I was a queen in ancient times, no, a maid!

Chapter 119: Stealing the Fragrance Late at Night

When Cheng Yu returned to the front hall, Zhao Rulan and Yang Jinxi had finished their lunch.

Seeing Cheng Yu coming, Zhao Rulan asked her with concern if she was burned.

"Don't worry, young lady. It's just a slight burn. It won't cause any trouble."

Yang Jinxi looked at Cheng Yu, also concerned, "Are you really okay? I saw your face changed at that time. Miss Yu'er, are you really okay?"

If it was really nothing, why were Miss Yu'er's lips broken?

The burns must have been severe. She tried not to cry and bit her lips.

"It's really okay, thank you Miss Yang for your concern."

"You are so pitiful. You dare not say anything when you have something to say, right? Don't worry, I have told your eldest daughter that she will not punish you. Also, I want to entrust you to prepare my grandmother's birthday banquet. My grandmother's birthday is three days after the Lantern Festival. I have decided on the dishes with you before the New Year. I will invite you to the Yang family in a few days..."

"Thank you Miss Yang for your trust."

Zhao Rulan asked Cheng Yu a few more questions, "Did you go to see Sister Yan?"

Cheng Yu said, I've seen it.

Zhao Rulan told her to go and sleep with Sister Yan at night and go back tomorrow morning.

Cheng Yu expressed his gratitude and was then sent to the West Garden.

After dinner, Zhao Rulan and Yang Jinxi went to the greenhouse in the back garden to look at the orchids she planted, drank scented tea, and chatted.

Zhao Rulan asked Yang Jinxi what she thought of her brother.

***

After leaving the front hall, Cheng Yu went to the West Garden, ate something, and played with Sister Yan for the whole afternoon.

Zhao Rulan came to Xiyuan only after Yang Jinxi left.

Cheng Yu lifted up his sleeves and saw that blisters had formed on the burned areas.

"It's so serious, and you still say it's okay. I'll have someone buy some burn ointment right now. If it doesn't work, you'll have to stay in the palace for the next few days."

"My dear, I am no longer a servant in the palace. I dare not stay any longer."

"I will go back early tomorrow morning. I don't know when Miss Yang will call me over."

Zhao Rulan did not force her to stay.

Ge Wai told her not to go to the small kitchen to work at night and to just take a good rest.

Cheng Yu was naturally obedient. After all, it was not time for her to be a servant anymore. She didn't want to do anything that she shouldn't do. Otherwise, if she did too much, the people in the kitchen would think that she was stealing other people's jobs.

Sister Yan has a fixed sleeping schedule and goes to bed on time.

There are actually quite a lot of rooms in Xiyuan, and Cheng Yu lives in one alone. Magpie came to check on him at night and brought him some charcoal, worried that the stove would go out and Cheng Yu would get cold again.

Cheng Yu said it was okay and let Xi Que go back to rest and there was no need for her to guard her room.

She had just laid down and was half asleep when she noticed someone lifting her clothes. At this time, Cheng Yu still thought she was dreaming.

Feeling the pain, she opened her eyes suddenly and saw a big dark head approaching her.

"Don't scream, it's me."

"Let me take a look at your wound."

Cheng Yu didn't want to believe this.

"It's dark, the prince has really good eyesight."

The wound was on her arm, so why did he take off her clothes? The pulling and moving of her clothes exposed her entire area from neck down.

"I couldn't control myself." He whispered, "You're the one who seduced me when I was asleep. It's your fault."

Cheng Yu's face wrinkled into a ball, and he really wanted to curse, "Fuck you."

"The wound has been treated with medicine. It's the burn medicine that the elder girl bought for me."

Zhao Shiyan snorted, "What you mean is that you only want hers and not mine?"

He said as he lifted Cheng Yu's arm.

"Master, this is the eldest daughter's house. It is really inappropriate for you to do this." Cheng Yu advised kindly.

"I'll leave after applying the medicine, what are you afraid of?"

What are you afraid of?

She was afraid that the prince was not just here to apply medicine, but was making it seem like he was here to have sex with her.

Fortunately, he only applied a layer of ointment, and Zhao Shiyan did not do anything out of line. However, he still held the back of her head and kissed her hard several times, biting her lips so hard that they hurt. She smelled blood, and she knew that her lips must have been bitten by Zhao Shiyan.

There were two beautiful maids in Zhao Shiyan's room. They were said to be serving him. Didn't they serve him in bed?

Only a man who has really indulged in sex would be so uncontrollable.

In Cheng Yu's heart, Zhao Shiyan is no longer a virgin.

After all, he was in his twenties. This was in ancient times, and there were few men in their twenties who were still virgins.

Cheng Yu slept restlessly that night. When she woke up the next morning, she did not disturb the eldest girl. She said some caring words to Madam Li and left the palace.

She also got up early and saw two servants in gray clothes carrying a sack and walking out in a hurry at the back door of the palace.

Cheng Yu wasn't that curious at first.

She only saw bloodstains on the unmelted snow on the street, and she suddenly realized that someone must have died in the palace again.

Being a slave does not mean that your life and property are held in the hands of others.

Fortunately, fortunately she left the palace and is now a daughter of a good family, so she cannot be beaten to death at will.

She did not refuse the prince harshly, so as to avoid bringing disaster upon herself.

She'd better just stay alive in the current situation. If she really encountered danger one day, she would definitely run away.

Cheng Yu returned to his residence in a daze and told Taozi who came to open the door.

The eldest girl kept her and cooked a meal for Miss Yang. She played with Sister Yan for half a day in the afternoon and then stayed in the palace for one night.

"I'm going back to my room to catch up on some sleep. You don't need to call me for breakfast. You and Lotus can just eat."

"Miss Yu, I told Hehua that I want to continue selling roasted sweet potatoes on the street. We still have so many sweet potatoes. If we don't sell them, they will go bad."

Cheng Yu saw that they were bored sitting at home.

"You can go, but be careful."

"I understand Miss Yu."

After saying this, Cheng Yu went back to her room, locked the door, and entered the big room in the system.

I first opened the refrigerator and took out a box of yogurt. The room temperature is constant, so there is no need to worry about being too cold or too hot. The temperature of 24.5 is just right.

When he opened the system store and saw some fresh big watermelons, Cheng Yu immediately bought one.

It was freezing outside the system, and she was in the room transformed by the system, eating a big iced watermelon, which was so cool.

He applied ointment on his burned arm and it still hurt a little, but it didn't affect his work, so Cheng Yu ignored it.

After eating and drinking, she lay down on the soft big bed and began to sleep soundly.

It's true that no matter where you go, you can't escape the fate of being a worker. Before going to bed, Cheng Yu sighed.

But we still have to do what we need to do. We can't just live our life like a lazy fish.

***

Cheng Yu originally thought that Miss Yang would send someone to ask her to decide the menu in the next two days.

She waited for two days but the girl from the Yang family did not come. However, He Hua, who was selling roasted sweet potatoes on the street, told her that there was a kind-hearted man outside the city who was giving out porridge and doing charity.

Cheng Yu asked who was doing the charity?

The lotus doesn’t know.

Cheng Yu was curious and went outside to ask, and learned that someone on the street was recruiting anyone willing to go out and help. There were many refugees, and the weather was freezing cold, so a refugee camp had to be set up outside the city. All the men had to do these things, and a troop in the city was also mobilized.

Cheng Yu signed up and brought lotus flowers and peaches with her. They also brought 15 bags of flour and some ointments.

The city gates opened and they went with everyone else.

After arriving, I quickly got down to work. Doing something meaningful is always more meaningful than lying down and sleeping at home.

The person in charge of taking them to Mr. Wang arranged for them to go:

"Madam Cheng, the porridge stall in the northwest corner is unattended. Please take your people there first. In addition to cooking porridge, you also have to maintain order. If they don't listen, call me over."

Cheng Yu was dressed in ordinary clothes, wearing an old jacket, and looked like a pretty girl from an ordinary family.

"Okay, let's go there now."

Cheng Yu called Hehua and Taozi, and just as he delivered the things to the porridge shed, he heard a voice coming from far away.

"People from Prince Jing's Mansion, quickly step out and follow me to build shelters for the refugees."

Hearing the familiar voice, Cheng Yu looked up and took a few steps outside.

"My Lord, you are here too?"

Seeing that it was Cheng Yu, Zhao Shiyan was about to leave, but turned around and walked towards Cheng Yu, his face livid, "What are you doing here?"

"I heard someone shouting on the street that the porridge stall was short of staff. I had nothing to do at home, so I brought some people here to help. I wanted to have more energy and do more things."

Zhao Shiyan's eyes fell on Cheng Yu, with a little more in-depth look.

"You are a woman, and there are refugees here. Aren't you afraid of danger?"

Cheng Yu looked at the children crying with hunger, the women who were in charge of everything, the old people shivering with cold in their tattered cotton-padded clothes, and the old man who was still helping to build the refugee camp despite his age.

Said to Zhao Shiyan:

"My Lord, there are bad people in this world, but there are still more good people."

“If everyone gives a little love, this world will become a beautiful place.”

Zhao Shiyan hummed and said, "Be careful."

Then he pulled out a dagger from his waist and put it into Cheng Yu's hand, "Take this dagger, use it for self-defense."