Chen Yan was on duty in the palace tonight, and she had originally planned to go back and rest after completing this round.
Unexpectedly, from a distance, I saw Nanny Chang and a few others pulling a cart with a wooden barrel on it. They looked so hurried that they were particularly conspicuous in the night.
She narrowed her eyes and felt that things seemed a little complicated.
Nanny Chang looked at Chen Yan walking towards her from afar, and her heart suddenly skipped a beat. This was the only way to the corner gate, and she couldn't even change the route even if she wanted to.
What's more, Chen Yan had already seen her. If she turned around and left, it would probably make her look even more guilty.
So, Nanny Chang clenched her fists and kept telling herself that she was the Queen's person and no one in this palace could make things difficult for her.
After thinking about it for a while, Nanny Chang seemed to be really moved by what she said.
Even his eyes gradually became firm.
She walked over slowly, and when she was in front of Chen Yan, she even greeted Chen Yan with a smile.
"Ms. Shen."
He didn't look scared at all.
Chen Yan first looked at Nanny Chang for a while, and seeing that she looked natural, she nodded and returned the greeting, "Where are you going, Nanny Chang?"
"Running errands for the Empress. Is Ms. Shen on duty tonight?"
Chen Yan nodded, "It's my turn on duty."
As she spoke, she glanced at the cart behind Madam Chang and said, "Madam, you have to leave the palace in the middle of the night? That's really hard work."
"Being a slave is not hard or not."
"What Madam Chang said makes sense."
Seeing this, Nanny Chang just wanted to throw this hot potato in her hand away as soon as possible.
She put on a smile, glanced at the people Chen Yan brought with her, and said tentatively: "How about Ms. Shen, please make way first and let this old slave pass?"
"That's natural."
Ms. Shen led her people to the side, making way for Nanny Chang and others.
Seeing that Ms. Shen was so easy to talk to, Nanny Chang felt relieved and directed people to push the cart away.
But who would have thought that two pebbles would suddenly appear on this originally smooth palace road.
It fits just right under the wheels of the cart.
The cart bumped a bit, causing the wooden barrel on it to sway with a thud.
In an instant, even Nanny Chang's hair stood on end.
In the dead of night, such a sound was particularly obvious. Nanny Chang was so stiff that she didn't even dare to move. She could only silently pray in her heart that Chen Yan didn't hear it.
But Chen Yan is not deaf, how could he not hear such a loud noise?
However, she didn't feel anything about the noise, but it was Nanny Chang's behavior that made her feel a little strange.
Chen Yan frowned, and her eyes vaguely swept over the wooden barrel. Sure enough, she saw that the expression on Nanny Chang's face became more solemn.
Chen Yan suddenly realized something, but she didn't say anything. She just looked at Nanny Chang quietly and asked softly, "Nanny, what's wrong with you?"
Nanny Chang was looking tense, and when she heard Chen Yan's voice, she was startled.
She tried hard to control her emotions and not be too abnormal.
She shook her head. "No, nothing."
But such words are too pale, and no one with a normal mind would believe them.
But she didn't go up to expose it directly, she just narrowed her eyes.
"Madame Chang, are you okay? You don't look well."
At this moment, Nanny Chang had no time to care about her appearance. She thought that if there was a mirror in front of her, she probably wouldn't dare to look at herself.
She closed her eyes and said, "It's a bit bad. After all, it's so late and I still have to do my work. I'm old and can't handle it."
She said such a seemingly plausible statement, and Chen Yan seemed to believe it.
She nodded, a look of sympathy appearing on her face.
"That's right. At her age, Madam Chang still has to come out to do errands in the middle of the night. The Empress is too inconsiderate of her servants."
Nanny Chang said this just to dispel Chen Yan's suspicion and didn't want her to have any thoughts about the Queen.
So, when she heard Chen Yan's words, she frowned immediately, and the expression on her face became somewhat disapproving.
"What Ms. Shen said is not right. Your Majesty is the master. Whatever the master tells the servant to do is what she should do."
Chen Yan was not surprised by Nanny Chang's protection of the Queen.
After all, Nanny Chang is the Queen's wet nurse, it would be strange if she didn't support her.
So, Chen Yan nodded slowly and then placed his hand on the wooden barrel.
In an instant, Nanny Chang's heart was in her throat again.
Seeing the sudden change in Nanny Chang's expression, Chen Yan narrowed her eyes imperceptibly and said with a smile, "Since that's the case, why don't I make this trip for you, Nanny?"
Hearing this, Nanny Chang was stunned, as if she had never expected Chen Yan to say such a thing.
She stood there in a daze, unable to react for a long time.
After a long while, she smiled stiffly, "This, this seems a little inappropriate."
"Isn't Ms. Shen still on duty?"
But Chen Yan deliberately said: "I don't care about this moment when I'm on duty."
Hearing her say this, the smile on Nanny Chang's face became even more forced.
She chuckled twice at first, expressing her gratitude to Chen Yan, but finally shook her head, "If my business has delayed Ms. Shen's business, then it will be my fault. I'd better let me work harder. Thank you, Ms. Shen."
Hearing what Nanny Chang said, Chen Yan didn't say anything more, and didn't even ask what was in the wooden barrel.
This immediately made Nanny Chang's favorability towards her increase significantly.
No matter what, she felt that Chen Yan was a sensible person.
Chen Yan didn't say anything more, just nodded, and let Nanny Chang take everyone away.
After Nanny Chang's people left, the person who had been following Shen Yan asked curiously, "Ms. Shen, why didn't you let your subordinates check the contents of the barrel just now?"
Chen Yan had already put away the smile on his face at this moment, and a hint of coldness flashed across his eyebrows.
"There's clearly something fishy about that barrel, but those escorting it are from the Queen's palace. Why should I bother myself with trouble? It won't do me any good to offend the Queen over such a small matter."
Chen Yan has had a hard time recently. It seems that there are always people in the court who are deliberately targeting her. Although she can't find any evidence, if she is not mistaken, the person who did it should be Zhou Li.
Therefore, under such circumstances of being attacked from all sides, Chen Yan cannot make any more enemies for herself, not to mention that the queen is Jun Mochen's mother.
Even though she looked down on Jun Mochen, she was attracted by the identity of the Second Prince's wife.
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