All the palaces and halls were lit with candles, the masters hadn't rested yet, it was supposed to be the busiest time for the servants, but Liu Chunting was quiet, only dim lights were seen, but no human voice was heard.

Lu Zhi sat on the main seat outside, holding a cup of hot tea in his hand, and took a few sips leisurely.

Three steps away from him, there were two rows of court ladies and servants waiting inside.The rest of the eunuchs and maids who were responsible for the rough work of cleaning were kneeling outside the door, stuffed to the brim from the inside to the outside, and Lu Zhi whispered a word, which clearly reached everyone's ears.

"Who will speak first?"

Baozhu, who was kneeling at the front, shivered. Lu Zhi came to ask her how to answer the manuscript she had written.

But now, who says first?say what?Where to start, how much to say... Two drops of cold sweat ooze from the forehead, and the pearl turns the lips white.

The little girl who was sent to the study was just brought here by two eunuchs under Yan Yu'an, and Baozhu was so angry with hatred that she was still so useless after so long.Now that the two of them haven't met each other, they don't know what Lu Zhi knows or doesn't know.

What if the damn girl said everything?Press the big girl to death with one finger, and still show her face in front of the master.

Baozhu was startled for a moment, and quickly denied this conjecture.

Being a slave also has the rules of being a slave.Now Baozhu is the head of the little girl, if she sells Baozhu in front of her master today, she will be able to sell him tomorrow for a bigger temptation.Living deep in the imperial palace, the most taboo of being a seller seeking glory, betraying her, the little girl will not get any good fruit to eat.

In the blink of an eye, Baozhu sorted out these things and gained some confidence in her heart.After Lu's questioning, she took only two breaths, and she bit her lip, ready to take a gamble.

Unexpectedly, the voice of a little eunuch came from outside the house.

"Your Highness, the slave said."

Lu Zhi didn't know what his expression was, and he couldn't tell from his tone, he just said calmly: "What's your name? Come forward and tell me."

The little eunuch hurriedly crawled into the house from the outside with hands and feet, knelt down with Baozhu, kowtowed on the ground and said: "Your Highness, my servant is called Shunyi, and I was transferred to Liuchunting by Eunuch Yan the other day. .”

Lu Zhi glanced at Yan Yu'an, and Yan Yu'an hurriedly said to the little eunuch:

"Don't worry, just talk about it. This morning, from the time your Master Zirong woke up until His Highness came over, what actions did the master and the people in front of the master did, what did they say, what did they eat, what did they drink and what did they drink? Let me make it clear."

The little eunuch looked very nervous, and hurriedly kowtowed his head a few more times, making a loud, thumping sound.

After kowtowing, he knelt down and respectfully said: "Master woke up just after a stick of incense in the middle of the night. At that time, Baozhu went to the study to wait for His Highness to get up early, and it was Yuzhu who waited for Master to get up. After changing clothes and washing, Yuzhu first served Master. Half a bowl of mushroom and ginseng soup, only one piece of sweet-scented osmanthus sugar steamed chestnut flour cake and half a piece of plum blossom cake were used for dim sum, all of which were brought from the dining room by the slaves, without others. Miss Baozhu came back after the meal, The master asked where His Highness is, Bao Zhudao His Highness hasn't gotten up yet, wait for the master to take the medicine before asking someone to go and see."

The teacup in Lu Zhi's hand rang lightly, and he flinched, not knowing what he said wrong.According to him, those who would make His Highness angry are far behind.

Baozhu was already kneeling on the ground at this moment, holding her heart in her hand, and was about to jump out of her chest in an instant.She wanted to ask for mercy, but Yan Yu'an gave her a wink, and two guards went over, one held her down, and the other covered her mouth, so as not to make her lose her manners.

Lu Zhi said: "Continue talking."

"Yes, Your Highness." Shunyi shivered, and said: "Doctor Liu re-prescribed the prescription after the master's fever subsided. Last night, the master fried it after taking the medicine. Xixiang stared at it. After taking the medicine, the master used two candied dates." , and asked Baozhu several times if His Highness woke up."

Shunyi swallowed her saliva: "Baozhu said... that His Highness has a lot to do, no, no time to take care of us slaves."

Asking this, even Yan Yu'an couldn't calm down, silently clenched his calloused hands, and lowered his head.But Lu Zhi didn't ask him to kneel, so he couldn't kneel.

"Is there anything else?" Lu Zhi said, "Finish it all at once."

"Yes, Your Highness. Later, the master became anxious and said he wanted to find His Highness by himself. But Baozhu said that His Highness had ordered him not to leave Chun Ting, and the eunuchs and maids guarding the gate had to stop him." Shunyi pressed her forehead tightly On the cold ground, no matter how I tried to control it, my voice was still trembling: "Baozhu didn't put on the shoes for the master, but only said that His Highness forbids them. The master put them on the wrong way, got out of bed and fell down. When I walked to the door, the servants stopped me, the master... ...The master's eyes were red, and he said, "I beg you, I want to find..." The master said His Highness's name. The eunuchs couldn't bear the master's begging, so they had to kneel down, but they still stopped."

"After making a fuss, and seeing that there was nothing to do, the master suddenly turned around and went back to bed. He didn't come out until His Highness came over." Shunyi said: "The slave didn't hear the master's movement on the bed. After half an hour, Mr. Yuzhu Worried about the master holding his breath, Yang Baozhu sent a message to the doctor, Baozhu might be sure, and brought a cup of tea in. After a while, Yu Pendant hurried out to His Highness's study. In the middle, Baozhu said something to the master, slave... A slave deserves death, and I really dare not learn."

Yan Yu'an took a peek at Xia Lu Zhi's face, immediately turned pale, and shouted in a low voice: "Slave of Tiansha, my master told you to tell me, what else are you afraid to say?"

Shunyi broke out in a cold sweat, completely soaking the coarse bunt he was wearing next to his body, he gritted his teeth, and told Lu Zhi verbatim what Baozhu said to Zirong.

Everything is silent, at this moment in Liuchun Ting, there is a sound of a hair falling out quietly.

After a long time, Lu Zhi suddenly chuckled and said "very good", and then the teacup in his hand shattered in front of Baozhu.

Baozhu struggled crazily, the two guards couldn't hold her back, they threw themselves on the ground desperately, making a gesture to kowtow, whimpering.

Lu Zhi didn't even look at her. After being silent for a while, he told Yan Yu'an, "Zi Rong is still sick, and she hasn't recovered, and it's not easy to see blood. Those who stopped Zi Rong today, look at him. If you are lighter, you don’t need to be beaten to death, each person will be fined forty canes for half a year, and the rest will be fined for twenty canes for three months.”

The cane used to beat people in the palace is to ensure that it can leave enough lessons for the slaves while not hurting their lives.

The cane is made of bamboo, the big end is one inch in diameter, and the small end is half an inch in diameter.The real killing is not learned.

There are very few people who can stand awake for [-] boards, and [-] boards are enough to lie on the bed for three months.

For some servants with weak bones, it is better to reward them with a board than to give them to death directly.

But those who were recruited in a smooth manner, with Lu Zhi's handling like this, all the people in the room almost escaped from death. In addition to being panicked, they were grateful to Zi Rong, and never dared to underestimate him from now on.

Yan Yu'an bowed to agree, and Lu Zhi said again: "As for the person who Xiao wants to be the master, Jingfu Palace doesn't have that ability and can't accommodate him. You go and explain the situation, and send it back to the Ministry of Internal Affairs properly."

The hairpin on Baozhu's head was messed up, and Lu Zhi's words fell on her heart like an invisible cane, and immediately limp on the two guards with a pale face.The guard had already let go of her hand, and she opened her mouth, but she couldn't even make a sound.

No matter how heavy the punishment is, as long as the work in hand is still there, it is no big deal. The most difficult thing is to be kicked out of Jingfu Palace.

Baozhu has seen what happened to the maid who returned to the Ministry of Internal Affairs.Normally, after being trained by the nuns, she would have to withdraw a layer of skin, let alone being returned for such a crime as hers.Moreover, not to mention torture, but in the future, no palace would want her.

The chief eunuchs and mothers of the various palaces had sharp eyes and tight mouths, how could they allow a servant with such a criminal record to enter.

She is only fifteen, but she seems to be able to see the scene of eating and drinking with the disgusting and unwilling old eunuch in the future.

The eunuchs and maids were all frightened by Baozhu's hair loss, and then quickly reacted.

From now on, as long as she serves Zirong with all her heart, if Zirong is fine, they will be fine too.But if there is something unhappy about Zi Rong, they will be the next orb.

Seeing that it was getting late, Yan Yu'an said: "The slave really deserves to die, and His Highness has to be troubled by these dirty things. Now that the hair is over, Your Highness should go back to the main hall to rest?"

Lu Zhi said: "Not busy. I asked you to find two young eunuchs that day, this is one, is there another one?"

Yan Yu'an hurriedly called Xi Xiang to show it to Lu Zhi, and asked his age and name, where he served before, Lu Zhi said: "Okay, just these two. Starting tomorrow, Zirong will come out and go in, you follow."

The two young eunuchs knelt down and kowtowed their heads in gratitude, Lu asked: "The one who went to the study today is called Yuzhu?"

The little girl knelt on the ground and shook into a ball. When Lu Zhi asked her, she tremblingly said, "Return to Your Highness, you are a slave."

"The merit is not worth it. After receiving the punishment, come up to serve your master."

The little girl answered with tears, Lu Zhi pondered for a while, and said, "It will be called Yu Pendant in the future."

He said so, and on the second day, Yan Yu'an changed all the words "Zhu" in Jingfudian's name, and no one mentioned Baozhu since then.

As long as Zi Rong has quality, it is enough, and he never asked where the girl who rushed to teach him the "wrong" rules went.

A group of guards escorted Lu Zhi back to Shuiyuan Pavilion. This was the first time Yan Yu'an had happened under his nose in the past few years. He couldn't hold back his face, and followed Lu Zhi, his waist bent a little more than usual.

However, Yan Yu'an was still a little uncertain about the quality of the land.Just now in Liuchunting, he sent off Diao Nu, but he still didn't give the young master a title.Yan Yu'an wondered, maybe the young master still doesn't have His Highness's heart that much?

But as soon as Lu Zhi entered the Shuiyuan Pavilion, he didn't even wait to untie the cloak, so he went inside and asked the maid as he walked, "Has your master woke up? Did you want to cross the water?"

The maid answered no, so he stopped at the door, changed his clothes, quietly went around the screen to look, and came out after a while.

Yan Yu'an couldn't hold back, and took advantage of the time when the maid was tidying up the mattress, he said to Lu Zhi: "Your Highness, young master... has such a temper, you spoil him in front of you, but you can't guarantee that he will be angry wherever he goes out According to the servants, there is no one in your room right now, so why not go back to the House of Internal Affairs, the young master has a title, these dog slaves will have to weigh it up."

Yan Yu'an persuaded Lu Zhi to accept Zirong, because besides really wanting to protect Zirong, he had other considerations in his heart.

Lu Zhi's procrastination of the wedding has already annoyed the emperor.Not only that, there was no movement even in the house, and the elder nuns in Jingfu Palace were very anxious.

In the depths of the palace, even the wind can set off three-foot waves.Yan Yu'an considered that in recent years, the emperor has been drafting concubines constantly, but Lu Zhi made such an unappealing appearance, and someone with a heart saw it, blowing the wind in front of the emperor, saying that he intends to overthrow the emperor, that would be too cruel .

It's a pity that before Yan Yu'an finished speaking, Lu Zhi showed an unexpected expression, and said with a smile: "What are you talking about! How old is he? He is always crying and crying, telling Bengong to talk about it with a little milk dog who doesn't know anything. If you look the same, you can think of going there. Go and go, the old guy doesn't know what to plan for a day."

In fact, it is a bit reluctant for Lu Zhi to say so.Because although Zi Rong has a tender face, an experienced eunuch can tell it at a glance. Looking at his bones, Yan Yu'an concluded that Zi Rong is now sixteen or seventeen, and it is a good time to serve others.

But when Lu Zhi said that, Yan Yu'an also laughed, Xu Xu greeted himself twice, and said: "The slave is confused."

There was nothing to say all night, and early the next morning, when Lu Zhi got up and was getting dressed, Zi Rong behind the screen woke up too.

The Fourth Highness didn't care that he was half dressed, so he avoided the maid's hand, picked him up through the quilt, rubbed against Zi Rong's face, and said with a smile on his lips, "Why don't you sleep?"

Zi Rong smiled confusedly, buried her face in the crescent of his neck, and called Lu Zhi and His Highness back and forth.

Yan Yu'an pursed her lips and lowered her head, then turned around and asked someone to call for the jade pendant that had received the punishment mixed with water last night.

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