Time reveals people's hearts, and Chongsheng has never been one to challenge the authority of Chunmo. She never vies for the top spot or tries to be the first to do something. On the contrary, she gets along well with Qiushan, who often praises her for being efficient at work and having a good temperament. However, sometimes she is too honest and doesn't know how to adapt.

  She was born with a tail and became human, never showing off her embroidery skills to others or telling them she could read. Anyway, she could recognize the characters but might not be able to write them, nor did she know what they meant when put together, so it didn't count as true literacy.

  The fourth prince didn't call her again to "tell stories", Han Xun was relieved that she had escaped, while working hard at the same time.

  To be honest, no one has it easy. The four princes are busy with their duties all day, the emperor has to attend court...

  After working hard with his head down for a long time, he got up and stretched to relax, exercised his neck and wrists, pushed open the window and looked outside.

  She had a trellis set up behind her window, with grapevines planted on it. In the palace, pear trees and grapevines were not grown for their fruit, but rather for their blossoms in spring and the shade they provided in summer, where one could sit under them to enjoy the moonlight and compose poetry - all for the sake of aesthetic pleasure. Although it was still too early to enjoy the cool breeze, the grape leaves had already grown quite large, almost as big as a palm, and when the wind blew, the rustling sound of the leaves on the trellis was very satisfying, filled with lush greenery.

  Facing such a beautiful scene, Chao Sheng suddenly thought: I wonder if the grapes are ripe? Are they sweet when they're ripe?

  The second thought is: someone was beaten by his wife and said that the grape rack in the backyard fell...

  She was leaning on the windowsill eating and laughing when suddenly a voice nearby asked: "What's so funny?"

  Chao Sheng was startled and looked out of his head.

  Behind a clump of chrysanthemums, a corner of brocade appeared.

  That person was sitting upright with a lazy expression, and it wasn't until then that Chao Sheng realized the person was actually the Second Prince!

  What is this person doing in the backyard of Huaye Residence?

  Tidal Birth hastily knelt down and saluted: "Greetings to Your Highness."

  Mistakes were made in the hustle and bustle.

  Her courtesy was not wrong, but she was standing in front of the window, with the window half open, and without saying that she was making a bow to the people outside from inside the house through the window, the people outside couldn't see it. Just like this, one knee bent and one head lowered, her forehead hit the window frame with a thud.

  The second prince outside was taken aback, and then burst out laughing: "You're really interesting. Alright, alright, don't be nervous, I won't blame you. What were you thinking when you laughed so happily in front of the grape trellis just now?"

  Chao Sheng naturally couldn't say that she was thinking about someone else's grape arbor falling down, so she said: "I'm thinking, when will these grapes be ripe, and how sweet they'll be..."

  That's not a lie either, she was indeed thinking of this just now.

  "Hey," said the second prince, "so you're craving something. This grapevine bore fruit last year too, but I don't know if it's sweet or not. Wait till this year's fruit ripens, and then try some and tell me if it's sweet or not."

  Chao Sheng responded with a "yes..."

  It's settled then, this gluttonous reputation is well-deserved.

  "Are you the new one from that day?"

  "Reporting back to Your Highness, it is indeed so."

  "You're quite interesting. I should have chosen you that day." The Second Prince patted the armrest of his chair, and two eunuchs suddenly appeared out of nowhere, lifted the chair and left.

  He's really unpredictable.

  However, Chao Sheng noticed that they didn't go from the front, but instead disappeared after turning around the wall at the back.

  It seems there is another way out in the back.

  This really makes people feel insecure.

  But - there's nothing here except a grape arbor; did the Second Prince come all this way just to see a grape arbor?

  Was he also thinking about whose backyard had knocked over a grape rack?

  Chao Sheng closed the window, calmed down, and came back to continue working on his task.

  Although I was surprised to see the second prince just now, Cao Sheng's mentality is still very good.

  The emperor and his son are also human beings, with two eyes and one mouth, and they are not gods in heaven.

  Of course, respect is necessary, but there's no need to be overly nervous.

  These days, I've been eating well and not working as hard as I did in the laundry alley. When I wash my face, I look at my reflection in the water basin and feel that my complexion has improved a lot. Back in the laundry alley, I was pale and thin, and couldn't care about dressing up. Everyone had messy hair and a dirty face, so who would laugh at whom? Only after leaving did I realize how out of place I looked. Now, every day, I have to comb my hair neatly and change my clothes frequently, or else the master will smell the stench on me... Cough... This is not as wonderful as it seems.

  Although there are many chores, the days in the East Palace are much more leisurely and secure, with better welfare benefits.

  Food, clothing, shelter, and utensils.

  But Chao Sheng still had a huge hidden worry in his heart.

  It's fine for now, but what about in the future? If she gets sick, old, or encounters other irresistible factors that prevent her from working normally, what will she do?

  She was half asleep when she heard Qiū Yàn coming over to find Chūn Mò to get something, and the two of them sat there chatting for a while.

  The tide immediately reacted and continued to maintain its breathing frequency and posture unchanged.

  Qiu Yan said: "This is fine... I don't pretend to be anything big anyway. By the way, next month's sixteenth will be Your Highness' fifteenth birthday. I remember you made a set of clothes last year, are you making clothes again this year?"

  Chunmo said: "Last year was just right, there were suitable materials on hand. This year, a few miscellaneous materials were obtained in total. How can that be used?"

  "What do you think?"

  "What about you?" Chun Mo asked back.

  Qiu Shan laughed: "I'm simple, I'll just cooperate with Li Auntie, steam some longevity peaches and noodles, that's all."

  Chun Mo hummed and said: "Let me think again."

  "Actually, Your Highness doesn't mind these things, you can embroider a handkerchief or make a sachet, it's all fine."

  "These ordinary things, how can they be brought out?"

  "You're just thinking too much." Qiu Yan said softly, "How were you sick last year? It's because your mind is too heavy. What kind of person the master is, others may not know, but we do. He's so sentimental, he can't even bear to part with a handkerchief, and after serving him for so many years, even if we have no merit, we have worked hard, the master will definitely give us an outcome."

  "Hmm... I know." The words were clearly perfunctory to everyone who heard them.

  Qiu Yan fell silent for a moment, his voice even lower than before. Chao Sheng only caught half of the sentence: "Some things are not what we can think... You're a smart person, why bother looking for trouble? People... have to accept their fate."

  "I don't know. What happened to me? The birth mother of Your Highness, wasn't she just a..."

  "Shut up quickly, how can you talk nonsense like this."

  What kind of person is the fourth prince's mother?

  According to Chun Yu's words, Spring Ink has some thoughts about the Fourth Prince.

  What identity is the mother of the fourth prince?

  But these words of theirs brought great benefits to Chao Sheng, who was pretending to be asleep.

  She also remembered what Hu Xiang had said to her before!

  The tide was born, and suddenly his heart lit up!

  That's right!

  This is a way out.

  Work hard and serve well, when the prince gets married and leaves the palace, most of these servants will have to follow him out!

  Even if I leave the palace and become a slave, it's still freer than this big prison of an imperial palace!

  The water in the palace is too deep, no matter how honest and obedient you are, it's useless. Trouble falls from the sky like bird droppings, covering your head before you even understand what happened.

  Going out... has gone out Of course there are troubles going out, but it won't be more troublesome than this, will it?

  In the past at the Yunxia Palace, Huan Xiang had also said that she wanted to serve Chen Fei's little prince. Who would have thought that now they really are serving the Crown Prince?

  Having a direction for hard work has greatly boosted morale!

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  Big orange took a brush and "BIU" poked my ear with it, I went to wash my ears, but ended up getting water in them.