Chapter 89

"Previously, I lived in General Lu's mansion with Zhu Geer, and I saw that General Lu is a good person."

"He not only gave me the wet nurse's wages but also sent people to find my hometown, sent people to find a physician for my husband who had tuberculosis, gave me the money for my eldest son to go to school, and even brought my young daughter to the General's mansion."

Hearing this, Lin Jiaojiao was a bit surprised: she didn't expect General Lu to have done so many things for the wet nurse in places she couldn't see!

Guo Shi mentioned her young daughter, her eyes filled with mist, "My young daughter is only half a year old. Because my husband was sick at home and couldn't earn money, I had no choice but to come out and apply to be a wet nurse. The child was at home, and every day I could only feed her some rice soup, and she was so hungry she was sallow and thin..."

"Seeing my little daughter a few days ago, I, as a mother, truly couldn't bear it..." Guo Shi sniffled, took back her tears, and sighed.

"Fortunately, General Lu brought Tuan Jie'er to the mansion, allowing me to feed them together. In the past two days, Tuan Jie'er has gained some meat on her face, and only then did I feel better."

At this time, Zhu Geer was full. She picked Zhu Geer up from her arms, put him back on the bed, and patted him to sleep.

Lin Jiaojiao watched Zhu Geer's little face being fed plump by Guo Shi, his little cheeks bulging with meat. Tenderness rose in her heart, and her gratitude toward Guo Shi deepened.

Besides Guo Shi, she was also filled with gratitude toward Lu Zhenting in her heart.

Qingdai on the side probably heard some subtext: this General Lu had taken a fancy to Lin Guniang, even treating the child as his own and treating the wet nurse generously.

But the Emperor had also taken a fancy to her. Could Lin Guniang retreat from this imperial palace unscathed?

Regardless, at this very moment, she had firmed up an idea: give up the chance to leave the palace and serve by Lin Jiaojiao's side to repay her kindness!

If she hadn't stood up to protect her just now, she would have been taken to the Prince Jin Mansion by that Sixth Master Qin and wasted away!

Qingdai knelt and spoke, sincerely, "Lin Guniang, if you are named a concubine and stay in this palace, I will definitely follow you and share your worries."

"If Lin Guniang, you leave the palace in the future and open a medical clinic, then I am still willing to follow you to the ends of the earth and do my best for you!"

Seeing someone so earnestly willing to follow her, Lin Jiaojiao was a bit moved, but now in the imperial palace, she could only barely protect herself. If something similar to Bai Zhi happened after leaving the imperial palace, what should she do?

She helped Qingdai up. Thinking of Bai Zhi's death, she felt a bit uncomfortable and only said, "Qingdai, I don't need you to follow me to the ends of the earth; you just need to live your own life well."

A light shone in Qingdai's eyes: this was the first time someone had considered her like this, telling her to just live her own life well.

Such a good mistress, you couldn't find one even if you searched with a lantern!

At this moment, Qingdai's heart to follow Lin Jiaojiao became even firmer!

Just as she was about to express her ambition, Lin Jiaojiao interrupted, "It's getting late. We still have to go to Imperial Concubine Ning's place tomorrow, so let's rest and sleep."

Qingdai could only serve them to sleep first, and then go to the side room to lie down herself.

Listening to the rustling of the night insects outside, Qingdai didn't sleep soundly all night because she was thinking about following Lin Jiaojiao.

As the rooster crowed, she hurriedly got up to get busy, preparing to serve Lin Jiaojiao and her child, who were about to wake up, as well as the wet nurse Guo Shi.

But when she entered the room, she found that Lin Jiaojiao had already disappeared!

And at this very moment, Lin Jiaojiao had already paced into the cold palace!

Because the guards of the cold palace had just changed shifts, in a moment of carelessness, Lin Jiaojiao took advantage of the fact that the sky was not yet fully bright, and with a side step, like a cat, carrying a small medicine box, she snuck into the cold palace.

She saw the autumn wind blowing cold inside, rolling up the thick fallen leaves on the ground. The fallen leaves chased with the wind, making a rustling sound.

Lin Jiaojiao walked lightly on the palace path of the cold palace. Borrowing the light that was slightly brightening on the horizon, she saw five or six gray-tiled stone houses located in the cold palace, the paper-pasted doors and windows all having holes—

During this time, the mad words of women in their sleep were often heard from the rooms, but Lin Jiaojiao had already seen the likes of Mo Siniang at the Dali Temple.

Compared to that, the experiences of these cold palace women were just a drop in the bucket.

Therefore, she was not afraid and just boldly looked into the room at the very end.

The women who were locked in the rooms were squeezed three or five to a room.

But here, there was only one quilt per room. Those who couldn't grab it could only curl up on the spot, huddling together for warmth, making do for the night, or there were those who were bold, who would take advantage of the people on the bed being asleep to go up and grab the quilt—

Look, in the third room on the east side, there was a disheveled woman wearing broken noble clothes who kicked the sleeping woman on the bed off the bed!

But the woman on the bed climbed up from the ground like an evil ghost. She looked weak, but was actually immensely strong, and kicked the woman's lower body hard!

Lin Jiaojiao felt a tremor in her heart: this woman, she was truly ruthless! Could she be Xi Pin?

The person who was kicked lost her voice in pain, the whole person fell to the ground and curled up, covering her lower body, rolling around with a pale face.

The other three women saw this and hurriedly went over to cover the victim's mouth and nose to prevent her from screaming, and some even knelt to the woman to beg for forgiveness, "Xi Pin Niangniang, please raise your hand high, it was all Noble Lady An's fault, please don't vent your anger on us—"

Hearing them call her Xi Pin, Lin Jiaojiao became even firmer: it was her!

Only such a "villain" as her could disgust Imperial Yu Fei, whose heart was like a poisonous scorpion!

Facing the pleas of the other women, the woman with exotic features ignored them, lay back on the bed holding her pillow, and even tightened the quilt for herself.

Seeing that she was about to fall asleep, Lin Jiaojiao boldly pushed open the broken door and walked straight in!

The remaining four women didn't think much of it, only treating her as a newcomer who had just been sent to the cold palace. They were already used to this.

After all, the thing the cold palace lacked the least was "newcomers."

But Lin Jiaojiao walked straight to the bedside and bowed to the person on it, "Female physician Lin Jiaojiao pays respects to Xi Pin Niangniang."

Xi Pin didn't even lift her eyelids, but the eyes of the woman beside her burst with the hope of life!

The Emperor had sent a female physician to the cold palace!

And she was here to visit Xi Pin Niangniang!

Could she also follow Xi Pin and walk out of this cold palace?

Lin Jiaojiao didn't say much and took Xi Pin's wrist, which was exposed outside the quilt, and started taking her pulse.

Sneaking into the cold palace this time was partly out of sympathy, wanting to see Xi Pin Niangniang, take her pulse, see her injuries, and help her.

On the other hand, it was to see if Xi Pin still had a chance to turn things around and if she could help herself kill Imperial Yu Fei!

Xi Pin ignored Lin Jiaojiao's pulse-taking behavior: she knew very well that her father was a frontier official, and even if she entered the cold palace, she wouldn't stay long!

After all, if this matter reached her father's ears and her father quit, let's see where this corrupt Emperor would find another frontier official who could suppress the black and white paths of Bei Liao!

Lin Jiaojiao didn't take the pulse for nothing; once she took it, she found a mother-child pulse!