C10 I Heard That Someone Was Trying to Kill Me

The night was as dark as water.

How could this be? Everyone thought that after entering the imperial palace, one would be able to fly up the branches to become a phoenix, but she didn't expect that in the imperial palace, one wouldn't even be able to eat enough.

It's so hard to live, and I'll never be happy again.

Seeing that Venerable Xie was eating some herbs, Jiu Ming could only comfort her, "Venerable, we'll only be eating for one night. Tomorrow, I'll go out and see if I can get some silver coins to find someone to prepare some ingredients for us. This way, we can eat whatever you want to eat tomorrow."

Hearing her words, Su Sou's eyes lit up. She felt that there was still hope in her life, "Very good, very good."

He immediately felt that the boiled vegetables in front of him were extremely tasty.

The next morning, Jiu Ming took a small package to the imperial kitchens. Originally, he wanted to ask a few familiar people for some silver taels to send over daily ingredients, but when he arrived at the imperial kitchens, he found a eunuch he was familiar with, so before he could ask for his help, he had already declined.

It was a simple task to begin with, not to mention the generous remuneration. He didn't expect to be rejected so easily. Even Jiu Ming couldn't figure out what was going on.

When she went back to the Teng Pavilion to tell Xie Zhi about this, Xie Zhi was also baffled. However, she immediately understood that someone was definitely making things difficult for her behind the scenes.

In the past, it was a piece of cake for him to spend some money. But now, there was actually someone who was going against the money. It must be someone secretly doing something.

"My lord, we should be more careful after our life in the palace is difficult. We should avoid being targeted by others and live a difficult life." An Jian took advantage of this opportunity to persuade her to restrain her temper. She didn't want Lawless to cause such a ruckus in the palace.

Hearing this, Sou Sou disagreed, "If someone wants to make things difficult for you, they won't let you go just because of this, so this idea is wrong."

"More importantly, others will think that you're a good bully. Moreover, if you constantly swallow your anger, it will only increase the arrogance of others!" Su Rou said sincerely and earnestly.

Being obedient was never her personality, nor was she someone who would endure humiliation. If someone bullied her, she would return it a hundredfold.

"My lord, what An Jian said isn't unreasonable. It's an eventful day, and our situation is very delicate. We'd better be careful. If we cause unnecessary trouble, we'll be in a difficult situation." Jiu Ming also tried to persuade him.

"Alright, alright. Don't worry, do you think I'm the kind of person who likes to cause trouble?"

Jiu Ming was in a difficult situation. She was a person who didn't like to talk, but looking at her benefactor's flickering eyes with an innocent expression, she was unable to speak the truth. She could only remain silent.

"About... Probably not. "

"I've always seen things done by a person like him to be very open. I'm extremely calculative when it comes to eating. No matter what, I'm still a noble person. I don't believe that those people in the royal kitchen won't give me some face." She thought back carefully. In the past, she had seen many unfavoured concubines in palace dramas. It was all because of their ruthlessness and their skill that others would not look down on them.

She decided that she could tolerate anything. However, she had to fight against reason to teach those blind servants a lesson.

Jiu Ming couldn't stop her. After all, the royal kitchen was a place where dogs looked down on people, so it was naturally the bamboo that was favored. They respected it a lot and had always been commanding the people of the Tantai Hall.

Even though Venerable Xie was usually carefree and unreliable, his mind was still meticulous. He knew that due to his unfavorable circumstances, most of the palace servants did not have much respect for him, so even if it was a lot of trivial matters, as long as they troubled others, they would still be able to shirk it.

It was precisely because of this that she had set up a small kitchen in the Tantai Hall. This way, she would be able to live a self-sufficient life without having to trouble others, and would then be able to enjoy herself.

But they never thought that it would be so short. It had only been a short time, and they had already lost their food ingredients!

The more she thought about it, the angrier she got. She angrily took Jiu Ming and An Jian to the royal kitchen.

Jiu Ming was afraid that she would cause trouble, so he wanted to stop her. Seeing the noble Xie kick open the imperial kitchens, he asked in a loud voice, "Who's in charge of this place?"

On the other side, a person who looked like a eunuch slowly walked out. "I don't know what orders your esteemed self has, but you actually came personally …" His tone was not the slightest bit sloppy, but anyone with a discerning eye could tell that he did not take this noble Xie seriously.

"Ah, thank you, noble? Isn't that Sister Xie? "

A beautiful woman walked out from the side. However, she was dressed in a pretty and flirtatious manner. She was so focused on finding trouble with the imperial kitchens that she didn't notice the beautiful woman next to her.

If she hadn't met this beauty in the palace, she would have thought that she was just some common woman. She looked at the oily smile on her face and could only nod and pay her respects. She didn't know most of the concubines in the palace.

"Honored guest, this is Honorable Li. He entered the palace half a year earlier than you." Jiuming whispered into her ear.

Even now, Su Sou was still looking at Ming Dong with a face full of gratification. This little girl was really clever. Back then, she had chosen him to accompany her into the palace, and it really was the right person.

Naturally, she didn't even have the chance to walk around the palace after entering. She actually remembered every single consort within the palace so clearly. If she hadn't reminded her, she wouldn't have known much about the empress dowager.

"So it's Sister Li. I just wonder why Sister Li is here?" Su Sou asked her with a smile on her face.

"In the past few days, the emperor has been living in his sister's palace. I noticed that the emperor's appetite hasn't been very good recently, so I specially came to the imperial kitchens to personally cook a bowl of hawthorn lily soup for the emperor so he could have an appetizer."

Noble Li pretended to have a helpless tone, but from her ordinary tone, one could hear the feeling of being extremely rich.

Wasn't it simply saying that he was deeply indebted to the Emperor, that he spent his days and nights in your palace? No wonder when the servants in the royal kitchen saw that even the smile on Noble Li's face was different, the treatment was indeed different!

"Elder sister, you've worked hard." She still wanted to find trouble with the head steward of the imperial kitchens. Why would she so casually cut off the ingredients for her kitchen? Was there still any justice in the world?!

However, this person didn't have any intention of letting her off. He kept talking to her non-stop, his tone always containing hints of sand.

Sou Sou was the big and small girl. He finally understood why such an unfavoured concubine would be placed in such a difficult situation.