I dress up as a poor noblewoman, and I bring my whole family home with my literary talent.

Chapter 35 Offending Yu Youzhi

Returning to Tingyu Pavilion from Wenchang Pavilion, Song Lingyi was left behind and walked slowly alone holding the bamboo slips.

The four people in front were talking and laughing.

Because Scholar Luo was a friendly person, everyone was praised for him. The uneasiness they had felt before entering the palace was soothed away, and they were no longer as restrained as they were at the beginning.

"I thought Master Luo would be as strict as he was when he was invigilating the exams, but I didn't expect him to be so approachable in class today." The speaker was Liu Lin.

"Why are you so nervous? Scholar Luo is famous for her good temper." Li Hewei looked arrogant, as if he knew the palace very well. "If you want to make her angry, unless..."

"Unless what?" Liu Lin was curious.

Others also looked at her with puzzled eyes.
Li Hewei paused for a long time, whetting their appetites, and patted Liu Lin's shoulder playfully, "Unless you are too greedy and lazy like you, and you can't concentrate on learning."

Liu Lin has a plump figure and is keen on studying food. She entered the palace as a female official, and the place she most wanted to join was the Shangshi Bureau.

"Okay, you're teasing me~"

Liu Lin and Li Hewei were laughing and playing. When passing by Zhongsi Gate, Liu Lin accidentally bumped into someone with his back and fell to the ground.

The eldest daughter, who was treated like a star at home, was confused for a moment. She didn't realize that she was now in the palace. She said angrily, "Who is it? You don't look when you walk--"

The rest of the words are lost between the lips and teeth

After Liu Lin saw the other person clearly, she felt cold all over and immediately knelt down to apologize: "I didn't know that Master Yu was here. Please forgive me, Master Yu!"

The other three people looked at Yu Youzhi like mice seeing a cat, bowing their heads and lowering their eyebrows, and saluted, "Your servants pay their respects to Lord Yu!"

Song Lingyi, who was lagging behind, also followed suit. She already knew that Yu Youzhi was the empress's male favorite, but she didn't understand why the four of them were afraid of Yu Youzhi.

Yes, I am afraid.

Liu Lin, who bumped into Yu Youzhi, had trembling shoulders and an extremely ugly look on his face.

Today, Yu Youzhi wore a round robe with a peacock patch on the collar, which made him look more majestic. He looked down at Liu Lin who was kneeling in front of him. His face was calm, and his narrow and long phoenix eyes flashed, revealing a hint of paranoia and hostility.

The eunuch who followed Yu Youzhi was the first to slap Liu Lin in the face, and shouted, "How dare you offend Lord Yu!" He then bowed respectfully to Yu Youzhi and said, "Lord Yu, this little maid is a new female official. She just entered the palace and doesn't know much. Please don't bother with her."

The eunuch was so nervous that his heart was beating fast

The surroundings were so quiet for a moment that only the rustling sound of the wind could be heard.

In the dead silence, a very light "tsk" sound suddenly rang out: "Eunuch Yuanbao's slap was not light."

The smiling voice made Eunuch Yuanbao's cheeks turn pale instantly.

"The female official is ignorant, so it is Scholar Luo who is derelict in his duty?"

Eunuch Yuanbao's expression suddenly became very interesting, and he said with difficulty: "Mr. Luo has served in the palace for many years and has been diligent and responsible...it is this little palace maid who is blind and dares to offend you with her words. I will have someone take her away and teach her a lesson."

Liu Lin looked flustered, and before she could even open her mouth to explain, two young eunuchs skillfully covered her mouth and nose, and dragged her away from Zhongsi Gate. "Ugh..." Liu Lin struggled all the way until he turned into another palace passage.

The three people who had just been laughing and joking with her watched helplessly, so frightened that they didn't even dare to beg for mercy.

Yu Youzhi's cold eyes swept across the trembling people and fell on Song Lingyi. He narrowed his eyes and said with a smile: "Miss Song, we meet again."

Song Lingyi, who was suddenly named, felt a chill rising from her tailbone and her scalp tingling. "Lord Yu is very busy, and it is my honor that he remembered me."

Yu Youzhi raised the corners of his lips and smiled so hard that Song Lingyi's hair stood on end.

"It's not easy for Miss Song to get to where she is today. You must cherish it and see the situation clearly."

Yu Youzhi's words were hitting her
His eyes seemed to be condensed with black ice, handsome and deep, revealing darkness and coldness.

Fine beads of sweat oozed from Song Lingyi's temples. She was just a lowly female official who had not yet entered the Sixth Bureau. Yu Youzhi was in great favor with the Emperor, so why did he need to criticize her?
The girl opposite had a calm expression, nodding her head and saying calmly, "Thank you, Master Yu, for your advice."

The blue sleeve passed by in front of his eyes, and Eunuch Yuanbao followed closely behind.

Until Yu Youzhi and the others completely disappeared from the palace road, the four of them gasped as if they were drowning, and even Li Hewei's legs were so weak that he needed Xiao Minglan's support.

It was really thrilling just now. Fortunately, Yu Youzhi did not hold her accountable. "It was too scary..."

Xiao Minglan frowned and patted her back gently to comfort her.

"Where was sister Liu Lin taken? Will something happen to her?" He Qing cried anxiously. She and Liu Lin had similar family backgrounds and they had a good relationship.

"If you have offended Lord Yu, losing a layer of skin is the least of your worries." Xiao Minglan said.

Last month, Minister Zhang offended him, and Yu Youzhi had more than ten crimes listed, including corruption and dereliction of duty, and detained more than a dozen people in the Minister's mansion. All the men in the mansion were beheaded, and the adult women were exiled to a bitter and cold place. Those who had not yet reached the age of marriage were confined to the palace and made low-ranking palace maids.

The people of Chang'an were so silent about Yu Youzhi that they avoided him as much as possible. Although he was only a junior official of the Siwei Mansion, he was deeply favored by the emperor and did not even need to report to the emperor when entering or leaving the palace. What was the point of taking the life of a palace maid who did not even have a rank?
"But...but sister Liu Lin just entered the palace and finally passed the exam to become a female official..." He Qing was really worried. She turned around and saw Song Lingyi, as if she had grabbed a life-saving straw, "Sister Song, are you friends with Lord Yu? Lord Yu took the initiative to talk to you just now."

It was simply a desperate attempt to find a cure. Song Lingyi said helplessly: "It's just that we met once before, there is no friendship to speak of."

"Sister He is really making things difficult for us. Sister Liu Lin's words and actions were reckless, which angered Lord Yu. Even if Sister Song has a friendship with Lord Yu, it is not appropriate for her to bring it up." Xiao Minglan secretly made things difficult.

"Sister Song, we are classmates. You can't just stand by and watch me die." He Qing held Song Lingyi's hand with an earnest look in his eyes.

Ah……

He used to ignore her, but now that something has happened he talks about their friendship as classmates.

Song Lingyi calmly pulled her hand back and replied, "Whether Sister He believes it or not, I really have no friendship with Lord Yu. The last time we met, I didn't even know his name. Sister Liu Lin is a new female official in the palace after all. She didn't commit a serious crime. She came back after suffering a little."

Li Hewei calmed down and snorted, "Sister Song said it so nonchalantly. She really has no friendship with Lord Yu. My uncle and aunt still have to be courteous to Lord Yu. The daughter of a fifth-rank official has offended Lord Yu. Regardless of her own life and death, as long as her family is not implicated, Lord Yu has shown her special mercy!"

"..." Song Lingyi frowned slightly. It seemed that Yu Youzhi was really not a positive character.

(End of this chapter)