I was given the contraceptive soup and became the emperor's white moonlight

"Which palace maid is blocking the road in front for no reason?" Xiao Ye looked from a distance and asked.

When the woman turned around, Su Minglang saw the style of the palace dress. It turned out to be the clothes that only the palace ladies would wear. Su Minglang walked forward and the lady quickly came forward, bowed and said, "I greet the Concubine Zhaoyi."

"Mr. Feng is in power?" Su Minglang looked at her and then at the person kneeling with his head bowed not far away and asked, "Is that Miss Zhu Yan kneeling over there?"

"Madam, do you know Zhu Yan?" Feng Shangfu looked up at her and was undecided for a moment. He turned around and said to Zhu Yan coldly, "Don't you see that Madam Zhaoyi is here? Why don't you come forward and greet her!"

"No thanks." Su Minglang retracted her gaze and said with a smile: "Master Shangfu is teaching his maids a lesson, and I should not interfere."

"Your Majesty, you are joking. How dare I act rudely in front of you?" Feng Shangfu lowered his head and did not ask Zhu Yan to stand up.

Nian'er wanted to go forward anxiously but was held firmly in place by Nanxing, unable to move. She stared at Zhu Yan with eyes tightly fixed, and the worry in her eyes did not seem fake.

Su Minglang looked back at her, raised his head and paused before asking, "I heard the Shangfu Master scolding her from afar, saying that this girl has missed the time?"

"Yes, it did happen. I have disturbed your Majesty's peace." Feng Shangfu replied, "It is already past the working hours. Zhu Yan has only been transferred to the Shangfu Bureau for a few days and has made such a serious mistake. I have no choice but to punish her as a warning to others."

"Of course, I sympathize with you, Lord Shangfu." Su Minglang paused and spoke slowly: "But today's incident does have some reasons for me."

"Your humble servant does not quite understand what you mean." Feng Shangfu was a little surprised. She thought Su Minglang would not interfere, but she did not expect that she would say such a thing. Who is this Zhu Yan that she deserves such protection from a Zhaoyi?

"I have always heard that there is a maid named Zhu Yan in this palace. Today, I happened to meet her and asked her for advice." Su Minglang smiled apologetically and said, "I have been chatting for a long time and have delayed your official business."

"So that's the case. I have wronged her." Feng Shangfu paused and glanced at Zhu Yan, recalling that Su Zhaoyi called out Zhu Yan's name as soon as they met. It seemed that they really had recognized each other before. Seeing this, he could only let her go and did not dare to pursue the matter further.

"We are here to serve the masters of the palaces, so this doesn't count as wasting public time. Zhu Yan, please get up."

"Lord Shangfu is so magnanimous. I am very grateful." Su Minglang nodded slightly, and walked away without even looking at Zhu Yan.

Feng Shangfu watched Su Minglang leave. He was really unsure of her attitude towards Zhu Yan. If she said she didn't care, she was willing to condescend to plead for her. If she said she cared, she never even glanced at her from beginning to end. It was really strange.

"Zhu Yan, have you met Su Zhaoyi earlier today?" Feng Shangfu asked coldly.

Zhu Yan nodded, and when she saw that her eyes were not on her, she spoke: "Yes, I just met Empress Zhaoyi not long ago."

"Is this the first time we meet today?"

"It's the first time we met." Zhu Yan didn't know why she asked, so she could only follow Su Minglang's words and say, "The queen asked me some tips on needlework, and I answered them one by one."

"It's a waste of your talent to work in my clothing department." Feng Shangfu glanced at her with a complicated expression: "You should ask the Concubine Zhaoyi to transfer you to the weaving department."

"I dare not have such thoughts, please understand!" Zhu Yan panicked when she heard this and knelt down to prove her innocence. "I am grateful to you for your kindness to be able to work in the Shangfu Bureau. I dare not have such presumptuous thoughts."

Feng Shangfu looked at her for a long time, but she just knelt with her head bowed, her body trembling slightly, which really made him look like a harsh person. "Okay, get up. You've already wasted time. Why don't you go and do something?"

"It's fine if you've wasted my time, but if you've wasted someone else's time, you'll have more than enough heads to chop off!"

"Yes, I'll do it right away!" Before she finished her words, Feng Shangfu turned and left. Zhu Yan staggered to her feet, her knees aching from kneeling. She stood against the wall for a while, not daring to waste too much time, and started to chase in the direction Feng Shangfu had left.

Now that she had a rare job in the Shangfu Bureau, she dared not slack off. Although these tasks were trivial and troublesome, they were better than serving under some young master, where one displeasure might cost her her head.

As for Su Minglang's suggestion of asking her to become a female official, she had never thought of that idea. There were so many palace maids in the palace, and only a few could become female officials. She didn't dare to think about it, let alone could not think about it.

As for Miss Nian'er, Zhu Yan also understood that Su Minglang was willing to protect her because of her. She was only grateful and dared not think of anything else. From the moment Li Zhao found her, she knew that there was a huge difference between them. Even if they were both in this imperial city in the future, there was no hope for them to see each other again.

"Master, if you are worried about Nian'er, why don't you bring Zhu Yan back to the palace? We don't need her to feed us!" Xiao Ye looked at the dejected Nian'er, walked quickly to Su Minglang and asked in a low voice.

"Su Minglang glanced at her and said, "I've said before that Nian'er has a special identity. She is just being raised by me. I think Li Zhao didn't tell her too much. Keeping her by my side is actually an unstable factor."

"Besides, even if Li Zhao believes her, I really don't dare to open the door to someone I meet for the first time."

"But Nian'er doesn't seem to be used to the feeling of separation. After all, she has lived in Han Ya Pavilion since she was a child, and Miss Zhu Yan has always been taking care of her."

Su Minglang thought about it and realized that it was true. Nian'er had no parents when she was little. Her mother gave the child to an old palace maid to take care of, but the old woman died early. Since then, it had always been Zhu Yan who took care of her. It was natural that she was not used to being suddenly separated.

"Manman will forget it." Su Minglang paused and said, "She is still young and may not know much about feelings. Instead of waiting until they grow up and separate, it is better to feel the pain slowly and live in peace from now on."

Xiao Ye nodded and stopped persuading her. She understood that Su Minglang's worries were not unreasonable. Although she didn't know how special the girl's identity was, she knew from Su Minglang's expression that she would not stay in the palace for long. She might have her own convenient passage, but ordinary palace maids could not leave the palace at will.

Perhaps what the queen said made sense. It is better to suffer a short pain than a long one. Thinking of this, she gritted her teeth. Even if it was for Nian'er's own good, she had to help her adapt to the new environment as quickly as possible.