"Your Highness, please eat. I brought back a lot."
Xingde wiped away his tears with the back of his hand, still frightened.
He couldn't wake His Highness up just now, and thought that His Highness really starved to death! He was so scared!
Qi Chenli was so weak that it was very difficult for him to stand up. He managed to sit up with the help of his personal bodyguard.
There was nothing delicious in the imperial kitchen at night. Xingde only found porridge, pickles, cold steamed buns, and other miscellaneous fruits.
Steamed buns are made from fine grain flour and become a bit hard after cooling down.
When people are extremely hungry, they can eat anything. Qi Chenli was in this state. Before he passed out, he even nibbled on the corner of the quilt in a daze.
Now that there was porridge, he gulped it down without even eating the pickles, looking just like Xingde, a starving ghost reincarnated.
After eating the porridge, his stomach was a little full, so he ate the steamed buns a little slower because the hard buns did not taste good.
He chewed the bun carefully, and seeing Xingde looking at him eagerly, he paused and quickly broke off half of it and gave it to him.
Xingde waved his hand and refused: "I have already eaten, Your Highness, you eat, you eat."
"How much did you eat?" Qi Chenli did not allow any refusal and stuffed half into Xingde's mouth.
Xingde didn't dare to move to stop Qi Chenli, so he had to hold the steamed bun and sit on the stool beside the bed to eat with him.
If he was in good health before, he would not be so presumptuous and dare to sit in front of His Highness. It was just that he was too hungry these days and had no strength in his body.
The ability to bring back food all depends on willpower.
"Your Highness..." Xingde hesitated and glanced at Qi Chenli.
Qi Chenli paused and broke off a little more steamed bun for him: "Not enough?"
Xingde: "...Thank you, Your Highness. That's enough."
Xingde is a personal bodyguard who came from Qi State with Qi Chenli. He is four or five years older than Qi Chenli.
Qi Chenli will be sixteen after the Chinese New Year this year, but Xingde has already passed the age of twenty.
"I went out to steal food tonight and found someone who looks almost exactly like you. Could he be your brother?" He swallowed a mouthful of steamed bun, hesitated for a moment, and still planned to speak now.
He had discussed it with the Fifth Master before returning, so whether it was true or not, it was necessary to tell His Highness in advance.
When Qi Chenli heard this, he was so shocked that a mouthful of unchewed steamed bun rolled directly into his throat, choking him and making him roll his eyes.
Xingde: "!! Your Highness, please wait!!"
There wasn't much in the bedroom, but water was the most common thing. When the master and servant were hungry, they would drink water to fill their stomachs.
Xingde immediately poured Qi Chenli a glass of water.
The latter drank the cool water and finally swallowed the steamed bun that was blocking his throat.
After recovering, he grabbed Xingde's wrist in shock:
"Are you serious?! Where is he?"
"I'm telling you, don't get excited, okay?" Xingde was really afraid that His Highness would starve to death or choke to death accidentally.
Qi Chenli put the bun down without eating it: "You say."
"I saw him in the imperial kitchen. He saved me at that time..."
Xingde slowly explained the whole story and looked at Qi Chenli anxiously: "Is it inappropriate for me to rush him to meet you?"
Qi Chenli didn't pay attention to this, but grasped the key point and asked: "You said...he became a eunuch?"
The guard nodded hesitantly: "Hmm..."
Qi Chenli: “…”
The young man didn't catch his breath, and because of the rage, his body went limp and he passed out...
Xingde's expression changed drastically: "...Your Highness, Your Highness!!"
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On the other side, Chu Qi was in a good mood. She hummed an unknown tune in her heart and skillfully climbed over the wall to enter the Yanghe Palace.
She handed the food box to Hong Xing and said, "The winter dates just arrived from the imperial kitchen. They are quite sweet. I have washed them. Would you like to try some?"
Hong Xing's rosy round face blossomed into a smile: "Wow! I saw the neighbors promised to have winter dates to eat today! I didn't expect to be able to eat them now, thank you, Xiao Wuzi!"
"Why should we thank you?" Chu Qi didn't care much.
There are two cups of hot tea on the table.
Shi agreed and sat down on the soft couch opposite Chu Qi. He personally pushed one of the cups in front of Chu Qi and pursed his lips nervously:
"I brewed the tea you gave me today. It tastes better than before. Would you like to try it?"
Chu Qi was worried that the hot tea here was not tasty, so she started to send her new tea. Today's portion was probably the new tea Chu Qi sent yesterday.
Chu Qi raised her eyes and glanced at the beautiful girl with almond eyes and rosy cheeks opposite her. Seeing the shyness in her eyes, she couldn't help but smile. The corners of her particularly affectionate peach blossom eyes slightly raised upwards, and she took a sip:
"The tea that Shi Danying made is sweeter than the one I made myself."
A blush flew onto Shi Qiang's cheeks, and even her fair ears turned red. She didn't dare to look Chu Qi in the eye, and she couldn't help but turn her head to the side, looking at the wall, her tone tender but with shyness:
"Nonsense... no tea can be sweet."
"I drink your tea and it's sweet."
Chu Qi said with a smile.
Shi Da Ying became more and more shy and twisted the mandarin duck embroidered handkerchief tightly in her hand.
The charming atmosphere in the house spreads...
The red apricot cat went to the corner to warm herself in front of the charcoal fire. She grabbed a handful of winter dates, about five or six in number, and ate them slowly, consciously not disturbing the conversation between her master and the eunuch.
She looked at the burning charcoal, as if she saw her future: the affair between her master and the eunuch would be discovered, and then she, as a maid, would also be killed...
People's hearts will change. Shi Qian was able to convince herself not to put her entire family in danger for her own selfish desires at the beginning, but now it is no longer certain.
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