The queen of the last days became a maid and just wanted to lie down

Xu Yao was lying in the room, and the servants were standing outside, trying to carry her out. Liu Moyan was blocking the door, refusing to let anyone in.

If she said she wasn't touched, she would be lying. In her previous life, in troubled times, only others plotted against her and relied on her, and no one ever stood up to protect her. Otherwise, she wouldn't have perished with those people.

Zhang's words were neither light nor heavy, but her attitude was firm. Xu Yao was waiting to be carried out, but Liu Moyan whispered something to Zhang. Zhang looked at her daughter in disbelief, and finally gritted her teeth and said, "Then put her in the east courtyard first. She must not come out until she recovers."

Before Chunlan and Chunyu could breathe a sigh of relief, Zhang said, "Since you two have been with her day and night and share the same room, you might have been infected with the disease. You should go in and take care of her together."

Chunlan and Chunyu suddenly looked sad, but they could do nothing. They could only follow Xu Yao to the east courtyard under the supervision of the housekeeper.

Zhang was still worried, so she invited several doctors to examine everyone in the family, especially to make sure that her children were fine.

The strong wind blew the door of the east side yard creaking. This place had been uninhabited for a long time and was in a state of disrepair. The house was not only covered with dust, but also full of spider webs. The mice that heard the noise all ran away.

Chunlan complained to Chunyu: "Sister, how could Madam treat us like this and send us to such a place."

If it weren't for Xu Yao, they wouldn't even know that there was such a haunted place in the mansion.

Thinking of this, Chunlan glared at Xu Yao fiercely. Xu Yao pretended to be sick, his face was pale, and he leaned weakly on the bed without bedding.

"It's me who has implicated my two sisters."

Chunlan was angry: "You still know you are wrong, but I don't know where you went to fool around, maybe you got infected with a disease. It's a pity that our good daughter has to suffer because of you, it's totally unjust."

She actually started crying as she spoke, resenting Xu Yao but yet afraid of being infected by her, so she didn't dare get close to her.

Xu Yao could tell that she was hinting at her going to a dirty place and contracting that embarrassing disease, and was humiliating her for dirtying her body. This was a very obscene curse. If it were normal, Xu Yao would definitely smash her mouth, but at this time her character couldn't be broken, so she pretended not to understand.

Chun Yu did not stop her from cursing, but comforted her gently, "Let's clean up the place, we don't know how many days we will have to stay here."

After the two of them finished talking, they went out. Fortunately, Zhang was not a mean person. She ordered the servants to bring them bedding, cleaning utensils, and some clothes to change into. However, the things they had were much simpler and not as good as what they used themselves.

Xu Yao looked at the two of them cleaning the next room with an embarrassed look on her face. Liu Moyan wouldn't let her leave, so what should she do next?

Chunlan slammed the door loudly because she had to clean. She was very angry. The more she thought about it, the more unwilling she became. She kept cursing Xu Yao to death.

Chunyu asked her to speak more quietly: "It's useless to say this now. It's better to pray that she doesn't have smallpox and recovers soon, so that we can get out sooner."

Chunlan: "You are good at talking. Why didn't you try to be nice just now? Now you are pretending to be nice in front of me. Don't you think if I will be grateful to you? I tell you, if I can get out this time, I will definitely find a way to leave. The Second Lady is biased towards her. There is no way we can get ahead."

There was a flash of contempt in Chunyu's eyes. In his heart he laughed at her stupidity, but he said nothing and obediently packed up the things in his hands.

Apart from anything else, these two people worked very efficiently. In just one hour, they had everything sorted out.

But when it was time for dinner, the two of them deliberately ignored Xu Yao and ate up all the food that was served, leaving only a bowl of porridge for her.

They refused to deliver it inside and just threw it at the door like feeding the dogs.

"Don't blame us for being unkind. Who knows if your disease is contagious? We don't want anyone to lose their lives because of you."

Xu Yao looked at the cold porridge on the ground and didn't drink it. Instead, she poured it under the window. She thought, why not just pretend to be dead and leave.

Firstly, she didn't want to drag down the Liu family, and secondly, there was nothing worth staying in this place. Now that she had a new identity, it was easy for her to leave.

She pretended to be recuperating in the side hospital, but was treated harshly by Chunlan and Chunyu. In three days, she was only allowed one bowl of porridge a day. If she was really recuperating, she would have died long ago.

On the fourth day, she was considering whether she should pretend to be dead, but she heard a noise outside the yard.

It seemed like someone was knocking on the door and calling her name.

The two maids next door had already fallen asleep. Xu Yao went to the gate and saw Quan'er through the gap.

"How did you come?"

Quan'er's eyes were a little red. Seeing that she was fine, He was very happy and stuffed a piece of cake in through the crack in the door.

"Sister, please eat quickly. Mom said you must be hungry."

I didn't expect that at this time, the ones who cared about me the most would be Quan'er and Chef Zhao.

Xu Yao was indeed hungry. He ate a piece of bread and said, "It's not safe here. Go back quickly and don't come again."

Quan'er's eyes were red: "Sister, are you going to die?"

Xu Yao was stunned: "No, why would you ask this question so often?"

Quan'er wiped his eyes and said, "They said that you had smallpox and you would not live long. My mother and I are very worried, but they are guarding us strictly and won't let us come. Sister, please don't die, okay?"

The little girl was crying and was very sad. She wanted to see Xu Yao, but she could only see her shadow through the gap.

Xu Yao felt upset when she heard the crying. She did want to fake her death, but she never thought that someone would care about her life or death so much.

"Sister, don't sleep. My father just couldn't help sleeping and never got up. Promise me that you would never sleep when you are sick, okay?"

Xu Yao nodded in agreement, his heart softened, and after the circle had gone away, he began to wonder whether he should really fake his death.

While she was hesitating, something happened to Chef Zhao.

Someone said that they saw Quan'er go to the east side yard and wanted to drive her out because they were afraid that she might be infected with a disease. In order to protect her daughter, the chef Zhao was beaten and injured. The people stopped because they were afraid that someone would die.

Xu Yao went out in the middle of the night to find food. He heard about this from the servants and went to check in Cook Zhao's room.

The mother and daughter were squeezed on a narrow bed. Chef Zhao had a bloody cloth wrapped on her head. Xu Yao felt very guilty.

On the second day after returning, Xu Yao changed his mind. Even if he had to leave, he had to make arrangements for them.

Soon, under the doctor's diagnosis, the red bumps on Xu Yao's body disappeared, and she moved out of the east side yard. But Chunyu and Chunlan refused to live in the same room with her.

Xu Yao didn't care and let the two of them use money to find connections to drive him to the worst house.

At this time, an imperial decree was issued from the palace, saying that a beauty contest would be held. All officials of the fifth rank and above in the court who had daughters who were ready to marry were required to enter the palace.