Chapter Fourteen: I'm Really Going To Be Sent Away

  "Now?" Lan Er was taken aback.

  "Yes." Xue Lengyu said: "Just now, Wang Ye told me a sentence, I didn't quite understand it, and I wanted to ask the empress for guidance."

  Lan'er had not spoken again, and Ju'e said with difficulty: "At this time, the princess has already gone to sleep, and it's probably not good to disturb her. If there's anything, it doesn't matter if we talk about it tomorrow. I think it shouldn't be something urgent."

  If it were an urgent matter, then naturally they wouldn't have let Xue Lengyu come back to pass on the message. This point was clear in Ju'er's heart. It was just that they wanted Xue Lengyu to go and serve for now. But since Xue Lengyu had returned, it proved that the prince would not be keeping her overnight, so she might as well wait until tomorrow when the princess could explain the pros and cons to her again.

  A newly arrived maid in the mansion was immediately favored by the prince. What an honor it is. Who knows what kind of person she is?

  Xue Lengyu didn't say anything, and Ju'er said that, which was naturally to vent her anger at the princess. This is the princess's courtyard, where there are rules and no rules, and it's not up to oneself to take charge.

  Knowing they couldn't make decisions, Xue Lengyu didn't bring it up again and casually found something to chat about for a few sentences before sleeping under their arrangements. Alas, people are the cutting board, I'm the fish meat, can only take one step at a time. Fortunately, I wasn't sold into the Wang household; if things really don't work out, I'll just quit.

  Xue Lengyu slept quite well that night, only thinking for a moment at the beginning about how to decline the queen's kindness, but later found that this matter was not something he could decide on his own, and the hearts of the people in the palace were not something he could guess, so he simply stopped thinking about it, soaking in the hot spring until his whole body felt lazy, and soon fell asleep.

  After Xue Lengyu fell asleep, Lan'er whispered cautiously: "Jiuer, do you think the king will like Lengyu?"

  Chrysanthemum youth sighed: "No matter whether the king likes it or not, I still think that the queen's move is not good. This woman has several jealous ones, if this Xue Liangyu is once favored, how can she be loyal to the queen?"

  "But... " Lan'er hesitated for a moment: "Isn't the princess planning..."

  Lan'er hadn't finished speaking when Xue Lengyu turned over, and Ju'er made a silencing gesture towards Lan'er, saying softly: "Go to sleep, don't say any more. Our master's affairs are not something we can manage much of. Just do your own part well."

  Lan'er listened and just nodded, saying nothing more.

  That night, Xue Lengyu slept quite well. However, as soon as the sky brightened in the morning when Lan'er and Ju'er got up, she also woke up. Of course, she couldn't stay in bed, so she hurriedly got up with them.

  "Ling Yu, are you up?" Lan Er still greeted Xue Leng Yu politely.

  Xue Lengyu tidied up his sleeping quarters and asked, "Is there anything that needs me to take care of?"

  "There's nothing going on." Lan said: "Didn't you want to see the princess last night? The princess should be up by now, and Mei and Zhu are serving her while she washes up, it's a good opportunity to talk.

  "En." Xue Lengyu said: "Then please inform Lan'er about it."

  Lan'er smiled and said, "Nonsense, you're also from this courtyard, a personal maid of the princess. Why bother others to announce your presence? Can't you just go in and pay your respects yourself?"

  "Is this okay?"

  "Of course." Chrysanthemum said: "Go quickly, we still have to prepare breakfast for the mistress, and it will take some time to get there."

  Xue Lengyu could only agree: "Then I'll go first."

  It's not that she wanted to go find the princess, but rather she knew that the princess would come looking for her no matter what. Rather than waiting for the princess to arrive and pretending to be foolish, it's better to just pretend to be foolish and make the princess think she's truly innocent.

  The princess knew that Xue Lengyu would come to find her, and yesterday she had arranged everything with great care, just so that the king could see this maid in her courtyard without leaving any traces. She even deliberately let the person holding the sign wait on the road that the king must pass through, so that the king would have a different impression of Xue Lengyu from the start.

  However, the princess originally thought that the prince would directly ask Xue Lengyu to serve him in his chambers that night. Later, when she heard that he had gone out of the mansion on business, she knew that she still had a chance to instruct her this morning, so that she could let her know who was the one who gave her such great kindness.

  Xue Lengyu walked up to the outside of Wang Fei's house and stood still, respectfully saying: "Your Highness, I am Lengyu, paying my respects to you."

  After a moment, a languid voice came from inside the house: "Come in."

  Xue Lengyu entered the room, and Wang Fei was sitting in front of the dressing table, with Mei'er and Zhu'er on either side helping her get dressed.

  Xue Lengyu stood aside with his hands hanging down, waiting for Wang Fei to speak first.

  After a moment of silence, the queen raised her eyes and looked at Xue Lengyu, saying: "You came to find me so early, what's the matter?"

  Still pretending! Xue Lengyu was disdainful in her heart, but her face was warm and gentle: "Your Majesty, I met the King yesterday at the hot spring, and he asked me to bring a message to you."

  "Is it?" The princess said: "What did the king say?"

  Xue Lengyu was honest and said, "The king told me to tell the queen that he is busy today, let's do it tomorrow."

  The princess was taken aback: "These are his exact words."

  "Yes." Xue Lengyu said: "I don't dare deceive the princess in the slightest."

  The princess thought to herself for a moment, this Xue Lengyu is already such a big girl, looking still so clever, how could she have understood the message so clearly, could it be that the king's words meant her own thoughts, and she wouldn't understand?

  After some thought, the princess decided not to play riddles with Xue Lengyu anymore. Originally, she had hoped that after Xue Lengyu was moved to tears, he would naturally become a good person again, but unexpectedly, Xue Lengyu seemed to have no reaction at all, and it was unclear whether he was afraid of her getting angry and didn't dare show his emotions.

  The princess said, "Lingyu, I appreciate that you're a clever maid. There's no need for me to beat around the bush with you. If the prince really said that, then it means he has taken a liking to you. That's why he had you come to his chambers today to attend to him."

  Xue Lengyu was immediately frightened, gritted her teeth and knelt down. This was an inevitable thing in this era, so she endured: "I entered the manor to serve you, Your Ladyship. Is there something wrong with me that you want to drive me out?"

  The princess smiled: "Don't be nervous, I'm very satisfied with you, why would I want to drive you out? It's just that our prince particularly likes women with knowledge, it seems he has taken a liking to you and wants to take you away from me."

  Xue Lengyu knelt down and didn't bother to get up quickly: "I only want to serve the princess well, I absolutely don't have any improper thoughts."

  She didn't want to achieve her goals by selling her charm.

  Xue Lengyu was truly sincere in her refusal, and the queen's heart had a hint of amusement, so she personally helped her up: "What nonsense are you talking about? The people in the palace are naturally all the king's. Now that the king has taken a liking to you, he wants to take you in, this is your good fortune. From now on, you will no longer be a maid, and if you can give birth to a son or daughter for the king, you will become half a mistress. At that time, not only will you be wealthy and glorious, but even your parents will also benefit from it, and they won't have to work so hard anymore."

  This was exactly what a wealthy family would say to deceive good people into prostitution. Xue Lengyu frowned in her heart, but didn't know how to break through the queen's wishful thinking.