Chapter 45: Come to me
Chen Qing saw that Qiu Lu was now dressed like someone from the laundry department, and thought to himself that this person had ended up in the laundry department, which was really not good.
Just as she was thinking, Qiu Lu knelt down in front of Shen Qing and said, "Please, my dear, save this slave."
Chunhua frowned and subconsciously stopped Shen Qing.
Shen Qing waved his hand, signaling Chunhua not to stop him.
"You served in the palace, and you asked to leave at the beginning. Now you are not my slave, so I cannot be your master."
Qiu Lu kowtowed to Chen Qing: "It was Nanny Li who came to visit me. I thought that if I offended Nanny Li, it would be difficult to keep me in the palace, so I had to leave you. Although I have only served you for a few days, I know that you are the kindest. Now I am busy from morning till night in the laundry department, and they also bully me. Look at my hands."
Qiulu stretched out her hands. Due to being soaked in water for a long time while washing clothes, her hands were now red and peeling. For a good girl, it was really horrible to see her hands.
Shen Qing took a look and thought this was just a show of pity.
Will I feel soft-hearted when I look at her?
She had little sympathy.
People get to choose their own path. Qiulu looked down on her for being in a hurry to leave, but now she is begging to come back.
Can Shen Qing want her?
Qiu Lu was also nervous as she waited for Shen Qing to express his opinion.
After she left, Nanny Li actually arranged for her to work in the laundry department. She was already feeling bad, and after wasting several months like this, she was not well-informed about the news in the harem. When she was finally promoted from the lowest-ranking laundry maid to the one who delivered clothes to various palaces, she heard that Shen Qing was favored.
And she became favored very early, not long after she left.
I really regret it so much.
Now think about it, there are only two servants in such a huge Zhaohua Palace. Now that Shen Qing is favored, she will be the chief maid in front of Shen Qing when her position is promoted in the future. If nothing else, at least the maids and eunuchs who come after her will not dare to look at her coldly.
Therefore, today, while others were not paying attention, she specifically found out that Shen Qing had come to the Imperial Garden, and then she rushed over.
After hearing this, Shen Qing did not bring up the past but said slowly: "But now I already have Chunhua and Fangyun by my side. You also know that as a beloved, I can only have two palace maids to serve me. It is against the rules to have one more."
Qiulu said hurriedly, "My dear, I know that you value rules, but now that you are favored, if I tell Madam Li about it, my life will be much better. I am grateful for your help today, and I will remember your kindness and pray every day for you to be favored and give birth to a prince soon."
In fact, it is just a big deal, using Chen Qing to reach higher places.
Chunhua wanted to say something but stopped herself, looking at Shen Qing's expression and finally said nothing.
Shen Qing smiled: "I know."
Qiu Lu was overjoyed: "Thank you, my dear."
Then he said goodbye.
After Qiulu left, Chunhua hesitated and said, "My dear, do you really want to help her?"
"Since she asked openly, I just agreed. After all, it's not a big deal to pass on a message."
It's really not a big deal. They will go wherever the wind blows in the harem. Now Shen Qing is indeed favored. But let me mention it, it's just the transfer of a palace maid, how can it be a big deal.
Chunhua was a little worried. She hesitated and said, "I know you are kind-hearted, but this matter is really of no benefit to you. Instead, it will make others think you are soft-hearted. After all, you are still me now."
She is favored now, but her position is still there after all. Now, for the sake of a servant who asked to leave in the past, she uses her own face to ask Li Ma to find a better place for him. Li Ma will naturally agree, but she can't help but feel that Shen Qing is too easy to bully.
Now that I have this kind of image, people will inevitably look down on me in the future.
Shen Qing chuckled: "My dear Chunhua, why are you so anxious? She just wants to move to another place, just ask her to move to another place."
Chunhua was not stupid after all, and she reacted: "My dear, you are smart, and I am the one who worried too much."
Chen Qing smiled and said, "It's good that you thought of it. You can ask Fang Yun to do it."
Chunhua pursed her lips and felt a little touched.
This is because her husband remembers that she had worked with Qiulu before. Although not for long, they were acquainted after all. If he had asked Fangyun to do it without telling her, that would have meant something else, which was distrust. Now that he has explained everything clearly to her and asked Fangyun to do it, that means he is thinking of her.
People should understand the distance between close and distant. Qiulu was not a good person. She was neither loyal nor honest. Now she came back shamelessly. Chunhua remembered that she had instigated her when she left. She said nice things but actually she was just trying to drag her down with her. She knew it in her heart but she did not say it out loud at that time.
But not expressing it doesn't mean she isn't really angry.
Chunhua told Fangyun about this when she returned. This was the first job Fangyun had ever taken over from Chen Qing. Fangyun was very serious and after confirming Chen Qing's intention, she went to see Nanny Li.
Nanny Li was a little surprised to learn that Fang Yun had come: "Why? What does Mr. Shen want to tell you?"
Fang Yun immediately stuffed a purse into Li Ma'am's pocket and said, "Qiu Lu suddenly came to our master yesterday and begged him to move her to a better place because she had served him in the past."
Nanny Li was surprised: "My dear, what you mean is..."
"My dear, what you mean is that Qiulu is a thoughtful person. Since she feels that staying in the laundry department is not good and she misses serving the master, please trouble Madam Li to find a better place for her."
How could Nanny Li not understand this? She immediately took the purse with a smile, and after Fang Yun left, she looked at the purse again and finally understood.
It is said that Mr. Shen has a good temper. The two palace maids around him are well-mannered and have no respect for age. In the past, they seemed to have no respect for superiors and subordinates. It was all because the emperor still doted on them that the imperial kitchen was careful about them.
Well, only someone like Qiulu is ignorant enough to go back and look for his old master.
Originally, when she was down and out, you left without hesitation. Now that she is in favor, it's good enough that she didn't try to trip you up, but you still went along with her. Now you feel good, don't you?
"Come on, since you clearly said you want to move to a better place, I can't slack off."
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