I became the tyrant's only belief.

Chapter 55: The pressure is not in vain

"You servants, why didn't you warn me when someone came?" Concubine Rong frowned and scolded the palace servants in the hall, who immediately knelt down and apologized.

"That's fine this time, but I won't let you off easily if you do it again!"

After venting her anger, Concubine Rong ordered her attendants, "Why are you still standing there? Help the man up quickly."

Xianglu stepped forward and held out her hand to support Chu Liuzheng. "I was careless. Miss, please get up quickly. Are you still able to stand?"

Chu Liuzheng took advantage of the situation and fell on her, almost knocking Xianglu to the ground without any preparation.

"I'm sorry, I really have no strength in my legs and I couldn't stand steadily for a moment." Chu Liuzheng pushed hard against Xianglu, stood up straight with his legs, and tried to pull Xianglu with an apologetic look on his face.

"Ah!" Xianglu cried out softly, her face twisted, "Don't, don't pull me, my waist is twisted."

[My Taishan-Crushing Skill was not practiced in vain, it’s just that I’m a little lighter, otherwise I would definitely crush you to the ground.]

Chu Liuzheng had learned some life-saving skills during his years in the palace.

If you can't win openly, just try to cheat people, and you will definitely win.

"Useless thing!" Rong Guifei didn't expect that she had just tormented Chu Liuzheng once, and before she could do anything to Chu Liuzheng, she had lost someone first. She felt ashamed, "Hurry up and carry him away!"

Immediately, several palace maids came forward and carried the immobile Xianglu away.

Chu Liuzheng raised his sleeve to wipe the sweat from his forehead and asked obediently, "Madam, shall we start making tea now?"

Concubine Rong was angry, but she had no excuse to vent her anger, so she could only order: "Zhang Baorong, take her to the tea room."

"Yes." The chief eunuch Zhang Baorong bowed and accepted the order, and made a gesture of invitation to the outside, "Please come with us, young lady."

"Thank you, Eunuch Zhang."

Chu Liuzheng bowed to Concubine Rong and walked out with Zhang Baorong.

Looking at Chu Liuzheng's back, Concubine Rong curled the corners of her lips downwards and her jade-white fingers brushed the emerald jade bracelet on her wrist. She wanted to see what tricks this little vixen had.

The tea room of Huaqing Palace is located in the side room of the small kitchen. It is fully equipped with all kinds of tea utensils. There are even three kinds of water for making tea: mountain spring water, dew water and snow water.

After Zhang Baorong finished his introduction, he took a large teapot as tall as his forearm from the shelf and brought it to the table.

As soon as the lid was opened, a rich and intense aroma wafted out.

Chu Liuzheng had never smelled such a tea fragrance before, so he moved closer out of curiosity and looked down into the jar.

I saw round beads mixed among the reddish-brown tea leaves, and I had no idea what they were.

Zhang Baorong said, "Our queen is so precious, she has a habit of drinking tea. She must drink the tea leaves picked from the incense pills, and they must be complete without any defects."

Looking at the balls in the jar, which were the same color as tea leaves and not much bigger than rice grains, Chu Liuzheng felt the deep malice from Concubine Rong.

[Isn't this intentional torment? ]

Zhang Baorong said, "I heard that you are very good at making tea, and I think your tea-dividing skills are also excellent. I will give this pot of fragrant tea to you, and please divide it all."

【all?!】

Chu Liuzheng took a deep breath in his heart. According to what this damn eunuch just asked, it would take even the whole night to divide up such a big jar, right?

"Eunuch Zhang, you don't need so much tea leaves to make a cup of tea." Chu Liuzheng decided to use his power to pressure him. "I have to go back to Wenhua Palace to be on duty. If His Majesty goes back and has no tea to drink, he may have to look for me. By then, I'm afraid that Concubine Rong will be implicated."

"Don't bother two people with the same task. Since the queen asked you to serve the tea, you should serve it."

Zhang Baorong held a whisk in his hand and looked at her with a pair of eyes that looked like they were smiling.

"Her Majesty is always considerate of us servants. If the young lady is really too slow and misses the time, Her Majesty will send someone to tell His Majesty. With His Majesty's love for Her Majesty, I'm sure he won't offend Her Majesty."

[Damn it! It's obviously too much work to do, but in the mouth of this dead eunuch, it's because I'm too slow. What a shameless capitalist face!] Chu Liuzheng choked on a mouthful of Lingxiao blood and wanted to spray the face of this gloating dead eunuch in front of him.

[Don’t get angry, don’t get angry. If you get angry and become sick, no one can help you. ]

[A higher-ranking official can crush a person to death. People have to bow their heads under the eaves. The head cannot be cut off and the blood cannot be shed. She is a noble concubine and you are just a little maid. You can’t afford to offend her!!!]

Chu Liuzheng raised his lips to reveal a standard toothless smile, "I'm going to start serving tea. Eunuch Zhang, do you want to stay here and watch?"

Zhang Baorong was in charge of the affairs of Huaqing Palace and was very busy. He had no time to watch a little palace maid serving tea.

"I have something else to do at home, so I won't accompany you." Zhang Baorong called two young eunuchs in. "They will guard the door of the small kitchen. If you have anything, just tell them."

Chu Liuzheng glanced at the two young eunuchs. Are they preventing her from escaping?

[Isn't that redundant? If running away would have worked, I would have run away a long time ago. How could I have come here? ]

Chu Liuzheng nodded, "I understand. Take care, Eunuch Zhang."

Zhang Baorong winked at the two young eunuchs before leaving.

As soon as he left, the two young eunuchs did not stay in the tea room for long, and spontaneously went to guard the door of the small kitchen.

Chu Liuzheng turned his wrist and tilted the teapot to pour some of the tea into a clean basin.

She picked up the bamboo tweezers and tried to separate them.

The small incense balls are round and difficult to pick up with bamboo tweezers, and they slip out of your hands easily.

If you use bamboo tweezers to pick up tea leaves, you must control your strength, otherwise it will easily crush them.

Chu Liuzheng picked up a few pieces and gave up.

The small incense pills are similar in color to tea leaves. If she really separated them piece by piece, she would go blind.

She straightened up and looked around, trying to find an easy solution.

At the same time, a petite green figure ran across the bluestone slabs and headed towards Changchun Palace.

Inside the main hall of Huaqing Palace, sand was leaking out from the hourglass on the table, and had accumulated into a small hill.

Two young palace maids knelt in front of the chaise longue, holding the beauty's delicate hands, carefully brushing flower juice on the trimmed nails, and then wrapping them carefully with gauze soaked in the medicine to fix the color.

Concubine Rong stretched out her arms, spread her fingers, and began her boring wait.

She moved her slender white fingers and asked the eunuch standing beside her lazily, "How is the tea room going?"

Zhang Baorong smiled maliciously, "To answer your Majesty, I am picking tea leaves right now, I am afraid my eyes will go blind."

Concubine Rong snorted softly, tilted her head to glance at the sunlight outside the window, and frowned slightly, "The sun is still a little dazzling."

Zhang Baorong stepped forward and lowered the gauze curtain halfway, which could both block the direct sunlight and prevent the light in the hall from being too dark.

He said, "My queen, it's winter now. While the sun is still shining, we should take the things in our palace out to dry, especially the leather, to prevent them from getting infested with bugs and ruining the good stuff."

"Then let's dry them in the sun." Concubine Rong leaned back on the soft pillow and blew gently on the gauze on her fingers. "I remember that the sun is best over at the small kitchen, so let's set up a pole and dry them there."

Zhang Baorong rolled his eyes and said, "Yes."

He stepped back and was about to tell someone to get something when he turned around and saw Chu Liuzheng walking in with a tea tray.

He was stunned and tilted his head to glance at the hourglass on the table.

It's only been a short time. Even if there were more people, it wouldn't be able to be divided so quickly.

(End of this chapter)