Lu shi rolled her eyes at Zhao Ming and pursed her lips tightly.

  " But Miss, you have told His Highness that you would go to the kitchen to check on the work progress. Moreover, Master Wen Ru is Empress Dowager's nephew. We have to prepare a welcome feast for him. It will be better if you can check on the preparations herself." she tried to persuade her.

  Before this, Zhao Ming used to check every single detail of such banquets and feasts. This time, Master Wen Ru has come and they were preparing for the welcome feast for him but Zhao Ming was being indifferent to it.

  She knows that she has no memories but she was worried that her Miss is behaving too strange. She has become lazy, and she does not hold her tongue before speaking out her thoughts.

  Seeing Zhao Ming's disinterest, Lu shi sighed and continued, " Miss, you have told this to his highness, that's why he left Feng Ju here to check on you if you need anything. What will happen if highness gets to know that you didn't go to check the preparations and just gave him an excuse."

  Zhao Ming was surprised to hear Lu shi's words and asked carefully, " He left Feng Ju behind?"

  Lu shi nodded her head helplessly.

  Zhao Ming took a deep breath as she pondered about her luck.

  ' This man sure knows how to make me crazy. How can he leave Feng Ju behind? Is he trying to keep me in check?'

  With no choice left, she got up and walked towards the entrance of the door, " Then what are you waiting for? Let's go." she said in an annoyed tone to Lu shi while walking away.

  Lu shi smiled lightly and followed her out.

  When Zhao Ming came outside, she saw Feng Ju standing by the door. She gave him a frustrated look and went to the kitchen with Lu shi.

  …


  When Zhao Ming reached the kitchen, she was in awe like all times.

  She never came to this place. The kitchen in the palace was a very large room which has windows for ventilation.

  She was shocked to see large utensils used for cooking. Everything was large and luxurious. It shows their status as royals.

  Even their kitchen was luxurious.

  When she walked into the kitchen, there 3-4 maids wearing green-colored robes were working diligently.

  It seems that it was some sort of uniform for them as their dresses are different for the other maids.

  Zhao Ming roamed around the kitchen to see around and the luxuriousness it has.

  She could see the pots and spoons made of silver and some gold. There were even cutlery of jade also.

  She was in wonder seeing all the luxurious items in the kitchen. These cutlery were for the royal family.

  She tried to hide the excitement while walking around.

  ….

  The maids who were working in the kitchen stopped when they saw Zhao Ming entering.

  They saw her how she walked into the kitchen and started walking around without glancing at everyone.

  When Zhao Ming was wandering around, the maids started whispering to each other.

  "Hey, it seems that she has gotten better that she came here to work. Do you think that she will cook dishes herself for the feast herself?"

  Another maid looked at her and said, " What are you saying? She should make them herself. She doesn't do anything the whole day. She should at least do this otherwise what's the use of her?" she scoffed as she glanced at Zhao Ming.

  " Hey, lower your voice. What if she hears your words? Do you want to get punished?" another one maid stopped her.

  " Who is scared of her? Don't you know that she is a nobody. She has no right to punish me. She is just an unwanted Empress. If it wasn't for the old Emperor, she wouldn't have gotten into this palace."

  "And when he is not here anymore, she has no position in this palace. His Highness does not care about her. Don't you know how she has an affair with her bodyguard?"

  " Affair with a bodyguard? Is that true? "

  " You're new right? So you probably don't know this. In the palace, everyone knows that she had an affair with her bodyguard. When his Highness found out about it, he killed that bodyguard accusing him of rebel. "

  " But of course, no one can talk about it in the palace. So you should not tell it to anyone. His highness has banned everyone to talk about it. " the maid who was ill talking about Zhao Ming explained her.

  The other one nodded as she heard her words with interest and looked at Zhao Ming with disgust.

  " Not only that, I heard that she tried to attempt suicide by falling into a pond due to guilt. She was guilty that's why she tried to take her life. Otherwise, why would she do that?"

  " Hmph. This kind of characterless woman does not deserve to be an Empress. Not only that, His highness never favored her since they got married. Even Empress Dowager does not like her at all."

  " Only consort Xiao Li deserves to be our Empress. She is not only from a noble background but also has well manners and respect for others. Her character is as pure as jade. Compared to her, this dirty woman does not deserve to be our Empress. Hmph. His highness should leave her long ago."

  The maids were whispering to each other and were bi*ching about Zhao Ming.

  As the kitchen was very large, Zhao Ming was busy inspecting him when they were whispering to each other in a corner.

  Lu Shi who was following Zhao Ming sensed that something was not right. The maids were standing in a corner and were whispering to each other while giving weird looks to Zhao Ming.

  Her expressions turned dull as she noticed their strange gazes. She walked up to Zhao Ming who was looking at the items with interest.

  " Miss, we should check the preparations first. You can look at the items later." she tried to pursue her to do work first.

  She was feeling uncomfortable under their gaze and wanted to leave this place as soon as possible.

  She knows that Zhao Ming does not have her memories and was afraid that these maids would say something inappropriate in front of them.

  Zhao Ming turned to look at Lu shi and said, " Fine. We should check the preparations first."

  After that Zhao Ming looked at the maids gathered in the corner and raised her brows in amusement.

  They were giving her strange looks which were making her feel uncomfortable. However, it was not enough to make her feel intimidated.

  She walked up to the maids and asked in amusement, " What's wrong??Is there something interesting that you are discussing? If there is then let me include in your conversation as well. I will also see what is so important and fun to keep you away from your work. Hmm?" she asked in a gentle yet cold tone.

  She was not rude to anyone but was not polite either. Her voice contained a sense of ridicule.

  Zhao Ming has recognized early that these maids were looking down at her, especially the one in the middle, whose face was petite and has not so special features. But she looks cute overall.

  However, her manners were like sh*t. Because she didn't greeted her when she entered the kitchen. Following her, others didn't greet her either, so she ignored them and just walked around like this.

  Though she was walking around and looking at the exquisite items in front of her but her ears were fixated on them.

  She wanted to see what they think about her. What is their problem that they are behaving so indifferently?