Chapter 22: Cows are flying all over the sky, who is in trouble?
While the two were checking the teacups, Chu Liuzheng told Caiyue some precautions.
For example, she had told different people dozens of times about which kind of tea each minister preferred, which kind of tea Emperor Shunguang liked to drink the most, what snacks to pair it with, Emperor Shunguang's preferences for teacups, when to use hot tea, when to use warm tea, what kind of water was best for making tea, etc.
Caiyue listened obediently, responded from time to time, and was serious about it, without slowing down the work in her hands.
Chu Liuzheng was quite satisfied, but she had been cheated once by Cuiyun, who appeared well-behaved but was actually a black heart. Seeing a similar style again, she couldn't help but feel ptsd.
What if this is also a bitch who is sweet-mouthed but has a vicious heart?
Chu Liuzheng quietly opened the system and planned to check the background of this Miss Caiyue.
[Household Department, Caiyue...]
【Um? 】
Chu Liuzheng paused, this girl seemed to have some background.
[Half a month ago, Caiyue broke a vase and was transferred from the Empress Dowager's Wanshou Palace to the Imperial Household Department. After three days of doing odd jobs there, she was assigned to sweep the Imperial Gardens. Yesterday, she was chosen by Chief Eunuch Zhou to serve tea in front of the Emperor.]
This resume...tsk tsk, which palace maid who broke her master's things wouldn't be punished by being sent to a hard and tiring place like the laundry department?
Even if the Empress Dowager is merciful, the palace maid who made a mistake will not be able to enter the Imperial Household Department, which is a very popular place. At most, she will be sent to serve some concubines of lower ranks, such as Selected Concubine, Baolin, Talented Lady, Beauty Lady, etc.
There was also the time when Caiyue was punished to leave Wanshou Palace. If she remembered correctly, it was half a month ago, which was exactly the time when Jiang Wantang was transferred from the Ministry of Internal Affairs to Wenhua Palace.
This is... a bit of a coincidence.
Chu Liuzheng entered the palace at the age of twelve and has been there for five years. The experience of these five years has taught her that the last thing to believe in in this palace is the so-called coincidence.
Judging from the result, Caiyue has now come to Wenhua Hall to serve, and her original purpose should be the same.
So, Caiyue is the spy sent by the Queen Mother?
But why did the Empress Dowager suddenly send a spy to the Imperial Court for no reason?
The emperor is very sensitive about this, and the current empress dowager is not the biological mother of Emperor Shunguang. If Emperor Shunguang finds out about this, won’t their good mother-son relationship be deteriorated?
Chu Liuzheng pondered for a moment and decided to dig deeper into the Caiyue line.
She couldn't afford to offend the Queen Mother, and even if she saw something, she couldn't control it.
As for Caiyue, if Caiyue wants to make trouble, she has to be careful not to be dragged into it by Caiyue.
[Hmm... Caiyue entered the palace at the age of fourteen and is seventeen this year. Since entering the palace, she has been assigned to the Empress Dowager's Longevity Palace, responsible for cleaning the palace.]
[There's not much to read about these daily things, so please scroll down.]
[Huh? Caiyue actually comes from a family of officials. Her father was the magistrate of Dehua County in Quanzhou Prefecture. Her mother died young, and she has two younger brothers, both born to her stepmother.]
[Strange, how could such a good-looking young lady from an official family enter the palace as a maid? Marrying anyone would be better than entering the palace. Besides, with Caiyue's appearance, if she really wanted to enter the palace, she would at least be selected as a concubine, right? The year she entered the palace was shortly after the new emperor ascended the throne, and the imperial harem was being expanded by selecting concubines.]
Chu Liuzheng was puzzled and continued to search.
[Hmm…selection…enter the palace…enter the palace…]
[Ah, this! Caiyue was actually afraid of the tyrant's reputation for cruelty and didn't want to participate in the selection. But her family forced her to go. In a fit of urgency, she participated in the selection for a palace maid and successfully entered the palace.]
This girl actually bribed someone to disguise herself as a young eunuch and go home to announce the good news. To this day, her family still believes she has truly become a concubine of Emperor Shunguang and is enjoying a life of luxury in the harem.
[Oh my god! This can’t be too outrageous!]
Chu Liuzheng was speechless. She entered the palace due to financial difficulties, but this woman was forced by her family to make a stupid move.
Even if I pretend to agree to run for the election, and dress a little ugly that day and get my name picked on and sent home, it's better than staying in the palace, a cannibalistic place, as a maid, right?
What on earth is this girl Caiyue thinking?
[Speaking of which, the Queen Mother sent someone so afraid of the tyrant to approach him. Was she really not mistaken in choosing someone? Or did the Queen Mother simply want Caiyue to see what the tyrant does every day, and not to let Caiyue seduce the tyrant by taking advantage of his proximity?]
Chu Liuzheng searched and searched, and finally found a piece of gossip in a corner.
A month ago, Caiyue received a letter from home, saying that her father would be going to the capital to report on his work the following spring, and he wanted Caiyue, the favored concubine, to influence him and speak well of him to the emperor, hoping to secure him a good position. Caiyue agreed in her reply.
Chu Liuzheng: “…”
So cool!
Caiyue was set up to be the tyrant's favorite concubine. If the concubines in the harem saw this letter, they would tear her to pieces.
This father is so careless, didn't he even check it out? If the tyrant favored any concubine, the news would have spread everywhere, right?
Chu Liuzheng sighed softly. She probably guessed why Caiyue accepted the Queen Mother's arrangement.
Regardless of whether the Queen Mother intended to let Caiyue seduce the tyrant, Caiyue herself probably had this idea. This girl really wanted to become the tyrant's man and help her father get a good official position.
Alas! Eunuch Zhou, you have made a mistake!
"Sister, are you sighing because you're tired?" Caiyue tilted her head to look at Chu Liuzheng and said considerately, "If you're tired, go and rest first. I'll take care of these."
It was not uncommon for the old people in the palace to bully the newcomers. Caiyue had not only seen it but had also been bullied by them. She thought Chu Liuzheng was the same.
After all, it was just an easy task like checking the teacups, so she could do it alone.
She doesn't know how to say nice things, but she can do more work. Now she has taken the initiative to offer it, and she also wants to curry favor with Chu Liuzheng so that he can give her more advice in the future.
Chu Liuzheng refused the tempting suggestion of resting aside.
"How can I leave the work of two people to you alone?" Chu Liuzheng wiped the dust off the tea lid with a handkerchief, put the lid back on the tea bowl, and said quietly, "I'm not tired, I'm just sighing that the cows are flying all over the sky. Who is being troubled?"
Don't make things difficult for this little palace maid!
Can you!
Just say whether you can or not!
Give her a worry-free partner! !
Caiyue didn't understand. Her eyes blinked as she looked at Chu Liuzheng curiously, "What do you mean, sister?"
Chu Liuzheng felt bad when he thought of her purpose, and smiled falsely, "Nothing, let's get to work."
"oh."
*
"Is that Miss Liu Zheng in front?"
Chu Liuzheng had just returned from the Imperial Hospital after visiting Xia Qiaoru. When she turned the corner, she suddenly heard someone calling her from behind.
She paused, turned around, and saw an unfamiliar young eunuch running towards her.
"Is the father-in-law calling me?"
"It's the young lady." The young eunuch's cheeks flushed from running as he pulled out a warmed letter from his bosom. "I work under Eunuch Chen, and he's busy, so he asked me to deliver this letter to the young lady on my way."
Eunuch Chen's full name is Chen Shouping. He is the purchasing manager of the imperial kitchen and is mainly responsible for purchasing food outside the palace.
Chu Liuzheng saved him once when he was still working in the pharmacy. He remembered the favor and helped Chu Liuzheng deliver a letter from home to Yuelai Inn outside the palace every two months. Two days later, he would bring the reply letter into the palace from Yuelai Inn and give it to Chu Liuzheng.
(End of this chapter)
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