The most beautiful lady in the harem

Seeing that he had made a good decision, Qin Liuse did not refuse. She was overjoyed and said calmly, "Then I will ask Eunuch Zhu to inform the Shangshi Bureau."

Qin Liuse has her own small kitchen, but it can only cook some snacks, medicinal meals and the like. Three meals a day still have to be delivered by people from the Shangshi Bureau.

The food that the Shangshi Bureau sent to her every day was just that much. There was no advance notification, and she had no idea that Emperor Yongjia was coming and that they had to prepare more food for the emperor.

Emperor Yongjia was quite obedient to local customs. He waved his hand and said to Qin Liuse, "No need. I will eat with you."

Upon hearing this, Qin Liuse naturally agreed, and gently curled her lips, wanting Emperor Yongjia to taste what she was eating.

By the time the two of them rested, it was almost time for dinner.

The Imperial Food Bureau had already been preparing dinner for the nobles in the palace.

In just one stick of incense, people from the Shangshi Bureau came over with dinner.

As she watched the people from the Imperial Food Bureau place the dishes on the table, Qin Liuse suddenly knew what Emperor Yongjia was going to do, which was exactly what she wanted.

Emperor Yongjia should have figured it out when he was eating the Tremella soup just now. Now he is waiting for the people from the Shangshi Bureau to fall into his trap.

Emperor Yongjia watched the palace maids carry the dishes from the food basket to the table one by one. He said nothing, but the hands of the palace maids were almost shaking.

I thought that the masters and junior masters in the Shangshi Bureau were snobbish and loved to deduct food from the nobles to make some extra money, but they were the ones to do this job that offended people.

What a bad day it was today, as the Emperor saw me. I don’t know if this head will still be on my neck tonight.

Emperor Yongjia picked up the chopsticks, took a bite of rice, and picked up a piece of shrimp. It was called shrimp, but in fact it was either a shrimp head or a shrimp tail, with a little bit of meat attached. In short, the good meat in the middle was no longer there.

It was obvious that the rice did not come from that good pot.

It's edible, but the grains are uneven as they are scooped from the edges which are not cooked enough, some are undercooked, and some are a bit rotten because there is too much water in them.

Emperor Yongjia ate like this, and seemed to be very satisfied with his meal. Seeing this, the servants became even more frightened and blamed themselves for not checking the almanac before going out today.

In addition to the shrimp, the dishes given to Qin Liuse were also raw and old, and even had a bitter taste when bitten.

Emperor Yongjia stretched out his hand and ordered his servant to serve him another bowl of rice.

The maids knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, I will go back to the Imperial Food Bureau to get it immediately."

The portion they gave to Concubine Qin was only two bowls of rice, one bowl for each person just now, but now there is no more.

Emperor Yongjia smiled, but his smile was a little gloomy, and he said to the palace maids, "You in the Shangshi Bureau are really good at budgeting your lives."

These words sounded like a compliment, but they made the palace maids' legs tremble.

Qin Liuse smiled and said, "Your Majesty, please don't blame them. I am a concubine and I usually eat little. They probably thought that I would have dinner in the Queen Mother's palace today."

This really added fuel to the fire. Qin Liuse is very good at this job.

Emperor Yongjia grabbed her hand and placed it in his palm, then looked at Zhu Wanxi and ordered, "Go and call Zhu Shanggong from the Shangshi Bureau."

Then he pointed to the dish of vegetables on the table and said, "When he comes later, tell him to eat this dish at the door before coming in to see me."

Zhu Wanxi immediately took the order and went to do the job.

Emperor Yongjia looked at Qin Liuse, who was neither angry nor happy. She could still laugh despite Shu Yuexuan's situation.

He also knew that she was an open-minded person and had been serving the Empress Dowager Cixi these days. When he went to Yongshou Palace to pay his respects, the Empress Dowager Cixi kept praising Qin Liuse for her good temper, ability, and everything else.

I didn't expect that those people in the Shangshi Bureau who looked down on others would step on others to this extent.

After a while, Zhu Shanggong from the Shangshi Bureau had already quickly run to the door of Shuyuexuan. After listening to Zhu Wanxi's instructions, she frowned and put the dishes one by one into her mouth.

It was cold outside, with snow and ice everywhere. The plate of vegetables had already turned as cold as ice. It was bitter, astringent, cold and difficult to chew.

After eating a plate of vegetables, Zhu Shanggong's face turned greener than the vegetables.

As soon as she entered the room, she knelt down in front of Emperor Yongjia and said, "Your Majesty, it was the people below who were snobbish. I didn't expect that they would dare to treat Concubine Qin so harshly. Please forgive me, Your Majesty."

Emperor Yongjia showed an unhappy look on his face, and threw the chopsticks in his hand in front of Zhu Shanggong.

The bowls and chopsticks fell to the ground and broke into pieces. You could hear a pin drop in the palace. All the people in the Imperial Food Bureau knelt down and kowtowed, "Your Majesty, please forgive me! Your Majesty, please forgive me!"

"You are a bunch of slaves who look down on others. Even if my people have fallen out of favor, I will not allow you to treat them like this."

In the room full of servants, except for Qin Liuse's own people, everyone else was scared to death.

He kowtowed loudly, begging Emperor Yongjia to spare his life.

Emperor Yongjia certainly would not want their lives. "Why would I want your lives? Go back and get your sticks, and be fined a year's salary. I'll see if you dare to abuse my people like this in the future."

Zhu Shanggong breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, she was only fined one year's salary. But for a Shanggong like her, it was really embarrassing to be beaten with a stick.

Qin Liuse felt relieved because Emperor Yongjia stood up for her.

This is what she eats herself. When she is not around, God knows what those dogs give to Qingqing Zijin and Aunt Mingyue to eat.

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Because Emperor Yongjia punished Zhu Shanggong of the Shangshi Bureau for Qin Liuse in Shuyuexuan today, the news that Qin Liuse had regained favor immediately spread in the harem.

No one expected that the emperor, who was so diligent in state affairs during the Spring Festival, would actually go to Shu Yuexuan's secluded place.

What a rarity.

Although she has regained her favor, Qin Liuse is not someone who would become arrogant because of her favor.

The Empress Dowager had not yet fully recovered from her illness. She rested for a day and went to Yongshou Palace the next day to spend time with the Empress Dowager.

In the following days, there was no news from the harem, and Emperor Yongjia did not summon anyone to serve him, so that the fact that Qin Liuse slept with the emperor on the sixth day of the first lunar month stood out in the harem during the Spring Festival.

They were at ease, thinking that the auspicious snow was a sign of a good harvest and that the Lantern Festival would soon be here. The palace was preparing lanterns for the festival.

Unexpectedly, on the tenth day, there was another blockbuster news in the harem, which was like a thunderclap.

The Empress Dowager Cixi's illness has been greatly improved. Qin Liuse pesters her to practice the Five Animal Exercises with her every day and also prepares a lot of healthy food for her.

Seeing that the Empress Dowager Cixi's complexion was getting better day by day, who would have thought that when the servants came to report the news, the Empress Dowager Cixi's originally rosy face had turned pale in an instant.

Qin Liuse also thought she had heard it wrong, "What? Can you say it again, aunt?"

The aunt who came to report the news burst into tears, "Reply to the Queen Mother, reply to Concubine Qin, the Queen, she has passed away!"