Although this was Chaotian Village, the news wasn't blocked. Aunt Ximei would bring back all kinds of news from the outside. For example, I knew that Feng Xiao was a clean freak and liked red. What he was wearing should be a piece of carp brocade that was worth an inch of gold. I heard that there was a maid who tried to get close to him to get the Crown Prince's favor, but he threw her into the fish pond.
Now, looking at the grey handprint on his brocade, I closed my eyes and shivered. I didn't know if my fate would be the same as that maid's, if I would be thrown out. With my frail appearance, even if I didn't die, I would be severely injured.
After waiting for a long time, just as I was feeling hopeless, I heard a chuckle. "Heh, this little fellow is interesting!"
He wasn't angry? I was surprised and looked at Feng Xiao with my eyes wide open. His smile was very charming. Although I was only a nine-year-old child, I couldn't help but blush and my heart raced. Monstrous, that's probably how to describe a man like him!
Feng Xiao carried me and walked out of the room. I saw Aunt Ximei's head. Her eyes before she died were filled with complicated emotions. I knew that she was worried about me.
"Don't look! Little kids shouldn't look at these … "
Just as I wanted to say goodbye to Aunt Ximei, a handkerchief with a fragrant smell covered my head, blocking my sight. The handkerchief smelled really good. I had never smelled it before. It was the same smell as Feng Xiao.
Feng Xiao didn't let me look, so I obediently lay on Feng Xiao's shoulder. Little kids always make people defenseless. This was what Aunt Ximei often said.
Feng Xiao obviously treated me as an ordinary child. What he didn't know was that I grew up with Aunt Ximei and was used to all kinds of blood. The scene just now didn't scare me at all. From the day Chaotian Village was built, I knew that this day would come. Aunt Ximei knew it too. In other words, for the past five years, we had been waiting for this day, waiting for Feng Xiao to come.
I hugged Feng Xiao's shoulder and looked at the Chaotian Village that I had lived in for the past few years getting further and further away. My heart was getting heavier.
Aunt Ximei is dead. My only family member is gone. My future is uncertain. I don't know how to stay by Feng Xiao's side and how to survive.
Aunt Ximei said, "Ronghua, no matter what happens, you have to hold on. Even if you have to drag out an ignoble existence, you have to live." Because you have the blood of nobility flowing in your body, you won't always be lowly. Not only do you have to live, you have to live like a human …
Thinking about Aunt Ximei and Chaotian Village, I fell asleep. When I woke up, I was lying on a clean bed. This house, is far better than my little house in Chao Tian Stockade, clean, beautiful. The gauze hanging beside the bed was translucent and embroidered with fluttering butterflies. Even the wings of the butterflies were decorated with beautiful little gems.
The items from the Exceptional Beauty Workshop were indeed exquisite. I couldn't help but reach out to touch the butterfly on the curtain.
"Ms. Ronghua, you're awake?"
Hearing the movement on the bed, a pretty girl appeared in front of me. She was not much older than me, perhaps thirteen, and looked familiar and friendly.
"This servant is Dong Rui, His Highness the Crown Prince sent me to serve you!"
Dong Rui was the second person I met after leaving Chaotian Village. She smiled every day, as if she never knew sorrow. In Dong Rui's words, I was too worried. She thought it was because I stayed in Chaotian Village for too long and was frightened by the bandits, so I lost my innocence. Dong Rui didn't know that I was also a bandit.
Feng Xiao arranged for me to stay in the East Palace's Huayang Palace. It was sunny and warm here. Feng Xiao said that I was too thin compared to other children of the same age and that I needed to nourish myself. Sunbathing was one of the tasks that Feng Xiao arranged for me. It was called calcium supplementation. I didn't know what calcium supplementation was, but I followed Feng Xiao's instructions. Firstly, it was to please him. This was what Aunt Ximei asked of me. Secondly, it was because what he said made sense.
I liked the warm sunlight, and at the same time, I liked the freshness of Feng Xiao's body. However, I remembered Aunt Ximei's words. The hatred of the destruction of the country is absolutely irreconcilable. Feng Xiao, in this life, was destined to be my enemy.
I recuperated in Huayang Palace for three months. In these three months, I went to every place in the East Palace. Everyone knew that I was a mute girl that Feng Xiao picked up, and seeing that I was only a child, they didn't stop me from wandering around.
Three months was enough for me to memorize the topographic map of the East Palace. Other than Feng Xiao's study, which I couldn't enter, I could be seen everywhere.
What worried me was that I only saw Feng Xiao a few times in these three months. He placed me in Huayang Palace and never appeared in front of me again. Aunt Ximei said that I had to please Feng Xiao and gain his favor. Only then could I survive here. Therefore, I made a decision.
"You want to be a palace maid?" Dong Rui was a little surprised, "Isn't it good for miss to be like this? With His Highness here, no one will bully you! "
"Lenient when taken, but soft when eaten." I wrote on the paper.
Dong Rui looked for a long time and smiled, "Miss, allow this servant to report to His Highness the Crown Prince."
Feng Xiao still didn't see me. The youth that held me in Chao Tian Stockade didn't appear again. Only Dong Rui brought a reply. Feng Xiao agreed to let me start as a primary palace maid.
Dong Rui brought a small palace maid uniform for me. I took off my embroidered clothes and started as a small palace maid.
Many people didn't understand my choice. They thought that I should borrow Feng Xiao's favor to ask for more things. I heard everyone's discussion but didn't respond. Aunt Ximei said that no one would be on guard against a child. I didn't think so. Feng Xiao's cold treatment during this period of time was enough to show that I was just a small wave that didn't attract his attention.
If I wanted to stay by Feng Xiao's side, I had to have this kind of ability and qualification. Only then, I could one day take revenge for my royal father.
The steward palace maid didn't treat me especially leniently just because I was brought back by Feng Xiao. She treated me equally and still treated me strictly. Under her guidance, it didn't take long for me to be competent in my work. I became a qualified palace maid in the East Palace and was assigned to the East Palace's garden.
Although the East Palace's garden couldn't compare to the Imperial Garden in the Imperial Palace, it was still colorful and full of all kinds of flowers.
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