Rise From the Humble

Chirp—chirp—

In the early morning of the next day, Zhu Ping'an woke up to the graceful singing of birds. He opened his eyes in confusion and was dazzled by the bright sunshine outside the window. He couldn't help but close his eyes and subconsciously reached out to cover the sun.

I feel a little breathless, as if something heavy has been pressed on my body, as if there is a snake wrapped around me, slippery.

"嘤咛"

There was a lazy groan in his ears, Zhu Pingan was startled, and then the memory of last night came back to his mind.

Open your eyes again.

Li Shu's pretty and fair face rested on her shoulder, her dark cloud-like hair rippling like silk on the pillow, and a long, white, lotus-like arm wrapped around her chest, wrapped around her body like a beautiful snake.

The two people woke up after a ridiculous night, their eyes met, and they were a little shy.

Li Shu's pretty face couldn't help but blush.

"morning."

Zhu Pingan stretched out his hand and said hello.

"Morning..." Li Shu said with a blushing face.

"Bad guy, you're not honest this morning, please take your hand away." The next second, Li Shu gave Zhu Ping'an an angry look.

Zhu Pingan withdrew a claw.

"There is another one." Li Shu glared at Zhu Pingan angrily.

"Haha." Zhu Pingan chuckled and retracted the other dishonest paw.

"There's one more!" Li Shu rolled her eyes and dug into Zhu Ping'an fiercely, "You're dishonest so early in the morning. What's going on in your head."

"You."

Zhu Pingan replied.

next second

Zhu Pingan begged for mercy, "It hurts, don't bite my aunt. If you bite me again, I will bite you too."

"You dare to bite me." Li Shu said, showing her little tiger teeth.

"Hua'er, haven't you and your uncle gotten up yet? It's almost time to say hello to the old lady. The old lady has always had a problem with the young lady. If it's too late to say hello today, the old lady may not know what to say to the young lady."

Outside the bedroom, Qin'er trotted into the living room, saw the little maid Baozi waiting in the wing, and asked anxiously.

"Shh, keep your voice down." Baozi's little maid stretched out her little hand and put it to her lips. She was nervous and cautious, and gave a hint in the direction of the bedroom.

What's wrong?

Qin'er saw that the little maid Baozi was so cautious, and quickly stopped talking. Then the sound in the bedroom faintly reached Qin'er's ears. Qin'er's face suddenly turned red, from the roots of her ears to her neck and then to her whole body. , red all the way to the heels.

After a while, Li Shu's voice came from the bedroom, asking Baozi and the other maids to go in and serve.

By the time Baozi's maid and Qin'er went in to serve, Zhu Ping'an and Li Shu had already put on their clothes and got out of bed.

The bedroom was filled with the faint smell of chestnut flowers.

At this time, it was past the time to pay respects to the old lady, and Li Shu didn't care at all. The old lady had objections to her, and she also had objections to the old lady. While the little maid Baozi and Qin'er were serving, he sent a maid to the old lady to tell her she was unwell, and then went to pay her respects to the old lady later.

"The young lady is even more beautiful," Baozi's little maid couldn't help but sigh with emotion while serving Li Shu.

"Yeah, my lady's skin is whiter and more supple." Qin'er nodded and couldn't agree more, "I used to hear people say that skin can be broken by blows, and I always thought it was a lie, but now I see Miss skin, I realized that I was not lying, it turns out that I really have skin that can be broken by a bullet."

"You can break it when you play the piano. Qin'er is so amazing. I was still thinking about how to describe the young lady's skin. Qin'er has thought of such a suitable word. The young lady's skin is really tender and can be broken when playing the piano." Little maid Baozi He nodded repeatedly.

"Hun said."

Li Shu cooed and looked at her face in the mirror, which was white and pink, tender and shiny, and she blinked slightly.

Zhu Ping'an went to wash himself and brushed his teeth with the Daming toothbrush and toothpaste with the characteristics of the era. The toothbrush was the prototype of the modern toothbrush. The toothpaste was boiled into a paste using Poria cocos and other medicinal materials. It was usually placed in a porcelain bottle and poured onto the toothbrush when in use.

After washing up, the girls brought breakfast etc. Breakfast was cooked by the cook in Ting Yuxuan's small kitchen.

Porridge, side dishes and shrimp cakes, Poria cake, sweet-scented osmanthus cake, and soup dumplings.

Although the taste is not as good as Li Shu's, it is also a rare delicacy when paired with Li Shu's pickled cucumbers.

Zhu Ping'an and Li Shu ate at the table, while Baozi's maid and Qin'er stood aside to serve Li Shu. After Zhu Ping'an and Li Shu finished their breakfast, the little maid Baozi and Qin'er took the remaining food off the table and gave it to the girls outside. The cook left another breakfast for the two of them in the small kitchen, which belonged to the eldest girl. After receiving the treatment, the two of them filled their stomachs in the small kitchen.

Not long after breakfast, a little girl ran in to report that the concierge sent an urgent message to the inner courtyard, saying that someone was coming from the palace and there was an order from the emperor to be delivered to Zhu Ping'an.

The emperor's decree?

Zhu Ping'an didn't dare to neglect after hearing the words. He hurriedly adjusted his clothes, told Li Shu not to worry, and walked out quickly.

Why did Emperor Jiajing want to give him an oral instruction? He didn't know what it was. Zhu Pingan thought about it as he walked and walked out of the inner courtyard without realizing it.

"Uncle, here, the nobles in the palace are in the main hall."

Butler Li from the Marquis of Linhuai Mansion was waiting for Zhu Ping'an outside the Chuihua Gate. He had never had contact with the eunuchs from the palace. He didn't know whether the tea and gifts presented to him were appropriate, so he couldn't help but feel a little uneasy. Seeing Zhu Ping'an at this moment When he went out safely, he felt as if he had met his savior, so he hurriedly reminded him.

"Well, thank you for your help, Mr. Li."

Zhu Ping'an nodded and went to the main hall with Butler Li.

Because the eunuch from the palace was delivering oral instructions to Zhu Pingan, the old lady and others in the mansion did not come to visit him.

Zhu Ping'an entered the main hall and saw the eunuch sitting on the seat in the middle enjoying tea. He couldn't help but smile. He cupped his hands and came forward to plead guilty and said: "Haha, Eunuch Feng came from afar. Ping'an didn't come far to welcome you. It's rude and disrespectful."

"Hahaha, Mr. Xiao Zhu is too polite. The Za family hasn't congratulated Mr. Xiao Zhu for joining the cabinet yet." Feng Bao, who was sitting on the chair enjoying tea, saw Zhu Ping'an and smiled on his face. He immediately put down the tea cup and stood up and handed over his hands. Meet Zhu Pingan.

"Eunuch Feng is joking. I don't dare to claim to be in the cabinet. I, Si Zhilang, just run errands and serve tea for the cabinet elders. If the cabinet elders sneeze, I will fall down." Zhu Ping'an. Shaking his head and smiling bitterly.