“The prince mentioned me to you?”

Su Yuyan approached A Yao and asked Chun Ling to leave for the time being.

Seeing Chun Ling put down the kitchen knife, A Yao took a deep breath.

Finally, she managed to save her hand!

Her eyes were firm as she replied, “Yes.”

After following Su Yuyan to the Prince Regent’s Residence for two days, she had understood some things.

Su Yuyan had always been friendly to Rong Qianhan, but Rong Qianhan was very cold to Su Yuyan.

The day before Su Yuyan married into the Prince Regent’s Residence, she happened to hear the conversation between Prime Minister Su and Su Yuyan.

Prime Minister Su asked Su Yuyan to please Rong Qianhan and get pregnant with his child as soon as possible after she married him.

They even mentioned the Empress Dowager. She did not quite understand what they meant.

But she knew one thing. The weakness of Su Yuyan in the Prince Regent’s Residence was Rong Qianhan.

Therefore, Rong Qianhan might be her lifesaver.

The expressions on Su Yuyan’s face were serious and anxious, “What did prince say about me?”

A Yao took a deep breath and spoke unhurriedly.

“Prince said that you’re from a noble family and that you’re kind and intelligent. He also said that he likes gentle ladies very much.”

Su Yuyan didn’t doubt it at all. Because of Rong Qianhan’s praises on her, she immediately smiled.

She was the eldest daughter of the Prime Minister and the niece of the Empress Dowager. Everyone could see how good she was, couldn’t they?

She looked delighted and continued to ask, “What else did the prince say?”

“Prince said that the emperor wanted to bestow marriage upon him several times in the past, but he didn’t agree. He only agreed to marry you this time. You are special in his heart.”

A Yao had heard from the servants in the Prince Regent’s Residence that the Emperor had wanted to bestow marriage upon Rong Qianhan several times.

Su Yuyan was overjoyed.

The Prime Minister had also mentioned these things to her. It seemed that the prince really liked her, so he married her.

Su Yuyan was originally full of anger, but now she suddenly beamed with joy.

“Why didn’t you tell me earlier?”

A Yao heaved a sigh of relief. “Prince doesn’t want me to tell Miss.”

“What else did the prince tell you?”

The Prime Minister had mentioned the child to Su Yuyan. A Yao rolled her eyes and replied, “Prince said… he likes children very much.”

Like children?

Rong Qianhan’s nervousness towards Rong Ziling showed that Rong Qianhan definitely liked children.

This was exactly what Su Yuyan wanted.

It seemed that she had to find a way to please Rong Qianhan so that she could get pregnant as soon as possible.

Su Yuyan glanced at A Yao coldly and warned her in a cold voice, “Since you’ve told me all this, I won’t take your hand anymore. I’ll punish you by forbidding you from sleeping at night and washing all the clothes in the Prince Regent’s Residence.”

“Thank you, Miss.”

Su Yuyan left the backyard happily, her heart filled with the praises of Rong Qianhan.

After watching Su Yuyan leave, A Yao seemed to be exhausted and fell to the ground, sweating profusely.

She was obedient to Su Yuyan and even took the place of Su Yuyan to consummate with Rong Qianhan.

However, Su Yuyan hurt her even more in exchange.

For the sake of her and her mother’s lives, she had to get rid of Su Yuyan and find a powerful backer for herself.

It was Rong Qianhan!

Since she couldn’t get a stable life by suppressing her anger, she might as well go all out and fight.

Perhaps she could find a way out!

A hint of tenacity suddenly appeared in her obsequious eyes.

Seeing that no one was coming, Rong Ziling, who was hiding in the dark, walked out and patted her gently on the back.

Frightened, she immediately turned around.

When she saw that the person standing behind her was Rong Ziling, she patted her chest and relaxed.

“Why is there no sound when you walk? You scared me to death.”

Rong Ziling gave her a thumbs-up and said, “I heard what you said just now. You’re quite bold to talk nonsense to her.”

He would never believe that Rong Qianhan, that dull guy, would say those words.

A Yao quickly covered his mouth and reminded him in a low voice, “Stop it. If someone hears us, we’ll all be done for.”

“Don’t be afraid! I won’t tell anyone.”

A Yao picked up the steamed bun that Su Yuyan had thrown on the ground, dusted it off, and handed it to Rong Ziling.

“It can fill your stomach.”

Rong Ziling was a little disgusted and did not reach out to take it.

A Yao stuffed the steamed bun into his hand and said, “Take it! Don’t mind it if you have something to eat.”

After that, A Yao left with the basin in her hand.

By the time she took all the dirty clothes in the Prince Regent’s Residence to the backyard, it was already midnight.

She soaked the dirty clothes in the washbasin according to the color.

When she bent down to wash clothes, Rong Ziling tiptoed over and handed her an oily drumstick.

“Here, here you are!”

When she saw the drumstick, she was so scared that she immediately got up.

“Where did you get the drumstick?”

Su Yuyan had almost chopped her hands off for taking the steamed bun she had left.

If someone were to find out that Rong Ziling had stolen a drumstick, would he still be alive?

Rong Ziling casually gnawed on the drumstick and replied, “I got it from the kitchen.”

He used to go to the kitchen to find something to eat when he was hungry in the middle of the night.

Once Rong Qianhan found out, he ordered the servants to prepare some food for him in the kitchen every night.

He just went to the kitchen to get his food.

A Yao snatched the drumstick from his hands and wrapped two drumsticks together.

“Stop eating. I’ll send them back before anyone finds out. You can’t go to the kitchen to steal anything next time. It’ll be bad if someone finds out.”

“Elder Sister, you seem to be very afraid of the people in the Prince Regent’s Residence?”

A Yao replied helplessly, “As maids, we’ll be punished if we’re not careful. We have to be cautious in everything we say and do.”

“Sister, do you often get bullied like today?” Rong Ziling asked.

“I’m just a lowly maid. I can’t say people bullied me.” A Yao squatted down again.

When her mother took her to the Prime Minister’s Palace to be a maid, her mother only taught her one thing: talk less and do more. Don’t argue with others when you encounter trouble. Be a person with no sense of existence. It was best if no one remembered her.

She didn’t have a formal name. She was only called A Yao!

Therefore, she had been used to enduring and being bullied in the Prime Minister’s Palace all these years.

However, things were different now. Not only was her tolerance unable to protect her and her mother, but she might even lose her life at any moment.

She had to find another way to survive!

As soon as she wrapped up the drumsticks, Rong Ziling snatched them from her and continued to gnaw on them.

“There are still a lot of drumsticks in the kitchen. I just took one or two. No one will find out.”

“But…”

Before she could finish her sentence, Rong Ziling stuffed a drumstick into her mouth.

The delicious taste of the drumstick spread in her mouth. A Yao opened her eyes wide. It was so delicious. She and her mother had never eaten such a delicious drumstick before.

Seeing that she no longer wanted to return the drumstick, Rong Ziling raised an eyebrow at her happily.

“Is it delicious?”

A Yao nodded.

“I’ll go to the kitchen to get some delicious pastries for you tomorrow night.”

A Yao turned her head and looked into Rong Ziling’s bright eyes. “Although the drumsticks are delicious, it’s wrong to steal them. We have to fight for the right to eat them openly.”

Rong Ziling blinked as if he could not understand what she was saying.

A Yao took a hard bite of the drumstick and thought to herself, “It turns out that there are not only steamed buns but also delicious drumsticks in the world. I’ll let mom taste delicious drumsticks one day!”