Palace Fighting Naive Concubines’ Ascent to Power

Chapter 452: Chapter 452: Why Does It Smell So Good?

As she turned the roasted chicken in her hands, she kept swallowing saliva, thinking it was a pity that Sister Xia Liu couldn’t come, saying someone had to stay and do the work, taking on all her tasks. She resolved to bring back a portion for Sister Xia Liu later, as Master Lian had said to take more.

The sun was out, and over at Xia Liu’s side, she was airing out the newly arrived winter quilts and bedding, as Nanny Qi had instructed. Before His Majesty and Master Lian used them, they needed to be aired out again.

The sun was warm, but her gaze was cold, expressionlessly spreading out the bedding, smoothing it out, getting one done before moving to the next.

A trace of mocking sneer played at the corners of her mouth, thinking that after more than two years apart, Master Lian had become quite adept at buying people’s hearts. Back when they had worked together, she had been a clueless little girl, doing whatever she was told, unimpressive. But now…

She had always held a grudge against Lian Hua, feeling as if she had been used, stepped on to climb higher. If it hadn’t been for that night when she handed off the Account Manager tasks to Lian Hua, how could Lian Hua have had the chance to rise to her position as a master?

That night, while others were being favored, she was asleep, clueless. Waking up the next day, she heard news that Lian Hua had been promoted to Cainv, becoming almost a master.

When she heard the assigned residence was the most desolate Canglan Court, she had foolishly scoffed in secret, saying Lian Hua didn’t know her place, really thinking she was a Consort once she climbed up, but she miscalculated. Still half a servant, banished to a remote courtyard, where even if she died, no one would know.