Eunuch's Declaration of Loyalty

Chapter 2

At the beginning of Mao, it was just dawn at this time, and the servants serving in the palace had already got up and packed themselves, and waited for a while for the master to move before going to serve.

If there is no errand assigned during this period, it is rare to be free. Taking advantage of this free time, Qin Shu recalled, while dipping his finger in water, he gestured on the table with the words he had seen in the book before.

Eunuchs who wait in the palace are illiterate, and they don't have the time and energy to spend on paper and ink, so a few gestures are better than nothing.But Qin Shu is very serious. He has been like this since he entered the palace. He has to learn everything with an open mind.For my meager and unspeakable wish, for the future I can rely on these to climb up.

Reminiscing about a dozen or so words, Qin Shu suddenly heard that his roommate, an eunuch who was waiting in front of him, hurried over and said, "Qin Shu, hurry up, the empress dowager is calling you to answer."

The empress dowager called him?Qin Shu was taken aback for a moment, and when he realized he panicked, he hung on the wooden spikes on the table with all his strength, bringing out a string of blood beads.Not paying attention to the pain, he stood up abruptly and took a few steps forward.

"Did you say what it was before?"

On weekdays, he was just a little consul who stood outside the palace waiting for his master to have something to do, and then ran errands to the various palaces to convey. His subordinates were in charge of two young eunuchs who had just entered the palace.It is not very shameful in front of the empress dowager, and it is rare to have the opportunity to meet in front of the empress dowager. Such a sudden summon today made him feel flustered.

The first thing Qin Shu thought of was that his thoughts about the empress dowager had been known, and now he was going to be held accountable.However, he immediately realized that he never crossed the border on weekdays. At most, he only dared to look up at the back of the Empress Dowager when she went to court and passed through the atrium, so no one would notice.If he was found out, he would probably be beaten to death with a stick, so how could he be recruited.

"My aunt didn't make it clear before, so you should go quickly."

"I see." Qin Shu tucked up the corner of his robe as he walked, wiped off the water and a little blood on his hands, and rushed to Ning'an Pavilion where the Queen Mother lived as quickly as possible.

There was a maid waiting at the door, and when she saw him, she waved for him to go in.Qin Shu took a deep breath at the door, calmed down his panting, and then walked into the warm attic with his head down.His eyes were fixed on the intricately patterned flower-woven carpet on the ground, and he didn't dare to look at other places at all. He just knelt forward and said in a low voice, "Good luck to the Empress Dowager."

"Empress Dowager, Qin Shu has arrived." Zhui Yi pushed aside the curtain and whispered to Liu Qingtang who was thinking about something with her eyes closed.

Liu Qingtang opened her eyes, looked at the person kneeling behind the curtain and said calmly, "Take off your clothes first."

Zhuiyi quietly walked to the front compartment, only Liu Qingtang and Qin Shu were left in it.

Hearing Liu Qingtang's sleepy and lazy voice, Qin Shu couldn't help holding his breath, straining his back and trying to suppress certain emotions in his heart.

"Come forward."

Qin Shu froze, and walked forward a little as he said, but still didn't dare to look up at the person behind the bed curtain.It was the first time for him to be so close to the empress dowager, a faint orchid fragrance pierced his nose and penetrated straight into his heart, which made him a little confused, and he only relied on his long-standing habit to maintain a respectful posture and kneel there.

Qin Shuzheng felt a little strange after not hearing the Empress Dowager in the bed curtain for a long time, and suddenly saw a plain white wrist stretched out to his eyes, and then gently lifted his chin.

Following that force and raising his head, Qin Shu couldn't help but look at the empress dowager leaning forward in surprise.She hadn't gotten up yet, she was only wearing a white silk jacket, her black hair was loose, and she was still beautiful without makeup, but her face was very complicated.

Touching Liu Qingtang's eyes, Qin Shu woke up with a shiver, quickly lowered his eyes and dared not look directly at her again, pleading guilty: "I didn't mean to offend my mother, I deserve to die."

Liu Qingtang didn't really care, maybe her action was so abrupt that he was caught off guard. In the short time when he raised his face just now, she saw in his eyes the Qin Shu who was facing her when he was about to die. The same emotion in the eyes.But it was quickly covered up by his sincere and sincere expression.

Qin Shu should have admiration for her, but when it comes to this kind of love between a man and a woman, Liu Qingtang can't quite understand it.

She was born in the Liu family of the Duke's Mansion. When she was 15 years old, her sister who was the queen died, and the will pointed to her as the successor queen.However, the emperor was already in poor health, coupled with the shock of the death of his beloved wife, he had been lingering in bed, and died a month after she became the queen in name only.

Later, the seven-year-old prince came to the throne under the protection of her father, Liu Guozhang, and several veteran officials, respected her as the queen mother, and took charge of state affairs together.

As a 15-year-old girl, she went from a boudoir girl to a queen and then to a queen mother in one month. Everything in the court and harem was waiting for her, and she didn't even think about the relationship between men and women.Since then, she has been staying in the deep palace, even though the power is in the hands of the government, she has never had any strange feelings for any man.

Therefore, she lived to be 30 years old in her previous life, and she was aware of Qin Shu's feelings for her before she died, and she suddenly felt a little touched.

Liu Qingtang was a little curious, what kind of feelings would make Qin Shu willingly give up his life, just to get a chance for her?And now it seems that Qin Shu has long admired her, so what kind of mood did he have to serve her all these years in his previous life?

Thinking of something from her previous life, Liu Qingtang forgot for a moment that she was still holding Qin Shu's chin. When she recovered, she found that she had maintained this position for a long time without moving.Because of her silence, Qin Shu didn't dare to move at all, and her chin was lifted awkwardly by her upright body.

His appearance revealed his nervous mood, the drooping eyelashes kept trembling slightly, and thin beads of sweat oozed from his forehead.

She found that his whole body was shaking because of fear or other reasons.

Liu Qingtang suddenly felt a strange sense of self-satisfaction, because of her, Qin Shu was so nervous.In the previous life, when Qin Shu had to use it in front of her, it was three years later, after a certain event happened.Qin Shu at that time was already very similar to the chief executive in the future, not to mention nervous, I had never seen him change his cold and gloomy expression on weekdays.

He does everything without rush or rush, and he can do everything she orders properly, even if she doesn't order him, he can think of it and then do it properly.In addition to being ruthless and cold, and not very good at saying auspicious words, his ability to handle affairs is outstanding.This is also the reason why she still wanted to promote him to be the chief executive when she obviously didn't like his words and demeanor.

The sharp blade in your hand, even if you don't like the blood stains on it, you still have to use it to clear some obstacles blocking the way. This is the same reason.

At that time, Qin Shu never saw any panic, even if he took her to escape from Ci'an Palace in the end, knowing that he would die if he went there, he didn't see any panic.Liu Qingtang really finds it strange that such a Qin Shu really admires her?Would Qin Shu like this really love someone?
He hid his thoughts so well, if it wasn't for what happened at that time, maybe even decades later, she wouldn't be able to detect his affection.

It's strange to say that in the education she received since she was a child, if a eunuch with a different status from her had such feelings for her, she should feel offended, or at least somewhat disgusted, after all, class The gap cannot be bridged.

But ever since she knew Qin Shu's thoughts, she never felt disgusted for a moment, more of it was unbelievable and some strange emotions that could not be explained clearly.Or she is not a person who follows the principles of ethics in her bones.

"Qin Shu, are you afraid of Aijia?" Liu Qingtang found herself happy seeing Qin Shu's nervous expression, so she couldn't help leaning closer and whispering in his ear.Sure enough, seeing Qin Shu's hand clenched again, he stammered and replied: "Slave, I dare not, the empress dowager has a noble status..."

Speaking of this, Qin Shu choked up, because Liu Qingtang suddenly reached out to touch his Adam's apple, and the rest of his words were choked in his throat and he couldn't spit it out.

Qin Shushi never thought that one day, his master, who never dared to blaspheme in his heart, would take the initiative to approach him, and still, would still be willing to touch him, it was like a dream.At this moment, Qin Shu really doubted whether he was in a dream now.

"Why don't you continue talking?" Liu Qingtang withdrew her hand and leaned on the pillow, looking sideways at him.

Qin Shu's face suddenly turned pale.In front of the master, no matter what she did, he had to flatter her, but his gaffe just now was enough to be punished several times.Just as he was about to kowtow again to plead guilty, the empress dowager, who had always been frank and indifferent to others, slowly raised the corners of her mouth and smiled at him.

That smile is like peach blossoms in March, which bloom like clouds and fog in a gust of spring breeze, dazzled people's eyes.

"From today onwards, you will be the eunuch of the Ai family." Liu Qingtang looked at the light through the window, and stopped talking, "It's getting late, you go down first."

Qin Shu thanked him, and exited the warm room still in the mist.As soon as he went out, the clear autumn wind in the yard rushed towards him, but he didn't feel the coldness at all. The place where the empress dowager touched his neck seemed to be burned by fire.

He stroked that place lightly, his eyes were full of waves, and then he was pressed down again.Pulling his sleeves, he returned to his usual gloomy expression, lowered his eyebrows and walked towards his residence.

He will work harder to climb up, and one day, he will stand closer to this person.Qin Shu's hands in his sleeves suddenly clenched into fists.

(End of this chapter)