Chapter 14

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Author: Xiao Yao

Chapter 13 – Title – Chapter 15

Because she saw Hui Ming was a newcomer, but was also quite familiar with her duty, so Xu-momo ever since the day before yesterday brought Hui Ming to serve in front of the emperor, to let the others know how much weight she had in His Majesty’s heart, and to also ensure that no one would rashly embarrass Hui Ming, after that Xu-momo didn’t come out to work on tasks every day anymore, but instead, she resumed her previous habit of simply staying in her residence and not easily showing up, making it known that Hui Ming was the only one worthy to be on duty with her. Please read at insidethemirror translations. DO NOT REPOST.

When Hui Ming saw Xu-momo again, it was early in the morning three days later, she brought a small maid-in-waiting and was standing outside the door of the Hall of Heavenly Virtue with Wei-gugu.

Seeing the two superiors standing at the door, it seemed like they had something to discuss, and the maids who came in to serve ignored the cold wind outside the hall and bowed their heads one by one, then stood and waited respectfully under the stairs, Hui Ming who came to serve was taken aback for a moment, then when she was also about to go join the line in standing to wait, Xu-momo slightly coughed at the door and directly said: “Hui Ming, come forward.”

To be able to stand behind the female attendant in charge must mean that you are a confidant of your superior, for example, on Wei-gugu’s side, since Bai Hao was dismissed, the maid behind her was replaced with the number two Hong Yun, however, Xu-momo had always been earnest, and although there were some of them that were unwilling to cling to Wei-gugu and had thought to seek out the other female attendant in charge and begged at Xu-momo’s door, but nevertheless Xu-momo did not take notice of this, only usually using her time to fetch water to brew tea, and would rather spend money to dispatch the lower palace servants and send them to do those odd jobs, and did not receive any imperial maids, making her the only one cut off from the others.

Knowing that this was an honor that Xu-momo gave to herself, Hui Ming naturally wouldn’t refuse, so upon hearing this she immediately stepped forward, and under the complicated or jealous eyes of her fellow maids underneath, she only seriously supported Xu-momo’s right arm.

This action of Hui Ming’s on the one hand was a deliberate gesture, but more importantly, it was because she knew that Xu-momo’s body was not as strong as she projected, she learned this from Yuan Bao a few days ago, that Xu-momo seemed to have suffered from an injury outside the palace, and her legs were often suffering from severe chronic intermittent pain affecting her joints, especially when the weather was cold and wet just like now, the pain became increasingly more difficult to bear.

It’s just that Xu-momo was stubborn, with her decades of experience having had close association with His Majesty, she was unwilling to appear shaky or even limp while serving the emperor, so when she appeared in front of people, it must be with a straight back and a meticulous bearing, this was why Xu-momo, as the chief female attendant in charge inside the Hall of Heavenly Virtue, rarely showed up, and for this reason made people mistakenly believe that she was deliberately yielding to Wei-gugu.

Sure enough, when Hui Ming had just held Xu-momo, she clearly became aware of Xu-momo slowly exerting weight on her right arm, almost completely changing the force being exerted on her right leg and leaning it towards her right arm as support.

This kind of weather was still too hard on Xu-momo, if it weren’t for the painful feeling on her legs, according to how Xu-momo conducted herself, she would never show any weakness even if she was facing her, this made Hui Ming’s heart feel sour, so while her hand was stable, but at the same time she was also silently noting down momo’s kindness, thinking that if given the chance, she would do her best to repay her.

Fortunately, the servant inside that was serving His Majesty didn’t come out too late and Hui Ming only held Xu-momo for a short time, except for the imperial maids that served inside the bedroom inside the hall, the twelve ladies serving the emperor who were on duty today were all neatly arranged under the stairs, Xu-momo upon seeing this told the little palace maid next to her to come out and with a serious voice: “This is Lu An, from today on she will be attending inside the Hall of Heavenly Virtue, and will follow Hui Ming to manage the ornaments in the future, meet everyone.”

Lu An was a short little palace maid, she had round eyes, and had a quick-witted look on her face, hearing this she bowed her head towards Xu-momo first then at Wei-gugu in order, and then turned to face everyone lowering her body in greeting: “I have seen my fellow sisters, Lu An is not sensible, and will trouble my sisters for advice in the future.”

To be honest, this introduction of Lu An compared with Hui Ming who cowered at the beginning was much more forthright, not to mention the fact that it was in front of her two immediate superiors, everyone stayed humble and returned the greeting, happily and harmoniously.

Xu-momo slightly nodded in response, and then commanded: “Throughout these several days, you will be on duty with Hui Ming, so pay more attention, and after you’ve learned everything, you can take turns in running errands.” Please read at insidethemirror translations. DO NOT REPOST.

Lu An respectfully replied, then looked up at Hui Ming with a somewhat intimate and somewhat fawning smile, seeing Hui Ming also nod, she turned back and according to the rule stood upright at the back.

Seeing this, Xu-momo let go of Hui Ming and took a step forward, her expression becoming more serious: “What is the reason for Bai Hao being dismissed back to the Palace Affairs Office? You should all know that serving in front of the emperor is not a place where you can fool around, this time it was because of Wei-gugu’s good benevolence, if there’s a next time, you will be directly thrown into the Department of Justice and Punishment to learn from your mistakes! Keep this in mind!”

Xu-momo’s words were harsh, and upon hearing these words everyone’s hearts trembled in fear, they all hurriedly bowed and responded yes, then only when they got up again, did those who were audacious enough secretly peek at Wei-gugu’s face, seeing this admonishment of the subordinates, how would Wei-gugu who was involved reply.

Wei-gugu did not look upset after hearing these words, she behaved as if Bai Hao, who had just been named, was not her confidant, that the mistakes Bai Hao made had nothing to do with her, and merely took the subject under discussion with a gentle expression: “Being the case, bear this in mind, it is late, go inside and get warm, be careful in doing your duties.”

Hui Ming secretly admired Wei-gugu’s face, and at the moment also clearly responded like everyone else, she wanted to send Xu-momo back first, but she was gravely chided by Xu-momo frankly saying that doing her errand was much more important, this led her to Lu An who was waiting on the side and together with her they entered the rear chamber where His Majesty’s clothes and ornaments were put away.

At the precise moment when His Majesty got up and they had to wait upon him, in addition to Hui Ming coming to prepare the accessories, the two sisters in charge of the clothes, Ku Kou and Yu Gan, were also busy sorting out His Majesty’s gamrents, when they turned their head and saw Hui Ming with her companion, they both smiled embarrassingly and greeted Lu An with a perfunctory nod, then silently prepared the lacquer tray and hurriedly carried it out.

Hui Ming has long been accustomed to this, but still responded with a worried glance towards Lu An, Lu An was not only the person that Xu-momo brought but she was also assigned to her, so she assumed that she would have difficulty in getting along with the other female servants serving His Majesty, and Hui Ming was still thinking on how to explain to her the situation inside the Hall of Heavenly Virtue, however Lu An was indifferent towards Ku Kou and Yu Gan’s alienation, and still only listened to Hui Ming’s teaching with a smile.

To say something about it, all the palace maids serving in the imperial front were quite capable, because although this newcomer Lu An was still young, she aspired to learn and behaved quite cleverly, in addition, she also recognized a lot of simple words, and she was able to help Hui Ming account for the ornaments in the Hall of Heavenly Virtue as they went through the books, originally, Hui Ming planned to take her to the inner storehouse inside the palace to send back the old damaged things that His Majesty already disliked, then take her to meet people along the way, but who knew that in the inner storehouse, Lu An compared to Hui Ming was even more familiar with it, and spoke to a lot of people.

Seeing Hui Ming’s suspicion, Lu An explained with a smile: “Liu-gonggong from the palace storehouse is my family’s uncle, I also used to work in the Palace Affairs Office.” After that, she looked at Hui Ming’s expression and carefully suggested: “If Gugu feels assured, you can just leave all the errands to me in the future, and I will be very careful not to make any mistakes!”

Hui Ming was stunned by this address, she immediately shook her head then said: “We are doing the same work, and I am not much older than you, you don’t need to be so polite, just call me Hui Ming.”

“That is not possible.” Lu An immediately shook her head when she heard this, and diligently said: “Su-gonggong personally sent Yuan Bao-gonggong to choose me from the Palace Affairs Office, and Uncle specifically told me before leaving to listen carefully to Gugu’s words, how can I be so unruly?”

Hearing this Hui Ming’s footsteps paused: “You, you were chosen out by Su-gonggong?”

Seeing the strange complexion on her face, Lu An became somewhat uneasy, and her expression became even more cautious: “Yes, but is something wrong with what Lu An said?”

“No, there isn’t, it’s nothing.” Looking at the worry on Lu An’s face, she quickly smiled and calmed down, it’s just that after she regained her senses, at that time a complicated feeling sprung from her heart, she didn’t expect that Su-gonggong was actually so attentive for her sake.

Just, how could she repay such kindness? Please read at insidethemirror translations. DO NOT REPOST.

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Chapter 13 – Title – Chapter 15

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