I became the tyrant's only belief.

Chapter 244 Give it to me

[Frog fun! Isn't that the Yangxin Palace? ]

Chu Liuzheng walked from Yiran Garden to Wenhua Palace. Just before he stepped into the tea room, he finally matched the empty palace in his dream with the Yangxin Palace in reality.

She wondered.

[Why did I dream about the Yangxin Palace? And what on earth is that strange white light? ]

Yuzhu had already gone in, but when he turned around and saw her still standing at the door, he asked in confusion, "Why don't you come in?"

"I'm here." Chu Liuzheng came back to his senses and walked into the tea room.

Moxiang and Chenxing had already gone back. Yuzhui lit the small stove, and Chu Liuzheng went to fetch water.

"You two ladies are here early." Zhou Yuande walked into the hall with a smile. Chu Liuzheng and Yuzhui both bowed to him, "Hello, Eunuch Zhou."

Zhou Yuande said, "Your Majesty is playing chess with Prince Rui in the side hall. Prince Rui ate a little too much for dinner. Please prepare the tea."

"Yes, thank you for your reminder, eunuch." Chu Liuzheng asked with a smile, "Your Majesty, is your dinner okay?"

When Zhou Yuande heard this question, he wanted to sigh. It really worried him to have a master who didn't like to eat.

He said, "I used it a little bit, about the same as usual."

After hearing this, Chu Liuzheng felt relieved. After watching Zhou Yuande leave, he said to Yu Zhui, "Just make a cup of Pu'er tea for King Rui."

Yuzhui nodded, opened the cabinet and took out the tea can while asking, "What kind of tea would you like to give to Your Majesty?"

"Ginger dew tea." Chu Liuzheng said, "It can prevent colds and increase appetite."

"But Your Majesty doesn't like the taste of ginger." Yuzhui scooped out the Pu'er tea with a silver spoon, "Let's change to something else. The osmanthus dew you made a few days ago is good."

"No need to change, just add a piece of candy and your majesty will be able to drink it." Chu Liuzheng had tried it a long time ago and said with a smile, "Just put your mind at ease."

Yuzhui naturally believed her.

Pu'er tea only needs to be brewed and rinsed with water twice at most, which is not troublesome, but ginger dew tea is much more troublesome to make. Fortunately, the imperial kitchen is never short of fresh ingredients, and it is easy to find some turmeric. Chu Liuzheng also asked Zhang the imperial chef to make a plate of eight-treasure cake and send it to Wenhua Palace.

After Yuzhui served the tea, she came back and saw Chu Liuzheng still fiddling with the stove. She held her chin and watched for a while, then sighed, "No wonder His Majesty always rewards you."

In her place, she could have just sent two cups of Pu'er tea and been done with it. There would have been no need to grind, boil and steam the tea, which was too troublesome.

Chu Liuzheng smiled and thought that she would be willing to be lazy if possible.

But while she was recuperating, she had already thought about it. If she wanted to walk another path between being a confidant and an ordinary employee, she had to increase her irreplaceability. Only in this way would she not be easily replaced.

If she does more now, her life will be better protected, and when she encounters a crisis, the big boss will have a greater chance of saving her.

For this reason, she was willing to endure this little bit of trouble.

“It’s done.” Chu Liuzheng poured the filtered ginger dew into a pastel porcelain cup, added a small piece of medicinal candy and stirred it for a while. After it was completely melted, he closed the lid and sent it to the side hall.

When Yu Zhui gave Pu'er tea just now, it was naturally impossible to give it only to King Rui. After all, the emperor always has to rank first, so there were two cups of Pu'er tea.

Although Xiao Jingfan didn't like Pu'er tea, he could drink it if it was at hand. While drinking it, he wondered why Chu Liuzheng didn't come in to serve tea. He was actually sent away as an emperor with just a cup of Pu'er tea. It was really a waste of the things he gave her.

Just as I was thinking about it, Chu Liuzheng came in with a tray.

She walked lightly, like a cat on the carpet, making almost no sound.

She placed the cup of Pu'er tea on the tray and placed the ginger tea next to Xiao Jingfan. "Your Majesty, please have some tea."

Xiao Jingfan glanced at her, reached out to open the tea lid, and immediately a faint scent of ginger wafted out.

King Rui also smelled it, and curiously stretched his neck to take a look, and asked: "Is this ginger tea?"

"It's ginger dew tea." It was Xiao Jingfan who answered. He had drunk it several times and knew the use of this tea, and also knew how much trouble it was to make it. This woman was thoughtful, and the reward was not in vain.

He picked up the teacup and drank it. He tasted a very light sweetness in the ginger flavor, which should be the medicinal candy.

Seeing that he enjoyed the drink, King Rui also wanted to try the ginger dew tea to see how it differed from ginger tea.

Chu Liuzheng thought that ginger dew tea was warm in nature and King Rui was weak, so drinking one cup would be just right.

Just now she asked Yuzhui to make Pu'er tea for King Rui because she was worried that he might not be used to it. Now that he said he wanted to drink it, she would just go and pour him a cup. There would be some left over.

She was just about to go back to the tea room to pour tea when she heard Xiao Jingfan say to Prince Rui, "I remember that you hated eating ginger since you were a child. How come you suddenly like it after going out?"

[Oh my, the counterfeit is exposed? ]

Chu Liuzheng stopped, his eyes sparkling, and ate the melon on the spot.

"I remember that my brother doesn't like the smell of ginger either." Prince Rui smiled. "Just now I saw that my brother is used to drinking this ginger tea, so I thought it tastes good, so I wanted to try it too. But my brother won't allow me?"

"Just a cup of tea." Xiao Jingfan looked at Chu Liuzheng, "Pour a cup of ginger dew tea for King Rui."

Chu Liuzheng blinked. The tyrant's expression...

She immediately knelt down, lowered her head and said, "Your Majesty, there is not enough yellow ginger in the imperial kitchen, so I can only make this one cup. If Your Majesty wants to drink ginger tea, I'm afraid you have to wait until tomorrow."

Xiao Jingfan raised his eyebrows secretly and turned to look at King Rui.

Prince Rui smiled good-naturedly: "No, that's fine. I just got excited at the moment. Brother, please let her get up."

"Stand up." Xiao Jingfan waved at Chu Liuzheng.

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Chu Liuzheng stood up.

[Well, after all these years in the palace, I have almost become a master of facial expression analysis. Judging from the tyrant's reaction, I think I understood it correctly. The tyrant was just pretending to be generous. In fact, he didn't want to give the fake ginger tea to the fake. ]

【It's just a cup of tea, why? 】

Chu Liuzheng was puzzled and guessed secretly.

[Could it be that Tyrant, who is obsessed with his younger brother, is afraid that his dear younger brother will feel unwell after drinking ginger tea, but he doesn't want to reject his dear younger brother's request in person, so he hinted to me to cooperate with this? ]

[Tsk, luckily I'm quick-witted! ]

Xiao Jingfan: "..."

"My Jingming Palace is in need of a smart maid. I think Liu Zheng is perfect." Prince Rui looked at the emperor opposite him, still smiling like a fairy. "There is more than one tea-serving maid in the tea room. My brother, please give Liu Zheng to me."

Zhou Yuande, who was standing beside him, blinked his eyes.

Grandpa God, something bad is going to happen!
Prince Rui, why don't you choose this young lady over anyone else? Aren't you trying to snatch her away from His Majesty?

He stole a glance at the emperor and saw murderous intent on that expressionless and handsome face of the emperor. He immediately broke into a cold sweat for Prince Rui.

Chu Liuzheng, the person who was robbed, felt like he was struck by lightning.

She was doing a good job as a servant in front of the emperor and was trying hard to curry favor with the big boss, but she must be stupid to follow a counterfeit with bad intentions!
"Do you want to go to Jingming Palace?" Xiao Jingfan took off the Bodhi bracelet from his wrist and played with it in his hand, staring at Chu Liuzheng with a pair of dark eyes, like a deep pool.

[Of course not! ]

Chu Liuzheng answered with certainty in her heart, but she couldn't say that on her face. She was just a little palace maid and it was not her turn to choose.

She bowed her head and said respectfully, "I will obey your Majesty's orders."

[Wuwuwu, considering how dedicated I am to my duties, Tyrant, please don't let me go to Jingming Palace! ]