Blissful Days After Widowhood - Chapter 213

Three days later, the weather was cloudy and sunny, and the guards did not start patrolling again.

Gu Yin was busy in the kitchen that day – the noble children headed by Guard Rong showed the fox’s tail again. Knowing that the Emperor didn’t come out very much then, he came again to eat and drink.

Of course, because the kitchen was not far from the Emperor’s residence, they didn’t dare to drink and gamble any more. They only told the servant to cook some meals, and gathered outside to gossip.

The young man came staggering with water, and when the guards saw him, they laughed and said, “The ugly cook is coming out, you are here!”

Manager Zhou was also in the kitchen, and when he heard that, his hand clenched the kitchen knife.

“It’s okay, don’t care about them,” Gu Yin said indifferently.

That kind of thing didn’t happen once or twice. If they really wanted to get angry with those people, they didn’t have to make themselves angry.

The young man entered the room to pour water, and Gu Yin followed him to help him carry the bucket.

He rarely spoke in front of people, but that time he said in her ear, “I want to see Old Master Wen.”

After a sentence, he said nothing more.

Gu Yin calmly helped him pour the water into the water tank, and then went back to the kitchen to work.

After the young man went out, the guards naturally laughed together again, but because one of them was deaf, and the other was very good-natured like looking at dough, they felt bored after they finished talking and didn’t say more.

After that day, when Gu Yin made food for Old Master Wen, she made porridge with preserved eggs and lean meat for two days in a row.

The preserved eggs were brought from the Wen Mansion, just because the Emperor said it was good, the palace servants didn’t even forget to bring it when they fled for their lives.

“What does this mean?!” The next day, the bedridden old man threw the bowl when he was eating the evening meal and said, “The Emperor didn’t see me, and the kitchen made me the same food. This is to dislike me, an old man. Are you tired of living?!”

The porridge bowl fell to the ground and was broken apart.

The old man had been ill for almost a month, and several imperial doctors brought out from the palace looked at him and said that he was too old and could not stand mood swings. 

In fact, Emperor Longqing didn’t really care about the old man’s body. As long as the old man didn’t die, he could use the old man’s reputation.

“I want to see his majesty, and he will decide for the old minister!” Old Master Wen struggled to sit up.

The servants were so frightened. Not to mention that Emperor Longqing couldn’t see anyone, even if he could, the old man could die at any time. If he was really angry, Emperor Longqing would cut off their heads.

“Don’t be angry. The Emperor respects you, so why would he treat you harshly? Naturally, the people working under him are neglecting you!”

The palace servants persuaded him to stop, and hurriedly summoned Eunuch Shangshan.

Eunuch Shangshan listened to people saying that Old Master Wen was so angry, and immediately confessed, “Lord, how can the servant dare to neglect you? It is the cook who swore to the servant that you used to like this porridge very much and had said that you would never get tired of eating it every day. The maid is usually prudent and meticulous in handling errands, so I listened to her. You should calm down!”

Old Master Wen pointed to the door and said, “Go and call her! The old man has to ask her carefully if I ever treated her harshly, so how can she play me like this?!”

Not long after, Gu Yin was sent.

“Old man calm down, it’s not the woman’s fault, it’s… it’s the firewood in the stove, it’s really not enough.”

Of course, the firewood the Emperor used was provided by a special person, and the firewood for other people to eat was not so fine. When Gu Yin made only the Emperor and the old man’s food, she could handle it naturally.

But the guards also came to ask for food and drink. Master Yuan was recovering , and Manager Zhou had to make a big pot of rice and couldn’t be idle for a moment. He was also responsible for the rough work on the whole mountain. Thinking that the old man didn’t eat much during that time, it was normal to be lazy.

Eunuch Shang Shan received bribes from the guards, lest Gu Yin would expose the fact that the guards were eating, drinking and beating teeth, and immediately said, “This little lady has a relationship with the helper in the kitchen. She must be distressed for him, so she deliberately said this!”

“You!” Old Master Wen pointed at Gu Yin in disbelief, a look of real astonishment was clear on his face.

Gu Yin didn’t care what other people thought before, but Old Master Wen was different. In her heart, he was the same as her family. Being pointed at by Old Master Wen, she was so frightened that her shoulders shook and her neck shrank.

This utterly guilty state fell into the eyes of Eunuch Shangshan, and he continued, “Look, old man, this lady has a guilty conscience!”

Thinking of Gu Yin’s reward money, she didn’t pay less for him, and Eunuch Shangshan didn’t step on her any more, “So when it comes to the end, the fault is still with the couple of workers!”

“Then send those workers over!” Old Master Wen thought that he would settle accounts with her in the future.