Chapter 28 I cried under the covers for half the night
"A-choo!" Chu Liuzheng sneezed for the twenty-third time since he woke up this morning.
"Miss, have you caught a cold?" Chen Shouping asked with concern.
"No, maybe my family is thinking about me." Chu Liuzheng handed over the letter and a paper package. "Thank you for the letter, father-in-law. The paper package contains Anxi Tieguanyin tea. Please try it."
"Oh, young lady, how did you know I like this?" Chen Shouping took it with a smile and put the two things into the bag he was carrying. "Don't worry, young lady, I will definitely deliver this letter from home to you. If there is a reply in the next two days, I will bring it in for you as well."
"Thank you, eunuch." Chu Liuzheng bowed and said, "It's getting late, I won't delay you from leaving the palace to do your work."
Chen Shouping returned the greeting and said with a smile, "Goodbye, young lady."
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“A-choo!!”
While walking on the palace road, Chu Liuzheng suddenly sneezed again.
Could it be that I really caught a cold?
She raised her hand to touch her forehead and cheeks, and the temperature was normal.
[I wonder how Big Brother is doing now. Let me check.]
[Hmm... Hmm? Chu Shangming cried under the covers for half the night!]
Chu Liuzheng's eyes widened in surprise. Why was she crying when she hadn't been beaten or scolded? She quickly searched for gossip.
[I wasn't bullied by the Jinyiwei. Strange, why is Big Brother crying?]
[Could it be that he was so happy to be released from the imperial prison that he cried tears of joy?]
“A-choo!!”
Another sneeze, Chu Liuzheng rubbed his nose, thinking it might be a sign of a cold.
Those who served the emperor could not easily fall ill. If they passed the disease to the emperor, it would be a serious crime worth losing their head.
Chu Liuzheng turned around and went to the Imperial Hospital.
After getting two doses of typhoid medicine from Yin Zi, Chu Liuzheng waved to Xiao Xia Zi and said, "Can you please come for a moment and talk?"
Xiao Xiazi put down the pestle in his hand, stood up and went out with Chu Liuzheng.
I looked around and there was no one around.
Chu Liuzheng motioned Xiao Xiazi to come closer, whispered a few words in his ear, and then quietly slipped him two taels of silver.
"How can I accept money from a young lady for just running errands?" Xiao Xiazi pushed back, "Are you being distant with me?"
"We all know the rules of the palace. Who can we order around without money?" Chu Liuzheng put the silver in Xiao Xiazi's hand. "You're doing this for me, so I can't let you pay for it."
Xiao Xiazi wanted to push it again, but Chu Liuzheng immediately said, "If you don't accept it, I won't dare to look for you again."
Xiao Xiazi accepted it immediately and assured her, "Don't worry, young lady. I will definitely carry out your instructions properly."
He glanced at the medicine bag Chu Liuzheng was carrying and said with a smile, "It's not convenient to boil medicine in Nongyun Garden. Miss, please give me the medicine. I'll bring it to you when it's ready."
"You have so much work to do. Anyway, I'm not on duty during the day, so boiling the medicine won't take much effort."
When Chu Liuzheng first entered the palace, he was assigned to the pharmacy because he knew a few words. He knew that the work in the pharmacy seemed easy, but it was tedious and tiring. How could he take the easy way out and let Xiao Xiazi make medicine for him? He didn't want to let Xiao Xiazi get scolded.
Xiao Xiazi wanted to insist, but Chu Liuzheng changed the subject and asked, "Why isn't Qiaoru here?"
Xia Qiaoru had already returned to the pharmacy to work yesterday.
Although her injuries were not fully healed yet, how could the eunuch in charge of the pharmacy really let a little palace maid do nothing and receive monthly salary for nothing to support her for ten days or half a month?
It was thanks to Huaqing Palace that I could rest and rest for three to five days.
Xiao Xiazi said, "Miss Qiaoru went to Huaqing Palace to deliver medicine. She also kowtowed to the Royal Concubine Rong to thank her for her kindness."
Chu Liuzheng sighed lightly. Although he didn't like it, this was the rule of survival in the palace.
"I'm leaving first."
"Take care, girl."
Only after she could no longer see Chu Liuzheng carrying the medicine did Xiao Xiazi withdraw her gaze and go back to work.
"What did Miss Liu Zheng say to you just now?" Xiao Yunzi, who was grinding medicine nearby, tilted her head and looked over, asking curiously.
As Xiao Xiazi placed the Poria cocos cubes into the stone trough, he said, "I just wanted to ask if Miss Qiaoru's injuries have healed. I'd like to ask for your help in taking care of her."
"Miss Liu Zheng is a sentimental person."
Xiao Yunzi sighed, "For someone like us, being transferred to the Imperial Court to serve His Majesty is a real success. Anyone else would have pretended not to know us long ago. How could they greet us with such a smile?"
"Do you still remember Xiao Fuzi who left here? He was just lucky enough to be transferred to Xinning Palace to serve Shen Chongyi. Look at how he acted the last time he came back. He was bossing us around, his eyes were not eyes, his nose was not a nose, and he had the face of a smug villain. He was far worse than Miss Liu Zheng."
Xiao Xiazi still remembered Chu Liuzheng's teachings about being careful with his words and actions, so he didn't follow Xiao Yunzi's lead and just said, "Miss Liuzheng is naturally kind. The lotus cake I shared with you last time was given to me by Miss Liuzheng, and you even said it was delicious and asked me for more."
Little Yunzi smacked her lips, as if savoring the taste of the lotus cake.
He rolled his eyes, nudged Xiao Xiazi's waist with his elbow, and said with a wink, "Next time you do something for Miss Liu Zheng, take me with you. I'll get a reward too."
"Go to hell!" Xiao Xiazi pushed him away. "When did I not share the good things with you?"
The two were from the same hometown, and their relationship was closer than others. Furthermore, whenever one of them got something good, they would always think of the other, and they would usually help each other out, thus developing a bit of brotherhood in this cold palace.
Little Yunzi came over again and said with a smile, "I just want to help. Can you talk to Miss Liu Zheng for me? As long as there is anything that I, Little Yunzi, can do for her, she will tell me to go through fire and water for her."
He entered the palace at the age of seven. Many people had seen him and they all felt that the girl Liu Zheng would have a promising future.
He tries to curry favor with others while they are still young. If they really gain power, won’t he be able to rise to prominence along with them?
He's been in this pharmacy long enough!
Xiao Xiazi didn't have as many thoughts as Xiao Yunzi, so she just said, "Let's talk about it when there's a chance."
"What opportunity? You have to take your brother's business to heart." Xiao Yunzi said, "I'll treat you to a drink when it's done."
"Okay, okay, I'll keep it in mind." Seeing the eunuch in charge walking towards them, Xiao Xia Zi quickly agreed and pushed Xiao Yun Zi back.
Xiao Yunzi also saw the eunuch in charge and didn't dare to chat with Xiao Xiazi anymore. He concentrated on doing his own thing.
*
In the evening, the sun sets in the west, creating a gorgeous sunset.
Yan Kang knocked his dizzy and aching head and walked into the Yulin Guard Station, raising his hand to greet his colleagues.
His colleague paused and asked, "Drinking again?"
"I drank it last night, just a little bit." Yan Kang gestured with his hand.
Colleagues thought to themselves, you look like you're hungover, are you kidding me?
He pointed to the inner hall and said, "The boss is looking for you, go quickly."
Yan Kang was so frightened that he almost sobered up and asked, "What do you want from me, Boss?"
"Then you go ask the boss." The colleague was in a hurry to hand over his shift, so he said goodbye and left.
Yan Kang walked into the inner hall with a nervous mood and bowed to the person seated at the top. "Subordinate Yan Kang greets you, sir."
(End of this chapter)
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