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

Cheng Yu squatted by the stove in the kitchen, lighting a fire and roasting a sweet potato for himself.

Roasted sweet potatoes taste really good.

She thought that if she could leave the inner courtyard and live a free life outside in the future, she might be able to survive by roasting sweet potatoes.

Perhaps because Xiao Liu ate the fried rice made by Cheng Yu, he became quite close to Cheng Yu.

Seeing Cheng Yu eating roasted sweet potato, Xiao Liu walked over and Cheng Yu gave one to her.

"Miss Yu'er, you are such a great cook. I roast sweet potatoes until they are burnt black, but yours are soft, fragrant and sticky. They taste really sweet."

Cheng Yu smiled.

"Just pay attention to the timing, there's nothing too particular about it."

In fact, not many sweet potatoes were eaten. The palace bought them for the servants. Even when making cakes and other things, sweet potatoes were not used.

Eating too much sweet potato will cause you to fart more.

Affects appearance and demeanor.

The servants eat most of the food, but some maids who serve their masters don't eat either. Otherwise, if they fart while serving, their masters will surely dislike them.

The piles of sweet potatoes were eaten by the maids and servants who did hard labor at the bottom of society.

Seeing Cheng Yu eating the sweet potatoes, Fang's mother didn't say anything. Anyone who wants to eat cheap things can eat them, and the leftovers will be thrown away.

After waiting for half an hour, word came from the prince's east courtyard, saying that he had asked his servants to clean up the rooms.

Usually the master has left, leaving only leftovers on the table.

The good ones were all given to Wanxiang and Fucui, and it was not the turn of the people in the kitchen to pick up the leftovers, so Mother Fang called Xiaoliu and Xiaoqing to clean up.

Cheng Yu didn't want to go, but the messenger said that Miss Yu'er would also go because the prince had something to ask.

Cheng Yu quickly put down the half-eaten roasted sweet potato and wiped the corner of his mouth.

Went to the East Courtyard with Xiao Liu and Xiao Qing.

Xiao Liu and Xiao Qing went to the side rooms to clean up the leftovers, while Cheng Yu went to the prince's study.

When she went over, Wanxiang was grinding ink for the prince.

“Stand back…”

Wanxiang bowed and left.

Cheng Yu stood at the door and asked, "My Lord, do you have anything to ask me?"

"The eldest girl is at the Lu family, is everything okay?"

Cheng Yu was puzzled. Zhang Sanjia and Mother Wu should have said everything that needed to be said about Zhao Rulan's situation in the Lu family. Why did the prince still want to ask her?

"Is it difficult to answer?" Zhao Shiyan asked.

Cheng Yu: "I just think that Madam Zhang and Madam Wu have said everything they should say. I don't know what to say anymore. If I say too much, I'm afraid I'll annoy the prince."

"You are quite clever in what you say."

She looks and dresses like a fool, but the words she speaks are different from her appearance and the same goes for her voice.

Zhao Shiyan suddenly said in a cold voice: "Tell the truth, don't hide anything. Mrs. Zhang said that you are the second-class maid in front of the eldest lady, and you have just been promoted. You also cook three meals a day for the eldest lady."

I think they know more than those who work in the outer rooms.

"Your servant..."

Cheng Yu really didn't want to say it, but then she thought, maybe with the help of the prince, Zhao Rulan's situation would be much better in the future.

She didn't say that Mr. Lu was having an affair outside, she just said that the eldest lady was pregnant and almost had a miscarriage.

"This Lu Er's inner house isn't very clean either."

Zhao Shiyan's tone was cold.

He only has one sister, so naturally he protects her.

He is now trying his best to earn military merits, also hoping to give his sister something to rely on.

But as an outsider, it is difficult for him to interfere in the affairs of the inner house.

"Don't worry, my lord. The lady is not a stupid person. She is on guard against the people in the inner house of the Lu family. As for the food, it is all prepared by me, without the help of the chef."

"When the lady heard that the prince was injured, she was extremely anxious. She wanted to come by herself, but now that the fetus has just stabilized, she dared not rush on the road, so she asked this servant and two maids to come together."

Zhao Shiyan hummed.

There was also a little more gentleness in his eyes when he looked at Cheng Yu.

Suddenly he asked, "Which courtyard were you originally from in the palace?"

Cheng Yu said that he was originally a handyman working in the outer courtyard.

Zhao Shiyan didn't ask any more questions and sent him out immediately. Then he called the servants around him and told them something.

Only when Cheng Yu returned to the kitchen did he feel completely relaxed.

It seems that even if the food she cooked was not to the prince's taste, he would not say anything.

Because she could see that the prince loved his half-sister very much.

As the saying goes, love the person and love his dog. How could he, who loves his sister so much, dislike someone who belongs to his sister?

Thinking about it this way, Cheng Yu felt that the job of cooking for the prince should not be too tiring. The prince would probably eat whatever she cooked.

If you like it, eat more; if you don’t like it, eat less.

I thought no one would complain about the food.

Cheng Yu finished dinner with everyone in the big kitchen before going back with Zhang San's family and Mother Wu.

The servants' room where the three of them lived was very simple. Perhaps the prince had instructed that the room be simple, but the beddings they used were thick.

A large bunk bed with three people sleeping next to each other.

After Zhang Sanjia and Mother Wu lay down, Cheng Yu got some hot water and took a simple shower.

When she came to the palace this time, she prepared a small bag, which contained her spare clothes and a simple toothbrush and tooth powder. She had all these things, but she only used the cheapest ones because the better ones were more expensive.

A box of good tooth powder costs one or two taels of silver.

Before she was promoted to a second-class maid, she didn't even have one or two taels of silver a month, so how could she afford it? Naturally, she bought the cheap ones, with defective ones costing dozens of coins a box.

Even so, many people still can't afford it.

Before traveling through time, Cheng Yu could not understand the gap between the rich and the poor in ancient times. When she really arrived in ancient times, she was dressed as a dowry maid, and she truly felt the so-called gap between the rich and the poor.

The poor are really poor. Not only are they poor, they are also extremely backward.

Rich families are truly rich. Not only are they rich, but some of their things are also exceptionally advanced.

Things like toothbrushes and toothpaste are small items.

The most advanced one is this timer, and there are also many imported products from overseas.

After Cheng Yu washed up, she got on the bed and took off her bra. She felt much more comfortable.

Zhu'er said that her big breasts were attractive, and Cheng Yu also felt that big breasts were not good. Not only men but also women would stare at her. So she simply used a breast binder. She also wanted to find time to get a simple version of underwear to wear.

Otherwise, it would be really uncomfortable to do things in a shaky manner.

After lying down and blowing out the oil lamp, Cheng Yu fell asleep soon.

She stayed in the palace for three consecutive days and cooked meals for the prince for three days.

I see that the people who come to urge for food are becoming more and more punctual.

Cheng Yu had just delivered breakfast to the prince. He returned to the kitchen and took a few bites of the meal when he was suddenly dragged out by Wanxiang.

"Did you poison the breakfast that the prince prepared for him? Why did the prince vomit blood after eating it? You must confess your crime in front of the prince right now."

Cheng Yu was also panicked.

"No, today's breakfast is just normal food, how could I possibly poison it?"

This morning I made steamed dumplings, steamed buns, soup dumplings, and wontons with beef filling.

Because Wanxiang said that the prince doesn’t like to eat porridge.

She cooked wontons and tofu pudding, and she also specially prepared two kinds of toppings.

One is a sweet one made with honey, osmanthus, peanut crumbs and cooked sesame seeds.

The other is a salty one made with minced meat, sour beans, day lily, and black fungus. There are two kinds of toppings.

Kyoto people eat tofu pudding with both salty and sweet flavors.

She prepared it according to the local taste, so it couldn't be poisonous.

You can say that her cooking is unpalatable, but you can’t say that she cooks poison.