Chapter 169 Rewarding Palace Maids, Rouge Saves Her Sister
Xiao Xingyuan originally thought that Meng Yanzhi would not want anyone except Mingchu, but he never expected that she would actually start to consider this matter?
He coughed and said, "Of course it's true. You can choose any of the palace maids you like!"
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
Meng Yanzhi immediately nodded in satisfaction, hugged Xiao Xingyuan's neck, and gave him a big kiss.
"I knew it! Your Majesty, you're the best to me. So I won't stand on ceremony with you. I'm going to choose some palace maids!"
After saying that, Meng Yanzhi turned and walked away, but she quickly realized what she was doing and turned back.
"Your Majesty, I'm afraid people won't believe me if I just make empty promises."
"Ahem, could you give me a token?"
Meng Yanzhi was completely unaware that she seemed to have become a different person in front of Xiao Xingyuan, and had lost all of her initial caution.
Seeing her like this, Xiao Xingyuan only found her adorable. He gently patted Meng Yanzhi's head and then handed her the ring on his finger: "Go!"
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
Meng Yanzhi nodded in satisfaction, took his thumb ring, turned and walked outside, and soon arrived at the inner palace.
She gave the thumb ring to Xiao Xingyuan, the chief eunuch of the inner palace, and said with a smile, "His Majesty said that I cook well and he wants to reward me with a palace maid. Please do me this favor, Eunuch."
this……
The head eunuch looked at the ring in his hand, then at Meng Yanzhi, and found it strange. Normally, it wouldn't be a big deal to reward a palace maid, but most of the time the head eunuch would personally select the maid and send her over. This was the first time he had personally chosen one.
However, the head eunuch of the inner palace quickly realized what was happening, nodded, and summoned all the palace maids in the inner palace, giving them a roster.
Meng Yanzhi rummaged through the documents, her eyes finally landing on one of the names. She smiled and said, "Zhang Yu'er, I want this person."
"Miss Meng, you should think it over carefully. This Zhang Yu'er is not young. Do you really want her?" The head steward of the inner palace looked at Meng Yanzhi in disbelief, not expecting that she would choose someone so old.
"I want her, is that not allowed?" Meng Yanzhi looked at the head steward of the inner palace with some confusion.
The head steward of the inner palace bowed and said, "That's not what I meant. It's just that Zhang Yu'er doesn't have any skills, so she's always done some rough work like washing clothes and weeding. I'm afraid she won't be able to serve Miss Meng well."
"I want her."
Meng Yanzhi repeated it again, and shook the ring in her hand.
Left with no other choice, the head steward of the inner palace reluctantly summoned Zhang Yu'er.
The moment Meng Yanzhi saw her, she knew she hadn't made a mistake; her face was practically identical to Zhang Xuanyun's.
The Zhang family was poor, so Zhang Yu'er sold herself to pay for Zhang Xuanyun's tuition so he could go to school. She was afraid that her younger brother would be saddened by her and that it would interfere with his studies, so she only told outsiders that she had gotten married.
Unexpectedly, after entering the palace, she was targeted by the chief eunuch of the inner palace. In her previous life, she had heard about this incident through various means. She only knew that later, the chief eunuch of the inner palace was cut to pieces by Zhang Xuanyun, and Zhang Yu'er also died tragically.
Thinking of this, Meng Yanzhi was determined to take the person away.
Zhang Yu'er hurried over and quickly knelt down to pay her respects: "This servant greets the head steward and Miss Meng."
"From today onwards, you belong to me. Let's go."
Meng Yanzhi stepped forward, helped the person up, and smiled gently.
What?
Zhang Yu'er never expected that Meng Yanzhi had come specifically for her.
She looked up, staring at Meng Yanzhi in disbelief, only to meet Meng Yanzhi's gentle eyes.
Meng Yanzhi smiled and bowed to the head steward of the inner palace before pulling Zhang Yu'er out.
"Miss Meng, why do you want me?"
Zhang Yu'er was uneasy. When she stood in front of Meng Yanzhi, she didn't even know where to put her hands and feet.
Meng Yanzhi smiled gently, took her hand, and said softly, "Zhang Xuanyun is my teacher, and you are his sister. Of course I have to get you out of trouble. I know you have been wronged in the inner palace. Don't worry, I know everything, and I will not let that damned eunuch get away with it!"
"You know Xuanyun?" Zhang Yu'er looked at Meng Yanzhi in disbelief: "You...you guys?"
"Sir has already entered officialdom and is now an official in the Hanlin Academy. He will also enter the Grand Secretariat in the future and eventually become a prime minister. Sister Zhang, don't worry, your good days are coming." Meng Yanzhi smiled gently.
Zhang Yu'er never imagined that her younger brother would become so successful.
She looked at Meng Yanzhi and said, "But I still have five years before I can leave the palace."
"His Majesty has given you to me. Wherever I tell you to go, you must go."
"Don't worry, I'll handle it."
With a smile, Meng Yanzhi took out all the pastries she had prepared and stuffed them all into Zhang Yu'er's hands.
"Sister Zhang, don't worry, the master will be very happy to see you. You two will always be together, and no one will ever separate you again."
Meng Yanzhi remembered that in her previous life, Zhang Xuanyun had gone to great lengths for this older sister, even alarming the entire capital. But no matter how much he tried, all he ever saw was his sister's corpse.
Meng Yanzhi couldn't bear to see Zhang Xuanyun suffer such a regret again.
"Miss Meng, why are you so kind to Xuanyun?" Zhang Yu'er looked at the pastries, somewhat puzzled.
Meng Yanzhi smiled gently and said confidently, "Because a teacher for a day is a father for life!"
Is that all?
Zhang Yu'er still felt that the possibility was not very high.
However, he couldn't see any other intentions in Meng Yanzhi, and with no other choice, he could only sigh and obediently nod.
"Sister Zhang, you don't need to worry about anything right now, just get some rest."
"We have everything here. If you need anything, just tell me. I can leave the palace in three days, and then I can naturally take you to see the master!"
After Meng Yanzhi finished speaking, she got up and walked towards the small kitchen.
To please Xiao Xingyuan, Meng Yanzhi prepared a huge table full of dishes, all of which were Xiao Xingyuan's favorites.
She personally delivered the food to him, sat down next to Xiao Xingyuan, and served him the food attentively.
This treatment...
Xiao Xingyuan looked at Meng Yanzhi with some confusion, feeling as if something was amiss.
"Your Majesty, please eat more. You've lost so much weight lately." Meng Yanzhi looked at Xiao Xingyuan with a pained expression. "Your Majesty, this coconut chicken isn't your favorite. Please have a few more bites."
Standing to the side, Wang Huanhai felt that something was still a little off.
He thought for a moment, then silently withdrew, not knowing what he would be eating later.
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