Chapter 169 (1/2)

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At noon, the weather was warm.

Yan Yunuo brought along Xu Bingyue and Yan Yuqing, who she had already promised earlier, to follow Chen Ji to the outside of the courtyard of Xinzheku. Bai mama was standing in the courtyard because she had agreed on the time with Chen Ji beforehand. At this point, she had been waiting outside the door for a long time.

“Mama!”

Chen Ji flicked his horsetail whisk and smiled at Bai mama: “These girls are Su Wan’s sisters. It’s okay to let them go in together to visit her, right?”

“Ai, this is usually not allowed.”

Bai mama pretended to be in an awkward situation: “However, since Chen gonggong has spoken, this old slave naturally has to give you face. Now that there are not many people in the courtyard, Su Wan also just came back. Come in and see her. Remember to be quick.”

Bai mama beckoned as she spoke, she summoned a palace servant from the Xinzheku.

“Yue Mei, you take them to meet Su Wan.”

Yue Mei was Bai mama’s confidant. Upon hearing Bai mama’s words, she immediately stepped forward respectfully: “Older sisters, please follow me!”

According to age, Yue Mei was several years older than Yan Yunuo, but the harem was a place that paid a lot of attention to the hierarchical rank. In front of these high-ranked palace maids, the people of Xinzheku will always have to respectfully address them as older sisters.

Because Su Wan lived in the innermost place, Yue Mei led the crowd through most of the courtyard of the Xinzheku. Looking at the haggard palace maids, Yan Yuqing and Xu Bingyue furrowed their brows, Yan Yunuo even had an uncomfortable look on her face: “Miss Yue Mei, what does Su Wan do in the Xinzheku? Is it difficult?”

Yan Yunuo couldn’t help but inquire about Su Wan’s current situation. She was anxious to know how Su Wan had pa.s.sed her days here. When she heard Yan Yunuo, Yue Mei just smiled bitterly: “This older sister, we of the Xinzheku do the lowest and hardest work. The newcomers generally pour night incense, sweep the latrines of the Three Halls, or clear out the weeds at the Six Halls. In short, our lives are expendable, how would we have the right to complain that it is difficult? ”

Hearing Yue Mei’s words, Yan Yunuo’s face went white. Yan Yuqing and Xu Bingyue looked at each other, and they s.h.i.+vered subconsciously. This Xinzheku was really not a place for a person to stay.

“We have arrived.”

At this time, Yue Mei’s footsteps stopped in front of a dilapidated building: “This is where Su Wan is staying. She came last, so she could only live in the farthest and worst room. Older sisters should brace yourselves before entering!”

Yue Mei gave a deep look at the three, and she shook her head then left.

“Older sister.”

Looking at the shabby wooden door, Yan Yuqing subconsciously pulled Yan Yunuo’s sleeve.

Yan Yunuo took a deep breath, and then stepped forward to push open the wooden door——

Creak.

They choked on dust as the wooden door opened.

Cough.

Xu Bingyue, who was standing on the far right, started to cough because of the dust, and her coughs alerted the person in the room.

“Sister Yunuo, you, why are all of you here?”

The entire room was very narrow. The only things furnis.h.i.+ng the room was a small old, wooden bed that leaned against the wall, a tottering wooden table with a missing leg and a wooden chair.

At this time, Su Wan was sitting on the wooden bed with her head bowed down as she applied medicine on herself. When she heard the sound of movement at the door, she raised her head and looked at the three people in surprise.

“Xiao Wan!”

In contrast to Su Wan’s gaze, Yan Yunuo’s eyes turned red immediately——

Where was the beautiful and healthy Su Wan from a few days ago?

Presently, she was wearing a shabby, thin, coa.r.s.e slave uniform, and her long hair was a little dry and disorderly. Her previously fair face was now waxy and yellow.

“Xiao Wan, what happened to your arm?”

Yan Yunuo’s eyes fell from Su Wan’s face to her body. Only then did she notice that there was a long b.l.o.o.d.y stain on her arm. At this time, the blood in the wound began to clot. Seeing such a long wound, Yan Yunuo completely lost her voice to cry out, and even Xu Bingyue, who was behind her, turned her face away timidly.

“Don’t worry about it.”