"Xiaoqing, at this point, we have nowhere else to go. If we leave the Zhang residence, we will end up living on the streets."
Liu Suhe's beautiful face was now filled with confusion and helplessness. She sighed deeply and said helplessly. In fact, she knew clearly in her heart that living under someone else's roof was not that easy.
The feeling of being dependent on others and acting according to their wishes is extremely uncomfortable. However, in such a world where people eat each other, weak women like her and Xiaoqing, who are powerless and unable to even tie a chicken, would simply be a pipe dream if they lost the protection of others and wanted to live in peace.
Xiaoqing listened to her mistress's words silently, and a look of embarrassment suddenly appeared on her pretty face. After a long while, as if she had finally made up her mind, she tightly grasped Liu Suhe's slightly cold palm and said softly but firmly:
"Miss, don't worry. Xiaoqing, I will do my best to protect your safety! If these Zhang family members dare to have any improper thoughts or do anything bad to you, humph, don't blame my darts for being blind!"
As soon as the words fell, Xiaoqing quickly stretched out her left hand, and a silver light flashed, followed by a sharp sound of "swoosh" breaking through the air. In the blink of an eye, a silver flying knife as bright as snow rushed out like lightning and stabbed straight into a wooden door next to her.
The flying knife penetrated so deeply into the wood that it submerged more than half of the blade. This shows that its power, speed and strength were beyond the reach of ordinary people.
Liu Suhe looked at the amazing scene in front of her, and a smile of surprise flashed across her beautiful eyes. She slowly raised her right hand and gently stroked Xiaoqing's head. Now it was only the master and servant who depended on each other...
Now let's take a look at what's going on with Xiao Ning. At this moment, Xiao Ning, dressed in a child's outfit as white as snow, was walking slowly and cautiously in a certain direction in the palace.
You know, this cute little outfit was specially given to him by Chu Qian. It's really strange to say, I really don't know what Chu Qian's situation is, and she actually kept the clothes that Xiao Ning wore when he was a child.
When Xiao Ning took the clothes from Chu Qian and put them on himself, he was surprised to find that the clothes fit him surprisingly well, as if they were tailor-made for him at this moment.
Such a coincidence really confused Xiao Ning. So, he blinked his big watery eyes, looked up at Chu Qian with curiosity, and asked in a baby voice:
"Mom, why do you still keep the clothes I wore when I was a child?"
When Chu Qian heard this, her pretty face instantly flushed. She stretched out her slender jade fingers in a panic and gently poked Xiao Ning's round little head, saying coquettishly:
"Hey, you little bastard, why do you have so many questions? Just put it on when I tell you to!"
In fact, Chu Qian didn't dare to tell Xiao Ning what she really thought in her heart. It turned out that this mother had a special hobby of collecting her baby son's clothes. It must be said that this was a bit similar to Nangong Luoyu.
However, after hearing his mother's answer, Xiao Ning did not pursue the matter any further. After all, he had never expected that he would be able to turn back into a child one day, so he did not keep any child's clothes. Now it was already good enough to have some clothes to wear!
After he put on his clothes, he left Nangong Luoyu's bedroom, saying that he had something to do. This time Chu Qian did not stop him. She probably had loved this little guy enough, so she let Xiao Ning go.
At this moment, Xiao Ning skillfully shuttled among the bustling crowd in the palace. His small figure was very agile and soon arrived at a slightly messy courtyard. This place was the residence of the palace maids.
Speaking of the five female slaves Zhou Yang bought before, they were taken into public ownership by Nangong Luoyu and transformed into palace maids in the inner courtyard of the palace. However, because they had foreign faces, in order to avoid unnecessary trouble and suspicion, they were deliberately placed alone in such a secluded courtyard.
Here, experienced old palace maids are responsible for leading them to learn a variety of complicated court etiquette and survival skills so that they can be competent for various work tasks in the palace in the future.
Some people may have this question in their minds: "Doesn't the Great Chu have a clear ban on the trafficking of female slaves? Then why not just grant these poor women freedom?" It has to be admitted that this idea is really unrealistic.
First of all, we must know that these female slaves were not local residents, but were transported from other distant continents by profit-seeking slave traders. If they really wanted to be repatriated to their place of origin, who would pay for the huge transportation costs?
Apart from the high cost, if they were to be successfully sent back to their hometown, what would be the result? You know, in this world of the jungle, full of cruel competition and survival crisis, for women who are powerless, returning to their hometown alone is nothing more than being captured by other slave traders and sold to others.
In contrast, staying in the palace became a relatively good choice for them. After all, although they lost their personal freedom, they could at least have food to eat every day and a place to stay. So overall, although the living environment in the palace was not very good, compared with the life-and-death test they might face if they were expelled from the palace, it was already a blessing in disguise.
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