The little lady in the dining room

Chapter 28 Reminder
The next morning, the decree was handed down, and the Yi family granted a Fengyi, and the Chu family, who was given to the daughter of an official of the Seven Kings together, had a higher lintel, and directly granted a Liangyuan.

As for whether or not the high palace maids selected by the Shangbei Bureau have status or what status, no one cares.

That day, Sydney was not on duty, and fell asleep in the house in the dark - since she heard that the Queen Mother was coming back for the New Year, she hadn't rested for more than ten days in a row, and she collapsed as soon as she rested.

It was evening when she woke up, and she saw that the time was not too late. Thinking that today is the fifth day, she felt that she should go to the commander to ask about the note-otherwise it would be New Year's Eve when "every tenth" was on that day. It is a luxury to be able to sit for a while, how can I have time to find the commander?
Probably because her heartstrings were too tense a while ago, now that she stepped out of the gate of the Shangshi Bureau, she felt suddenly relaxed all over her body. If it wasn't for the palace rules, she really wanted to run and dance!
Walking on the palace path became much lighter, and when he reached the gate of the courtyard, it seemed that even the sound of knocking on the door was relaxed.

Yan Chenghuai opened the door and was slightly startled when he saw her.

It's already the 25th of the twelfth lunar month. In fact, at this time, the imperial guards have already gone home to rest, and they will start to wait for duty after the seventh day of the lunar new year.He waited here because he thought it was every Friday, and he was afraid that she would come here to waste time—while waiting, he felt faintly that he might be thinking too much.

"My lord." Xue Li bowed her knees, stepped into the courtyard gate, took out the paper with a lot of writing in her sleeve, and handed it to him expectantly.

She really dared not come to ask him the idea!Although I'm curious about this matter, it's not that serious, and I'm still a little bit upset...

But after thinking of two or three things that she hadn't thought about before, Xueli realized that she was too far behind them, and this part of the difference was precisely the reason why she was confused about many things in the palace.

——As a seemingly inconspicuous little thing like a note, she would really ignore it as a matter of course, and would not even think about what was behind it.After being mentioned by the commander, she herself felt...

She is really stupid!

If you are ignorant, it may be fatal.The little maids of her age are starting to think about how to figure out these things as soon as possible, so that they can become more transparent and smart. The conductor can be seen as a capable person, so she will not let this opportunity pass.

After handing over the piece of paper she wrote on, she looked up.Seeing that the commander did not respond after reading for a long time, he raised his head in a little anxiety; after a while, he tiptoed again.

So after the commander finished reading and put down the paper, he suddenly saw her look serious and expectant, looking at him with watery eyes without blinking... a bit like running to the lake to beg for food in winter little swan.

"...Pfft." As soon as the image of the little swan overlapped with her, the conductor couldn't help bursting out laughing, and after being deliberately cold, he went back, raised his hand and patted her on the shoulder, motioning her to sit down.

The two sat down by the stone table together, Yan Chenghuai couldn't help scanning the page again, feeling that...

This little girl is seriously cute.

He thought it was all she had to think about when she went back, anyway, even if she couldn't figure it out, he would tell her.But she was so serious that she wrote down her thoughts one by one? !

The things I wrote are very verbal, and it’s okay to ask each sentence. The little emotions of uncertainty and embarrassment are also very obvious between the lines, and almost every sentence ends with "Isn't it?" "Yes or no?"

Yan Chenghuai, who is used to reading formal articles and letters, felt that this childlike piece of paper was worth reading!
Xue Li waited for him with her chin on her side, staring at him with bright eyes, wondering what was going on with that intriguing look on his face.

"Cough..." Yan Chenghuai cleared his throat, nodded emotionally and said, "Well, I can see that we checked Jiang's secretly, not bad."

"Because that note must have been taken away by Yuyao and returned to the adults, you must have checked her!" Xue Li explained her "reasoning" steps word by word, Yan Chenghuai nodded again, full of tears approval.

Then his eyes moved to the next section, and he admitted: "Guess that Mrs. Jiang didn't leave Shangshi Bureau due to illness, that's good."

"Because if you think about it...it shouldn't be such a coincidence, and when she went out that day, she looked very good." Xue Li said, with mixed feelings in her heart.On the one hand, he felt that it was so obviously abnormal that he only thought about it after he reminded him, and he believed what the female officers said before, and on the other hand, he was afraid of that part of the unknown.

Biting her lips, she hesitated and asked him: "My lord, then... where did Yu Yao go?"

Yan Chenghuai gave a short sigh and thought for a while: "Why are you asking so clearly? Anyway, you won't see her in your life."

"Ah?!" Sydney stiffened, "She died?!"

Yan Chenghuai also froze, and quickly denied: "That's not true."

Not wanting her to ask this again, he changed the topic reasonably: "Do you know why we don't keep any sympathy and don't want her to be in Shangshi Bureau anymore?"

"Because she wanted to harm people!" Xue Li blinked, and the commander raised her eyebrows and smiled slightly: "But you are fine, so you can be regarded as harmless?"

Sydney was so surrounded by him that he didn't understand.

Flat mouth, no words.

"It doesn't matter how much you want to hurt someone. If you just want to stand up for you, your heart is not kind but it's understandable." Yan Chenghuai's smile faded, he stared at her and asked seriously, "Are you I don't know until now, she wants your life?"

Xue Li shivered suddenly, her water eyes widened: "Ah...?"

"If she's just trying to fight for the position, since she's found out that you won't mention me, just take the note away and say you stole something. It's not a small crime. You can't escape the heavy punishment. Handyman." Yan Chenghuai's face was stern, and he said after a slight pause, "But she said you're 'privately giving and receiving', and took the note away, so that Gong Zhengsi could not find out who was on the other side, and forced Gong Zhengsi I would rather kill by mistake—if you are suspected of having an affair with someone in the palace and the rift cannot be cleared up, you know better than me what will happen."

Sydney felt as if ice was slowly forming around her, bit by bit, freezing her whole body, making her unable to breathe.

She always took it for granted that Jiang Yuyao just wanted to squeeze her away.

But as the commander said, she is clear about what will happen if the suspicion of adultery cannot be cleared up--Jiang Yuyao is also clear.

Yan Chenghuai also saw that she was frightened, so he stopped talking about this, and sighed faintly with a smile: "Just change someone, if you know this, you won't just want to hide."

She looked at him in shock, still dazed.

He said: "What's the use of hiding? Are you hiding the things we brought you from the imperial dining room, hiding...Your Majesty, did you get to the point?"

Obviously not.

He thought that if she had figured this out, he could tell her that it was right to take the initiative to fight back - but her next sentence almost made him bite his tongue.

She said: "I feel that I should avoid His Majesty."

His face darkened for a moment, and Yan Chenghuai realized that she seemed to want to clarify this matter?Then he asked her, "How do you say?"

"Imperial Dining Room is going to pick people from Shangshi Bureau..." Xueli murmured, "I don't want to go at all, but the longer the days, the more people are eager to try. I don't know if I am wrong or they are wrong."

Not only many older court ladies wanted to go, but also Yue Tingxian who was her age.The more Sydney thought about it, the more troubled she became, and she suspected that she was too unmotivated!
Yan Chenghuai pondered for a while, but did not answer, and asked instead: "Why are you so afraid of His Majesty? You don't even know what he looks like."

Xueli raised her head: "Because he's just scary! He's moody, and he'll lose his temper at any time!"

Yan Chenghuai thought about it seriously, and frowned: "Where are you moody..."

"There are often people in the Liushang Bureau who are punished by the people in front of the imperial court!" Xue Li said seriously, "And I heard His Highness the Seventh Prince say that he has a bad temper, and the Seventh Prince is his younger brother! Oh, and, he punished him. My younger brother knelt outside the Zichen Hall for more than half an hour! It was already autumn at that time, and it was quite cold at night, and then His Highness the Seventh Prince fell ill!"

Yan Chenghuai: "..."

Sydney chatterbox opened, and seeing that he didn't seem to believe it, she got off the stone bench, stood in front of him and continued: "The last time His Majesty had a rash, the maidservant told the lord—but do you know? In the end, the doctors didn't say that Shangshi Bureau had done something wrong, they only said that it was a diet disorder, but the female officials were beaten so much that they couldn't get out of bed!"

While speaking, the commander frowned slightly, and his expression became more and more complicated.

When Sydney suddenly woke up, the voice stopped suddenly.

"..." She looked at him, "My lord?"

He restrained himself for a long time before he swallowed the words he was about to say, and looked at her calmly, "Stop talking about it."

Why are you unhappy?Sydney was full of doubts, he took the initiative to ask the reason!She didn't talk nonsense, everything she said was the truth!

Yan Chenghuai breathed a sigh of relief, glanced at the bodyguard, and raised his eyes: "It's not his intention to punish the Shangshi Bureau, it was done by the subordinates; there are other reasons for punishing the Seven Kings."

"The people below are also trying to figure out what he means..." Xueli mumbled, glanced at his expression, and swallowed the rest of the words.

But my heart is not happy.At that time, she took the initiative to show him the wound, because she saw that he was depressed and wanted to comfort him, but he even explained for the emperor.

She pouted.

Yan Chenghuai's face was dark: "You're afraid of the wrong person, it's unreasonable to be afraid."

Why doesn't it make sense...

Sydney was dissatisfied and dared not say anything.

He said again: "It's true that others want to go to the imperial dining room, but you should not go."

"Why?" she asked.

Yan Chenghuai stood up and walked towards the courtyard door, with his back to her, gritted his teeth secretly, and refused to let her hear more emotions from the voice: "So as not to frighten you."

He seemed really upset.

Xue Li touched her index fingers with each other, hesitated for a while, and stepped forward to interrupt with a smile: "I don't know if this servant thought of something right—Master Qian Wei went to Gong Zhengsi to rescue him, is that what he meant?"

……what?

(End of this chapter)