8. Be careful
The lush peach branches hide most of Qiao Yu's appearance. He eavesdropped on others' words. Although he was unintentionally, he still shook his legs timidly and crawled out from the back of the peach tree.
The two eunuchs immediately put away the dustpan and looked at Qiao Yu. Although they were so strict that they did not say the secret things in the palace, if the last few words were spread and those who were interested would inevitably be harmful in the future.
The one among them walked forward tall and thin. His eyebrows were ordinary, but he was quite kind and calm. His face was slightly smiling. He gave Qiao Yu a blessing from his generation, "Where did this young man come from? What's the important thing to do when he arrived at our imperial kitchen? I am Changle, the apprentice of the imperial kitchen chief, and I am surrounded by my junior brother Anping. I am young and spoiled by my master. I am ignorant. I don't know if I have bumped into my young man just now. I'll accompany him first."
Qiao Yu thought that he had done something bad and was caught on the spot. He felt guilty. He looked up at Changle and stuttered: "No, no, it doesn't matter, it's me, I'm here to find something. Now, it's the imperial kitchen? My name is Liangyu, I came from Taiqing Palace, and I want to get today's food."
Everyone knows that in the palace, there is only the deposed prince Jingyan who lived in a few days ago in Taiqing Palace.
Changle let go of his eyebrows slightly and touched Anping's back with comfort, "Eunuch Liangyu seems to be the first time he comes to our imperial kitchen. I will lead you in and take today's example."
Qiao Yu thought Changle was such a good person. He wandered around here for half a quarter of an hour, but didn't see the sign of the imperial kitchen. He became even more embarrassed. "I was so embarrassed just now. I accidentally heard what you said. I didn't mean it, and I wouldn't tell anyone. By the way,"
He added awkwardly, "Don't call me Liangyu, just call me Liangyu."
He, he is not a real father-in-law. He always feels chill when he is called like this.
An Ping, who was standing aside, burst out laughing. He grabbed Qiao Yu's sleeve and asked carelessly: "Hey, you learned the rules under the eunuchs office before, why are you so stupid?" When you encounter such a thing, who doesn't give up on your face and will not expose it, and you will not tell me how much you care about it in your heart.
Anping is not tall, he is a little fat man, and his small round face is cute. He is protected by Changle and can also please compliment him. If there are any leftovers, the eunuch in the imperial kitchen is willing to ask him to choose some good ones first to look so round.
When Qiao Yu heard about the eunuch's office, she felt even more guilty. Her forehead was covered with sweat and she bit her lip, "I can't remember it."
Changle smiled and stopped asking questions. He led Qiao Yu, who was almost buried in the soil, and walked around for a few times before entering the imperial kitchen.
Now it was the time when the imperial kitchen was busy. Changle picked up a clear space outside the yard with sharp eyes, which could see most of the imperial kitchen. He whispered Qiao Yu at the several eunuchs in charge, among which the two brothers were responsible for the cold cuts, Liu Youcai, the master of the two brothers. Another thing to remember is Bai Xusan, who is responsible for the daily routines of each palace.
Qiao Yu vaguely remembered a large number of names, nodded half-understanding, still a little timid, and asked Changle beside her politely, "Thank you. Then can you accompany me?"
Changle shook his head and refused, "Eunuch Bai is not in dealing with my master. I am afraid that I will implicate you when I go. Why don't you go by yourself, right in front of you."
Qiao Yu was very spoiled at home and the East Palace, and no one could not satisfy him. If others were to refuse at all, he would immediately look at his grandmother or the prince with tears in his eyes, and no one could do anything to him. But he also understood that now he had no home and was no longer in the East Palace, and there was no need for people outside to spoil him. So he thanked Changle politely, clenched his fists, encouraged himself in his heart, and walked through the crowd with his short legs, heading towards Bai Xusan.
As soon as he left, Anping, who had just left peacefully, immediately whispered to Changle, and he whispered: "Brother, our master has no grudges with Eunuch Bai. Why are you lying to that little fool?"
Changle was still staring at the other side and knocked Anping's forehead a few times, "Why don't you go? You're so stupid that you won't even move your brain?"
After all, Anping was not Qiao Yu. After all, he realized what was going on. Qiao Yu came from the Taiqing Palace and had no money or power. Bai Xusan was a powerful snobbish person in the imperial kitchen, and he was afraid that he would make Qiao Yu embarrassed. What's more, the deposed prince is still the heart of Concubine Feng. If they go, it will not only be useless, but they will not even be able to escape the harm.
As expected, when Bai Xusan heard this, he ignored Liang Yu, the little eunuch who came out of Taiqing Palace. Qiao Yu was so anxious that he had a certain amount of time to come out. If the time limit exceeded, he would be beaten to the board, so he started to pull Bai Xusan's clothes. As a result, he was small and light. With a wave of his sleeve, he was thrown to the ground and didn't get up for a long time.
Qiao Yu supported himself on the ground with one hand, half lying on his body, something fell out of his cuffs. It was the map hand-painted by the prince, with light-colored flower juice on it. It was made by Qiao Yu picking it from the branches yesterday. The prince said that he was afraid that his little jade would be lost, and he was the only one left in Taiqing Palace.
The map was stained with dust, and Qiao Yu's tears were also circling in his eyes. He finally stopped falling and quickly dusted it, put it in his arms, and then stood up with his legs on his feet. He thought that he would be brave and protect the prince, hadn't he agreed with him long ago? Then he had double the courage and restraint, and he begged Bai Xusan in a soft voice, and was very unskilled to speak the good things he had heard in the eunuch.
Qiao Yu grew up so old, and never begged others like this. But there is no way to do it. Taiqing Palace has no dry food anymore, so he has to bring food back, otherwise what should the prince do? I still remember that when I left, the prince sent him to the small door and could not step out even if he could not step out half a step. He touched his head and asked himself to come back soon. However, he is a petty person and cannot learn to repay grievances with kindness. While holding back tears, he thought that he must remember the appearance and name of this person in his heart, and then tell the prince when he goes back, so that His Highness can teach him a lesson in the future.
Anping could see clearly not far away. He pursed his lips, and his fat little face felt a little sad, but there was no way. Suddenly, he caught a glimpse of his master Liu Youcai, and slipped out of Changle's hand like a fish caught by a candid, running towards the stove, unable to shout.
Just when Qiao Yu was still asking for food, several people came in outside the door. The head was a palace maid in purple clothes, followed by a few little eunuchs. Qiao Yu looked a little familiar, immediately lowered her head, stared at her toes, and remembered the past.
That was his aunt, the great palace maid in Concubine Feng's palace, and she had wiped tears for him.
He didn't dare to look up, and his chest was "bang" sounded loudly.
Chapter completed!