Chapter 261 Accidentally Becoming a Confidant
The palace maids immediately bowed and retreated.
The palace door closed.
Xie Hui handed the hot potato to the emperor, and now he had time to look at Chu Liuzheng who was waiting on the side.
The New Year has passed, why is this girl still a palace maid?
Chu Liuzheng was not in the mood to pay attention to this gaze for the time being.
She glanced at Zhou Yuande and finally understood the importance of this "Master Attendant".
[They didn't even avoid me when discussing such a deadly topic as the poisonous insect. I seem to have accidentally become the tyrant's confidant.]
The other three people in the hall didn't have the time to think about it like her. Xiao Jingfan discussed with Xie Hui about what was written in the anonymous letter. Zhou Yuande, who was listening, broke out in a cold sweat and his face was paler than usual. He felt like there were bugs crawling inside his body.
Xiao Jingfan glanced at Chu Liuzheng and said to Xie Hui, "The secret guards noticed something was wrong with her body before and took her back to the secret guard camp for examination. They did find a Gu worm in her body."
Hearing this, Xie Hui looked at Chu Liuzheng in surprise.
Chu Liuzheng's innocent face.
[I don't know anything about the Dark Guard Battalion, Coach Li, or drug testers. I don't know, I don't know. This letter has nothing to do with me.]
Xie Hui retracted his gaze and asked, "Your Majesty, do you think this letter is credible?"
Xiao Jingfan's eyes were cold and gloomy: "It involves a lot of people, so I'd rather believe it."
"But the Jinyiwei haven't caught the person who wrote the letter. We don't have any clues at all." Xie Hui frowned. "I'm worried that this person has ulterior motives."
He thought that the person who wrote the letter was probably the man in black with excellent martial arts skills, or at least his accomplice.
He was worried. "The person who wrote the letter knows so much about the poisonous insects. It's like he was there listening in on the thieves as they were planning their scheme. It's a possible scheme within a scheme. We have to be on guard."
Chu Liuzheng: “…”
[While the sudden appearance of such a letter is certainly suspicious, there really isn't any conspiracy within a conspiracy!]
[Do you know how much time and effort it took me to dig up all this information and connect the dots? Just compiling that list took me half an hour!]
She felt that she was wronged.
Xiao Jingfan knew the inside story and naturally knew that this was not a trick within a trick, but in order to reassure Xie Hui and make Chu Liuzheng feel that it was reasonable, he had to use some high-sounding rhetoric to fool him.
The door of Wenhua Hall was closed for an hour. During this time, some ministers came to see the emperor, but Xiao Anzi persuaded them to go back with kind words and come back later.
In the palace, the rules of conduct have been basically determined. The most important thing now is to develop an antidote for the poisonous insects and let the people in the palace take it as soon as possible.
This matter is naturally the responsibility of the Secret Guard Camp. What Xie Hui needs to do is to send people to keep an eye on the Gao family to prevent any changes.
Xie Hui took the order and left. Xiao Jingfan sat quietly for a while, then ordered Xiao Shiyi to go to Ji'an to steal Gaopin's body and send it to the secret guard camp to be dealt with by Coach Li.
Of course, the reason he gave was that he was worried that the poisonous insect in Concubine Gao's body was not dead. If the insect crawled out of the coffin after the body rotted, it would easily cause trouble.
Chu Liuzheng's eyes lit up when he heard this.
[Wow! As expected of an emperor, the tyrant is so thoughtful. I don't have to worry about leaving the palace to burn the body!]
Xiao Jingfan was quite helpless.
If he lets the woman come up with a solution, he will have to help her to smooth things over, which is time-consuming and laborious. It would be better for him to do it himself.
Xiao Shiyi took the order and left. Xiao Jingfan rubbed his swollen and painful temples, hoping that Coach Li could develop the antidote as soon as possible.
He sat quietly for a moment and reached for the wolf-hair brush on the pen holder.
Seeing that the emperor seemed to want to write, Chu Liuzheng immediately stepped forward to spread the paper and rolled up his sleeves to grind the ink.
Zhou Yuande looked at it and nodded with satisfaction. This clever and teachable person was really different.
Xiao Jingfan personally copied the name list from the anonymous letter, stared at it for a moment, circled a few names with a red pen, and handed it to Zhou Yuande, "Send someone to keep an eye on them. Don't alert the enemy."
"I obey your order." Zhou Yuande took the paper, glanced at it, put it in his sleeve, and went down to do his work.
Seeing that the emperor's lips were dry, Chu Liuzheng hurriedly sent someone to the tea room to serve tea, and then sent someone to the imperial kitchen to send some walnut cakes.
The emperor had to spend a lot of time on the meeting, so he didn't eat much for breakfast. Even if he wasn't hungry, he could still eat something now.
Chu Liuzheng still remembered the "Fat Emperor Plan". Since she had promised Eunuch Zhou, she naturally had to make some efforts.
Seeing that she was ordering the palace maids around and seemed to be doing it quite well, Xiao Jingfan stopped paying attention to her.
White smoke was lingering from the small lotus incense burner on the desk. Although it was fragrant, it made people's heads feel stuffy.
Xiao Jingfan frowned and was about to ask someone to change the incense, but Chu Liuzheng had already ordered someone to bring a new incense burner, the fragrance of which was quite fresh and invigorating.
Xiao Jingfan glanced at the small incense burner on the table, raised his eyebrows slightly, and lowered his head to continue reviewing memorials.
Soon it was time for lunch, and Xiao Jingfan invited the Minister of Dali Temple and the Minister of Rites to have lunch with him.
Prince Rui came uninvited, and even when he was talking to the Minister of Justice and the Minister of Rites, his eyes would occasionally look at Chu Liuzheng.
Chu Liuzheng was speechless and pretended not to notice. He concentrated on serving soup and picking up dishes for the emperor without even glancing at Prince Rui.
Xiao Jingfan looked at King Rui thoughtfully and slowly ate the cold-mixed black fungus in the bowl.
He doesn't like eating wood ear mushrooms very much, but he doesn't hate them either. He will eat them even if he puts them in the bowl.
Chu Liuzheng secretly observed his expression.
[Fungi, I can eat it but I don’t like it.]
Xiao Jingfan paused chewing.
Chu Liuzheng was taking notes while serving him food.
After all, the dishes in the imperial kitchen are not fixed, and she cannot rely on the system for everything. Just like serving tea, she must first understand the emperor's basic preferences for food, and then respond to changes with the same approach.
[Hmm... The system isn't complete, and the tyrant isn't completely indifferent.]
【I can accept a medium spicy taste.】
I like the ginger-fried duck.
[After eating spicy food, I drink sweet soup, but I only drink the soup and don’t eat the food inside.]
I prefer stir-fried vegetables to hot-boiled vegetables.
I like to eat all kinds of mushrooms.
I prefer braised fish to steamed fish.
Xiao Jingfan's ears were filled with muttering: "..."
Should he admire this woman's dedication to her work?
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After the meal, the emperor and his ministers were all happy.
After taking a walk to digest his food, the emperor wanted to take a short rest.
Chu Liuzheng ordered people to light calming incense, and after the emperor fell asleep, he retreated to guard outside the palace.
"Are you tired, girl?" Xiao Anzi brought her a chair. "Sit down and rest for a while."
Chu Liuzheng thanked her and sat down, smiling brightly as he said, "I asked your sister Yuzhui to leave some walnut pastries for you this morning. Remember to eat them in the tea room."
"I'll be there in a minute." Xiao Anzi grinned. Of course, he didn't care about those walnut cookies, but he wanted to be remembered by Chu Liuzheng.
Since Zhou Yuande was not there, Chu Liuzheng did not dare to go to the tea room to chat with Yuzhui and Siyue, for fear that the emperor would wake up without anyone around.
She asked Xiao Anzi to bring a stool over and sit down, and the two of them talked in a low voice.
Xiao Anzi smiled endearingly: "With the girl here, the master doesn't scold me anymore. He just tells me to learn more from the girl and stop thinking about playing all day."
"Others can't even get a scolding from your master, but you..." Chu Liuzheng was halfway through her words when a young eunuch suddenly ran over to ask her, saying that Prince Rui was looking for her.
Chu Liuzheng was about to refuse on the grounds that he was on duty, but the young eunuch raised his hand and pointed to the corridor not far away, where Prince Rui, dressed in moon-white clothes, was standing.
Chu Liuzheng's eyes twitched.
"How could Prince Rui, with his character, be so obsessed with a palace maid? You're ruined, you faker, are you aware of this?"
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