Volume 1 ◆ The Imperial Harem After the Chaos 038 Sweeping in Front of the Emperor

  "Su Jinping has made great contributions to capturing the culprit, and is hereby appointed as the Imperial Preceptor. My great meritorious minister, you must not disappoint my expectations!" The cold voice was laced with a hint of sinister laughter.

  Su Jinping raised an eyebrow, somewhat surprised, and looked up at him: "Your Majesty, may I be so bold as to ask a question, what is 'yù qián dǎo sǎo'?" In her impression, there was something called "yù qián xíng zǒu", which seemed to be an official position, but she had never heard of "yù qián dǎo sǎo".

  "Kobayakko, tell her what it means to sweep in front of the emperor." The corner of his cold lips slightly curved up.

  "Yes!" Little Linzi responded, then turned to Su Jinping and said, "The imperial sweeper is a person specially responsible for sweeping in front of the emperor's study door. It is the highest-ranking sweeper palace maid in the palace!"

  After finishing speaking in a shrill voice, Su Jinping had an impulse to scold him severely! Damn it, no matter how you put it, he's still just a sweeper, just sweeping in a different place. Moreover, he was still sweeping the dog emperor's door, if one day he didn't sweep clean and the dog emperor slipped and fell, she would definitely die miserably!

  "Thank you for your kindness, Your Majesty, but I don't need to leave. I'll just stay here and continue sweeping the floor!" The palace maid who sweeps the floor also has a hierarchy, ugh!

  Kobayakawa's mouth corners twitched uncontrollably, how many people wanted to show their faces in front of the emperor but didn't have the chance... and yet this little palace maid didn't want to...

  Huangfu Huai's thick eyebrows rose, just as he was about to speak, but was interrupted by Su Jingshuang...

  "Wait a minute!" A woman's eyes flashed with inspiration as she looked at them seriously, "Then, the highest-ranking cleaning palace maid, isn't her salary also a bit higher?"

  Huangfu Huichen's forehead appeared a dense black line, and it was salary again! Does this woman think of nothing but money day and night?

  "That's natural, the monthly salary for sweeping in front of the palace is ten taels of silver." Little Linzi explained.

  "Sweep or not sweep?" The icy voice rang out.

  Quickly nodding: "Sweep! Servant sweep!" Raised salary for nothing, no sweeping!

  "Then let's start tomorrow!" He snorted and turned away.

  From far away, a cold voice echoed, "Xiao Jiu, come with me!"

  "Yes! Older brother!" He handed the broom to Su Jinping, whose expression was also very complex. He took out a water-ink folding fan from his sleeve and followed Huang Fu Huaihan's footsteps.

  Su Jinping looked at their backs and suddenly remembered something, loudly shouting: "Your Majesty, you must remember that from now on, my monthly allowance is 15 taels of silver!"

  As soon as these words came out, the footsteps of the people in front stopped at the same time, and everyone felt that a black wall had appeared behind them!

  As the party involved, Huangfu Huaihan only clenched his fists and said nothing! You damned woman, I'll see how long you can be smug!

  She patted the dust off her hands, with a look of ease and contentment on her face. Originally, she had planned to find ways to leave the palace early, especially after yesterday's theft incident, but she wanted to leave even more. However, this time she turned danger into safety and profited from misfortune, what does it mean? It means that the palace is a great place to make money! She won't leave until she has made enough!

  Carrying a broom, she let out a yawn, and just then, a palace maid rushed over in a flurry: "Su Jinping, Su Jinping! The Imperial Noble Consort has arrived, saying she wants to see you!"

  "Huang Guifei? Who is that?" Won't be another one looking for trouble, will it?

  That little palace maid almost popped her eyes out upon hearing this: "Isn't the Imperial Noble Consort your own sister? You don't even recognize the Imperial Noble Consort?"

  "Ugh... Rubbing her forehead, she looked like she was in pain: "Sigh, I'm too tired lately, even sweeping the floor is making me stupid. Hmm, let's go." It turned out that the Imperial Noble Consort was the sister of this body, but why didn't she plead for herself yesterday? Hmph..."

  As soon as she returned to the courtyard, she saw a stately and elegant woman sitting at the top, with an egg-shaped face, slender eyebrows sweeping across it, a pair of beautiful eyes shining brightly, a small nose, and cherry-like lips. She could be considered a great beauty, but somehow, she didn't seem to look like herself at all!

  Everyone stood respectfully aside. The woman, upon seeing Su Jinping, flashed a hint of disgust in her eyes, then hooked up the corner of her mouth: "Little sister, you've entered the palace for so long, but big sister hasn't seen you yet, come over and sit by big sister's side!"

  Su Jinping naturally did not ignore the disgust in her eyes, took a few big steps forward and sat down beside her with an expressionless face: "Sister has come, what's the honor?"

  Su Jinqiu looked at the crowd of servants: "You all go down, I want to talk to my sister about some personal matters."

  The people all bowed their heads in unison: "Yes!" Then they retreated together, not forgetting to close the door behind them.

  "Didn't your sister plead for you a few days ago in front of that weird older sister?" She picked up her teacup and took a sip, pretending to be kind on the surface but unable to conceal the disdain and contempt in her eyebrows.

  Su Jinping raised an eyebrow and replied indifferently: "I don't dare." This time, it seemed like she had a purpose.

  As soon as the two words came out, Su Jinqu turned his head and looked at her with some surprise. Why did she feel that her younger sister seemed to have changed? She had always been timid and afraid of trouble, and a few more sentences would make her tremble with fear. But today... If it was said that she was not cold or hot at first, it was dissatisfaction with herself. Now that she has said such words and still has this attitude, it's worth thinking deeply about!

  "Sister, what brings you here?" Seeing her staring at herself without blinking, Su Jinping was also afraid of being seen through the crack, so she spoke out to break the silence in the room.

  Su Jin returned her inquiring gaze, smiling: "Sister, you and I are sisters after all. Once we enter the palace, we naturally have to rely on each other. Only if we sisters work together can we gain a foothold in this palace!" She was no longer pretending, directly getting to the point.

  "Sister, you also saw that I am just a small palace maid, afraid it's hard to take on such a great responsibility." She pushed back indifferently.

  Su Jin Chou smiled: "Sister, as long as you agree to help me bring down He Lian Rong Ru, when I ascend to the throne, wealth and glory will naturally not be lacking for you!"

  What's next? Isn't Helian Rongruo already the Empress's name? Hmph, if Helian Rongruo is ruined, I'm afraid tomorrow will be Su Jinping's death day! Thinking of using her as a pawn, dream on! "Sister, the Empress is the master of the six palaces, how can you call out her name directly? And want to ruin the Empress? Little sister advises big sister to be careful with your words, if this gets out, even Father won't be able to save you!"

  This is a tacit refusal!

  "Bang!" Su Jin's cup slammed onto the table. "I'm telling you, this is Father's intention."

  Su Jinping's lips curled up in a sneer, what did that cheap father have to do with her? "Then I'll trouble sister to tell Father, his daughter is unfilial and can't serve him anymore!"

  "Her!" Only then did Su Jin Chou seriously re-examine her, the face was still that face, but with a hint of overbearing and arrogant aura between her eyebrows, or... a bloodthirsty aura! Was this still her sister? At this moment, she suddenly understood Father's meaning.

  "Sister, please go back!" was a lukewarm way of giving her the cold shoulder.

  As soon as this was said, Su Jin Qiu couldn't help but laugh. Her younger sister might be worth cooperating with after all: "You can go back, but don't you want her life anymore?"

  "Come on, bring him up here!"