She had a lot on her mind, and she had been enduring the aphrodisiac tea that Bai Zhu gave her to drink. Fortunately, the drug was not strong, and the effects had almost worn off by now.
Ning Yuxi originally thought she couldn't sleep, but after a while of random thoughts in her mind, she actually fell asleep.
When Ning Yuxi woke up again, she was awakened by hunger. She hadn't eaten breakfast in the morning when those things happened, and she slept very deeply.
Just as Ning Yuxi sat up, she heard Ruyi's voice outside the door: "Master, are you going to get up? I will come in to serve you."
Ning Yuxi adapted well and called them in to serve her.
After washing up and sitting in front of the dressing table, Ning Yuxi looked at the beautiful face in the bronze mirror. Although it was a little blurry, she could still see that it was a beautiful face.
It looks somewhat similar to her modern face, but it is much more beautiful than her original face, and is not inferior to the beauties in the palace.
The 17-year-old girl has fair and delicate skin, eyes like stars, lips like flower petals, and a teardrop mole at the corner of her eye makes her look even more charming.
"Master, what kind of hairstyle do you want today?" Ruyi asked respectfully.
Ning Yuxi looked in the mirror at Ruyi who was standing behind her. She was the same age as her, with an average appearance and a respectful expression on her face.
The original owner was an arrogant and domineering person, and was just like that to the palace maids around her. Ruyi was respectful and fearful of her.
The original owner's family was just a fifth-rank official. Her position as a concubine allowed her to bring a maid as a dowry, but she was not satisfied with the servants at home, so she did not bring one.
Ruyi and Baizhu, who was beaten to death, were the senior palace maids assigned to her after she entered the palace. In the novel, Baizhu was bribed, but Ruyi had no ulterior motives.
It’s just that the original owner was domineering, so Ruyi was a little afraid of her.
It doesn’t matter, as long as they don’t have any other intentions. I can slowly train them later.
"Just a simple bun will do, no need for jewelry or anything. Anyway, I'm grounded for a month and can't leave, and no one will come."
Ruyi quickly agreed and began to comb her hair.
"Just say whatever you want to say." Ning Yuxi said as she looked at Ruyi's hesitant face in the mirror.
Ruyi shuddered, glanced at Ning Yuxi cautiously, and quickly knelt down and said, "Master, what happened this morning..."
In the morning, Bai Zhu came in to help the master get up. The master had been unwell in recent days, so the Queen Mother took pity on him and exempted him from paying his respects.
Later, Bai Zhu told her that her master asked her to go to the Imperial Household Department to get some good embroidery thread to embroider a purse for the emperor, so she went.
When I came back, I didn't expect to see my master knocking out a naked guard with a brick, then knocking out Bai Zhu, forcing him to drink tea, and then stripping him of his clothes and throwing him into the garden together with the guard.
She was stunned at the time, and later her master asked her to help her back to the bedroom and told her to pretend nothing had happened. If anyone asked her later, she could just say that she had been in the bedroom.
Then the emperor, empress and their entourage arrived, and she realized belatedly that someone was trying to harm her master.
As the head maidservant beside her master, she was completely unaware of what was happening. If her master hadn't discovered it, she would have been the one to be beaten to death...
Thinking of this, Ruyi kowtowed and said, "I deserve to die for not noticing in time that someone was harming my master."
Ning Yuxi stood up and helped Ruyi up, smiling, "How can I blame you for this? Even I only realized someone was trying to harm me when Baizhu drugged my tea."
"What, Baizhu gave you medicine? How is your health? I'll find the imperial physician to check you out." Ruyi said in surprise and was about to go find the imperial physician.
No wonder when she came back from outside, she saw her master knocking Bai Zhu unconscious and putting her and the guard naked together, making it look like they were having an affair.
She thought that her master was looking for a scapegoat, but she didn't expect that it was Bai Zhu who betrayed her master.
Ning Yuxi stopped her and said, "It's okay. There's no need to call the imperial physician. Bai Zhu was bribed by Concubine Qin."
After a pause, Ning Yuxi laughed at herself and said, "It's because I was a bit overbearing before, and I offended a lot of people. Even the people around me were bribed."
Hearing this, Ruyi was shocked and quickly knelt down to assure him, "Master, please understand. I will be loyal to you and will never have any second thoughts!"
Ning Yuxi saw this, stepped forward and pulled the man up, smiled slightly and said: "Of course I believe you, when you are in the palace, you never know when you will be tricked by others.
If the people around you still can't believe it, then it will be really difficult to move forward. From now on, you and I, master and servant, must work together to survive in this cannibalistic palace."
Ruyi was deeply touched. She knew she must not let her master down as he trusted her so much.
These words explained the reason for her personality change and painted a perfect picture for the employees.
But she was not just talking, she still had to have her own confidants in this deep palace.
She said this to Ruyi. If she was a good person, then that would be great. If not, she wouldn't lose anything.
After putting on her makeup, the little palace maid at the door brought lunch. Ning Yuxi ordered the meal to be served. She was really hungry.
Lunch only had two dishes and one soup, all of which were vegetarian, and there was no heat at all. It was just November and the weather was still quite cold, so it would definitely be uncomfortable to eat cold dishes.
"Master, the imperial kitchen is too cruel. How can we eat the cold dishes? There are only two vegetarian dishes. Is this the master's portion?"
Ruyi looked angry.
The maid Zhu'er, who was going to fetch the food, knelt down and apologized: "Master, I said I was going to get your regular meal, but they gave me this, saying that I was late and that's all they had. But I always go to get the food at this time..."
Ning Yuxi raised her hand to signal Zhu'er to stand up: "I don't blame you. I'm under house arrest now. The people in the palace are very fickle."
Ning Yuxi turned around and continued to Ruyi, "If you can't bear it now, there's still a month left."
Ruyi wilted. "Yes, Master... then... I'll heat up the food on the stove. We don't have a small kitchen in Luoxuexuan, but we do have a small stove for warming tea. Cold food will make your stomach uncomfortable."
Ning Yuxi agreed, and only the mistress of a palace could have her own small kitchen.
There are only two masters in her Shuqing Palace, herself and Concubine Qin. Her Luoxuexuan and Concubine Qin's Baoying Pavilion are both side palaces. Only those with the rank of concubine or above can occupy the main position in a palace.
Only then can they have their own small kitchen, travel in sedan chairs, and raise their children personally.
There is still a long way to go!
After lunch, Ning Yuxi waved Ruyi away. For some reason, she felt very sleepy.
After Ruyi left and closed the door, Ning Yuxi raised her hand to feel her own pulse. She had learned some Chinese medicine in modern times, so she knew how to take a pulse and identify medicine, and could also prepare simple prescriptions.
After taking her pulse, Ning Yuxi had a strange look on her face...
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