"No need to be polite." Shi Da Ying nodded slightly. Seeing the eunuch unable to stand steadily and staggering as he tried to bow to her, her heart suddenly softened: "If you are not feeling well, take a rest for a while."
She herself was now in a difficult situation and had no extra ability to help the young eunuch. She could only let him rest more.
Hong Xing had complained to the young eunuch last time, but now she was more pleased with him. Seeing that the young lady was very concerned about him, she said:
"My lady, I will go back and get a cup of hot tea for Xiao Wuzi. Maybe he will feel better after drinking the water."
Shi Qian thought it made sense: "Okay, go get it, I'll wait for you here."
Chu Qi's pale face showed a bit of flattery: "No, no, I'll just sit for a while, how can I trouble Miss Hong Xing!"
After saying this, she lifted her robe, sat down on the steps and took a rest.
Hong Xing didn't pay much attention to Xiao Wuzi's protest, "It's not a big deal, I'll be back soon, young lady, take this."
She handed the light green oil-paper umbrella to Shi Qiang, then turned around and hurried to the bedroom.
Shi Danying held an oil-paper umbrella and stood next to the little eunuch. Suddenly, without Hong Xing by her side, she felt a little embarrassed and didn't know what to say.
This place was not very close to Shi Da Ying's bedroom, and it would take two or three cups of tea to go back and forth. Shi Da Ying felt his legs a little sore after standing for a while.
In the past, even if they were tired from walking, she and Hong Xing would find some pavilions to sit down and rest.
Chu Qi seemed to be resting with her head down, but she was actually paying attention to Shi Qian all the time. With her keen perception, she heard Shi Qian's breathing become heavier and guessed that she was probably tired.
She put the blood back on her face, and her pale complexion turned into a healthy rosy color, but she had put on some powder on her face, so it was not very noticeable:
"My lord, I feel better now. You must be tired. If you don't mind, why don't you sit down and take a rest?"
When he agreed, he was about to shake his head, but he saw the young eunuch actually took off his outer robe and laid it flat on the stone steps with the outside facing down.
He was also wearing eunuch's attire, except it was just a green jacket with short sleeves that barely reached his wrists.
When he bent over to spread the floor, his sleeves moved up a little, exposing more of his forearms. The higher he went, the more bruises and purple marks he saw.
Shi Da Ying took only one look and then looked away as if she was burned. This was the first time she saw the arm of a strange man. Although the man was a eunuch, she couldn't help feeling uncomfortable.
At the same time, she frowned secretly because of the wound on his arm, thinking that life in the palace was really hard. A powerless eunuch could only be bullied at will...
Chu Qi quickly paved the stone steps, raised her head and smiled sweetly, "My clothes were just washed yesterday, they are clean, please sit down and have a rest!"
When she agreed, her heart skipped a beat. She was startled by his beautiful smiling face and was stunned for a moment.
Coming back to her senses, she cursed herself for being so flustered in front of a eunuch.
She did not have time to refuse, as the other party had already laid the bed. If she refused, it would seem inhumane and would hurt the little eunuch's feelings for nothing. So she nodded, stroked the hem of her skirt with her slender fingers, and sat down slowly.
Before entering the palace, Shi Ying had pink nail polish on her fingers and carefully selected sparkling diamonds to stick on them. Now, more than a month has passed, and the diamonds on the nail polish have fallen off a little, but the nail polish still looks beautiful.
The pink color makes her slender jade fingers look even whiter and smoother, and when she strokes the hem of her skirt, her fingers are as soft as boneless.
Chu Qi originally just wanted to treat it as a task, but when she saw Shi Qian's delicate and beautiful posture, her heart couldn't help but skip a beat.
Perhaps it was because she had been a man for too long, and although her soul was a woman, her mentality had inevitably become more masculine. She found Shi Qiang's appearance very attractive.
"My lady, you are the kindest nobleman I have ever seen," Chu Qi stood aside, his handsome face flushed, and his voice was weak, but pleasant to the ear:
"I have fainted in front of other nobles before, but they all pretended not to see it and even looked down on me for being unlucky. Only you care about me..."
Shi Qian was stunned.
"My lord, you care about me, and I want to be loyal to you. Can you let me serve you by your side to repay you?"
After Chu Qi finished speaking, the tips of his ears turned completely red. His words, coupled with his serious and enthusiastic expression, made it impossible for anyone to doubt the sincerity of his words.
Shi Qian's heart was beating fast. Perhaps a little concern could earn someone so much heart-to-heart talk. The experience was so novel that she almost agreed to the other party's request.
However, Shi Qian was aware of her position. Her eyelashes trembled, and she turned her head slightly and said, "I'm sorry, Xiao Wuzi, I'm just a small promise, and I don't have the right to ask you to come and serve me."
"Is it time to agree to it, young lady?" Chu Qi asked cautiously.
"How do you know?"
Shi Qian was surprised. Hong Xing was a maid who grew up with her. She knew Hong Xing's personality well. Although she was a little reckless, she shouldn't be the type of person who would tell everything to others, right?
But apart from Hong Xing, who else would tell Xiao Wuzi her specific identity?
Chu Qi knew what the other party had misunderstood and said hurriedly: "My lady, this is what I guessed. Although I work in the Imperial Household Department, I know a little bit about the affairs in the palace. Some people say that the new lady in Chuxiu Palace has promised..."
After hearing this, Shi Qian's thoughts turned a lot, and she came to her senses: "Among the new concubines, I am the only one who has not been summoned by the emperor. Do you know that?"
Chu Qi seemed to know that he had said something wrong, and said in fear and trepidation: "I'm sorry, my lady, I just said that. I don't know anything."
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