"Yu Jinshu, don't you want to live anymore?"
Yu Jinshu stood up, loosened the broom handle with his rough and thin hands, and looked into Aunt Li's ferocious eyes with a serious face.
"Aunt, I want to live, of course I want to live, but please don't hit me anymore, okay? I'm tough and don't mind pain, but I'm worried that if you get angry too much, your face will get wrinkles. Being angry too much also makes you sick and older. Not only that, I heard that being angry too much can shorten your lifespan."
She acted naive and innocent in all seriousness.
"Aunt, please don't be angry with me anymore. If I do something wrong, please talk to me and I will change. I will definitely change because I hope you can live a long life and become younger and more beautiful as you grow older."
Aunt Li thought that this girl had rebelled and wanted to argue with her, but she ended up saying something that made her laugh and cry.
I held the broom and couldn't hit him, nor could I not hit him.
Yu Jinshu bent down and took the broom from Aunt Li's hand, smiling sweetly: "Aunt, you are a female official of high rank, how can you let such dirt get on your hands! It's better for me to take this broom."
Aunt Li looked at the girl, who was usually very dull. She would stand there in a daze when scolded and cry when beaten. She never dared to say a word in reply.
What happened today? It's like he's a completely different person.
Yu Jinshu put the broom aside and hurriedly added a handful of firewood to the stove. He stood up and said to Aunt Li, "Don't worry, Aunt. I had a stomachache today, so I was a little lazy and didn't chop enough firewood. But there's still enough firewood here. I'll go chop some firewood after I finish preparing dinner. I have to chop all the firewood even if I stay up all night."
Aunt Li felt relieved after hearing these words. She could no longer scold or beat her. She pointed at the stove and said, "Hurry up and keep an eye on the fire. Don't let the pot burn."
After saying that, he left.
Aunt Li walked out of the door, thinking that Yu Jinshu's mind had finally come to her senses and what he said was really pleasant to the ear. Then she saw a palace maid who was idle. She pointed at a pile of firewood and said, "Go and chop that pile of firewood."
The palace maid looked reluctant.
Aunt Li was furious and wanted to slap her, but then she remembered what Yu Jinshu said, that being angry too much would cause wrinkles on your face. She calmed down her anger and said to the maid, "I told you to chop, so you have to chop. If you don't obey, you will be punished with a stick."
The palace maid quickly bowed: "Yes."
She thought to herself, that was Yu Jinshu's job, why was it her turn now?
In the kitchen, Yu Jinshu watched Aunt Li leave and she finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Since you have a bad hand of cards, you have to slowly play it into a good hand.
As a palace maid at the lowest level of the imperial city, it is not good to be too timid, otherwise you will only be bullied.
It's not good to be too bold, as it will attract jealousy.
The best thing is to learn to be patient first.
To deal with a minor official like Aunt Li, the first thing to do is to flatter her appropriately, say nice things to her, and establish a good relationship with her.
Yu Jinshu didn't know much about the contents of the book. She checked the system while burning firewood.
She now embodies the original owner's emotions and understands herself very well.
She was the concubine's daughter of the Anning Marquis's family. Three years ago, she entered the palace for selection together with her elder sister Yu Meilin.
At that time, she was chosen to be a concubine, but her elder sister bullied her. That night, she dragged a girl with typhoid fever to sleep with her. She contracted typhoid fever and was eliminated.
Originally, she was to be sent home, but the original owner was still thinking about being favored by the emperor, so she gave silver to the eunuchs and was able to stay and be a palace maid.
Her elder sister was chosen to become Concubine Ning, and she became a maid in Concubine Ning's palace.
Her elder sister hated her very much and thought she should not stay in the palace, so she used the relationship of the chief steward to send her to work in the imperial kitchen.
As for her target, the supreme emperor, his name is Pu Kun.
Pu Kun was twenty-eight years old. He ascended the throne at the age of eight. When he was fourteen, the empress dowager chose a queen and concubines for him, but he had never been interested in the women in the harem and had no royal heir to date.
The Queen Mother was so concerned about the royal heir that she had to select a group of women to enter the palace every year, but she still couldn't move Pu Kun's heart.
The new master who entered the palace today was said to be a stunning beauty selected by the Empress Dowager herself from the people. For dinner today, the Empress Dowager asked the Emperor to have dinner in the beauty's palace.
The Emperor is the Empress Dowager's biological son and always listens to her.
Yu Jinshu wondered how she could meet the emperor.
She looked at her hands in the firelight and couldn't help but chuckle. Looking at her current appearance, even if the emperor saw her, he would just stay away from her!
It seems that she has to make herself beautiful first.
After dinner, Yu Jinshu wanted to go chop firewood, but he saw Yirong chopping. Her hands were covered with blisters from chopping, but she didn't dare to stop.
The job of chopping wood was originally done by eunuchs.
When Yu Jinshu was sent to the imperial kitchen, her elder sister Yu Meilin told the chief steward to let her do the heaviest work in the imperial kitchen.
The chief steward sent the eunuch who chopped wood to another place and gave the job of chopping wood to her.
In the first few days, she chopped and scolded at the same time. Later, after being beaten and scolded several times, she didn't dare to cry anymore and chopped silently. This actually strengthened her originally weak body and made her stronger.
Yirong was also a concubine's daughter from a wealthy family. She was not chosen as a concubine, so she stayed and became a palace maid. She usually did not do housework at home, but when she came to the palace, she had to work every day.
What's so good about being a palace maid? It would be better to go back and find a husband to marry, or just stay at home as an old maid. But they all want to be phoenixes and come here to suffer all these hardships.
Yirong saw Yu Jinshu and glared at her angrily, "Yu Jinshu, this should have been your job. It's all your fault for being lazy and putting this work on me."
She threw the axe at Yu Jinshu's feet and turned away.
Yu Jinshu looked at Yirong's back. She knew that Yirong was sent by her elder sister Yu Meilin to keep an eye on her. Now Yirong must have gone to Yu Meilin to report the news.
Jing'an Palace of Ningji.
Yirong knelt before Concubine Ning Yu Meilian and cried bitterly, "Your Majesty, look at this hand of mine. I don't know what Yu Jinshu and Aunt Li said today. Aunt Li originally went in with a broom to beat her, but when she came out, she saw Aunt Li laughing. But when Aunt Li saw me, she asked me to do Yu Jinshu's job of chopping wood."
Yu Meilian was puzzled. "Aunt Li has a bad temper. She usually beats or scolds the people under her. Yu Jinshu is stupid, so she beats and scolds him the most. What's wrong with Aunt Li? Why would she let you do Yu Jinshu's work?"
Yirong shook her head: "My Lady, I don't know what happened to Aunt Li today."
Yu Meilian said, "Go back to the imperial kitchen and keep a close eye on Yu Jinshu. She must report everything she says and does to me."
Yirong bowed: "Yes."
Yu Meilian rewarded Yirong with some gold beans and let her go.
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