Quick Travel: Dream Hunt

She thought so and did so. When it was her turn to be selected, she took out a silver note of 1,000 taels and held it in her hand. When the eunuch in charge walked up to her, she directly stuffed the silver note into his hand and said softly:

"I am Lin Tinghe, a concubine of the Lin family. I would like to ask the eunuch in charge to not let me pass the selection and put me beside the queen as a maid. This one thousand taels of silver is yours."

Eunuch Wang tightened his grip on the banknote and blurted out, "One, one thousand taels? Are you kidding, young lady? The Liu family's side branches can't afford so much money. Besides, other young ladies all want to become your majesty's concubines, so why do you do the opposite?"

Ting He smiled, neither servile nor arrogant, "You worry too much, eunuch. The banknote is real, otherwise you can check it now to distinguish the authenticity. As for why I don't want to participate in the selection, it's because I owe the queen a favor. Isn't it okay to repay the favor?"

As expected, the eunuch in charge secretly glanced at the banknotes stuffed in his hand, his eyes widened instantly, and he bowed to Tinghe and said:

"Then I would like to thank you very much, young master. Please wait for a while, I will arrange it for you right away."

Ting He nodded with satisfaction and said, "Then Ting He would like to thank you for the arrangement, father-in-law."

At this moment, a hurried announcement came: "Liu Nishang, the legitimate daughter of Minister Liu, has a graceful figure and is very charming. Your Majesty has given her gold and pearls, awarded her to Nishang Pavilion, and named her Rou Yingqi..."

Ting He frowned upon hearing this, secretly complaining that in this life, the promotion was so fast. It seemed that Liu Nishang had really caught the emperor's eye. She would probably be favored by the emperor soon. It seemed that she had to speed up her actions. Thinking of this, she winked at the eunuch in charge and immediately knelt on the ground and begged for mercy:

"I don't know what I did wrong, but you want to treat me like this, my Lord. It would be fine if I wasn't allowed to participate in the selection, but why do you want to punish me with fifty lashes of the cane for being disrespectful in front of the palace?"

As expected of the eunuch who had received the money, his eyes rolled around and he glanced sideways to see the Queen's guard of honor coming this way. They must have just finished watching the beauty pageant and remembered what he had just promised this beauty. He immediately waved his whisk, glanced at Ting He with contempt, and angrily said:

"Come on, Miss Liu is inappropriately dressed and has lost her manners in front of the palace, so drag her out and give her fifty lashes."

As he spoke, Ting He was pressed down by several young eunuchs and placed on a bench. The board was lifted high and then dropped gently. Ting He gritted his teeth and let out a muffled groan, performing the scene to the fullest.

It was these few muffled groans that made the passing queen stop in her tracks. She asked in confusion:

"What's going on over there? Send someone to take a look."

Soon someone replied. Upon hearing this, the queen sighed and said, "Another poor person who has suffered an unexpected disaster. Never mind. Send someone to take her back to Kunning Palace and take good care of her so that she does not get hurt again."

Upon hearing this, the maidservant immediately stepped forward to interrupt the eunuch in charge and said, "Eunuch Wang, please be merciful. Our queen wants this concubine. Why don't you let her go?"

The eunuch in charge narrowed his eyes, bowed his head and said, "Since the nanny has spoken, I must give the queen this face. Then you can take this concubine away."

Just as the maids and nannies were preparing to lift the injured girl up, one of the palace maids' hands suddenly slipped and she fell onto the beating bench.

The same situation happened as in the previous life. Ting He quickly dodged the barbs on the wooden bench in a split second.

But at this moment, she actually saw the maid who dropped her on the bench, and there was a trace of viciousness in her eyes, which immediately made Tinghe's alarm bells ring. Wasn't this Hongyu, the second-class maid beside the queen? What was that look in her eyes? Could it be that her disfigurement in the previous life was not an accident, but someone's plan?

Ting He thought about this and decided to enter the Queen's Palace first, and then slowly plan. This Hongyu must not be a good person. Why didn't I find out in my previous life? That look was really vicious.

Tinghe was taken back to Kunning Palace by the Queen to recuperate. With the golden medicine bestowed by the Queen, Tinghe's buttock injury had completely healed in just three days. In fact, Tinghe's injury was just a decoy, and she was afraid that it would heal too quickly and arouse suspicion.

As soon as three days passed, Ting He immediately ran to the Queen to express her loyalty. Fearing that her appearance might attract someone's attention, she even used a medicine to hide it a little. However, she did all this in front of the Queen after she confessed her origins to her.

On the one hand, she revealed her identity and gained the queen's trust. On the other hand, she said that she had no ambition to be bestowed upon her and would not compete for favor, so that the queen could rest assured. On the other hand, she revealed that she knew medical skills, so that the queen could see her value.

The queen went from being distrustful at first to sighing and praising later, and she started with:

"Is Ting He really the concubine of the Liu family? Then why does she know medicine?"

Ting He replied immediately, "We, the Liu family, originally lived together in the ancestral house. The inner house was for the legitimate daughters of the main branch, while I, a concubine's daughter of the side branch, lived in the outer house. I have been disliked by the legitimate daughters since I was young. Although my father and aunt tried to mediate, I still suffered a lot and was often injured and sick. My so-called medical skills are just from reading a few medical books and becoming a doctor after suffering from illness for a long time..."

"How dare you, no matter who you are, you dare to call yourself me when you see the Queen?"

The maid named Hongyu immediately started to criticize and denounce her.

The Queen Mother showed no strange expression, she waved her hand and said:

"Forget it, forget it. I have a headache, so I won't say more to you. Since you and Rouying are from the same family, I think it was fate that I saved you. Well, since you don't have the qualifications to be selected and your life story is so pitiful, you will stay in Kunning Palace and serve me from now on. Madam Li, take Tinghe down to make her a second-class maid, and you and Hongyu will scout me together. I am tired, you all can go down."

I thought things would just develop like this, but Hongyu insisted:

"Your Highness, this is absolutely impossible. She is from the family of Rou Ying's mother. I don't know what they are thinking. How can you place a young lady of unknown origin in our Kunning Palace?"

The Queen did not react to the words and waved her hand, signaling them to leave. Li Ma Ma bowed and was about to leave. At this time, Hong Yu knelt down again and shouted:

"Your Majesty, don't be fooled by this person of unknown origin. She just said that she has superb medical skills. Since the Queen's headache has not been cured for several years, why not let her treat the Queen and test her medical skills."

Tinghe lowered her eyes and remained silent. Seeing that Hongyu was still shouting, she thought to herself that she would teach her a lesson later. She really spoke without thinking.