Eunuch's Declaration of Loyalty

Chapter 41

Liu Qingtang hadn't seen Qin Shu for four days, and although he didn't say anything, everyone who served him could see the displeasure on his face.

After Liu Qingtang casually threw another wrecked ball of paper on the ground, Sui Yi and Tao Ye in the outer room looked at each other, feeling that the master could not go on like this.Even if their master is angry, he is unwilling to lose his temper for no reason, but it will be even more uncomfortable if he holds it back.

Whoever started the fire will naturally have to put it out.So after discussing with Taoye and Taoye, Taoye went to find Qin Shu.Firstly, to relieve the master's lovesickness, and secondly, to rescue the servants serving in Ci'an Palace, no matter whether it is a young maid or a young eunuch, seeing the master's unexpected expression in the past two days is trembling.

When Tao Ye found Qin Shu, Qin Shu was flipping through the various expenditures of the Ci'an Palace in the past, and the booklet recording the number of servants serving everywhere.With his head down, he turned the pages of the paper with one hand, and took a brush with the other hand to write a few strokes on the blank paper from time to time. There was already a thick pile of filled paper books beside him.

Surrounded by a few eunuchs, they were all small stewards under the Ci'an Palace, and handed over the management records to Qin Shu.Taoye was the maid who served the Empress Dowager, and she was also her confidant. In this Palace of Ci'an, even the chief steward would not dare to be negligent. Seeing Taoye coming, these little stewards immediately put down what they were doing.

Tao Ye smiled and let them continue to do what they were doing, and then signaled Qin Shu to go outside and talk.

Qin Shu probably hadn't rested for a few days, his face was tired and his lips were a little pale, but his eyes were sober, and he looked lingeringly cold.Taoye is also used to Qin Shu's gloomyness. Anyway, except when he gets along with the master, he will be like a normal person who is quieter. As long as he is not in front of the master, he will always look so sinister and not talkative.

"But what are your orders?" Qin Shu stood under the eaves, his face was translucent white under the sun.

Tao Ye looked him up and down, and felt that this haggard look was really good, if the master saw it, he would calm down immediately and nothing would happen, the master is such a person who is so soft to the people he cares about.

"Master, these two days have been very difficult." Tao Ye said seriously with a straight face on purpose.

Sure enough, Qin Shu became worried as soon as he heard it. Although his face didn't change much, his eyes were already a little anxious, and he couldn't help asking immediately, "What's wrong with your mother?"

"Your Majesty has been a bit sleepy for the past two days. She doesn't like food. We don't know the reason and we won't listen to you. I discussed with my sister and told you to go and see what's wrong with the master. Maybe the master will listen to what you say. A little." Taoye purposely spoke vaguely and exaggerated the matter, then watched Qin Shu leave in a hurry, rubbed her nose and smiled.

Liu Qingtang was angry that Qin Shu didn't come to see her these two days, and her stomach was full of anger. When she saw Qin Shu again, she subconsciously prepared to say, "I haven't seen me for four days, Qin Shu, you may be patient."But just as Taoye guessed, when he saw Qin Shu's tired expression, as if he had lost some weight, the words stuck in his throat and he couldn't say anything.

After thinking about it, he was about to say, "Qin Shu, are you so busy that you don't have time to come and see me?" When the words came to his lips, he felt that his tone was still a bit rushed, so he swallowed it back, but in the end, he was pulling him with worry and concern He said: "Qin Shu, are you tired these few days? It's okay to take things slowly. You can't learn them well in a day or two. You have to pay attention to your body."

"No, slave... I don't have anything. It's just that your mother has been unwell for the past two days?" Qin Shu, who hurried over, saw the queen mother who had been thinking about it for four days standing in front of her. Let go of my heart.Tao Ye said it was serious, and it was even more serious in his eyes. All the way, he wondered whether the mother was in poor health, or she suddenly became sad like on New Year's Eve, where she was sitting alone.Although he is not very good at comforting her, it is good to be with her.

"It's not that I'm uncomfortable, I just miss you." Liu Qingtang thought it was difficult to say this, because she had been troubled by this matter for two days, but she didn't expect that at this time, she just looked at Qin Shu with worried eyes. Looking at her directly, he said it naturally.

Even though Su Shu told her when she came last time that she should be honest if she thought about Qin Shu, it seemed that since she explained the relationship clearly, she was even more restrained than before.For the past two days, she has been thinking that even if she misses Qin Shu, she will not be able to say it, and she is going to learn from the ancients to pass on the letter, and it is always easier to write those words on paper.However, no matter how I wrote it, I felt that it was not good, and the writing was broken a lot.I didn't expect that today, I would say it so easily.

"I also miss...Qingtang." Qin Shu was still a little embarrassed, but Liu Qingtang could see that he was very happy, so Liu Qingtang also felt his depression disappear instantly, and a smile appeared on his face.The two of them had a majestic queen mother and a newly appointed deputy manager who was swift and resolute, so they looked at each other happily for some reason for some reason.

In the end, Liu Qingtang felt that the two of them were so stupid, and took Qin Shu outside to bask in the sun. The sun is not strong at this time of year, and it is easy to get sleepy when it is warm on people. "Don't be too busy today, just take a nap with me, and I have to let you go out of the palace to the Chunwang Mansion in the afternoon."

To vacate a quiet place in the backyard, Zhui Yi had already taken away several serving palace servants.Liu Qingtang let Qin Shu sleep in the rocking chair she used to sleep in, while she sat beside her.

"Don't look at me, sleep with your eyes closed." Liu Qingtang glanced at Qin Shu and said.Qin Shu then with difficulty retracted his gaze from her body, and closed his eyes according to his words.

Liu Qingtang stared at Qin Shu's sleeping face with her chin in one hand for a while, then suddenly stretched out her hand to cover the back of Qin Shu's hand, and was gently held by his backhand.

"Not asleep yet?"

"...Hmm." Qin Shu opened his eyes, but he didn't let go of the hand he was holding. He looked at the flower hairpin on the Empress Dowager's head, which was much inferior to other hairpins, and was hesitant to speak. Youzhi finally asked: "Isn't your empress not liking the hairpin I gave you?"

Not liking why she had to wear it every day, Liu Qingtang immediately understood that the problem was the note with the word Shang Ke that she sent last time.Looking at Qin Shu like this, could it be that he has been caring about it for so many days?

Does this person understand what is going on in the girl's family? Isn't it normal for a girl to be duplicity?Liu Qingtang touched the hairpin on her head, and pinched Qin Shu's hand with a little force. "Are you stupid? I said it's okay and you thought I didn't like it."

Qin Shu's expression remained unchanged, only a pair of eyes looked at her with trust and firmness, and said, "I'll believe whatever your majesty says."

Liu Qingtang was stunned for a while, then turned around and said, "It's not Shang Ke, but I like it very much, this is the head office."

After finishing speaking, she urged: "Okay, okay, don't talk about it, you go to sleep, if you look at me like this again, I will kiss you in broad daylight."

Qin Shu closed his eyes subconsciously when he heard the words, but then he opened them again immediately, and continued to look at Liu Qingtang.Liu Qingtang blinked and raised her eyebrows, "You want me to kiss you so much?"

Qin Shu didn't speak, just looked at her.Liu Qingtang didn't hold back yet, she burst out laughing, and said wickedly: "If you want to kiss me, you can say it yourself. If you don't tell me, how will I know..." After all, Qin Shu couldn't compare with the empress dowager, and was caught by this sentence. Embarrassed by the words, all the courage he had worked up with great difficulty disappeared, and he closed his eyes after looking at Liu Qingtang for a few times, not knowing what to do.

Liu Qingtang didn't want to continue teasing him, but just wanted to let him rest for a while, so she leaned over and kissed Qin Shu on the cheek.

"have a good rest."

Qin Shu's eyelids twitched twice, and then he returned to calm. The hands they held were even tighter.

In the afternoon, Qin Shu led a group of people to the Pure Palace.

The servants of the Pure Prince's Mansion really didn't take the master here very seriously, no one was guarding the door, and when Qin Shu brought someone directly in, the servants heard the voice and ran out in a hurry when they reached the main hall.

Qin Shu didn't even look at him, and walked directly into the noisy hall, where he saw a dozen servants gathering to gamble, with melon peels and shells thrown all over the floor.Qin Shu turned his face to a eunuch with a bad face and said: "Guan Liu, these servants sent by the Ministry of Internal Affairs serve the master like this? It's nothing if the slaves who bully the master are killed with sticks, but the empress dowager is kind. , and would like to give them a chance.”

Speaking without waiting for Eunuch Liu, who was sent by the Ministry of Internal Affairs to check the situation together, he said to the group of inner court guards behind him: "Take all these servants outside and give them fifty rods. The slaves who also disregarded their guards were given a fifty-fifty cane."

Only then did the group of people in the hall realize that someone had come to punish them.I thought it was just a silly prince and dying concubine that no one cared about, so I didn't care too much. After all, it is normal for masters to be weak and slaves to bully. Who knows that these two masters are still protected by someone, aware of their end, Immediately, there was a burst of crying and confession in the hall.

It's just that these people were dragged out by the guards soon, and the crying gradually faded away.

Eunuch Liu from the House of Internal Affairs didn't look very good. After all, the servants of the Pure Prince's House were all appointed by the House of Internal Affairs. Although they knew about this situation, it was a common practice. Because of their relatives, they turned a blind eye.He didn't expect that a busy person like the Empress Dowager would be interested in taking care of Prince Chun and Concubine Lian's affairs.

"Deputy Manager Qin, I'm afraid it's not good to send these slaves away like this. After all, it depends on the master to beat the slaves. Now even the concubine and the pure prince are not here..."

"The empress dowager is willing to teach the slaves for the concubine and the prince. I'm afraid the two masters are very grateful." Qin Shu interrupted him lightly, "Besides, these slaves have been spared the death penalty. Eunuch Liu will receive the fifty sticks after the punishment is over. They will just go back. It’s just that this new slave has to be delivered quickly, if it’s still such an ignorant slave next time, the Empress Dowager will probably blame us for not being effective when she finds out.”

That's what they said, but both of them knew that if they were punished with fifty sticks, they would basically be dead, and there might not be one out of a dozen people who could survive.Eunuch Liu thought that what he would be able to bring back later would be a pile of corpses, and he couldn't help but think that this Deputy Chief Qin was really a ruthless person, but at this moment he couldn't say anything to the celebrity in front of the empress dowager. He could only force a smile on his face and said: "Deputy Manager Qin is right. Although the Empress Dowager spared the lives of these slaves with kindness, the Ministry of Internal Affairs will not tolerate other than this situation. These slaves will be treated well after they are brought back. lesson."

Eunuch Liu went to look at Qin Shu after he finished speaking, but he couldn't see his happiness or anger. He only felt that the person standing there with a calm expression was very scary.There are at least a hundred people serving in this mansion, and if they say that they are killed by sticks, they will be killed by sticks, without any emotion.

"I still want to visit Concubine Lian on behalf of the Empress Dowager, can Eunuch Liu go with me?"

After Eunuch Liu smirked with a stiff face and said that he was going to see the servants who were tortured by the stick to make a record, Qin Shu didn't force it, and took a few people to the inner courtyard by himself.Fortunately, there were still two or three servants who did not leave their posts without authorization, and led the way tremblingly in front of them.

Passing by the place where the cane was executed, most of the people who had been crying had lost their voices, and the blood on the bench dripped down on the ground, staining a large bluestone slab red.

Qin Shu didn't even blink, and asked the servant who was leading the way, whose legs were limp from fright, to walk towards the courtyard where Concubine Lian was with the wind on his feet.

When he got outside the yard, he smelled a smell of medicine first, and went in, but Qin Shu was surprised to see Yang Sushu inside.She was sitting on a small bench under the porch, holding a fan and gently fanning the medicine stove in front of her, while Chun Wang squatted beside her in a daze.

(End of this chapter)