Wutong seemed to have become a different person since she came to the palace. She was curious about everything in the palace and smiled all the time.
She used to work in the kitchen in Liu Daoba's stronghold. When Xiao Yuehan asked her, she still preferred to work in the kitchen.
So she was sent to the small kitchen in Magnolia Garden.
Xiao Yuehan had already returned to Yulan Garden from Shangguan's clinic, and the small kitchen began to get busy.
Grandma Kong in the small kitchen now has a little helper.
The two of them tinkered in it all day long, making delicious food for Xiao Yuehan.
That day, she brought back the ingredients from the palace's dining room.
The two of them were sorting out the ingredients needed for cooking.
While working, Grandma Kong started chatting with her.
Because she saw that Wutong's exposed arms were covered with scars.
I wanted to ask her several times, but I was afraid of making her sad, so I didn't have the heart to ask.
But after being together all day, she couldn't help herself today and asked her, "Wutong, why are there so many scars on your arms? Did someone beat you?"
Wutong was concentrating on matching the ingredients she was going to use when she heard Nanny Kong ask her.
He said straightforwardly: "No one else beat me, I burned myself with incense sticks."
"Ah?" All the wrinkles on Grandma Kong's face were wrinkled together.
This really surprised her.
She asked in confusion: "Why are you burning yourself? Don't you think your life is hard enough?"
Wutong got angry and said, "If I want, I can perm myself."
As she said this, she rolled her almond-shaped eyes at Grandma Kong.
Grandma Kong's heart skipped a beat. This little girl was so cruel to her.
What should we do if something out of line happens in the palace?
Thinking of this, she put down the work in her hands, turned around and ran out of the kitchen. She wanted to tell the princess.
After hearing what Madam Kong said, Xiao Yuehan pondered for a moment, and then she asked Madam Kong to call Wutong to the side room.
But after a while, Nanny Kong came to tell them that Wutong was missing.
Xiao Yuehan said to Li'er, "Gather the servants and look for it in the mansion first.
Go tell Qiao'er and Ling'er and ask them to gather more people."
She then said to Madam Kong, "Go to the door and ask if she has gone out."
After half an incense stick of time, Wutong became dejected and followed Li'er to Xiao Yuehan's room.
She asked Wutong to sit down without asking her.
Li'er brought her tea and snacks.
Xiao Yuehan drank tea, tasted snacks, and read the book in his hand.
This is a medical book given to her by Shangguan.
The above are mainly the combinations of various herbs, and there are several detoxifying combinations.
Xiao Yuehan was very interested. She wanted to learn from it and compare it with her detoxification formula to see if there was any possibility of substitution.
She has been studying this book these days.
Wutong saw that she was reading attentively, so he didn't ask her, but came over and tilted his head to read her book.
Xiao Yuehan was curious: She can read? So he asked her: "Can you read?"
Wutong nodded.
"Where did you learn to read? In the village?"
Wutong nodded.
He started nodding and shaking his head again.
"I want you to tell me, how did you learn to read? Why did you burn yourself?
I didn't ask about your past before I brought you to the palace.
But if we are going to live together, you have to tell me everything about you.
First, you have to tell me, are you willing to live with us in the palace?"
Wutong nodded.
"Is Madam Kong good to you?"
Wutong nodded.
"I want you to talk, don't just nod or shake your head. Got it?"
Wutong nodded: "Understood."
Xiao Yuehan took her hand, rolled up her sleeves, saw the scars, and then looked at her.
What she saw was a pair of clear eyes.
She knew that this was a good girl, but she must have a story in her heart.
Xiao Yuehan didn't want to force her, so she said gently: "You can tell your sister anytime you want.
You don't want to talk about it today, that's okay. Grandma Kong likes you very much, you can tell her if you have anything to say.
You can’t be angry like you were today.”
"I'm not angry with Madam Kong. I'm angry with myself."
Xiao Yuehan smoothed her bangs and smiled, "Don't be angry with yourself.
What can you say to Madam Kong? She is old enough to be your mother, you know?”
"I understand, Princess. I have never been so happy as I am in the palace, nor have I ever met a master as good as you."
Xiao Yuehan picked up a piece of dessert and stuffed it into her mouth: "This is made by you. Look how capable you are. You made it so beautifully and deliciously."
Wutong opened up: "I liked eating snacks when I was a child.
But I rarely get to eat it, so I vowed to make it myself when I grow up.
When I grew up, my mother didn't allow me to make snacks.
Let me learn embroidery and make clothes. I don’t like it.”
"She hit you?"
“Well, you don’t even give me food.
“Other mothers love their children, but my mother doesn’t love me at all.
I didn't dare to speak in front of her. She was dissatisfied with everything I did and would find fault with me, then beat me up.
He would also burn me with incense sticks and cut me with a knife.
Whenever I cried, she would turn around and leave, and she would be gone for ten days or half a month.
So no matter how much pain I feel, I hold back my tears because I don’t want to be alone.”
"Where has she been for the past ten days or so?"
“She takes care of Liu Daoba’s stupid son.
"So, these injuries were left to you by your mother." Xiao Yuehan stroked the scars on her arms.
"Don't you have a father?"
Wutong's eyes shrank and he lowered his head: "No, I don't have a father."
Xiao Yuehan didn't want to ask any more questions.
But Wutong wanted to continue: "In my mother's eyes, there is only the stupid son she is raising.
Last year she forced me to marry him. When I refused, she withheld my food rations and never came back.
I'm older now, I'm used to being alone, I'm not afraid anymore.
But I didn’t want to marry that stupid son, nor did I want to stay in the village, so I followed you.”
"But I still don't know who taught you to read from? Is there any literate gentleman in the village?"
"Yes, Mr. Tian, his home is not far from mine, and he is also alone.
When I am alone, I often go to his place to play. It is very interesting there. He raises chickens and ducks.
He kept turtles, eagles, various birds, and pigeons.
He also has a house made of grass, where he keeps butterflies. It's so beautiful.
When he had nothing to do, he taught me to read and draw the butterflies he raised.
But later, he went into the mountains to catch birds and never came back.
I told Liu Daoba about it, and he also asked someone to look for it, but they couldn't find it.
Liu Daoba said that he was eaten by a tiger. There were tigers in the deep mountains where he went.
From now on, I am alone again.”
In one breath, she told Xiao Yuehan all her experiences, and she seemed to relax, as if a burden had been unloaded.
Xiao Yuehan asked a little worriedly: "Does your mother know that you came with us?"
"I know. That day, when I came out of the cave where you were imprisoned, I went to find her. I told her that I wanted to leave and go into the city, but she wouldn't let me.
But she couldn't do anything when her silly son pestered her. After all, I'm grown up now, and she can't control me.
Later, the prince came to save you, and she knew you were the princess, so she stopped forcing me. Because she saw that Liu Daoba was also afraid of the prince. "
Xiao Yuehan asked her with concern: "Will you go back in the future?"
"I won't go back. I have a mother, but she never cares about me."
But Xiao Yuehan felt that this matter was not over yet.
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