Counterattack of the Cannon Fodder Chambermaid

Untitled Part 32

It wasn't as if the few of them hadn't hinted at this issue, but his highness either disregarded them completely or didn't understand their meaning. After all, they couldn't say it loudly and clearly. That's why in their helplessness, those old buddies who had served for a long time got together to think of a plan.

Auntie Qi had also spent a lot of effort on this. Otherwise, would someone of her status personally train a bunch of little newcomers?

"How long has it been since his highness spent the night at the three eastern pavilions?"

Mentioning this made Eunuch Fu's face look listless, and it was a while before he responded, "At least half a year."

Auntie Qi wanted to complain about him not bringing it up to the prince a couple times, but knowing Eunuch Fu's urgency regarding this matter, she was sure he would've mentioned it. Instead, due to his highness's personality, all the words in his heart would be converted into a sigh in the end.

After a long time, Auntie Qi sighed and spoke a single sentence, "If the Venerated Concubine knew his highness would end up like this, would she have regretted her decision?"

Speaking of this was going far off topic.

Before the Jing Prince was born, his mother was not the Venerated Concubine yet, but was attendant Li instead. At that time, Senior Concubine Xu and the empress were struggling against each other, causing the situation in the palace to be tense and poised to explode.

Within the palace there would always be pregnant concubines who ended up miscarrying, or the baby would end up being stillborn. Within the few years, apart from the empress and the senior concubine, no one had been able to give birth to the emperor's offspring.

Attendant Li was innately timid. After a coincidental coupling with the emperor, she found herself pregnant and became scared and on edge. She was scared of miscarrying, scared of complications arising during birth, scared of various things. She made the absurd decision to hide her pregnancy.

If it were anyone else it wouldn't have been possible. But attendant Li lived in a remote location, and due to her timidity she rarely interacted with others. She didn't have many acquaintances inside the palace, and was one of those attendants who the emperor went to once a year at best.

Therefore being invisible had its benefits. It was quite easy to keep hidden from people.

And so she secretly gave birth to the fifth prince. The difficulty and suffering in the meantime naturally didn't need to be said.

After successfully giving birth to a prince, attendant Li was ecstatic, many times wanting to announce it. But at this time the struggle between the empress and the senior concubine at reached the boiling point. Concubine Xu had miscarried once and the empress's two year old infant had died prematurely. Attendant Li saw the situation and didn't dare speak up anymore.

Afraid of the fifth prince's cries being heard, she used a cloth to gag his mouth, only leaving his nose free to breathe. She kept the infant prince hidden in a dark room, never taking him outside.

The state of the imperial harem was grim and attendant Li had a timid nature. Keeping this secret made her jumpy and nervous. Before, when she needed to breastfeed, she would still go to the hidden room. After he was able to eat, she herself would almost never go anymore, letting her trusted palace maids and eunuchs do the feeding.

She kept a close watch on the situation outside, deeply afraid someone would suddenly come in. She didn't trust others to do so, and could only be at ease if she were the one keeping a lookout. At that time Eunuch Fu and Auntie Qi could feel that Attendant Li's mental state wasn't quite normal anymore, but they were only servants and didn't dare speak up. When they tried to hint at it they would be severely reprimanded by Attendant Li.