He still remembered when Lin Moyu first came. Every time he scolded her and she was covered in dirt, she would still turn around and come to him with a smile on her face.
She would either find something new for him or tell him something new, but at that time she was too bad-tempered and often scolded her for talking too much and meddling in other people's business.
Now that I think about it, I was such a piece of shit!
No one spoke, but their eyes revealed complicated emotions.
When eating roasted lamb in the evening, Jiang Shuyue was the only one who was extremely happy.
After eating the roasted whole lamb, King Huai personally saw her out of the palace and returned to the bedroom. Steward Chen and the attendants stood beside her, their heads lowered with different thoughts in their minds.
"Old Chen, if you have something to do, go ahead and do it. I have Xiaolin here."
"Ah? Yes, then I'll be back tomorrow morning."
Butler Chen left the room and gave Lin Moyu a look, telling her to be at ease before leaving the room.
The moment the door closed, Lin Moyu immediately knelt down and begged in a trembling voice.
"Your Majesty, this is all my fault, but I have no bad intentions. I just want to take care of you. Please don't drive me away!"
King Huai saw her crying and thought she looked like a delicate and pretty girl.
He hadn't noticed it before, how blind he was!
"Moyu, you first..."
"No! I know I'm wrong. Your Highness, you can punish me however you want. As long as you don't drive me away, I can do anything!"
Lin Moyu knelt on the ground and banged his head against the floor.
King Huai was panicking and subconsciously went over to pull the man up from the ground: "I don't blame you, why are you so anxious? You..."
Seeing that her forehead was bruised and purple, King Huai's eyes darkened.
"You are a servant of Prince Huai's Mansion, you are my property. Who allowed you to hurt yourself on your own initiative?"
Lin Moyu was sobbing, her shoulders trembling, still in fear.
King Huai sighed helplessly: "You should have told me earlier. Now that the system has spoken of this, I don't know what to do."
"I didn't mean it. I just wanted to stay by your side. You can punish me or beat me if you want. I just..."
"Alright, alright, when did I ever say I was going to kick you out?"
If others knew that he was so ungrateful, they would laugh to death!
Besides...
King Huai stole a glance at Lin Moyu. When he first thought she was a servant, he thought she was too pretty and a little cute.
Now that he knew she was a girl, King Huai suddenly felt even more embarrassed.
How can a girl be so brave!
King Huai coughed lightly and said, "However, you are old enough to no longer wear the clothes of a servant. I will have someone send you new clothes and a new residence. You can live in... Xiaoxiang Courtyard."
Lin Moyu was slightly stunned when he heard the name of the hospital.
Although there is no hostess in the palace, everyone has a fixed place to live.
Xiaoxiang Courtyard is where only the master can live, and it is the best one except for the princess's courtyard.
Lin Moyu looked at him blankly.
King Huai turned his head away sheepishly, pretending to be arrogant and said, "Don't misunderstand me. I just think that as a personal maid, your living conditions are too shabby and it will make me look less worthy."
"You will start as a maid first, and I will arrange a status for you later. After all, you have done me a favor, so it would be bad to let you go. The outside world is not as good as the palace."
"You stay in the palace first."
Lin Moyu looked at him silently, and King Huai felt uncomfortable.
Could it be that he guessed wrong and she wanted to go out?
King Huai suppressed his annoyance and said, "If you don't want to stay, then, then I..."
"I'll stay! I'll move to Xiaoxiang Courtyard right after I've helped the prince soak his feet!"
Foot soak?
He hadn't soaked his feet for many years and was a little unfamiliar with the term.
I usually just wash my feet and have long forgotten what it feels like to soak my feet.
King Huai habitually shook his head: "No need, I can't feel the water temperature anyway, it's a waste."
"But... Your Majesty, you are standing now. Your legs are healed."
King Huai: ...
Screams were heard from King Huai's bedroom, attracting many servants and guards to watch.
That night, he used several kinds of medicine bags to soak his feet.
King Huai had only one thought in mind, even if his skin was peeling off, he would try all the medicines in the palace!
When the news reached the palace, the empress dowager got up at night and went to the Buddhist temple to burn three incense sticks.
He ordered people to make a small jade statue based on Jiang Shuyue's appearance and placed it in the Buddhist hall.
Butler Chen went to the government office overnight, and the next day, his little daughter Chen Haitang rushed into the house.
"Dad, go talk to Master Chen and ask him to stop interfering in our family business!"
Butler Chen's wife glanced at her, then went out to look for her eldest daughter with her eldest grandson in her arms in a bad mood.
Butler Chen put down his bowl and chopsticks and said, "Business? Does our family do business? How come I don't know?"
Chen Haitang knew that this business was not honorable, but it made money quickly.
She was reluctant to give up the business, so she lied and said, "My husband and I opened a small building to run a tavern. Who knew that the government officials would come to cause trouble without any reason?"
"Everything was fine before, but now they're trying to close our restaurant no matter what. I think they did it on purpose!"
"Dad, we invested a lot of money in this. If we can't do it, we'll lose everything. You must help me."
Housekeeper Chen looked at his little daughter's lying face and suddenly felt sick.
She is just like that ungrateful person from the Jiang family. Neither of them is a good person.
Why was he blind before and why was he so determined to compensate her?
If you think about it carefully, he didn't do anything wrong.
Steward Chen sneered silently, "The government wouldn't close your shop for no reason, unless there's something shady going on inside. Haitang, is your shop just selling vegetables?"
"Y-yeah, of course!"
"Are you talking about those girls? I don't know, your appetite is as big as that of a wolf or a tiger."
When Chen Haitang heard this, he knew that the matter had been exposed.
She didn't feel guilty at all, instead she overturned the table in a cocky manner: "Okay, I was wondering why the people from the government office were suddenly causing trouble for me, it turns out it was you who did it!"
"Yes, I did it, what's wrong?"
Butler Chen stood up slowly and shook off the leftovers on his body.
"My Chen family has always been upright and loyal. Even as servants, they were upright and never did dirty work."
"Who gave you the courage to do such a shameless thing!"
Chen Haitang had never seen his father speak in such a harsh tone. Although he didn't yell at anyone, his expression was more terrifying than when he was furious.
Chen Haitang gritted his teeth and shouted, "What's wrong with the flesh trade? It's all money, how to make money depends on your ability! You haven't taken care of me all these years, and you don't allow me to do some business to make money?"
"Mr. Chen, I'm telling you, hurry up and have the government unseal my shop. You're preventing me from making money, or I'll make your granddaughter disown you!"
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