The Ministry of Internal Affairs has been rectified in the past two years and is indeed much cleaner, but my beloved still can't come back.
That's how it was; after the death of Youqing, Emperor Kangxi never summoned any woman from the harem to his bedchamber.
Inside Yongshou Palace, Chengying, Sangzhu, Zhu Qiaozheng, and the others did not leave. Yongshou Palace used to be inhabited by only one mistress, Youqing. After she left, Kangxi did not dismiss the servants inside, and they were treated according to the standards of those who served in Qianqing Palace.
But no one in Yongshou Palace was happy. Youqing was a rare master who was easy to get along with, and they had grown fond of her after spending so much time together.
Chengying and Sangzhu were sorting through Youqing's belongings. Some items had been buried with her, while others were sealed away. While tidying up, Sangzhu noticed something amiss: the silver that Youqing usually kept was gone.
Only Youqing and Sangzhu knew where the silver was kept, but the silver was gone. In such a hidden place, no one else could have found it, so it could only have been taken by the master himself.
However, the master in the palace rarely went out, and when money was needed for business, it was either her or Chengying who ran the errands.
At that moment, an unbelievable idea suddenly popped into Sangzhu's mind. Because it was so absurd, she couldn't help but cover her mouth, afraid that she would make a sound.
Cheng Ying noticed Sang Zhu's unusual behavior and asked, "What's wrong with you?"
Sangzhu quickly shook her head: "It's nothing, I just couldn't help feeling sad when I thought of my master."
Cheng Ying could understand her. Not to mention Sang Zhu, even she was in pain and still couldn't believe that You Qing was dead.
She hadn't spent a particularly long time with Youqing, not as long as Sangzhu, who had shared joys and sorrows with Youqing. She was saddened by this, let alone Sangzhu.
He sighed, "My master is a good person, but his fate is just unfortunate."
Sangzhu, reflecting on her conjecture, said nothing more. She hoped her suspicions were true. This might be impossible for others, but for Youqing, Sangzhu felt it was not impossible—those things that appeared out of nowhere, that magical solar furnace…
Oh, fairy! How could she be poisoned to death so easily, without any warning?
The more I think about it, the more likely it seems.
Youqing was unaware that Sangzhu suspected her because she had taken the money; she was busy preparing to move into her new house.
After purchasing the items, they moved into the house, which was considered unclean, the next day.
While it's called purchasing, it's really just a cover. With the farm there, Youqing can not only solve her food problem, but also get clothes, bedding, and other items directly from the farm.
It took almost a whole day to get everything settled. The level of refinement is naturally not as high as Yongshou Palace, but living alone ensures a great deal of privacy.
She also bought an automated toilet from the system. It flushes automatically and doesn't require draining through pipes; the excrement appears directly in the form of "bricks."
These "brick" farms are recyclable and can even be sold for gold coins. If you don't want to sell them to farms, you can use them as fertilizer to speed up crop growth.
Youqing then experienced firsthand the science the system had described.
Besides the toilet, there are a series of high-tech kitchen appliances such as solar cookers, dishwashers, and even fully automatic cooking machines. Although she can cook, she still bought them so that she can have a meal whenever she doesn't feel like cooking, which is quite nice.
In the past few years, she has been running the farm on and off in the palace. Now the farm has more than 50 acres of land, as well as a 20-acre pasture for raising poultry. In addition, she has dug four fish ponds and raised a lot of fish in them.
In addition, her expenses in the palace were not very high, and she had saved about 50,000 gold coins. With gold coins in hand, she had more freedom to buy things.
She had almost finished getting everything ready, and it was already quite late. She cooked some noodles and then decided to go to sleep.
Before going to sleep, Youqing said to the system, "Do you think we might really encounter something unclean tonight?"
System: "Host, please remember science, science!!"
Youqing was finally relieved.
What the system didn't say was that, according to her understanding, there were actually many "ghosts" around, but they were invisible to the naked eye, so naturally, the sounds made by the "ghosts" couldn't be heard either. Therefore, Youqing couldn't see the "ghosts" or hear the noises they made.
The system didn't even know that Kangxi could see ghosts, mainly because he was incomplete and, being a first-time worker, lacked experience.
Because it was afraid of scaring Youqing, the system chose to conceal these things, since those "ghosts" were indeed hideous and really scary.
That night, not long after falling asleep, Youqing heard a sound in her ear. The sound was somewhat like a woman sobbing, very pitiful. Youqing was startled awake and quickly said, "System, did you hear anything?"
"I heard you." The system remained calm.
Youqing: "Didn't you say you believed in science? But is this really science?"
The system remained calm: "Science! This phenomenon can be explained scientifically..."
The system rattled off a whole bunch of scientific explanations, which Youqing didn't understand, but the general idea was that this was a normal scientific phenomenon.
"Alright, stop talking now. Since you say it's a scientific phenomenon, how can this sound disappear? I can't fall asleep every day listening to other people crying!"
She won't be able to sleep if that's the case.
The system said, "According to my calculations, there should be a hidden room under this house. You can look for it."
Youqing got up, turned on the solar light she had bought during the day, and began searching for the dark room the system had mentioned. After searching for a while, she couldn't find it.
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