Under such circumstances, it is difficult to ask him to trust anyone. Madam Xiao likely sensed that Shi Yi did not trust her, so she hurriedly knelt before him and kowtowed.
"Young Master," she began, "I was originally a palace maid. Years ago, I was targeted by the head eunuch and nearly died at his hands. It was the Princess who saved my life."
Madam Xiao began to recount her past, piece by piece. She was not originally a common maid; she had been brought into the palace by the Emperor. The late Emperor was a powerful ruler with a harem of three thousand beauties. He had a particular fondness for traveling incognito, and every time he did, he would bring back beautiful women from the common folk to his palace.
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