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After Zhao Yuanqing left the palace, the Queen called her personal maid and said, "Fengqin, go to the Ministry of Internal Affairs and bring the list of palace maids from Princess Shanzhen's mansion and the Crown Prince's mansion."

"Yes, ma'am."

All the palace maids and eunuchs are registered in the Ministry of Internal Affairs. The year and month when they entered the palace, who recommended them, when they were assigned to which concubine or princess, and when they were transferred are all recorded. If the queen wants to know the most comprehensive information about Liuli, she can only check this.

The Queen wanted this thing, and the Ministry of Internal Affairs dared not refuse to give it to her. After an incense stick of time, the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Li Xiu, came with two young eunuchs, holding several stacks of paper scrolls and placed them on the table in the main room of Fengyi Palace.

Li Xiu was a tall man in his forties, with a natural smile. He bowed to the Queen and said, "Your Majesty, here are the information on the ladies in the Eastern Palace and Princess Shanzhen's residence."

"it is good."

"Your Majesty, I am very familiar with these servants in the palace. If you have any questions, you can ask me."

The Queen smiled and said, "I know you are an old man in the palace. If I have any questions, I will ask you again. Fengqin, get a box of Xinyang Maojian tea for Li Nei Shi."

Li Xiu loves to drink tea. He quickly bowed and said, "Thank you, Queen."

Eunuchs like Li Xiu stayed in the palace longer than the queen and controlled the personnel and affairs in the palace. The concubines would give him some face, and the queen was no exception. Li Xiu took the tea and walked away slowly.

The queen, along with her two personal maids, Fengqin and Luzhu, opened the scrolls and searched through them one by one.

Fengqin and Luzhu are old people brought by the Queen from the Zhenbei Marquis Mansion. They have followed her since she was a teenager and are the people she trusts the most.

After a while, Liuli's information was found. A thin piece of paper recorded her 19 years of life.

Liuli was born in the 238th year of the Qing Dynasty. She was the eldest daughter of a scholar in Qinghe County, Qinghe County. Her mother died when she was eight years old, and her father remarried half a year later. When she was ten years old, the emperor selected palace maids, and her family sent her here. She never returned home since then.

Liuli worked in the Laundry Bureau and the Clothing Bureau. In 249, when the Empress was selecting a maid for the young Zhao Yuanqing, Liuli was chosen because of her age. Later, she won Zhao Yuanqing's heart and was promoted to a personal maid, a position she held until now.

Luzhu told the queen that Liuli had a godmother in the palace, a showgirl in the Shangfu Bureau named Yang Qiu.

It is a custom in the palace to have godmothers and godfathers. Generally, young palace maids and eunuchs who have just entered the palace will find older palace maids and eunuchs to be their godmothers and godfathers in order to gain a foothold in the palace and find a backer for themselves. These godmothers and godfathers will protect them on weekdays, but they have to give half of their monthly salary to the godfathers and godfathers as protection money.

"Go check out her godmother."

"Yes."

Luzhu went back to her room first, took out a pair of new socks from the cabinet beside the bed, put them in her sleeves and went out.

She left Fengyi Palace and went to the Ministry of Internal Affairs. She asked the eunuch at the door, "Is Eunuch Li here?"

"Yes, Green Madam, Godfather said that you can go in directly when you arrive."

Lu Zhu was a little surprised. She took out a few silver beads and stuffed them into the little eunuch's hand. "Good boy, take them and play with them."

"Thank you, Green Auntie!"

Li Xiu was drinking tea in the west wing. The tea he had brewed was the Maojian tea that the Queen had just given him. When he saw Lu Zhu come in, he smiled and asked, "Why is Madam Lu here again? What does she want to ask this time?"

Lu Zhu closed the door, sat down on the chair without any hesitation, and said, "Did you know I was coming?"

"Haha, I've been in this palace for so many years, I know everything. As soon as the Empress asked for the palace maids' list, I knew she was checking on them."

Lu Zhu snorted, "You're smart. I do want to ask someone, are you willing to tell me?"

Li Xiu sat up straight and looked directly at Lu Zhu's profile. Her face was warm and delicate, and the jade pendant on her ear swayed gently. "Then it depends on your sincerity."

Luzhu's fair earlobes turned red, and she scolded, "Stop looking!"

Li Xiu, however, was even more bold and held Lu Zhu's hand. "Don't you agree?"

Lu Zhu pulled back, but couldn't break free. She sighed and said, "On weekdays, we can just take care of each other. It's definitely not okay to become a couple. I'm by the Queen's side, and there are too many people watching me. It won't be good for you either."

Duishi means that a palace maid and a eunuch form a pair and live together. The eunuch is physically disabled and can't do anything with the palace maid. The palace is cold and indifferent, so the palace maid only has spiritual comfort.

The masters in the palace could understand this kind of thing and most of them turned a blind eye to it. There were quite a lot of palace maids and eunuchs who were in pairs in the palace.

Li Xiu had set his eyes on Lu Zhu a long time ago. Eunuchs like him also pay attention to the matching of social status when looking for palace maids. He is the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and does not look down on ordinary palace maids. Lu Zhu has a high status, is good-looking, and has a good personality, so she is a perfect match for him.

Li Xiu confessed his feelings to Lu Zhu several times, but Lu Zhu did not agree, but she did not reject him either. Li Xiu was in charge of the information of the palace people and knew a lot of information. Lu Zhu did not want to offend him, for fear that she would need him one day.

No, I will use it today.

Li Xiu took his hand away and said with a dull look, "They use people first and then don't. They have no sincerity at all. Forget it."

Lu Zhu took out the new pair of socks and placed them on the table. "Here, let's see if this is good enough for us."

Li Xiu picked up the socks and put them on his feet to test them. "They're the perfect size. They've already made them for me? And you still say you don't want to."

Lu Zhu was annoyed. "Stop wasting time! The Queen is waiting for your reply!"

Li Xiu put away his socks and asked, "Who does the Queen want to ask?"

"Do you know Yang Qiu from the Shangfu Bureau?"

Li Xiu narrowed his eyes and thought for a moment, "I know. This guy is inconspicuous in the clothing department. His only skill is sewing shoe soles, so he sews shoe soles every day now."

"I heard that she is Liuli's godmother?"

Li Xiu glanced at Lu Zhu and immediately understood, "Is the Queen investigating Liu Li?"

Lu Zhu hit him and said, "Don't ask questions you shouldn't ask! If anything goes wrong, I won't plead for you!"

Li Xiu enjoyed this very much and said with a smile, "No more questions, no more questions."

"Let's talk about Yang Qiu next. What else?"

Li Xiu found Yang Qiu's file. "She's from Qinghe and has been in the palace for thirty-six years. There's nothing unusual about her. She is indeed Liuli's godmother, but she has more than just Liuli. She also has a goddaughter named Zining, who serves in the Eastern Palace. You've already taken Zining's information. Look it up yourself."

"Does she have any friends in this palace? Does she have a lover?"

"She's a quiet person, often staying in her room making shoe soles. The only two people she's close to are Madam Chai from the cold palace and Madam Fan from the clothing bureau who makes shoe uppers."

After asking clearly, Luzhu spoke softly to Li Xiu for a few more words before leaving in a hurry.

Since she wanted Li Xiu to do something for her, of course she had to give him some benefits. Otherwise, if he only cared about taking advantage of her, Li Xiu would be too one-sided and would lose interest in her sooner or later, and it would be difficult to get her things done.

After returning to the palace, Luzhu told the queen all the news she had heard.

The Queen held her hand and said, "Thank you for your hard work. You still have to deal with Li Xiu."

Lu Zhu, on the other hand, could accept it calmly. "Your Majesty, if Li Xiu is useful to you, you must win him over to our side. Otherwise, if he turns to someone else, it will be disadvantageous to us. I am just a companion to him. It is nothing. With this relationship, he can be more useful to Your Majesty."

To survive in the palace, everyone has to pay something, either money, body, or emotions. Among these three, emotions are the most useful. Not only are they free of cost and profitable, but they can also make people sacrifice their lives for them.

Lu Zhu knew that they were all dependent on the Queen, and that they would suffer together and prosper together. In order to protect the Queen, she would not hesitate to pay more, let alone have to work with a eunuch.

The queen sighed, rewarded Luzhu with some things, and summoned Zhao Yuanqing to the palace to discuss countermeasures together.