The Foodie Online Chapter 9

After passing through Tingfeng Pavilion, he arrived at the main entrance of the front hall of Tingzhu Tower. A pretty little girl was sitting in the hall, swinging her legs, looking at him with a smile.

The young man was covered in rain, with the ends of his hair still a little damp, and he blew into the hall like a cool breeze.

The little girl jumped down and jumped into his arms like a little star, "Sixth Brother, you are finally here. I have been waiting for you for a long time."

Victor opened his raincoat, hugged her in his arms, and touched her head. "I was packing some things, so I came late. Sorry."

His wet black hair stuck to his face, making his skin look even paler and softer. Emily used his hand to push his hair aside, and felt the coldness on his fingertips. He then looked down at the people around him, "How do you serve people?"

The eunuch beside him turned pale and said, "This... this..."

Victor covered his face with his hands and shook his head, "It's okay, I insisted on holding the umbrella myself, it has nothing to do with them."

Emily's sharp eyes swept over them, then turned into tenderness again. She carefully held his hands with her small hands and breathed a sigh of relief, "Brother, I'll warm you up."

It was not until his pale face was tinged with a blush that Emily took his hand and trotted with him, "I'll take you for a walk, it's nice here."

Emily took him to visit the main hall and the east and west side rooms, and then pulled him to the back hall.

"Although this place is a little small, it should be enough for you to live alone. I don't want you to live with other princes, so I privately asked my father to let you live here."

Emily pulled at the corner of his clothes and looked at him cautiously, as if she had done something wrong.

Victor smiled and said, "It's nice here, I like it very much."

Emily immediately became happy, "I'm glad you like it. I'll tell you a secret. The second prince likes this place very much. He has stored a lot of books here. I'll take you to have a look. You will definitely like it."

She pulled Victor through the corridor of the back hall and came to a relatively remote small room. She pushed open the door and walked in. The four walls inside were filled with books.

Victor stepped in and showed an interested expression for the first time, which made Emily so proud that his mouth almost stretched to his ears.

"My second brother doesn't have many hobbies except collecting books. In addition to the 4,000 books he has collected in his own palace, he also has five or six other book collections in the palace. This is just the tip of the iceberg."

Victor walked to a wall and gently stroked the spine of a book with his fingers.

There are a wide variety of books here, including anecdotes from the mountains and countryside, official records, from strange stories to kings' books, it is simply a small library.

He picked up one at random and found that these books were not brand new. There were annotations in small characters on almost every page. The tiny characters were neatly written, vigorous and elegant. Some were his thoughts after reading, and some were essays.

Emily leaned over his hand and took a look before looking away with a lack of interest. "It's not without reason that my father always says that my second brother is a nerd. Who would be so bored as to read so many books and annotate each one?"

Victor put the book back, "Then why do you still like your second brother so much?"

When Emily heard him ask this, his eyes were full of admiration and worship. "Second brother is really knowledgeable. There is nothing in this world that he doesn't know. And he is also very good at playing chess. I have never beaten him."

Victor burst out laughing.

Emily looked at him strangely, "What are you laughing at?"

Victor shook his head, bent down and scratched her nose, "If it were me, I would let you win."

Emily smiled foolishly and took his hand, "Sixth Brother, if you like, you can take these books and read them anytime, just don't damage them."

Victor hesitated for a moment, "Isn't this bad?"

After all, the second prince was as famous for his eccentric temper as for his erudition.

Emily hesitated for a moment, perhaps remembering her brother's strange temper, but soon she fell under Victor's expectant eyes and gritted her teeth, "Just take it and have a look. If he asks about it, it's my fault."

Victor curled his eyes and said, "Thank you very much."

Seeing him happy, Emily was happy too. She pulled his hand and shook it, "By the way, Sixth Brother, the Ministry of Internal Affairs has sent some more people over. There were too few people serving you before. Take a look and see if there is anything missing."

Victor didn't have much ambition in this area, so he just nodded when he heard her say that.

But he suddenly remembered and asked, "Can you send a few more cooks over?"

Emily, "......Ah?"

Emily's eyes were a little dazed and a little at a loss.

-

On the second day, Lily brought some eunuchs and palace maids to help Victor identify people.

Victor was half leaning lazily on the beauty couch, holding a book in her hand, with a row of eunuchs and palace maids standing in front of her.

Some of them were old people who had worked in the palace for several years and kept their heads down and did not speak. Some of them were newcomers who had just entered the palace not long ago and were secretly looking at their beautiful, god-like master with curiosity.

Lily hasn't yet adapted to the fact that she has suddenly changed from a little palace maid who had to do everything herself to a senior palace maid in charge of the palace.

In order to hide her inner panic, she coughed solemnly, "You all, stand in a row and start saying your names so that the master can recognize you as a servant."

Victor gave her a funny look.

"My name is Xiao Dengzi, and I used to be a floor sweeper in the front hall of the Qianqing Palace."

"My name is Xiao Fuzi, and I am in charge of the kitchen."

"My name is Grace, and I am the master's personal servant."

"My name is Xiao Caizi. I used to be a recorder in the Jingshifang, and later served in the palace of the Tenth Princess."

Victor's gaze paused for a few seconds on the young genius, and then he looked at Grace, "You should follow Lily from now on. She has a kind personality and will teach you anything."

Grace stood at the edge, with an ordinary appearance, not as gentle as Lily, but with clean eyes, honest and cute. After hearing what Victor said, she nodded shyly, "I know, I will definitely learn from Sister Lily."

She looked younger than Victor, and her bright eyes showed that she was inexperienced.

Victor waved his hand, "I usually don't punish servants. You just need to do your job. If you have any questions, go find Lily and Xiao Lizi."

Lan Er understood his actions and was about to lead them down when she heard Victor say, "Young talent, please stay. I have a few more questions to ask you."

The young talent had been in the palace for two years and was considered an old man.

He was smart, but unfortunately he was always suppressed by his superiors, and the work he was assigned was always something that inferior people could do. He never had a chance to move up. When he heard Victor leave him alone, he knew his chance had come.

He knelt down obediently, waiting for Victor's decision.

After everyone had left, he waited anxiously and excitedly for his master to speak, but he didn't hear anyone speak for a long time. He only heard the sound of flipping pages.

This strange silence made him slowly lose hope of getting a promotion. He thought he had offended his master in some way and was about to be bullied.

Thinking of this, he didn't dare to have any other ideas and just hoped not to be sent away.

After almost an incense stick of time, Victor put down the book, looked at the short and fat eunuch, took a sip of the tea on the table, and said, "You said before that you worked in the Jingshifang?"

The young scholar was unable to figure out his meaning and tone of voice, so he could only answer truthfully, "My lord, I have been in the Jingshifang for some time."

After saying this, he waited anxiously for Victor's decision, but he heard nothing for a long time.

Until he heard the man chuckle and said, "Very good, you should do a good job in the future."

Just let him go.

After the young talent left in confusion, he went back and pondered for a long time but couldn't figure out what he meant. It was not until one night that an inspiration suddenly came to him.

Work hard and try to make him trust you.

Who said this master is easy to get along with? The young scholar snorted coldly, they are just adults with twists and turns in their hearts!

-

Victor's life didn't change much after he moved to a new place.

If it were in the original small yard, I could feed the rabbits when I was bored. But here, except for Emily and Emar who come to report every now and then, almost no one cares about it.

Victor discussed with Lily and decided to catch a few rabbits and raise them in the bamboo forest. After a few days, the rabbits turned into wild rabbits. They were fed grass every day and even ate a large area of ​​the lawn.

His favorite thing to do on weekdays was to read in Tingyu Pavilion, with a small plate of cakes, a pot of tea and a small chessboard in front of him. He would occasionally play chess with himself, feeling very comfortable.

He turned on the live broadcast and greeted the barrage expertly, "I am also reading here today, eating dragon beard cakes and drinking the Dahongpao that Xiaoshi sent me."

【Yuyu is really nice to introduce herself like this. 】

[Look at that small plate of pastries. Yuyu is really becoming more and more perfunctory. 】

[Yuyu seems to read books here every day. Doesn’t she feel bored? ]

[Little Sister Shi really understands Yu Yu 2333 and helped Yu Yu move to a new place to live in her old age. ]

[Hahahaha, the one who's looking at you for retirement, are you trying to make me laugh to death? ]

Victor picked up a small piece of dragon beard crisp and put it into his mouth, "Hmm... This dragon beard crisp is sweet and delicious, with a soft texture, but it's a little too sweet."

After eating only a small piece, he couldn't help but pour a whole cup of tea and drink it down to suppress the sweetness between his teeth.

He moved the specially provided dragon beard crisps aside, spread out the book, and showed the spine of the book to Danmu, "This book is really interesting. I read it for a long time yesterday. I went to bed several hours later than usual and still haven't finished it. I will continue reading it today."

[Can someone explain what this book is? I can't understand the combination of classical Chinese and traditional Chinese characters! ]

[Hahaha, Yuyu actually stayed up late to read because the book was so good, so cute. ]

[It was me who was watching from under the covers late at night. ]

After saying that, he couldn't wait to read it.

These days, apart from playing with the two little kids, he had been reading books every day. He had only read a few books. The Second Prince's collection of books here was like a huge treasure, which made him feel like he had found a treasure.

Some of the books in his original courtyard were bought by him and some were picked up from other people's unwanted books. Although he had collected quite a few over the years, they were nothing compared to the books here.

It so happened that the Second Prince went out of the palace for something a few days ago, and he hasn't returned for nearly half a month. If he came back, I'm afraid it would be difficult to get along with him, so I have to read a few more books before he comes back.

With this in mind, and the idea of ​​reading as many books as possible, he went to bed a little later every night, and only remembered to go to bed when Lily came to urge him.

It’s a pity that the first half of the book is brilliantly written, but the second half is too lame and extremely boring. The more he read, the more disappointed he became.

It happened that the weather was nice today, and the warm wind blew through the half-closed tassel curtains, making him drowsy. He simply put the book down and took a nap at the table.

As if afraid of disturbing the sleeping boy, the barrage of comments slowed down.

Lily saw him sleeping and the dark circles under his eyes. She felt sorry for him because he hadn't slept well in the past few days, so she draped a piece of clothing behind him and let him sleep there.

Because he fell asleep, he missed an important message.

The second prince returned to the palace.