Chapter 17 A celebration banquet is held at the palace

When she was about to run away, a voice came from behind: "Qianxue, are you back?"

Qianxue?! Shen Zhiyue turned around and looked at her. She was the steward of the Jiaofang Division. Did she admit the wrong person?

The stewardess came closer and saw that she was younger and her brows were not as sad as Qianxue's. She sighed: "It's because I got drunk and admitted the wrong person."

"It's okay. It's normal for people to have similarities. If there's nothing wrong, mama, I'll leave first." She smiled.

As soon as she took a step forward, her grandma stopped her: "Stop."

Shen Zhiyue's whole body tensed up. It was unlikely that her mother-in-law discovered that she had taken something she shouldn't have taken. If she was discovered, how would she get out?

At this time, Bai Mingyu appeared at the door on time. She winked at him and signaled to save her.

Bai Mingyu said with a cold face: "As a maid, if you don't guard the door properly, I will punish you when I get back."

"Yes, yes, your lord, I am wrong." She immediately ran behind Yu Cong.

Grandma was about to speak, but in the end she said nothing. Watching them leave, they were so similar, so similar.

She turned around and saw Qianye, and immediately calmed down her emotions: "Can you take care of me, sir?"

"He was drunk in my room. I came out to take a breath."

Mammy saw her little trick at a glance: "After joining this Jiaofangsi, who do you want to protect your innocence for? It's better to be with an adult to make your life in Jiaofangsi easier."

"I remember what grandma said."

When Chiba returned to her room, a man wearing coarse linen clothes walked into her room. He was a servant of the Jiaofang Secretary who did menial work.

"Miss Chiba, she has a purpose in getting close to you, why don't I kill her."

She stretched out her hand to stop her. She originally thought that the person was also a poor and helpless woman from Jiaofangsi, but she didn't expect that she was from King Nan. This Jiaofangsi should change. She hoped that King Nan could really find out something.

The drug in the wine will last until tomorrow. Before grandma becomes alert, she has to think of a countermeasure.

Shen Zhiyue got into the carriage: "Didn't you abandon me and leave first? Why are you back?"

Yu Cong was driving a carriage and heard Miss Shen's words. He felt that he really had no conscience. He turned around and found that she was missing. He immediately went in and reported to the prince. The prince hurriedly found a reason to leave. They looked for her everywhere in Jiaofangsi.

Because the Department of Jiaofang was under the Ministry of Etiquette, it was difficult to send people to conduct extensive searches. They could only search every room secretly, but they couldn't find her.

Bai Mingyu pinched her chin and forced her to look at him: "I told you not to run around, but how dare you ignore my order."

"You are drinking flower wine inside, so of course you won't feel the pain of us feeding mosquitoes outside. I'm just bored and walking around." Shen Zhiyue felt a little more confident.

"Don't follow me next time." It's too dangerous for her to run around.

Shen Zhiyue took out a bag from her sleeves and said, "If I hadn't been running around, I wouldn't have found this thing. The woman from the Jiaofang Division is accepting guests in name, but is actually stuffing things for the adults. Let's see what they are."

Bai Mingyu opened the cloth and saw that in addition to the names and official positions on it, his eyes narrowed with a dangerous aura.

She leaned over and asked, "What is it?"

He tightened his palms and grasped the things wrapped in cloth: "These are not things you can ask about."

"I don't want to know yet." Shen Zhiyue turned her face sideways and leaned against the window to enjoy the breeze.

The sedan stopped in front of the palace, and they each returned to their rooms without saying a word. At dawn, he went to the morning court and met the emperor alone in the imperial study.

"Back to the emperor, I have received accurate information. Someone is selling official positions in the capital to accept bribes. This is what I got yesterday." He handed the cloth to the emperor.

The emperor saw the mark on the cloth, which belonged to Jiaofangsi. They dared to use Jiaofangsi to buy and sell official positions.

He took the token from his waist: "I authorize you to secretly investigate how many official positions are obtained with money."

"yes."

"By the way, the Queen Mother said that you should be congratulated for finding out the illegal salt case."

Bai Mingyu dislikes this kind of limelight the most: "Your Majesty, the illegal salt case has not been investigated, so we cannot afford the word 'celebration'."

"Hey, if it's like you said, there's someone behind the scenes, and they're throwing a grand celebration party to make that person relax their vigilance."

Bai Mingyu couldn't find any reason to reject his words. When the emperor saw that he didn't speak, he took it as his acquiescence: "Tonight, I will hold a grand celebration banquet in the palace. Remember to bring that girl."

"She doesn't understand the rules of the palace, so she might offend the emperor, so let her stay in the palace."

"When you say that, it seems that I am difficult to get along with. Why don't we hold the celebration banquet at the palace instead, so that you won't be afraid of bumping into me."

Bai Mingyu saw that he didn't look like he was joking, so he saluted: "My lord, I obey your order."

"Go back early and prepare." The emperor let him go.

Bai Mingyu returned to the palace in a carriage and saw Shen Zhiyue sitting on the wooden porch with a plate of cakes and eating. She looked very comfortable, so he walked over.

"You, a maid, live a more comfortable life than I, the prince."

Shen Zhiyue raised her head and smiled flatteringly: "Do you want to eat it?" She held up a piece of pastry.

When Bai Mingyu saw her taking the initiative to feed him, he couldn't resist at all. He lowered his head and took a small bite.

Her bright eyes curled up, like a crescent moon: "Is it delicious? Your cook is really good at it."

Bai Mingyu's mother-in-law heard news from the palace that the emperor was going to hold a celebration banquet at the palace. She came out to look for him, but she didn't expect to see this scene. She just heard that Mingyu came back this time and brought a girl to announce to the public.

It's a maid.

But in her opinion, this was not a maid, she was obviously interested in her, so she couldn't help but cough lightly.

They turned back together and looked at the source of the sound. This was the first time Shen Zhiyue saw her. She was wearing plain clothes and no extra hairpins on her head.

Bai Mingyu respectfully shouted: "Mother Concubine."

"I heard that the emperor is going to hold a celebration banquet at the palace. I came to see if I can help."

"See the Dowager Princess."

She walked up to Shen Zhiyue and took off the purple bracelet from her wrist: "This is a reward for you. Take good care of Ming Yu."

Ah?? She looked at Bai Mingyu, they didn't have that kind of relationship: "Touchin, you misunderstood. I, the slave, and the prince are innocent, and they don't have that kind of relationship."

The concubine glanced at him. She hadn't captured this girl yet, but in her opinion, it would be a matter of time.

"Take it, take it as a greeting gift."

"Oh, thank you, Princess." She bowed with her feet bound. She was not very skilled in the gesture since she had to bow to everyone in ancient times.

Bai Mingyu looked away from her: "Concubine, I will take care of this matter."

"Why are you so polite, my concubine?"

She walked slowly towards the front yard, and her nanny summoned all the servants in the house. Bai Mingyu looked at her: "Tonight, the emperor will come, so just stay in the room and don't come out. If you offend the emperor, I can't protect you.

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"Understood, never leave the room." Shen Zhiyue picked up the cake and ran away.
Chapter completed!