freenovelworld Chapter 391 Ancient Palace Maid 4
Chapter 391 Ancient Palace Maid 4
“Well, Helian Zhou didn’t expose you either, since he couldn’t find any evidence,” Xiao Qi said.
Qingdai casually dismissed it: "Let me see. If it doesn't work, I'll have to use force. You can leave now."
"Okay," Xiao Qi quickly replied.
Helian Zhou only drank two or three spoonfuls of soup before putting down the bowl. Qingdai stepped forward and handed him a handkerchief.
Helian Zhou's gaze swept over her hand, then he took it, wiped his mouth, and put it aside.
Qingdai, holding the handkerchief, tossed it to Shuhe in his surprised gaze: "Eunuch Shuhe, please keep His Highness's handkerchief safe."
Since she had already said that, I couldn't just throw the book back, so I could only glare at her secretly and put it away.
Helian Zhou found their actions a bit strange.
He couldn't help but feel that the palace maid was disgusted by the handkerchief he had used. It must have been his imagination; she wasn't that bold.
The audacious Qingdai: I don't accept handkerchiefs that others have used, no matter how beautiful you are.
Then, she started serving food to Helian Zhou, putting the dish on his plate whichever dish his gaze fell upon.
However, Helian Zhou was just an unfavored prince. His meals consisted of only four dishes and a soup, which was more luxurious than ordinary people, but rather pitiful compared to other favored people in the palace.
So Qingdai stopped paying attention to him and started serving him dishes one by one.
Helian Zhou noticed her behavior but said nothing.
One is a measured kind of recklessness, the other is an unconscious kind of tolerance.
Looking at the books beside him, he felt that His Highness was truly kind, not holding a mere palace maid's rudeness against her.
After Helian Zhou finished his meal, Qingdai brought him a cup of tea and then went out to have a nice meal for herself.
Watching Qingdai walk away, Helian Zhou seemed lost in thought. He then sent Shuhe and Ye away.
He was the only one left in the hall when a cold, clear voice rang out: "Wu Bai!"
As soon as the voice fell, a black figure appeared in the hall. This person was completely covered up, with only a pair of calm and expressionless eyes showing.
Wu Bai's voice remained completely still: "Greetings, Master!"
“Go and investigate what Qingdai looked like when she was in the laundry department, including her hands,” Helian Zhou said.
Without saying much, he stood up, nodded, and vanished in the blink of an eye.
After everyone left, Helian Zhou picked up a book next to him and started reading.
*
Qingdai found the imperial kitchen and saw that the guard was a bullying eunuch. This kind of person was perfect, so she could take a few dishes without feeling guilty.
After selecting a few dishes that Xiaoqi and I wanted to eat, we went into the space and each of us ate our meal.
Xiao Qi ate heartily: "Host, the chefs in the imperial kitchen are quite skilled."
"Eat more if you like it. The free food is even better." Qingdai ate without even looking up. Watching Helian Zhou eat made her hungry.
"Mmm-hmm-hmm." Xiao Qi nodded vigorously.
After dinner, Qingdai went back to rest. Fortunately, she lived alone after arriving at Jingxuan Palace, otherwise she would have gone on strike.
There are few servants here, so two maids can share a room, and two other maids can share a room, so it's just right for her to sleep alone in a room.
After eating and drinking her fill, Xiao Qi decided to do some work, so she first looked around at the surroundings.
"Host, the female lead is on her way to a marriage alliance."
"I understand." Qingdai turned over and continued sleeping. She didn't need to do anything yet; she would wait until the male and female leads had overthrown the Empress's faction.
Xiao Qi continued, "Helian Zhou has sent people to investigate you again. He thinks your hands and face are not right and suspects that you are not Qingdai."
"Let him investigate. We'll talk about it when he asks me." She had already decided to take on the side quest.
"Good host."
*
When the princess of the Western Jin Dynasty arrived in the Northern Dynasty, the emperor specially ordered a banquet to be held in her honor, which was to be attended by people from the inner palace and the outer court.
Helian Zhou naturally had to attend as well. When the time came, he changed into the clothes that represented his status as a prince and prepared to go out.
"Your Highness, please take care!" Qingdai said, giving him a slight bow.
Looking at her increasingly beautiful face, Helian Zhou had an idea: "You will come with me, while Shuhe will stay in Jingxuan Palace."
He wanted to see if her attention would be drawn to anything else at the banquet, and perhaps he could observe whether there was anyone behind her.
Although Qingdai didn't know why he made this decision, she didn't object: "Yes, Your Highness."
It would be a good opportunity for her to go and see what was going on, as the architectural style and clothing of this fictional dynasty were quite different from those of the Qing dynasty she had lived in before.
She didn't pay attention to the fictional ancient world where the person pretending to be a deity was trying to maintain her identity.
"Yes, Your Highness." Shuhe calmly replied on the surface, but inwardly she was crying. His Highness had forgotten the old for the new, sob sob.
Helian Zhou walked in front, Qingdai followed behind, and a young eunuch holding a lantern led the way for them.
Throughout the journey, Helian Zhou kept observing Qingdai's reaction out of the corner of his eye.
She was behaving herself for the time being, and her eyes didn't wander at all.
When the two arrived at the banquet hall, the ministers and their families were already there, as were the concubines and princesses of the harem. Only a few princes were still arriving one after another.
The Emperor and Empress are naturally the last to appear, but we haven't seen them yet.
Helian Zhou led Qingdai to his seat, and she stood behind him.
Everyone was exchanging a few words with close friends or greeting the person sitting next to them.
Helian Zhou sat there with little presence, only when the Fifth Prince arrived did he call out to him, "Fourth Brother, you just arrived too, right?"
"Hmm," Helian Zhou replied with only one word.
The Fifth Prince, Helian Cheng, knew his personality and didn't say anything more.
A short while later, the Second Prince, who is also the male protagonist Helian Xuan, and the Third Prince Helian Yi arrived together.
Upon seeing Helian Zhou and Helian Cheng, the male protagonist Helian Xuan stepped forward with a friendly expression and said, "Fourth brother and fifth brother have also arrived."
The Helian brothers stood up: "Second brother, third brother."
Helian Xuan smiled warmly at the two of them.
"Second Brother, since Fourth Brother and Fifth Brother live far away, they naturally need to leave earlier," Xuan Yuan Yi said with a smile.
On the surface, these words seem innocuous, but those who know the situation understand that they are deliberately mocking the two for being out of favor and living in a remote area.
One is the fourth prince, who has no mother and is not favored by the emperor; the other is the fifth prince, whose mother is not favored by the emperor.
Xuanyuan Yi was favored by his father, the Emperor, and his mother, Consort Yun, was a concubine with a good family background and was also favored.
He naturally had some arrogance and looked down on his other brothers.
The reason why the Second Prince Helian Xuan, who was somewhat close to him, was because he knew how to speak and how to conduct himself.
Although Helian Yi's words were sarcastic, Helian Zhou and Helian Cheng remained expressionless and ignored him.
This angered Helian Yi, who was about to say something more.
Helian Xuan quickly pulled him back and said, "Fourth Brother and Fifth Brother both prefer peace and quiet."
Upon closer examination, this statement does seem a bit strange.
Helian Xuan was only thinking about preventing the group from causing trouble here. He had started the conversation, and his third brother was favored. In the end, his father would only blame him.