The Apo Master dressed up as Concubine Ling and killed the Ruyi sisters

Chapter 182 Negotiation 2

One day, Aunt Li asked Ling Yunche to deliver flowers to another palace, and on the way back he happened to meet Qin Li.

Qin Li called Ling Yunche to stop and looked at his current appearance, "Isn't this Guard Ling? Oh no, isn't it Little Lingzi? Where are you going so recklessly?"

Ling Yunche replied: "I am going back to the flower room. Aunt Li is waiting for me to go back to work."

Qin Li saw Ling Yunche turning around to leave and stopped him, "You are a eunuch now, so you are under the jurisdiction of this chief steward. How dare you leave if this chief steward didn't let you go?"

Ling Yunche had no choice but to stand in front of Qin Li and wait for his instructions.

Qin Li looked at Ling Yunche's tattered clothes, the dirty-looking rag around his neck, and a numb and decadent expression on his face.

"Thinking back to when you were serving the emperor, you looked so majestic. Your back was straight and your eyes were high. You didn't take us eunuchs seriously at all."

"I was thinking at that time, if one day you made a mistake and were demoted, and you no longer had the support of the Empress, would you still be able to be arrogant in this palace?"

"I never thought that you, who usually do a low-key job, would dare to cause such a big disaster! But since you have the guts to do this, you are just a eunuch, why do you act like your spine is broken?"

Ling Yunche felt bitter in his heart, and he just hoped that Qin would use up all his strength so that he could be let go back early.

Otherwise, Aunt Li would find an excuse to punish him, and he might even lose today’s meal.

He hasn't had a full meal for several days. If this continues, he really won't be able to hold on any longer.

Ling Yunche flattered: "Excuse me, Chief Steward Qin. Whether I am a guard or a eunuch, I am just a servant in the palace. How dare I not take Chief Steward Qin seriously?"

"There is still a lot of work waiting for me in the greenhouse. If you have nothing else to do, Mr. Qin, I will take my leave."

Qin Li found Ling Yunche's flattering words very useful, but at the same time, they also made Qin Li look down on Ling Yunche even more.

Qin Li was unwilling to let Ling Yunche leave so easily. "Wait a minute, I heard that you talked back to Aunt Mao Qian from Yongshou Palace? Do you know the status of Concubine Ling in the palace?"

"Since we have known each other for so many years, I would like to kindly remind you. Your Highness is the most honorable person in the palace besides the Emperor and the Empress Dowager. Don't be so tactless in the future and forget that you used to be a guard!"

Ling Yunche really wanted to refute Qin Li, saying that the Queen was the master of the six palaces and the most noble woman in the entire palace.

But after suffering so much, Ling Yunche no longer has the courage he once had, and now he just wants to survive.

Seeing Ling Yunche's cowardly look of not fighting back or retaliating when he was beaten or scolded, Qin Li felt even more disdainful and waved his hand.

"Alright, I'm getting angry just by looking at you like a loser. Why did the Queen promote you to be a royal guard? You'd better not embarrass the guards! Alright, get out of here now."

Ling Yunche felt as if he had been pardoned. He breathed a sigh of relief and left quickly.

Although Ling Yunche hurried as fast as he could, he still missed the time set by Aunt Li, and there was no food for the day.

By the evening, Ling Yunche had not finished sweeping the floor yet, and he said to the eunuch who was watching him work.

"It's already this late, can I eat something before I work?"

The eunuch said, "It's already past dinner time. Isn't it your fault that you are not quick? You said you were a guard before, so you should be very skilled. Why are you so slow at work? How did you work before?"

Ling Yunche smiled awkwardly and said, "Of course, the guards didn't do their job well, so they became eunuchs. Eunuch, can you let me eat something first? I'm really hungry!"

The eunuch said, "There is no food in the kitchen. If you want to eat, you can buy it yourself."

Ling Yunche looked embarrassed, "It's not time to pay the monthly salary yet, I don't have any money."

The eunuch shrugged. "You've worked in the palace for so many years, and you don't have any savings? I can't do anything if you have no money. You can take a rest after you finish cleaning here. I'll leave first."

Ling Yunche has never had the habit of saving money since he became a guard in the cold palace. He always spends whatever he has and never worries about his future.

If it weren't for the life-saving grace of Ruyi, I'm afraid he would have been just a mediocre guard for the rest of his life.

But even when he later became an imperial guard in the Palace of Tranquil Longevity, he had no plans at all.

In the past, he had Mao Qian to manage the household, and Mao Qian's dowry was a reward from the emperor, so he never worried about money.

Now the Ling Mansion has been sealed by the Emperor, and he and Mao Qian have divorced.

After becoming a eunuch, the meager monthly salary was not enough to cover his expenses. What's worse, he couldn't even get his hands on it!

After the eunuch left, Ling Yunche was starving and cold, but he had no other options. He could only hide in a corner and cry alone.

He didn't know how things turned out like this.

More than three months ago, he was still a majestic imperial guard who had to do nothing except protecting the emperor's safety.

In the palace, he is the savior of the Empress and the princes, and everyone respectfully calls him Lord Ling.

But everything changed after I went to Mulan Paddock and met the assassin from the Balin tribe.

But he didn't understand, as a guard, what was wrong in risking his life to save the Queen and the Twelfth Prince?

Why did rumors about him appear in the palace? Why did the emperor ask that crazy woman Mao Qian to come to the palace to testify?

Why doesn't the Emperor believe the Empress, but instead believes the words of Concubine Ling and惢心 Zhao Jiuxiao?

Ling Yunche was blaming others madly when he suddenly smelled the fragrance of white porridge.

Ling Yunche was already starving. Seeing that there was no one around, he left the floor unsweeped and didn't care whether Aunt Li would punish him if she found out.

He only knew that if he didn't have food to eat at night, he would starve to death, and he didn't want to die!

Ling Yunche followed the fragrance to a palace gate, where many palace maids and eunuchs were queuing up to get porridge.

Ling Yunche looked at the steaming white porridge greedily, and hurriedly lined up with his bowl in hand, waiting to have a hearty meal.

Ling Yunche ignored the fact that the porridge was boiling hot, held a full bowl and sat in the corner, wolfing it down.

Jinzhong came over and said with a smile, "Your Highness is kind-hearted. She has informed the Emperor that she wants to open a porridge place inside and outside the palace for three days."

When Ling Yunche heard someone approaching, he vigilantly protected the white porridge in his hand and looked at Jinzhong with a wary look.

Jinzhong said, "Look at how useless you are. Would I, the eunuch, fight with you for a bowl of porridge? Long before the New Year, Concubine Ling proposed to the Empress that she should open a porridge shop, but the Empress did not agree."

"The Lantern Festival is approaching, so I reported it to the Emperor, and he readily agreed. Thanks to the Imperial Concubine Ling, you will have food for three days in a row."

"Enjoy your time, Master Ling."