Chapter 5 Jin Ling 5
Since joining the Sizhenfang, Jin Ling's days have been incredibly fulfilling. Handicrafts truly offer a unique sense of steadiness. These past few days, she's been diligently attending classes, connecting each lesson with the knowledge she's memorized, and feels she's gained quite a bit.
However, she did not forget her mission. Since they met that day, Jin Ling often ran to the garden. She was happy to help when she went out to deliver things every day, wandering around like a game player, trying to trigger some key NPCs.
Especially recently, Concubine Zheng was given the ominous Phoenix Rising Sun by Empress Dowager Guo, and everyone in the palace was trying to avoid her as much as possible, even the other female historians in the Shanggong Bureau tried to avoid her whenever possible.
No matter what, it was not her job as a child to go out and buy clothes and hairpins for the nobles. But she was well-known for her "chivalrous heart".
That day, when she saw a young lady who was about to deliver something trembling with fear, she immediately stepped forward and said that she was young and Concubine Zheng would not blame her even if she made a mistake.
Ruan Sizhen pondered for a moment and actually agreed.
Everyone else was surprised. After all, everyone in the Shanggong Bureau knew that Ruan Cuiyun and Ruan Sizhen were the most rule-abiding among the officials, and how could they allow a child like her to run around everywhere?
Yao Jinling knew the reason.
Concubine Zheng was already having a hard time living in the palace. The good things from the Shanggong Bureau wouldn't be delivered to her for ten days or half a month. Moreover, they were about to join forces to create an ominous sign, which must not be discovered by outsiders.
She was a child with a conscience. Firstly, even if she heard it, she might not understand the cause and effect. Secondly, even if she unfortunately guessed it, Ruan Sizhen could tell her the truth. Based on the character she had built up in recent days, she would definitely side with Concubine Zheng.
Sure enough, although she accepted the task of delivering the hairpins and rings to the Concubine Dowager, there has been no movement these days.
Until that day, she had just finished the work in her hands and was bored so she went to wander around the Imperial Garden. She saw a group of people led by Empress Dowager Guo walking towards the Dowager Concubine's bedroom.
Two days later, news spread that Prince Guang had been harmed by the Phoenix Hairpin and had become an idiot. To protect the lives of the royal heirs, the ten-year-old Prince Guang left the palace alone and went to the Taoist temple on Mount Zhongnan.
This time, she learned the news from Ru Bing a day before the heroine. The kitchen had to travel between the palaces every day, and with a mix of good and bad people, they were extremely well-informed. She had never expected that her unintentional act of kindness would bring her such a "little well-informed" person.
After Jin Ling and Rubing finished chatting about gossip, she subtly changed the subject, graciously accepted the sweet-scented osmanthus rice cake that the other party had given her, and pinned a newly made hairpin on her head.
The small one is just gilded copper, with two peach blossoms strung on it made of light pink butterfly shells, which makes Ru Bing look even more petite and cute without being ostentatious or presumptuous.
"Thank you, Jinling. I always give away your good things." Rubing touched her hair bun a little embarrassedly. She really liked the peach blossom hairpin, so she quickly took out her purse and wanted to buy it with her monthly allowance.
Jin Ling quickly held her hand and said, "I just like making jewelry for my friends. If you like it and it looks good on you, it's a thank you gift to me."
As she spoke, she picked up the plate of cakes and said, "Besides, don't I always give you cakes? You never asked me for money for those things. Take them back quickly. We sisters don't care about this."
Rubing accepted it and thought to herself that she must be better to Jin Ling in the future.
Jin Ling naturally didn't know about the little girl's loyalty. She was planning to meet Prince Guang again before he left the palace.
Finally, at night, she slipped out in the clothes of a young eunuch. Relying on her small size and courage, she ran to those remote places and unexpectedly found her way to the concubine.
She slid through a dog hole in the palace wall, and even managed to find some fun while doing it, chatting with the system in her mind:
"Yitong, do you think this is like a playboy having a tryst with a young girl in her boudoir?" Jin Ling patted her eunuch uniform and, as expected, saw that the place was desolate.
It is not difficult to find out as early as in the drama that there are very few people serving in Concubine Zheng's palace, and the only person who can be considered close to her is Zilan.
Now that her only son was about to leave, he would have no chance of success in the eyes of the palace people. No wonder such a huge palace was almost deserted at night.
But I can't let my guard down now. If others find out that I have violated the palace rules, I'm afraid I will be thrown into the well like the heroine's mother.
[Tsk, so it's all your fault, this system is useless. I can't even use a cheat.] Jin Ling poked the system in her mind with some dissatisfaction.
There is no all-encompassing mall, no plug-ins with various buffs. Apart from allowing her to inherit all the memories and skills of the original owner and strengthening her physical fitness to the highest level, this broken system is useless.
Oh, by the way, the medicine to enhance her physical fitness was the one she had to borrow from the system after much trouble.
[I… I can also record all the knowledge you've learned and read!] System N1 pointed at its finger in its sea of consciousness, feeling aggrieved. It was just a high-tech product, not a magical weapon.
[And after you complete the stage mission, I will also give you rewards, such as the two bottles of SZ-type body improvement potion you bought on credit.]
[Haha, so now you're just a memo plus a USB drive, right?] As for those two bottles of potion, they're indeed very effective.
But the system has explained before that the completion of the mission depends on the host's own efforts, and the rewards in its space are mostly used for physical strengthening. Things like those that defy fate and change destiny will not appear in the system rewards.
Seeing that only the palace in front was left, Jin Ling put the system back into the depths of her mind and carefully touched the base of the wall.
"Don't worry, Mom. It's so late. Go to bed early."
Jin Ling hid under the window and heard the familiar child's voice. She smiled with confidence.
I found you, Your Highness...
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