My eunuch An is a yandere

Bai Ningwei left Fengyi Palace with a plate of gold.

She liked to be around the Queen. She suggested using gold as a pigment, and without hesitation the Queen gave her ten gold cakes and told her to figure out how to make gold powder.

In Bai Ningwei's opinion, making gold powder would only use up half a gold cake at most, so the rest would definitely be her personal wealth. Even for someone like her, who was once the queen mother, she would still be happy to see the gold cakes after receiving such an unexpected windfall.

However, after bringing the gold cake back to Eve Palace, Bai Ningwei had a headache. The biggest problem was how to turn the gold cake into gold powder.

When she was a student, she liked to slack off and watch videos. She had seen bloggers grind gold foil to make pigments, but no one had ever ground gold bars directly.

With the current productivity of the Da'en Dynasty, the most they can produce is gold flakes, and there is definitely no gold foil.

So how to do it depends entirely on your own.

Bai Ningwei didn't know how to do this. She could only rely on her memory and the endless energy of a young person to cut out small gold nuggets, then beat them into thin slices. After all her efforts, she got a pile of broken gold sand.

After spending three days, all she got was a pile of gold sand, which made Bai Ningwei very worried. Fortunately, she now knew a reliable young eunuch named Li Xiaojiu, who worked in the Imperial Household Department.

It is said that on the day Li Xiaojiu was born, his father had the rare opportunity to buy a pot of wine, so he named him Xiaojiu, hoping that he would be able to buy wine often.

The origin of this name is strange, but it always reminds Bai Ningwei of An Jiu.

Bai Ningwei called Li Xiaojiu and asked him to go to the art academy to ask about the method of grinding pigments, and it would be best if he could bring her a set of professional grinding tools.

"Excuse me, Master Talent, do you want to make your own paint?"

Li Xiaojiu was a shrewd person. He had been running errands for Bai Cairen for over half a year and knew that his master was a man of many talents and liked to do many things himself. This was a unique trait in the imperial palace.

Bai Ningwei understood that Li Xiaojiu felt that grinding the pigments was a tiring job, so she reminded her that she could just say what she wanted and there was no need to be hard on herself.

But not to mention that the gold pigment is the absolute secret of the Queen's birthday celebration, how can I let others do it when I grind the pigment myself to satisfy my inner desire?

"Well, the pigment this time is precious, so it's more reassuring to develop it yourself."

Li Xiaojiu received a definitive answer and stopped talking. He collected the money for the tools, bowed, and left. By evening, a complete set of professional tools and a sheet of grinding instructions had been delivered to Bai Ningwei's desk.

In addition to this set of tools and tutorials, there are five more small bottles, each of which contains rare pigments that are regarded as treasures in the current painting world and are exclusively supplied to the royal family.

Bai Ningwei was a little surprised when she saw the five small bottles. This little wine boy was quite capable. Was he hinting to her that he could get any kind of paint?

It’s a pity that she was the first one to use gold powder as pigment in the Dazhi Dynasty.

There was no moon tonight, and few lights were on in the entire palace. In a small, shadowy cell, Li Xiaojiu knelt before a figure.

"The Master said she wanted to grind the pigments herself, so I went to the painting academy and got a set of tools. Thinking her hands might be strained, I also gave her a bottle of Ice Jade Cream."

"well done."

The figure simply uttered three words, which echoed in the empty palace.

"The master still paid the wages..."

"Keep the flowers for yourself."

"Thank you, Eunuch An, for the reward."

"Thank you for the reward, Master."

After correcting the eunuch's slip of the tongue, the figure retreated to the inner room. However, Li Xiaojiu still respectfully thanked him again for the reward.

"Thank you, Master and Madam, for the reward."

Bai Ningwei had the right tools and detailed production methods, and spent another three days to finally produce a large piece of gold pigment.

Looking at the nine gold cakes left, Bai Ningwei rubbed her sore arms and put on her green robe to deliver the paint to the queen.

The Queen has already started coloring the portrait of Guanyin, adding gold paint, making the whole picture look glittering and precious.

"It really adds a lot of color."

The Queen was very pleased to see that just by adding some gold threads and dots to the jewelry worn by Xiangyun, Lingguang, and Guanyin, the whole work was completely different, and it sparkled even more in the sunlight.

She just didn't believe that the Queen Mother would say anything against her will this time.

The Queen was not a stingy person, and since she wanted to win over Bai Ningwei, she immediately hinted at the matter of status.

"Xiaobai has been in the palace for almost a year now. You can't just hide away and slack off all the time. The one who entered the palace with you is at least a beauty now."

Bai Ningwei knew the Queen was giving her a chance to advance, but she wasn't interested in that at the moment.

It wasn't that she was being pretentious. In her previous life, she had followed the Emperor, and she had no objection in this one. It was just that in her previous life, she had only been in the palace for three years, when this body was eighteen, when she sang "Shui Tiao Ge Tou" on Mid-Autumn Festival night and was thus favored. Now, since she was not even sixteen, this fact was simply too difficult for her to accept.

Bai Ningwei was just thinking about how to politely decline the Queen's offer without causing her any resentment when a eunuch suddenly trotted in.

"Empress, something's happened. The Emperor has fallen into the water!"

"what?"

When the queen heard that the emperor fell into the water, her legs went weak and she was about to fall down. Fortunately, Bai Ningwei was quick to help him up and prevented the queen from losing her composure.

Nanny Qin was old and was a little slow in taking over from the queen, and she heard the queen giving orders one after another.

"Go to the Dragon Temple, hurry up and go."

The entire Fengyi Palace was bustling with activity. Bai Ningwei didn't follow the Queen to join in the fun, but returned to Eve Palace.

Palace Eve was also in a state of panic. Ma Jieyu, the head of the palace, also received the news and was about to leave with her maid. When she saw Bai Ningwei, she immediately stopped.

"Stop! Did Cairen Bai just come back from the Queen's place?"

Ever since the Empress gave Bai Ningwei a higher standard of food, Concubine Ma had found her completely unpleasant. However, Bai Ningwei wasn't favored, and she had the Empress's backing, so Concubine Ma didn't treat her as a true rival. She would only occasionally give her a cold shoulder to show her attitude.

Bai Ningwei knew the other party was trying to pry out information, so she didn't hide it. People under the same roof should get along harmoniously.

"The Empress has already rushed to the Dragon Palace. Concubine Jieyu can't delay any longer."

After hearing this, Ma Jieyu glared at the servants around her, picked up her skirt and left in a hurry.

Fengyi Hall wasn't close to Eve Hall, so by the time Bai Ningwei returned, the Empress should have already reached Shenlong Hall. Ma Jieyu was still at Eve Hall, and she was so angry she wanted to slap the palace attendants around her. What kind of efficiency was that?

After Ma Jieyu left, the entire Eve Palace finally calmed down. Gualv asked Bai Ningwei worriedly.

"Why didn't the talented person go with the Empress to visit the Emperor?"

"There are so many people in the harem, it's not my turn to worry about them."

The fate of the Emperor's fall was uncertain, and she, a concubine who had never slept with him, would gain no practical benefit by going there. It would be more cost-effective for her to send the Empress and Nanny Qin away, take care of Fengyi Palace, and then return to Eve Palace to wait for the Empress's praise afterwards.

As she spoke, Bai Ningwei leaned back on the chaise longue, knowing exactly what she should and shouldn't do in this situation.

But then again, did the emperor ever fall into water in the previous life?