Feng Yin laughed, "Eunuch Zhang, it’s not that I don’t want to call Lady Li, but the Emperor specifically ordered that we must not disturb Lady Li’s rest when he left. All matters must wait until she wakes up. Otherwise, I would have certainly informed Lady Li early on about your waiting here."
Eunuch Zhang squinted his eyes, "Miss Feng Yin, you’re being unreasonable."
"I know Lady Li is favored, but I must remind Miss Feng Yin that in this harem, being favored is fortunate, while being unfavored is common." Zhang Jian finished speaking, stood up from his chair, "Since Lady Li is not convenient today, I will take my leave for now about the bed..."
After a pause, he continued, "Lady Li shouldn’t be in a hurry to use it; I’ll deliver it next time."
"Eunuch Zhang, take care," Feng Yin said with a smile as she walked out, showing no signs of being upset by Eunuch Zhang’s words.
Zhang Jian snorted lightly and left Luaxin Pavilion with a stern face.
Hm.
So noisy.
Awakened by the commotion outside, Li Yuyu turned over in bed, embraced the thin quilt, glanced at the sky outside, and hoarsely asked, "What time is it?"
"Mistress, it’s almost three o’clock," Hua Yin heard the noise, hurriedly came in, and after fixing the half-drawn curtain on the bed, she gently asked, "Mistress, please have some water first."
Three o’clock?
Li Yuyu took a moment to react, then realized it was almost four o’clock.
No wonder I slept so well.
With Hua Yin’s help, Li Yuyu’s voice became much more comfortable after drinking water, "What’s going on outside?"
Hua Yin helped Li Yuyu dress and briefly explained the matter of the Imperial Household sending a new bed.
"Where’s the bed?"
"Taken back."
Li Yuyu: ?
"Would Mistress like some snacks?" Feng Yin brought the new pastries delivered by the Imperial Kitchen into the inner room and repeated what Eunuch Zhang said while waiting in the side hall.
"Is the Chief of the Internal Affairs Bureau surnamed Zhang?" Li Yuyu recalled Zhang Jian being mentioned in the writings.
At first, she thought Zhang Jian belonged to the Empress Dowager, but when Yan Zixuan ascended the throne, and the Chief didn’t change, she realized Zhang Jian had long since pledged allegiance to Yan Zixuan.
"Indeed."
"Did Zhang Jian leave?" Li Yuyu looked out the window.
"Just left, should not have gone far."
"Go, instruct Little Xianzi to take people to chase and call him back for me." Li Yuyu blinked, "Even if you can’t call him back, it doesn’t matter. Regardless of what Zhang Jian says, Little Xianzi should just keep a respectful attitude and coax him."
"Yes, I will arrange it now." Feng Yin bowed and turned away.
Hua Yin: ?
Why couldn’t she understand what Sister Feng Yin and Mistress were talking about?
Amused, Li Yuyu looked at Hua Yin, placed the pastry in her hand into her mouth. The pastry melted upon entry, sweet and not greasy, with a hint of lotus scent. Her willow leaf eyes sparkled, "Is this lotus flower cake?"
"Indeed."
Upon mentioning this pastry, Hua Yin began to speak eloquently.
"Mistress, this is specially made by the pastry chef in the Imperial Kitchen as commanded by the Emperor, uniquely exclusive in the harem. It’s heard that when people from Shuijing Hall went to the kitchen and saw the lotus flower cake, they wanted a taste but were refused."
Li Yuyu’s eating action paused slightly, "Shuijing Hall?"
The name of this hall sounds familiar, but she couldn’t recall who resided there.
"It’s where Zhang Chongyuan lives," Hua Yin replied.
Chongyuan is a proper third-rank concubine. Li Yuyu blinked, there are quite a lot of concubines in this harem.