Chapter 57 Cinnabar's Ambition

That day, Helian Yue left the side hall with a gloomy face, but before leaving, he still asked someone to take out Zhu Sha and beat him with twenty boards.

Si Linglong couldn't be beaten, so could it be that he couldn't even beat a palace maid?

Si Linglong had saved him once, but she couldn't stop Helian Yue from having an outburst, so she had to give Zhu Sha some medicine afterwards and told her to rest and come back to serve him after her injuries were healed.

The palace servants serving in the side hall all sighed at Lang Guiren's kindness. After all, this was the palace, and many of them continued to serve even after being beaten with a stick.

Only Zhusha doesn't think so.

"I have been bullied so much because of her since I entered the palace. Now she is favored and the emperor wants to punish me, but she didn't stop him. What kind of master is she?"

The little palace maid who was in charge of applying medicine to Zhu Sha was sent here after Si Linglong was conferred the title of noble lady. After knowing that Zhu Sha was Lang Guiren's confidant, she had been serving her wholeheartedly. After knowing that she was injured, she rushed to apply medicine to her. However, despite this, her expression changed when she heard Zhu Sha's words.

I could only be cautious and say, "But I heard that the nobleman went straight up to stop him."

Zhu Sha lay on the bed and snorted coldly, "I was so angry at first, but the emperor looked so unhappy when he came out of the room. Maybe she didn't serve him well and annoyed him again, so he punished me on purpose."

The more Zhu Sha thought about it, the more she felt that this was the case. "I am totally to blame for her!"

The little palace maid heard Zhu Sha calling her "she" every time she opened her mouth and closed her mouth without even calling her "my dear lady", and she was completely lacking in the respectful and fawning manner she usually showed in front of Si Linglong. She became more and more frightened and didn't know what to say for a moment.

Zhu Sha finally saw the expression on the young palace maid's face, but laughed at her, "What are you afraid of? Don't look at her wealth now, but she is actually a young lady from a merchant family. I have served her since I was a child, so I know her best. To be honest, after entering the palace, her status is not much higher than you and me. Since the emperor can favor her, I may not have no chance either."

The more Zhu Sha spoke, the more she felt that she had a chance. Although she was beaten with a stick this time, at least the emperor remembered her.

Yes, she still has a chance.

"Follow me carefully. If I become a noble in the future, I will make you my personal maid."

Zhu Sha said this to the young palace maid with a touch of grace.

The little palace maid forced a smile and responded, but once she left the house, she was so frightened that she didn't know what to say.

At first, I followed Zhu Sha just to show up in front of my master, but who would have thought that Zhu Sha would have such thoughts.

And listen to what she says.

She doesn't know where her confidence comes from.

After much deliberation, the little maid made a bold decision.

She asked to see Si Linglong that night and told her everything Zhu Sha had said.

Si Linglong was stunned when she heard this, and Shu Hong beside her had a gloomy face, with wrinkled brows, and a rare look of anger.

"The master treated her with all his kindness, but she not only didn't know how to restrain herself, but she even dared to talk about the master behind his back!!"

Si Linglong hadn't recovered from Zhu Sha's surprise yet, but when she heard Shu Hong's words, she immediately realized something was wrong.

"Wait, you also know what she's thinking?"

When Shu Hong heard Si Linglong's question, she immediately showed a guilty expression on her face and knelt down in front of her. "Please forgive me, my lord. I was with Zhu Sha and I did notice something, but... I have no evidence."

In particular, the nobleman did not rely on her before, but instead valued Cinnabar very much.

In the absence of evidence, if she rashly "falsely accuses" Zhu Sha, it will only make the nobleman dislike her.

But since she dared to say it directly, Shu Hong was naturally not afraid to say it. Moreover, according to her observations in recent days, the nobles nowadays are more insightful than in the past.

Si Linglong looked at Shu Hong and the little palace maid kneeling in front of her. She opened her mouth for a long time before finally closing it slowly.

Well, this is indeed surprising.

But Si Linglong didn't feel too angry.

After all, she was a time traveler who came here halfway, and she didn't have much affection for this confidant of the original owner. At most, she helped her maintain the master-servant relationship for the sake of the original owner.

As for Zhusha's thoughts.

【People always want to move up, so it is understandable that they have ambitions. 】

Si Linglong did not object.

However, this way, there is a reasonable explanation for why Helian Yue got angry today because Zhu Sha spilled a cup of tea. It was probably because Zhu Sha had done something to Helian Yue when she was not aware of it.

【Then here comes the problem. 】

[What did Zhu Sha do to Helian Yue before that made him so embarrassed and hesitant to speak when he was in the room???]

Si Linglong said:

I'm so curious, what should I do?!