Extra: The Old Story of the Royal Palace (Part 4)
"From now on, you don't have to work in the kitchen. Go to the front yard and help me take care of the flower garden."
Qiuxia was very surprised when she received Xiao Chenglan's instructions.
She came to Prince Su's Mansion from the palace and knew the prince's temper.
The prince is aloof by nature and doesn't care much about himself, so why is he interested in taking care of his servants' affairs now?
However, this was a good thing for her. The kitchen was full of chores, and even in the dead of winter she had to wash vegetables in ice water. She could handle the hardship, but since there was something easier to do, why not do it?
"Thank you, Your Majesty."
However, gradually, Qiuxia discovered that behind this easier job lay a greater price.
She needed to report everything about the little gardener to the prince in detail, including what she said and did, because as a woman, she could get closer to her.
At first, Qiuxia thought that the little gardener was a suspicious person. After all, the prince had a special status, and it was common for someone to want to plant someone in to gather information.
But soon, she realized something was wrong.
The little gardener was clearly a girl from an ordinary family and had nothing to do with the spies.
Even with her doubts, Qiuxia still followed her master's orders, often stopping by the gardener to observe her expression and listen to what she muttered when she was bored.
The young gardener gradually became familiar with her and would take the initiative to greet her.
The two people became completely familiar with each other because they ate together in the pavilion during their spare time.
At the beginning, when Qiuxia got the snacks that Xiao Chenglan "didn't like to eat", she could use the excuse that the prince didn't like sweets, and thus happily shared them with Jiang Yingli.
Until, she received more and more kinds of food from the prince, such as roast chicken, pickled duck, and pork elbow...
Faced with Jiang Yingli's suspicious eyes, Qiuxia lied and said that the prince was a picky eater and the food would be thrown away if he didn't eat it.
Fortunately, Jiang Yingli believed it.
So, Xiao Chenglan learned from Qiuxia that Jiang Yingli commented that he was "very wasteful".
When Qiuxia said these words, she observed Xiao Chenglan's expression with fear.
Xiao Chenglan felt a little melancholy.
Then he added: "Let it be a waste, it will be the same in the future."
Since we already have this bad impression, we might as well continue. As long as the food is in her mouth, it's fine.
He had no legitimate identity to feed her, and even the maidservant beside him, who was of the same age as her, could get closer to her more legitimately than him.
Fortunately, Jiang Yingli and Qiuxia got along very well. Jiang Yingli gradually became more and more familiar with her and began to confide her troubles to her.
For example, if Jiang Yingli accidentally got her skirt dirty, Qiuxia would take her to her room to change.
That was also the first time Qiuxia felt the master's anger.
That evening, she saw Jiang Yingli off at the door and closed the door. When she turned around, she saw a figure standing behind him. She was really scared.
The prince looked at her with a very gloomy expression.
"Prince...Prince..." Qiuxia was so scared that she knelt down immediately.
Xiao Chenglan took a step forward, looking down at her condescendingly, his tone extremely gloomy: "Why was she wearing your private clothes this afternoon? Just because I allow you to be close to her doesn't mean you can be in the same room with her without any boundaries and change clothes together."
Qiuxia quickly explained, "Master, that's because Miss Jiang...her skirt got dirty. I didn't mean to overstep my bounds."
Xiao Chenglan frowned slightly. "Dirty? Where is it dirty? She was fine, how could she have soiled her skirt? I've never seen her fall before. Did something happen today that I don't know about?"
Qiuxia lowered her head and stammered, "Your Highness, no, it's just because... Miss Jiang suddenly... had her period."
In an instant, the atmosphere became extremely quiet.
After holding her breath for a long time, Qiuxia heard a slightly strange sentence - "Get up."
When she looked up again, Qiuxia saw Xiao Chenglan's back as he walked away.
In the afterglow of the setting sun, she saw the prince's crimson earlobes.
That was also the first time Qiuxia vaguely realized the intention behind the prince's strange behavior in the past.
The prince seems to have some different thoughts about Miss Jiang.
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