Zuo Yuan was worried that Duan Yunfei would act impulsively, so she warned him again and again before she left. Duan Yunfei agreed consecutively, but in her heart she was thinking about what she should say in front of Yuwen Di.
"Okay, okay, I know what I'm doing. You don't have to worry. You should have been at home with the Left Premier. "
There was no need for Zuo Yuanyuan, as long as Lady Zuo was by his side, he would naturally be relieved. If Zuo Yuanyuan went, it would only bother the couple.
"Compared to daddy, I'm still more worried about you. I really have to go. Don't be too impulsive. "Oh right, speaking of which, I still don't know why you were grounded."
When she walked to the door, Zuo Yuan suddenly remembered something and asked casually.
Duan Yunfei's thoughts had long ago flown to the royal study room, she had not heard Zuo Yuanyuan's question at all.
Zuo Yuanyuan, who had not received a response for a long time, knew that Duan Yunfei definitely did not have the mood to answer her question, so she did not bring it up again.
After Zuo Yuan left, Duan Yunfei didn't even return to the hall to tidy up before she prepared to head to the royal study.
But right at the entrance of the Red Luan Palace, Duan Yunfei was stopped by a palace maid from the empress palace.
"Thirteenth Princess, your time limit has not passed yet. You cannot leave Red Luan Palace now." The palace maids were merely following orders and did not have any confidence when it came to fighting a princess. As such, they could only be submissive to her orders.
"I know that you were ordered by the empress. I don't want to make things difficult for you, but right now, I have urgent matters to attend to. Even if the empress himself comes, I must leave today."
Even though she was one of the empress's people, she had always heard of how good Duan Yunfei was being to her palace maids. Back then, when the empress had sent her to the Red Luan Palace to look after Duan Yunfei, she had originally been extremely unwilling, but she was helpless against her lowly status and could only obey her orders.
"But …" Princess … Even if the empress had scolded us, this servant wouldn't be able to afford it. Please let Thirteenth Princess return. "
Duan Yunfei had also heard of the Empress's methods. In the event of a burglary in the palace, the punishment was to place the thief in the Xin Zhou warehouse as a laborer, and to deprive the person of the right to be released from the palace at his age. In the previous dynasty, the punishment for theft was more severe, but after Yuwen Di ascended the throne, the punishment was eased a little.
Earlier, there was a palace maid in the empress's palace, and his father had nowhere else to go to sell her four-year-old sister to the traffickers. The palace maid was out of ideas, so he sneakily took a jade earring that the empress didn't usually use in his dressing case.
She had thought that the empress wouldn't find out and that she would be able to escape calamity. However, the Empress suddenly thought of the earring, but was unable to find it. She guessed that someone must have used a cheap hand to secretly sell it. This was a common occurrence in the palace, but in the pepper house, and in the eyes of the empress, it was a capital offense.
After some interrogation, the empress finally found out who had stolen her jade earrings. She didn't listen to the palace maid's explanation and directly dragged the person into the prison and beat him to death with her staff.
This incident caused a huge disturbance in the palace. After all, the empress's punishment was too severe. But the empress said, "There are no rules, not within a certain range. If these servants were to be condoned every time, then wouldn't the palace's rules become a mess? "
The empress's words were pleasant to hear, but her own punishment was clearly different from what Yuwen Di had initially set. However, as the empress was the master of the imperial harem, she naturally had the authority to manage the harem. Even if people were to talk about it, it would not change anything. In the palace, a servant's life and a master's life were naturally different. "Even complaining is a sin." Who asked you to have a bad birth and not have a good birth? " palace maid often thought in this way.
"I am truly anxious. I can't think of any way to protect you right now. Otherwise, if I go through the side door, you can pretend you don't know. If the empress asks, just say that you don't know anything and I sneaked out myself. "
Duan Yunfei knew that this method would never work, and continued, "If the Empress is determined to punish you, you must hold on until I go to the pepper house to receive my punishment. Once I break the Binding Token, I will naturally find the Empress to bear the blame, and won't implicate you in any way."
hymen experienced the feeling of being seen as a human. This was the first time she had experienced this ever since entering the palace.
"Thirteenth Princess, then please go back first and leave by the side door. This servant will pretend not to know, but I'll have to trouble you to come back as soon as possible, otherwise the empress will definitely find out."
hymen had decided to go all out. Duan Yunfei was clearly in a hurry to leave, but he had even helped her think about how to deal with the Empress after she found out.
"Thank you so much. I will definitely thank you when I return."
Duan Yunfei thanked him sincerely and hymen accepted it willingly. She did not need Duan Yunfei's bestowal, Duan Yunfei's respect for her was already a heavenly reward.
After saying that, Duan Yunfei turned back once more, turned, and walked to the side door.
"Xiao Ya, you should stay in the Red Luan Palace. If you go with me, the chance of being discovered will increase greatly. If the empress comes again, you must think of a way to delay her until I return. "
Although Duan Yunfei was in a hurry to go to the imperial study, she definitely wouldn't get caught up in the empress once more. Although the deadline had not been reached, Duan Yunfei had had enough of being trapped like a bird.
Xiao Ya nodded her head repeatedly, indicating that she would definitely follow Duan Yunfei's instructions.
"Also, if the Queen finds out that she has to deal with that hymen, you must think of a way to protect her. I know it won't be easy, but since she took the risk to help me, I can't really push her into a fire pit. "
"Princess, don't worry. This servant will definitely do it."
Although Xiao Ya did not know what Zuo Yuan and Duan Yunfei had said in the house earlier, it caused Duan Yunfei to be in such a hurry. But in Xiao Yang's heart, no matter what Duan Yunfei did, there was a reason for it. Since Duan Yunfei wanted to disobey the Queen's orders to ban her feet, then as her palace maid, she must do a good job for Duan Yunfei in the future.
"While I'm away, be careful. I'll come back as soon as possible."
"Princess, you are the one. It's cold outside, quickly take this Tang Matriarch."
Xiao Ya passed over the Grandma Tang that she prepared for Duan Yunfei into Duan Yunfei's hands. After seeing that Duan Yunfei had left, Xiao Ya returned to the house.