TPITWOHEF

Chapter 4

The north wind howled.

Xiao Chuchu woke up in the middle of the journey, hazily drinking milk, and heard the voices in the main hall.

"It's agreed, this wet nurse really has a problem and harbors malicious intentions. We caught her red-handed!"

Xiao Chuchu opened her eyes with great effort and found that Liu Ying was holding her. It seemed that they were lying on the long couch in the study instead of the original bedroom.

"Tie her up and invite the eunuch steward from the Imperial Household Department to come!"

Lower Concubine Liu ordered, but she lowered her voice for fear of waking up her daughter in her arms.

Xiao Chuchu blinked blankly, as if the critical danger of their winter night exposure had been resolved?

Had the perpetrator been caught?

That's good then.

She mumbled twice, but couldn't resist her infant drowsiness again.

After being gently patted on the back by Lower Concubine Liu, she fell asleep again with a full stomach.

The next day, Xiao Chuchu woke up in the fragrant arms of her wet nurse. She had just secretly stretched out her little feet when she heard a sharp, delicate voice in the room.

"This servant failed to identify the untrustworthy person and allowed such a shameless scoundrel who plotted against the imperial bloodline to get close to the young miss."

"Please forgive my offense, Concubine Liu!"

As he spoke, Xiao Chuchu had already opened her eyes out of curiosity.

She saw the eunuch steward from the Imperial Household Department, who was of medium height but had a broad face and round figure, stuffed a money bag to Lower Concubine Liu’s palace maid Qiu Li!

Managing the servants in the Imperial Household Department had always been a lucrative position.

The concubines who wanted to find a capable servant or palace maid had to give the steward of the Imperial Household Department some benefit.

It was rare for the Imperial Household Department to give money to a concubine,

especially someone of Lower Concubine Liu’s low status!

Xiao Chuchu smacked her lips.

The palace maid Qiu Li who received the gold ingots was also looking at Lower Concubine Liu in astonishment.

Lower Concubine Liu was about to sternly reject it, but she felt the little feet of the baby girl in her arms move.

【After this incident, the steward who allocated this wet nurse to my mother was afraid of being implicated, so he sent money to my mother early in the morning according to the story.】

【But my mother didn't take it, and in the end she offended this eunuch. 】

Xiao Chuchu in swaddling clothes looked at the money bag, feeling a little greedy.

【Oh but my mother rejected the ten taels of gold he gave, not only losing money but also offending this villain, leaving hidden danger for the future.】

Xiao Chuchu couldn't help but whimpered anxiously at Lower Concubine Liu.

Lower Concubine Liu’s beautiful eyes flashed. She immediately nodded slightly to the palace maid Qiu Li.

Qiu Li understood tacitly and quickly took the money bag from the steward’s hand.

【Wow, my mother is good at palace scheming. That's clever! That's right, investigate but also take the money. Who said you can't take money when investigating someone!】