I was sold when I opened my eyes! My sick and disabled husband comforts me every night after he wake

Granny Sun, the head maid of Changshou Palace, led her to a side room closest to the Empress Dowager's bedroom and said coldly:

"Doctor Lan, the Crown Prince has instructed that you stay closer to the Empress Dowager, so you shall stay in this room!"

She nodded hurriedly, then took a silver ingot from her sleeve and stuffed it into her hand.

"I am new here and do not know much about the rules of the palace. If I have offended anyone, I hope Granny Sun will forgive me."

Weighing the silver in her hand, Granny Sun feigned reluctance.

"I cannot accept something without merit. Besides, it is all for the sake of the Empress Dowager. Doctor Lan, there is no need to be so polite."

"Please accept this. As a junior, it is only right that I show you respect."

Only then did Granny Sun half-heartedly stuff the silver ingot into her pocket, immediately changing her expression.

"The Crown Prince has instructed that a maid be found to serve Doctor Lan. What are your requirements? Or should I arrange one randomly?"

Girl?

Why don't you force me to give it to you?

After her eyes darted around slightly, she asked softly,

"I want that palace maid number seven from Fengxian Palace this morning. Is that possible?"

Granny Sun was taken aback for a moment.

"Number Seven Palace Maid? From Fengxian Palace?"

"Yes, that's the palace maid I diagnosed as pregnant and then punished with a cane."

"Oh……"

Granny Sun nodded as if she suddenly understood.

"The news of her pregnancy has spread throughout the palace, and the Empress has already banished her from the palace. You should choose someone else!"

what?

Because of one sentence from her, a palace maid is going to lose her job? She might even be scorned after leaving the palace, and what if she does something rash and commits suicide...?

Oh my god! She dared not think any further, and she absolutely would not allow such a thing to happen.

"Granny Sun, is there any way to keep her here? I think... I might have misread her pulse because my hand was shaking."

Granny Sun shook her head directly.

"I don't have that kind of power. Who would dare disobey the Empress's decree?"

This……

She was a little anxious. After hesitating for a while, she suddenly seemed to remember something and grabbed Granny Sun, who was about to leave.

"By the way, please tell the Empress Dowager that I forgot to bring my secret medicine when I came today. I have to leave the palace first and come to the palace early tomorrow morning to examine the Empress Dowager."

Granny Sun looked at her with suspicion in her eyes.

"Don't you dare pull any tricks. If you don't show up by tomorrow morning, you'll be guilty of deceiving the emperor. Not only you, but your family will be implicated, and even the government office in your ancestral home will be involved. Have you thought it through?"

Clearly, Granny Sun was afraid that she would never return after leaving.

She hurriedly and solemnly explained,

"Don't worry, Granny Sun. As far as I can see, it is all the royal land of the Northern Wei Kingdom. Do you think I can fly to the sky or disappear into the earth? I really did bring medicine from home, and it is exactly what the Empress Dowager is sick with. I will go back today to settle my family and make sure I am back first thing tomorrow morning."

After pondering for a moment, Granny Sun nodded.

“Alright, I’ll go out of the palace with you. It just so happens that the Empress Dowager asked me to prepare a residence for your family. I was originally planning to have my subordinates do it, but since that’s the case, I’ll go out of the palace myself and take care of it all at once.”

It seems that Granny Sun still doesn't trust her.

She nodded helplessly.

"Alright, then I'll have to trouble you, Granny Sun."

Just as the two of them were about to leave one after the other, someone called out from outside.

"Granny Sun, the Empress Dowager requests your presence."

Hearing this, Granny Sun frowned slightly, looking somewhat troubled. Lan Zhi quickly said:

"You go ahead and do what you need to do. I'll wait for you at the Home Inn."

Granny Sun clicked her tongue, her shrewd eyes flashing as she nodded.

"Go!"

Seeing that she agreed, Lan Zhi thanked her and then walked impatiently toward the palace gate.

Granny Sun quickly gave a wink to the maid beside her.

"Find someone to follow her, so she doesn't get lost."

After receiving the order, the maid turned around and went to make the arrangements, while Granny Sun hurried towards the Empress Dowager's bedroom.

On the way out of the palace, Xiao Xin's eyes flickered a few times before she reminded him:

“Master, someone is following you.”

"I know. Can you check if that palace maid number seven is still in the palace?"

"Yes, Master."

After receiving the instruction, Xiao Xin quickly searched for it, and a short while later, she replied:

"This person has just arrived at the palace gate..."

We've already reached the palace gates?

No, she had to quicken her pace, otherwise she wouldn't be able to find her once she was far away.

"Xiaoxin, help me shake off that person behind me."

"Xiaoxin understands."

After receiving the order, Xiao Xin used an illusion to make the other party draw circles in place, while Lan Zhi took the opportunity to quickly walk towards the palace gate.

The seventh palace maid was dragged out of the palace. Now, she sits at the palace gate, pleading incessantly with the gatekeeper.

"Don't make me leave! I don't want to leave! I'm innocent!"

Back then, her family had to raise money from all sides to afford her a job in the palace. She had hoped to earn more money while she was young so that her parents could have a good life when she left the palace.

But she had only been in the palace for less than a year when she was kicked out, and on the grounds that she was pregnant with someone else's child. How could she face anyone?

The goalkeeper kicked her impatiently.

"Get out of here, or I'll chop off your head."

The seventh palace maid lay on the ground, and thinking of Lan Zhi's false accusations against her, she immediately gritted her teeth in anger.

Just then, Lan Zhi came out of the palace. Upon seeing this, she frantically got up from the ground and prepared to rush over, but was stopped by several guards at the gate.

"Let me go! I was harmed by this woman. She's a con artist."

"If you dare to cause trouble again, and some master sees you doing this, I'll chop off your head."

“I’m not messing around, she’s a liar, a big liar, let me go, I’m going to kill her.”

The seventh palace maid, talking and jumping, prepared to rush into the palace, but the presiding gatekeeper, seeing this, impatiently waved his hand.

"Take him away, beat him half to death, and then throw him into a mass grave."

"stop."

Lan Zhi walked over quickly and saw the seventh palace maid whose arms were being held tightly by two guards. She stepped forward and said:

"Sir, I know this young lady. Please don't make things difficult for her."

The seventh palace maid, however, did not appreciate her kindness and instead began to hurl insults.

"You female liar, we're complete strangers, we have no grudges against each other, why would you want to harm me? Tell me, why would you want to harm me?"

Seeing that she was a little agitated, the two guards at the gate became impatient and prepared to drag her away. Lan Zhi quickly showed the gatekeeper her palace exit token. Seeing that she was holding the Empress Dowager's token, the gatekeeper immediately showed her some respect. He then waved to the two guards, and they released the arm of the seventh palace maid.

As Lan Zhi walked towards her, the seventh palace maid suddenly rushed forward like a madwoman, preparing to tear her apart, but her hands were firmly gripped by her.

She roared coldly.

"Don't cause trouble if you don't want to lose your head."

Then, she pulled her to a corner not far away and whispered to her:

"What happened today was my fault, and I'm here to apologize to you now. Please stop making a scene in the streets, or the Empress will not let you off the hook."