Chapter 56【VIP】
Since that banquet, Jian Yue never saw Sinderel again.
Sinderel is the regent and will not stay overnight in the palace. Even if she wants to create an opportunity, she cannot create one to go outside the palace.
Amra summoned her with the intention of saving the world, but in her current condition, she is unable to confront Kidd head-on.
Unless, she can find the source of Kidd's energy.
Kidd is the Angel of Pain, drawing upon humanity's suffering to strengthen himself. But the suffering of this world alone is not enough to create a god; he seeks pure despair and agony.
There was no way she could go back into the slave farm alone.
However, there is still a way out.
So she shifted her target to the royal family.
Henry had appeared in the slave farm, and judging by his last words, he must have known about the existence of the Angel of Pain.
Then conversely, he must also know how Kidd absorbs his abilities.
The disappearance of the girls during the last hunting trip was definitely not a coincidence. Kidd must have performed some kind of inhuman "sacrifice" on those girls.
But Henry was a prince, and the consul's old maid would naturally not place a newcomer like her by the prince's side.
Jian Yue could only start from the grassroots level and climb up step by step.
The news that she had survived the Regent's last attack spread among the maids. Everyone was shocked at her luck. She was dragged away by the furious Regent in public, but she was able to come back unharmed. This was unprecedented.
No one had ever seen the Regent so angry, nor had anyone who offended him survived.
Jian Yue instantly became a legend, but also a thorn in the eyes of some people - especially Li Xu, who was assigned to the old maid.
I don’t know what Li Xu said to the old maid, but the work she assigned to Jian Yue was always dirty and tiring.
The work in the palace was not something that an ordinary person could do - the outer hall was always bustling with people, and it would take her a long time to mop the floor once. But when she looked up, oh wow, there were only footprints of visitors and servants, so she had no choice but to bury her head and mop the floor over and over again.
"Yue!"
Jian Yue held her waist, sighed, and looked up in response: "Hey!"
A girl ran up to her. She was a friend she had become familiar with in the palace during this period, and she was also the girl hugging her knees in that room. Her name was Mary.
Mary came running over with a tray, jumping up and down excitedly: "Come and try my freshly made lemon tart!"
Mary was assigned to the kitchen as a cook, but her only responsibility was to prepare meals for all the maids. There were many maids in the palace, but their jobs were easier than hers.
Jian Yue patted her sore waist and said coquettishly, "Good Mary, feed me one, please? I'm really tired and my hands are dirty."
Mary raised an eyebrow. "How could the legendary Yue collapse from exhaustion? You promised the old maid that you would be more capable than Lish."
In order to get in touch with the prince, Jian Yue promised the old maid that she would be more capable than Li Xu.
But she really didn't have any special skills, so she could only prove herself through hard labor.
"Who would have thought that this job would be so tiring. I can't even straighten my back for a whole day." Jian Yue complained.
Mary picked up a lemon tart and placed it next to Jian Yue's mouth: "Eat."
Jian Yue smiled and said, "Mary is so nice! If I were a man, it would be so great. I would be so happy to marry you."
Mary blushed and said coquettishly, "Shameless."
The reason why Mary entered the palace was simple. Her family was poor, and her father believed the lies of the Pace Trading Company, failed in his business, and was in debt. In order not to become a slave or a prostitute in a brothel, she came to apply for the selection with a try-it attitude.
The main reason she was able to pass was her long brown-red hair and relatively rare face.
Jian Yue looked at her long, shiny and smooth brown hair that had been carefully cared for, her eyes full of envy.
It would be nice if she had it too, the reddish brown color would make the skin look brighter.
Even modern technology may not be able to produce such a color.
"Hey? Isn't this the 'Legend' with that arrogant tone?"
Suddenly, a shrill voice interrupted.
Lish walked by with her arms folded. She glanced disdainfully at Mary and the lemon tart in her hand and said sarcastically, "It's shocking that the two of them are slacking off together."
"What about you? Aren't you following the consul's maid to take care of the nobles in the front hall? What are you doing here? I guess you're just here to slack off?" Mary doesn't like Lish, and they become hostile whenever they meet.
"Who stays surrounded by cooking fumes like you all day long?" Li Xu waved away the non-existent odor and frowned in disgust.
"You!" Mary was furious and immediately wanted to throw the whole plate of lemon tarts at her head.
"Mary, don't bother with such a petty person like her." But don't throw it away, otherwise she will have to clean it again. If some noble sees it, she will be punished by the old maid.
Last time, I was punished because of a noble's unreasonable behavior.
The nobleman said that there was a large pile of hair on the ground that disturbed his mood, so the old maid was punished by not being allowed to use cleaning tools and had to kneel on the ground to pick up the garbage with her hands.
After crawling around, there was not a single clump of hair left, but several of them were broken. It hurt for a week before the pain healed.
"Hmph." He turned his attention to Jian Yue, "Soon the prince will decide on the maids to sleep with him, especially you.
After that,
Ma is a nuisance, and God must be disgusted with her."
Then, she turned around and took Jian Yue's hand, her dark eyes filled with sincerity: "Don't worry, I think you will definitely be selected."
Jian Yue nodded silently.
Now the only shortcut to get close to the prince is to become his maid of honor.
It is said that to become the prince's maid, one only needs to stay in the palace for three years, and will receive 500 gold coins when being selected and when leaving the palace, which is enough for an ordinary person to live a life of ease and comfort.
The women who came to the palace were unwilling to obey their families. They hoped to earn more money in the palace to subsidize their families or prepare for their future.
Except Jian Yue.
So she was looking for a suitable way, trying her best to take on more work, thinking of becoming a maid beside the prince, even if it was not a personal one.
So having a maid as a bedchamber maid became the best choice.
Although the title has the ambiguous words "serving the master in bed", it actually does not require any special service to the master. One only needs to stand guard outside the door and respond to the master's needs.
Because Anastasia had said before that she was very familiar with her, she believed that the memory had not been completely tampered with, but rather forgotten artificially.
As long as there is stimulation, you will definitely remember something.
Henry liked her.
She knew this, so she wanted to use Henry's love and the memories between them to break the situation.
Thinking of this, she felt that she was really too selfish.
From the first day she came into this world, she began to scheme, scheming against everyone around her.
Now I come back to make amends, but I still have to go back to the old ways.
But—Jian Yue clenched the mop handle tightly.
She won't let Kidd go.
Lucifer said he could help her, but in exchange for Kidd's divine power.
I don't know how much power Kidd has left, but I just need to tie him up and go find Lucifer. Sinderel's temperament has changed drastically now, so some "seal" must have been broken.
There are too many things that have not been solved. Sometimes, when I am thinking about them, it is time to take a break.
In order to prove her ability, Jian Yue did everything she could, and the old maid's eyes finally changed from contempt to recognition when she looked at her.
The old maid was an absolute presence, and she could arrange the maids' work areas and tasks at will. Jian Yue had to please her.
In order to please the old maid, Jian Yue deliberately made friends with Mary in order to find out the old maid's food preferences.
The old maid especially loved hot cocoa and would drink a cup every morning and evening. Knowing what she liked to drink, Jian Yue would get up early every day to make hot cocoa and then bring it to the old maid's door. Even at night, no matter how tired she was, she would still bring a cup.
She couldn't sleep in the big bunk bed to begin with, and now she had something to do after getting up early, which was a way to find joy in the midst of hardship.
The old maid was also suspicious, but Jian Yue fooled her by saying, "I've seen you passing by with hot cocoa in the morning and evening."
After a long time, the old maid got used to Jian Yue's morning and evening dispatches. She spoke to Jian Yue in a much gentler tone and no longer assigned her any very hard work.
Mary was naturally very happy to know this, but Lish was very angry and even questioned the old maid. The old maid was very angry at her unreasonableness and assigned her to work in the front hall where Jian Yue used to mop and sweep, while Jian Yue was assigned to the inner hall to serve tea and water to the nobles.
Seeing Li Xu dragging and scolding, Jian Yue's mouth was about to break from laughing.
However, even in the inner hall, there was a division between inside and outside. She was still at the outermost edge and could not directly contact Henry. She saw him a few times by chance, but they were all hurried past, and she had no chance to talk to him at all.
Besides, she was just a servant, so how could she call the prince without permission?
The day soon arrived when the prince would select his bedchamber maids. During the day, all the maids were nervous.
The maidservants were also recommended by the old maids and sent to the prince after approval by the officials above.
According to the nature of modern Qing palace dramas, the prince usually doesn't read that stuff. It is reviewed by his close confidants. After all, there are too many people who want to put people in his bed every day, and his eyes will be hurt if he reads them all.
Jian Yue got up early, made hot chocolate and then went to the old maid's room.
At this time, the old maid was writing a letter of recommendation - there were few women who could read in this era. It was said that the old maid was the daughter of a wealthy businessman and the king's maid.
She once thought of using this identity to gain a noble status for her family, but she failed and was kept in the palace forever as a slave.
So she often warned the maids not to try to fall in love with people from the royal family, and not to expect that they could give you anything.
Fortunately, Jian Yue had no such thoughts at all.
After finishing the letter of recommendation, the old maid wrapped it in two layers of newspaper, put it in an envelope, sealed it with wax, and handed it to Jian Yue: "Take it and give it to the housekeeper."
Jian Yue nodded and left with the letter.
She honestly handed the letter to the housekeeper, who opened it in front of her. After repeatedly confirming that there were no materials or items that could harm the royal family, he put the letter in his pocket and said, "Okay, please go back."
Jian Yue nodded, turned and left.
Well, now we just have to wait for news in the evening.
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