Chapter 66 KPI Exceeded
On the way, Caizhu noticed that she looked unhappy and could not help but whispered: "My beauty, I heard that His Majesty has summoned many ministers to discuss matters. I believe that the government affairs are really busy."
"Are you so busy that you don't even have time to see me?" Zhu Hanyu said anxiously.
Her promotion to this position was too sudden, and she would always feel uneasy if she could not see His Majesty again.
"My lady, please be careful with your words." Caizhu glanced around and breathed a sigh of relief when she saw that no one had heard them. "The affairs of the previous dynasty are naturally more important. My lady, please do not speak so presumptuously in the future."
Zhu Hanyu suppressed his annoyance and said, "I understand."
Caizhu looked at her cautiously, "My humble words will never be repeated again..."
"Honest advice hurts, but I know what's good for me." Zhu Hanyu stopped her and gently patted the back of her hand. "I'm just annoyed. I don't think you're bad."
Hearing this, Caizhu's heart relaxed and she said with a smile, "The Imperial Garden is just ahead. My beauty is feeling depressed, why don't you go there and enjoy the scenery? I heard that several red plum blossoms are in bloom in the Imperial Garden. Let's pick a few branches and put them in a vase."
Zhu Hanyu loved red plums the most, and upon hearing this, she perked up a bit, "There's nothing to do back home anyway, so I'll go take a look."
Seeing her happy, Caizhu was happy too.
The master and servant walked into the imperial garden, and soon they saw that the red plum trees near the octagonal pavilion were in bloom.
"My beauty, look over there! It's amazing that the flowers are blooming even before the snow falls, and they're still blooming so beautifully." Caizhu raised her hand and pointed. "Let's go over there."
"Okay." Zhu Hanyu quickened his pace.
The master and servant only saw the red plum blossoms in the distance, and were not prepared for a young eunuch who suddenly ran out from the corner, bumped into Zhu Hanyu, and ran away in a hurry.
Zhu Hanyu cried out "Ouch" and almost lost his balance.
Caizhu hurriedly supported her, cursing angrily, "Which palace eunuch is so blind that he bumped into someone and just walked away like that."
"Maybe he's in a hurry to get his work done." Zhu Hanyu was too lazy to get angry with a little eunuch. It was more important to see Hongmei.
Caizhu felt strange and looked in the direction the eunuch had taken.
"My lady, that young eunuch is in such a hurry, I'm afraid he's done something wrong. Let's go and take a look. If nothing happens, it's fine. But if there is something wrong, we can report it as soon as possible to avoid being implicated by him."
Zhu Hanyu felt that this made some sense, so she was no longer in a hurry to see Hongmei. Instead, she took Caizhu's hand and walked towards the direction where the young eunuch was coming from.
The master and servant walked for a while and found nothing unusual.
Zhu Hanyu was about to turn back when Caizhu grabbed her and pointed to a well not far away. "Look, my beauty, the well cover is open."
Zhu Hanyu's heart skipped a beat. There were many people who drowned in wells in this palace.
"Don't be afraid, my beauty. I'll go and take a look." Caizhu clenched her palms tightly, walked quickly to the edge of the well, and leaned over to take a look inside.
"ah!!"
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[Oh my god! Someone's drowned in that well in the northeast corner of the Imperial Garden again!]
Chu Liuzheng was so shocked that he almost sat up from the bed.
Caiyue heard the noise and hurried into the room to see, "What does my sister want to do?"
"It's okay. I just saw a mouse running over and got scared because it was so big." Chu Liuzheng made up an excuse to cover up.
Caiyue had her toes bitten by a mouse when she was a child, and she is most afraid of mice.
Hearing this, his face turned pale with fright. He stood on tiptoe and looked around suspiciously. He even opened the cabinet to check, and was relieved only when he saw that there was no mouse hiding.
Chu Liuzheng didn't expect that she was so afraid of mice. If he had known earlier, he would have found another excuse.
She soothed him, "Don't be afraid. The mouse has crawled away along the beams and is no longer in the house. We don't have any food hidden in the house, so the beast won't come back."
Caiyue looked up at the beams and was relieved to see that there were indeed no mice.
"I'll go to the Imperial Household Department later to get some rat poison and put some in our room and in Sister Moxiang's room. It's okay if these bad guys chew on the tables and chairs, but don't chew on the things in our cabinets."
"Okay." Chu Liuzheng thought for a moment and said, "Just tell them what I want. Don't ask them to tell you about filial piety."
Chu Liuzheng's original intention was to save money for Caiyue. After all, rat poison can not only kill rats, but also kill people, and it is not included in the palace maid's share.
If you want it, you have to pay for it.
But Chu Liuzheng had found rats in the tea room before, so in order to prevent the precious items from being damaged and she from having to pay for them, she went to the Ministry of Internal Affairs in the name of Wenhua Palace to ask for compensation.
How could the eunuchs in charge dare to accept the tribute from Wenhua Palace? Naturally, they gave as much as they wanted. The recipients were registered, so if anything went wrong, they could be traced.
If Caiyue went in her name this time, the eunuch in charge would just think that it was also for Wenhua Palace and would not dare to accept the money.
Caiyue didn't know there was such a reason, and she misunderstood again after hearing what Chu Liuzheng said.
She had to pay a gift when she asked for rat poison, but Chu Liuzheng didn't need to. It sounded like he was showing off to her.
Caiyue knew that Chu Liuzheng was not such a person, but certain thoughts took root in her heart. She couldn't help but compare herself with Chu Liuzheng. The more she compared, the greater the gap became. Gradually, she became a little crazy.
She shook her head, trying to get rid of those bad thoughts.
Chu Liuzheng looked at her in surprise, "You... have a headache?"
Why did he suddenly act like he was on drugs out of nowhere?
"No." Caiyue didn't want to explain and changed the subject, "Sister, do you want to drink some water or go to the bathroom now?"
Chu Liuzheng shook his head.
Caiyue said, "Then I'll go to the Imperial Household Department first. Don't worry, sister, I'll be back as soon as possible."
Chu Liuzheng was worried that she would make mistakes in her haste, "I'm not in a hurry, take your time."
[Isn't it just drinking water and going to the bathroom? I can still hold it in for a while.]
Caiyue added two pieces of charcoal to the brazier beside the bed to prevent the room from getting cold due to the extinguishing of the fire.
"I went to the Ministry of Internal Affairs."
"good."
After watching Caiyue leave, there was no one inside or outside the house. Chu Liuzheng no longer had to endure it and took a hissing breath of cold air.
【Oh, it hurts so much! 】
What medicine did the imperial physician use? Why doesn't it have any effect on the pain?
[Ah! I can’t take it anymore! The more I worry about it, the more it hurts!]
Chu Liuzheng pursed his lips, used his usual method of distracting attention, opened the system and ate melons.
[Just saw... yes, here. If this well in the Imperial Garden belongs to the underworld, then this KPI has exceeded the target, right?]
Because people always drown in this well, I remember the Empress ordered the Imperial Household Department to build a stone lid to block it. Could it be that this unlucky person broke through the lid and fell in? Tsk tsk, what kind of head is harder than stone?
[Hmm? It didn't fall down by itself.]
[Frog fun! Killing people and dumping the bodies! ! ]
[The murderer was... Miss Zhu? ]
[Ah...I accidentally read the whole story wrong. Concubine Zhu was the one who discovered the body in the well. She was the one who reported it to the Queen.]
Chu Liuzheng skipped over the long description of the corpse and flipped through the pages quickly.
[Let me take a look. The real murderer is...]
(End of this chapter)
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