When Xiao Mi heard Chu Nianhe say this, her expression became panicked again. She knelt down and said, “I don’t know what I am guilty of. Please tell me.”
Chu Nianhe lowered her head and looked at her carefully for a while, without saying a word. This short silence made Xiao Mi more and more panic, and her hands were trembling a little, and she looked extremely scared.
“The princess’ dressing table is made of high-quality sandalwood,” Chu Nianhe looked at Xiaomi and said, “It was also given by Your Majesty. The princess is very precious to this item. If the princess knows that you took her dressing table while she went out, she might have been stamped with dozens of boards.”
Xiaomi’s expression changed again and again. When she heard Chu Nianhe say this, she seemed to be relieved. Then she cried again and begged Chu Nianhe, “Chu Huishi, I am sent by the palace. I have not learned many rules for serving such a noble master for the first time. Please do well, don’t tell the princess about this. I thank Chu Huishi here!”
After that, she kowtowed to Chu Nianhe, looking very proud. Seeing her like this, Chu Nianhe deliberately pretended to be unable to bear to help her and said, “Don’t kowtow, I feel so uncomfortable when I see it. I won’t say it.”
Xiaomi didn’t expect that Chu Nianhe was so easy to talk to, and her heart was even more relaxed. Although her forehead was a little red and swollen, her white and tender face looked very charming. She walked a few steps towards Chu Nianhe’s knees, her eyes still filled with bright tears, and she said in a trembling voice: “Thank you, Chu Huishi… If there is something Chu Huishi needs to do, I will definitely be trampled on my heart to repay Chu Huishi’s kindness today!”
If there is something you need to do in the future, you will find out the person behind the scenes who want to assassinate the princess! Chu Nianhe looked at her coldly, but her voice was very gentle: “You don’t have to be polite. Although I am a female official, I know that it is very hard to serve your master. Today I will just pretend that nothing has happened. You should do it yourself.”
After that, she patted Xiao Mi on the shoulder and walked out of the princess’s bedroom.
As he headed towards the Qinfang, Chu Nianhe was thinking about who the person behind Xiao Mi was. Although the only queen in this palace is extremely disgusted with the princess, this move is too dangerous. If it is found out, it may not be a trivial matter. The queen must not dare to do this. But if it is said that it is other concubines, it seems that it is of no direct use to them, and there is no need to take this risk. Then who is so bold that he wants to assassinate the emperor’s only daughter?
When Yan Lichen arrived at the Queen’s Fengxiang Hall, the Queen had already had breakfast and was sitting at the table drinking the new Gonglongjing that the Emperor had just received. When he saw Yan Lichen intending to kneel down and salute, the queen hurriedly asked Madam Zheng to come forward to help him up, and said to him with a smile: “Chen’er, come here to have tea for my mother.”
Yan Lichen knew that the queen must have something to do when she asked him to come, so he walked to her side and sat down, and said with a smile: “The mother sent someone to tell her son to the palace last night. I wonder if there is any important matter for her to do?”
The queen was not polite to her son. Seeing that Yan Lichen was so straightforward again, she gave a wink at Madam Zheng and asked her to send a group of maids out of the main hall. Then she stared at Yan Lichen again, looking at her with a look of wanting to speak but stopping.
“Mother,” Yan Lichen looked at the queen with some confusion and said, “If there is anything difficult for the mother, let’s talk to her son.”
Before the queen could think about how to speak to Yan Lichen, Madam Zheng, who was standing aside, took the initiative to stand up and said everything for the queen.
“Your Highness, since you left the palace to open a government office at the age of sixteen, you have no idea what kind of life the Empress lived in this palace. On weekdays, the Empress had to take care of the complicated affairs of the six palaces and balance the thoughts of the Empress. I felt distressed when I saw the Empress was so tired.”
Speaking of this, Madam Zheng looked up at Yan Lichen, and said with a little careful look on her face: “Your Highness, you know that the Empress has always been unwilling to bother you. If the Empress hadn’t been able to stand it this time, she wouldn’t have let the Palace Deposit do this for the Empress.”