My Lady is well

Chapter 138 Listening

Shen Yueyao was copying the calligraphy carefully. Before she knew it, the whole hall had become dark. She stopped writing and slowly put it down.

I just felt my wrist a little sore, so I rubbed it and gently turned it a few times.

Just as he stood up, several palace servants slowly came in from outside to change their shifts. They turned on the lights and the whole hall was brightly lit.

Shen Yueyao didn't see Jin'er for a long time, so she stood up and walked out of the hall and went to the back hall.

The front hall was solemn and the back hall was orderly. Several maids were standing at the door of the small kitchen with their heads down, picking up fresh vegetables.

The mandarin fish in the bucket was restless in this tiny place and jumped out. The experienced nanny took a wooden stick and knocked it unconscious without saying a word. Then, with a contemptuous look on her face, she effortlessly caught it back into the bucket, and the fish did not move at all.

Shen Yueyao stopped and watched this scene, her fingertips gently pinched in front of her slender waist, and her eyebrows flashed lightly a few times.

When the nanny looked up and saw her, she was surprised for a moment. The nobles in the front hall usually would not set foot here, so she quickly lowered her head and leaned forward to speak.

"This servant has met Lady Shen."

Shen Yueyao glanced at the mandarin fish that was about to be slaughtered. Its eyes were wide open and bulging, and its mouth was open. I don’t know whether it is dead or alive?

She even pretended to accidentally kick the barrel as she passed by, but it didn't react.

Well... he must be dead.

It's too naive, you don't even need a knife.

She walked straight forward and stopped at the door of the kitchenette, where she heard Jin'er and Dongxue talking.

Dongxue was sorting the vegetables in her hands, glanced at Jin'er and asked.

"Jin'er, can we leave the palace when we are 25 years old?"

Jin'er looked at her and shook her head.

"I will not leave the palace. Wherever the master is, there I will be."

Dongxue nodded and said, "Master, that's good, but don't you have any family? Don't you miss them?"

Jin'er was also helping out, she thought about it and shook her head.

"No, they sold me to a man. Later, the man sold me to my former adoptive parents, who were small business owners. They treated me well at first, but later their business suffered losses and they owed a lot of debts. They said they could not afford to support me, so they pawned me to the creditor, but they only got ten taels of silver, which was not even as much as the monthly salary my master gave me. The creditor couldn't get the money, so he took it out on me. He liked to beat me up and didn't give me food. His wife was as fat as a pig, and her scolding was very bad, even worse than the shrews on the street. Later, when they saw that the Shen family bought another servant, they sold me to the Shen family as a maid."

"As for my family, I don't even remember what they look like. Thanks to my meeting the master, otherwise I don't know where they are. Maybe... I would be married to some idiot, or maybe... I would have starved to death. Who knows? Anyway, in this life, my life belongs to the master. Wherever the master is, I will be there."

Dongxue's eyes became moist as she listened. She stopped what she was doing, raised her sleeve and pinched the corner of her eye.

Jin Er tilted her head to look at her, frowned and said, "What's wrong with you? Why are you still crying?"

"You...you little bitch are usually very mean, how come your life story is so complicated? It makes people feel sad. I guess you must have learned this meanness from that fat lady, right?"

Jin'er looked heartless, looked up at the beam and thought for a while.

"Well, half of it, and the other half is because I follow the master. You don't know that the master was also very powerful in the past."

Dong Xue obviously didn't believe it: "Nonsense, how could such a gentle person like the master do that? Okay, the red bean cake and lotus seed cake are ready."

Jin'er raised her hand to lift the lid of the pot, and a white mist rose up and spread out. The two raised their hands to drive away the mist. Dongxue took a food box and turned her head to see Shen Yueyao standing at the door, with her eyebrows lowered, as if in a trance.

He quickly put down the food in his hand and asked, "Master, why are you here?"

Hearing the voice, Jin'er turned around, walked forward with Dongxue, bowed, and asked.

"Master, why are you here?"

Shen Yueyao suppressed the emotions in her eyes, looked at them gently, and spoke softly.

"Just walking around, come and see how your pastries are doing."

After she finished speaking, she lifted up her skirt and walked into the room. The palace servants who were busy inside were slightly startled when they saw her. They stopped what they were doing and bowed to her one after another.

Shen Yueyao said calmly: "No need to be polite, just go about your business and ignore me."

Dongxue smiled and said, "Master, you came at the right time. The cake has just been steamed. Would you like to try it? I heard from Jin'er that this cake is for the emperor. The emperor doesn't like sweet food, so I only put a small amount of sugar. Master has been eating light food recently, so it's a good time to try it."

Shen Yueyao looked at the pastries and nodded slightly. She took the chopsticks from Jin'er's hand, picked up a piece, took a small bite, and found it sweet but not greasy, soft, glutinous and tender. She didn't feel uncomfortable, so she ate the whole piece.

With a smile, she praised: "Dongxue's cooking skills are getting better and better. It seems that these days in the imperial kitchen have not been in vain."

Dongxue smiled shyly and lowered her head. Jin'er's eyes curved into crescents. She quickly put the pastries into the food box and said softly.

"Master, let's go."

Shen Yueyao looked at her thoughtfully and nodded slightly.

When she walked outside the imperial study, she saw that Eunuch Luo saw her from afar and that her face looked unwell. Shen Yueyao stopped for a moment, secretly glanced at her own appearance, and felt that there was nothing wrong.

She walked up to him slowly and smiled at him. Mr. Luo also responded with an awkward smile and glanced up at the sky.

"This servant has met Lady Shen."

Shen Yueyao thought his expression was very strange. She looked at him for a few times and smiled when she heard his voice.

"Eunuch Luo, is the emperor free now?"

Luo Zhong looked at her awkwardly and thought to himself, I really don’t have time today.

"Well... Concubine Wen Shu personally prepared a few side dishes today and sent them to the Imperial Study. She is now dining with the Emperor."

If it were in the past, Shen Yueyao would be willing to help, but now that she has something to do, she is naturally willing to be the light bulb.

Guaranteed to blind their eyes!

"Eunuch, I have brought some cakes for the Emperor today. Please go in and tell him about it."

"..."

Luo Zhong's heart skipped a beat. Usually, Lady Shen was not so diligent. What happened today?

The imperial study is really lively today.

He smiled and nodded, "Hey, wait a moment."

Shen Yueyao tilted her head to take a look inside, and her eyes happened to meet someone's gaze. She immediately forced out a sweet smile.

Seeing that his features softened somewhat, I thought there might be hope.

As expected, Mr. Luo came out with a smile.

"Miss Shen has been waiting for a long time. Your Majesty, please come in."