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"Princess...Princess?"

The man was holding something in his arms, and his clothes were bulging out.

"Who..."

Luo Yao was sleeping soundly. It was still dark outside. Who would come here?

He rubbed his eyes, got out of bed and opened the door. Before the door opened, the people at the door squeezed into the room.

"why you?"

The person who came was the servant who brought his younger brother back yesterday. Luo Yao remembered that his name was Aze.

Aze took out the things hidden in his clothes, and there were four buns and four steamed buns wrapped in oil paper!

"What is this for?!" Luo Yao was surprised.

"It's all Aze's fault. I didn't realize the eldest son was having such a hard time until last night. It's all Aze's fault!"

Luo Yao was shocked to see this sixteen or seventeen-year-old boy blaming himself and crying.

But he calls himself the eldest son, which probably means he has some connection with the Duke's Mansion.

Unexpectedly, Aze said that he was bought by the Duke's Mansion.

Aze told his story again. Luo Yao then realized that Aze was actually the good relationship between him and his parents who died in the battlefield.

Aze's home is located in Hualin Village, Long County, Zhejiang Province. It is remote and far away from the county government. It is surrounded by dense forests and rugged mountain roads.

Due to inconvenient transportation and lack of resources, this village seems to have been forgotten by the world except when people come to collect taxes.

The villagers live a simple and frugal life, making a living by farming, working from sunrise to sunset.

Although life was difficult, they maintained an optimistic attitude, helped each other, and spent every day together. All of this was destroyed two years ago. Two years ago, for unknown reasons, a group of bandits suddenly appeared in the wilderness, burning, killing, and looting. His father also disappeared in the chaos.

He took his mother to the county to see a doctor, and was away for half a month. When he returned and saw the situation in the village, he had no time to be sad. He also heard that there was a famous doctor in the capital. Since he couldn't find his father, he had nowhere to go, so he secretly sneaked back home to get some money and belongings, and took his mother to the capital to seek medical treatment.

After coming to the capital, he spent more money on his mother's medical treatment and went into debt. However, his mother's condition did not improve and worsened. One night, she accidentally fell off the bed and died.

In order to bury his mother, the 14-year-old boy sold himself to bury his father on the first day of the Lunar New Year. He happened to meet a nobleman who was distributing porridge at the intersection of Ximen Street. The nobleman took pity on him and gave him a bag of silver, allowing him to go back to bury his mother.

He was so excited and eager to bury his mother that he didn't even ask the name of his benefactor.

Later, when he remembered it again, he went to the west gate and waited, hoping to meet his benefactor again.

Unexpectedly, the person who distributed porridge every two months turned out to be an old man, and the benefactor couple who I saw on the first day of the new year never appeared again.

Later, after much inquiry, he found out that the couple was actually a general and his wife, and the old man was the duke of the current dynasty.

The general and his wife died in the battlefield. Prince Yong'an returned to the court and the palace purchased maids and servants.

Aze used the money he earned to bury his mother, and the rest was taken away by his creditors.

Aze wanted to raise money to repay his benefactor as soon as possible. He heard that in addition to those who bought the salary directly, the servants of the palace could also sign a good contract and receive twice as much money every month as working outside, so he signed a contract with the palace.

After arriving at the palace, since Aze was not bought, his range of activities was restricted. According to Dacheng law, good citizens signed a good contract and had certain human rights.

All the purchases for the palace were left to him and two others, including the various supplies for the palace, kitchen purchases, and purchases of items needed by the prince and the major courtyards.

"But you shouldn't be allowed into the inner courtyard to do shopping, right?"

"Master, Mr. He, who is in charge of allocating purchases to the various courtyards, has been ill and on leave for three days. No one else can do this. Butler Wang, seeing that I am honest and familiar with the capital, asked me to replace Mr. He for two days. Only then was I able to enter the palace. However, the palace is heavily guarded, so I have to follow the palace guards to enter."

"Yesterday, Princess, you lost your temper and signaled me to take the young master away. I just stepped forward."

Luo Yao: Did I signal someone to take Chenchen away?

He seemed to remember that there were two arrogant guards at the time. He glared at them, and then Aze was pushed out by the two guards and Luo Xinchen was taken away...

As expected of a guard from the Yong'an Palace, he knows how to read people's expressions...

He thought the servant was sensible, but it turned out to be a misunderstanding.

"So no one followed you here today?"

"Of course there is. The two guards are at the door. I told them that I had sent the young master back yesterday and he begged for a toy, so they let me in."

So easy? Luo Yao didn't believe it and squinted his eyes at Aze.

Ah Ze put his hands in his pockets and said, "I actually did a little bit of cleaning..."

"You won't have to risk coming here from now on. The Duke is still in the capital these past two days, and the rumors are still circulating. They wouldn't dare to starve me to death anyway."

"Princess! I know they dare not let anything happen to you in the palace, but as long as nothing happens to you within the palace compound, they can do whatever they want! I think we should spread the news of the palace's actions!"

Aze said that he felt sorry for Luo Yao and raised his hand to wipe away his tears.

"You should just call me Young Master. There's no need to talk about this anymore. My words alone are not enough to prove anything. If this gets out, do you think the palace won't take action to suppress the rumors? Or even kill people to silence them? Besides, delivering something to this inner courtyard is too risky. If you get caught, I'm afraid your life will be in danger... You don't have to deliver anything in the future."

"Hey! Delivery man! Hurry up!" The two guards couldn't wait any longer.

Aze wiped his tears and said goodbye to Luo Yao.

"Sir, I already found out yesterday. There's a small kitchen between the two courtyards at the back. There's a hole in the wall next to the kitchen, blocked by a potted camellia plant. If I need to send anything in the future, I can bring it in from there!"

After saying this, Aze left quickly regardless of whether Luo Yao agreed or not.

Luo Yao watched Aze leave, turned back to close the door, and saw Luo Xinchen sitting on the bed rubbing his eyes with his little hands, looking like he had not woken up yet.

"Chenchen, did your brother wake you up? If you are still sleepy, go back to sleep." Luo Yao walked over and touched Luo Xinchen's head.

Luo Xinchen shook his head.

"Brother!" Luo Xinchen pointed at the oil paper Luo Yao placed on the low table. "What is that?"

Luo Yao understood. This kid woke up by smelling something. He knew it was food and pretended to ask him!

"Little fool, there's food in there."

"What to eat!" Luo Xinchen opened his eyes wide

"Meat buns."

"Chenchen, can I eat?"

Luo Yao hit him on the forehead with a coin, what a greedy little cat.

The two brothers woke up and could no longer sleep. Luo Yao dressed Luo Xinchen and drew water from the well at the back of the yard for him to wash.

The towels and washbasin were from yesterday morning. No one came to clean them up after using them, which was convenient for Luo Yao.

There were no toothbrushes in ancient times, so Luo Yao just wiped his teeth with a towel.

After they finished washing up, they each had a big bun. After taking a bite, Luo Yao sighed: It's worthy of being from ancient times, with real ingredients. Although the taste is average and the meat is a bit fishy, there is really a lot of meat. After taking a bite, the mouth is full of meaty aroma.

"Roll! So late!"

Luo Xinchen's little face was bulging from eating so much, and Luo Yao pulled the child's chubby face.

"Eat slowly, no one will compete with you."

Luo Xinchen felt sad that his younger brother suffered on the first day he followed him.

When I return home and leave the palace, I must find a way to contact the outside world.

Bei Zhenting would not allow him to enter and leave the palace freely, and even a fool would understand that.

He is the son of the enemy who caused the Yong'an Palace to be wiped out. Bei Zhenting's gentleness in public is due to the scandal in the capital and the face of the palace.

If he couldn't get in touch with the outside world when he returned home, he would be isolated and helpless in Gao Qiang's courtyard. Everyone in Yong'an Palace hated him to the core, and he would probably die in the palace sooner or later.

There are many ways to die, such as starvation.

Luo Yao smiled bitterly.

The meal brought by the servants at noon was even worse, and this time it was not leftovers.

One dish, one soup and a bowl of rice.

Yesterday, there was enough rice and three kinds of leftovers. Today, didn’t he remember that there were two people living in his yard? Luo Yao was very angry.

Although my younger brother is a child and has a small appetite!

The dish and soup are even more so, the dish is stir-fried cabbage and the soup is cabbage soup!

The servant who came to deliver the food seemed to know that Luo Yao would be angry, and was also afraid that Luo Yao would be angry, so he quickly put down the dishes and left as if he was stepping on a fire wheel.

Later he didn't even come to clear the dishes!