The queen is sober in the world, and she is winning every step of the palace fight.

"Master Zhao, please save this servant!"

After the man was let into the house, he knelt down on the ground and crawled on his knees to Fei Wan's feet.

Begging with a look of panic.

Fei Wan took two steps aside, and Xia He quickly rushed forward to stop him.

"What are you doing? The young lady is still seriously ill. If you offend her and frighten her, I will report you to the emperor!"

"I dare not offend you. I am here to ask you to save my life! I have nowhere else to turn, so I can only ask you, my lady!"

The man kowtowed to the ground, and soon blood appeared.

It looked very pitiful.

"You are Yunliu."

Fei Wan recognized the other person.

The maid in charge in front of Yu Tingjin was Aunt He. Under her were two maids in charge. One was Yun Cui, who had died, and the other was Yun Liu.

Yun Liu was not Yu Tingjin's dowry, but was allocated by the Ministry of Internal Affairs. However, because of her loyalty and usefulness, Yu Tingjin promoted her to be a steward palace maid, and also specially changed her name to Yun Cui's character "Yun".

When Fei Wan was abused by Yu Tingjin, Yun Cui and Aunt He were usually there, and Yun Liu was occasionally present, but not often.

In private, she would not beat or scold Fei Wan like Yun Cui did.

She's just a palace maid who serves her master obediently.

Fei Wan didn't have much interaction with her, so she didn't know why she suddenly came to call for help.

"My lady, please send everyone away. I have something important to report!" Yun Liu kowtowed.

Xia He quickly said, "My lady, I will be here to protect you."

She was ordered to come from the imperial court to take care of Fei Wan, and she didn't dare let anything happen to Fei Wan.

Fei Wan said, "It's okay. Go down. I'll call you if there's anything."

Xia He hesitated.

But she didn't dare to disobey, so she had to leave the room with another young palace maid.

I didn't dare go far, so I waited not far from the door so that I could come in and protect the young master at any time.

Fei Wan sat on the rose chair and looked down at Yun Liu.

"If you have anything to say, just say it."

"Please close the doors and windows so that no one else can hear..."

"No."

Fei Wan refused directly.

Yun Liu knelt on the ground and looked up secretly.

Although Fei Wan was wearing a veil and her facial expression could not be seen, her eyes were cold and calm, completely different from her previous timid and cowardly appearance.

Her calm and composed look was no different from that of the concubines who had been in high positions in the palace for a long time.

She even has more aura than many other ladies.

Yun Liu's heart skipped a beat. He didn't know when Fei Wan became like this, and he was not sure whether his request for help would be accepted today.

She was unsure, and her plea was trembling.

He came close and whispered in a very low voice:

"My lady, more than half of the palace servants serving the Imperial Concubine have been interrogated. Even Aunt He was taken to the torture chamber yesterday. The rat incident seems to be unresolved, but the fact that you were often beaten and tortured in front of the Imperial Concubine has been almost fully investigated..."

"It is said that Aunt He was tortured terribly, but she refused to admit anything, and then... and then..."

"In order to protect Aunt He, the Imperial Concubine wanted to use me as a scapegoat and forced me to admit to the Imperial Court that I had stabbed you with a needle!"

"My lady, I will die if I do this! I don't want to die. I will be old enough to leave the palace next year and I'm looking forward to reuniting with my family! Please save me!"

She fell at Fei Wan's feet and cried sadly.

Oh, is that so?

Fei Wan smiled faintly.

The Palace Administration is intensively investigating the rat bite case. Although she has been under quarantine to recuperate recently, she has heard about it.

The eunuchs who came to deliver the imperial gifts every day would reveal something more or less.

The concubines from each palace who came to deliver gifts would also say a word or two about it.

Therefore, Fei Wan knew that not only Chunxi Palace and Changle Palace, but also palace maids in other palaces were being questioned.

But the result of the investigation now is that there is no result yet.

This was within her expectations.

If it could be found out so easily, then the women in the deep palace would be too simple.

As for her being beaten and injured...

Yu Tingjin usually kept things secret, and the only people who knew about it were Yun Cui and Aunt He. Even Yun Liu, who was in front of him, didn't know the details. Yun Liu was only there when Fei Wan was beaten less seriously, or to help carry her when she was unconscious.

Therefore, Yun Cui and Aunt He are the most suitable people to testify against Yu Tingjin.

But it is said that after Yun Cui was interrogated in the torture chamber, she was taken away for interrogation before she even went to the Xinzheku. Unexpectedly, she died unexpectedly as soon as she was tortured.

Perhaps it was because he had been squatting for three days without food or water and had lost half his life, so he could not bear the punishment and died.

Maybe someone did something to silence him.

This is a common occurrence in the palace.

So only Aunt He was left.

Aunt He refused to admit her crime, so Yun Liu had to be dragged to take the blame in order to give an explanation to the emperor?

It makes sense that as long as someone under him takes the blame, Yu Tingjin can get away with it.

Fei Wan asked Yun Liu: "How do you want me to save you?"

Yun Liu pleaded quickly, "My lady, I will help you testify against Aunt He! When Aunt He gave you acupuncture to help you conceive, I was there to help. So I can serve as a witness to prove that Aunt He not only gave you acupuncture, but also pricked your finger with the needle. Please keep me by your side and serve me. I will be your slave from now on!"

"You think very well."

Fei Wan smiled.

If Yun Liu testifies against Aunt He, she can save her life, but Yu Tingjin will not forgive her, so she must stay in Guanlan Courtyard to save her life. If she can survive until next year, she will be released from the palace.

"But don't forget that you still have family outside." Fei Wan told her, "If you don't obey the Imperial Concubine's orders, aren't you afraid that she will use her family to retaliate against you?"

Yun Liu was stunned.

"The Imperial Concubine is under house arrest, she wouldn't do that, would she?"

"Whatever she can't do, someone will do it for her at Minister Yu's residence. Or after she's released from house arrest, someone can be sent to do it. Can your family escape to the ends of the earth?"

Yun Liu kowtowed loudly: "Please, my lord, save this servant and my family! You are so favored, you must be able to protect this servant and my family..."

"But why should I do this? What good will it do me to protect you? It will only make me more offend the imperial concubine."

Fei Wan's voice was cold.

"Unless..." She smiled at Yun Liu, "Unless you can directly accuse Concubine Chun of stabbing me personally. Furthermore, you can reveal a few secrets of Concubine Chun's past misdeeds against others, and petition His Majesty to depose her. Then she won't be able to harm you or your family again. How do you do that?"

"It's very dangerous for a palace maid like you to testify against your master, but with someone like me, who is highly favored, helping you, you are likely to succeed."

"It's either death or death, how about taking a gamble?"

Yun Liu looked up at Fei Wan blankly.

Fei Wan was not like this before!

How could a little maid who was much dumber and weaker than her be so articulate and quick-witted?

too frightening.

"Don't rush to agree. Stay here with me and think about it slowly."

Fei Wan asked her to rest in the side room of Guanlan Courtyard.

He also called Xia He and asked her to take good care of her.

But Yun Liu dazedly left the main house. Just as she was crossing the yard, the gate of Guanlan Courtyard was suddenly smashed open, and Yu Tingjin rushed in with a group of palace servants.

She was so angry that her eyes turned red, and she cried and cursed:

"Yun Liu, you traitor, how dare you betray me and come to her!"

"I have always treated you well. Are you going to help her harm me?"

"Capture Yunliu for me and bring her back!"