Eunuch's Declaration of Loyalty

Chapter 3

"My queen please be safe."

After breakfast, the little emperor came to Ci'an Palace to pay his respects.He walked to the couch, and said respectfully to Liu Qingtang who was frowned on the couch.Because the voice began to change, the voice was a little hoarse.

The emperor is only 12 years old now, he has not yet grown up, his stature is not very high, and he looks like a child.But in the royal family, children have always matured precociously, and at the age of 12, they are already full of eyes.I'm afraid that since this time in his previous life, he has already been wary of her and the Liu family.

The Liu family was arranged by her sister who is the queen to take care of the little emperor, in order to support him.The two first and assistant ministers in the cabinet were left by the previous emperor to teach his son. I am afraid that it is the two old people who reminded them not to let their Liu family grow bigger, so that the little emperor will become more and more prejudiced against them. As a result, the branch of the Liu family fell into his hands ten years later.

Speaking of which, the little emperor is the blood of their Liu family, her nephew, his father's grandson, how could they do anything against him.But later, after the emperor's nephew got the power in their hands, their Liu family ended up being ransacked and beheaded by the whole family.Conspiracy, no matter how serious the crime, I am afraid that when the child grows up in the future, he will not be willing to be restrained and suppressed by their relatives, so he will want to bring them down.

The emperor was young, and the government was almost controlled by their Liu family. Her father was more than strict, straightforward and merciless, and easily offended others. He even admonished the emperor in front of all officials for doing wrong. The psychology of everything.Unexpectedly, she, the emperor's nephew, was respectful on the surface, but hated them to death in her heart, and waited for the opportunity to punish them.

Years of diligent teaching, but successfully taught such an emperor, the birds are gone, and the good bow is hidden. It has always been the sorrow of a courtier.The fact that the Liu family has remained in favor with the emperors for several generations is no doubt because of their sincerity to the royal family, and the other is that they never marry the royal family, lest they be regarded as foreign relatives and be alienated and guarded by the emperor.

But her elder sister was devoted to the late emperor, regardless of her family's resistance to marrying into the royal family. The "great favor" she brought to the family as a queen once made her father shake his head and sigh. He would rather his daughter marry a normal life than the royal family.Because of this matter, the family was alienated from her elder sister for a time, and later her elder sister's life in the palace was not as beautiful as she had imagined, so she died unhappy, leaving behind a seven-year-old child.

Before she died, she begged her father to let her younger sister enter the palace to succeed the queen, just to prevent her son from being deceived by people who don't know the truth.The father agreed to pity her for her early death, and later, because the emperor's grandson's biological mother died early, he treated him as a junior in the family, but forgot that it was not only his grandson, but also the emperor.Those things that he thought were good for him were all regarded by the child as disrespectful to the emperor.Poor his father, who had been heartfelt to the royal family all his life, and loved this child for more than ten years, but in the end he was charged with treason and died in prison.

Thinking of all the things in the previous life, Liu Qingtang's mood was complicated. How could she not hate the emperor's nephew again in her rebirth.But in her previous life, she didn't have a son, so she loved this son who was actually a nephew in name.One of the family mottos of the Liu family is to be united and to love the younger generation, so she tried her best to protect the little emperor when there were affairs in the court, and she had to bear a lot of infamy for him.But in the eyes of the little emperor, she just wanted to claim power for herself.

"Mother, are you still not feeling well? Why didn't you call the imperial physician to see it?" Liu Qingtang's thoughts were interrupted by a slightly hoarse voice.

"Emperor, please sit down." Liu Qingtang put on a sleepy look, sat up from the couch, pressed her forehead and replied lightly: "The emperor need not worry, it's just that Qiuhan found some coolness, so it's good to have a crooked meeting. Those The imperial doctor, usually likes to prescribe dozens of bitter medicines for nothing, and I’m afraid I’ll have to take the bitter medicines for more than half a month after such a call.

The little emperor pursed his lips and smiled, and a dimple appeared on his face. The Liu family all had such a dimple when they smiled, and her nephew also inherited it.Liu Qingtang felt cold for a moment, and felt more and more tired.There is nothing wrong with my body, but I feel that I can't recover psychologically.

"Why is the queen mother still afraid of bitter medicine? The queen mother can solve any major affairs without frowning, but she can't be stumped by this bitter medicine." The little emperor smiled like a big sunny child, and changed his mind after speaking. She put on a serious expression and said: "If you are sick, you should take medicines. Otherwise, how can you recover from your own illness? In the past... I used to refuse to take medicine when I was sick, and my mother told me so."

The queen mother he mentioned in this sentence naturally refers to her elder sister, who sacrificed her younger sister's former empress for the sake of her son.

If he had heard him talk about his sister in a low way in the previous life, even if she didn't express anything on the face, she would love him a little more in her heart. After all, she is a nephew of a direct relative, even if she complains about her sister, there is still sisterhood.But now, she is indifferent.The little emperor often mentions his sister like this just to numb her and the Liu family. What he means is that he still thinks of his sister and the Liu family every day. In order to reassure her, who knows how sincere the little emperor is in his heart.

"The emperor is right, you always need medicine when you are sick, otherwise you will never get better if you cover it like this." Liu Qingtang fiddled with the jade bracelet on her hand and said, talking about medicine, but what is it actually referring to? , and only she understands.She always had to find a way to resolve her feelings about the little emperor.

"The queen mother didn't go to court today, but I brought you my son. The son is useless, and the queen mother is obviously in poor health. I really feel ashamed to bother the queen mother with these trivial matters. I really wish I could grow up soon and be the queen mother. Share some." The little emperor said that he looked like a good boy who was ashamed, and he really did a good job on the surface.

Liu Qingtang turned her head and looked at him steadily, until she found some discomfort in his eyes, and then said leisurely: "12 years old is not young, the emperor should also learn to handle political affairs, after all, the Ai family is only in charge of the government on your behalf , in the future when you grow up, it will be returned to you, and now you are still so dependent on your mother, how can the Ai family feel at ease."

After all, due to his age, he is still not very experienced. Hearing her words, the little emperor immediately felt a little uneasy, and said nonuo: "The queen mother is right, I..."

"Recently, there is no major event in the court. The emperor will take half of these papers and go back to approve them. Practice for a while. If you can't come back and talk to Aijia, or ask the two chief ministers of the cabinet for advice, that's all first. The emperor is a loyal minister chosen by the emperor, and he is trustworthy."

Hmph, those two so-called loyal ministers didn't think carefully, thinking of using the emperor's hand to bring down the Liu family in a grandiose manner, and seize power by themselves.This time, Liu Qingtang wants to see who can beat who.

Hearing what Liu Qingtang said, the little emperor immediately stopped with joy on his face, and said tentatively: "My son understands, if he doesn't, he thinks it's better to ask his grandfather for advice. After all, he is from his own family. He has always been experienced in doing things, and taught his son a lot..."

It's just that she doesn't have the airs of the emperor at all, and her own family is dependent on what she says, which makes her unwarranted. If you want to blame them, the Liu family is always unsuspecting of her family. Later, it was because of this encounter If you sin, you will learn a lesson.

How could Liu Qingtang lose to such a child? She was blindfolded by her so-called relatives before.

So when he heard him talking about Liu's father, Liu Qingtang looked at the little emperor, changed his address and said with a confiding expression: "Aunt knows that your child is a grandparent, but father is old after all, and he is powerless about many things. I can't stand the tiredness anymore. I used to force my body to do things because you were still young, but now you are old enough to know things, and it's time for my father to enjoy his old age. Besides, there is a villain in the court who always likes to take his relatives It's a pretense to talk about it, our Liu family has been loyal for hundreds of years, this infamy... I don't know how much my father cares about it."

"Good boy, Auntie knows that you are dependent on us, but we can't go beyond it. Too much is too late. My father and I are very satisfied with you, and we also think that we can retire after you can be alone. Now It's time, you can learn with peace of mind, and soon my aunt will be able to enjoy the happiness."

Who wouldn't make a big fuss about family affection.After the little emperor vowed that he would not let them down, and left Ci'an Palace with half of his money, Liu Qingtang leaned back on the couch and smiled softly.

Those villains who provoked the emperor and their Liu family to become more and more incompatible in her previous life, she will get rid of them step by step. As for her emperor's nephew, she will naturally take good care of her in the palm of her hand.There are many ways to control a person. She was her good nephew in her previous life, but this life is different. Don't think that she will soften her heart.

If the little emperor still has the idea of ​​destroying their Liu family in this life, she will first let him taste what regret is. Of course, it is best to live in peace. I just hope that he will not let her really disregard the blood relationship. .

Breathing out a foul breath, Liu Qingtang pressed the bridge of his nose and turned over the pile of papers on the table.They are all the groans of the ministers of the DPRK and China, loud and noisy.Throwing down the booklet, Liu Qingtang said to Sui Yi, who was standing beside her, "Go ask Ai's family for a doctor to take a look."

"Yes, the Empress Dowager."

By the time the imperial physician had seen and prescribed some medicines for recuperating the body, it was already Sichu.Usually, this is the time when Liu Qingtang critiques the papers. For more than ten years in her previous life, she was used to critiquing the papers by herself.She likes to think about things quietly by herself during this time, so she doesn't like to be surrounded by people.But in the morning, she personally ordered Qin Shu to be the eunuch of Bingbi to serve her pen and ink.It was the first time in more than ten years that there was a eunuch holding a pen, which aroused Liu Qingtang's interest.

"Send someone to call Qin Shu to wait on him."

"Going back to the Empress Dowager, just now when the slaves sent the imperial doctor out, they saw Eunuch Qin waiting outside the door. I think they also know that the Empress is going to criticize the son at this moment, so she is in a hurry to serve." Zhui Yi laughed and asked the little maid to pass it on. .

Zhuiyi and Taoye are the big maids of Ci'an Palace, one is in charge of internal affairs and the other is in charge of foreign affairs, they are the maids who are useful in front of her, and they are closer to her when talking to ordinary people.Liu Qingtang has always known that the two of them are sincere, and has always treated them differently. After being their protector in the previous life, now she thinks more of them in her heart.So after listening to Zhui Yi's words, Liu Qingtang also said: "Qin Shu is good, take care of him more in the future."

This is a reminder, Zhuiyi has won the trust, knowing what attitude should be towards Qin Shu who is suddenly favored by his master, so he calms down and talks to Liu Qingtang some interesting things with a smile to relieve her boredom.

Liu Qingtang responded a few times, hearing Zhui Yi's soothing and gentle tone and lovable smiling face, she unexpectedly thought of Qin Shu again, with a completely opposite unflattering personality and voice.After coming back from this rebirth, she would suddenly think of Qin Shu from time to time.If the little emperor is one of her knots, then another knot is this Qin Shu. He has brought too much impact on her, and she cannot ignore it.

"Greetings, Empress Dowager."

As soon as he thought this person would arrive, Suiyi stopped speaking wisely and left.Sitting in front of the desk, Liu Qingtang looked up at Qin Shu's always drooping face, pointed to the inkstone and said, "Go forward and grind the ink."

"Yes." The servants in the palace also have a lot of attention to walking. They can't walk too fast, or they will lose their demeanor; they can't be too slow, or they will cause trouble; they can't be too heavy or too light, otherwise they will disturb the nobles. It is noticeable without being obtrusive.Qin Shu is the most particular about these etiquettes, and he has never been able to show any mistakes.

Liu Qingtang never paid attention to these things at first, but now she feels that Qin Shu is full of fun. Thinking of Qin Shu who was forced to be nervous by herself this morning, Liu Qingtang's heart suddenly moved, and she stretched out her hand to cover Qin Shu's hand holding Mo Bing, her face paled. Changed and said: "You may have never done this, Aijia will teach you first."

After finishing speaking, he felt that the hand and the arm under him were stiff. After a burst of interest in Liu Qingtang's heart, he suddenly felt that he was a bit like the evil masters in the story books who forcibly occupied the slaves around him.

(End of this chapter)