Xixi knew she couldn't escape, so she walked in guiltily and knelt down with a thump.
"Please, Your Highness, spare me. The silver needles are too painful when they jab into my body."
Xixi gasped.
"I remember you're supposed to be doing laundry in the back courtyard; you're not supposed to serve here."
Chu Nanli thought to give her a chance to explain.
"Replying to Your Highness, Xixi came to see if you had any clothes that needed washing," Xixi said, her voice trembling.
Chu Nanli glanced at her for a moment, then withdrew the silver needles that were stuck in her major pain points and said, "You may leave; I have no clothes for you to wash.
Xixi, as if granted a pardon, was thoroughly grateful. "Thank you, Your Highness."
Of course, Chu Nanli didn't believe such a poor excuse from Xixi.
Once Xixi had left, she summoned Chu Yi.
"Look into Xixi."
"Yes," Chu Yi said.
Chu Yi was very efficient at his tasks, and it didn't take long for him to return and report.
