Don't mess with her, she is the god in charge of the golden finger!

Si Ling looked back at Qing Mei who was still in shock and rubbed her head with a smile: "From now on, you will follow my surname Si. Although the name Qing Mei is not bad, as my sister, Si Ling, you still need a formal name."

"From now on, you will be called Siyu, Yu as in Baoyu, and I will call you Yu'er."

When Si Yu heard his new name, he immediately kowtowed three times to Si Ling, and Si Ling couldn't stop him no matter how hard he tried.

"My Lady, My Lady, how could this servant of mine have the ability to..."

Si Ling frowned slightly: "I am not the queen, and you are not a servant. From now on, we are the second and third ladies of the Si family. You must remember that your name is Si Yu, and you are my sister, Si Ling."

"Mother...sister, Qingmei, no, it's Yu'er who knows. Thank you for your gift, sister. Yu'er will definitely stay by your side and serve you for the rest of her life."

Si Yu is not stupid. If she still doesn't know what's tactful even after Si Ling has said so much, she will not be liked by others.

"Good sister, help me up. I'm tired and want to sleep a little longer. I don't have an appetite either. Please eat something you can eat. Only when you are full will you have the strength to protect me."

"Okay, sister, go to bed and rest."

Si Yu hurriedly helped Si Ling onto the bed and carefully covered her with a quilt.

Looking at Si Ling who closed her eyes to rest, Si Yu wiped her tears, grabbed the steamed bun beside her and ate it silently. She also ate all the yellow and black rotten leaves.

My sister is right. Only when she, as the younger sister, is full, will she have the strength to protect her.

Si Yu didn't feel anything unusual when eating these spoiled foods. Before she entered the palace to be a maid, she was so hungry that she even ate tree bark and soil. But moldy steamed buns and rotten vegetable leaves were normal food for her.

Si Yu squatted beside and watched Si Ling fall asleep, then he quietly opened the door and left.

She knew that if she asked the guards for food she would only be beaten and given leftovers, so she ran to the back of the bedroom in the cold palace, listened against the wall for a long time, and when there was no one outside, she squatted down and moved a water tank blocking the corner of the wall, revealing a small hole underneath.

She discovered this by accident, and she didn't know whether it was dug out by a concubine who was banished to the cold palace or by an animal.

The hole wasn't very big, but it was easy for her to get through since she was petite.

Climbing out from here, if she guessed correctly, she would find herself in a very remote garden.

There are basically no people coming over there, so there is a high chance that she will not be caught after she goes out.

Taking a deep breath, Si Yu carefully crawled out of the cave.

Pulling aside the thick and long weeds, Si Yu climbed out of the cave and squatted in the weeds to look around. After finding that there was no danger, he found a direction and ran along the corner of the wall.

The palace was heavily guarded, so Si Yu could only go to the unguarded palace maids' quarters.

At this time, the palace maids were all on duty. She ran to the room where she used to live and began to search carefully.

When her elder sister was still a noble lady, she was very kind to her subordinates. Although she was just a small palace maid who sprinkled water, she received a lot of benefits, so she really enjoyed being on duty for her elder sister.

After being demoted, she had no chance to take away the good things her sister had given her as rewards. This time she ventured out, she wanted to see if those things were still there.

Finding the secret compartment under the bed, Si Yu discovered that the silver and jewelry she had hidden were still there.

Overjoyed, she stuffed the thing into her clothes on her chest. When she was about to leave, she suddenly found a package of something that looked like pastries on the table in the room.

I walked over, picked it up and smelled it, and it was indeed a pastry.

It's obvious that this is a reward from someone's master.

Si Yu took out a small piece of silver and placed it on the table, then left with the pastries.

I don’t know if it’s because the elder sister regained her determination to live today, so her luck as a younger sister also started to improve.

She was not discovered until she returned to the cold palace.

Pushing the jar back to block the hole, Si Yu, who was covered in mud, grinned happily as he patted the cakes and silver on his chest.

This trip took her more than half an hour, and when she returned to Si Ling, Si Ling was still not awake.

This also gives Si Yu time to take care of himself.

She didn't have any extra firewood to boil water for herself, so she took some cold water and washed herself casually, then changed into clothes that looked relatively clean.

Thinking of Si Ling's blood-stained clothes, Si Yu found two pieces of underwear with decent fabric and came to Si Ling again.

Si Ling just opened her eyes, looked at Si Yu whose face was red and swollen but eyes were full of stars, and smiled softly, "You don't have to stay with me. Rest when you need to, otherwise this time will be unbearable."

It's really hard to pass the time without a mobile phone and a TV.

Si Yu bent down and helped Si Ling up and said with a smile: "Sister, I'm not tired. I'll help you change into dry clothes first. I'll have a surprise for you later."

"Surprise?" Si Ling smiled and said, "Then I will look forward to your surprise."

Si Yu was very happy. He quickly helped Si Ling change her clothes, then let her lean on the bed. He turned around, took out the pastries beside her and handed them to Si Ling like a treasure.

"I found some pastries, please eat them quickly, sister."

"Sister, wait a moment. Let me try to see if there is any poison."

Si Yu realized that he couldn't just feed Si Ling something of unknown origin, so he opened the paper bag containing the pastries, revealing six pieces of peach blossom cakes inside.

She picked up a piece and took a careful bite. After waiting for two minutes and feeling nothing, she happily held the cake in her hands and looked at Si Ling: "Sister, eat it quickly. I've tried it and it's not poisonous."

Si Ling touched her head with a bit of heartache: "Yu'er, did you sneak out to find this cake?"

"I...I..." Si Yu lowered his head and whispered, "Sister, you haven't eaten for two days, so I, I brought this cake back."

As she spoke, she raised her head and smiled, "I was lucky today. No one found me. I went back to where I lived before and brought all the things you gave me as a reward. Look."

She took out the silver and not very valuable jewelry she brought back and placed them in front of Si Ling one by one.

"With these, I can exchange some things with the guards, and our lives will be a little better."

Si Ling looked at the ten taels of silver, a few small pieces of silver, a jade bracelet and a hairpin, and then at the cakes at hand. It would be a lie to say she was not moved.

But Si Yu was still a little bold. She looked at Si Yu with a serious look and said, "I'll forgive you this time, but next time, don't sneak out again."

Not to mention the palace maids in the cold palace, even if the concubines in the cold palace ran out without permission, they would not escape the fate of being beaten to death, so she had to remind Si Yu.

Si Yu nodded: "Don't worry, sister, there won't be a next time."

This time she brought back a lot of things, which could at least sustain them for another month. If they still haven't left the cold palace by then, she would find another way.