Eunuch's Declaration of Loyalty

Chapter 83

Xiao Huaixu's face was pale and his expression was stunned. Looking at Liu Qingtang's indifferent and indifferent eyes, he suddenly broke into a stiff smile, and asked very softly, "You...knew it a long time ago?"

"Know what, those dirty thoughts of yours?" Liu Qingtang asked bluntly, his eyes piercing into Xiao Huaixu's heart like a sharp sword.

Hearing this, Xiao Huaixu staggered back two steps, with a complicated and embarrassed expression.But just for a moment, his eyes on Liu Qingtang turned into complete hatred and contempt. "You think I'm dirty, don't you yourself? It's really lonely in the deep palace and there is no way to relieve it. I can only find such a neither male nor female eunuch."

This was the first time that Xiao Huaixu spoke to Liu Qingtang in such a tone, and it made him feel sickly happy to slander the person he liked when he was young, as if saying this could really hurt the other party.As everyone knows, this kind of self is the most pathetic and pitiful.

"Oh, aren't you jealous of Qin Shu, because I love him, my nephew. And you, I'm afraid you don't even understand what love is." Liu Qingtang could not hide the coldness in her eyes as she listened to Xiao Huaixu's mouthful of slaves and eunuchs. Yi, said in a mocking tone: "Besides, even if there is no Qin Shu, I will never have any thoughts about you, because you make me feel disgusted. At first I thought you were different from your father, but then I realized , you Xiao family father and son are basically the same unreasonable."

Xiao Huaixu's eyes were red, he clutched his heaving chest and couldn't speak, staring at Liu Qingtang.Xiao Yuncheng, his father was an inextricable knot in his heart, the person he hated the most in his life, and Liu Qingtang's words just hit the darkest part of his heart.

Losing all reason, Xiao Huaixu pulled out the sword hanging on the wall as a decoration, and staggered towards Liu Qingtang, growling as he walked, "Why do you say that, why are you, it's you wrong!"

Liu Qingtang stood still, with a smile on her lips that she didn't know whether she was mocking others or self-deprecating.Before Xiao Huaixu got close, the eunuchs behind Liu Qingtang stepped forward and held him up. Those eunuchs had some kung fu, and when they knocked on Xiao Huaixu's wrist, the sword in his hand fell to the ground with a cold gleam. The one who was restrained couldn't move, even his mouth was covered.

Liu Qingtang didn't want to look at him more, and said directly: "Give him some medicine."

As soon as the words fell, the two maids came out with their heads down, carrying two bowls of soup and medicine, half kneeling beside Xiao Huaixu, about to feed him.Xiao Huaixu struggled violently immediately, he hadn't seen that dead slave go to die, he hadn't seen Liu Qingtang's pain and remorse, how could he be willing to die.

Seeing this, Liu Qingtang sneered and said, "This is not poison. I didn't want you to die now, but I just wanted you to be unable to speak and get out of bed and walk in the future." Compared with the poisonous wine he simply gave her in the previous life , isn't she very kind-hearted.

Time and time again, Xiao Huaixu challenged her bottom line, tried to kill Su Shu and Xiao Le'an several times, and even the Liu family's personal guards got mixed up with his people, trying to harm her father and brother.This time, seeing Qin Shu covered in blood and his life hanging by a thread, Liu Qingtang was no longer willing to tolerate his non-stop petty movements.

"Give it to me."

The two maids immediately sped up their movements, no matter how hard Xiao Huaixu struggled, the eunuchs suppressed him to death, and quickly poured down the two bowls of medicine.

Liu Qingtang watched coldly, seeing Xiao Huaixu wishing to kill her, and finally ordered all the palace people in Chang'an Palace to be transferred away, completely cutting off Xiao Huaixu's last hope.The waiters were replaced by the palace servants who had been trained by Qin Shu over the years, and he ordered that no one should be allowed to enter the Chang'an Palace. Liu Qingtang turned around and left without hesitation, as if she didn't want to stay here for a while.

After leaving Chang'an Palace, Liu Qingtang took a deep breath and walked towards the East Palace Gate with her head held high.

It is said that there are still more than a dozen old officials kneeling and unable to afford it, saying that they will not be able to afford it as long as the Empress Dowager Liu is alive.

The palace gate opened slowly, and a woman with a noble temperament and a beautiful face came out, which made the veterans who had been kneeling outside the palace gate for an hour suddenly excited as if they had seen something kill their father and enemy, and there was a woman who was on the spot He stood up tremblingly, pointed at Liu Qingtang and said loudly: "The Liu family should be punished for disrupting the country! Forcing to death the veterans of the two dynasties who were loyal to the Southern Dynasty and attempting to usurp the throne, it is really treasonous!"

"Back then, there were ulterior motives in supporting the young emperor! Over the years of controlling the government, we could only bow our heads and obey the young emperor because of the consideration of the emperor. Now you, Mrs. Liu, are under house arrest. Everyone knows about your wolfish ambitions. What else do you have to say now!"

"She is definitely not the only one. I think that the relatives of the Liu family already had the intention of treason, and I only regret that I didn't see it clearly sooner!"

Looking at all the courtiers who looked at death with righteousness, Liu Qingtang actually smiled.To put it nicely, in the final analysis, they did this kind of thing in order to maintain their own status.

These people used to follow Wang Shoufu, but now that Wang Shoufu has fallen, they may also be replaced. Liu Qingtang felt that they were an eyesore a long time ago, and they knew it themselves, so they wanted to preemptively strike and threatened with public opinion and reputation. she.

Hmph, did they really think she would be threatened?The appearance of dying and struggling, in Liu Qingtang's view, was just a ridiculous scene.

Regarding reputation, she has never had a good reputation, and she never cared what those rumors said about her, even if they hated her so much that they wanted to pull her down, apart from saying a few words like this, there was nothing wrong with her. no way?

"You guys care so much about the Southern Dynasty's country and society, really touched the Ai family. Since you keep saying sorry for the Nan Dynasty and the late emperor's entrustment, then the Ai family will fulfill your wish for you." Liu Qingtang glanced coldly at these people, and said :

"Since you don't want to see the Ai family, and you don't want to bow your head in court, then you will never see the Ai family and call yourself a vassal again. All the adults, go home from today, and leave your place. How about giving it to younger and more promising officials? There is also the drought in Yunzhou, and all the adults must be willing to spend their wealth to share the country's worries."

As soon as these words came out, those old ministers' faces became even more ugly, and their angry curses became even more ugly, and some of them fainted directly, all in a mess.Just at this time Wei Zheng came over with a group of soldiers, Liu Qingtang ignored the angry scolding of those veteran officials, repeated what he had just said, and finally flung his sleeves back to the palace gate when those veteran officials were ashamed.

Watching the vermilion palace gate close in front of them, those old officials suddenly realized that the empress dowager was like this many years ago, she would never be threatened, and she would never compromise for anything. This time, there is really no escape.No matter whether they fight or not, there is only one end for them.

Liu Qingtang didn't care whether those pedantic and stubborn literati and veterans would try to smear her. Looking at the sky, she rushed back to Ci'an Palace as quickly as possible.

"Is Qin Shu awake yet?" As soon as Liu Qingtang entered the room, the alienated and indifferent expression on his face changed into a calm and soft one.Especially when seeing Qin Shu with his eyes closed on the bed, he was full of attachment.

Just as Zhuiyi was about to answer her words, Taoye pulled her sleeves, and then Taoye said by herself: "I haven't woken up yet, I guess I will sleep for a while, and the slaves will not disturb, so I will go down and prepare for the master." Some food." After she finished speaking, she pulled on her clothes and walked out, closing the door gently.

Zhuiyi outside the door asked with some doubts: "Didn't Qin Shu wake up just now? He also asked the master if the injury was serious or not. He didn't fall asleep at the moment, he just closed his eyes and rested."

"Sister really doesn't understand this kind of thing for ten years." Taoye shook her head helplessly, and dragged her to the small kitchen, "Now the master is fine, I guess I have to say something about myself right now. If so, let’s avoid it first.”

Sitting by the bed, Liu Qingtang looked at the bandaged wounds all over Qin Shu's body, and didn't know what to do.She wanted to get closer to him, preferably in his arms, but he was so badly injured, she was afraid that even if she leaned on him, she would feel pain, so she could only reach out her hand pitifully and grab one of Qin Shu's intact fingers, and the others were all medicated.

After staring blankly at Qin Shu's sleeping face for a while, Liu Qingtang didn't dare to make any moves.At that time, the appearance of Qin Shu covered in blood was so deep in her memory that she felt a little scared even if she held him a little bit harder now.Even though she really wanted to see how Qin Shu opened his eyes, she didn't dare to call him out, for fear that no one would answer her, and she would remember the silent fear of calling his name on the way back to the palace.

Liu Qingtang never thought that one day she would be so fragile.Thinking back on that feeling now, even though the matter had passed, she still felt the fear of suffocation in her heart.Almost, just a little bit, Qin Shu died.

"It's all my fault, Qin Shu, I won't be like this in the future."

"But you are also at fault. How could you just think about letting me abandon you when you are in danger. Is it possible that making an oath is just talking casually."

"But I forgive you now. And then you forgive me, okay?"

Liu Qingtang whispered to herself, and in the end, she couldn't help but put down Qin Shu's finger, turned to cover him, and touched his pale and thin lips very lightly with her lips.

Before she backed away, the person below her suddenly slowly opened her eyes.Those eyes that were finally closed with nostalgia opened again, and the eyes are still full of love that cannot be ignored.He silently looked at Liu Qingtang, who was close at hand, and suddenly raised his hand full of scars to hold her cheek close to him, and pressed it close to her lips again.

Gently, slowly, just rubbing against each other's lips, like a dragonfly that touches water suddenly, full of a kind of leisurely and slow tenderness, wishing to teach people to immerse themselves in this slightly drunk world again. Don't wake up either.

(End of this chapter)