One of them had taken her place in the cubicle while the other left to inform Zhan Beiye that the madam was having a stomachache and would be out later.
The palace maid's acting was so hostile and contrived that the violent, tyrannical male lead in Meng Fuyao's story immediately felt it odd. He couldn't understand where her enmity came from, and wouldn't have imagined at that point that he had unknowingly been painted as a scum-of-the-earth kidnapper and fetus killer.
After tainting his reputation with zero remorse and climbing out of the hatchway, Meng Fuyao sprinted and hid as much as she could, and went through any door she spotted. Shortly after, she was no longer within the Qingyun Palace Hall's perimeters, but after more walking and turning, the halls started to look the same, and she just couldn't locate the main entrance.
She was lost.