Chapter 27 This must be a gift from her
The eunuch led the way, chattering incessantly. Although his voice was not loud, it was loud enough for Lin Yanrong to hear clearly.
From childhood to adulthood, until she traveled through time to this book, she had seen many such expressions and behaviors. She herself was a suspicious and sensitive person, so she naturally thought that he was making innuendos.
What Lin Yanrong hated and feared most in her life was being looked down upon by others.
After all, both the experiences before the time travel and the original memories of this body were full of meanness and cowardice.
She glanced at Xiuzhi, and Xiuzhi understood. Although she was a little helpless, she took out a piece of silver from her sleeve, took two steps forward, and handed it to the eunuch.
"The wind is strong and the rain is heavy. You must have made such a tiring journey, eunuch. Our young lady would like to invite you to have some wine."
The young eunuch was a little surprised, and quickly took it, smiling: "My lady, you are so polite. This is my duty, how dare I take it on?"
Although he spoke respectfully, he felt somewhat disapproving in his heart.
People in the palace are powerful by nature. Who would be willing to give money just because they said a few bland words?
Instead, it makes people look down on it even more.
This scene fell into the eyes of Lu Haozhi who was not far away.
He had just finished court and was relaxing in the imperial garden when he encountered the heavy rain. He hurried back and happened to see Lin Yanrong entering the palace.
To be honest, being close to the Yangxin Palace certainly has its advantages, but it also has a disadvantage, which is that any trivial matter can easily come to the emperor's attention.
Lu Haozhi stood under the umbrella, his hands behind his back, and watched the master and servant act silently.
"Today, is it the day they enter the palace?"
After a while, he asked calmly.
Rong An, who was waiting by the side with an umbrella, quickly replied, "Your Majesty, that's right. The Imperial Concubine has placed Concubine Lin in Yongshou Palace, and she's on her way there. It's a pity that the weather wasn't good, and it rained. Look how wet she is, pitiful."
As he spoke, he carefully observed the emperor's expression.
Concubine Lin has a special background, and with the incident in the imperial garden just now, he is not sure what the emperor is thinking at the moment, so it is always a good idea to say a few good words.
Lu Haozhi remained silent, with an expression of indifference on his stern face.
Lin Yanrong was soaked through by the rain. She was wrapped tightly in an ivory-white Suzhou-embroidered apricot blossom gown with long sleeves. She looked even more slender and fragile than when she was seen in the Imperial Garden that day.
The little face is pale and pitiful.
However, seeing how she behaved, it was obvious that she was a shrewd and scheming person, which was totally inconsistent with her appearance.
This contrast made Lu Haozhi feel indescribably weird.
The Ministry of Punishment has investigated the previous rumors and they are almost certain. Most of them are nonsense spread by the servants below. As for the source of the rumors, it has not been confirmed yet.
Although there is no evidence to show that the rumor was the work of the Prince of Nanping's Mansion, the emperor's intuition suggests that this woman is probably involved in this matter.
However, Lu Haozhi only felt as if there was a voice in his mind ordering him to erase all doubts and ill feelings towards this woman.
Lu Haozhi felt very uncomfortable, as this was completely contrary to his true feelings.
Seeing that the emperor was hesitant to speak but still refused to leave, Rong An tentatively asked, "Your Majesty, Concubine Lin just entered the palace and got caught in the rain. She has nothing to protect her from the rain. I'm afraid she might get sick. How about I bring her an umbrella?"
In this way, we can also see what the emperor means.
Lu Haozhi withdrew his gaze and decided to ignore this woman who puzzled him for the time being.
"Don't worry about her. Let's go to Changchun Palace and see what the imperial concubine is doing."
After saying this, Lu Haozhi turned around and walked towards Changchun Palace.
He was eager to see Meng Yan and dispel the strange voice.
Seeing that the emperor was about to walk into the dense rain curtain, Rong An hurriedly chased after him with an umbrella.
The emperor's attitude was so cold that he didn't even care when he saw Concubine Lin getting wet in the rain. This woman really didn't mean anything to the emperor.
Lin Yanrong certainly didn't know what was happening behind her. The rain was heavy and the road was slippery. She was not used to wearing ancient embroidered shoes. She and Xiuzhi stumbled with every step and finally reached Yongshou Palace.
When the eunuch who led the way arrived at the place, he took his leave and left, leaving only her and her servant to go in.
The Yongshou Palace is five bays wide, with east and west side halls, a yellow glazed tile hip roof, double-intersecting four-diamond-shaped window panels, and a well pavilion in the southeast of the courtyard. It is truly magnificent and splendid.
Although she had read about Yongshou Palace in a book before, Lin Yanrong was still amazed in her heart when she was there in person.
Because she was only a maid, she could not be the head of a palace. Although she was the only one living alone in Yongshou Palace now, she could only live in the east side hall.
As soon as she and Xiuzhi walked to the corridor of the east side hall, the palace maids and eunuchs in charge came out to greet them and escorted them both inside.
There were already servants kneeling on the floor in the room.
These people originally thought that the mistress who could live in Yongshou Palace must be quite glorious because of the romantic stories between her and the emperor that had been circulating in the palace.
Who would have thought that when the man arrived, both the master and the servant were soaked like drowned rats, with water dripping from their hair to their trouser legs, looking extremely miserable.
At that moment, everyone was speechless.
Fortunately, the maid in charge, Yinqiao, was quite mature and steady. She quickly welcomed the two of them into the inner room, wiped their bodies, helped them change their clothes, and sent someone to stew ginger soup.
After everything was finally settled, Lin Yanrong came out and sat in the main hall, saying some words to save face.
"From now on, you will follow me and be loyal and diligent. That will be good. If you show any second thoughts, I will not forgive you."
She thought that her words were well-measured and would surely shock the servants, and that was also what was written in the book.
However, she had forgotten that in the book, Lin Yanrong walked into Gyeongbokgung Palace in perfect condition on a beautiful day. Now that she had made a fool of herself in front of the servants, her words naturally carried less weight than before.
Everyone was laughing in their hearts, but they still looked tense as if they were obeying the order.
Lin Yanrong then ordered Xiuzhi to give a reward.
Xiuzhi secretly complained in her heart. Although the Prince of Nanping's Mansion was also a prince's mansion, it was very different from the real princes. It had no fiefdom and only relied on the court salary to support its family.
This time when Lin Yanrong went to Beijing to be selected, the old prince only gave her a limited amount of money for travel except for buying clothes, and also specifically told her to be frugal.
However, the master is now very concerned about his reputation and rewards people everywhere. On the day of entering the palace, he really doesn't have much money left.
If you continue to reward me like this, how are we going to live in the future?
But Xiuzhi was just a maid and could only obey orders. She gritted her teeth, took out the few silver coins she had and gave them as a reward.
Everyone looked at the little money they had earned and the pretentious master above, and they all felt a little disapproving in their hearts.
Lin Yanrong glanced at everyone and asked their names one by one. The head palace maid Yinqiao and the chief eunuch Yu Baojiu were exactly as written in the book.
She felt a little relieved.
Lu Haozhi walked all the way to Changchun Palace, where he saw palace maids and eunuchs coming in and out, seemingly very busy.
He was a little curious and wondered what Meng Yan was doing.
Suddenly, he saw a palace maid coming out with a pot of black orchid with gold edges, and he felt a little happy.
The golden-edged black orchid is extremely valuable and hard to come by. Even the palace greenhouse can hardly grow a few of them in a year.
He has always loved orchids, and Meng Yan naturally knew it. She must have spent a lot of effort to find one from somewhere and wanted to give it to her.
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