Lu Qingtang nodded. She couldn't help laughing when she saw Kou Dan's cautious look. She asked her, "Did you really see Jin Niang peeking at us?"
Kodan nodded firmly. She had seen it with her own eyes, so she was sure of it.
At that time, she was hiding in the grass, waiting for Mo Mo to catch her, when she happened to see Jinnianghu's blue skirt dragging on the ground. At first she thought it was Su Mu hiding in that place, because Su Mu also wore the same color dress that day. Kou Dan walked forward quietly, preparing to scare her, but happened to see Jin Niang peeking in the direction where Lu Qingtang and Ji Wenzhan were chatting.
Kou Dan immediately felt that something was wrong, so he instigated Mo Bao to complain that he was tired, and then took them back.
She looked at Lu Qingtang with doubts on her face, "Princess, have you ever offended that Madam Xu? Or is there any dispute between Madam Xu and the Crown Prince?"
Lu Qingtang shook his head, his porcelain face darkening, recalling the scene when he met Xu Lingshu in his mind.
At that time, she felt that Xu Lingshu was very strange. She and her mother were love rivals. Logically speaking, when she saw her face, she should have an angry attitude, but why was she so scared?
What is she afraid of?
Lu Qingtang had a vague feeling that Xu Lingshu and her mother were not simply love rivals. Perhaps she left the palace for nothing and had something to do with Xu Lingshu.
Thinking of this, Lu Qingtang whispered something to Kou Dan.
After hearing this, Kodan immediately responded, "Okay, Princess, I will do it early tomorrow morning."
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Early in the morning, Kou Dan went to Wenxinju, the courtyard where Xu Lingshu lived.
As soon as she came, she approached Jin Niang and wanted to borrow the best embroiderer in their courtyard to teach her how to embroider so that she could make clothes for the three babies. However, as soon as she entered Wenxin Residence, she saw a little girl. The girl was beaten.
The little girl was young and had pretty features. She was lying on a bench, her back was beaten to a bloody pulp, and she fainted.
Koudan sympathized with the girl and asked Jinniang what mistake she had made to deserve such a severe punishment.
Jinniang then said to Koudan: "This Luoxue was combing my hair all morning and cut off a lot of my hair. I was already in a bad mood, but who would have thought that this little hooves dared to talk back to me. She was so angry that she ordered me to send her away. Got her!"
Listening to Jin Niang's words, Kou Dan cursed in his heart: It's just a few hairs, and it's really inhumane to treat a servant so harshly.
With this thought in mind, he couldn't help but look at Luoxue again, but saw that her face was pale, and the moans in her mouth were heartbreaking.
Out of sympathy for Luoxue and wanting to do something for Lu Qingtang, Kou Dan smiled at Jin Niang and said, "It's too big of a deal, let her go. She's just a child. If she's broken, it will be fatal."
However, Jin Niang looked embarrassed, "This..."
Kou Dan was stunned and looked at Jin Niang.
But I saw that there was already some white silk on her temples, and a jade hairpin on her head, which was just a few purple pearl flowers, looking dull.
So she immediately took a new beaded hairpin from her head and stuffed it into Jinniang's hand, "Sorry for bothering you, aunt. You look very pitiful."
Jinniang lowered her head and glanced at the beaded hairpin. It was made entirely of gold, with a Ruyi cloud pattern engraved on the head and a ruby embedded in it. Logically speaking, servants should not wear gold and silver, but Kou Dan is a servant of the palace and the person next to Princess Chen, so it is extraordinary.
Looking at his head again, there was a plain jade hairpin, and there were just a few dim-colored pearl flowers next to it. Logically speaking, she could be a grandmother at this age, but in order to accompany Xu Lingshu, she was forced to become an old girl.
Looking at the shining gold hairpin in her hand, Jin Niang immediately smiled in her heart.
She hid the hairpin in her sleeve and put it away, "Oh, Miss Koudan has such a big hand, how embarrassing is this? She is just a girl, why bother you so much. No more fighting, please take her back for treatment. , so pitiful."
As soon as he finished speaking, two young men came forward and lifted up the unconscious Luoxue with a stool. Kou Dan quickly asked them to carry Luoxue back to his residence. With Lu Qingtang's medical skills, I think this girl can still have a way to survive.
Back in the small courtyard, Lu Qingtang looked at Luoxue, who was covered in blood, and couldn't help but frown. The injury was really serious.
It was her instinct to treat illnesses and save people. She didn't have time to ask more questions and directly ordered people to carry Luo Xue into the room, leaving Kou Dan alone to deliver things to her.
After a while of burning incense, Luoxue's injury was almost healed by her, but she just took a little too much trouble to clean the wound. Her wounds and clothes were all stuck together, and even with anesthesia, the girl was still moving around in pain.
Lu Qingtang stretched out, glanced at Luoxue, who was sleeping soundly, and then looked at Kou Dan, waiting for her explanation.
Kou Dan stepped forward and stretched out his hand to gently rub Lu Qingtang's shoulders, "Hui Princess, I just happened to see her. She looked very pitiful."
Lu Qingtang sneered, "I'm afraid it's more than that, right?"
Kodan covered his mouth and smiled, "I can't hide anything from the princess."
She originally followed Lu Qingtang's instructions and used the pretext of learning embroidery to keep an eye on Wen Xinju's movements, although this was not the best way. After all, they had just arrived and didn't know much about the people in Zhennan Palace, so they didn't dare to bribe them.
Luoxue being beaten was a big surprise at this time. She must not be willing to beat a little girl like this. No matter whether Luo Xue is good or bad, she can be used by them.
After listening to Kou Dan's explanation, Lu Qingtang couldn't help but have a question. She turned to look at her, "Your starting point is good, but have you ever thought that this might be a trap?"
Koudan was stunned for a moment, then hesitated, "Probably...probably not?"
Lu Qingtang's lips curled up with a hint of teasing, and he stretched out his hand to tap Kou Dan's nose, "Silly Kou Dan, I'm just guessing. Find someone to send her back later. Find a doctor to check her pulse when you send her there. Don't let us rely on you later. .”
There was an embarrassed look on Koudan's face. She hesitated to speak. She only replied with the word "oh", and then she lowered her head and fell silent.
At this time, Luoxue, who was lying on the bed, let out a sigh. She slowly opened her eyes and looked around.
The palm-sized face was pale and without any blood. The slightly opened mouth seemed to want to say something, but no sound came out.
Lu Qingtang happened to be standing in front of the table, casually poured a cup of tea and handed it to Kou Dan.
Kou Dan took the tea, held up Luo Xue's neck with one hand, and fed the tea in. Although she was very patient, it could be seen that she seemed to blame herself a little and had some emotions.
Maybe she also thought that Luo Xue was someone with ulterior motives.
