Chapter 7: The Prince's Reward for Pig's Trotters

I slept until after noon.

If her stomach hadn't been playing the empty city plan, Wen Li'er wouldn't have planned to get up.

Qingzhu and Qingmei helped her put on her clothes, and Nanny Qin came over with a smile on her face.

Wen Li'er was puzzled: "Mammy, did you find some silver?"

Nanny Qin chuckled and said, "I'm happier than picking up silver."

"What's that?"

Qingmei smiled and said, "Master, His Highness has given you something."

"What is the gift?" Wen Li'er also had a little expectation.

Could it be that because she served him well last night, he rewarded her with gold, silver and jewelry?

Wen Li'er is so cute compared to these vulgar things.

She slipped on her slippers and went to the warm room to take a look.

I thought I would be blinded by the yellow and white things, but unexpectedly my entire vision was occupied by a bowl of braised pig's trotters with soybeans.

It really is a large bowl, the kind used to hold soup.

Wen Lier: "..."

Qingzhu and Qingmei thought she was so happy that she was silly, and urged her to try it.

Wen Li'er was at a loss whether to laugh or cry. The prince's reward was quite unique.

I originally expected it to be some money so that I could send someone home to improve the food for my parents and brother.

Forget it, pig's trotters are good too, she likes to eat pig's trotters.

Wen Li'er went to wash up and then started to eat lunch.

There was so much pig's trotter in this bowl that Wen Li'er couldn't finish it all by herself, so she called Nanny Qin and Qingzhu and Qingmei to eat together.

But the three of them refused to do so.

"Master, this is a reward from His Highness. How can we eat it? Please eat more."

Wen Lier looked at the fickle Nanny Qin in disbelief and accused:

"Mammy, you used to not let me eat pig's trotters, saying they were greasy and would make me fat."

Nanny Qin: "How can they be the same? How can the pig's trotters given by the Crown Prince be greasy?"

Wen Lier: "..."

Nanny Qin picked one up for her and gave her some advice.

"Master, you slept with me last night. Did you use the position I taught you? I think Your Highness liked it. Master, please follow the position you used last night in the future."

Wen Li'er looked at her with an indescribable expression.

What posture did she use?

Last night she just lay there, letting His Highness toss her around, and she couldn't remember anything else.

Although he didn't act like a dead fish, he definitely didn't use any of the fancy moves taught by the nanny.

The nanny is really not afraid of scaring the prince.

Wen Lier felt that she could not flatter and curry favor with His Highness by using such coquettish means to win his heart.

It was fine like this. She lived her life in the Yaohua Palace every day. Whenever the prince thought of her, she would happily go to see him.

If you don't remember her, she will just live her own life.

Unfortunately, without my own independent palace, it would be inconvenient to do anything.

Also, I can’t see my parents and brother.

In the evening, when Wen Li'er was having dinner, she saw the pig's trotter that she had eaten at noon again.

This dish was not newly given by the prince, but was left over from lunch.

Nanny Qin was thinking that this pig's trotter was a gift from the prince, so it would be a bad idea to throw it away.

Wen Li'er didn't think it was a big deal. After all, before entering the palace, their family would save the leftover food from lunch for dinner.

But she didn't know that in the palace, even the lowest-ranking masters would not eat the same dish twice.

Nanny Qin even took the pig's trotters to the kitchen and had them heated up.

Soon, the news spread throughout the Eastern Palace.

The next day, when Xie Zhenrong went to pay her respects at Fuyao Palace, she couldn't help but say something.

"If you want to eat pig's trotters in the future, just ask the chef to make them for you.

Yang Xishan sneered at the side.

I originally thought that Wen Li'er's family background was slightly better, and she wouldn't be as petty as Lin Fujia.

Now it seems that they are both the same.

It’s just a pig’s trotter, is it necessary to heat it up before eating?

I was afraid that others didn’t know that the pig’s trotter was a reward from His Highness.

Wen Li'er blushed with embarrassment.

It was just one dish, and it hadn't been left overnight. She really didn't think too much about it when she ate it.

Why is it not so decent now?

Lin Fujia, who was standing aside, looked a little gloomy.

Everyone was laughing at Sister Wen, as she kept reheating the dish.

But she would rather be the one being laughed at. Receiving the reward from His Highness was such a great honor. Those people were just jealous.

Now the three of them are serving the emperor, and she is the only one who has not yet slept with him.

The nanny waited outside every day, waiting for the eunuchs from Yuqing Palace to come and pass on the message.

Lin Fujia became more and more anxious as she watched, and her mind began to wander.

Has His Royal Highness the Crown Prince forgotten that there are three Fengyi in the Eastern Palace?

Is it because she is not beautiful enough that she cannot win the favor of the prince?

Shouldn't I take the initiative to create some opportunities and have an accidental encounter with the prince?

Lin Fujia was so distracted by all the random thoughts that her head ached. She simply went to Wen Lier's place to play Go with her.

Having lived in the same palace for so long, she knew that Wen Li'er, in addition to embroidering and reading storybooks, also liked playing Go.

As a result, Wen Li'er's chess skills were too poor and she lost almost every time.

The opponent is too weak, Lin Fujia doesn't want to play anymore.

But Wen Li'er was having fun and held on to her and refused to let her go.

Lin Fujia could only play a few more rounds with her, deliberately letting her win at her grandmother's house, and finally let Wen Li'er win a round.

Wen Li'er was immediately as happy as if she had won a million taels of silver. Her eyes were shining and she had a beautiful smile on her face.

Lin Fujia was stunned for a moment.

Perhaps only such a gentle, soft and kind-hearted woman can win the favor of His Highness.

Seeing Wen Li'er lowering her head to fiddle with the chess pieces, she smiled and said, "Sister Wen, practice more. You'll be able to play well once you become proficient."

Wen Li'er also felt the same way. She had played too little. Practice makes perfect in everything. Once she mastered the skills of Go, she would definitely be able to defeat Lin Daiyu, as well as her brother and father!

After Lin Fujia and her servant left, snow began to fall outside.

Wen Li'er looked at the falling snow outside and missed her parents and brother even more.

Before she entered the palace, every winter when it snowed, her brother would accompany her to build snowmen, filling the entire yard.

My brother would also pile up a fat pear and say it looked like her when she was a child.

Wen Li'er was really fat and round when she was a child. Wherever she went, people called her a lucky doll.

Her parents and brother also doted on her. Although the family lived in poverty, they would always give her first any good things.

You lived such a comfortable life before, how come you were chosen to enter the palace?

At this moment, the eunuch from the front hall brought Wen Li'er's monthly allowance.

Ten taels a month.

After sending the eunuch away, Qingzhu handed the silver to Wen Li'er.

She knew that every month when her master received her monthly salary, she would hold the silver in her hands and touch it for a while.

Wen Li'er held the silver and walked straight to a pear wood carved cabinet and took out her eight-treasure box.

On the top of the square box, there is a carved pear tree with many fruits on it.

Knowing that she liked to collect small gadgets, her brother drew the picture himself and asked the carpenter to make it for her.

Over the years, whatever treasures she got, she would put in this treasure box.

The bottom layer of the eight-treasure box contained fifty taels of silver ingots.

It was her monthly allowance for the past few months.

Before entering the palace, her mother gave her thirty taels of silver, but after entering the palace, she had to take care of everything and had spent most of it, so the remaining few taels were left with Nanny Qin.

Wen Li'er carefully put in the ten taels of silver she had earned today.

It’s sixty taels now. When I save up one hundred taels, I will ask someone to take it back home.

This way, when my brother gets married, I will have money and the food at home will be better.

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