【Emperor Chapter 3】Eating Strawberries

What kind of face is that? He was only eight or nine years old, but half of his face was full of wrinkles like an old man, while the other half was smooth and new, very handsome. What was even more frightening was that he had a pair of red eyes, with black eyeballs wrapped in red eye whites, like a ghost.

The boy saw Chu Jiao's stunned look and habitually turned his body to the side, facing the smooth half of his face to her, while the ugly half was hidden in the shadows, making it difficult to see clearly.

He knew that only in this way would he be beaten less. If he scared these little eunuchs and palace maids or made them angry, he might not have food to eat for a few days.

So hungry... so hungry.

He stuffed the tree roots he had just dug into his mouth and looked at Chu Jiao expressionlessly.

"Sixth Prince, those are tree roots, you can't eat them!" Chu Jiao saw clearly what the child was stuffing into his mouth and hurriedly stopped him.

The boy slowly put down the tree roots in his hand and stopped eating. But he quietly put his hand behind his back and stuffed the tree roots under the grass. So many years of experience have taught him that if he doesn't obey, he will be beaten, so even though his stomach is so hungry that it hurts, he doesn't dare to eat anymore. He just hopes that this little eunuch will leave quickly so that he can continue eating.

Chu Jiao had no idea what the child was thinking, she slowly walked forward and softened her facial expression.

The system just reminded her that this is the male protagonist.

She was a little unbelievable, but more of it was heartache. She had also suffered indifference and strange looks because of her birthmark, and the boy's current appearance was even worse than hers. She didn't know how much torture he had suffered in this palace where the powerful flatter and bully the weak.

Even if he could kill people everywhere in the future, he was just a powerless child now.

Children were very sensitive. Chu Jiao thought that her surprise at his appearance must have hurt his heart, so she felt very sorry.

"Sixth Prince, look," she walked up and squatted in front of the child, handed him the bowl in her hand, and said softly, "These are the strawberries given by the emperor. They are sweet and delicious. Would you like to try them?"

The boy glanced at Chu Jiao quickly, and then immediately lowered his eyes.

The young eunuch who came today looked unfamiliar, not the same person as before. But was this a new way they came up with to tease him? He stared dimly at the large, bright red strawberries in front of him, but in his heart he recalled another encounter last year.

That time, the two eunuchs brought a plate of bright red fruits, saying that it was a gift from the emperor for his birthday. He was extremely hungry and thirsty at the time, so he just grabbed the fruits and stuffed them into his mouth. The two eunuchs did not ridicule him as they did in the past, but watched him finish his meal with a smile. He ate everything, including the green skin under the red flesh. After he finished eating, the two eunuchs laughed out loud and told him that it was called a watermelon, and that only the flesh should be eaten, not the skin.

He later had a stomachache for three days, but he still often recalled the deliciousness of the watermelon.

What tricks were they going to use to tease him this time?

The boy thought expressionlessly, but he stretched out his hand to grab a strawberry and started eating.

It doesn't matter, the stomachache will go away, he is used to it. But such a beautiful reward is not often available.

"Hey, don't grab it with your hands!"

Chu Jiao looked at the dirty and black fingers, slapped the boy's hand, and slapped the strawberry to the ground.

The boy curled his lips, see, he knew that it was not so easy. Sure enough, it was teasing him again.

"Sixth Prince, you haven't washed your hands yet. Eating like this will easily upset your stomach," Chu Jiao regretted it after slapping, she forgot the hierarchy again. She is a servant now, she can't do anything to her master, "How about I feed you?" It's not easy to get water now, and her hands have been washed well before coming, so they are much cleaner.

The boy looked at her warily. In the past, those people were most afraid to get close to him, saying that they were afraid of being possessed by evil spirits. But this little eunuch was not afraid?

He nodded indifferently, but his body tensed up, fearing that he would be slapped or kicked suddenly.

Chu Jiao picked up a strawberry, carefully cleaned the calyx, and then handed it to the child's mouth.

The boy's chapped lips touched the water on the strawberry, and he couldn't help but move his throat to swallow a mouthful of saliva, opened his mouth, and bit the strawberry.

The sweet juice burst in his mouth, and the boy's eyes widened in amazement at the taste, and he hurriedly swallowed the flesh. Then he looked at Chu Jiao eagerly, waiting for the next one.

Chu Jiao looked at the boy with red eyes looking at her waiting to be fed, and couldn't help laughing. The red eyes and soft appearance really make it look like a little rabbit.

I wonder if the male protagonist will think this is a dark history when he grows up!

While carefully stroking the calyx of the grass, she reminded: "Sixth Prince, you don't have to swallow so fast, you can go slower. Chew the flesh little by little in your mouth and then swallow it. Otherwise, if you eat too quickly, your intestines and stomach will not be able to digest it, and it will easily hurt."

Although the boy said nothing, his chewing speed slowed down significantly when he ate the next one.

Seeing his obedient appearance, Chu Jiao smiled happily, revealing two sweet dimples.

The boy raised his head and glanced at her again. For the first time, he felt a little close to a person in his heart. If he let this little eunuch bring him food every day, he thought that no matter how bad the food was, he would be able to eat it.

Although the strawberries that Du Ya picked out were a little soft and damaged, there were no bad ones, but they were not of good quality. Fortunately, the child didn't seem to care about this at all, and ate them very sweetly.

When the last one was fed into his mouth, Chu Jiao withdrew her hand, "Okay, no more. If the Sixth Prince eats too much, he won't be able to eat dinner later."

But the boy was reluctant to give up the sweetness in his mouth, and two small black hands suddenly grabbed Chu Jiao's wrist, which scared Chu Jiao.

He dragged the jade-white finger, tilted his head back, and stretched out his tongue, carefully licking the juice on Chu Jiao's five fingers, not leaving any residue.

"Sixth Prince, you..."

Chu Jiao wanted to reprimand him for his reckless behavior, but seeing the boy's eyes full of seriousness and desire for food, she was left with only sadness.

He must have had a hard time, so he cherished every bit of it so much.

"Sixth Prince, if you like sweets, I will try to bring you some snacks in the future," Chu Jiao couldn't help but promise the child, "but you can't tell anyone, it's just a little secret between the two of us!"

The boy's mouth moved, and after hesitating for a long time, he finally couldn't resist the temptation: "Okay, little secret."

Chu Jiao smiled, grabbed the child's fingers, and hooked his with her little finger, "Hang yourself with a hook, and don't change it for a hundred years!"

"Hang yourself with a hook... and don't change it for a hundred years!" The boy also repeated it with her.

"Okay, it's time for me to go," Chu Jiao looked up at the sky, "Sixth Prince, goodbye!"

When her figure disappeared at the end of the corridor, the boy lowered his head, looked at his little finger, and hooked it.

Then he bent down, rummaged in the grass, and picked up the strawberry that Chu Jiao had just knocked to the ground.

The strawberry was covered with dirt, and he was about to put it in his mouth without caring, but he remembered what the eunuch had said just now. So he slowly stood up, walked to the pond nearby, rinsed the strawberry, and finally put it into his mouth with satisfaction when he saw that the dirt was clean.

For the first time, he was looking forward to tomorrow.

-Little

White Rabbit Jingchen: Powerless? Haha. (With a snap, he broke the neck of a little sparrow)