Chapter 7 Cold Medicine
Pei Tingyue was slightly distracted.
Now, she can postpone the search for a confidant. What she is worried about is that she has no money.
Living in the palace with money to spend and without money to spend are two completely different things.
If she had had money to bribe the eunuchs and palace maids, the previous difficulties in the imperial kitchen would not have required Empress Cui to intervene. She could have settled the matter by spending some money.
Besides, some money must be spent.
For example, giving silver as a reward to Eunuch An.
She can not give it once or twice, but she can't not give it all the time.
She couldn't afford to offend an eunuch of this status.
The allowance for a talented person was far from enough to cover expenses, so she had to find a way to get some money.
Pei Tingyue's eyes returned to reality, and he raised his hand to cover the bucket of pearls. "Alright, stop looking so downcast. I've been promoted, haven't I? The imperial decree will be coming soon, and there might be a reward from the emperor."
If not, she would find a way to get some from the emperor.
Yun Shu's spirits lifted, and he nodded quickly, "Yes, perhaps the Emperor will reward the Master."
"Put these things away, and we'll discuss it again when we have money."
"yes."
After packing up, Yun Shu took a little palace maid to deliver the scriptures to Lin Zhaorong. Pei Tingyue leaned on the couch and continued to embroider the sachet.
As the sky gradually darkened, Pei Tingyue had someone light a palace lantern and placed it on a small table, while he worked slowly.
Not long after, Yun Shu pushed open the palace door with a chill in his chest, "Talented Man, it's snowing!"
Hearing this, Pei Tingyue stopped what he was doing and looked out the window. It was snowing heavily outside.
Yun Shu finished brushing off the snow and entered the hall, muttering, "It was already the beginning of spring a few days ago, and the sun was still so bright at noon, why is it snowing all of a sudden? This is really strange."
She quickly found the silver charcoal and put it in the charcoal basin to burn.
The moment Pei Tingyue passed by, she felt warm inside. She squinted her eyes comfortably and said, "This is called spring snow, and it's a good omen. People love snow after the beginning of spring. The snow water flows into the ground, and this year's harvest is sure to be abundant."
Yun Shu's eyes lit up with admiration: "Talent knows a lot."
Pei Tingyue smiled, then straightened her face again: "Did Lin Zhaorong say anything when you went to deliver the scriptures?"
Yun Shu shook her head. "She didn't say anything. She just told me to put my things down and left. But, I felt that Empress Zhaorong's eyes were strange. It was like... like she was searching me for something with a deep meaning."
Pei Tingyue lowered his eyes: "Don't pay attention to it."
She had long anticipated that Lin Zhaorong would be on guard against her.
But no matter how cautious she was, Lin Zhaorong would not attack her.
Yun Shu agreed: "I understand."
Unable to go out due to the snow, Pei Tingyue had a simple dinner and then sat next to the charcoal brazier to sew sachets.
At the end of the day, she had finished embroidering the pattern and sewing the ropes and tassels, and all she had to do was fill them with spices.
Pei Tingyue looked at the spice box in her palace and couldn't help sighing.
For the emperor and empress, these spices were too inferior and cheap.
It’s better to decorate something else.
After a moment's thought, she asked Yunshu to find some dried flower petals. The master and servant carefully selected and finally filled the sachet.
"Okay, leave it there."
Yun Shu listened to the instructions and put the two sachets away.
After a tiring day today, Pei Tingyue rubbed his brows and planned to rest early.
Just after washing my face, I heard the little palace maid announce that Chief Steward Liang had arrived.
Pei Tingyue quickly put down the hot towel and went to the door to greet him.
She joked, "I thought Manager Liang wouldn't come today."
Liang Yao smiled and bowed to her. "Replying to the talented lady, the emperor and the others held a long meeting today and have just finished. However, the emperor was thinking of you, so he ordered me to come and announce the decree as soon as he had time."
Pei Tingyue smiled slightly: "It's freezing outside, please come in and give the order."
Liang Yao bowed even lower: "Thank you, talented person."
The group moved into the hall.
Pei Tingyue knelt in the main room to listen to the decree of promotion, and then asked someone to take the reward.
After Liang Yao finished reading the decree, he noticed the washbasin in the back room and asked with a smile, "Is the talented person preparing to go to bed?"
Pei Tingyue nodded: "Yes."
Liang Yao's smile grew even wider. "I'm afraid you won't be able to rest early. The Emperor has summoned you to his bed tonight."
Pei Tingyue: “…”
When she heard that she still had to go to work, her eyes went dark.
After quickly preparing herself mentally, Pei Tingyue put on a delighted smile, "Really?"
I have to pretend, it’s really tiring.
Liang Yao said respectfully, "I dare not pass on the imperial edict without authorization. I estimate that the phoenix sedan chair will be here to pick you up soon."
Pei Tingyue smiled and unnoticedly took off the bracelet from her wrist and handed it over: "Thank you for letting me know, it's just a small token of my appreciation."
Liang Yao tried to decline again and again, but in the end he could not resist the warm kindness and had to thank the grace and accept it.
After he left, Pei Tingyue asked Yun Shu to keep the decree and hurried to the side to look at the rewards.
A pair of emerald jade bracelets, a set of red gold gemstone headpieces, and a jade carving ornament.
There was no silver she wanted.
Pei Tingyue sighed and began to think about how to ask the emperor for money in a tactful way.
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Liang Yao returned home in the snowy wind. When he reached the palace gate, an eunuch hurriedly came to meet him. The man said anxiously, "General Manager, something has happened."
Liang Yao's eyes flashed. This eunuch was his confidant. He was usually very calm. If it wasn't for an extremely urgent matter, he would definitely not be like this.
Liang Yao's voice dropped: "What's going on?"
The eunuch spoke quickly, "After you left Chengming Palace, Anzi was waiting on you inside. I don't know how you managed to offend the emperor."
"The emperor punished him with the beating of the board, but he didn't say how many times."
"Now Anzi is kneeling outside the temple, saying nothing, only asking us to come back quickly to find you."
"Calculating the time, the people from the torture chamber are coming soon."
Liang Yao's heart sank to the bottom of the pond. The wind and snow on his face seemed to cut like a knife. His voice was obscure in the snowy night: "I didn't say how many times, which means I will beat you until you die."
The eunuch was startled, his lips, which had turned slightly pale, opened and closed, but he could not utter a word.
When he reached the hall entrance, Liang Yao saw the thin figure kneeling. He walked up to him and lowered his voice, "What happened?"
Liang An's face was pale and he was breathing heavily. It was obviously extremely cold weather, but beads of sweat the size of beans appeared on his forehead and kept flowing down his temples.
It wasn't until a familiar voice rang in his ears that his pupils slowly focused, but he still couldn't recover from the fear and couldn't speak.
Seeing his adopted son like this, Liang Yao slapped him hard and pulled him closer by the collar of his clothes: "If you don't tell me, you will lose your life."
It wasn't until he felt a burning pain on his face that Liang An came back to his senses from the shadow of death. He frantically grabbed Liang Yao's arm and said intermittently: "Just now... I asked the emperor... whether the cold medicine... should be used..."
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