The cloudy look in Eunuch An's eyes was slowly replaced by confusion as he stared at Chu Qi for a longer period of time.
"Go to sleep, you will get what you want in your dreams."
Chu Qi spoke slowly and softly, her tone was ambiguous, the last word almost disappeared between her lips and teeth. Eunuch An closed his eyes, plopped down on the floor, and fell into a dark dream.
The noise inside the house could not be heard outside.
Chu Qi stretched out her foot and lifted Eunuch An's body, moving him aside so that he was not blocking the middle.
There were some unnamed pastries and top-quality tea on the table. Chu Qi sat down and started eating without hesitation.
After eating and drinking, she went out to use the toilet. The eunuch who was guarding the door asked curiously, "Xiao Wuzi, why did you come out?"
This young eunuch had red lips and white teeth, and was frail. His exposed white wrist had purple scars, and it seemed that he had been abused.
Chu Qi knew the relationship between this young eunuch and Eunuch An without even having to think about it. She looked calm and lied without hesitation:
"Eunuch An asked me to come out to relieve myself before I go back to serve him."
"So that's how it is. The toilet is over there." The young eunuch pointed in a direction, yawned and covered his mouth, without doubting Chu Qi's words.
When Chu Qi came back from peeing, the young eunuch was already sitting on the steps exhausted. Half asleep and half awake, he saw Chu Qi coming back. He opened his eyes with a start and said, "You're back."
He looked anxious, fearing that his laziness and sleepiness would be reported to Eunuch An, so he stood up quickly with a pleading look in his eyes.
Chu Qi hummed, without saying much, and slowly returned to the room. Eunuch An was still lying on the floor, sleeping soundly.
She ignored Eunuch An, took off her shoes and socks, and lay down on his bed. She pulled the quilt over her stomach and closed her eyes.
After traveling through time for more than a month, Chu Qi did not learn nothing. At least, she learned how to wake up at the right time.
At dawn on the second day, Chu Qi woke up in a daze.
The ancients went to bed early and got up early. Although the Mao hour seems still early, in fact, some ministers who lived far away from the palace were already on their way to attend court.
The lower-ranking eunuchs' cleaning time is from Chenshi to Sishi. If they get up at Maoshi, they can leisurely wash up, have breakfast, and then leisurely take their tools to clean.
Except for the first three days when the eunuchs in charge would guide them to where they should work, the rest of the time it all depended on the workers to consciously remember the locations. From then on, if there were no changes, those two places would be where the eunuchs in charge of cleaning would work for the past two years.
In addition to having fixed work locations, the lower-ranking eunuchs were also responsible for cleaning the toilets in the Silijian.
The cleaning took turns. After more than a month, it was supposed to be Chu Qi's turn to clean, but Eunuch An told Chu Qi not to do such dirty work.
After waking up, Chu Qi lay on the soft and spacious bed, lost in thought for a moment. Then she moved Eunuch An, who had slept on the floor all night, to the bed and hastily covered him with a brocade quilt.
She picked up the teapot, put it to her mouth, took a few sips of the tea that had gone cold overnight to moisten her throat, and then walked out with a swagger.
I don't know when the little eunuch who was guarding the door was replaced by another one. He seemed to be enjoying himself very much. He covered himself with a thick cloak, squatted in a sheltered place, and slept soundly with his head down.
Chu Qi touched his shoulder and reminded him, "I'm leaving."
The new eunuch woke up with a start, opened his eyes, and nodded dazedly: "I understand."
"Aren't you going in to serve Eunuch An?" Her low tone inexplicably carried a hint of temptation.
The young eunuch's eyes were a little confused, so he nodded and said, "Yes, I will go in and serve him."
Watching the young eunuch enter the side hall, Chu Qi straightened his back leisurely and looked back without looking around.
If you want to completely hypnotize an ordinary person, it won't happen overnight. You have to take it slow and steady.
However, it is possible to let Eunuch An think that he has gained something for a short period of time.
That afternoon, when Chu Qi was on her way to clean the house, she happened to meet a palace maid returning to Chuxiu Palace.
The palace maid was wearing a light pink low-level palace maid's uniform, a simple silver hairpin on her head, the corners of her eyes were slightly red, and her lips were tightly clenched.
Chu Qi recognized her. She was a personal maid in Shi Qiang's palace. She was still young and her name was Hong Xing. She had a round face and looked even more childish than Shi Qiang. She had run into her several times when she was sweeping the floor and would occasionally chat with her.
Perhaps it was because Chu Qi paid more attention to personal hygiene and tried to avoid getting too close to other eunuchs, the odor on her body was less, and the palace maid no longer disliked Chu Qi so much.
After they started talking, the palace maid even joked with Chu Qi once or twice. She was frank and lively, and she spoke her mind, which was rare among the palace maids.
At this time, Hong Xing was holding a small basin of black charcoal and hurriedly passed by Chu Qi. Chu Qi looked at her expression and suddenly said, "Miss Hong Xing."
Hong Xing paused. In just a short distance, the little girl seemed to have accumulated a lot of grievances. The redness at the corners of her eyes had spread to her eye sockets. She took a deep breath and tried to speak in a normal tone:
"Xiaowuzi, what's wrong?"
"I see Miss Hong Xing is holding only a little bit of charcoal. It doesn't look like the red charcoal that the ladies in the palace are used to. It looks more like the charcoal that ordinary people use for burning firewood. Is she going to use it to cook?"
Chu Qi has a pleasing appearance, with big black eyes that are clear. She has been eating and sleeping well these days, and her cheeks have gained a lot of flesh, making her look more handsome and perfect. When she looks at people with a smile, she looks like a harmless, lazy cat.
If someone else asked this question, Hong Xing would inevitably get angry and wonder if the other person was deliberately making fun of her. If she said it was a small stove, this amount of charcoal would not be enough. If she said no, then wasn't it just for use?
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