Old Palace Maid (1)

"I want to go in. I want to put this flower in the Imperial Garden," Ye Lang said directly, without revealing his identity, making it difficult for anyone to let him pass.

"Excuse me, please show your pass!" the palace guard said.

To send something in, you need a pass. Generally, it's palace staff who make purchases, not outsiders. Of course, there are special cases, in which case you usually have a pass and someone accompanies you in.

"I don't have a pass. Oh right, will this work?" Ye Lang suddenly remembered that the Vermilion Bird Emperor had once given him a token that not only allowed him to mobilize troops but also granted him access to any part of Vermilion Bird, including the Imperial Palace.

In fact, even without the Vermilion Bird Emperor's token, Ye Lang only needed to take out Princess Longji's jade token, and it would have the same effect. Also, he could use the Cold-Blooded Group's token, but he didn't know that these two had such an effect, and thought that the one given by the Vermilion Bird Emperor should be effective.

"Ah! Sir, please!"

When Ye Lang took out the token, the palace guard immediately said respectfully that he had only heard of this token and seen its appearance, but had never seen the real one. This was a token with extremely high authority. This authority did not belong to any minister of the court. Not to mention entering and leaving this Imperial Palace, even mobilizing the Imperial Palace guards was not a problem.

That's why this token has almost never been issued. I never expected that this young man would have one. You really can't judge a book by its cover. Luckily, I didn't offend him just now, or I wouldn't even know how I died.

The guards have a set of tools to check the authenticity of the tokens, so there is absolutely no chance of making a mistake.

"Okay! Thank you for your help!"

Ye Lang accepted the token and thanked him politely.

"No trouble at all, sir, please make yourself at home!" the palace guard said, bowing.

"Um!"

Ye Lang nodded, then strode into the Imperial Palace. He searched for the Imperial Garden based on his memory. After encountering several patrolling guards who came to question him, he simply hung the token on his waist. When someone asked, he would point to the token on his waist.

Upon seeing the token, the guards all made the same gesture: bowed respectfully, and then continued with their tasks.

After passing through palace after palace, Ye Lang circled around the Imperial Palace but didn't get close to the Imperial Garden, which annoyed him. He wanted to find someone to lead the way.

However, before he could look for anyone else, someone else had already approached him.

"Hey kid, stop right there! Who are you? What are you doing wandering around here all alone with flowers?!"

A somewhat arrogant Noble Lady appeared. Noble Lady was about forty years old, with a beautiful face and a magnificent air of nobility. Her clothes were very luxurious, which was to be expected, since everyone who came to the Imperial Palace was of noble birth.

Beside this Noble Lady were a man and a woman. The man looked to be in his early twenties and was quite Young Master, but he had the same arrogance as the Noble Lady, which made people feel uncomfortable.

The woman was a girl of seventeen or eighteen years old, and her features bore a resemblance to the Noble Lady's, so she must be the Noble Lady's daughter.

"I'm here to deliver flowers, but I can't find the Imperial Garden. Madam, do you know where the Imperial Garden is?" Ye Lang didn't care about the Noble Lady's arrogance and asked politely.

"A flower deliveryman? What's going on in this Imperial Palace? Why is a flower deliveryman allowed to wander around like this without anyone watching him?" The Noble Lady glanced at Ye Lang with disdain. She couldn't be bothered with a flower deliveryman; someone as noble as her wouldn't have the time for that.

"..." Ye Lang glanced at the Noble Lady, then turned and left. He felt that the Noble Lady in front of him was very impolite. He had clearly asked her where the Imperial Garden was, but she insisted on talking about other things.

Most importantly, Ye Lang saw the Noble Lady's disdain for him, so he didn't bother to say anything more to her.

"How dare you! I haven't even told you to leave!!" The Noble Lady was furious when she saw Ye Lang's attitude; she felt that Ye Lang was looking down on her.

At this moment, Ye Lang completely ignored the Noble Lady, and was just looking around, pondering the location of the Imperial Garden.

"Fine! Even though I'm no longer here, I won't allow a brat like you to disregard me!" The Noble Lady's arrogance intensified.

"Boy who delivered the flowers, quickly kneel down and apologize to my mother, and we will not hold your rudeness against you!" the equally arrogant Young Master said in a low voice.

"Rude? Am I more rude than you?" Ye Lang replied nonchalantly.

"What did you say?!" the Noble Lady asked loudly, her voice rising to a high note.

"I'm being very clear. I said you were rude, and you still can't understand? You're really stupid." Ye Lang shook his head and then took a few more steps.

"Boy, explain yourself clearly!! How were we being rude?!" The arrogant Young Master suddenly flashed in front of Ye Lang, standing sideways in front of him with an arrogant air.

"Does this really need to be made clear? First of all, I call you Madam, but you call me Boy. Isn't that rude?" Ye Lang said seriously, as if he really wanted to make things clear.

"Hmph! A mere flower-delivering boy dares to ask me what to call you? Calling you 'boy' is already being very polite!" the Noble Lady continued arrogantly.

"Secondly, I asked you for directions, and you wouldn't tell me. But why did you look at me with that contemptuous gaze? That's rude," Ye Lang continued.

"You're quite an interesting lad, I think you're already giving yourself too much credit!" The Noble Lady remained disdainful and arrogant.

"Also, you said I was rude, but I don't think I was rude at all! It's my business if I leave, I don't need your permission." Ye Lang ignored the Noble Lady's arrogance and simply finished saying what he wanted to say.

"Here, you must get my permission. You're just a flower delivery person. You don't have the right to go wherever you want here." The Noble Lady raised her head, Ye Lang could clearly see her nostrils.

"Why? This isn't your home. I can't just walk around however I want!" Ye Lang said casually. "Also, Madam, your nostrils aren't pretty. Please don't point them at people."

"..." The Noble Lady was stunned, then said with a hint of embarrassment, "This is my home!!"

"Oh, you're the Emperor's wife?" Ye Lang asked.

The emperor's wife? That's such an old-fashioned way of putting it; people who haven't seen the world are just plain ignorant.

"I'm not!"

"Daughter? Impossible, you're so old, you're more like the Emperor's aunt."

"... Kid, how dare you call me old?!"