CH 45

Chapter 45: 收账拉

Debt Collection Pull

The ministers argued back and forth, they argued fiercely, and by the time the court was done, nothing had come out of it.

After a heavy rain, the sizzling hot sun came out again.

Yin Shuang followed the method Lu Yunluo had taught her and made a pot of ice thin mung bean porridge and brought it out.

Lu Yunluo had changed into the clothes of a eunuch, just in time, she walked out from inside.

“Niang Niang, are you going out?”

“Hn, there is an account of three thousand taels of silver outside that has not yet been collected, so you don’t wait for me to come back for lunch.” Lu Yunluo said as she picked up a pot of thin mung bean porridge on the wooden tray.

There were still four days to go before the day she left the palace, so she had to hurry to get the silver together in the next two days and get the elder sisters who were in charge of this matter to handle it earlier. 

Although she had the IOU (certificate of indebtedness) signed by Ji Wu Jue, but that guy is the emperor ah, what if he is not happy, acts shamelessly and doesn’t give her the money, then what should she do? 

So she has to strike while the iron is hot and get the silver back early.

She should also bring some green bean soup, so that she can curry favor with him in case he is difficult to talk to.

“Three thousand taels of silver?”

Yin Shuang looked at Lu Yunluo with an adoring expression.

Her family Niang Niang is so awesome!

Just yesterday she got back 2,500 taels of silver from the sale of lotus wine from Eunuch Cheng, and today there was another 3,000 taels of silver coming in!

Her speed of making money is too fast!

Her family Niang Niang strong points are getting a lot and a lot. 

Not only is she beautiful, but she also earns silver, grows vegetables, predicts the weather, makes ice cubes, cooks all kinds of food she’s never eaten before etc, and so on and so forth…

She can barely count them all.

What should I do?

She seemed to be growing fonder and fonder of her family Niang Niang!

Lu Yunluo carried the green bean soup and did not go directly to Ji Wu Jue but first went to the imperial kitchen.

Naturally, this green bean soup needs ices, only then it would taste good to drink. 

The ice had been added to the soup by Yin Shuang before she came out but the cold palace was a long way from here, and the weather was so hot that it had melted a long time ago.

Although she had spare ice cubes in her space, she didn’t dare to take it out and use it, as Ji Wu Jue was such a smart guy. If she was asked about it, she wouldn’t be able to tell.

If she talked about it, it was the first time she had ever been to the Imperial Dining Room.

It was about to be lunchtime so the Imperial Dining Room was busy at the moment.

Before she even walked in, she heard Eunuch Cheng’s roaring voice.

“It’s almost time to pass the meal, so you guys better be quick about it.”

“Are the dishes for the Ning Xin Palace ready?”

“If you’re ready, you can send them off. The Empress Dowager always dines on time so if you’re late, you’ll get a scolding.” 

“Green Jade claws, roasted goose with lotus leaves, steamed in clear soup mandarin fish, yellow leek spring dish, cold dish of deer leg, sliced lamb, smoked pork belly and white jade chicken soup are for Ning Xin Palace, don’t make a mistake.”

This long list of dishes made Lu Yunluo’s brow furrow.

Then isn’t the mother queen afraid of ‘suffering from excessive internal heat'(with such symptoms as constipation, conjunctivitis, and inflammation of the nasal and oral cavities) if she ate so many meat dishes on such a hot day?

She soon found out that not only the Empress Dowager, but also Yao Guiren and Lan Guiren were eating the same kind of meat dishes in their palaces.

[Guiren: high-ranking imperial concubine]

There were also green vegetables, but they were rare.

“Yo, Xiao Lu Zi!” When Eunuch Cheng finished his work, he saw Lu Yunluo standing at the door. He immediately felt happy in his heart. 

The lotus wine that Xiao Lu Zi gave him a few days ago had saved him a lot from scolding. He had earned a lot of money from Liu Yun Palace, so when he saw Lu Yunluo, he wreathed in smiles. 

“Eunuch Cheng, I’m here to ask you for some ice cubes. You should have some in the Imperial Dining Room, right?”

“Of course there are ice cubes. Xiao Li Zi, you quickly go and get some ice cubes.” Eunuch Cheng rushed to the inside of the Imperial Dining Room and shouted.

He hadn’t seen Xiao Lu Zi since the last time he had a hot pot in his courtyard.

After that day, he had always felt that Xiao Lu Zi’s identity was not simple.

But he knew what to ask and what not to ask.