Chapter 6 Chapter 6 She was transferred to the tea room of the Qianqing Palace to serve...
On the other side, Li Shuyao still had no idea what bold idea her best friend had come up with.
She happily carried the food box back to the maids' quarters. It was the time for lighting in each palace and the palace maids to change shifts. Many people were hurrying in and out of the maids' quarters. When everyone passed by Li Shuyao, there was an undisguised look of shock on their face, as if they had seen something incredible.
Li Shuyao touched her face.
What happened to them?
Just as she was wondering, a palace maid suddenly came over. Seeing her standing at the door, she pulled her to a corner, frowned, and asked her worriedly, "Where have you been all afternoon? I couldn't find you in your room. Also, how is the wound on your face?"
"This is the ointment I got from the Imperial Hospital. I heard it's very effective for damaged skin and won't hurt your face. Why don't you take it home and try it tonight?" As he said that, he took out a white porcelain bottle from his sleeve and stuffed it into Li Shuyao's hand without saying a word.
Li Shuyao looked down at the porcelain vase, then looked up at herself. In the dim moonlight, she could vaguely recognize that this person was Wan Liuha Yueshu, who was also the longest-lived concubine in the Kangxi Dynasty.
She does not appear very often in the novel. She is on good terms with both Guo Luoluo Qingyao and Wu Yalianchu, and maintains a neutral stance, yet she manages to live safely until the end.
For such a person, Li Shuyao didn't believe that she could play a simple role.
But Guo Luoluo Qingyao had said before: "Yuyue's temperament is honest and quiet, he does things methodically, and he doesn't have many evil thoughts"...
After thinking for a moment, Li Shuyao decided to trust Qingyao's judgment. She clenched the porcelain bottle in her hand, looked up at Yueshu and smiled, her eyes clear and gentle, and said in a gentle voice, "I'll go talk to Qingyao this afternoon."
Yue Shu was shocked when she heard this, "You saw her?"
Li Shuyao tilted her head, a puzzled expression on her face: "Yes, you did. Why, you went to see her before, but she refused to see you?"
Yue Shu shook her head, her expression hidden in the shadows of the trees, making it hard to see clearly. Her tone sounded hesitant and melancholy, and she murmured softly, "Not really."
"It's just that Lianchu said that Qingyao is different from us now. She is the master and we are the servants, so it's best to have less involvement..."
Li Shuyao was silent for a moment, and then slowly widened her eyes, like a frightened deer in the forest.
"Lian Chu said that you can't go, so you really won't go?"
Yueshu nodded honestly, then nervously clenched the corner of her clothes and said nothing more.
Li Shuyao: "..."
She couldn't help but ask, "Have you ever thought about asking Qingyao for confirmation?"
Yueshu nodded, then shook her head, bit her lips, looked hesitant, and did not speak for a long time, which made Li Shuyao a little confused about what she meant.
She moved her lips: "You..."
Before she could finish her words, Yue Shu took two steps back, pinching the corner of her clothes. The moonlight shone on her face like water, and Li Shuyao could clearly see her resistance.
...Since she didn't want to say it, Li Shuyao was happy not to ask.
She had been carrying the food box all the way, and it was so heavy that it pressed against her knuckles, making her feel uncomfortable. She simply turned around and put the food box on a stone table not far away. The stone table felt cold to the touch. Li Shuyao was worried that the snacks in the food box would not taste good if they got cold, so she hesitated for a moment before taking the food box back.
Seeing that she was having a hard time holding it and that her white and tender fingers were left with dark red marks, Yueshu immediately forgot the previous topic and reached out to help hold it.
The two of them wordlessly carried the food box to the small kitchen of the palace maids' quarters.
The small kitchen of the palace maids' quarters was extremely simple. At the innermost part were two rows of wooden cabinets leaning against the wall, with two stoves in the middle. A lot of firewood was piled between the stoves and the cabinets. Further out, there were three or four low wooden tables and a dozen small benches sparsely placed on the open space near the door.
——After all, this place is not designed for preparing meals.
Normally, the palace maids and eunuchs would go to the outer imperial kitchen to receive their meals, either eating directly there or taking them back to their rooms. The small kitchen in the palace maids' quarters was used, firstly, to heat food and secondly, to boil water for drinking and bathing, so naturally, it didn't need to be particularly sophisticated.
At this time, the small kitchen was bustling with people. About ten palace maids were sitting around a small table chatting and eating. When they saw Li Shuyao and Wan Liuha Yueshu walk in together, they were all so surprised that they forgot to speak.
Li Shuyao, wasn't Li Shuyao punished by Aunt Jia? She was always so concerned about her reputation. Being slapped in public, she should have been hiding in her room crying. Why would she come out in public?
Also, what is that thing in her hand?
The palace maids were still immersed in surprise, no one spoke, and the scene was so quiet that it was a little scary.
But Li Shuyao was a rough and slender person, and she didn't realize where the strange emotions in their eyes came from. She smiled and waved to the nearest palace maid, said hello, and then put the food box on the only empty table in the small kitchen.
She spoke to them in a clear and energetic voice, "I went to the enclosure this afternoon and brought back some snacks. These are snacks that Qingyao usually eats and finds delicious, so she asked me to bring them back for you sisters to try."
"Qingyao?" The palace maids were stunned.
After realizing what was happening, they quickly stood up and surrounded him.
"Did Qingyao really ask you to bring these back?"
"Hey, it smells pretty good."
"It looks delicious too. Look at the bunny shape. It's so cute that I can't bear to eat it."
"Also, Shu Yao, why did you think of going to the enclosure?"
"Is the nanny over there fierce? Did she give you any trouble? How did you meet Qingyao..."
"How is Qingyao now? Has she told you about the Emperor? Also, has she said she wants to come back to see us?"
The palace maids surrounded Li Shuyao, chattering and asking questions non-stop. As soon as one of them opened her mouth, someone else couldn't wait to ask another question, which made Li Shuyao very confused and she didn't know which one to answer.
"What are you all arguing about?"
Perhaps startled by the noise from the small kitchen, an old figure suddenly appeared at the door. His stern face was covered with wrinkles and furrows, his dark eyes were as sharp as an eagle, and the corners of his mouth were tight, revealing his obvious displeasure.
She just shouted, and the palace maids around Li Shuyao suddenly became as quiet as quails, and then made way, leaving Li Shuyao's figure within the sight of Aunt Jia at the door.
When Aunt Jia saw Li Shuyao, her expression was stunned for a moment, but she quickly regained her seriousness. She glanced around the room and said, "Li Shuyao, why are you coming to the small kitchen instead of staying in your room?"
Li Shuyao quickly lowered her hands and repeated her previous words in a stiff manner.
There was no way. The shadow was too big, causing her to feel the same way when she saw Aunt Jia as a high school student seeing her homeroom teacher. She hadn't done anything out of the ordinary, but when she heard the other person calling her full name, she would still shudder involuntarily, and then subconsciously wonder if she had made a mistake.
When she heard Li Shuyao say that Guo Luoluo Qingyao had specially asked her to deliver snacks to the palace maids' quarters, Nanny Jia's tense expression did not relax at all.
She only glanced at Li Shuyao deeply with her dark eyes, and then waved her hand and ordered the palace maids in a cold voice, "Hurry up and finish your meal, and go away. If you delay your shift tomorrow, watch out for your heads!"
The palace maids all answered yes, tiptoed to the table, bent down to pick up a piece of dessert from the food box, chewed it a few times and swallowed it hurriedly. They probably didn't even taste it, and then left with a nervous look on their faces.
Li Shuyao secretly said what a pity.
His regretful gaze turned to the food box, and then he bowed to Aunt Jia, took Yueshu's hand and ran out of the small kitchen.
…
After apologizing to Guo Luoluo Qingyao and putting a heavy burden on her mind, Li Shuyao slept soundly that night.
When I woke up the next day, it was already noon. The early spring sunshine was shining brightly all over the yard, and it also brightened the already cramped room.
Perhaps because she was worried about Li Shuyao's facial injury that had not healed, or perhaps because she was afraid of something else, Aunt Jia was not in a hurry to arrange for Li Shuyao to work. So Li Shuyao lay in bed leisurely for two days, feeling uneasy. She felt a little embarrassed about lying there, so she went to Aunt Jia Ya and asked for work.
Yes, it’s work.
During these two days of lazing around, Li Shuyao had already made plans. For the time being, she would stay at the Palace of Heavenly Purity and work hard, while saving up her monthly "salary" until the end of August, when the imperial harem was officially closed. Then she could use it to bribe the Palace of Heavenly Purity's HR, Madam Wu, who was in charge of personnel transfers, to move her to a quieter place where she could continue to live a life of idleness and wait for death...
Oh no, I’m not waiting to die, I’m waiting to travel back to the modern era!
Hearing Li Shuyao's request, Aunt Jia only lazily lifted her eyelids and glanced at her. Then she pondered for a while, took out a booklet, made a few marks on it, and said to Li Shuyao: "Starting tomorrow, you will go here to work."
Li Shuyao boldly leaned over to take a look and saw two big words written in a slow and timid manner on the notebook: Warehouse.
Li Shuyao was immediately shocked, her moist peach blossom eyes were full of disbelief. She looked at Aunt Jia, intending to get a clear answer from her.
Unexpectedly, Aunt Jia took the notebook away coldly and said in a deep voice, "What are you still standing there for? Get out!"
"Yes!" Li Shuyao answered subconsciously, then walked out of Aunt Jia's room with her hands and feet together.
Even when she returned to her room, Li Shuyao was still immersed in surprise and confusion.
Aunt Jia assigned herself to the warehouse. Could it be that she wanted to repeat the same trick?
Should... shouldn't it be?
Li Shuyao was tangled and confused.
However, she had to do it, after all, Aunt Jia was her immediate superior now.
Although Li Shuyao is still a simple female college student with no internship experience and no experience of being beaten by society, she also knows that when you live under someone's roof, you have to bow your head.
So the next day I still gritted my teeth and reported to the warehouse.
The nanny in charge of the warehouse was named Rong. Although she had a gentle demeanor and often had a smile on her face, Li Shuyao couldn't feel close to her when she thought of her surname.
It’s good not to be afraid.
She stayed in the warehouse for another two days in fear. Just when she was feeling exhausted, she suddenly heard from Aunt Jia, who looked troubled, a piece of news that would shock her for the whole year.
She was transferred to the tea room of the Qianqing Palace to be a tea-serving maid!
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