Chapter 67: The First Contest of Encounter (2) (Cheating Tickets Again? Hehe!)
This was the first time that she was in such a mess, and she didn't know what was wrong with her. She either didn't say a word, or rushed to her whenever she disagreed.
Lihua calmed down her heartbeat, straightened her clothes and walked into Qunfang Hall pretending to be nonchalant.
As soon as he walked into Qunfang Hall, he saw Zhichun looking around anxiously. When he saw someone coming, he suddenly looked up. When he saw clearly that it was her, he immediately ran over.
Zhichun walked quickly to Lihua, followed her back, and whispered: "Miss, where have you been? You scared me to death."
After she returned from the training of the Chief of Ceremonies, there was no trace of her young lady. She waited for a long time and no one came back. She even missed the time to take a bath. This happened to Lihua, which was very abnormal.
Zhichun was so anxious that he pretended to be wandering around and looked around the entire hut in Qunfang Hall. He found that all the other huts were there, but his own was missing.
She originally wanted the palace people to help look for her, but she was afraid that her young lady was going to do something bad... ahem... something serious. She was worried that she would be exposed if she spoke out, so she went to wait under the door of Qunfang Palace.
Seeing the worried look on the little girl's face, Lihua felt warm in her heart. She explained a little about how Nanny Qin had taken her to the Queen Mother's library, and completely concealed the incident about her meeting with the shadow just now, so as not to worry.
Zhichun was completely relieved and smiled again: "Miss, when I saw that you hadn't returned for a long time, I poured a lot of hot water. Later, you can relax your muscles and bones and soak your feet."
This move was very much in line with her wishes. Lihua smiled and praised her without hesitation: "You know spring so well, you are so smart. I just happened to be sweating all over, so I might as well wipe myself off."
Too many things happened tonight, and I didn't even have time to take a shower. Fortunately, Xiu Nu didn't have to study in the evening, so there was nothing wrong, otherwise it would be difficult for her to explain.
Hmm? Evening self-study?
Hmm! Time is tight and the task is heavy, so this is a good idea!
Zhichun didn't understand why her lady was sweating all over in the early summer when it was still not hot, especially at night.
But seeing her thoughtful look, she nodded while thinking, so she didn't ask any more questions.
After Lihua had taken care of herself with hot water and soaked her feet, she was very surprised when she heard Zhichun talking about what she had learned about today:
"There is a flower viewing banquet held in the palace today. The Queen Mother and Long Live Lord are both there?"
While preparing the clothes that Lihua would wear tomorrow, Zhichun said: "Yes, miss, I heard that the flower viewing party was very exciting. Almost all the concubines went."
The beautiful ladies were taught strictly in the Qunfang Hall every day, and the palace officials around them were also warned. Their mouths were closed as tightly as clam shells, and they did not dare to make irresponsible remarks, so the news about the beautiful ladies was blocked.
When a maid goes to the Chief of Ceremonies for training, the people she has the most contact with are the slaves below. Because of their natural proximity, they are much better informed.
Many palace maids and young eunuchs whispered among themselves and gossiped about right and wrong, and they did not avoid them much, which gave Zhichun an opportunity to take advantage of.
Every morning when leaving Qunfang Hall, Zhichun would pick up the small things that Lihua had given her, approach her casually, give her some things casually, quietly open up the situation, and slowly start to get valuable news.
For example, the other beautiful women didn't know about the flower viewing party, but the pear flower bento knew about it first.
She became interested: "What interesting things did you tell me?"
A small flower-viewing banquet brought together two big men in the palace, which was really intriguing. She felt that the emperor would not be so free and went to attend the flower-viewing banquet. It was probably the Queen Mother's contribution.
Zhichun recounted what he heard.
Lihua nodded frequently, confirming that the banquet was specially hosted by the Queen Mother.
When she heard somewhere again, she was surprised and said: "A concubine ran away crying?"