"How come I heard that even your three meals a day are cooked by the princess yourself?"
"A delicate maid like you can't cook rice and burn the stove!"
"You are so shameless after eating the food cooked by the princess! You still have the shame to make irresponsible remarks here. Your conscience is eaten by a dog?!"
Originally, dusk was the most relaxing time of the day for the servants in the palace.
After a busy day, the servants can take a breath and relax at dusk.
There are also those who are not on duty and drop by for a casual chat.
When Su Su found someone to complain to, she already found a place with many people.
Mrs. Chang started shouting with such a loud voice that she immediately attracted many people to watch.
Even the two maids sweeping the floor in front of the Wutong Courtyard were attracted by the movement.
Mrs. Chang has such a temper that she has never been afraid to quarrel with others.
Susu is still a thin-skinned girl, so she is no match for Mrs. Chang.
"No, that's not what I meant! I...I have never done such rough work before, and I didn't expect...that the lady would ask me to do this."
"This is ridiculous! Who doesn't know what's going on in Wutong Courtyard? If you don't want to work, why are you going to Wutong Courtyard?"
Mrs. Chang pinched her waist and said, "Hey, this is strange. Why do you have to go to Wutong Courtyard? How can you feel at ease?"
"I...I don't have any peace of mind..." Su Su was anxious and seemed to have a guilty conscience.
"You have no good intentions!" Mrs. Chang said, "If you regret it, just ask the prince to let you go! Why bother speaking ill of the princess outside? Whether the princess is favored or not, they are all your masters. How can there be any servants here? Isn’t it right to talk about the master outside? Have you learned the rules from a dog?"
"Where's the maid? Are you so embarrassed or panicked?"
After some dispute.
The servants around were all pointing fingers at Su Su.
Su Su was completely panicked, "I, I'm not, I didn't..."
No one would listen to her excuses anymore.
Su Su had nothing to say, so she turned around and ran away in a hurry.
Seeing that there were too many people around, Mrs. Chang got scared and left quickly.
The two maids sweeping the floor looked at each other, nodded slightly, and one of them quietly followed Su Su.
Susu didn't go back to Wutong Courtyard. She took a long detour and went to Tinglan Courtyard.
"Concubine Song, Concubine Song, please save this maid!"
Susu covered her mouth and stood in the corridor crying.
Song Shiyu was sulking in the room.
It has been a month since the wedding, and the rash on her body has already healed!
But so far, the prince has not come to spend the night in her room!
She took the initiative to go to the study several times, but she couldn't even get in through the courtyard door!
In the past, she thought, don't rush, just take your time.
But ever since she saw Wen Jin, she had nightmares all night long, dreaming that the prince drove her out of Tinglan Courtyard and lived here with Wen Jin in his arms.
This made it difficult for her to sleep or eat well.
"Who is crying outside? It's so annoying! Palm!" Song Shiyu said angrily.
"It's the princess's dowry, maid Susu." Tao'er said.
Song Shiyu raised her eyebrows and said, "Tell her to come in."
As soon as Su Su entered the door, she knelt at Song Shiyu's feet and begged, "Concubine, please save me and let me leave Wutong Courtyard! I can't stay here any longer! I have to work hard every day. I have never done so much work in my life!" "
"I asked you to inquire about the matter. How is the inquiry going?" Song Shiyu lowered his eyes and looked at her.
"She is my young lady, there is no mistake about it. The slave asked me many questions about the past in a calm manner, and the young lady remembers them all."
"Some are very small things, such as why Mrs. Liu beat the lady. What delicious food did she give to the lady after the beating... It is impossible for outsiders to know such things." Su Su said seriously.
Song Shiyu frowned, "How can a person change so much? Do you think she is still the same Wen Jin as before?"
"She is! She has lost weight and become more beautiful... Actually, Miss, she wasn't ugly before. Mrs. Liu fed her..."
As Su Su was speaking, her words suddenly stopped.
She was so scared that she shut her mouth tightly and her face turned slightly pale.
"What did Mr. Liu give her?" Song Shiyu asked.
"It's all the servants' guesses..." Su Suji said in a low voice, "It turns out that the young lady is very beautiful, not fat, and not stupid. She can read and learn calligraphy faster than the young master. Mammy said that the young lady was born when she was three years old. I can recite a thousand-character essay."
"When the young lady was five years old, the step-wife came to visit. The step-wife always gave the young lady candy, a lot of candy. I have never seen that kind of candy anywhere else..."
"Later on, the young lady began to become fatter and uglier, with boils growing on her face...and her personality became more and more eccentric."
Song Shiyu was very interested, "Can you still find those candies?"
Su Su quickly shook her head, "Only Madam has that candy..."
Song Shiyu nodded slightly disappointedly.
"Concubine...you asked your slave to inquire about it, and I have already inquired about it."
"You don't know how tiring the work in Wutong Courtyard is! My lady has opened two large vegetable gardens and planted many fruits, vegetables, flowers and plants..."
"If there hadn't been a well in the yard, and the slave in the backyard would bring firewood... I'd be afraid that the slave would still have to fetch water and chop firewood!"
Susu couldn't help but shudder when she thought of this.
"For this kind of work, not to mention one fat lady, even ten fat girls will lose weight!" Su Su said while crying.
Song Shiyu looked at her thoughtfully, smiled and asked, "Do you want to leave there? You want to marry Li Cheng, the boy in the front yard..."
Su Su was shocked when she heard this.
"I can make it happen for you. Your marriage to Li Cheng is just a matter of a word from the prince. Do you understand?" Song Shiyu said.
Susu nodded repeatedly.
"Take this," Song Shiyu said, "I heard that the prince often goes to Wutong Courtyard for meals recently. Is it true?"
Susu wanted to cry again.
It's okay if the prince doesn't go. If he does, she will have to do more work, so she doesn't dare to be lazy.
"Yes... but it's just a meal. I don't say anything after eating. I sit in the yard for a while and then leave." Su Su said.
"Your Majesty, don't you want to chat with the princess?" Song Shiyu asked.
Su Su shook her head repeatedly.
It’s not that the prince doesn’t talk to the princess.
The princess loved to sleep, so she fell asleep after eating, leaving the prince alone in the yard.
"Then you put this package in the prince's bowl. It can be in tea or soup. Remember, it can only be placed in the prince's bowl. Do you understand?" Song Shiyu said.
Su Su left Tinglan Courtyard in a daze.
When she returned to Wutong Courtyard, Xiao Yuchen was in the upper room, talking to Wen Jin.
Susu quickly ran into the kitchen.
She closed the kitchen door and shakily took out the small paper bag Song Shiyu gave her.
She made a cup of tea and poured the powder in the small paper bag into it.
She filled the paper deep into the hearth and looked out again. There was no one in the yard.
Susu breathed a sigh of relief.
She silently recited the words Song Concubine taught her three times in her mind, then took the tea cup and walked out of the kitchen door.
"What did you get?" Wen Yu suddenly jumped down from the tree.
"Ah..." Su Su was startled, "Young master, if you are scary, you will scare them to death!"
Su Su rolled her eyes and suddenly said to Wen Yu with a smile, "Young master, this is the tea that the princess ordered to brew for the prince. You can send it to the prince. He will definitely like it."
