Wan Xiangxiang was speechless: "Is your father trying to scare you? He is a high-ranking official after all, how could he not even be able to support a daughter?"
Gong Shanshan shook her head: "It's not that I can't support myself, it's just that I'm old enough to get married. I'm such a big eater, I don't know if I'll be disliked after I get married."
As they were talking, the two had already arrived at the imperial kitchen. The imperial kitchen was guarded at night, but because it was late, the guards were a little lax and dozed off!
Wan Xiangxiang went straight forward and knocked the guard eunuch unconscious. This scared Gong Shanshan: "Why did you knock him out? Is he okay?"
"Don't make a fuss, he just fainted. He's asleep and doesn't know it anyway. When he wakes up tomorrow, he will just think he slept too deeply. And since he's fainted, we can look for food openly."
After Wan Xiangxiang said this, Gong Shanshan immediately felt that it made sense: "Ah, you are right, then let's go in quickly. The things in the imperial kitchen must be extraordinary."
The two little girls entered the imperial kitchen and began to look for any delicious food left. As expected, Gong Shanshan was not disappointed, and saw a bowl of soaked food.
Just as he was about to go forward and start eating, Wan Xiangxiang pulled him back: "What are you doing!"
Gong Shanshan looked at Wan Xiangxiang with a puzzled look on her face, wondering why she stopped her: "Didn't you bring me here to eat? Why are you not letting me eat?"
Wan Xiangxiang looked at the aggrieved Gong Shanshan and said helplessly: "This is the material that has been prepared for soaking. It is the top-grade bird's nest for the nobles in the palace tomorrow. If you eat it, it will be discovered tomorrow. If it is stolen, the unconscious eunuch outside will lose his life because he didn't keep a good eye on the things. Are you willing to kill someone for this bite of yours?"
Gong Shanshan was startled, and quickly put the bird's nest back, then returned to her original state: "What can be eaten? You said, I'm eating, I'm really hungry."
As he said this, he touched his stomach, and it made a gurgling sound, as if he hadn't eaten in many days.
Wan Xiangxiang was really helpless, so she turned around and took some of the food that was made today. There was some left over because there was too much food. If they were not eaten, they would be transported out of the palace and thrown away the next morning. So she could eat it.
"These are all edible, you can eat them."
Gong Shanshan picked up a dessert and put it in her mouth: "Well, thank you, Xiangxiang. You are so familiar with the palace."
Wan Xiangxiang laughed and said, "Thanks to my cousin, I have been to the palace many times."
What outsiders don’t know is that all the women in the Wan family have registered with the emperor and are secretly working for him.
Gong Shanshan nodded in understanding: "Yes, you are the cousin of Princess Bingjian!"
After saying this, Gong Shanshan stopped talking and started eating. Wan Xiangxiang felt a little thirsty when she saw this, and she even served a bowl of soup for Gong Shanshan: "Drink it."
"Thank you, that's very nice of you. We will be good friends from now on."
Wan Xiangxiang looked at the person who unilaterally declared that they were good friends, and was silent for a moment, without saying anything. She just sympathized with him for a moment, and thought it was a bit funny, but she didn't mean to be good friends with him.
But she couldn't refuse too obviously, so she just ignored it. After she finished eating, Wan Xiangxiang cleaned up and looked at Gong Shanshan.
"Come on, I'll take you back. Don't tell anyone about what happened tonight, okay? Even if you tell others, I won't admit it."
Gong Shanshan nodded repeatedly: "I understand. I won't tell anyone else. Don't worry."
Soon the two returned to Chuxiu Palace, Gong Shanshan found her room and went in. Just as she lay down on her bed, she heard the person next door speak.
"You're back? Did you find anything to eat?"
Gong Shanshan was startled: "A Ting, you haven't slept yet, go to bed quickly, otherwise you will be in a bad mood tomorrow and you will be scolded."
Tang Ting said "oh" when she heard this, and a haze flashed across her eyes in the darkness, but no one paid attention. Looking at Gong Shanshan, Gong Shanshan was already fast asleep.
Wan Xiangxiang went out for a walk and felt a little tired. After returning to her room, she began to rest. Then the next day, before she got up, it was already bustling.
Hearing the noise outside, Wan Xiangxiang stood up helplessly: "What's so noisy outside?"
Zhou Yixiang woke up earlier than Wan Xiangxiang and knew what was happening outside: "Well, it seems like they are talking about something about birds. How about we go and take a look?"
Bird? Wan Xiangxiang frowned, but still stood up: "Let's go and take a look."
After getting up, he walked outside and found that quite a few people had gathered outside. They were obviously there to watch the fun, and when they saw Wan Xiangxiang coming, they made way for her.
Wan Xiangxiang saw that it was indeed a bird, shivering in the cold wind, without a single feather on its body.
"This bird is lucky enough to have survived the entire night without freezing to death."
When everyone heard this, they all turned around and looked at Wan Xiangxiang: "Does Wan Xiu know this bird? How do you know it was left here overnight? Did you lose it?"
Before Wan Xiangxiang could answer, she heard a noisy voice: "No way, are you so uncaring about animals? This is too scary."
"That's right. It's so scary. How could she be so cruel to a bird? And this is not an ordinary bird."
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Wan Xiangxiang only said one sentence, and the reactions of these people really caught people off guard. Zhou Yixiang stood up and said, "Don't talk nonsense. How could Xiangxiang do such a thing?"
Zhang Miaoer, who spoke first, asked directly: "Then answer my question, how did you know that you were lost here for a night?"
Wan Xiangxiang rolled her eyes: "I was just curious, I just said it casually."
Zhou Yixiang also seized the opportunity and snorted, "That's right, Wan Xiunv just said it casually, and you blamed me. I was still wondering if it was you who did it, and you're eager to find someone to take the blame!"
"Besides, the bird definitely didn't freeze outside all night! Otherwise it would have frozen to death long ago. Who was the first to discover it? Come out and tell us what happened."
Now the ladies thought about it and realized that they were being accused of something they had just said casually. Could it really be that Zhang Miaoer did it? They all looked at Zhang Miaoer.
Zhang Miaoer's face turned red with anger: "No, I didn't do it, don't talk nonsense. Who was the first to discover it? Come out and tell me what happened."
Tang Ting stood up at this time: "The first thing I noticed was that it was very strange. Why did this bird have no feathers? And where did this bird come from in Chuxiu Palace? And at first I didn't recognize it as a bird, I thought it was a bug, so I screamed loudly and attracted all the sisters."
Is that the reason? Because she didn't recognize it as a bird, she screamed and attracted people to watch. Wan Xiangxiang ignored these people and walked up to check the bird.
He took the bird in his hand and warmed it up: "I'm going to find Aunt Qin."
She was the only one who had the guts to do that. Zhang Miaoer watched Wan Xiangxiang take the bird away like that and said, "You took it away, and the murderer who plucked its feathers hasn't been found yet. If you're so cruel to a bird, you'd be even crueler to a human being."
Wan Xiangxiang raised her eyebrows: "Oh, so what you mean is that I should let the bird stay here and freeze to death, then it won't be cruel? The bird's feathers have been plucked, can't you just look for the feathers somewhere else? Do you have to pluck the bird?"
Zhang Miaoer had nothing to say and stood there. However, Wan Xiangxiang looked at the group of women and suddenly said, "You guys haven't seen the Queen yet. Whether you want to stay or not, isn't it too early to start making trouble now?"
Everyone was stunned. Yes, isn't it too early now, these people are already making trouble. Zhang Miaoer snorted: "Then let's go back to our respective rooms now and look for bird feathers. We must find out who is bullying the birds."
After hearing Zhang Miaoer's words, everyone went back to their rooms in twos and threes. Wan Xiangxiang took the bird and did not go to Qin Mama, but went directly to the zoo.
The young eunuch who was in charge of the birds was cleaning up the birds at this time. He happened to see an open cage and the bird inside was gone.
The eunuch's face changed drastically. This was the Queen's favorite bird, and it was missing. Who was so bold as to steal the bird
Just when he was about to call for help, he saw Wan Xiangxiang coming over. He quickly stepped forward to pay his respects, and then he saw the bird in Wan Xiangxiang's arms: "Hello, Wan Xiuniu, who is this?"
Wan Xiangxiang looked at the young eunuch and said, "This was found in Chuxiu Palace. He was almost frozen to death. I brought it to you. See if he can be saved."
The young eunuch looked at the bird in surprise and said, "This, I was just about to report that someone stole the Queen's favorite bird and went to Chuxiu Palace."
Wan Xiangxiang also saw the young eunuch's embarrassment. Wan Xiangxiang smiled and said, "Just report it truthfully. These things are not of much concern. But let's save the bird first."
If the bird died, the queen would be really angry. The young eunuch took the bird quickly and took it into the room.
But he didn't know how to treat the bird that was almost frozen to death, so he quickly found a quilt, wrapped the bird tightly, and then went to report the matter.
Wan Xiangxiang went to find Nanny Qin. Nanny Qin probably knew about what had happened, and she was afraid that she would have a headache again.
Sure enough, when Wan Xiangxiang arrived and saw Nanny Qin, her face turned pale with anger.