Eunuch's Declaration of Loyalty

Chapter 59

Xiao Huaixu stood on the shore for a while, then quickly collected his expression, and called out with a smile, "Mother?"

Liu Qingtang paused in the movement of paddling water, reached out to remove the lotus leaf covering her face, sat up and stroked her sleepy hair, and then looked at Xiao Huaixu. "Why did it come so suddenly, and you didn't ask someone to say it first, so that Aijia can ask someone to welcome you."

Xiao Huaixu lowered his head and smiled, even if she put on that green dress again, she still looks like the Queen Mother, that's fine. "How dare you bother the queen mother." He said, stepping towards the ferry where the boat was tied, and got off the boat along the ladder.

The boat swayed a bit, making ripples in circles.Xiao Huaixu was sitting opposite Liu Qingtang, with an innocent and gentle smile on his face, he said: "My mother is living a happy life here, but there are still many things waiting for my mother to decide in court. When is my mother planning to go back?"

Liu Qingtang rolled up his sleeves and washed his hands in the water. Looking at the red glow reflected on the water, he also smiled and said, "That's the emperor's business. The emperor is not young anymore. Why do he still look to his mother for everything like when he was a child?" It was rather affectionate, but Liu Qingtang said it without any emotion.

"Huaixu can't do without a queen mother." Compared with Liu Qingtang's undisguised alienation, the intimacy and admiration on Xiao Huaixu's face seemed much more real, no matter whether it was true or not, he had always done this very well.

After hearing this, Liu Qingtang just smiled and didn't speak.Can't do without her?He was merciless when he killed her.

After a while of silence, Xiao Huaixu said again: "Mother, when I came here, I heard that King Chun...the emperor's brother lives in the residence of Imperial Physician Yang. Although the emperor's brother is a bit...special, it is not in accordance with etiquette after all."

It turned out that it was for this matter, Liu Qingtang understood it all at once.I thought he could really sit on the Diaoyutai, so I couldn't help but try it out.With such mockery in her heart, of course Liu Qingtang wouldn't show it on her face. When she didn't want people to see her thoughts, no one would know what she really thought. It's just that she doesn't have any scruples most of the time.

"Prince Chun is like that, how can the slaves take good care of him? Concubine Lian asked me to arrange personal care for Prince Chun before she passed away. It happened that Imperial Physician Yang went to see Concubine Lian for a period of time, and got along with Prince Chun for a while. I don't think there is anyone who is more suitable to take care of King Chun than him. As for the incompatibility of etiquette, etiquette is a matter of human decision, so there must be omissions. How can the situation of King Chun be generalized? I am familiar with him, I am also relieved of his behavior, it is most appropriate for King Chun to take care of him."

When Xiao Huaixu heard Liu Qingtang say this, he understood that she was not going to give in.It's just that he often wonders why his aunt, who originally cared about him, has become more and more alienated towards him.Both Wang and Feng said that she was not willing to hand over the court that had been in operation for so many years to him, and she did not want to hold all the rights in her hands through an emperor like him. Began to alienate him and express dissatisfaction with him.

Xiao Huaixu himself guessed that perhaps Liu Qingtang had sensed his intentions to be unfavorable to the Liu family.If this is the case, it is not surprising that she would suddenly change her attitude. After all, what she cares about most is her relatives, and isn't it just because she is her sister's child that she takes care of him.

In his heart, he didn't want to believe what Wang and Feng said. After getting along for so many years, Xiao Huaixu thought that he knew very well what kind of person Liu Qingtang was, and she would not have such ambitions.

It's just that his father taught him one thing back then, there is no absolute in everything, and people's hearts are changeable.Will Liu Qingtang do the same when she changes her mind in a leisurely way?Xiao Huaixu couldn't be sure.

Seeing that Xiao Huaixu was silent, Liu Qingtang didn't care about him, and continued on his own: "The younger sister of Imperial Physician Yang's family was brought back from her hometown in Luyang, and they were childhood sweethearts with me. I haven't seen it. Now she is back in Yujing to be married, and Doctor Yang came to me last time to ask for an order, thinking of marrying my sister to King Chun. Although King Chun is a prince, he is not easy to be casual in his situation. Point out a concubine to him. As for Yang Sujin, although her body is a little weaker, the Yang family has a strict family style, and the imperial doctor Yang is humble and polite. I think my younger sister has grown up to be a well-educated lady. I think this is a good marriage. "

Xiao Huaixu originally cared about whether Liu Qingtang could really use Xiao Huai and that idiot to replace his thoughts, but now hearing her talking about Yang Sushu in a familiar tone, her words were full of praise and appreciation, and she couldn't help but feel a little strange in her heart, and her thoughts All of a sudden, it turned to Yang Sushu.

So Yang Sushu is really that good?Xiao Huaixu had met the imperial physician Yang Sushu before, although he was very handsome, he was really too feminine.Moreover, foreign ministers wanted to avoid suspicion with the harem, and Liu Qingtang never talked to him about Yang Sushu.So he only remembered that Yang Sushu was indeed Liu Qingtang's childhood sweetheart, and didn't think much about the rest.

Following the matter of King Chun, Yang Sushu, a low-key person, was brought up again and again, and the rumors in Yujing City that Yang Sushu was the empress dowager's male favourite, became more and more intense among the officials.As the rumors became more intense, they must not be groundless, Xiao Huaixu also began to doubt when he heard it.

He used to think that Liu Qingtang was full of relatives and the people of the country, and no one else could make her pay attention to him, so he would never fall in love with anyone, but now he suddenly noticed something strange.Liu Qingtang's current changes may be because of something, or because of someone.

Could that person be Yang Sushu?
If Liu Qingtang really likes Yang Sushu, then he will find a chance to get rid of him. He is just a little imperial doctor in the imperial hospital. How could Liu Qingtang like such a person.Xiao Huaixu thought about it for granted, and after realizing what he was thinking, he was startled by this sudden thought.Why should he care what kind of person Liu Qingtang likes? After all, she is just his aunt, and whoever she likes has nothing to do with him.

Xiao Huaixu was at a loss for a moment.In the end, it can only be attributed to being too anxious and confused in the recent period.But then he remembered that the reason why he was anxious seemed to be because Liu Qingtang didn't treat him as kindly as before.

Why on earth did he care so much about Liu Qingtang?He hopes that she cares about him, that she only sees him, that she treats him the same as before, that she...don't treat him as a nephew.Following the thoughts in his heart, Xiao Huaixu finally came up with these answers.This almost instantly reminded him of his father's morbid possessiveness towards his mother, and his face suddenly became extremely ugly.

Liu Qingtang had been paying attention to Xiao Huaixu's expression all the time. Seeing his serious face now, she thought he had an opinion on what she said about the pure prince Yang Sujin, so she said, "Maybe the emperor has any opinions?"

Xiao Huaixu was startled, and when he came back to his senses, he forced his lips together, "It's fine if the mother thinks it's okay, and the son doesn't have any objections."

"Then it's decided." Liu Qingtang stood up and prepared to go ashore after finishing speaking.Seeing him like that, she suddenly felt a little annoyed. In this life, perhaps only on the day Xiao Huaixu died, would her knot about the emperor's nephew be resolved.

After only taking two steps, Liu Qingtang's foot became unsteady, and she crooked and fell into the lake.Xiao Huaixu was a few steps away from her. Seeing her fall into the lake at this time, he rushed over to catch her without thinking.It's a pity that the boat bumped so badly with this movement, Xiao Huaixu himself couldn't stand still, and the two of them fell into the lake together.

Liu Qingtang can swim, but Xiao Huaixu can't, he is even a little afraid of water.When Liu Qingtang first entered the palace, she played tricks on him, rowed him to the center of the lake, and threatened to throw him down if she didn't listen to her in the future. At that time, Xiao Huaixu's face turned pale with fright.

Now, Xiao Huaixu was waving his hands and struggling in the water, and couldn't hold on after a while.Liu Qingtang was stunned for a while and suddenly smiled wryly, before Xiao Huaixu fainted, he grabbed him and pulled him out of the water.

Sometimes, she herself didn't understand whether she wanted him to die or didn't want him to die.

When Qin Shu heard the news that the empress dowager had fallen into the water and hurried over, Liu Qingtang had already changed her clothes and was sitting in front of the mirror for someone to brush her hair.

Qin Shu lost his temper in front of Liu Qingtang for the first time, and of course it was not to her.His face was cold, and his speech seemed to be filled with ice. He scanned the circle of palace servants below, "Who is on duty around there today?"

A court lady and two eunuchs stood up tremblingly, their faces pale.They were all palace servants who were originally resident in Yushui Villa. They had heard of Qin Shu's notoriety but had never seen it. After all, he didn't appear to be very vicious these days except that he didn't speak much.But at this moment, he was swept away by his eyes, and remembered what other palace people from Yujing City had said, and was so frightened that he couldn't stand still.

When Qin Shu saw that the three people who stood up were clean, obviously they had never been in the water, and his face became even more ugly. Could it be that these people let the empress dowager go ashore by themselves?

"Where were you when the master fell into the water?"

The three knelt there and kowtowed, unable to say anything, they just sobbed and begged for mercy.These days, the empress dowager would go to Xiaozhou to take a nap every day. Nothing happened to them, so they would be lazy from time to time. Unexpectedly, something happened today. When they found out the movement over there, the empress dowager was gone Pulled the emperor ashore.Conscious that they did not end well, the three kowtowed and cried.

Qin Shu didn't care about that much, and after he figured it out, he asked people to drag them down for disposal.How to deal with it is self-evident, this kind of thing is very common in the palace, an ordinary servant will lose his life if he doesn't take good care of his master.Few people would care about the lives of such ordinary little slaves. Even Liu Qingtang, who was kind at the beginning and cared about an injured eunuch by the side of the road, is now used to these things, and will not say much about Qin Shu's handling One sentence.

If Qin Shu at that time met Liu Qingtang today, it might be a completely different situation.It's just that they were lucky to meet at the most correct time, and they were lucky to do it again.

After everyone else retreated, Qin Shu stepped forward and hugged Liu Qingtang tightly in his arms, and let out a deep breath.

Liu Qingtang leaned on his shoulder, patted his back comfortingly, and suddenly said in a low voice: "Qin Shu, one day, I might not be able to help but kill Xiao Huaixu."

"I'll help you." Qin Shu just tightened his arms holding her tightly and said without hesitation.

(End of this chapter)