As soon as it was nightfall, An Su went into Mama Qin's house, and she had already figured out that Mama Qin would definitely stay in the house as soon as it was dark. Knocked on the door with the herbs, sure enough, this is really a coincidence, Mama Qin is tired for a day, and she is rubbing her knees to rest!

"Mama, the slave has brought you medicine." An Su hurriedly stepped forward, squatted down to help Mama Qin rub her legs, and then applied the white Ying grass up.

"You girl is very careful, you send me some medicine every once in a while, my leg disease is really much better."

"The slave didn't understand anything when she first entered the palace, and she relied on her mother's careful teaching, and it was right to be filial to her mother." Ansu said with nice words.

After helping Mama Qin rub it for a while, An Su put all the mashed herbs into the medicine bottle, and then slowly led the topic in the direction she wanted to know.

"Mama, when the slave maid went to the Jade Balcony today, I saw a sister with a beautiful sachet tied around her waist. The slave liked it very much, and wanted to ask her where she got the sachet, but when she turned around, she was gone. The slave listened to her talking to others, and it seemed that she was also new to the palace, and the name was embroidered on the sachet. An Su quietly observed Mama Qin's expression, and saw that she was not suspicious, so she continued, "Is there a way for Mama to help the slave maid find the palace maid?" ”

"The new palace maids are all recorded in the register, and they are in that cabinet! You can look for it yourself, it's not a big deal, just turn it over and put it back. Mama Qin had no suspicions.

Ansu thought it would take a lot of effort, but she didn't expect it to be so simple. She quickly found the rosters, and when she opened the cabinet, she was dumbfounded, it was full of rosters. There will definitely not be so many new palace maids entering the palace, maybe the old books are also put in one place.

After scanning the cabinet, Ansu reached for the roster on the middle floor. This place is the easiest to pick up, and there is not as much dust around as the upper and lower places, so it must be the most up-to-date roster.

Sure enough, as she expected, this one recorded the names and family backgrounds of all of them. An Su's gaze swept down one by one, and finally landed on Su Zili's three words. There are not many records behind this name, and the only thing that attracts attention is that she also has an older brother named Su Yu outside the palace, but the records show that he has passed away.

Looking further down, there was nothing interested, so Ansu closed the roster and put it away.

"Didn't find it?" Mama Qin walked up to her.

"Maybe it's because the slave has nothing to do with that sachet!" An Su pretended to be disappointed, and suddenly raised his head again, pretending to be ignorant, "Mama, why is there only the name of the palace maid in the roster here?" Don't those eunuchs who have just entered the palace have to be recorded? ”

Mama Qin only thought she was curious: "The palace maid and the eunuch are separated, the palace maid should be in charge of me, and the list of eunuchs is all in the manager of Ni." ”

"Chief Ni ......" An Su thought of the eunuch who wanted to scold Chu Ruo with a rod before, and thought to himself that this person should not be easy to deal with.

"Okay, it's not too early, you can go back and rest quickly!" Mama Qin yawned and ordered An Su to be evicted.

"No, the slave and maid are gone."

Coincidentally, An Su was worried that he didn't have a chance to get close to Chief Ni, and news came from the imperial dining room, saying that the emperor intended to train the new family members in the palace in the direction of the imperial kitchen, and the meals of the eunuch were allocated to the palace maid to be responsible. This is reasonable, the diet of the palace masters is naturally fine, and can only be handled by the imperial dining room, but the minions are not so delicate, so they can take their meals to the palace maids to practice.

Now that the meal is made, someone needs to deliver it. In a place like the eunuch's office, there was no chance to see the masters when they went, so everyone pushed and pushed, and no one wanted to go on this trip. This was exactly what An Su wanted, so she volunteered to take this errand and ran to the eunuch's house with three meals a day.

I heard that Mr. Ni is greedy for money, but when An Su first entered the palace, he didn't have much money for him, so he could only change his tricks and cook some food every day. Whenever he went to the eunuch's place to deliver food, he would give the more delicate one to Chief Ni. After doing this for half a month, An Sucai finally attracted the attention of Mr. Ni.

"You look very familiar, is you the girl who gave our family the secret recipe for cough last time?"

An Su smiled: "Take care of your memory." ”

"Your secret recipe really works, and it really cures our cough." Mr. Ni raised the food box in his hand, "You also did this?" ”

"The slave and maid are not good, and I hope the manager will not dislike it." An Su lowered his voice and said, "Those outside are ordinary meals, and this one is specially dedicated to the chief steward by the slave maid. ”

As soon as Ansu's words fell, footsteps came from outside. She glanced out, a woman dressed a little more gorgeous than ordinary palace maids, and walked straight towards Chief Ni. This person An Su had seen it, and she was quite impressed, and it was she who was talking to the guard in the path next to the shelter that night.

As soon as the woman stepped through the door, Ansu quickly stepped aside and lowered her head deeply. Although I didn't meet her that night, it was better to be cautious.

"Mr. Ni, what about lunch?" The woman's face was smiling but not smiling.

"Yo, why is the spring girl here?" When Mr. Ni saw her, he immediately squeezed out a bright smile, "If Liu Ji Niangniang is useful to the minions, send someone to call them, and the minions will pass over immediately, why do you still bother the Chunhan girl to run away?" ”

"Hmph, Niangniang didn't have time to pay attention to you, I went to run errands for Niangniang and passed by here, and came in to inquire about Hu Bazi's handmaiden."

When Mr. Ni heard this, the smile on his face was a little unbearable, and he replied forcefully: "It's being investigated, if we find out the results here, we will definitely report it to Liu Ji Niangniang as soon as possible." ”

"The queen is not a director, the big and small affairs in the harem are all taken care of by our Liu Ji Niangniang, such a trivial matter will have to be grinded for so many days, be careful to make Niangniang angry, you will have to suffer when the time comes." Chun Han glared at Manager Ni condescendingly.

"Yes, yes, what the girl said is that the minions will do their best."

Chun Han was probably angry with Mrs. Emei, and he always wanted to find a place to vent his anger, so he came to this eunuch office by the way. was already worried about the water chestnut matter, and Mr. Ni was even more anxious now.

After Chun Han left, he put away the tired smile on his face, and suddenly propped himself on the table and gasped for a few breaths. After a while, I saw An Su still standing next to me, thinking about talking to her just now, so I continued.

"Our family has seen that you are not an ordinary girl before, let's say, what do you want from our family?" Mr. Ni has been in the palace for all these years, and he has already lived a human spirit, so naturally he doesn't have to beat around the bush with a little palace maid.

"The chief is wise, the slave wants you to help find someone." An Su whispered, "The slave maid passed by the eunuch's house before and found a folding fan, although it is not a valuable thing, but the name is carefully engraved on it, it must still be somewhat important to the owner of this folding fan." Therefore, the slave maid wanted to ask the chief steward to look at the list of eunuchs who had entered the palace in the new palace, and if there was a name for this person, he could return the folding fan to him. ”

"It's easy, tell me what the man's name is?"

"I don't know the surname, only the word 'Shaojun' is engraved on the fan." An Su was worried that saying his full name would make Manager Ni think of himself from the surname "Shangguan", so he only said his name.

An Su thought to himself, it seems that this roster is not a secret thing, and it can be easily seen. But Manager Ni is not as casual as Mama Qin, in the end, he took the roster and looked through it himself. An Su waited for a long time, and then saw him come out with a wrinkled face.

"Girl, I'm afraid you mistook those two words? There is no Shaojun in the roster. ”

An Su's heart sank again, and he thanked Mr. Ni stupidly, and when he went back, he was a little distracted. For the voice behind him, he naturally couldn't hear it in his ears.

In the eunuch's office, as soon as An Su stepped out of the door, a little eunuch ran into Chief Ni's house, and when he entered, he turned his head and stared at An Su a few times.

"Master, why is she the one who comes to bring us food every time? Wasn't he bullied by the group of people in the palace maids? ”

Mr. Ni was looking at An Su's back thoughtfully, and suddenly heard his voice, but he didn't respond. After a while, he asked, "Is that girl beautiful?" ”

"Huh?" The little eunuch didn't know why.

"Our family asks you, is the girl who brought us food these days, is she beautiful?"

Only then did the little eunuch understand Chief Ni's words, and replied truthfully: "Beautiful, more beautiful than all the palace daughters I have ever seen, no, not only palace maids, but also many maids!" ”

"Do you like that?"

"Of course I do." The little eunuch blurted out, but immediately scratched his head again, "But Master, if you like it, you like it, but we are not real men anymore, and it's useless to like it!" ”

"Don't think about it." Manager Ni patted him on the head, and slowly became serious again, "Do you think the emperor will like it?" ”

"Who doesn't like this beauty, the emperor is also a man, and it's probably no exception!" The little eunuch couldn't guess what was going on in Chief Ni's mind, so he waited to hear him continue.

"That's right! If the emperor likes her, the matter of water chestnut will be solved. Mr. Ni was in a good mood all of a sudden.

The little eunuch was originally only listening to court anecdotes, but when he suddenly heard the name water chestnut, a cold sweat surged on his back.

"Master, Master, what does this have to do with water chestnuts?"

"Stupid thing." Mr. Ni slapped the little eunuch with a whisk, and then sat down on the chair next to him, "Hu Bazi and Mrs. Emei are the emperor's favorite people, we are caught in the middle, and if we offend anyone, we will not have a good life." Any one of these two, if the wind blows in the emperor's ear, we will have to walk around without eating. But what if someone is around the emperor to help us speak? ”

"Master, what do you mean, do you want that palace maid to be the maid to speak for you?"

"You've been smart. If this thing is really done, there will be many benefits in the future, but it can not only solve the water chestnut matter. Mr. Ni squinted, as if a good day was just around the corner.

"But Master, everyone has become a mother, why do you still have to listen to you?" The little eunuch in a sentence.

"That's why we have to hold on to her."

"What's the handle?" The little eunuch stepped forward and was slapped back by Chief Ni.

"I don't know yet, you go and keep an eye on her for me, and report any problems at any time."

"And what if you can't find the problem?"

"If we can't find a problem, we'll create a problem for her." Manager Ni smiled mysteriously, "You go and keep an eye on it first, Master, I have my own clever plan." ”

An Su didn't know their plan at this time, she only thought about her younger brother, walked on the palace road with her head down, and began to talk to herself: "In the past two months, only the palace maids and eunuchs have newly entered the palace, and the young monarch is not among them, where will he go?" Could it be that he is not in the palace at all? ”

"It's not just palace maids and eunuchs who have newly entered the palace in two months." The familiar fragrance brushed in front of An Su, and Gu Wenzhou's beautiful voice entered his ears again.

"Gu Xiangshi, why are you here?" An Su looked around, this is the way back to the palace maid from the eunuch's office, passing through the Changxin Palace, it stands to reason that Gu Wenzhou will not appear here.

"Miss Shangguan, I'll help!" Gu Wenzhou first took the wooden bucket and food box that she had had eaten in her hand before explaining, "Gu is also a hexagram a day in the palace, and there is nothing else to do, so I wandered around at will, and I didn't want to meet the girl." ”

"I see. What Gu Xiangshi just said, in addition to the palace maids and eunuchs, are there any others who have newly entered the palace? ”

Gu Wenzhou nodded affirmatively: "Yes, in addition to palace maids and eunuchs, the palace will also regularly recruit some people to learn art, and some skills can be passed down because of this." For example, the medicine boy in the Tai Hospital, the dancing girl in the music room, and some jugglers are all like this. ”

"So it's possible that my brother is among these people too?" Ansule rekindled hope.

"Yes, but in this way, it is even more difficult to investigate."

"It's okay, as long as there is hope, I will definitely be able to find Shaojun." Ansu's eyes were a little moist.

Gu Wenzhou sent An Su all the way to the vicinity of the palace maid's house, and his identity should not be sent too close, so they separated. An Su was worried about her younger brother's affairs, and Gu Wenzhou had been comforting her on the way, which always gave her some hope.

As soon as An Su stepped into the palace maid's room, he felt that there was a commotion inside, not like a small fight on weekdays, but more like something happy happening. Seeing An Su come back, Chu Ruo immediately ran to her with joy and helped her bring the wooden barrel in. Before she could ask, she began to talk about what everyone was discussing.

"Sister Shangguan, I heard that our new family members who have entered the palace are about to start selecting palace maids."

An Su was puzzled: "Isn't the steward of our palace maid's house Mama Qin?" ”

Chu Ruo waved his hand seriously: "Sister Shangguan, you weren't there when I just said this, but this thing is true." Mama Qin is the chief steward, there are too many things to take care of, according to the previous rules, it is necessary to choose another one from among our people, and the errand should be assigned to each palace until we finish learning the rules. ”

"Sister Shangguan, if only you could be in charge." Chu Ruo held his head to look at Ansu, and his eyes were crooked when he smiled.