Chapter 38: Extremely Talented
"Ruan Yiyu is also useless!" Rong Ruxiang said angrily.
"You too, why didn't you stop them? Just let them make a fuss at the gate of Ling Mansion? If the common people saw these things, who knows how they would be spread."
Nanny Qu lowered her head. She didn't stop Ling Chan at the time because she was afraid that Ling Chan would drive her away.
"Forget it." Rong Ruxiang also thought of this, "You should stay with her first and talk about it later."
Aunt Qu: "Yes."
"This Ling Mansion..." Rong Ruxiang sighed, "Without Gong Lele, it's really getting worse and worse."
If Gong Lele were still alive, the Ling Mansion... I don't know how glorious it would be. At least it wouldn't be as passive as it is now in the battle with Da He.
It's just a pity that Gong Lele had such an agreement with the late emperor...so she was destined not to be kept.
"Let the children come to my palace for lunch at noon." Rong Ruxiang leaned on the couch, "Prepare more dishes that Yongning likes. And Anping and Anhe, they love the cherry meat from the imperial kitchen the most."
"As for Princess Wanyue..."
Rong Ruxiang glanced at Nanny Xian and said, "She really liked the Nine-Bend Red Plum drink I prepared for her last time. Let's prepare some more for her."
Nine-bend Red Plum is the tea that Ling Chan drank when she came to the Empress Dowager's Palace last time. It is a treasure among black teas, with a sweet taste and can warm the stomach.
"Yes, I will prepare it for Princess Wanyue right away."
Madam Qu hesitated to speak, and Rong Ruxiang looked at her and said lightly, "What else is there? Anything related to Ling Chan, no matter how trivial, must be reported to me."
"Empress Dowager, yesterday I saw..." Madam Qu was talking about Ling Chan entering the fire to retrieve sweet potatoes, "Princess Wanyue's clothes and hands... were not hurt at all."
“Not even a speck of dust…”
Rong Ruxiang slammed the table beside her when she heard this, "Such a big thing, and you're still hesitant."
"It seems that Gong Lele's female soldiers taught her kung fu!"
Rong Ruxiang's eyes revealed danger. "I've heard that there's a kind of martial arts in the martial arts world that can not only withstand punches and kicks without any damage, but also be invulnerable to swords and knives. It can even withstand drowning, fire, and breath holding without suffocation, and even avoid hunger without eating..."
Nanny Qu looked at Rong Ruxiang in panic, "Empress Dowager, even if those female soldiers taught Princess Wanyue kung fu, how could she possibly learn it in such a short time?"
"Kung Fu like the one the Queen Mother mentioned must require decades of internal strength to support..."
Rong Ruxiang was silent for a moment, then murmured, "Having said that, don't forget that Gong Lele is a person of the martial arts world, and she is extremely talented."
"Ling Chan is her daughter. If she inherits her talent, it's not impossible for her to develop powerful internal skills in a very short period of time."
Rong Ruxiang raised her eyes and sternly looked at Aunt Qu, "From now on, everything you see around Ling Chan must be reported to me. Don't leave anything out."
"In addition to what I gave you before, please pay close attention to her skills."
Aunt Qu nodded, "Yes, I understand."
"Queen Dowager, Princess Wanyue is very concerned about her maid named Hongdou. Perhaps..."
Rong Ruxiang waved her hand, "I understand, you can go down."
In the Chongwen Hall, Hongdou arranged a series of things such as pens, ink, paper and inkstone, took out the enlightenment books, and stuffed the leftover breakfast cakes to Ling Chan before leaving.
The maids of Princess Yongning, Princess Anping and Princess Anhe were all arranged in a side hall of Chongwen Hall.
After Hongdou entered, she sat obediently in a corner and didn't dare to take off her cloak.
She looked around with her eyes rolling around, but didn't dare look at the other maids.
Nanny Qu is not here, which means she went to see the Queen Mother.
Hongdou was a little worried, wondering how Nanny Qu would tell the Empress Dowager about her young lady.
Lost in thought...
"Are you Princess Wanyue's personal maid?" one of the maids asked her.
Hongdou looked at the maid who asked the question and nodded, "Yes, my name is Hongdou."
"What a coincidence! My name is Yundou, and I'm Princess Yongning's maid." Yundou introduced herself and the other two maids, "Yanyun, the maid of Princess Anping, and Xiangling, the maid of Princess Anhe."
Hongdou timidly nodded and greeted the other two maids of similar age, "Hello, I'm Hongdou."
Yanyun and Xiangling laughed happily. Yundou rolled his eyes at them and continued to say to Hongdou, "Hongdou, don't be nervous."
"Our masters will be studying together in the future, and we maids will often have to wait here. We will gradually become familiar with each other."
Anko nodded, "Yeah."
Yan Yun took out a handful of melon seeds from her pouch and gave them to Hongdou. "Hongdou, are those rumors out there true? Did your princess suffer a lot in the Ling Mansion?"
Hongdou took the melon seeds in both hands, thanked Yanyun first, and then answered her.
"My princess... did suffer a lot, but that's all in the past."
"Now that the Emperor and the Queen Mother value my princess, she will no longer suffer in the future."
"Of course." Yanyun smiled. She glanced at Hongdou's hand and said, "The melon seeds are very fragrant. Come and try them."
"Hmm." Hongdou stuffed a melon seed into his mouth and tapped it gently. The melon seeds inside the melon seed came out. It was very fragrant and sticky, and the more he looked at it, the more addictive it became...
The maids were all around thirteen or fourteen years old, and they became familiar with each other in no time.
Madam Qu came over and said, "The Queen Mother has ordered that the Princess and the three princesses be invited to have lunch."
"Thank you for your hard work, Madam Qu. We will pass on the message when the princess is done." After all, Yundou is the maidservant beside the princess. Although she is not very old, her etiquette is very strict.
Looking at Hongdou again, her posture of saluting was shaky.
Nanny Qu glanced at Hongdou. After comparison, she really looked down on Ling Chan and Hongdou, the master and servant.
The naked disgust and disdain made Hongdou's heart tremble.
She seems to have embarrassed the lady...
After Aunt Qu left, Hongdou looked at Yundou several times but could not speak.
Yundou noticed that she was always looking at herself, so she asked, "Hongdou, what do you want to say?"
Hongdou grabbed the hem of her clothes with both hands. "I, Yundou, can you teach me how to salute? I've never learned it before..."
Yundou agreed without a second thought, "No problem, what's the big deal? Is it worth your hesitation?"
"We'll teach you here from now on."
At this moment, Ling Chan... was supporting her head with her eyes blank, not knowing what she was thinking.
It’s not that she doesn’t understand, but...she understands everything, so she thinks about other things.
Chongwen Hall is a place for princesses and princesses to study...there is nothing to monitor, but next to Chongwen Hall is Zhaoyang Hall where the emperor holds his morning court.
After court, the emperor would deal with the memorials that were not dealt with at the morning court in a side hall of Zhaoyang Palace.
She hasn't had the chance to install surveillance equipment in Zhaoyang Hall yet, but she can install one in Chongwen Hall first.
The best option is still... the little beast on the roof.
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