

"I don't blame you."

Princess Jinghe saw Yunxiang looking up and staring at her in a daze: "But from now on, you are a dead person. Do you understand what I mean?"

Yunxiang kowtowed immediately: "Princess, you saved me, I am willing to repay you."

"There are many people who want to repay me, and you are not the only one. When there is no news from outside tomorrow, I will give you some money and arrange for you to leave the palace..."

"Princess, you...you want to let me go?" Yunxiang was a little surprised that Princess Jinghe would send her out of the palace.

"The queen has always been friendly with me in front of outsiders, so I don't need to quarrel with her." Princess Jinghe stood up and glanced at her plain nails. "Besides, you are just a palace maid. What can you prove with just your one-sided words?"

If others heard this, they would definitely follow Princess Jinghe's arrangements.

But Yunxiang, as the Queen's maid, immediately understood what Princess Jinghe meant: "I understand, but if I leave the palace, I can't be reunited with my family, and I might even implicate them. Besides, the Queen and Jiedushi Deng can cover the sky with one hand. I'm afraid that if I leave the palace, I will not be able to escape death."

"Alright, I don't have time to waste time talking to you..."

Hearing what Princess Jinghe said, Yunxiang became anxious. She knew very well that if she left, she would die.

So she took off the hairpin on her head and plucked up the courage to scratch her face hard.

In an instant, blood was flowing.

"Princess, from now on there will be no Yunxiang in the palace." Yunxiang kowtowed despite the severe pain on her face, "Please... please give me a chance to live."

Princess Jinghe had not expected Yunxiang to be so bold. She looked at her bloody face and smiled: "Think it over carefully. If you really follow me, you will never see the light of day."

"I am not afraid. I am only afraid that I will die in obscurity."

It’s not that Yunxiang wants to betray the Queen, but she has been tortured by the Queen for a long time, and the last straw that broke the camel’s back was that the Queen wanted to take her life.

Yunxiang was unwilling to give in.

"amber."

Princess Jinghe called out to the outside, and the maid Amber came in: "Princess, what do you want?"

"Yunxiang, this is Amber. You will follow her from now on." Princess Jinghe said, "You will be called Liuli from now on. Do you understand?"

"Liuli thanks the princess for the name."

Wait until the two of them leave.

Yuan Buwei and Master Youshi just walked out from the next room.

"Princess, do you really want to keep the Queen's maid?" Master Youshi's eyes were filled with worry, "What if this is a trap?"

“Do you think I would rashly take in a maid?” Princess Jinghe snorted and laughed. “There are many maids in Fengyi Palace, but the only ones that the Queen can trust are the ones who came with her as a dowry. Yunxiang is the most honest and obedient of the maids who came with her as a dowry, and she is also the one who is bullied the most.”

"So the princess had been planning to bribe Yunxiang?" Yuan Buwei suddenly realized, "Then didn't I accidentally help you tonight?"

"I'm in a good mood today. Tell me, what reward do you want?" Princess Jinghe raised her eyebrows and looked at Yuan Buwei.

"The Emperor has already given me a reward..."

"If I were you, I would at least let the imperial kitchen cook for me for a year. But you only want a pork elbow. You are so useless." Princess Jinghe snorted, thought about it, and took off the jade bracelet on her right wrist and put it on Yuan Buwei's wrist.