Chapter 53 How many eight years can one have in life?
[This also explains why the tyrant would interfere in the affairs of Miss Zhu and the fish. It's a ready-made excuse.]
First, have the secret guard knock Miss Zhu unconscious, causing Gu Heng to misunderstand and engage in a brawl with Xiao Wentao. Then, send Lord Xie to intercept Pei Yunjian, using him to reveal Miss Zhu's scheming, completely muddying the waters. As the saying goes, muddy waters are the best place to fish. Didn't the tyrant already have the big fish, the Crazy Prince, caught?
[Tsk tsk, this is so much trouble, going around in circles. Isn't it just a matter of a word for the emperor to kill someone?]
Xiao Jingfan raised his eyes from the book and looked at the person beside him with a helpless look.
Who says the emperor can kill people at will?
Without a legitimate reason, even the emperor would become the target of public criticism.
Although his excuse just now was mediocre, it was better than nothing.
Furthermore, looking at the reaction of his good uncle, he didn't even try to stop him seriously and let him kill the man so easily.
He played the bad guy and made room for some people.
Let him see what kind of show these people will put on for him.
The carriage passed through the palace gate and swayed slightly. Chu Liuzheng heard the clicking sound of the carriage wheels rolling over the bluestone slabs on the palace road.
【Alas! I’m back again.】
She sighed in her heart, lowered her eyes and stared at the hem of her skirt, her mood suddenly becoming depressed.
Xiao Jingfan paused, holding the teacup. Then, as if he hadn't heard, he lifted the cup to his lips and took a sip. His eyelashes drooped, covering the dark circles in his eyes.
I’m only seventeen this year, eighteen next year, nineteen the year after, and twenty the year after that…
Chu Liuzheng counted on his fingers over and over again in his mind.
[I still have eight years before I can leave the palace! How many eight years can we have in a lifetime? My best years have been wasted in this palace.]
[Alas! There are so many conspiracies and plots in this palace. Can I really survive until then?]
Chu Liuzheng suddenly felt uncertain, and his thoughts couldn't be brought back once they started to wander.
What if I can't get a spot to leave the palace when I turn 25? There's a set number of maids released each year, and I heard I have to pay a lot of money to get out. Wouldn't that mean my hard-earned retirement savings are going to be drastically reduced?
What if I die the day before leaving the palace? Isn't that what's written in the storybooks? Working hard for half a lifetime, getting so close to achieving a wish, only to die on the eve of achieving it. Could I be that unlucky person?
[Or, what if I'm suddenly caught up in some conspiracy and no one even knows I'm dead? Should I find someone to deliver my belongings to in advance? Or should I tell Qiao Ru and Xiao Xia Zi first?]
If I die suddenly, have them take my belongings to Eunuch Chen and ask him to bring them to my parents and at least build a cenotaph for me so they can come visit me if they miss me.
[If I were any more unlucky and died right now, I…]
"Ahem." Seeing that Chu Liuzheng's thoughts were becoming less and less reliable, and that he was going to die now, Xiao Jingfan couldn't bear to listen any longer. He interrupted with a cough and ordered, "I'm hungry. I want to eat some peach cakes."
Chu Liuzheng quickly put his random thoughts behind him, opened the food box specially used for snacks, and took out the first layer of snacks.
A plate of peach cakes and a plate of osmanthus cakes.
Xiao Jingfan picked up a piece of peach cake and chewed it slowly while drinking tea.
——It wasn’t entirely an excuse, he was really a little hungry.
Chu Liuzheng lowered his head, and the aroma of the snacks went straight into his nose.
She swallowed silently in her heart.
I went to a birthday party and didn't get to eat anything. Seeing Tyrant eating snacks makes me hungry too. I really want to eat meat buns, the kind with thin skin and big fillings, so every bite is full of meat.
The more he thought about it, the greedier he became. Chu Liuzheng quietly raised his hand and rubbed his empty stomach, secretly warning this disobedient stomach not to make a sound.
Perhaps he didn't want to listen to the woman sighing anymore, or perhaps he suddenly couldn't eat alone anymore. Xiao Jingfan didn't know what he was thinking. Anyway, when he reacted, he had already given the plate of osmanthus cake to the woman next to him who always called him a tyrant.
He stared at the black sesame seeds on the peach cake for a moment, feeling that he might be possessed by an evil spirit.
However, once the words are spoken, there is no way to take them back, so this woman got away with it.
Chu Liuzheng didn't care what the plate of osmanthus cake was about. She just took it as the reward from the boss and enjoyed it to satisfy her stomach.
[The dim sum served exclusively to the tyrant in the imperial kitchen is delicious. Hehe, accompanying the big boss on a business trip isn't bad at all.]
"Eunuch Zhou, Eunuch An, give me some osmanthus cake." Chu Liuzheng did not eat alone. He pushed the car door open a little and handed it out with the plate in his hand.
"Thank you, young lady." Zhou Yuande reached out and took two pieces, gave one to his apprentice, and kept one for himself.
Xiao Anzi also hurriedly expressed his thanks. Seeing that the two had no intention of taking anything else, Chu Liuzheng withdrew his hand, closed the car door, and concentrated on eating the osmanthus cake with the plate.
You can work better when you are full.
[It's delicious! It's true that eating when you're hungry is the best!]
Xiao Jingfan took a bite of the peach cake and chewed it slowly, tilting his head slightly to look at her.
As for the way he eats, it’s still pleasing to the eye.
Maybe he was very hungry, his cheeks were slightly bulging, just like a little squirrel storing food in winter.
The corners of his lips unconsciously rose up, and Xiao Jingfan suddenly felt that the peach cake seemed to be more delicious today than usual.
…
Wenhua Hall.
Gao Yongfu, the chief eunuch of Changchun Palace, was waiting at the door. When he saw Xiao Jingfan and his party approaching, he quickly took a few steps to greet them, "Your Majesty, may you be well."
"Get up." Recognizing this person as someone from the Queen's Palace, Xiao Jingfan called out to them and asked as he walked towards Wenhua Hall, "What are you doing here?"
"Your Majesty, I'm here to report the good news." Gao Yongfu smiled until the wrinkles at the corners of his eyes turned into wavy lines. "This morning, the Empress suddenly felt nauseous, so she asked Court Envoy Wu to come and see her. Court Envoy Wu said that the Empress is already two months pregnant."
Xiao Jingfan paused, and his first reaction was not to go to Changchun Palace, but to look at Chu Liuzheng.
Although it’s unfair to the Queen to think this way, this child should be his, right?
He was really scared by the repeated cuckolding.
Obviously, Chu Liuzheng also thought of his boss's cuckold nature and confirmed it immediately.
[Huh~ This time the tyrant is right. The child in the queen's belly is indeed his. However, the diagnosis wasn't made today. The queen knew about it last month, but she kept it a secret, fearing the fetus might be unstable. If it weren't for the Queen Mother's birthday banquet coming up, and the inevitable drinking and socializing at the banquet, the queen wouldn't have said anything.]
[I understand. Pregnant women in the harem are often envied. It's a good thing to be careful.]
After getting confirmation from his inner voice, Xiao Jingfan was no longer in a hurry to enter Wenhua Palace. He immediately took a sedan chair to Changchun Palace to visit the queen.
The Empress is pregnant, which is good for the country and the family.
Zhou Yuande and Gao Yongfu followed happily, shouting, "Go to Changchun Palace!"
Chu Liuzheng looked around. The boss had left, so couldn't she...leave early?
[Wuhu! Get off work early!]
She walked leisurely and strolled back to Nong Yun Garden.
"Caiyue, I brought you some osmanthus..." Chu Liuzheng pushed the door open and entered the room. After seeing the people in the room clearly, his eyes widened slightly and his voice stopped abruptly.
[Oh my god! Why is Aunt Qian here? ]
Nanny Qian came forward with a gentle smile: "Greetings to the young lady. My queen heard that you are an excellent tea-making artist, so she sent me to invite you to Huaqing Palace. She wanted to learn a few things from you in person."
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