Eunuch's Declaration of Loyalty

Chapter 27

"Lian Qiao, I'm sorry for you." Concubine Lian said with a look of shame on her face. "You have taken care of our mother and child for so many years, and I actually wanted you to commit yourself to an eunuch for Huai Yu. But I really have no choice. In this palace, you are the only one I can trust with confidence."

"Toffee Concubine, don't say that, even Qiao's life was saved by you, and it is right to do things for you." Lian Qiao was held by Concubine Lian, and said softly with no expression on his face: "Besides, this palace There are also many maids and eunuchs in the palace...become enemies, slaves and servants will not be hindered."

Those court ladies had no hope of going out of the palace, and they didn't want to spend their entire lives alone in the palace, so they went to the handicapped eunuchs to make counterfeeds.But Lian Qiao could have gone out of the palace with her, if she gave her body to that kind of person now, it would be difficult to find a clean and good family in the future... Thinking about it, Concubine Lian couldn't help feeling even more guilty.

After a long silence, Concubine Lian held her hand tightly and said, "I am running out of time. If the Empress Dowager can let us go back to Yangzizhou and stay away from this complicated Yujing. At that time, I will decide to let you be Huaiyu's side person, accompany him and give birth to a child for him, and I will feel relieved."

Even so, who knows if she will be able to leave by then.Besides, if she really gave her body to someone else, how could she stay by the second prince's side with peace of mind in the future.Such a pure-minded person, she only dared to look at him from a distance, let alone at that time.

Lian Qiao felt bitter in his heart, but he still wanted to say with a grateful look on his face: "The concubine is so kind, this servant will keep it in mind, and I will definitely live up to the concubine's expectations. The second prince... the servant will definitely take care of the second prince."

Concubine Lian seemed to feel better in her heart, and there was some hope in her distressed eyes, "I saw that the Empress Dowager has a lot of trust in that Eunuch Qin today, so there may be a real chance of going to him for this matter. We will leave here at that time , go back to Yangzizhou and entrust the second prince to his uncle, so I don't have to worry about the second prince being bullied after I go."

Concubine Lian covered her mouth and coughed a few times, then comforted Lian Qiao in a low voice and said, "I'll go back to Qinghuai Hall to wait for your news."

Standing in the boundless night, Lian Qiao smiled wryly as she watched Concubine Lian's back gradually walking away.

If this matter is really as simple as the concubine thinks, I'm afraid the empress dowager has other plans in mind.That Eunuch Qin is the most popular person around the empress dowager recently, but really, he is just a slave like her. Even if she has taken care of the empress dowager and the second prince for so many years, if there is anything wrong with it, the empress dowager would just say sacrifice. Are you going to sacrifice? How can you care about so much?She was afraid that even if she found Eunuch Qin, their struggle would be nothing more than a bamboo basket to fetch water.

The reverberation of the New Year's firecrackers could still be faintly heard through the palace wall, Lian Qiao listened to this sound, stood silently in the porch and wrapped his arms around her.

Qin Shu took the cloak that the Empress Dowager had left behind in the Pavilion of Ending Sui, and was stopped when he reached a winding corridor.

"Eunuch Qin." The maid came out from the shadow, looking familiar.

Qin Shu thought for a while and then said, "The one next to Concubine Lian?"

"The servant girl is Lian Qiao, the palace maid of Qinghuai Palace. The concubine asked the servant girl to ask Eunuch Qin about something."

"If there is anything wrong with Concubine Lian, you can go to the Empress Dowager to report it. I definitely didn't let the servant girl come and talk to me." Qin Shu didn't intend to listen to the maid in front of him, so he replied lightly. want to go.The empress dowager is still waiting for the cloak in the front hall, it's not good to keep her waiting.

Seeing Qin Shu's expression of not wanting to listen, Lian Qiao hurriedly pulled his sleeve: "Eunuch Qin, you are a popular person around the empress dowager, and the empress dowager Lian just wants to ask you to mention it before the empress dowager." She and the second prince returned to Yangzi Prefecture. Regardless of success or failure, the concubine and the second prince will remember your kindness..."

Qin Shu shook off Lian Qiao's anxious hand, and said coldly: "The empress dowager's decision can only be questioned by me as a slave. I'm afraid that the concubine Lian has become ill and confused recently. Since the empress dowager wants to connect The concubine and the second prince stayed in Yujing, so they can only be grateful for Dade's acceptance, and there is no reason behind the dissatisfaction, if the empress dowager finds out about this behavior, the empress dowager will probably not like it."

Even Qiao felt cold from those cold eyes, and couldn't get out the words after several rounds of his mouth.If it is true, it cannot be undone.As long as he thinks that in the future, he will be abused, beaten and scolded like those court ladies who are treated as opponents by some powerful eunuchs, Lian Qiao hesitates.

You must know that most of the eunuchs have become a bit cruel because of their physical disabilities, and they can only find these court ladies who are opposite to them if they want to vent their anger.It would be fine if they had the same identities, just as a companion, but for a maid of low status like her, if she wants to ask the celebrity in front of her master to do things, what is waiting for her is probably the end of being abused.

She had also seen this Eunuch Qin before. He always had a gloomy face and seemed very difficult to speak.It's just that there is no intersection, so I didn't care about it. I didn't expect this to happen now.Compared with those eunuchs who were smiling on the surface, but who tortured people endlessly, this Eunuch Qin, who made her feel a little scared just looking at him, was probably even more vicious.

But no matter how timid she was, thinking of the second prince, whom she had kept in her heart for so long but dared not touch at all, for his future, Lian Qiao still spoke eagerly: "If father-in-law can help this, slave... The slaves are willing to serve the father-in-law..."

After finishing speaking, she nervously looked at the expression of the person in front of her, but was instantly pierced by that disgusted look on her face.There was a tremor in my heart, and I was so embarrassed that I didn't know what to do.

Qin Shu didn't give her any more time to react, he glanced at her indifferently and walked away from her.

But after walking a few steps and passing the corner, Qin Shu saw the empress dowager standing there, Taoye and Zhuiyi standing in the corridor farther away, with their heads bowed and no one dared to make a sound.

Qin Shu's heart skipped a beat, and he didn't dare to go forward.The empress dowager was standing in a clever position, not far from the place where he was talking to the court lady just now, so she should be able to hear their conversation.Qin Shu was taken aback, and subconsciously began to recall whether he had said something wrong just now.But obviously he thought about it and found that he didn't say anything that would make the empress dowager angry, so he still felt flustered.

Qin Shu took a step forward before he could speak, and was left behind by him. Lian Qiao, who didn't see the situation around the corner, gritted his teeth and hurriedly chased after him, saying, "Eunuch Qin, please show kindness to the empress dowager." In a few words, as long as the servants can give you...the queen mother...the empress..."

Even before Qiao finished speaking, seeing Liu Qingtang standing there, her face turned pale, her knees softened and she knelt down and said, "If you offend the empress dowager, this servant deserves to die."

Liu Qingtang withdrew her gaze from looking at the sky, and turned to look at Qin Shu who was standing there, obviously doing nothing wrong but making people feel a little nervous.Seeing that he wanted to say something to her, but didn't know whether he should go forward, the inexplicable gloom in his heart dissipated a little.

Then casually glanced at Lian Qiao who was kneeling on the ground, Liu Qingtang suddenly said: "Even the concubine has stayed in the palace for so long, I never thought she would be so incapable of training people."

"Go back and tell your master, if you are dissatisfied with the Ai family's edict, come and say it in person in front of the Ai family." After Liu Qingtang finished speaking, Lian Qiao knelt there trembling and almost fell to the ground, turned around and left with a flick of her sleeves.

Taoye and Zhuiyi hurriedly followed behind with a group of court ladies and eunuchs, Qin Shu also caught up with his cloak and frowning.

It was midnight at this time, a few eunuchs carrying lanterns walked ahead, and a group of people returned to Ci'an Palace silently in the thick night.

All the way to the inner hall, only Taoye Zhuiyi and Qin Shu were left behind Liu Qingtang.

"Qin Shu, come in." After leaving these words, Liu Qingtang walked into the bedroom without looking back.

"Master just stood there and listened for a long time." Zhui Yi took the opportunity to remind in a low voice.Although they didn't know what Qin Shu and Na Lianqiao had said, they could tell that the master was a little angry.Qin Shu felt even more disturbed after hearing these words, nodded to her, and hurriedly chased Liu Qingtang with his robe.

Liu Qingtang sat on the chair, saw him coming in and asked, "Qin Shu, do you know your mistake?"

Without even thinking about it, Qin Shu knelt down and said, "I know my mistake, please punish me."

Seeing him like this, Liu Qingtang couldn't take it anymore.He wanted to get him up, but felt that the breath that was suffocated in his heart appeared inexplicably, so he could only turn his head and keep pouring the cold tea on the table.

"Your Majesty, drinking cold tea is not good for your health, it's not as good as a servant..."

"You still have the mind to talk to me, go, kneel on the bed." She didn't let him kneel, and knelt on the ground without saying a word, couldn't he feel the cold and hard.Liu Qingtang put down the cup with a thump, and pointed to the bed.

Qin Shu was still holding Liu Qingtang's cloak in his hand. Hearing what she said, he patted his clothes and took off his shoes, and climbed onto the bed without saying a word and knelt down.

For Qin Shu, if she meant that she didn't want to talk to him, he would never say anything more.Although it is not easy to be annoying, she still wants to hear what he has to say now.

Liu Qingtang drank a few cups of tea, while slandering Qin Shu, while reflecting on why she was suddenly so angry just now.

It seems that when the court lady said she was willing to serve Qin Shu with her body, she wanted to sneer when she heard it.Qin Shu's last life was hers, and this life is even more hers, no one can covet it.Besides, how could such a little court lady say such words to Qin Shu in such a reluctant tone? How could her Qin Shu be imagined by anyone other than her? It was ridiculous and hateful.

"Taoye." The more Liu Qingtang thought about it, the more dissatisfied she became, and she raised her voice to call in Taoye.

"Yes, master."

"You send people to Qinghuai Hall and tell Concubine Lian that Aijia thinks the fifteenth day of the first lunar month is a good day to leave the palace, and ask her to prepare to leave the palace with the second prince to the newly built pure palace. That maid, just You don't need to go out of the palace, just stay in Qinghuai Palace and guard it well." Liu Qingtang finished giving her orders in one go, and only then did she feel a little angry when she saw Taoye took the order and left.

But when he thought about Liu Qingtang, he felt something was wrong. Could it be that she was...jealous in this situation of being angry with a little maid?It seems that this plot was staged not long ago, when she was still amused by Qin Shu's jealousy, but it turned out to be her turn so soon?
This kind of mood that I think is unreasonable even when I think about it... Liu Qingtang was silent for a moment, stood up and walked to the bed.She pulled back the pillow, took out a pair of sleeves from underneath and threw them into Qin Shu's hands, saying lightly, "Qin Shu, you go back and rest."

Qin Shu was not afraid of the empress dowager beating and scolding him, but was terrified of her being so silent.There, he still cared about the things that were thrown over his hands, and said anxiously in his eyes: "Your Majesty, are you still angry? If your Majesty is still angry, it doesn't matter how you punish the servant."

Liu Qingtang, who just realized that she was jealous and became angry from embarrassment, didn't say anything to him, and kicked him out of the dormitory directly.

Qin Shu held his sleeves and stood in the outer hall in a daze, thinking about what he did wrong today to make the empress dowager unhappy, Taoye and Zhuiyi came over.

"Master has been making this cuff for a long time, and I didn't expect to bring it out to you today." Tao Ye said in a low voice, taking a peek at the direction of the inner hall.

"Sleeves?" Qin Shu came back to his senses for a moment, and then he noticed the sleeves in his hands, and murmured in disbelief, "This is made by the empress dowager?"

"That's right, the master pricked a few fingers in order to make this sleeve." Zhui Yi also sighed beside him.

"The empress dowager, you did it for the servants..." Qin Shu repeated, with an indescribable expression on his face.

In the end, the two watched Qin Shu walk back to his residence with fluttering feet, and then the next day, because Eunuch Qin fell back with a lantern and returned with a bag on his head, Taoye and Zhuiyi couldn't help but love each other. Wang laughed.

(End of this chapter)