My Ancient Stepson Bootcamp

Chapter 39
Unexpectedly, Ping'er stuck out her tongue playfully, and said to Lin Shuran in a low voice with some embarrassment: "I have eaten it before!"

"Steal it? Where did you steal it?" Lin Shuran was still wondering if the food given to Xu Junze by the imperial palace was stolen by the little girl.

Ping'er, however, seemed to be afraid of being brought up in the past, he hesitated and said: "The slaves ate in the imperial dining room!"

Imperial Room?Isn't that the palace?Ping'er, a maid who doesn't even have a rank, actually entered the palace?What the hell is going on here?

Seeing the doubt in Lin Shuran's eyes, Ping'er bit her lower lip. She likes Lin Shuran very much. She thinks she is kind-hearted and approachable. She always thinks of her as a lowly little girl when she makes delicious food. What can she not do? what she said.

So he slightly raised his head and told her that when she was five years old, she was sold into a brothel by her own father, but she escaped, and was later sold into the palace as a maid, but life in the palace was very difficult, always Being bullied and often without food, she would sneak into the imperial dining room to steal food when she was extremely hungry.

Once, she was punished by the eunuch on duty not to eat for two days. She was so hungry that she went to the imperial dining room to steal something to eat, but she was found almost beaten to death. It was Xu Mingchen and Xu Mingye who happened to be passing by who rescued her. The queen mother asked her to make her a servant in her own mansion.

"Ma'am, the young masters are all good people, really!" Ping'er is slightly older than Xu Mingchen and Xu Mingye. She just turned thirteen this year, and she can't see her face clearly. Because of the burning girl, her face is always covered with pots. The base is gray, but those clear almond eyes are very bright and gratifying.

Lin Shuran saw that she was smiling all day long, looking careless, but she didn't expect her life to be so pitiful. This little girl is really optimistic.

"I know!" Lin Shuran said to Ping'er with a smile while using long chopsticks to turn over the small twists in the oil pan.

"Ma'am, young masters don't really like to cause trouble. Every time someone else bullies them first, they have no choice but to fight back. You don't know that the people outside talk very badly. They—" Ping'er looked Look aggrieved.

"Ping'er, you little girl still hit me lightly, what are you talking about, concentrate on lighting the fire for Madam!" The fat aunt, the cook in the back kitchen, glared at Ping'er and interrupted her. The son winked, telling her not to talk too much.

Ping'er quickly shut her mouth tightly, she just didn't remember to eat and beat, she lowered her head and continued to burn the fire with some frustration, didn't she suffer so much because she couldn't learn to keep her mouth shut during the years in the palace, it's an old problem Made it again.

Lin Shuran smiled indifferently. In fact, even if Ping'er didn't say anything, she could guess what people outside said about the Xu family's stepsons. After all, this is a capital city that pays attention to family background and family background, let alone Xu Mingchen who come from different backgrounds. An orphan, even a powerful emperor like Xu Junze, would be looked down upon and excluded by those aristocratic families because of his family background.

Perhaps at first the emperor wanted him to marry Xu Junze, not only because his father was the imperial tutor, but also because the Lin family had lasted for thousands of years and played a pivotal role in the family of the Jin Dynasty. Careful.

After the little twist was done, Lin Shuran asked someone to send it to Xu Mingchen and the others, and she carried a plate back to the inner courtyard. The maid in the courtyard told her that Xu Junze had already left.

In the early morning of the next day, Chun Xi gave Lin Shuran a fashionable woman's bun, because if she wanted to enter the palace to meet the Queen Mother, neither the clothes nor the jewelry should be too shabby, but must be dignified and decent.

Lin Shuran came from a famous family, and the dowry clothes and jewelry were specially prepared for her by the Wen family, and all of them were of the highest quality. Today she entered the palace wearing a gold silk brocade dress, with a red plum on a white background. With a thick cloak, golden step rocks on her head, mutton fat jade beads, earrings, and her delicate makeup, she looks more and more charming, extremely bright, like a fairy in the nine heavens.

Xu Junze just happened to step into the room, and when he saw Lin Shuran's outfit today, a light flashed in his eyes. After meticulously grooming, she was dignified, elegant, beautiful and lovely, and she seemed to be emitting a dazzling light.

Lin Shuran was also taken aback when he saw Xu Junze. Today, he changed into a dark blue brocade robe with a cross-collared gold thread and dark patterns, and his hair was tied with a golden crown. He looked full of vigor and majesty.

"Let's go!"

The two walked side by side, staring at the servants of the Yifu, which also caused the Xu family brothers who came to send them out to widen their eyes. They seemed to have never realized that they had a pair of parents with such outstanding appearance and temperament.

The carriage carried the two of them to the direction of the palace gate, and after entering the palace, the two of them had to walk to the Queen Mother's Renshou Palace, and the eunuch Gong'e would lead the way.

On the way to the Empress Dowager Renshou Palace, neither Xu Junze nor Lin Shuran spoke, but Xu Junze deliberately slowed down and walked side by side with her.

It's just that the two of them met Xiao Chen and his wife Su Wanwan on the way, and today they came here specially to pay their respects to Su Wanwan's aunt, Concubine Su.

Su Wanwan obviously did not expect to meet Lin Shuran in the palace. She saw that Lin Shuran was deliberately dressed up like a spring flower, and she was already jealous. She also saw that Xiao Chen's eyes had never left her since Lin Shuran appeared. , with a deeply affectionate look, her palms were almost bleeding.

"General Xu!"

"Servant Xiao!"

Being officials in the same dynasty, even though they didn't like each other very much in their hearts, Xu Junze and Xiao Chen still greeted each other loudly when they met, Lin Shuran followed suit with a slight salute, but Su Wanwan didn't even want to save face, and gave Lin Shuran a displeased look.

Seeing that Su Wanwan was obviously hostile towards Lin Shuran, Xu Junze's face turned cold, and his eyes narrowed slightly. Concubine Su always showed kindness to others, but her niece from her natal family didn't look very good.

Xiao Chen naturally also noticed Su Wanwan's attitude towards Lin Shuran. He looked back at her with coldness and warning. Only then did she fully understand how much Xiao Chen cared about Lin Shuran.

"Husband, let's go quickly, today is my birthday, you promise to spend a good day with me!" Su Wanwan deliberately approached Xiao Chen intimately, looked at her provocatively with a victorious posture and smiled, "I think General Xu And Mrs. Xu is here to pay her respects to the Empress Dowager, so we won't delay you so as not to make the Empress Dowager angry!"

After finishing speaking, Su Wanwan grabbed Xiao Chen's arm, but she didn't want to be thrown away by Xiao Chen in the next second. This made her look ugly, but she quickly kept smiling and said deliberately: "Husband, we all You're married, why are you so shy!"

(End of this chapter)