"Don't be afraid. I won't let Wanwan's entire clan be exterminated. No one can discover our secret..."
Chu Qi coaxed softly, rubbing the water droplets at the corners of Shi Qiang's eyes with her fingertips.
I can't tell whether it was because of the kiss or because of the fear of this unacceptable relationship in the world.
She leaned her slender body against Chu Qi's warm chest and whispered:
"Be very careful..."
"Well, I must be very careful." Chu Qi kissed Shi Qiang's forehead and comforted her:
"My martial arts skills are now such that I can walk around the palace easily. Unless I die, no one will be able to see me coming to look for you."
In addition, the time he searched for Shi Qian was mostly after dark when few people were around, and he mostly took remote paths, which minimized the possibility of being discovered.
It can be said that if Hong Xing had not reported it, nothing would have happened.
Will Hong Xing, the only person who knows the truth, report it?
The answer is of course no.
After all, she was the personal maid that had been promised to him. They entered the palace together and would prosper and suffer together.
She would have agreed to have an affair with the eunuch only if she didn't want to live anymore.
*
The life span lasted for 246 years.
On the first day of the New Year, the festive atmosphere in Yan State was still very strong, and people from every household began to visit relatives through the streets.
Chu Qi's relatives in this life were lost in the flood. Although it cannot be confirmed that they were dead, their bodies were missing. The original owner wandered outside for a long time, until he came to the Forbidden City and became a eunuch, but he could not find any trace of his relatives.
Later, when he had some power, he secretly bribed people with silver to help him find out about his relatives.
The composition of the farming family that adopted the original owner was very simple. There was a blind grandmother at the top, a couple who supported each other in the middle, and below were the original owner's adopted brother, an older brother, and a sister.
The elder sister is very easy to recognize. She has a large red scar on her face. If someone sees it, it will be difficult for them to forget it, even if they never forget it. Therefore, if you want to look for her in that area, it is definitely a good choice to focus on finding the elder sister first.
As a hostage sent by the State of Qi, Qi Chenli's palace was better equipped than that of ordinary concubines and had her own small kitchen.
Now, thanks to the "one of us" bracelet given by Chu Qi, Xingde goes to the imperial kitchen just like going home. He can buy whatever food he wants, and smoke rises from the small kitchen in Changqiu Palace every few days.
As a palace servant who also had a hard time surviving in the imperial palace, Xingde was generally not bullied by others outside because no one knew each other. But it was different in the imperial kitchen because he knew the eunuchs who were responsible for delivering meals.
At first, when he came to buy food, he was ridiculed by the eunuch who delivered the food. After finding that he took out the "one of us" bracelet, his face immediately turned as red as liver, and he could no longer utter any sarcastic words.
The reason is simple. The light purple chain and white pearl bracelet that Xingde took out is the color with the highest status among the symbols of "our own people".
Next are blue and black.
Anyone who can take out the light purple one must at least be in the position of chief eunuch like Eunuch An. Although the little eunuch in charge of distributing meals has a little power, he can never compete with the chief eunuch at this level.
Seeing that Xingde had boarded a boat owned by a eunuch, the eunuch who was delivering the meal changed his expression. He did not give Qi Chenli's original meal to Xingde and simply turned a blind eye to his behavior of buying food.
So what if Xingde hooked up with the chief eunuch? Qi State had already given up on Qi Chenli. He was a proton with no future, so he couldn't get up and didn't need to please anyone...
On the first day of the new year, when the sky was bright in the morning, Qi Chenli barely crawled out of bed and together with Xingde processed the ingredients bought from the imperial kitchen, preparing to make a sumptuous lunch themselves.
Originally, as a prince Qi Chenli could not cook and did not know how to enter the kitchen. However, life as a hostage was too hard and the only person serving him was Xingde.
When Xingde fell ill and couldn't get up, the imperial kitchen didn't give him any food. He couldn't just starve to death, so the noble Qi Chenli, who had never done housework, rolled up his sleeves and started his first time in the kitchen...
Later, after doing it more often, I learned it.
Perhaps, he might become the first prince in the history of Qi State who can cook.
Xingde went to find Chuqi in advance, wanting to invite him to have dinner with His Highness in Changqiu Palace.
However, when he went to look for him in the morning, he didn't find him. Xingde found a secluded place to wait, but was stopped by a young eunuch:
"Who are you looking for?"
The young eunuch had red lips and white teeth, and his voice was loud and clear, with a hint of the eunuch's shrillness.
Discovered!
Xingde was panicked, but he looked calm: "I'm not looking for anyone, just passing by."
He knew his identity and was afraid of implicating the young prince, so he naturally would not say that he came to look for Chu Qi. Even if he really found her, he would not talk to the young prince openly, but would find a hidden place to talk.
Unexpectedly, when he said he was just passing by, the young eunuch didn't believe him. Instead, he squinted and looked carefully at the man who looked like a guard. There was a small teardrop mole at the corner of his eye, phoenix eyes, a slender figure, and his cheeks were so thin that they were sunken, as if he hadn't eaten for 800 years...
Yeah, everything is consistent with what Brother Five said.
"You are Xingde, right!" the little eunuch said affirmatively.
Xingde was shocked to be recognized at once. Soon, he remembered Chu Qi's occasional admonition and came to his senses. Looking at the little eunuch with red lips and white teeth who looked like a man and a woman in front of him, he also affirmed:
"Are you Little Treasure?"
Xiao Baozi was mentioned by the young prince by chance. If he came to look for him and couldn't see him, he could ask Xiao Baozi to pass on the message. From the conversation, it seemed that the young prince trusted Xiao Baozi very much.
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