The Salted Fish Concubine of the Qing Dynasty

136-140

Chapter 136

Eunuch Yuan returned to the kitchen with a smile on his face. As soon as he entered, he saw the long-faced eunuch who was delivering food to the main courtyard sitting in front of the stove with a sigh.

Eunuch Yuan suppressed his happy expression. He had just met his master in the Lan Courtyard. He thought that the plot in the main courtyard had failed. The long-faced eunuch was lucky not to be scolded, let alone rewarded.

When the long-faced eunuch saw him coming back, he gave up his seat by more than a foot and asked, "How is it, how is the Lan Courtyard?"

They were all people who had experienced the Imperial Household Department. The first rule taught by the Imperial Household Department was that servants must never tell others about their masters' affairs.

Eunuch Yuan stretched out his hand and scratched his head, chuckling twice, "Brother Yu is very kind, and he even grabbed a handful of longan pulp for me," he said as he took something out of his pocket, the dried longan pulp was warmed by his body temperature, and the icing on it was sticky on his hands.

"You're welcome, let's eat together," Eunuch Yuan said.

Eunuch Chang really pinched one and put it in his mouth and chewed it carefully for a while, and praised it before swallowing it, "Hmm, it's so sweet."

Sweet things have always been rare, and longan is still a good thing for warming and nourishing. As for being a little dirty, it's good for little eunuchs like them to have something to eat, so why would they care about such trivial things.

"You are so lucky," the eunuch sighed, and he stretched out his hand to pinch a few longan pulps, "I was so unlucky today. I was caught before the meal was served. I didn't get anything, but I had to eat a bellyful of melons."

The eunuch was clear-headed. He thought there was a happy event in the main courtyard today, and he might get some rewards. He didn't expect that the master didn't stay and he was also angry.

But let him say that the main courtyard looked cold, and there were so many people coming and going, and none of them smiled. Who would like to stay in such a place.

Besides, since the master has gone and served him happily and affectionately, which man would not be a little soft-hearted and act like a stepmother? Even this eunuch with no roots doesn't like it.

The long eunuch sighed for a while. He was not even worthy of being in front of the master, let alone giving advice to the master. He could only grab the hand of the eunuch Yuan in anger and stuff the remaining longan meat into his mouth.

No matter what, next time, he will definitely ask Master Liu to give him a chance to deliver food to the Lanyuan.

The eunuch Yuan stared at his palm in amazement. There was nothing left except stickiness.

Zhang Erbao on the side couldn't help but sneer, "Fool".

Eunuch Yuan turned his head to see Zhang Erbao and Eunuch Liu sitting opposite each other by the fire. On the copper net were peeled chestnut kernels and steaming rice wine dumplings. In front of Eunuch Liu was a crab weighing about two taels.

These were all the things left by the master.

Eunuch Yuan swallowed his saliva and quietly went outside. If he stayed any longer, the glutton in his stomach would not be able to hold back.

Eunuch Liu glanced at his apprentice, dropped the crab claws in his hand, and stood in front of the stove again.

Zhang Erbao took a big sip of rice wine, and with a red face, he called out to Eunuch Liu, "Master, what are you doing? Crabs will smell fishy when they get cold, and they are not good to eat."