Chapter 38 Self-recommendation

In Changle Palace.

Pei Tingyue had just finished his meal and was leisurely waiting for Concubine Song to send someone over.

Unexpectedly, Liang Yao arrived first.

"Butler Liang is here!"

After hearing the palace maid's announcement, Pei Tingyue hurried out of the back hall.

Liang Yao was standing at the entrance of the palace, followed by a large group of people, each holding something on a brocade tray.

Liang Yao smiled and said, "The emperor asked me to come over and bring some things to the talented lady."

Pei Tingyue's eyebrows curved: "The emperor is still thinking about this matter."

Pei Tingyue's smile grew even wider.

She was really happy today! All the good things happened at once!

"The Emperor will never forget what he promised the talented lady."

Liang Yao clapped his hands.

The people behind him filed in and put down the rewards in their hands, filling the entire west side room.

After putting down the reward, Liang Yao did not stay long and quickly said goodbye.

Pei Tingyue was about to return to the couch after sending the others away when Yun Shu suddenly spoke up, "Eunuch An, are you healed?"

Pei Tingyue looked up and saw Liang An standing at the door with an unfamiliar young eunuch. He did not leave with Liang Yao.

Liang An smiled at Yun Shu and said, "Thank you for your concern, Miss. I'm almost well now."

Yun Shu was puzzled. "Then why did you come to our palace today? The emperor wouldn't turn over the cards so early, would he?"

Liang An shook his head at her: "I am no longer serving before the Emperor."

He and the young eunuch took a few steps forward and stopped at the threshold of the side room, where they bowed politely.

"I have met the talented person."

Pei Tingyue didn't react for a moment.

"This is…"

Liang An explained, "I heard that the Talented Palace was short of staff, so I came here on my own initiative."

Pei Tingyue was surprised.

Why did Liang An come to her palace instead of staying in front of the emperor?

While he was thinking, Liang An said, "A few days ago, I made some disrespectful remarks that displeased the Emperor and was given a beating. I felt that I had no hope of remaining in His Majesty's presence. While recuperating from my injuries, I have been thinking about my future. I heard that the Talent Office is short of staff, so I took the liberty to come here. I hope the Talent Office will not despise me."

Pei Tingyue shook her head and said to him, "But this isn't a good future for me. Eunuch An, why don't you think about other good ways out?"

"Talent, this is a good way out for the slave!"

Pei Tingyue didn't understand where his trust came from and wanted to persuade him again.

Seeing her hesitation, Liang An spoke frankly, "Taiyuan feels that I, the servant, was placed by the Emperor at your side and am untrustworthy, so you are unwilling to accept me?"

Pei Tingyue didn't hide it: "Of course not."

If the emperor wanted to place someone in his place, he could have just placed someone she had never met to minimize her suspicion.

There was no need to arrange for Liang Yao's adopted son to come and raise her defense level to the highest level.

That doesn't make sense.

Moreover, she thought herself not so important that she deserved to be monitored by the son of the Grand Chamberlain.

She hesitated because she was a little confused.

She couldn't understand this inexplicable trust.

Although she asked Yun Shu to deliver ointment twice to Liang An during his recovery period, that was not a way to win him over, but a reward to him.

Can two applications of ointment earn such high trust?

Apart from this point that she couldn't understand, Pei Tingyue was very surprised that Liang An came forward to recommend himself.

After all, he is an imperial servant and was trained by Liang Yao. Needless to say, he has great ability to do things and has a lot of connections. With him, things will be much easier in the palace.

Pei Tingyue's mind was racing with thoughts about the pros and cons.

These two people can put aside the big things for now and test the waters and figure out what the trust is all about.

If it's suitable, she will keep the person.

If it wasn't suitable, she would send the person away.

After thinking for a while, Pei Tingyue said softly, "Do you really want to stay with me?"

Upon hearing this, Liang An kowtowed immediately, "Heaven and earth are witnesses, I sincerely wish to stay with you, the talented one."

Pei Tingyue nodded, leaving room for both of them: "In that case, you can try staying here for a while."

Liang An said happily: "Thank you very much, talented person!"

Pei Tingyue asked him to stand up and asked about his injury in detail.

Liang An said shyly: "It wasn't very serious in the first place. They were concerned about the steward's face, so they were very gentle at the back. It just looks scary."

Yun Shu was amused by the way he addressed him. "Isn't Manager Liang your godfather? Why don't you call him father but Manager instead?"

Liang An scratched his head and said honestly, "He calls me steward in public, but dad in private."

Pei Tingyue interjected: "That's great."

It is understandable that public and private affairs should be separated.

Pei Tingyue asked a few more questions, and Liang An answered honestly.

It turned out that the young eunuch who followed him was called Liang Fu, who was sent by Liang Yao to take care of Liang An's daily life. Now that Liang An was coming to Changle Palace, he brought him along.

Liang Fu was a little stutterer. After asking him a few questions, he became anxious and his face turned red when he couldn't say anything.

Yun Shu was mean and asked him questions on purpose, which made him almost cry.

Pei Tingyue was overwhelmed and quickly sent Yun Shu away, asking her to stay aside while he continued to question her.

As he asked, Pei Tingyue realized something was wrong.

Yun Shu stood in the hall, not moving, just staring at the rewards with a silly smile.

Pei Tingyue was amused and jokingly said, "Okay, the rewards are all in our palace and can't fly away."

Liang An and Liang Fu laughed together.

Seeing everyone looking at her, Yun Shu blushed, lowered her head and said nothing.

Pei Tingyue had asked almost the same question and waved his hand: "Let's see what reward the emperor gave us."

Yun Shu couldn't wait any longer. After receiving the order, she immediately squatted in front of the big black box in the hall.

As soon as he opened it, Yun Shu couldn't take his eyes off it.

There are neatly arranged silver ingots inside.

At a rough glance, it is no less than five hundred taels.

She swallowed hard, and then remembered that Liang An and Liang Fu had just arrived, and she couldn't show that she had never seen the world, so she pretended to be calm.

"Talented lady, this box contains the silver rewarded by the emperor."

Although she tried her best to suppress the excitement in her words, Pei Tingyue could still hear her joy.

Liang Fu looked at the box full of silver and stammered, "Talent...Talent, so...so much...silver."

Yun Shu coughed and said pretentiously, "Don't be surprised. The Emperor loves us talented people the most. This little reward is nothing. There are many better things."

Liang Fu nodded obediently.

Yun Shu felt relieved to see so much silver. She didn't bother to look at other rewards and started counting them carefully.

After a while, her cheerful voice was heard, "Talented lady, there are eight hundred taels of silver in total."

This number far exceeded Pei Tingyue's expectations.

She thought it was only three or five hundred taels.

I didn’t expect the emperor to spend eight hundred taels at once. He is really generous!

She wants more next time!

But Pei Tingyue knew in his heart that the next time would be half a year or one or two years later.

You have to control the frequency of asking for money.

If you ask for it too often, you might come across as greedy.

She wanted to get the money without leaving any trace.