In the years of famine, I led a comfortable life with my husband

Eunuch Sun shook his head and told the truth, "It was said that a maid in the clothing department, because Wanpin had scolded her before, and now seeing Wanpin become the emperor's favorite and pregnant, she was furious and put musk on Wanpin in an attempt to destroy the emperor's heir."

Su Zhizhi felt it was ridiculous. Even if she held a grudge against Concubine Wan, she wouldn't have planted musk on her while she was pregnant. The maid had already made it to the Shangyi Bureau and had a promising future ahead of her. Why would she continue to get angry with Concubine Wan?

In her opinion, this reason was not convincing at all, so Su Zhizhi blurted out subconsciously, "What? How is it possible? This is too ridiculous!"

Eunuch Sun immediately gave a wry smile upon hearing this and agreed, "There are so many people in the palace, how could they possibly find the real culprit behind this all at once? But this matter has to have a name and a solution. Although you and I both know that Concubine Wan's public musk could not have been done by this maid, they still have to give the Emperor and Concubine Wan a real culprit to vent their anger and silence everyone's gossip, right?"

Eunuch Sun's words couldn't be more obvious this time. If Su Zhizhi still didn't understand, she would be a fool.

"Okay." Su Zhizhi said with a sigh.

After a while, the carriage arrived at the palace without anyone noticing.

Seeing this, Su Zhizhi did not hesitate. After getting off the carriage, she went straight to the palace where Wanpin was. After finding the kitchen, Su Zhizhi quickly made a few stir-fried dishes and some exquisite pastries and sent them to Wanpin.

The moment Wanpin saw the food cooked by Su Zhizhi being served, her eyes lit up instantly. Then she started to eat it voraciously without caring about her image. While eating, she couldn't help but sigh that Su Zhizhi's cooking skills were really good.

Seeing this, Su Zhizhi retreated with peace of mind. She planned to look around to see if there was any gossip she could learn.

Because of Concubine Wan's pregnancy, she is now a popular figure around the emperor. Even Su Zhizhi has benefited from it and become a popular figure in the palace. As soon as she left Concubine Wan's palace, many palace maids and eunuchs came to curry favor with her.

"Hello, Miss Su."

"Miss Su has become more beautiful after not seeing her for a few days."

"Miss Su looks really good today."

……

Faced with a group of people's flattery, Su Zhizhi also hurriedly greeted them with a smile, and then they started flattering each other.

"Sister Wen seems to be in good spirits lately."

"Did Sister Zhao put on any rouge today? I think she looks much prettier."

"Hello, Sister Li."

……

After greeting everyone one by one, Su Zhizhi distributed the exquisite pastries she had prepared in advance to everyone, "Don't be polite, sisters, I made these myself and brought them for you to try."

After saying that, Su Zhizhi distributed the cake to everyone one by one.

Everyone took the cakes and tasted them carefully, praising Su Zhizhi's cooking skills.

“This cake is delicious.”

"Miss Su is really skillful."

"That's awesome."

……

Su Zhizhi saw that everything was almost ready, so she went straight to the topic of today.

"Sisters and eunuchs, do you know Su Yu?" Su Zhizhi asked the palace maids and eunuchs.

Su Yu is the father of the original owner of Su Zhizhi's body. Su Zhizhi wants to take this opportunity to inquire about her father's past.

As soon as these words were spoken, the palace maids and eunuchs immediately fell into deep thought. Most of them shook their heads to indicate that they didn't know. Only a few palace maids and eunuchs who had been in the palace for some time and had more experience said that they knew.

"I know a little bit about Su Yu. Speaking of this matter, it is somewhat related to our Concubine Wan. Su Yu has a cousin named Su Rouer. For some reason, she offended our Concubine Wan and was executed by her."

An older-looking palace maid thought for a moment and then spoke.

As soon as these words were spoken, the eunuch beside him quickly echoed, "It is true. It happened more than ten years ago."

"So that's how it is." Su Zhizhi nodded.

Seeing Su Zhizhi's expression, the eunuch quickly asked Su Zhizhi, "What's wrong, Miss Su? Do you have any relationship with this Su family?"

Seeing this, Su Zhizhi quickly shook her head and denied it, "No, no, I just heard about this incident by chance before and asked out of curiosity."

"Oh, so that's how it is." After hearing this, the eunuch immediately showed an expression of sudden enlightenment.

Seeing this, Su Zhizhi didn't dare to ask any more questions about the Su family. After all, there were many gossips in the palace, and based on the current situation, this matter seemed to be far more difficult than she had thought before. She had to take it slowly and not rush into anything.

Due to Concubine Wan's picky appetite, Su Zhizhi can only stay in the palace for a while.

At night, Su Zhizhi received a letter from Xie Chengjin, saying that he would go to participate in the examination organized by the emperor tomorrow. After reading it, Su Zhizhi was too tired, so she planned to wait until the next day to have a chance to meet Xie Chengjin in person.

But she didn't expect that plans could not keep up with changes. She was so busy the next day that she had already forgotten about this matter.

The next day, Su Zhizhi was woken up early in the morning.

"Miss Su, Miss Su." The voice of the palace maid came from outside the door.

Hearing the sound, Su Zhizhi quickly put on some clothes and opened the door. "What's wrong? What happened?"

Su Zhizhi asked the other party in a panic, she was afraid that something bad would happen again and implicate her.

Seeing Su Zhizhi so flustered, the maid quickly explained, "Our queen asked you to help prepare for the dinner."

"Dinner? Dinner about what? Has there been any happy event in the palace recently?" Su Zhizhi asked puzzledly.

"I heard that the teacher will be selected soon, so the emperor specially ordered a dinner to celebrate the new teacher's appointment." The palace maid thought for a while and explained.

"Oh, so that's how it is. Okay, then I'll clean up my mess and go help." Su Zhizhi quickly nodded and agreed.

After saying that, Su Zhizhi returned to her room, quickly tidied up, and then rushed to the imperial kitchen to help.

At the same time, Xie Chengjin became the master of this selection without any suspense.

night.

At the dinner, Xie Chengjin was looking for an opportunity to meet Su Zhizhi, but the emperor kept chatting with him intermittently. The other party was of such noble status that Xie Chengjin dared not not answer.

Xie Chengjin took the opportunity to drink quite a bit of wine. Seeing that the time was almost up, Xie Chengjin stepped forward and said to the emperor, "Your Majesty, I feel a bit drunk and would like to rest for a while."