Early in the morning, Guizhi couldn't sit still and started to take action. She packed up and walked out.

It surprised others.

"Who did you say is coming?"

"Guizhi, the palace maid of Chuxiu Palace, come to ask for an audience!" One of the palace maids repeated it again.

"What a mess! Get away! Such a person appeared out of nowhere so early in the morning!"

"Eldest princess, she is with the third elder brother. She is said to be the dowry girl brought in by Concubine Jia during her lifetime. Now she is serving the third elder brother!" The palace servant whispered, "She said it was for the third elder brother's affairs. Come."

Yes! The person Guizhi remembered was the eldest princess born to the Queen Mother - Princess Huihe!

Hui He's face was full of doubts, "Why did you come to me about the third elder brother's matter? Besides, she is a palace maid who comes to me? Her master, the concubine, doesn't even know me, how can she know her?"

"I don't know this, but looking at it, my face is filled with..."

"What?"

The palace maid chose her words and said, "Very sincere, as if I must see you."

"Sincerity?" Hui He couldn't help but sneered a few times, "A slave wants to see this princess, and there is sincerity on his face? Huh! This princess is really shaking the palace when she sees it!"

The palace man asked tentatively, "See you then..."

"See you! I want to see what this girl has to say!" Hui He said in a bad tone, "Bring her in, I will know her!"

"yes!"

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"It's not good, it's not good!"

In Chuxiu Palace, a little eunuch rushed in anxiously and said anxiously to Shen Ruochen who was playing with a vase at the window, "My lord, it's bad, it's bad, Aunt Guizhi is in trouble!"

"What's wrong?" Shen Ruochen came out and asked, "What's wrong with Guizhi? Are you so anxious? Your Aunt Guizhi is so steady, what trouble can she get into?"

"Little Master, Aunt Guizhi was punished by the eldest princess and is now kneeling on the long street," the little eunuch said breathlessly, "just now I went to the House of Internal Affairs to collect something, and I happened to see her."

"Ah?" Shen Ruochen asked anxiously, "Are you sure you read it correctly? Is it really Guizhi?"

"It's absolutely true!" The little eunuch nodded anxiously, "It must be Aunt Guizhi. She is wearing the same clothes and has the same hairstyle."

When asked, everyone in the palace also said that it was true that Guizhi had gone out early in the morning, but they didn't know where he went. Anyway, he was not in the palace.

"Then do you know why?" Shen Ruochen grabbed the little eunuch's arm and asked anxiously, "Why do you punish Guizhi so well?"

The young eunuch shook his head, "I don't know, I just saw it from a distance. Aunt Guizhi's face was still injured, and I didn't dare to come forward, so I hurried back to report to the young master."

"Then how do you know you were punished by the eldest princess?" Shen Ruochen asked.

"I heard what others said. I don't know the specific slave, but Aunt Guizhi is indeed kneeling on the long street outside the gate of the Queen Mother's Palace."

Shen Ruochen bit his lip subconsciously. If this was really a punishment from the eldest princess, would it be even harder to plead for mercy? How could Guizhi offend the eldest princess?

"Little Master, what should we do?" Little Walnut asked, "We can't just ignore Guizhi?"

"What the hell!" said the little palace maid, "That's the eldest princess! The Queen Mother and the Emperor are so jealous, how can our young master still go to meet the eldest princess for someone else? Then the young master will have to... "

"But……"

"I want you to tell me, this beating is over. At most, I will ask Aunt Guizhi to kneel for a while, and then she will come back. Let's prepare medicine and hot water. When Aunt Guizhi comes back, we will help her get on the bed." Take medicine."

Everyone looked at Shen Ruochen, but Shen Ruochen said with firm eyes, "No! Since we are from Chuxiu Palace, we can't ignore it! I'm going to save Guizhi!"

"Little Master!"

"Little Master!"

Everyone stopped Shen Ruochen, "Little Master, even if you go, you may not be able to save Aunt Guizhi, and you might even make the eldest princess unhappy."

"Yes, little master, I know you feel sorry for Aunt Guizhi, how about we prepare things and wait here?"

"Little Master..."

"No! You guys wait here, I'll go alone!" Shen Ruochen looked at everyone and said, "Everyone in our palace, whether it's Guizhi or any of you, I will take care of anything that happens to you. Since you call me Little Master, I can’t just ignore things! Don’t stop me!”

With that said, Shen Ruochen pushed aside everyone and walked towards the Queen Mother's Shoukang Palace.

Sure enough, from a distance, I could see Guizhi kneeling alone, and the servants passing by were looking at her. Guizhi lowered his head, apparently crying. When Shen Ruochen approached, Guizhi didn't even notice.

"Are you okay? What happened?"

Hearing Shen Ruochen's voice, Guizhi raised his head subconsciously. When he raised his head, Shen Ruochen was shocked. Guizhi's face had been beaten red and swollen, especially his mouth. It should have been beaten with a bamboo stick. It looked scary. , there was blood at the corner of his mouth, and it was all over the cuffs of Guizhi.

"You... who were you beaten by? How come you were hit so hard?" Shen Ruochen lost his voice and hurriedly knelt down and took out a handkerchief to wipe the blood from the corner of Guizhi's mouth.

"Little Master!" Guizhi couldn't help but cry, "Little Master, this slave is obsessed with ghosts. You should be beaten!"

"What's going on, tell me quickly!" Shen Ruochen said distressed and anxiously.

Guizhi shook his head and said, "Leave it alone, little master. Please leave quickly. I won't cause any trouble to you!"

"What are you talking about? How can you say implicated?" Shen Ruochen said anxiously, "Tell me what's going on. Who hit you? Who made you kneel here?"

Guizhi lowered his head and didn't say anything no matter how he asked. He just kept crying.

"Guizhi! Guizhi! Stop crying and speak quickly!"

Many palace people watching the excitement in the distance were talking in low voices, and occasionally one or two unpleasant words would float over. The ashamed Guizhi cried and said, "My young master, please don't embarrass yourself here with your slaves. It's all in vain." I have lost your people. The eldest princess will punish my slave to kneel here all night. I will go back early tomorrow morning, as long as you still want me to be my slave."

"What are you talking about? How could I not want you? Chuxiu Palace will always be your home!" Shen Ruochen looked at the people in the distance and comforted, "Ignore them, maybe they haven't been punished before. What?"

Guizhi nodded with a grimace and urged Shen Ruochen to leave quickly.

But Shen Ruochen took two steps back, but did not leave. Instead, he walked around the cinnamon branches to the entrance of the palace, and shouted to the young eunuch at the entrance of Shoukang Palace, "I would like to ask this young father-in-law to convey it to me, and say that I agree to Shen's request for an audience!"

Guizhi was stunned for a moment, with panic and fear in his eyes. He shook his head desperately at Shen Ruochen, signaling for Shen Ruochen to come back, but Shen Ruochen smiled slightly and gave Guizhi a reassuring gesture.

Under Guizhi's worried eyes, Shen Ruochen strode into Shoukang Palace. Compared with the first time he met the Queen Mother, Shen Ruochen was no longer so scared.