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

Zhao Rulan frowned slightly, waved her hand, and Xiangling retreated.

Cheng Yu was the only one left in the room.

"Tell me, what's the secret?" Zhao Rulan asked.

Cheng Yu then began to speak.

"It's about the Second Master. During dinner today, Qiu Wen, the maidservant beside the old lady, told me to wait outside the door for a while. I wanted to leave because I hadn't seen her call me for a long time.

At this time, I saw Changgui, the attendant beside the Second Master, coming over. He looked very anxious and said a few words to the Second Master. Then the Second Master went out, and I followed him quietly. "

"What did you see?" Zhao Rulan said in a low voice, clutching the handkerchief.

Cheng Yu knew that Zhao Rulan might not be able to sleep tonight.

"I didn't see anything. The Second Master and his men were riding in a carriage, and I was walking, so I couldn't catch up."

Without waiting for Zhao Rulan to ask again.

Cheng Yu said, "Madam, I dare not speculate what you are thinking, I will just tell you what I know, because I am also from the palace, so naturally I have the same mind as you."

Zhao Rulan looked at Cheng Yu and asked, "Have you told anyone about this?"

Cheng Yu shook her head slightly, "No, I just found out and just came back. I don't know what to do, and I don't know whether I should tell you."

There was a hint of approval in Zhao Rulan's eyes.

"You should have told me. If you didn't tell me, and the Second Master really did something irreparable outside the door in the future, it would be difficult for me to deal with it."

"Don't worry about this for now. You stay in the kitchen and keep an eye on the Second Master."

Changgui and Changfu are both close followers of the Second Master. They have followed the Second Master since childhood, so naturally they would not believe what she, the Second Lady, says.

Zhao Rulan was not very clear about this matter. She was pregnant, and she almost lost the baby before. Zhao Rulan prayed to the Buddha. Before the baby was born safely, she was willing to do good deeds to pray for the baby in her belly.

Now she didn't want to touch the woman Lu Zhaowen kept outside.

Because she knew that she could not tolerate her husband going out to fool around with other people while she was pregnant.

Lu Zhaowen, he shouldn't be such a person.

That night, Zhao Rulan tossed and turned and couldn't sleep. Dingxiang, who came to keep watch in the second half of the night, was even more puzzled.

My wife had a good meal in the evening and was in a good mood before going to bed, but she couldn't sleep well in the second half of the night.

Dingxiang walked up to the mistress with a lamp in hand.

"Madam, madam, are you having a nightmare?"

Zhao Rulan woke up in a daze. She had been unable to sleep well since she became pregnant, and now she couldn't sleep even more after knowing this.

"Lilac, there's something on my mind that I can't figure out, so I can't sleep. Tomorrow, you come with me and bring Yu'er..."

Ding Xiang said, "What on earth has made you so worried that you even called Yu Er to come? Yu Er is working in the big kitchen. She might as well be here for three days. Do you want to call her back?"

"After lunch, call me over."

As for what it was, Zhao Rulan didn't tell Dingxiang.

But if she didn't see it with her own eyes and confirm it, she would not be able to have peace during her entire pregnancy.

Zhao Rulan likes Lu Zhaowen. If she didn't, she would never have chosen to marry him.

Seeing that Zhao Rulan was in a bad mood, Dingxiang guessed that the cause of the incident might be on the Second Master, but as for the specific details, she didn't know.

***

Zhao Rulan didn't sleep the whole night, and Cheng Yu didn't sleep for half the night either.

Later, I really couldn't take it anymore. I was too tired today. I took turns cooking in two kitchens. Even an iron man couldn't take it. I was so sleepy that I turned over and fell asleep.

When she got up in the morning, Pearl was still sleeping.

Cheng Yu thought that Zhao Rulan would not be able to eat anything this morning, so she made some wontons. She used wild vegetables and pork as the stuffing, and also made some vegetarian dishes with eggs and shrimps. There was one shrimp in each wonton, with thin skin and large stuffing. After cooking, you could see the obvious large shrimps.

After preparing the wontons, Cheng Yu gave Taozi a few instructions before leaving the kitchen, asking her to keep an eye on it. If Dingxiang or anyone else came, she should say that she had prepared some wontons.

Cheng Yu had something on his mind and left in a hurry. He didn't pay much attention to the girl "Yu'er" called by the food delivery man.

After arriving at the big kitchen, Cheng Yu was busy preparing breakfast for the old lady.

She came to prepare breakfast for the old lady, and only prepared one portion for the old lady. As for the other things, she naturally would not make more.

But it happened that this morning, when Cheng Yu was cooking, Qiuyue, the maidservant beside the eldest lady, came over.

"Everyone says your cooking is delicious. Prepare one for my wife. Just make one like what you made yesterday."

Qiuyue's commanding tone really made Cheng Yu very unhappy.

Cheng Yu glanced at Qiuyue and said, "Sister, I am only here to cook for the old lady. I have to cook for the old lady carefully and don't have any extra time to do anything else."

She said it in a nice voice too.

Qiuyue said, "My eldest lady eats the food you cook. It means she thinks highly of you. Don't be ungrateful."

Cheng Yu said immediately: "I really can't do anything. If you really want to make a scene, then go and make a scene in front of the old lady. Let's go and ask her to judge the matter."

Turning around, Cheng Yu rubbed his eyes.

When she raised her head again, her eyes were very red.

He Hua was originally a handyman who made side dishes. When she heard the noise, she turned around and saw Cheng Yu with red eyes and the aggressive Qiu Yue.

Everyone in Qiuyue’s kitchen knows that she is a mean and snob.

No one in the big kitchen liked her.

However, she did not dare to offend the first lady, Mrs. Sun. Mrs. Sun was somewhat related to the old lady. Besides, she was a young widow, so whenever she was wronged, she would go to the old lady and cry to her.

The old lady would punish the people in the kitchen.

Therefore, the people in the kitchen should not be offended and should not care about anything.

But now seeing such a good person like Cheng Yu being bullied by Qiuyue to the point of crying.

Lotus couldn't bear to watch it anymore.

"Qiuyue, you are also an elder in the mansion, why are you still bullying others? Yu'er was borrowed by the Second Madam to cook for the Old Madam, not to be ordered to do things by you."

"That's right. Look at you. You bullied people until they cried."

"The old lady still has the final say in the kitchen. When Sister Qiu Wen comes, we will ask her whether Yu Er should cook for the old lady first or for you first."

Naturally, no one dared to mention the eldest lady by name, so they could only put the blame on Qiuyue.

Qiuyue yelled, "Who are you all? What are you yelling about? I usually don't give you enough benefits. Now that you know that the Second Madam is powerful, you all speak for the Second Madam. You really know how to judge people by their status."

Cheng Yu pulled Hehua's hand.

"No need to argue with her. I will go to the old lady and tell her that this is a serious matter. I work in the palace and have never been wronged like this."

Cheng Yu didn't want to cry. There was no need to cry over such a small thing.

Her eyes were red because she was cutting peppers just now and accidentally rubbed her eyes with her hands.