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Chapter 394: Meeting the Ninth Thousand Year Old (39)
The hunting activities in the following days were very smooth, and almost everyone brought back their own prey. During the bonfire dinner in the evening, only the cook was busy.

Lin Yan was assigned a pheasant, so she dug a pit near the camp, marinated it, wrapped it in lotus leaves, and covered it with a layer of yellow mud. Then she threw it into the dug mud pit and burned firewood on it.

She didn't know if this was the authentic way to cook beggar's chicken, but given the current situation, it was a simple way.

Beibei sat beside her, poking the fire from time to time, then squatted down, hugged his knees, and looked bored at the world in the distance shrouded by the sunset.

"Vanilla, do you think we will have to fight in the palace for the rest of our lives?" She seemed to be in a low mood, staring at the campfire with lifeless eyes.

During the day, she always looks energetic, never complains about anything she does, and is a qualified worker who works diligently. She generally does a good job of fulfilling her superiors' orders and her colleagues' requests for help.

Like a little sun, it's pretty good whether you are radiating heat to yourself or illuminating others.

But there is a condition called smiling depression. Who knows whether the face behind the smile is as it seems?

Lin Yan also heard the fragility in her emotions, so she didn't know where to start to comfort her. She was afraid that if she did, she would step on the other party's landmine, which would not be good.

After thinking for a while, he finally said, "Sister Beibei should be twenty-three now, right? In another two years, when the time comes, you can leave the palace. Once you are out of slavery, you will be a good citizen. You will be free to do whatever you want in the future."

For palace maids, freedom is the most precious thing. So from the first day they were sent to the palace, they looked forward to the day of leaving the palace. Of course, this refers to the palace maids.

After all, those eunuchs who are short of stuff have no chance of survival if they leave the palace.

Bei Bei looked a little stunned, then smiled bitterly and said, "I'm afraid the queen won't allow me to leave the palace. If I were just a little maid, I wouldn't think so. But if I were really a little maid, how could I survive in this palace?"

There is gain and loss, and the risk of climbing up is knowing too many secrets. For the master, it is not surprising for the servants to know some secrets, but if the person who knows the secret leaves his side, then there will be problems.

In order to prevent the secret from being leaked, the person who knew the secret had to stay by her side. Therefore, Concubine Shu would never let her out of the palace. Even if she was released from the palace, she would die in two days.

There were tears in Beibei's eyes. Everything was secretly marked with a price. When she tried to live a better life, she had already jumped into someone else's cage.

Her tears fell one by one, and she didn't know why. In such a beautiful scene, her mood was particularly low. It seemed that at this moment, all the grievances were gathered together.

"Xiao Qiu, who entered the palace with me, had a good master. Even though she was not smart and couldn't do many things clearly, her master treated her very well. This year, she was sent out of the palace before she reached the age of maturity," she recalled.

"I have a childhood sweetheart in my hometown. My mother arranged a marriage for me. She said that we would get married after I leave the palace. But I...may never be able to fulfill this promise. I may never be able to leave."

Talking about this topic, it really makes no sense.

Clearly, the two of them were talking about some interesting things they discovered in the palace when they were young, but the topic inexplicably turned to the present.

Lin Yan didn't know what to say for a moment. After all, she didn't give any guidance, and the other party broke down first. Or maybe it was because her good sister's departure stimulated her, so she vented at this time?
It was indeed possible. When a person's emotions reached a critical point, she could collapse at any time. And now was the time for her to break down.

Beibei knew she shouldn't say so much, but she felt uncomfortable if she didn't say some words. She thought Xiangcao was a good person. Although there were no good people in the palace, the two of them had no grudges, so she chose to trust him. Besides, these words didn't reveal any other information, they were just some complaints.

After crying, she took out a handkerchief to wipe her tears, and looked at Lin Yan somewhat embarrassedly.

"Vanilla, I'm sorry for saying so many nonsense."

Lin Yan waved her hand. "It's okay. Everyone has bad days. It's human nature. I understand."

"Well, I treat you as a sister, so I can't help but relax a little in front of you. And please keep my condition today a secret, it's really embarrassing." After coming to her senses, she felt like she wanted to find a hole in the ground to crawl into.

She was just too baffling.

"It's okay, just cry for a while."

The more Beibei listened to the consolation, the more embarrassed he felt. He simply couldn't stay any longer. "Well, I'm going to go back and wash my face. I won't eat the beggar's chicken you made. I'm leaving first. Bye."

As soon as she finished speaking, she jumped up and ran away.

Lin Yan looked at her fire. There were not many flames left. She just had to wait for the remaining wood to burn out and use the residual heat to warm the chicken underneath.

She just felt like there was a creepy pair of eyes staring at her from behind, which gave her goose bumps on her back.

When I turned around, I saw that cold gaze staring at me. Who else could this person be but Ye Xiao?

"Why is Lord Ye here?" She was a little surprised.

After all, she didn't go over to show her presence these days, so it can be said that there is no relationship between the two of them.

Ye Xiao walked over naturally and saw a pile of burnt-out fires, but no remains of prey. He frowned slightly, "There are so many prey, but you don't have any?"

Except for the lowest-ranking servants and palace maids, those who were popular with their masters were basically all given prey. After all, those preys were only delicious when eaten here, and if they were taken back to eat, they were afraid that they would go bad.

Lin Yan was stunned for a moment, then she grinned, "I got a pheasant and I'm roasting it now."

As she spoke, she poked the fire with a stick, revealing an oval object inside.

The heat of the fire dried the yellow mud and formed a lump. Under the yellow mud were burnt green leaves. Because they were wrapped tightly, no smell could be smelled.

Ye Xiao was puzzled, but didn't say much.

I just watched her pull away the fire and take out the oval object inside. Then she used a stick to hit the mud outside, and after the mud fell off, there were layers of lotus leaves.