Chapter 267: Mission 3

Looking at Bai Yu's tearful eyes, Ling Jingshu also felt bad and whispered to comfort her: "Bai Yu, don't think too much. Since it's here, make the best of it. What others can do, I can do as well."

Bai Yu wiped the corners of her eyes with her sleeves and forced a smile: "Miss is right, I was just imagining things just now."

It's hard enough for Miss to work, and she must not let Miss worry about her and distract her.

The master and servant have been together for many years, and Ling Jingshu is very familiar with Bai Yu's temperament. Seeing her forcing a smile, her heart became more and more sour. But she pretended to laugh cheerfully: "By the way, guess what job I was assigned?"

Bai Yu perked up: "Is it dressing and changing clothes?"

Ling Jingshu deliberately made Bai Yu happy, and pretended to sigh helplessly: "I usually dress and change clothes for you, how could I do such a thing. Fortunately, the Queen did not embarrass me, otherwise, I would have to refuse even if I was punished. I can't let the Queen go out to see people with a crooked bun on her head!"

Bai Yu burst out laughing.

Qiao Yun just walked in with a food box.

Ling Jingshu smiled and greeted Qiao Yun: "Come and sit down, I have something important to announce."

When they arrived at the palace, the three masters and servants had a sense of dependence on each other. The distance between Qiao Yun and Ling Jingshu also quickly narrowed a lot. Hearing this, he was not shy, and responded neatly and sat down.

Ling Jingshu recounted what happened just now in detail: "... Starting tomorrow, I will take on the job."

Taking care of flowers and plants, this is an easy and leisurely job.

Bai Yu was very happy to hear: "This job is suitable for the young lady. When she was in Dingzhou, the young lady liked to take care of flowers and plants the most, especially to grow peonies."

"Bai Yu, doing work on the job is different from growing flowers at home." Qiao Yun reminded calmly: "Taking care of flowers and plants at home, it doesn't matter if they grow better or worse. Even if the flowers and plants wither and are thrown away, it doesn't matter. Every plant and tree in the Pepper Room Palace are planted according to the wishes of the Queen Mother, and there must be no mistakes."

Ling Jingshu nodded: "Qiao Yun makes sense, I will be careful on the job."

Empress Xu was waiting for her to make a mistake, and she must not be careless.

Qiao Yun saw Ling Jingshu's cautious and solemn response, and secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

As a master, Ling Jingshu was able to listen to the advice of the maids around her and always keep the people around her in her heart. It was really rare!

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The next morning.

Ling Jingshu wore a green palace dress, combed her hair in a simple and refreshing style, and did not put on any makeup on her face. She looked at herself in the mirror and was quite satisfied with her plain and clean self.

Dressing up to be gorgeous and gorgeous was intentional to block Empress Xu's eyes and to make herself unhappy. The female officials in the Pepper Room were not easy to deal with.

Even Bai Yu whispered, "Miss, you have just arrived, so it is better to keep a low profile in your words and deeds."

Ling Jingshu smiled and nodded, "You two should also be wronged for a few days and stay in the room. It will not be too late to go out after you understand the situation in the Pepper Room."

Empress Xu allowed her to bring her personal maid into the palace, which was already a special gift. It was too conspicuous for her to run around with the maid as soon as she entered the palace.

Bai Yu and Qiao Yun nodded in agreement.

Ling Jingshu went to Luoyan's room.

After knocking on the door, Luo Yan came to open the door after waiting for a while, and said indifferently: "You are here early." Humph, you are rushing to lead the errands and people!

Ling Jingshu pretended not to hear her sarcastic remarks, and replied with a smile: "Thank you, sister Luo Yan."

Don't hit a smiling person!

Even if Luo Yan was dissatisfied, she didn't dare to make things difficult openly, and responded with a smile. Reluctantly, she led Ling Jingshu to the place where she was doing the errand.

Empress Xu stayed in the main hall every morning, waiting for the concubines to come to the audience and pay respects. After the concubines left, the eunuch chief and the female officials in the Pepper House had to report the trivial matters of the day one by one.

There were many palace maids in the Pepper House, and each female official led a lot of people. The place where the female officials gathered people and assigned errands was in a room not far from their residence.

...

More than a dozen palace maids were divided into two rows, standing neatly, listening to Luo Yan's lecture.

The maids looked straight ahead, and glanced at Ling Jingshu standing aside with a smile and silence.

The palace was the place where news spread the fastest. Ling Jingshu entered the Pepper Room yesterday, and the news spread inside and outside the Pepper Room in less than half a day.

Now Ling Jingshu came with Luo Yan, obviously to take over Luo Yan's job...

"This is the new Ling Nuguan. From today on, the flowers and potted plants in the Pepper Room will be managed by Ling Nuguan."

As he said, Luo Yan called out a few more maids. Then he said to Ling Jingshu: "On weekdays, the flowers and plants are taken care of by them. Since you have taken this job, they should also be under your control. Ask them what to do every day!"

There were a total of eighteen maids. Luo Yan only picked six maids and took the remaining twelve away.

The six maids saluted together: "Meet Ling Nuguan."

Ling Nuguan! This title is really new.

Ling Jingshu smiled slightly, and said in a very gentle tone: "We will see each other every day in the future, so there is no need to be so polite." Then she asked the names and ages of the palace maids one by one.

The oldest of these palace maids was about 24 or 25 years old, and the youngest was 16 or 17 years old. Most of them were ordinary in appearance, but there was only one who looked pretty and had the most eloquence, her name was Hongmei.

Ling Jingshu was smiling and speaking softly, looking like she had a good temper.

Hongmei was quick-witted and courageous. She said a few words and then changed the subject: "Lady Ling, there is something you don't know yet! In fact, there were originally nine people responsible for taking care of flowers and plants. But Lady Luoyan only picked out six of us, and the three left were the best at growing flowers. Now there are three fewer people, and I'm afraid they won't be able to handle the work. Lady Ling should really talk to Lady Luoyan, otherwise she will suffer a loss in vain..."

Ling Jingshu's smile faded, and she looked at Hongmei, with a bit of coldness in her eyes.

Hongmei's heart skipped a beat, and her voice suddenly disappeared.

"Your name is Hongmei?" Ling Jingshu asked with a raised eyebrow.

Hongmei forced a smile: "Yes, I..."

"How old are you? How many years have you been in the palace?"

"I'm eighteen, and I've been in the palace for four years."

Ling Jingshu looked indifferent, but her tone became colder and colder: "You've been in the palace for four years, where did you learn the palace rules? Have you learned to instigate and spread rumors? You said this on purpose, just to see me and Sister Luoyan quarrel over some trivial matters?"

Hearing a series of accusations, Hongmei was sweating coldly, and she knelt down with a plop.