Chapter 40: Elopement
The next day, Sun Jiaojiao slept until almost noon before getting up.
Before her eyes were even open, she habitually called for Yu'er. Yu'er had a lively and impatient personality. Usually, before she even reached the bed, she would shout "Coming!" But today, Sun Jiaojiao squinted for a long time and didn't hear Yu'er's voice.
When she opened her eyes, she saw Yu'er kneeling by the bed, her little face pale white.
"What powder did you put on? Why are you so pale?" Sun Jiaojiao reached out and pinched Yu'er's collagen-filled little face, pinching her until she yelped.
"What's wrong with your throat?"
When Yu'er cried out, Sun Jiaojiao finally sensed something was wrong.
Yu'er buried her head fiercely...
To prevent any leaks, Minister Sun was going to send all the maidservants to the country estate. Only Yu'er had been allowed to stay. It wasn't because Minister Sun had made an exception, but because Yu'er had cried and hugged Minister Sun's leg, saying she was unwilling to leave the Young Miss. She had directly cut out her own tongue, turning herself into a mute who couldn't leak secrets. Only then did Minister Sun, seeing her loyalty, allow her alone to stay.
The more she hid her face, the more Sun Jiaojiao realized there was a problem. She immediately pinched her chin. Yu'er cried out miserably. Sun Jiaojiao finally saw clearly that her tongue was gone.
"Fuck!" Sun Jiaojiao couldn't help but blurt out a modern curse. That "Bird" Prince! Just because he had status, he climbs the wall to sleep with her, beats her guard, and even bullies her maidservant? He was truly violent! Apart from having a big 'bird', what other good qualities did he have?
"Yu'er, don't you worry. This tongue of yours... this Young Miss will definitely get it back for you!" Sun Jiaojiao gritted her teeth. "That 'Bird' Prince's personal maidservant's tongue... whichever one you like, this Young Miss will cut it out for you!"
Not having a tongue and being unable to speak was just too inconvenient.
Yu'er frantically waved her hands, "ooh-ooh"-ing for a long time, but failed to make Sun Jiaojiao understand that she meant "It wasn't the Crown Prince." Sun Jiaojiao thought she just meant she was too scared.
"Don't be afraid. This Young Miss will back you up."
This maidservant had lost her tongue because of her. Sun Jiaojiao had already made up her mind: she would never treat her badly in the future.
Yu'er panicked. She grabbed Sun Jiaojiao's hand and wrote in her palm: "I cut it out myself. Only by being mute could I stay by Young Miss's side."
This... suddenly poked Sun Jiaojiao's tear ducts...
This maidservant... just to stay by her side, she cut out her own tongue? How foolish was she?
In the modern world, she had seen too many hypocrites who "knew a person's face but not their heart." There were stinking men who used the banner of love but just wanted to hook up, and "best friends" who were just plastic sisters, stabbing her in the back. Now, just a few days after transmigrating to ancient times, she had a father who would forcefully annul an engagement for her, a guard who was seriously injured for her, and now a maidservant who had become mute for her... How could she not be moved?
"Yu'er, from now on, you are my real sister. As long as I have a bite to eat, I will never let you go hungry." Sun Jiaojiao grabbed Yu'er's hand and swore a solemn oath.
"Ah..." Yu'er "ah-ed" for a long time but couldn't make a sound. She hadn't yet adapted to life without a tongue.
Just as these two "sisters" were holding hands by the bed, speaking words from the heart, Xiao Er suddenly pushed the door open and came in.
According to the daily rules, a guard should not privately enter the bedchamber without being summoned by the Young Miss.
Sun Jiaojiao was wearing only a chest wrap and drawers, her jade-like arms completely exposed. Yu'er, fiercely protective of her mistress, immediately lunged forward, blocking Sun Jiaojiao, and glaring at Xiao Er with wide eyes, "wah-wah"-ing, as if telling him to get lost.
"It's all right, Yu'er. You can leave first. I have business with Xiao Er."
Only after Sun Jiaojiao dismissed her did Yu'er reluctantly glare at Xiao Er one more time and withdraw.
Sun Jiaojiao waited until Yu'er had disappeared from view, then, full of amusement, hooked Xiao Er's waistband. She pulled him to her bedside, and through the cloth, she felt the soft flesh below his waist, outlining a large shape. "Coming to find me so early? Didn't you eat enough last night?"
Being teased like this, Xiao Er immediately blushed.
After a long time, he finally took a deep breath and said seriously, "Young Miss... let's elope!"
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