Time Travel: Brothel Maid

Chapter 242 Resentful Husband

As the two walked back to the Zunyi Palace, Tang Jingchen explained, "She is the daughter of my father's good friend. When we were young, our parents were close, so we often played together. As we grew up, we gradually became distant."

Xiao Guoer raised her eyebrows when she heard this. "Distant"? The lady just now didn't look "distant". Maybe it was just her boyfriend who thought he was "distant".

Although she believed him in her heart, she couldn't help but want to tease Tang Jingchen when she saw him being cautious and nervous. She pursed her lips and pretended to be jealous, "So you are childhood sweethearts. I'm really envious of you. You have such a good relationship since you were young. Why didn't your elders let you two discuss marriage? I saw you two standing together, talking and laughing. You look quite a good match!"

Tang Jingchen stared at the girl's face carefully, and then carefully explained, "How are they a good match? Not at all! From now on, I will avoid women when I see them, and even if someone calls me, I will pretend not to hear it!"

As soon as Xiao Guoer heard him say this, she couldn't hold back her laughter any longer.

"Hahaha, why are you so anxious? Am I so unreasonable in your eyes?"

Tang Jingchen was sure that she was not angry, so he breathed a sigh of relief, curled his lips, and said helplessly, "I'm afraid that you will do the same as last time, not trust me, and sentence me to death." His tone was like that of a resentful husband. Xiao Guoer chuckled, "Don't worry, I won't do it again in the future, I promise!"

What else could Tang Jingchen say? He tapped her forehead intimately and slightly pleadingly, watched her walk into the door of Zunyi Palace, and then turned and left.

Xiao Guoer returned to the tea room and brought a bag of snacks to Xia Lan and Qing He. The two were very grateful.

Ever since they found out that Xiao Guo'er could leave the house for an hour every day, they felt envious but also polite and respectful towards her.

They also knew that Xiao Guo'er was different from ordinary servants in the palace and would leave after just one year.

Although they thought this matter was a bit strange, it was undoubtedly good news for them.

Wouldn't it be great if this year could reduce their workload without threatening any of them with losing their jobs in the teahouse?

Therefore, the three of them get along very harmoniously.

At night, Xiao Guoer was the only one left in the tea room, as it was her turn to be on duty tonight.

She spread her own mattress and quilt on the only small couch and spent a long time tidying it up.

The small couch here is for people on night duty to rest, but everyone on night duty must bring their own mattress.

Xiao Guoer was holding a storybook and reading to the third quarter after midnight. She thought that the Eighth Prince would not order tea at this time, so she prepared to blow out the candles and go to bed.

But just as she lay down in bed and hadn't even had time to close her eyelids, the Eighth Prince's eunuch came with a message, saying that the Eighth Prince wanted to drink Lushan Cloud Mist Tea.

After Xiao Guoer responded, she rolled her eyes in the dark, sat up and relit the candle, cursing and muttering, "You still want to drink tea so late, aren't you afraid that you won't be able to sleep?"

But I still resigned myself to my fate and got up to boil water and pick tea leaves.

After completing the whole process, Xiao Guoer carried the tea tray out of the door. Although it was already very late, the Zunyi Palace was brightly lit. There was a big and bright lantern hanging every five steps in the corridor.

When Xiao Guoer passed by two maids on the road, she accidentally heard their conversation.

"This road is much brighter than before. When I passed by here before, I fell down because there were not many lanterns and the light was dim, so I couldn't see the road clearly."

"Yes, somehow Lord Wang suddenly hung up a lot more lanterns. I heard that there are a lot more lanterns in all other places in the palace."

"Really? It will be much more convenient to walk at night in the future..."

Xiao Guoer arrived at the door of the prince's study. She wanted to follow the usual practice of the past two days and hand the tea tray to the eunuch guarding the door and leave. However, the eunuch did not take it. He just gestured to her, "The prince is waiting for you inside."

As he made way for her, Xiao Guoer quickly began brainstorming, thinking about the reason why the Eighth Prince wanted to see her in the middle of the night.

She hasn't done anything wrong in the past two days.

Xiao Guoer entered the study, bowed her head obediently, walked to the desk, picked up the teacup on the tray with both hands, and gently placed it on the table.

The Eighth Prince was concentrating on writing. After a while, he put down the brush, picked up the teacup beside him and took a sip.

"Are you used to living in the palace?"

Xiao Guoer raised her eyes slightly and saw that the Eighth Prince did not show any displeasure on his face. She replied cautiously, "To answer your question, it's fine."

"Well, if you have any difficulties, you can tell me."

Why did he suddenly care about such a trivial matter? Was he trying to establish a people-friendly image? Had other people been asked the same question?

Xiao Guo'er was puzzled. After rolling her dark eyes, she asked tentatively, "I haven't encountered any big problems that I can't solve. I just want to ask the prince something..."

Zhao Yunrong put down the teacup, glanced at the person standing beside him with a melancholy look, and raised his eyebrows. Thinking that she had encountered some difficult problem, he asked, "What's the matter?"

"That's right... I want to ask Your Highness, can I receive monthly salary like everyone else?" Xiao Guoer opened her eyes wide and looked at the Eighth Prince with hope.

She stayed in the teahouse for a year because of the agreement with the prince. She wondered if he would stop paying her monthly wages because of this reason?

Although she had enough income from the lottery shop to spend, the more the better.