Chapter 29 Chapter 29 Your Majesty, why did you take Li Shuyao...
After teasing her little brother, Li Shuyao blinked and returned to her usual self. With sparkling eyes, she approached Qingyao and asked her in a clear voice, "What about you? What's your family like?"
Qingyao thought for a moment and said, "My family is relatively simple. I'm the youngest, with an older sister and an older brother."
A brother?
Aren’t there several?
Li Shuyao tilted her head in confusion, and saw Qingyao pointing at the page of letter paper. She said, "But my father has more brothers. He has six or seven brothers and cousins in total, and each of them has their own children."
"There are more boys than girls. Including me, there are only four girls in total, and about ten boys."
"And because I'm the youngest girl, so..." She paused and blinked at Li Shuyao, "You know."
Li Shuyao nodded and understood. Like her, she had also grown up in a pampered environment.
In comparison, Yueshu is really miserable.
Qingyao saw that the ink on the letter paper had dried up, so she picked it up and folded it casually a few times, took out a blank envelope, stuffed it in, sealed it, and picked up a pen to write a few big words on the cover.
Li Shuyao leaned over to take a look and saw that it said "extremely urgent".
I dare not imagine how nervous Qingyao’s brothers would feel when they saw these words.
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The letter was quickly sent out of the palace.
After the emperor heard the news, he asked a few questions casually.
Liang Jiugong then explained the whole process.
Hearing that Li Shuyao was the mastermind behind this, the emperor pondered for a moment and commented, "She's quite soft-hearted."
She had only been learning how to make tea for two months, but she hadn't made any progress at all. It was either too hot or too cold, and she still had to make him, the master, adapt to her...
Thinking about this, the emperor tapped the edge of the table with the memorial in his hand and said to Liang Jiugong, "Find her something else to do."
"Is there a maid surnamed Liang beside the Emperor's Madam? She was very good at making tea in the early years, and she even praised her a few times when the Emperor was alive?"
Liang Jiugong frowned and thought for a moment, then nodded slowly and said hesitantly, "But Madam Liang spends very little time in the palace now. She only serves in the palace for half a month each month. Your Majesty, do you want to recruit Madam Liang to serve in the palace?"
Isn't it a bit too much of a fuss just to teach a palace maid how to make tea?
The emperor didn't say anything, and a pensive expression appeared on his face. After a while, he came to his senses and continued to look down at the memorial in his hand.
Liang Jiugong did not dare to ask any further questions, thinking that it was just a whim of the emperor. After realizing that it was not feasible, he decisively gave up.
He went out and brought a bowl of sweet soup for the emperor. Seeing that the emperor was reading the memorials intently and absorbedly, he thought for a while and placed the sweet soup in the corner of the imperial desk to prevent it from spilling and staining the handwriting on the memorials.
Unexpectedly, the emperor saw the blue and white bowl with a dragon-and-cloud pattern and a pearl. He seemed to remember something and pointed at the bowl of sweet soup and said softly, "Send a bowl of this to Guo Luoluo."
Liang Jiugong uttered a "huh" and turned to leave, but after two steps he suddenly stopped and asked, "Your Majesty, will you only give me one bowl?"
Then Li Shuyao will have to compete with Guo Luoluo, right?
After he asked this question, the emperor opened his eyelids and glanced at him with a neutral look in his eyes.
Liang Jiugong shuddered immediately and cautiously left the imperial study, knowing in his heart that this was the "thing" the emperor had found for Li Shuyao.
The emperor didn't know what was going on, but he loved to tease the little girl whenever he had nothing to do. Regarding the account book incident before, Nanny Lin had originally wanted to transfer another Nanny from the Ministry of Internal Affairs to specifically take care of Li Shuyao.
But after the Emperor heard Nanny Lin's words, he pondered for a long while with a deep look in his eyes, and then asked Nanny Lin irrelevantly, "Would it be enough if she stopped bothering you every day?"
Nanny Lin was stunned after hearing this and still didn't understand what the emperor meant.
The emperor dug out several thick books from somewhere and threw them all to Nanny Lin, saying, "Send these to her. Let her study them and learn some big characters so that she can understand some principles in the future."
After he finished speaking, he complained in a rather gloomy tone, as if he had suddenly thought of something, "Nowadays, even five-year-old Baoqing knows that she needs to study hard. She's a 10-year-old, but all she does is eat, drink, and have fun all day long, without any ambition to make progress. How can this be right?"
Nanny Lin and Liang Jiugong looked at each other, and both fell silent, not daring to speak.
In my heart, I really want to ask, Your Majesty, why do you compare Li Shuyao with the eldest prince?
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When the sweet soup was delivered to the courtyard, Li Shuyao was with Qingyao, and she softly advised Yueshu to be more open-minded.
Yueshu cried until her eyes turned red and her shoulders twitched, but her tears stopped falling. She just bit her lower lip and looked very sad.
After Qingyao persuaded her for a while, she saw that she had a thoughtful expression and guessed that she had listened to some of it. She pulled Li Shuyao, who was still nagging, and shook her head at her, meaning that she should be quiet. She should always give people time to think things through, right?
Lingluo brought in a third more snacks than usual, covering the table with a dazzling array of them.
Seeing that Yueshu didn't move, Li Shuyao didn't dare to sit over. She put her hands in her lap, and her apricot blossom eyes were filled with unconcealable worry.
At this time, someone from the Qianqing Palace came to deliver sweet soup.
The three of them went out together, bowed and expressed their gratitude.
Curiosity eventually overwhelmed worry. Li Shuyao's eyes became bright again. She moved closer to Qingyao and looked into the lunch box curiously.
Qingyao knew her child's nature and did not push her away. She reached out and took out the blue and white porcelain bowl from the food box, opened the lid, and a sweet fragrance immediately filled the room.
Li Shuyao took a look.
"...lily, lotus seeds, and mung bean soup."
Isn’t this just mung bean soup?
Li Shuyao curled her lips, and her curiosity was mostly gone.
Qingyao tapped the edge of the bowl and teased her deliberately: "It's a reward from the Emperor, don't you want to have a sip?"
Li Shuyao waved her hand, showing no interest. "You drink it. After all, it's a reward from the Emperor. I'll just eat the snacks prepared by Sister Lingluo."
After saying that, he took Yueshu's hand in a very firm manner, walked to the table, pressed her shoulders and asked her to sit down, then took a pair of chopsticks, picked up a piece of two-color water chestnut cake and put it on an empty plate, brought it to Yueshu, and introduced it to her enthusiastically.
Perhaps it was because of her natural talent, or perhaps it was because all her skill points were focused on food and drink, but when Li Shuyao introduced the snacks, she was particularly vivid, describing the texture, taste, aftertaste and other characteristics vividly.
It feels like the cake has already been eaten.
Yueshu cried intermittently for the entire afternoon. She was also exhausted by the shock of Qingyao being poisoned, and she also felt a little hungry at this moment.
So he followed Li Shuyao's words, picked up the chopsticks, and started eating the two-color water chestnut cake on the plate in small bites.
Li Shuyao was about to speak, wanting to say that at your speed, she could finish a whole plate in the time it takes to eat a piece of water chestnut cake...
However, seeing that Yueshu was finally willing to eat and her expression was not so sad anymore, Li Shuyao moved her lips but didn't say much. She just silently slowed down her eating speed so as not to scare her.
After finishing their snacks, the three of them returned to sit on the couch.
Qingyao asked Yueshu about her future plans.
Yue Shu thought for a moment, pinched the hem of her skirt, and whispered, "I think, let's just forget about the money. They are my clansmen after all, and they have taken care of my brothers for more than a year. If I go to their house now to ask for the money back, I'm afraid, I'm afraid people will talk about it..."
Qingyao nodded with some understanding. Twenty-four taels was just a small amount in her opinion.
But for Yue Shu, it was somewhat not worth it to suddenly lose the good reputation she had built up over the years just for such a small amount of money.
Because those who discussed Yueshu at the meeting would not think about how much Yueshu had given to her younger brothers over the years, and how much money and help she had provided to her uncle's family. Instead, they would only point fingers at her behind her back, saying that she was unfilial and had abandoned her younger brothers.
Yue Shu lived in the palace after all and could not interfere with the discussions outside about her. When she reached old age and left the palace, she would probably be unable to move forward because of these rumors.
Of course, if Qingyao is willing, Yueshu may be able to hide under the protection of Guo Luoluo and live a smooth life, but no one can predict what will happen in the future. What if one day Guo Luoluo is no longer in the capital?
Qingyao remembered that when she returned home before, her father had carefully hinted to her that the emperor seemed to intend to promote him to the position of Left Leader of the Bordered Yellow Banner in Shengjing.
If this were true, I'm afraid their entire family would have to move to Shengjing... [1]
Qingyao was still thinking when Li Shuyao beside her suddenly remembered something and asked, "What about your brothers?"
Seeing Yueshu and Qingyao looking at her at the same time, Li Shuyao explained with gestures, "That is, if your brothers really followed your uncle to defraud you of your money, causing you to suffer in the palace for so long," she paused and continued, "Just like at the beginning of the year, when I saw your quilt, the cotton wool was only half of what others had..."
There are many such stories. When "Li Shuyao" saw them in the past, she mistakenly thought that Yueshu was so frugal because she had other plans, so she considerately did not ask too many questions. She only secretly gave her some food and supplies when Yueshu was really in trouble. She had no other way to deal with more than that.
——These are all the memories that Li Shuyao recalled in her mind. The more she thought about it, the angrier she became. The family outside the palace had no conscience at all!
Yue Shu was silent for a moment, then said in a quieter voice than before: "Didn't Qingyao just say that maybe, maybe it was just a guess..."
Li Shuyao:?
She and Qingyao exchanged a glance. Before Qingyao could say anything, Li Shuyao suddenly exploded, her voice unconsciously rising. She grabbed Yueshu's hand and shouted in great distress, "Yueshu! You can't be a brother-supporting demon!"
A "brother-supporting demon"? What is that?
Qingyao tilted her head, and Yueshu was also stunned for a moment. They both said in unison: "What is a brother-supporting demon?"
Li Shuyao explained to them, "It's about supporting your useless younger brother without any reason or bottom line, to the point where he's become insane and won't listen to anyone's advice. Even if his younger brother wants him to die, he'll jump into the moat without hesitation. That's called a 'brother-supporting demon'!"
She finished speaking in a resounding voice, looked at Yue Shu with blazing eyes, and then put on a righteous expression and shouted at Yue Shu angrily, "Stay away from the brother-supporting demon. It's everyone's responsibility. If, if you do this, Yue Shu, I won't play with you anymore!"
Don’t ask, the only thing you need to know is that the brother-supporting demon is super invincible and scary!
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