Qi Chenli didn't expect that the eunuch who might be his brother would come so soon.
I just made an appointment last night to visit you when I’m free some other day, and I came the next day...
The efficiency is amazingly fast.
*
Inside the house, there were a lot of fruits and steamed buns left over from yesterday on the table. Neither Qi Chenli nor Xingde wanted to eat more, intending to keep them for later use.
After all, stealing things from the imperial kitchen is too risky. Qi Chenli doesn't want Xingde to take the risk unless it is absolutely necessary.
Who knows... today, or tomorrow, the imperial kitchen may remember the existence of this proton?
With this secret hope in mind, Qi Chenli sat on the bed and covered himself with a quilt to keep himself warm, while Xingde lay on the soft couch beside the bed, also covered with a quilt.
Snowflakes were fluttering outside the window, so thick that they almost reached an adult's knees, making it difficult for people to walk on the road.
The temperature outside was low, and it was no less cold inside the house. A thick layer of icicles had formed outside the window that had not been opened for a long time. When I gently knocked on the window inside, the icicles stuck to the outside made a crackling sound and broke into irregular pieces.
"Wait until the snow stops tonight, and I'll go to the imperial kitchen and steal some food. I'll also steal some coal. We don't have much firewood left."
Xingde's lips were trembling and his voice was shaking. Perhaps it was because of his poor health and weakened immunity, but now he was more afraid of the cold than ever before.
Even the thick quilt could not save him from the cold.
Qi Chenli was silent for a moment, then suddenly lifted the quilt and said, "Xiao Dezi, your face is so pale. Come here, let's lean on each other for warmth."
"No, no," Xingde shook his head slightly and huddled himself into the quilt, revealing only a pair of eyes with a stubborn look: "Your Highness, please cover yourself with the quilt quickly. I am just a guard, a servant, how can I lie down with your Highness, Ha Qiu!!"
Before he finished speaking, he sneezed loudly, and quickly stretched his head out and turned his head away, fearing that his snot would spray onto the quilt and stain it -
It’s hard to clean a dirty quilt in this weather.
*
Chu Qi stood at the main entrance of Changqiu Palace holding a food box. After thinking for a moment, she reached out and pushed it - but it didn't work.
So she simply jumped up and used her Qinggong skills to jump over the four or five meter high wall and landed in the inner courtyard of Changqiu Palace.
She walked along the corridor and, following the scent she felt, found her way to the outside of the sleeping hall where there was life.
She knocked on the window, breaking the icicles into pieces, which fell to the ground with a crackling sound.
The dull sound came into the house through the window, which frightened Xingde so much that he almost sprained his waist. "What's that noise?!"
Qi Chenli calmed down a lot: "It seems like there is someone outside."
"Is anyone there?" Chu Qi's slightly hoarse voice sounded, and she spoke slowly and charmingly: "I'm here for the appointment."
"Is it the Fifth Master?" Xingde raised his head from under the quilt, his eyes showing a hint of excitement, "Ha Qiu!!"
He sneezed again and his nose turned red. He rubbed his nose, feeling very energetic. He climbed out of the warm bed and couldn't wait to open the door and invite people in.
Qi Chenli was excited at the thought of meeting someone who might be his younger brother. He came out of bed and looked at the poor food on the table. Somehow, he suddenly felt sad and gathered the food together, trying to make it less obvious.
He paced back and forth to warm up his body, then walked out of the bedroom as calmly as possible. The visitor had already been invited by Xingde to sit in the hall.
When Qi Chenli saw the young man in eunuch's clothes for the first time, his heart beat faster involuntarily. The reason was simple: they looked so similar!
When he looked in the mirror, he saw a face that was exactly the same as the boy's.
Qi Chenli could no longer maintain his calm appearance, and walked over with a complicated expression, and took the initiative to say: "Mother said that my brother has a red birthmark on the back of his neck, just like me. I wonder if you... have a birthmark?"
The ancients regarded birthmarks on the body as a bad omen. Unless the birthmarks were exposed in a very obvious place on the body, most people would not let anyone other than their parents know about it.
Apart from the wet nurse who took care of him when he was a child, only his biological mother, Concubine Hui, knew that Qi Chenli had a birthmark.
Now that he spoke out clearly, it was obvious that he was really excited.
Chu Qi didn't waste any time and simply opened her collar to let Qi Chenli see for himself.
When Qi Chenli saw the birthmark on the eunuch's neck, his eyes were filled with tears. In a foreign country, even seeing the maid who had taken care of him in the past could make him feel at home, let alone his own brother whom he had never met?
"You... are really my brother." Qi Chenli clenched his hands and said excitedly. He wanted to go forward and hug Chu Qi, but he was afraid that the other party would think he was being abrupt. With his thin body, he hesitated and stayed where he was.
Chu Qi asked: "How can you be sure based on a birthmark? What if this is a coincidence?"
"You look so similar, and your birthmark is similar to mine, how can it be a coincidence?" Qi Chenli shook his head, his eyes showing a bit of stubbornness and pity for Chu Qi: "How did you... become a eunuch? If mother knew, she would be heartbroken..."
Hmm... it seems like you are also heartbroken, Chu Qi thought to herself. Looking at the thin boy in front of her who was almost as tall as her, she actually believed Qi Chenli's speculation in her heart.
She handed over a plain white handkerchief without any marks on it: "Your Highness, wipe your tears."
Qi Chenli was stunned when he heard this, and wiped his face, only to find that he had actually shed tears without knowing when.
He was a little embarrassed. He took the handkerchief but did not wipe it. Instead, he held it in his hand carefully and wiped it with his sleeve, being very casual.
Chu Qi pointed to the food box on the table in the hall:
"I heard from Xingde that you were almost starving, so I brought you some food. Eat it while it's hot, or it will get cold."
Qi Chenli was stunned, and then became embarrassed. He had been in such a miserable state for a long time. He thought he had developed a strong heart that was not afraid of shame, but he didn't expect that it would be ruined now.
To use Chu Qi's words from his first life, it means breaking the defense.
I wish I could find a crack in the ground to crawl into.
However, Chu Qi's expression was very calm, and she had no intention of mocking him. She just wanted to save the proton simply.
Qi Chenli was reserved, but Xingde was not. As a guard who was used to serving the prince, he became very excited when he heard there was more food, hot food, and hurriedly opened the food box.
Three dishes, a soup and a bowl of rice, the fragrant smell spread, and Qi Chenli's stomach began to rumble.
Qi Chenli: “……!”
It turns out that there is no most embarrassing thing, only more embarrassing things. His cheeks turned red.
"Brother? Eat." Chu Qi smiled slightly.
Hearing the word "brother", Qi Chenli's embarrassment immediately disappeared, and his mind was filled with "It's so nice that my younger brother calls me brother". Like a sleepwalker, he was pulled over by the smiling Xingdra to sit down and eat.
After eating the hot meal, Qi Chenli finally regained his composure.
On the other side, Chu Qi sat on a stool, lost in thought. She didn't have the conditions before, but now she has such a condition. Chu Qi suddenly found that she has the opportunity to do something for this era.
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