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"Not really, but Third Concubine just said that she wanted to eat the sweet potato, so I came to the kitchen to see if there were any ingredients and wanted to make some for him." Fiery Red opened her eyes wide and lied, but her face was not red at all. It was much easier to deal with a woman than Shi Anran.

"Girl, you're so considerate." Old Lady Wang's face was full of praise as she spoke with mixed feelings.

She had been in the mansion for a long time, how could she not know what the maidservants were thinking? For what? Even if he won the favor of his master, his future prospects would also be better.

"There's no need for that. We're maidservants, this is our fate. Whatever master says, it's our destiny." Yan Hong pretended to look helpless.

"Isn't that so? Being a servant means having a hard time. How can you compare with those masters? " On the surface, it was only a half-truth and a half-lie, but Mrs. Wang scoffed in her heart.

She had lived most of her life and had seen through the mundane world. Although she loved money and power, if she was given a chance to be a master, she definitely wouldn't be so stupid as to refuse. However, her current situation wasn't that bad. She saw that the backyard was really not in a hurry to get to the kitchen to live peacefully.

"Oh right, Nanny Wang, how long has your soup been going on for? Is it almost ready? " Yan Hong poked her head out with a face full of curiosity.

Old Lady Wang answered with an "En!", "Just keep it warm for a while longer."

"This soup is really fragrant. I could smell it from here. Nanny Wang, your cooking skills aren't bad." Yan Hong took a deep breath and began to praise Old Lady Wang's cooking skills. However, in her heart, she was thinking about how to send Old Lady Wang away.

"Nanny Wang, what are the juniors doing? Instead of making the soup for you, I let you stay here by yourself. After working hard for an entire day, you still haven't had the time to rest. Yan Hong's tone was filled with tenderness, and her face had a look of indignation for Lady Wang.

"There's nothing we can do about it. The master ordered it. How can it not be done?" Old Lady Wang sighed with a helpless look on her face. As a servant servant, she was born to listen to her master's orders. Her master said that they could not go west, but her master said that they had to drink soup. Even if it was the middle of the night, they had to get up and make a good soup for their master.

Mentioning those little heartless people, Lady Wang also felt a little depressed. As soon as dinner was over, there was little work left for the kitchen, so they all went off on their own. Unfortunately for her, today was the day that she had to watch over the kitchen. When the Third Concubine wanted to drink the soup, she could only personally go up to battle.

"I understand. As maidservants, we can only accept our fate." Yan Hong's face was full of approval as she tried to lower Lady Wang's guard, even though she looked kind and harmless. In truth, this was not the case. In the backyard, everyone looked like they had a temper and were easy to talk to. In fact, all of them were quite quick-witted. Although she had just arrived at the mansion, she still understood this principle.

"Yeah." Old Lady Wang immediately echoed his sentiments. The two of them were singing and talking at the same time.

"How about this, Grandma, I'll help you look after the soup. It's already so late, so you should go rest. This sort of thing can be done if someone as young as us comes. In any case, I don't have anything to do." Yan Hong felt that it was time, so she said she wanted to help. She stared at Grandma Wang, wanting to see clearly what her reaction was.

"That's not too good, is it?" Old granny Wang seemed to be very surprised that a servant would make such a request, and could not help but be suspicious. Firstly, she and the servant girl beside Third Concubine did not have much interaction, at most, they could get along together. Secondly, she was afraid that she would break the rules. After all, her master had given orders for her to throw it to someone else before she went to rest. If there were any problems, what would she do?

"What's wrong with that? Although I'm not as skilled as you, I can still read the soup. Do you still not believe me? " The maidservant stretched out her hand to pick up Lady Wang's hand and gently patted it. Due to her guilty conscience, the smile on her face was indescribably strange.

Old Lady Wang didn't notice and was a little hesitant in her heart. Yan Hong was actually quite right. She was already an old woman. She didn't have much to live for, let alone fawn on her master for getting any rewards. However, she still had to boil the soup here. How could her body endure this?

Seeing that Grandma Wang had already started to loosen up, the bright red continued to work harder. "In the past few days, it just so happens that Third Concubine's mood isn't good. I can take this opportunity to curry favor with you more. Grandma, just treat it as helping me. "

"Fine, fine, fine. You just watch. I'm going to rest." If it was Old Lady Wang who was suspicious a moment ago, there was no doubt about it now. It was a common thing to curry favor with her master. It was the same when she was young, but it was still the same now that she was old. This was a way to survive. If she wanted to be better, she would have to learn to curry favor with her master.

"Alright, take a good rest. I'll help Third Concubine make some osmanthus cake as well." A smile couldn't help but appear on her face.

After confirming that Grandma Wang had gone far away, Yan Hong immediately began to take action.

After taking away the only wife in the room, things became much easier.

Yan Hong took out the powder wrapped around a piece of paper. After thinking for a moment, she put it back, feeling that something was wrong.

She felt that someone was watching her from the shadows, but when she looked back, she couldn't find anything. The kitchen was empty.

Yan Hong shook her head, sighing to herself that she was too nervous and hallucinating.

She took a deep breath and slowly pulled out the paper package from her sleeve. Her fingertips were trembling with fear.

The arrow was already on the bow, so he had no choice but to fire it.

When she held the powder in her hand, she suddenly felt less nervous. Instead, she felt as if she had seen through life and death.

She took a look at the claypot on the stove and was about to lift the lid when she heard the sound of footsteps.

Yan Hong was stunned. Before she could regain her senses, the woman had already pushed open the kitchen door. In desperation, Yan Hong threw the powder along with the paper bag into the simmering soup fire. Afraid that Nanny Wang would notice something wrong with her work, Yan Hong went up to her and used her body to block the crackling fire. "Nanny Wang, why did you come back?"

"I was in too much of a hurry. The headscarf has landed on this side." Old Lady Wang didn't notice anything, but she noticed that she was wearing her headscarf right next to the stove. She took it and put it on before saying, "Brilliant red, do your job well. Don't let anything go wrong."

"Got it, thank you grandma for your reminder." The bright red smile on her face was a bit forced, as if Lady Wang's words contained some hidden meaning. However, as she carefully observed the other party's face, she didn't seem to know what it was.

Her bright red heart slowly calmed down as she gazed at the woman's departing back.

She didn't know if her luck was good or bad today and she didn't manage to get the pill in, but old woman Wang also didn't find anything. Otherwise, if Shi Anran did not want to deal with her, her life would have been lost on the Third Concubine's side.

He patted the place on his chest. Even after a long time, there was still some lingering fear.

When he came back to his senses, he saw that the fire had burnt all the medicinal powder into ashes, even the paper wrapped in the medicinal powder had turned into ashes.

Red began to make things difficult again.