Seeing Yun Shang's expression, Qin Yi couldn't help laughing. "Your majesty is always very rational and calm. Now you look like an eighteen- year- old girl, who would act like a child because of unhappiness."
Hearing this, Yun Shang also felt that she was a little childish just now, but she didn't want to take back those words. She sat quietly in the chair and smiled. In her previous life, she was as unruly as a little girl. She was willful. She would be angry when she should be angry, and happy when she should be happy. All her emotions were shown on her face. However, she ended up like that.
It was because of the bloody lesson that Yun Shang realized that innocence was not suitable for the royal family.
"Is his Majesty coming for dinner today? What kind of dishes do your majesty think we should prepare? " Qin Yi asked softly.
Yun Shang curled her lips and snorted, "Just prepare a table of vegetables."
Qin Yi opened her mouth and seemed surprised. Yun Shang replied in a low voice, "His majesty said he would be a vegetarian."
Qin Yi replied with a smile and left.
After a while, she came in with several servants. Yun Shang looked up and saw two maids and two eunuchs. She remembered that Qin Yi had told her that she had chosen four servants to serve her in the inner hall. These must be the ones she would bring to see her later.
Yun Shang glanced at the four people indifferently. Most of the maids had entered the palace through selection. Even they were not exceedingly beautiful, but at least their beauty was at a level of medium and superior. Most of the eunuchs were pretty.
Qin Yi smiled and bowed to Yun Shang, "Your majesty, these are the new servants I have chosen." After saying that, she turned around and looked at the four men. "Why don't you salute to her majesty now?"
The four men knelt down in a hurry and said, "Your Majesty."
Yun Shang nodded slightly and smiled, "Don't be so reserved when you arrive at the Weiyang Palace. Introduce yourself to me."
The four of them were silent for a moment. The maid on the far right said first, "I'm Banxia. I'm sixteen years old this year. I've been in the palace for four years. I've served the fourteenth princess before."
Yun Shang pondered for a while and recalled all the things about the fourteenth princess in her mind. The fourteenth princess' mother was just a concubine. She died a few years after giving birth to the fourteenth princess. More than two years ago, the fourteenth princess was also drowned.
The woman next to Banxia raised her eyes and smiled at Yun Shang. There were two cute dimples at the corners of her mouth, which made her look pretty and lovely. "I'm Peilan. I've been in the palace for only one year. Before that, I've been teaching madams in the Zhongcui palace."
The Zhongcui palace was the place where the maids lived. The madams in the Palace should be the harshest one in the palace. If she could do something in the hands of the madams, she must have followed the rules. Besides, she had just been in the palace for a year. Yun Shang narrowed her eyes. It was very likely that Peilan was arranged by Qin Yi in the palace.
As soon as Peilan finished her words, the eunuch beside her hurriedly said, "I'm Su Mu. Nice to meet you, your majesty. I have been in the palace for less than two years. Before this, I had been working in the Shangqin Bureau, mainly responsible for changing the bedclothes in the master's palace."
Yun Shang nodded, and another eunuch said, "I'm Qinghao. I used to work in the Weiyang Palace, and then I was transferred to the Imperial Household Department."
Used to work in the Weiyang Palace? In the Empress Su's time? Later, she was transferred to the Imperial Household Department.
Yun Shang looked up at the eunuch called Qinghao and had a plan in her heart. She could tell the rule of Qin Yi's selection. The eunuchs she chose were those who had never served the ladies before, and they should be more reliable and capable.
Yun Shang glanced at the four people and smiled, "I'm not a strict master. Generally speaking, if you don't touch my bottom line, I won't punish you for making some small mistakes. But the most unacceptable thing for me is that someone betrays me or covets something that he shouldn't covet. If you behave yourself, I will be good to you. Otherwise, I am not that kind-hearted."
Four of them answered obediently. Yun Shang waved her hand and asked Qin Yi to take them away and assign specific task to them..
Yun Shang took a sip of tea and took a book out to read. After a while, Qin Yi came in. Yun Shang turned a page, looked up at her and asked softly, "Which one among the four of them can be trusted?"
Qin Yi narrowed her eyes and made a few gestures to Yun Shang.
Yun Shang saw clearly what Qin Yi meant: Qing Hao and Pei Lan. Yun Shang's hand that was turning the book paused for a moment. She had guessed Pei Lan, but she actually had some doubts about the eunuch called Qinghao. She didn't expect that she was on her side.
Yun Shang was silent.
After a while, a greeting voice came from outside, "Good morning, your majesty."
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