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

Cheng Yu appeared calm on the surface.

In fact, I was laughing in my heart.

The little old lady is pretty amazing.

No wonder he was facing away just now. His face was scratched a few times and there were bruises at the corners of his eyes.

This is because I don’t want my granddaughter to see it.

"You didn't become my uncle's concubine?"

Nanny Cheng got up and sat on the bed, looking at Cheng Yu who was still wearing her hair in a bun.

"Where did you get this ugly dress? Your dress is not as colorful as the one worn by an old woman like me."

Indeed, her grandmother was still wearing a half-worn crimson jacket, and looking at what Cheng Yu was wearing, she looked just like a nun in a nunnery.

Cheng Yu said, "The eldest lady wanted me to be a concubine to my brother-in-law, but I refused. I learned cooking from the cook, Madam Li, who came with the dowry. Because I cooked delicious food, the eldest lady also offered me a second-class maid with a monthly salary of two taels."

Nanny Cheng looked at Cheng Yu with some pride in her eyes.

"When did you become so smart? But it's true, your mother is smart, and you are her daughter, how can you be worse?"

"However, if your mother hadn't been smart, I would still look down on her. It's a pity that she passed away early. Your father is only in his thirties. If I tell your father about another one, he won't agree."

Nanny Cheng started nagging again.

We talked a lot about family matters.

She said her father was very capable now, and that her brother was very capable and could earn 500 Wen a month.

The male servant who does odd jobs doesn't get paid as much as the female servant, but if he does a good job, the rewards from his master can be more than those from his female mistress.

Cheng Yu listened carefully, sat on the edge of the bed, and massaged Nanny Cheng's legs.

Looking at the well-behaved Cheng Yu, and then looking at her other granddaughter Cheng Mei, who only blames her when she comes back injured from a fight.

In her heart, Nanny Cheng still prefers Cheng Yu.

"You are so simple-minded. I don't know if it was right to let you be a maid in the dowry, but as servants, we can't even talk to the princess."

"Your cousin spent money and used connections to get her to the princess's hospital."

"Sister Yu, please don't blame your grandmother in your heart."

Cheng Yu said, "No, the eldest lady is also very good. I will work hard in the kitchen in the future and not get involved in the inner house struggles. I will be a kitchen manager at best."

If she came back and told Nanny Cheng that she wanted to leave slavery, Nanny Cheng would definitely object.

Besides, there's no need to talk about this unreliable thing everywhere.

Nanny Cheng looked at Cheng Yu and felt that her granddaughter, who seemed stupid before, was now smarter.

"You're right. Are you willing to be just a cook?"

Cheng Yu said softly, "I don't have any big ambitions, I just want to be safe. Working in the kitchen saves me from having to go to the mistress and the master of the house. Of course, there are no benefits to be gained, but it is also much safer."

"When I get older, I'll find a reliable man to settle down with."

Speaking of this, Madam Cheng said, "Who would have known that the eldest lady really wouldn't let you be her brother-in-law's concubine? If you had known this, you wouldn't have let your father cancel the marriage with the Ma family."

After Cheng Yu became a maid during the dowry, Nanny Cheng asked her second son to cancel the marriage with the Ma family.

There is no way to cancel the engagement.

Cheng Yu was chosen by the successor princess as a maidservant for the dowry. How could a maidservant who was married off as a dowry come back to marry? Naturally, the marriage had to be called off.

When Cheng Yu Niang and Ma Niang verbally agreed to their marriage, she was given a silver bracelet.

The bracelet was later kept by Cheng Yu.

She didn't bring it back this time.

She thought to herself that since the engagement with the Ma family had been called off, the silver bracelet should be returned.

It's a silver bracelet from decades ago and isn't worth much.

But it is an engagement token, and since she is not marrying someone else, the token still has to be returned.

Madam Cheng blamed Cheng Yu for not being able to be a concubine to her son-in-law because she told him too late and should have told him earlier. However, looking at her granddaughter who was becoming more and more beautiful, she seemed to be much smarter now than before.

Nanny Cheng has no worries about her granddaughter getting married.

So he didn't say anything.

Asked Cheng Yu how he was doing at the Lu family.

Cheng Yu only said that the eldest lady was a good person. She was pregnant now and had suffered severe pregnancy reactions some time ago, but she was feeling better now.

Seeing the wound on Nanny Cheng's face, Cheng Yu wanted to go outside to buy some medicine, but Nanny Cheng refused, saying that servants have thick skin and are not that delicate.

I learned that Nanny Cheng had not eaten yet.

Cheng Yu got up and went to the outer room, where he found some potatoes under the cupboard. There was also flour and three or five eggs at home.

She made the simplest potato pancakes.

First wash the potatoes, cut them into shreds, rinse them with water, filter out the potato starch, then start sprinkling some flour into them. Don’t use too much flour, otherwise it will not taste good.

Add two more eggs.

When eating at home, we don’t care about the shape.

Made into the size of ordinary pancakes.

I used one potato to make three large potato pancakes and used an egg to make a bowl of egg drop soup.

Cheng Yu brought the prepared food and placed it in front of Nanny Cheng.

"It's getting late. I have to go to the kitchen to prepare dinner for the prince. I can't chat with you."

"Miss Wanxiang from the East Courtyard has arranged for the three of us to live together. I won't come tonight. If I have time tomorrow, I will come back to see you."

Nanny Cheng picked up a potato pancake and took a bite.

"I didn't see you cooking at home before. I didn't expect that you are quite good at cooking. You are just like your dead grandfather. You have some skills."

Cheng Yu was not annoyed.

"It's because of my grandfather's cooking skills. I'm his granddaughter. It's in my blood."

Cheng Yu wanted to say it was hereditary, but it was obvious that Nanny Cheng could not understand the word hereditary.

"Just imitate your grandfather."

Although Nanny Cheng said this, she was in a happy mood. She had to admit that the food her granddaughter cooked was delicious, potato pancakes, she didn't expect that potatoes could be made into pancakes.

They buy it to eat as a staple food, which means they just boil it in water or steam it and then eat it.

"You eat first, I'm going to go get busy."

Nanny Cheng was so busy eating that she didn't pay any attention to Cheng Yu.

Cheng Yu left the small courtyard of the servants' quarters and went to the big kitchen.

Just a quarter of an hour after she came, Fang's mother also came and asked Cheng Yu what food he had prepared for the Prince.

Mother Fang did not mention a single word that the Young Master had not eaten any food in the past few days. Even when the delicacies from land and sea, such as abalone and shark fin, were brought to him, he would return them intact.

Cheng Yu didn't know much about the Crown Prince. He thought about what Wanxiang said, that the doctor had told the Crown Prince to eat light food, but the Crown Prince had been in the military camp all year round and had a heavy taste in food.

In this winter, it is natural to eat some healthy food.

But the prince doesn’t eat this or that, which makes him difficult to deal with.

Cheng Yu thought about it and suddenly thought of a dish.

Chicken soup was stewing in the big kitchen, and Cheng Yu asked Fang's mother if she had any pig's stomach.

Mother Fang didn't know either, so she called the maid to prepare the food.

"Yes, two were delivered this morning. One was used in the prince's meal this afternoon, so there is one left."

"Give it to me." Cheng Yu said.

He glanced at the remaining vegetables and meat.

After all, it was evening, and there wasn't much left, but it was rich enough to feed the prince alone.