Chang Xiu frowned slightly.
She knew that Chen Tiantian and Doctor Yingbao did not get along well, and she also knew that the young master from the Xiao family had quarreled with the doctor over her. She didn't know why this girl came to her.
"Sister Chang, why don't you eat?" Chen Tiantian picked up a piece of lychee cake and handed it over.
Chang Xiu quickly took a step back and said, "Thank you, Sister Chen. I'm full now. I'll eat later."
Chen Tiantian had no choice but to put down the lychee cake, sighed slightly, and hesitated: "Sister Chang, Yingbao and I are actually from the same hometown, and we are also sisters..."
Chang Xiu looked at her silently: "I heard it from someone."
"Alas, Sister Chang, you only know one side of the story." Chen Tiantian said, "I don't know how I offended her and made her unhappy, so she often embarrasses me in front of outsiders."
Chang Xiu continued to remain silent.
Although she was only fifteen years old, she had lived in the palace for three years. Although she had always been doing menial work, she had heard and seen a lot.
The young doctor was only six years old, and he was not a vicious or evil person. The person who could make her hate and reject him must be no simple person.
Chen Tiantian continued, "I came to Qing Palace to serve the King of Dai, also on the orders of the Queen, but Yingbao has always refused to let me enter the inner palace, and she also said that the palace women have a dark aura, which will affect the health of the King of Dai."
Several palace maids suddenly looked unhappy.
"Did she really say that?" A palace maid said angrily, "She is so vicious at such a young age, and actually said that we are shady people."
Chen Tiantian nodded, "When she said this, many people knew that the sisters who lived with me were all very sad."
Zhang Yu'e said angrily, "That Yingbao is so vicious. She is not afraid of retribution for humiliating us like this."
Then he glared at Chang Xiu fiercely: "Why are you giving us her leftovers to eat?"
Chang Xiu panicked and quickly explained: "The young doctor is not that kind of person. She didn't let the palace maids enter the inner palace because she was afraid of offending the King of Dai, because the King of Dai had been ill for a long time and had a lot of Yin energy around him..."
Zhang Yu'e interrupted her: "After all, isn't it that we have influenced the King of Dai? What benefit did she give you? Are you going to speak for an outsider?"
A maidservant nearby also said, "That's right. We are here to serve the King of Dai. Just based on her words, will we ever have a chance to succeed in the future?"
Chang Xiu was speechless.
Chen Tiantian said quickly: "Sisters, please don't blame Sister Chang. Sister Chang also has good intentions and is not trying to protect Yingbao."
"Humph! She is just trying to climb up the social ladder, but she doesn't know if people will look down on her!"
Zhang Yu'e rolled her eyes at Chang Xiu and said sarcastically, "Don't let others treat you as a shady person and kick you out to the palace!"
Chang Xiu lowered his head and said no more. He gathered up the food that everyone was not eating and took it to the dining hall.
As I was walking, I saw Chen Tiantian following me.
"Sister Chang, let me help you get it." She reached out to pick up the lunch box, but Chang Xiu dodged her.
Chen Tiantian said with a wronged look on her face: "Sister Chang is angry with me? I, I didn't expect them to vent their anger on you, I really didn't mean it..."
Chang Xiu didn't even look at her, and said coldly: "Please go back, Miss Chen. I am just a handyman, and my words are not important. I can't help you with anything."
This little girl is no simple matter. She can stir up everyone to unite against a common enemy with just a few words. Given time, her future will be limitless.
I must not offend her, let alone get close to her, lest I be used by her and end up dying without knowing how.
Chen Tiantian stopped in embarrassment and looked at Chang Xiu who was walking faster and faster with resentment. She turned around and walked back unhappily until she could no longer see him.
The afternoon sun shone on her body, making her sweat.
When Chen Tiantian walked back to where she lived, she saw several palace maids lying on the common bed, leisurely fanning themselves with palm-leaf fans to cool off.
Seeing her come in, he didn't care and chatted with his sisters: "Let's go to the lake to pick some lotus pods later. Qiuyue, you are familiar with the senior manager, go and ask him for some lychees."
The one called Qiuyue said angrily, "If you want to go, go by yourself. I don't want to eat lychees. They are too sweet and not as delicious as peaches. We can't even finish eating all the peaches on the peach tree in front of our door, so why should we eat lychees?"
"That's right. The manager is the most difficult to deal with. He acts as if the orchard belongs to him. Every time we sisters pass by, he criticizes us. It's really disgusting." said one person.
"Yes, I encountered that once."
As they chatted, they started talking about King Dai.
"That young doctor is really amazing. At such a young age, his medical skills are better than those of the imperial physician."
"Yes, if my family had a sister like this, our ancestors' graves would be filled with smoke."
One of them suddenly laughed and said, "We will have a lot less work once she comes. We don't have to stand guard at night. We can let the eunuchs do it."
"Yes, the palace attendants have all had dark circles under their eyes from working so hard these past two days. They look like they have been hit by frost and they stumble when they walk."
A few people chuckled for a while, and suddenly heard Chen Tiantian whispered: "But she said that we have Yin energy and can't get close to King Dai."
A palace maid glanced at her and waved a palm-leaf fan, saying, "That's right. In ancient times, men dominated yang and women dominated yin. Yin and yang must be conserved. Besides, the young doctor only said that you can't get close to the king when he is sick, but he didn't say that you can't get close to him from now on. What are you worried about?"
As soon as Chen Tiantian arrived, she was assigned to the inner hall to serve King Dai personally. To be honest, more than a dozen palace maids in the hall were not very happy about it.
Fortunately, Doctor Yingbao drove her out and did not allow her to get close, which made the palace maids feel relieved.
Even though they themselves were ordered not to approach the inner hall, all the palace maids tacitly united and rejected Chen Tiantian.
After all, the young doctor will not threaten their survival, but Chen Tiantian will.
Not only that, but it is also possible that he would climb over their heads, which is something that all the senior palace maids in the inner hall cannot tolerate.
It would be fine if Chen Tiantian was a lady from a noble family, after all, she was born into a noble family and people like them could not compare to her. But she was just a country girl who was nothing. Why did she take their places as soon as she came
Another maid sneered, "She is worried that she can't enter the inner palace to flatter the King of Dai. She is so young, but she has such a big mind!"
Several palace maids covered their mouths with their fans and laughed.
Chen Tiantian was ridiculed by them and could no longer stay there, so she turned around and ran out of the house.
She came to the pavilion by the lake and couldn't help crying.
The voice in her head kept urging her to go to King Dai as soon as possible, to please him, and to make him like her.
But she didn't want to go at all, and she wasn't sure he would like her.
If I don't listen to the voice in my head, I might not live past the age of twenty-one.
What should I do
The more Chen Tiantian thought about it, the more anxious she became. She sat in the pavilion, hugged her knees and cried.
Why did Yingbao keep targeting me? I had never offended her.
Even if your mother made a mistake once, you can't blame it on yourself.
"What’s wrong with you?"
A young boy's voice sounded beside him.
Chen Tiantian raised her head and saw Xiao Chengjun, the young master of the Xiao family, standing beside her, looking at her with concern.
"I..." Chen Tiantian didn't know what to say and quickly covered her face with her sleeves.
"Did Yingbao bully you again?" Xiao Chengjun asked, "Don't be afraid, tell me and I'll vent your anger for you."