Counterattack of the Cannon Fodder Chambermaid

Untitled Part 149

The consort's gracious words ruthlessly stabbed into Xiao Hua's heart.

All sorts of retorts worked their way up her throat, but she ended up swallowing everything back down. She thought she could act naturally, but misjudged her body's reactions.

Ever since she got pregnant again, she was easily emotional. Her body reacted faster than her mind, and a tear rolled down her face. Luckily everyone was focused on the consort. She lowered her head and wiped her face with a handkerchief. She thought her actions were surreptitious but didn't realize the man beside her had seen everything.

Luo Jing patted her hand, and right as he was about to speak, Yi Yi's immature voice sounded out.

"Big bro, what does she mean? What does "mother" mean?"

"Mother means the same thing as mom. Ignore her, she's lying."

"Is she trying to trick little children and sell them off?"

"That's right, so don't speak with her."

Xiao Hua had told the two children not to talk to strangers back at the East Yuling alley since there were people who would kidnap children and sell them off. Zhuo'er and Yi Yi kept this clearly in their minds. Especially Zhuo'er, who often instructed his sister in things.

When Yi Yi heard a kidnapper was trying to sell off children, she immediately pulled her brother along as she sprinted back towards Luo Jing. While she ran, she called out: "Fu Fu, hurry and beat that kidnapper up.....father, there's a kidnapper trying to lure baby Yi Yi away to be sold off...."

The trace of discomfort in Xiao Hua's heart vanished as she was cheered up by Yi Yi's baby talk.

She crouched down and only said: "Yi Yi, don't be so insensible. There are so many people around, no one will kidnap and sell you off....."

The consort had wanted to embarrass this Virtuous Wife Tao, but ended up being mocked as a kidnapper by these two children who weren't even three years old. Suddenly, her benevolent expression could no longer be maintained, her mask slipping bit by bit.

"Highness—-"

"The crown prince consort's health isn't good. Hurry and bring her back to rest." Luo Jing said coldly.

Her shrill cry was abruptly cut off like a hen whose neck was grabbed, "You, you...cough cough, cough cough...."

Eunuch Fu's face was cold and his brows slanted, "Are you all blind? The crown prince consort's health isn't good, why don't you try and persuade her a little? Letting her run out in this cold weather, what if she catches a cold?"

The crown prince consort's personal palace maids were all sent over from the imperial internal affairs department, and were managed by Eunuch Fu. Seeing the crown prince's displeasure and Eunuch Fu's anger, they hurriedly supported the consort back inside. She still wanted to struggle and say something, but was helpless against the circumstances. This wasn't supporting, they were clearly dragging her. Her body was feeble and she was also coughing continuously, and could only be carried away.

The crowd at the gates suddenly thinned by quite a bit. Virtuous Wife Qiao who had come along with the consort had also vanished without a trace.

"Let's go inside. This humble one has already picked out the place. It's right next to this humble one's pavilion."

Xiao Hua nodded her head, and pulled her two children along as she followed Luo Jing into the eastern palace.

............

Xiao Hua's pavilion truly was very close to the crown prince. Luo Jing's study was in the center of the eastern palace and Xiao Hua's pavilion was slightly to the side of it. From the study's rear corner door, Xiao Hua's pavilion was pretty much a single door away.