After hearing what Zhu Hanfei said, Ruan Yue's scalp went numb.

Her stomach churned and her face turned green.

So disgusting!

Ruan Yue couldn't help but want to vomit when she thought that her favorite clothes might be stained with Zhu Hanfei's dirt.

She stood up quickly and took all her clothes out of the closet.

The neatly folded skirt cascaded down in her hands like a waterfall, covering the entire bed.

"You did it on purpose!"

Ruan Yue stared at Zhu Hanfei with gritted teeth.

Zhu Hanfei shrugged and said shamelessly: "You asked me to clean it up. I just did what you asked."

She moved closer to Ruan Yue and pretended to touch her bed.

"I've already put away your clothes, so I'll be nice and help you make your bed."

Ruan Yue's eyes widened, and he quickly shouted, "Don't move! Take your dirty hands away!!!"

Seeing this, Zhu Hanfei deliberately raised her eyebrows with a teasing smile on her lips: "What? You really don't need my help?"

"Can you make the bed? You said you never do this kind of chore at home."

"No need! I beg you not to come near me! It's so disgusting!" Ruan Yue was extremely annoyed.

She angrily tore open the clothes she had just packed and checked them one by one.

Although she didn't find any stains on the clothes, Ruan Yue always felt that there was something invisible attached to them.

...It could be a fragment of Zhu Hanfei's skin, or it could be invisible dust.

The more Ruan Yue thought about it, the angrier she became.

No, I can't leave her alone.

She threw her clothes aside in anger and said, "I'm going to tell Aunt Zhao that you have ringworm and ask her to kick you out! Just wait!"

With such a disgusting thing growing on her hand, Nanny Zhao would definitely not tolerate Zhu Hanfei.

Ruan Yue imagined that Room 13 would belong to her alone from now on, and she felt a little secretly happy.

Zhu Hanfei didn't care.

She dusted off her skirt and sat down leisurely on the edge of the bed in an elegant manner.

"I won't stop you. You can go find Aunt Zhao. But..."

Having said that, Zhu Hanfei chuckled.

Ruan Yue was disgusted by her pretentiousness and interrupted impatiently, "Don't be so hesitant. It's just what?"

"By then everyone in Jingyixuan will know that you——"

Zhu Hanfei stretched out her finger, first pointed at Ruan Yue, then turned it lightly and pointed at herself.

She gave a teasing smile.

"You, Ruan Yue, once lived in the same room with me, a patient with tinea manuum."

Zhu Hanfei smiled even more happily, and her eyes curved into crescent shapes.

"Guess, will they let you stay here or let you get out of the palace with me?"

Ruan Yue's chest heaved violently, and every breath she took felt like being pressed by a huge rock, making it difficult for her to breathe.

Because what Zhu Hanfei said was true, her heart became even more restless.

So Ruan Yue could only stare at Zhu Hanfei with even more resentment.

"Don't worry, my hand will heal soon and it's highly unlikely that I'll infect you," said Zhu Hanfei.

Ruan Yue's eyes turned red with anxiety: "It's easy for you to say that! Who knows when you can recover! If you really infect me, I won't be able to pass the primary election!"

When will I be cured?

...When you know not to mess with me.

Zhu Hanfei thought silently.

Anyway, she didn't really have ringworm, she was just using the powder to scare Ruan Yue.

Zhu Hanfei touched the smooth wood of the bed and said slowly, "My home is far away from the capital, but it's a very suitable place to recuperate. If you are not selected, you can also live in my house to recuperate."

She returned these words to Ruan Yue.

Ruan Yue turned away, not wanting to see her again.

The air in Room 13 was frozen for a long time until footsteps were heard outside the door.

The young eunuch knocked on the door perfunctorily, "Girls, dinner is here."

He was short and walked slowly. He hesitated when he came in, fearing that the dinner would get cold.

The food box has two layers, with dishes and rice on the upper layer and a bowl of soup and two sets of bowls and chopsticks on the lower layer.

Zhu Hanfei was about to step forward and lift the lid, but Ruan Yue immediately said nervously, "Don't move, let me do it!"

She didn't want Zhu Hanfei's hands to get food dirty.

Ruan Yue pushed Zhu Hanfei aside and reached out to open the wooden lid personally.

When she saw the contents of the box, her face instantly turned ugly.

The box was filled with some light vegetarian dishes.

There is a slightly greasy layer of oil floating on the surface of the soup.

——Obviously, these dishes are already cold.

Ruan Yue frowned and muttered in dissatisfaction: "How can we eat this? It's all cold."

"To answer the young lady's question, Room 13 is a remote place and the journey is long, so it is inevitable that the food will be a little cold when it is delivered."

"I am clumsy and slow. If the lady really dislikes my service, you may find someone else to serve you." The young eunuch said with his head down.

"You!" Ruan Yue was furious.

The young eunuch didn't care about her emotions. He just said lightly that he still had a lot of things to do, and then turned around and prepared to leave.

Ruan Yue hurriedly stopped him: "Wait a minute, didn't you say before that there would be palace maids to serve you?"

The young eunuch replied calmly, "Miss, you are asking about Li'er, right? She was called away by Miss Qiao from the North Courtyard and is very busy right now."

Ruan Yue frowned slightly and asked in confusion: "Li'er is the maid in Room 13, why does she have to serve Miss Qiao?"

The young eunuch smiled and said, "Well, young lady, you have to figure it out yourself. If you can live in Room 1 in the North Courtyard, I'm sure Li'er won't be bothered by trivial matters."

The young eunuch's words and actions revealed his contempt and disdain for Ruan Yue.

Ruan Yue couldn't hold her anger anymore and couldn't help wanting to attack the little eunuch.

Zhu Hanfei quickly held her down.

She lowered her voice and reprimanded, "Wake up, do you still want to pass the primary election?"

It's okay for your roommate to have a bad temper, but if it affects her, don't blame her for getting angry.

The young eunuch interrupted in a sarcastic tone, "This girl is sensible and knows how to put the overall situation first."

After he finished speaking, he left without even saying hello.

The preliminary selection is divided into two rounds, one to test talent and the other to test moral character.

The beauties who are able to enter the palace are all the best who have been selected, and this preliminary selection is just a formality.

But if someone caused trouble in the palace and gained a bad reputation as having poor moral character, it would be difficult for him or her to get married afterwards.

——Everyone in the palace considers this person to be of poor moral character, so which good man would dare to accept him?

Ruan Yue pursed her lips and pushed Zhu Hanfei away.

She gritted her teeth and whispered, "No need for your hypocrisy. Also, don't touch me with your hands!"

Zhu Hanfei shook her head and walked forward to examine the dishes in the food box that Ruan Yue disliked.

A plate of fried spinach with dried shrimps, a dish of roasted eggplant, four pieces of osmanthus cakes, and a bowl of mushroom egg drop soup.

…Except that it’s a little cold, there’s no other problem.

Zhu Hanfei actually thinks it’s pretty good.

Although the portion was small, as if it was left over by other concubines, it did not smell strange.

However, according to Ruan Yue's personality, she would definitely not want to eat cold food.

Zhu Hanfei turned her head to look at Ruan Yue and asked, "Aren't you going to eat?"

Ruan Yue stamped her feet. "It's so cold, who wants to eat these cold dishes? Wouldn't it hurt my stomach if I ate them?"

It means I don't want to eat.

Zhu Hanfei said "Oh", silently picked up the bowl and chopsticks, and started eating her dinner.

Ruan Yue glared, "Are you really going to eat it?"

Zhu Hanfei chewed the food in her mouth and blinked at Ruan Yue with her big eyes.

She said vaguely: "If you don't eat it, I will eat it all."

"All? ... Zhu Hanfei, are you a pig? Can you eat so much?"

Ruan Yue asked in disbelief, as if he had seen something rare and precious.

"Forget it. I'm afraid you'll be hungry and won't be able to find anything to eat. So I'll leave you a plate of fried spinach with shrimps." Zhu Hanfei smiled.

Ruan Yue sneered, "You are a good person, but don't think I will be grateful to you for doing this."

"You misunderstood." Zhu Hanfei swallowed and explained, "I'm allergic to dried shrimps, otherwise I could have eaten them all."

Ruan Yue: “…”

So it was left for her because you couldn't eat it?

Eat, eat, eat. It would be best if you die of fat.

Halfway through the meal, Zhu Hanfei felt that the room was a little cold, so she went out to ask about the charcoal fire.

Ruan Yue's eyes inadvertently slid across the plate of fried spinach with shrimps.

She snorted and reached out to pick up her bowl and chopsticks.

When Zhu Hanfei returned to the table, half of the plate of fried shrimp and spinach had disappeared.

She raised an eyebrow, said nothing, and sat down to continue drinking her soup.

As soon as the soup entered her mouth, Zhu Hanfei stopped what she was doing, noticing something strange.

She glanced at Ruan Yue and found that her expression was indeed a little unnatural, as if she was guilty.

Zhu Hanfei did not expose her.

She drank all the soup in the bowl calmly, then said to Ruan Yue, "I've asked, and there's no charcoal supply in the South Courtyard tonight. We have to bear with it for a while."

Ruan Yue responded hesitantly, and contrary to his usual behavior, he did not dwell on the matter.

Not long after the lights went out at night, Zhu Hanfei cried out in pain.