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

It was Cheng Yu’s first official business trip in ancient times, and he was quite excited.

She didn't have much impression of Prince Jing's Mansion. The original owner was just a little maid living in the palace. Before becoming Zhao Rulan's dowry maid, she did odd jobs in the inner courtyard of the palace.

She was born of a slave, and her grandfather and grandmother were both slaves of the Zhao family.

The one who gave birth to her father is the so-called second generation of slaves.

Her father accidentally married her mother, a bought maid, and gave birth to her, the third generation of slavery.

To be honest, if Cheng Yu hadn't traveled through time and space and wanted to escape from slavery, according to the original owner's personality, he would have been a slave in the master's house for the rest of his life, married a slave when he grew up, and then gave birth to a few little slaves.

Live like this for the rest of your life.

Cheng Yu's family has a small courtyard outside the house, which was allocated to her grandparents when they took charge.

The separate courtyards where their servants lived were all built next to each other. Cheng Yu's grandmother was in charge of sweeping and taking away the garbage in each courtyard. For example, the leftover slop after meals and the removal of the night fragrance were all taken care of by Madam Cheng.

There is no need for Nanny Cheng to do it herself, as she has several old maids under her to serve her.

These old maids were responsible for the cleaning of each room of the prince, princess, prince, the second daughter and the second son of the Zhao family.

After Cheng Yu and the two maids arrived at the palace, they naturally could not go home first.

Madam Zhang, who was in charge of the storehouse, was Zhang San's daughter. The maids under her called her Madam Zhang. After returning to the palace, all her acquaintances called her Zhang San's daughter.

As soon as I arrived at the gate of the palace, I greeted a few gatekeepers.

It was Mother Zhang and Mother Wu who were talking. Cheng Yu, who was a little socially anxious, really didn't know what to say.

I followed the two mothers to the prince's courtyard.

Zhang San's family and Wu Mama were both given as dowry with their entire families, and they originally had their own courtyard to live in in the servants' quarters of the palace.

Now that the whole family is giving the house as a dowry, the house will be given to someone else and they cannot live in it.

They are now waiting to be assigned new accommodation.

Cheng Yu had nothing to worry about. Her family was still there, and at worst she could just go live with her grandmother.

Cheng Yu's grandparents didn't just give birth to her father.

Cheng Yu also has two aunts and an uncle, and they all have jobs to do. Some are assigned to manage the farm, and some are married off as part of the dowry of the aunt's generation in the royal palace.

She has a cousin who is almost the same age as her and grew up with her grandmother.

Her cousin was well-spoken and capable, so her grandmother made some arrangements and sent her to work in the princess's courtyard.

The original owner, Cheng Yu, was more like a slacker, just wasting his time all day long.

It's just a random job.

Since the job is slow, the salary this month is naturally less.

When she was working in the palace, she only received two hundred coins of silver every month, while Cheng Mei was already receiving one string of silver at that time. Naturally, she lived a much more comfortable life, but Cheng Mei's expenses were also huge, and after spending all day on food, drink and dressing up, she had very little left.

When I returned to the palace, I suddenly recalled the past.

As I was thinking and walking, I soon arrived at the prince's inner courtyard.

When the prince reaches adulthood, he will build a prince's mansion to prepare for getting married in the future.

But although the prince of Prince Jing's Mansion is a prince and the emperor's younger brother, he is mediocre and incompetent, has no special abilities, and relies entirely on the prince's properties to make a living.

He doesn't care about his son's affairs.

The prince has been living in the palace and has not divided up any houses for himself. However, the house is not small. Cheng Yu followed the two maids and continued to walk forward, followed by two coachmen carrying things.

Just arrived at the east courtyard gate.

Then a beautiful maid came over, looked at them and said with a smile: "Come in quickly, I didn't expect that the eldest lady would send someone to see the prince."

Cheng Yu looked at the smiling maid in front of him. Wasn’t the prince seriously injured?

But why is this sister smiling so happily, as if she is not worried about the prince at all?

But these were not questions that a little maid like her should ask.

Zhang Sanjia hurried forward and said, "Miss Wanxiang, our eldest daughter is worried about the young master, so she asked me, Madam Wu, and Miss Yu'er to bring some nourishing herbs."

"The eldest girl is pregnant and is afraid that the long journey will make her feel uncomfortable. But the eldest girl cares about the prince very much, so she asked Miss Yu'er to come as well. Miss Yu'er's cooking skills are really amazing, and she is a bit like her grandfather..."

"Madam had severe morning sickness, and after eating the food made by Miss Yu'er, the symptoms were relieved a lot. So, I asked Miss Yu'er to come to the palace to make some nourishing food for the prince."

Cheng Yu was still thinking about how to explain herself if her grandmother or other people found out while she was cooking at the palace.

Unexpectedly, after she entered the palace, she found out that her grandfather was a cook.

The food he cooked was delicious, but he was unlucky and died before he could even hold forty people.

If anyone asked, she would have other reasons to explain.

As Zhang Sanjia was talking, Wanxiang's eyes were fixed on Cheng Yu.

Seeing that she lowered her head, she only raised it slightly when talking about her, but it was just a glance. As a woman, Wanxiang knew that this girl named Yu'er was absolutely beautiful, especially her shiny white skin, which was very rare.

She had gentle brows, clear eyes, a soft face, and no aggressiveness at all.

Her eyes are not very big but they are bright and dark, like two black grapes.

She has a high nose bridge, cherry lips, and no lip balm. Her lips have a natural pink color, which makes her look innocent and so beautiful that one can't help crying.

But he was wearing simple clothes and looked fat.

Wanxiang thought to herself that she had a pretty face but she didn't know how to dress up, and the prince disliked people who were sloppy and unkempt.

Wanxiang subconsciously felt relieved.

No matter how good-looking a person is, a sloppy person will not be in the eyes of the prince.

"I will go and see the prince first."

Cheng Yu went to the side room with the two mothers, who were waiting outside the screen.

Asked some questions.

Cheng Yu only heard the man's clear and pleasant voice. As for the rest, she didn't pay attention to anything else and was arranged by Wanxiang to go to the kitchen.

The prince has a small kitchen, but he seldom eats at home. There is also a cook exclusively for the prince in the big kitchen, who only cooks for him and doesn't have to take care of anything else. So this small kitchen is idle and unused.

Wanxiang took Cheng Yu to the kitchen and called a mother named Fang.

"Mother Fang, this is Yu'er, the one sent by the eldest lady to serve the young master. She is also a cook and will help you make some food for the young master. You decide on the arrangements."

Mother Fang glanced at Yu'er.

The palace is very large, with many courtyards, and each person is responsible for different things.

Therefore, Mother Fang, who was responsible for cooking for the prince in the big kitchen, really didn't know who Cheng Yu was.

But seeing that it was brought by Wanxiang, he did not look down on it.

"Don't worry, Wanxiang, I will make good arrangements."

"Miss Wanxiang, how do you think we should arrange the prince's meal tonight?"

The cook who works in the big kitchen and is dedicated to serving her master must certainly cater to her master's daily taste.

Mother Fang would definitely not ask the Young Master, wouldn't that just be asking for trouble?

But what meals she wanted to cook, in addition to the few main dishes that had to be prepared every month according to the prince's habit, she also had to change the taste.

But it happened that the prince was not feeling well and had no appetite, so Mother Fang asked about Wanxiang.

Wanxiang glanced at Cheng Yu.

"The prince has been in the military camp all year round, so the taste is a bit strong, but now the main thing is to recuperate. The doctor said to eat light food. Miss Yu'er, can you make some light but tasty food?"