After Being Blackened All Over the Internet, I Ruled the Military Variety Shows-Chapter 155: Jiang Assistant with Boundless Prospects

Chapter 155: Chapter 155: Jiang Assistant with Boundless Prospects

Before she could withdraw her gaze, the person opposite her lowered his head and apologized first, "Sorry, sorry, I left in too much of a hurry."

When he looked up and saw the person standing in front of him, the apology on his face instantly turned into surprise, "Mr. Shen, what brings you here today? Come, come. I just received a notification that there’s a new discovery at Cuwei Palace, something supposedly used by Emperor Yuan Zhao. Come with me to take a look."

Shen Yunqing was too stunned to get angry.

"I’m afraid I can’t."

"Ah, for..." The middle-aged man paused and only then noticed the slender and beautiful young lady standing beside him. "Sorry, I was too excited just now. Who might this young lady be?"

Jiang Lingxi: "I am Mr. Shen’s assistant."

"Assistant? Mr. Shen’s newly hired? Young as you are, becoming Mr. Shen’s assistant means a boundless future ahead!"

Meeting the approving gaze of the middle-aged man, Jiang Lingxi smiled and nodded, "I think so too."

Shen Yunqing: "..."

He exhaled lightly, "I’m here to get a temporary work permit." fɾeewebnoveℓ.co๓

"Oh, oh, it’s for your assistant, right? I happen to have a new one, let me go back and get it."

Shen Yunqing watched him rush back, then saw Jiang Lingxi with a smile on her lips, and helplessly explained, "That was Fu Yunchen, the deputy curator of the Yinhe Palace Museum. He’s a bit impulsive and always acts this way whenever there’s a new discovery."

"Seems like this isn’t your first time being dragged along."

Shen Yunqing nodded helplessly, "Indeed, it’s not the first time."

"Someone named Fu."

"Yes."

Jiang Lingxi just exclaimed casually, not thinking anyone nearby would understand.

But Shen Yunqing understood why she sighed that way.

"Here it is, here it is, the work permit is here." Fu Yunchen hurried back, holding a small blue badge, swiftly pulled a pen from a nearby pencil holder, and asked, "What’s your name, young lady?"

"Jiang Lingxi. Jiang of the Dayin Country, Ling as in ’command without fail’, and Xi as in ’the morning sun arising in the east.’

"Jiang..." The tip of Fu Yunchen’s pen paused just after writing the first character. He looked up at the young lady standing confidently in front of him, wanting to say something, but in the end, he said nothing, simply writing the other two characters carefully and seriously, "Done."

Jiang Lingxi took it, mimicking him, and hung the work badge around her neck.

Turning her head, she saw Shen Yunqing had also hung his, only his was in a different color, using a purple cord and purple badge.

It looked nicer than hers!

"Assistant Jiang, why don’t you come along too?"

"Alright."

In fact, when she heard about the new discovery at Cuwei Palace, she had already wanted to go and have a look.

She wasn’t familiar with other dynasties, but in the Dayin Dynasty, Cuwei Palace was always where the Empress resided.

In those years, her mother also lived in Cuwei Palace for several years until she ascended the throne, and her mother went from Empress to Empress Dowager, only then moving out of Cuwei Palace.

And she never in her life appointed a male Empress or even a male consort, so Cuwei Palace remained vacant.

The items she used while living with her mother in Cuwei Palace during her youth might very well still be there.

Shen Yunqing naturally wouldn’t object.

So, the two of them sat for no more than two minutes before getting on the balance scooter heading to Cuwei Palace.

True enough, the balance scooter was the most commonly used mode of transportation among Yinhe Palace staff.

Simply because Yinhe Palace’s grounds were so vast that if you walked from the southernmost palace to the northernmost on foot, the whole day would be gone, and using other transportation was feared to damage the environment. The small, convenient balance scooter became everyone’s first choice.

Nowadays, everyone has one, even though Jiang Lingxi, who had just arrived, didn’t have one yet, Fu Yunchen managed to borrow one for her just as quickly as he got the temporary work badge.

After practicing back and forth in the courtyard a couple of times, the three of them set off on their scooters.

Jiang Lingxi, busy exploring other functions of the scooter, unconsciously sped up past the other two.

Fu Yunchen, falling behind, wanted to remind her not to go the wrong way but noticed that this young lady seemed even more familiar with the route to Cuwei Palace than he, the deputy curator, did, so he put his hand down.

Turning to chat with Shen Yunqing, who was staying in sync beside him, "Has Assistant Jiang been to Yinhe Palace before?"

"Yes."

Shen Yunqing nodded, while adding silently in his mind: Not only has she been here, but in terms of familiarity with Yinhe Palace, probably no one under heaven knows it better than its former owner.

After traveling a little further, Fu Yunchen suddenly let out a light gasp: "Wait, I just remembered, the area of Cuwei Palace and nearby isn’t open to the public, right? Assistant Jiang, she... Hey, Advisor Shen, wait for me!"

By the time he sped up to catch up with the two far ahead of him, seeing that they were now close to Cuwei Palace, he had no mind left to worry about his earlier concerns.

"Come on, come on, let’s see if it’s really Emperor Yuan Zhao’s belongings."

To enter the hall, you must first put on shoe covers. Jiang Lingxi received the ones handed to her by Shen Yunqing and put them on somewhat clumsily, stepping over the threshold of Cuwei Palace. The familiar furnishings and the vast hall felt like a time gone by.

"Here."

The voice from ahead snapped her back to reality, and she hurried to catch up.

When she saw the arm-long box carefully brought out by the staff in the hall, her gaze halted again.

Since entering Cuwei Palace, Shen Yunqing had been discreetly observing Jiang Lingxi, and upon seeing her expression, he knew that the box was very likely left by the Empress Dowager.

While the two looked at the box, Fu Yunchen had already put on gloves and took the box, but when he saw a lock on it, he couldn’t help but frown, "You didn’t clarify that there was a lock earlier. If I had known, I would’ve brought Mr. Gong over. Mr. Shen, I’m not familiar with mechanical locks, why don’t you give it a try?"

Shen Yunqing had contributed to the historical research of Yinhe Palace no less than the deputy curator himself. Fu Yunchen had a somewhat blind faith in him.

But this time, Shen Yunqing didn’t take the offer, hesitating before replying, "It’s better to wait for Mr. Gong."

Your Majesty was right there; he couldn’t very well show off his skill with an axe in front of Guan Yu.

Fu Yunchen had no choice but to set the box down and prepare to make a phone call.

Jiang Lingxi stopped him, "Curator Fu, I have some knowledge of mechanical locks, how about I give it a try?"

"Well, Assistant Jiang, you give it a try. Be careful not to damage it," Fu Yunchen responded but didn’t hold high expectations for her. He still took out his phone and stepped away.

Seeing this, Jiang Lingxi said nothing more. She put on the gloves handed to her by Shen Yunqing and then touched the mechanical lock on the box.

Truth be told, she didn’t have much of an impression of this box anymore. She vaguely remembered it being one of her playthings around the age of ten, but she couldn’t recall what was inside. She merely remembered it as a practice piece by a master craftsman of the time, with her own mark engraved at the bottom, signifying it was hers.

Only now, upon seeing it again, did she realize it was left in her mother’s palace.

Luckily, the mechanical lock was something she had played with frequently as a child, building a muscle memory. Almost without much thought, her fingers moved swiftly a few times, and a crisp click was heard.

A staff member’s quiet gasp echoed, "Wait..."

The rest of the words didn’t come out before Jiang Lingxi had already lifted the lid of the box.

Seeing what was inside, Jiang Lingxi, holding onto the box lid, cursed herself for acting so quickly.

She wondered if it was too late to reset the mechanism and close it back up.