Counterattack of the Cannon Fodder Chambermaid

Untitled Part 98

"Do you still blame Eunuch Fu?"

Hearing Nana He ask this, Xiao Hua was a little frozen.

"Nana sees that your relationship with his highness is very good, but Nana also doesn't want there to be any hang-ups in your heart towards Eunuch Fu. You probably don't have any resentment towards the way his highness handled the situation, but you still have some thoughts, right?"

Xiao Hua half lowered her eyes and didn't speak. There was also no resentment in her appearance.

How could there not be any hang-ups? If she said there wasn't she would be lying, and she didn't want to lie to Nana He.

Nana He sighed, "Let Nana tell you a story."

Actually this was a very, very long story. It started with a timid teenage girl who entered the palace and was conferred as an attendant. This attendant gave birth to a prince in secret. Because she was afraid her son would be harmed, she used all sorts of protective measures to keep him hidden for six years.

Any child would more or less end up developing issues if they were raised in such an environment as they were growing up. This particular child ended up becoming antisocial like a wooden person, and wouldn't even speak.

After he was revealed to others, his life did not get any easier. Not only did he receive all sorts of mockery, insults and disdain, but due his mute condition not improving despite a long treatment period, his royal father also rejected him.

His mother passed away and his father didn't want him. Even a commoner's child would have a hard time, let alone one that lived deep inside the palace. The palace was sweet on the outside but harsh on the inside. Nothing truly ruthless happened on the surface, and he was at most neglected. But since even the master suffered, one can easily imagine what it must have been like for those serving him.

Luckily this child had two extremely loyal servants by his side. He was young and seemingly defenseless against the incoming malice, and the two never left him unprotected.

There was no need to mention the trials the two of them went through. The child was after all a prince, and people didn't dare act too obviously. The servants weren't as lucky....

Actually Xiao Hua had already understood everything at this point in the story. That prince was his highness, and those two servants were Auntie Qi and Eunuch Fu.....

To say she didn't have any thoughts would be a lie.

She had told herself initially it was for the best that the Jing Prince and Eunuch Fu made up, but she still had some thoughts against it. She felt that the Jing Prince's cold treatment towards Eunuch Fu was a little too passive, and wasn't quite able to vent her resentment....

She had known long ago that to the Jing Prince, Eunuch Fu wasn't just a regular servant. Only after Nana He's story did she realize just how different he was.

"To put it disrespectfully, Eunuch Fu basically views his highness as his own lifeblood. He would put himself in the way of anything that's harmful to his highness. Back then Nana was also assigned to the Venerated Concubine's palace, and also came over from all those initial hardships....Now his highness has grown up, become of age, and has been assigned a vassal state. Eunuch Fu should have been happy, but instead he started worrying about his highness's descendants. Madam is probably already aware how you came into the estate, and the reasoning is the same for those people...."

The surroundings were very quiet. Even the occasionally chirping of birds had seemingly faded.

"Nana thought Eunuch Fu's methods were wrong initially as well, but due to various outside factors, it's also hard not to understand his efforts. Ai, this old fellow always played his part well and respectfully. The only time he overdoes things is when it's in regards to this situation.....