C70

"Yun Zhiqiu, someone is looking for you." As she was thinking about this, a mama began to shout loudly. I stood up, feeling dizzy and almost fell head first into the water. I immediately steadied my body and waited for a while before I turned around.

The mama laughed happily. "Go quickly, behind the Raccoon Palace."

"He must have received quite a bit of silver from me." Ammu muttered softly.

I didn't know who would come looking for me, and the Imperial Consort didn't know that I was a palace maid. When I walked out of the back door of the Huayi Palace, I saw a woman dressed in pink standing under a tree with only one palace maid by her side. As we got closer, I cried out in surprise, "Luyao!"

"Zhiqiu." She smiled at me bitterly, without any of the excitement and honor one would expect. She motioned for a palace maid to come down and hold my hand. "I've wanted to see you for a long time, but I've never had a chance."

I looked down at my toes. "Luyao, I don't know what to say. I've let you down."

"Why did you let me down?" She smiled and said, "How could I not know about the matter between you and Xia Junxiang?"

I'm sorry, I can't hide anything from you. Lu Yao told me that she liked Xia Junchang, but Xia Junchang and I came together again later on, and we liked each other. Lu Yao told me that she liked Xia Junchang, but Xia Junchang and I came together later on.

"Let's not talk about this now. There's no point in saying it now. It would be wrong to speak about our identities in the palace." She sighed, then looked at me with concern. "How are you doing, Zhiqiu?"

"Not good." I feebly said, "It's not good at all. Luyao, he's gone, he told me to wait for him, but I don't know if I can wait for him. Don't ask me why, I just have a feeling that if he comes back again, you'll tell him on my behalf, I'll really be waiting for him seriously."

She caressed my face. "It's been hard on you, Zhi Qiu. Look at how much thinner you've become compared to when you entered the palace. You shouldn't make things difficult for yourself in the palace."

I know, but too many things, too much fatigue to breathe.

"You too, Luyao." I whispered. I also know what she's thinking. She likes the outside world, and she doesn't like the palace. She doesn't like being bound here.

Luyao took two steps towards the blue sky and said, "Zhiqiu, no matter where you go, I hold fast to this saying. This is what fate is, so I will live well on this path, and find my own new happiness."

She is always so easy, I wish I was her, I also want to find more happiness, so that I will not be surrounded by endless sadness.

As she walked behind the palace, she couldn't find a destination. She looked as if she wanted to shake off a heavy weight from her body, but her eyes were still bright and determined. She would always be able to see herself, she loved Xia Junchang, but she knew she couldn't be with him. It was as if he had become the emperor's concubine, so some things had to be kept and could never be mentioned again.

"Zhiqiu, since you're so tired at the Raccoon Palace, why don't you come to my side?"

"No, I don't want to." I refused without thinking.

She nodded, understanding. "Then learn to take care of yourself."

I might not be bullied anymore by her side, I might live ten times better than I am now, but I will have the chance to see that person again by her side. I would rather suffer ten times more than to see him again.

Returning to the Raccoon Palace to wash clothes, the palace maid came around to ask me who was looking for me. I honestly told Lu Shangyi, and the palace maids simply told me to beg him to make you a palace maid.

I smiled and shook my head. The mama's calm face sized me up and she coldly snorted. "Eat then. If you say anything more, don't eat anymore."

After she left, Ah Mu stuck out his tongue. "This Senior Servant Tian is really fierce, but she only knows how to curry favor with Imperial Concubine Mu. The palace maids from Imperial Concubine Mu's palace sent over some clothes. I didn't see her like a dog and almost wagged her tail."

The food suddenly became unappetizing. No matter how hungry he was, he couldn't eat it anymore.

"Zhiqiu, since you look so terrible, I have a piece of fish for you to eat."

A piece of fish was coming towards me, and the fishy smell rushed into my nose. I could smell a disgusting smell coming from it, and I couldn't help but run to the side to support myself against the wall and vomit uncomfortably.