Liu Nian's eyes were slightly red. "What kind of devil have I been possessed by? Why do I want to eat such a dish?"
Mother Lu has always known Xiao Lin's behavior. After so many years with Liu Nian, she also knows the principle of mutual support among servants. "Well, go find the maidservant who was with the princess in the kitchen today. I think her name is Yuan Yue. Tell her about this situation. First, you should identify yourself."
"It works?" Liunian's eyes lit up.
"Whether it works or not, show your attitude. I saw that the princess just asked Li Mancang to ask about building a small kitchen. I'm afraid she won't let it go so easily."
Liu Nian nodded and said, "Mom, please help me for a while. I'll go now."
But before Liu Nian could leave, a girl from the kitchen rushed in and patted her chest when she saw Liu Nian, "Sister, go and have a look. Please save us."
Liu Nian glanced up at the room and pulled the little girl to a corner. "What are you yelling about? Speak slowly."
"Two people from the west courtyard just came to the main kitchen with food boxes. They said the princess ordered them to go to Fu Man Lou to buy some pagoda meat as a reward for the housekeeper."
The eunuchs in the palace all lived in the west courtyard, so when people in the rear house mentioned eunuchs, they would refer to people from the west courtyard.
Liunian was startled and was about to follow the little girl out, but he stopped, thought for a while, and turned back to go upstairs.
Liu Nian told Xiao Lin what had just happened. Xiao Lin frowned and asked, "What do you mean?"
"I think it would be better to have the head cook take the cook on duty today to Jing'an Garden to apologize. She should just kneel down in the courtyard, kowtow, and cry."
Xiao Lin was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, "Your idea is good. Tell them to kneel there until the prince returns. And have Xiao Songzi keep a close eye on the gatehouse."
Liunian looked at the snowflakes falling outside and nodded.
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In Jing'an Garden, Meng Qi was so exhausted that she couldn't take a good nap. She just leaned on the big kang by the window and continued to think about the amount of information that came into the palace today.
"Princess, a eunuch named Wang Chenghai came with his men and said that Eunuch Li asked him to build a small kitchen." Yuan Dong entered the house.
Meng Qi hummed. She hadn't heard the name Wang Chenghai for a long time. She didn't have much interaction with him in her previous life. He had always worked under Li Mancang. For some reason, the two of them didn't have a good relationship, and Li Mancang had always suppressed him a lot.
But Wang Chenghai was a very clever man. When she fell into the water and lay there motionless, Wang Chenghai had already replaced Li Mancang as the steward of the inner palace, and was highly regarded by Song Chengze. It was also said that after Song Chengze took that position, Wang Chenghai became the chief steward of the harem and could be said to be Song Chengze's confidant.
Meng Qi sat up and said, "Tell him to go to the west room. I'll see him."
Wang Chenghai stood at the foot of the steps leading to the upper room, head bowed, unlike the eunuchs behind him who were surveying their surroundings. They hadn't been to Jing'an Garden for a long time, some even never. Ever since Lin's passing, the place had been vacant, until it welcomed its true master.
Xiaoman lifted the door curtain and said, "Eunuch Wang, the princess wants to see you."
Wang Chenghai suddenly raised his head, genuinely taken aback. The princess wanted to see him? But before he could think about it, he quickly agreed and hunched over as he stepped up the stairs.
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