allonlinenovel Chapter 266 Poor Little Palace Maid
Chapter 266 Poor Little Palace Maid
"Miss Jiang, what are you doing? Why are you carrying someone into the hall?" Nanny Su frowned and stared at her suspiciously.
Jiang Yimo was so anxious that she didn't bother to answer Su Ma's question. She explained anxiously, "Su Ma, I just dug this person out of the garden. She was already dying, so I hurriedly dug her out and brought her here. Please help me, Ma'am. Send a palace maid to bring a basin of clean water so I can use it to save her."
Although Nanny Su was quite dissatisfied with Jiang Yimo's rashness in breaking into the Empress Dowager's bedroom, she finally softened her heart when she saw her panicked expression and earnest words.
So, she turned to a palace maid guarding outside the palace gate and whispered, "Quickly prepare a basin of clean water for Miss Jiang."
The palace maid took the order and left in a hurry.
At this time, the Queen Mother also heard the noise coming from the palace door, but because of a huge and exquisitely carved screen in front of her, she could not see what was happening at the door of the hall.
"Madam Su, has the girl from the Jiang family arrived?" the Queen Mother asked softly, with a hint of anticipation and curiosity in her tone.
"Reporting to the Empress Dowager, it is true that Miss Jiang has arrived. However..." Nanny Su hesitated for a moment, and then said, "Miss Jiang is holding a dying little palace maid in her arms, and she has already entered the palace gate."
Nanny Su did not dare to hide anything and answered the Empress Dowager's questions truthfully.
When the Queen Mother heard this, she frowned slightly and thought to herself: Why did this little girl Jiang come in with a dying little palace maid? Could something have happened again?
Thinking of this, the Queen Mother couldn't help but frowned and pondered for a moment, then she instructed Su Ma Ma: "Let her bring the person in. I also want to see what's going on."
The Queen Mother's voice was still gentle, but it revealed an unquestionable majesty.
"Yes, Queen Mother." Nanny Su responded, turned her head and said to Jiang Yimo, "Miss Jiang, the Queen Mother wants you to bring this person into..."
However, before Nanny Su could finish her words, Jiang Yimo quickly picked up the little palace maid and walked towards the hall where the Queen Mother was.
It turned out that Jiang Yimo heard clearly everything that the Queen Mother and Nanny Su said just now, so there was naturally no need for Nanny Su to repeat it again.
Moreover, Jiang Yimo was extremely anxious at the moment, and her mind was full of how to rescue the poor little palace maid as soon as possible. She had no time to take care of other things.
So, she took a step forward without hesitation, holding the life in her arms tightly, and only wanted to get into the hall as soon as possible so that she could use the medical skills she had learned and do her best to save this young and fragile life.
After entering the hall, the Queen Mother stared with wide eyes at Jiang Yimo as she walked in holding a pale, lifeless little palace maid covered in mud in her arms, her face full of disbelief.
After Jiang Yimo entered the palace, considering that this palace was the residence of the empress dowager, it was inconvenient to place the person directly on the empress dowager's chair or her couch, so she could only carefully lay the person flat on the carpet in the hall.
The Queen Mother stared at Jiang Yimo suspiciously and asked, "Jiang girl, what happened to this little palace maid to become like this?"
At this time, Jiang Yimo had no time to explain too much to the Queen Mother. She just said hurriedly: "Queen Mother, please wait a moment. After I save this person, I will tell you about this matter in detail."
She didn't want to delay any longer.
Just then, a little palace maid hurriedly ran in from outside the hall, holding a basin full of water and covered with a towel.
Jiang Yimo quickly picked up the towel, wrung out the water, and carefully wiped the little maid's stained face.
When the Queen Mother finally saw clearly that the lips of the little palace maid in front of her were as red and swollen as sausages and had been sewn up with needle and thread, she couldn't help but feel a chill down her spine and even her scalp began to tingle.
"Oh my God!" a cry of surprise rang out.
"Who did this? So cruel!" followed by another angry shout.
"They actually sewed someone's mouth shut with needle and thread. This... this must have been painful for her!" someone said indignantly.
As she spoke, the Queen Mother frowned, and she felt a little bit of pity in her heart. She looked at the little palace maid that Jiang Yimo was rescuing, and she felt that her face looked familiar.
The Queen Mother could not help but fall into deep thought, trying to recall the past. Suddenly, she had a flash of inspiration and suddenly realized it.
"Jiang girl, could the little palace maid you rescued be Xitang who served in Concubine Xiao's palace?" The empress dowager's voice was filled with a hint of surprise and confusion.
"Yes, the Queen Mother has a good memory. It is indeed Xitang." Jiang Yimo answered while busying herself.
"I haven't seen her for just a few days, how could she become like this?" The Queen Mother murmured to herself, her eyes full of worry.
"Your Highness, I am also very curious, so the most urgent task right now is to save her."
After saying that, Jiang Yimo gently washed the dust off Xitang's face, especially the dust on her mouth, and then took out a pair of medical scissors and tweezers from the small bag she carried with her.
She concentrated and carefully used scissors to cut the thin thread that sutured Xitang's lips, and carefully removed the thread ends.
Next, Jiang Yimo carefully disinfected the wound and applied the appropriate medicine.
After completing this series of operations, she opened the exquisite little porcelain bottle again, poured out a Qi-replenishing pill that melted in the mouth, and gently put it into Xitang's mouth.
At this moment, Jiang Yimo did not stop what she was doing, but continued to carefully check Xitang's physical condition.
Fortunately, after a careful inspection, she found no obvious scars of torture on Xitang's body.
At this time, Jiang Yimo finally had time to tell the Queen Mother in detail how she discovered that the little palace maid was buried alive.
The more the Queen Mother listened, the angrier she became: "Concubine Xiao has clearly been confined to her house, yet she still managed to do something harmful like this! This is outrageous!"
She gripped the handrail tightly, her eyes gleaming with anger.
Then, the Queen Mother shouted loudly: "Someone, come! Invite the Emperor to Yongshou Palace immediately, and escort Concubine Xiao here! I want to see how that vicious woman explains it. Are there any rules in this harem?"
Her voice was full of majesty, making people around her tremble.
After Nanny Su responded, she sent two groups of people, one group to invite the emperor and the other to escort Concubine Xiao.
Not long after, the old emperor arrived first. When he saw a little palace maid with a mouth swollen like a sausage lying in the Empress Dowager's palace, his brows immediately frowned.