"Yes." Hong Xing nodded and poured a cup of hot tea for Chu Qi as she said.
The latter took a sip and put it down. Hmm... it still didn't taste very good.
Shi Qian was originally lying on the soft couch, but now with a little boy beside her, she unconsciously straightened her sitting posture, thought for a while, and took the initiative to find something to say:
"The cakes and green grapes you sent are delicious, but you...you won't accept my money, so how can I repay you?"
Chu Qi smiled a little, which was fleeting, and lowered her head and said:
"As long as you like it, I have everything I need. Seeing you smile is the best reward for me."
If it weren't for the need to role-play, he actually wouldn't like to always call himself a slave, but now that he had been promised and allowed, he naturally changed his words easily.
"..." Shi Da Ying's cheeks felt hot again. What Xiao Wuzi said was too embarrassing.
She stirred her handkerchief unconsciously, thought for a moment, and asked Hong Xing to go to the bedroom and get an iron box.
Opening the iron box, Shi Qian took out a jade necklace of excellent quality. She got off the couch, approached Chu Qi, and handed the necklace to him:
"I wanted to give you a bracelet, but I was afraid that you would accidentally show it and someone would notice it, so I decided to give you this jade lily necklace. I hope you won't reject my intention."
Three lifelike lilies were carved from top-quality jadeite, tied with a silver chain and lying quietly in the girl's delicate palm, making them look even more beautiful.
As if she was worried about being rejected again, the girl pursed her lips after she finished speaking, and her beautiful pupils were full of anxiety.
This time, Chu Qi did not refuse. He reached out and picked up the necklace directly from Shi Da Ying's hand. The moment their skin touched, the latter curled his fingers.
After staying in the Yanghe Palace for a cup of tea, he left soon. Shi Danying quietly looked through the window and watched his tall figure gradually disappear into the darkness until he could no longer see it, and then he withdrew his gaze with a sense of loss.
*
Half a month later.
That day, Chu Qi got off work and went straight to the bamboo forest to practice Qinggong.
Her movements were swift and agile, and her toes in horn boots leaped left and right among the dense and tall bamboos. Her figure was like a dragon, and the bamboos did not rustle when she touched them. The atmosphere was unusually quiet.
After a while, she flipped three and a half times in the air, then landed lightly on the ground, raised her hands to adjust her breathing, and took a deep breath.
There was a hint of joy on her brows and she smiled slightly. The Qinggong, the ability she had always dreamed of, to fly over eaves and walls, and even to fly into the sky with her left foot stepping on her right foot, was finally available for her to use easily.
*
As deep winter approaches, the weather is getting colder and snow began to fall in the palace a few days ago.
Snowflakes dot the earth, and many trees have shed their leaves for the winter, and white snowflakes hang on their bare branches, like beautiful natural paintings.
The national treasury was still in deficit this year. As the New Year was approaching, there was no extra money for lavish celebrations. Emperor Yanqing was finally overwhelmed and urgently stopped the construction of the temporary palace.
Those workers and civilians who were captured to serve as able-bodied men to repair the palace were released, and the leader in charge of supervising the work was dismissed. This man-eating project came to a temporary end.
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