Chapter 31 Chapter 31 ...I know you are amazing. ...
Li Shuyao paused and turned around with a puzzled expression. What immediately came into her sight was a small apricot-yellow figure that was only about knee-high.
Your Highness the Crown Prince?
Li Shuyao was so frightened that her eyes suddenly widened. Her body's awareness was faster than her brain's reaction. Just as she thought of the word "palace", her knees had already fallen to her knees. With a "bang", Li Shuyao tasted the greatest pain she had experienced since traveling through time - her knees would probably be blue for many days.
However, she didn't dare cry out in pain at this moment. She knelt on the ground and trembled as she greeted the little boy not far away: "Your servant, I greet His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. May His Royal Highness be blessed with good health."
The little prince had his hands behind his back, and his chubby, childish face showed a serious expression that was completely opposite to the normal expression. His eyebrows were slightly wrinkled, and his big eyes like black grapes were bright and sparkling. He blinked a few times and looked curiously at the little palace maid in front of him who was as pretty as peach blossoms.
A few days ago, it seemed like she was the one hiding in the corner and eavesdropping on me and my elder brother talking.
The little prince pursed his rosy lips, took a few steps forward, and walked in front of Li Shuyao. He found that when she knelt down, the velvet flower in her bun was almost as high as her chin.
So he silently took a few steps back, as if that would make him look taller and more powerful.
He asked Li Shuyao: "Where do you serve?"
Li Shuyao's voice was still trembling: "This servant, this servant, serves in the tea room of the Palace of Heavenly Purity."
She was not really afraid of the little prince. Her voice was trembling because her knees hurt so much. She didn't dare to scream out loud, so she could only tremble her voice, as if that would relieve the pain.
The little prince noticed that she was feeling a little unwell, but he didn't understand what was wrong with her. His big watery eyes rolled around twice, and he was thinking, am I terrible?
But he never punished the palace maids.
Although he obeyed Khan Ama's words and rarely smiled at others, he was really not scary.
The little prince inexplicably didn't want this pretty little palace maid to be afraid of him.
Then he blinked his eyes, took a few steps back quietly, stood far away, and shouted to Li Shuyao: "Get up, stand up and talk to me."
As soon as she finished speaking, she seemed to remember something, her face flushed, and she added: "After you stand up, can you squat down and talk to me and me?"
Li Shuyao endured the pain in her knee, nodded, slowly stood up with the tray, and then slowly squatted down. She straightened and bent her knees, and the injured part touched the fabric, which was a little itchy and painful.
I could only try my best to endure it, and beads of sweat appeared on my forehead.
His eyes were still fixed on the floor. After staring for a long time, he suddenly felt dazzled. Several bricks of different shades of light suddenly twisted and turned like the starry sky.
...Could she have a heat stroke?
Scared by a three-year-old child and got heatstroke?
Li Shuyao quickly blinked her eyes and bit her lower lip. The pain made her mind clearer and the brick stopped moving.
She finally breathed a sigh of relief when she heard the child's tender voice above her head continue to ring out: "What's wrong with you? Why don't you answer me?"
solitary?
Oh, this is the little prince’s self-proclaimed name. Did he ask something just now?
While Li Shuyao was still thinking, the palace servant accompanying the young prince became impatient and jumped out with his hands on his hips, shouting at Li Shuyao in a sharp voice: "How dare you not answer the prince's question!"
"No, I didn't refuse to answer." Li Shuyao stammered as she tried to explain.
She saw the apricot-yellow hem of the clothes suddenly turn in the corner of her eye, and the little prince seemed to be walking away from her.
The next second, the eunuch uttered an "Ouch" and flatteringly exclaimed, "Your Highness the Crown Prince kicks really well!"
Li Shuyao:?
He's only three years old and he can kick people?
She was a little frightened and wanted to run away, but she was also afraid that the brat would ask someone to catch her.
After hesitating for a long time, he just squatted there without moving.
At the same time, my mind was racing. What did he just ask?
Oh, it seems...
"When did you come to the Qing Palace? Why have I never seen you before?"
And - "Can you tell Khan Ama to come and serve me from now on?"
After thinking about it, Li Shuyao calmed down a little, wrote a "solution" in his mind, and then slowly answered the little prince's question -
"I came to serve in the Palace of Heavenly Purity about two months ago."
"Because I have been staying in the tea room, His Royal Highness may not have seen me."
"Your servant, I don't know if I can serve His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. Perhaps I need to ask the maids and Eunuch Liang first. Your Majesty, you can also, but your servant doesn't usually see your Majesty."
"Please raise your head and speak." The little prince's voice was closer to Li Shuyao. He probably came back after kicking someone.
Li Shuyao obediently raised her chin slightly, but her eyes were still looking vertically at the ground.
This is the rule in the palace.
"Lift your eyes too."
However, the little prince was still not satisfied and continued to make demands with a frown.
Li Shuyao had no choice but to purse her lips and roll her eyes, cautiously looking at the three-headed man in front of her.
The little prince was finally satisfied and smiled happily with puffed cheeks.
After laughing, he seemed to remember something and quickly put away his smile. His chubby cheeks then became serious. He pretended to be mature, stretched out a short, fat little finger, tapped the tray in Li Shuyao's arms, and asked softly, "What are these?"
Li Shuyao: "This servant just brought back some tea from the imperial teahouse."
"Where are you sending it to?"
"The tea room."
"Oh, so it's all Khan Ama wants to drink?"
Li Shuyao nodded and tried to be concise: "Yes."
"Then do you know what kind of tea Khan Ama usually likes to drink?" The little prince seemed to have a hundred thousand questions all of a sudden. He stood in front of Li Shuyao, blinking his big curious eyes, and seemed to be asking endless questions.
Li Shuyao, however, didn't seem annoyed at all... well, she didn't dare to be. She went over every question the young prince asked in her mind and answered them seriously, "The Emperor drinks different tea every day, depending on his mood. So, he doesn't seem to have a particular favorite type of tea."
"These teas are all bitter and not very tasty." As he said this, the little prince suddenly wrinkled his fair and tender face like a steamed bun.
Li Shuyao was instantly captivated by his cute posture: So cute! I want to poke him!
Then he cursed himself in his heart: How dare you! Do you think you can have the soft face of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince?
However, after hearing these questions from the little prince, Li Shuyao's previous nervousness suddenly relaxed a lot, and she didn't look as nervous as before.
She exhaled lightly, adjusted her squatting position, and felt that the pain on her knee was no longer so severe. Then she slowly answered the little prince's question: "Everyone has their own preferences."
"Vegetables and radishes?" The little prince blinked twice in confusion. "I, I didn't ask you about vegetables and radishes. I asked about these tea leaves."
"I know that this is actually a folk proverb, which means that everyone has their own preferences, just like I like to eat snacks, but some people don't like to eat snacks." Li Shuyao tried very hard to explain to him.
The little prince tilted his head and said, "Is there anyone in this world who doesn't like snacks?"
After saying that, he seemed to remember something, "Oh, yes, Khan Ama doesn't like snacks." He glanced at the tray in Li Shuyao's arms, "He likes these bitter things."
As the little prince spoke, he put his short, fat arms behind his back.
Then he walked around Li Shuyao twice, and said with sparkling black eyes: "I like you, and you are quite interesting. Come and serve me."
As soon as he finished speaking, Li Shuyao began to seriously consider the feasibility of it.
Seems pretty good?
After all, the little prince is the crown prince, and he is still living in the Qianqing Palace. Even if he wants to move in the future, he will move to the Yuqing Palace, which is not far from the Qianqing Palace.
Before Qingyao left the enclosure, she could still go to Qingyao to play at any time, but when Qingyao went to the harem... the chances of the two meeting might be greatly reduced. After all, it would not be good for the little prince to always run to a concubine's bedroom.
...Thinking about it this way, it’s still not very cost-effective.
Li Shuyao opened her mouth to refuse.
But when her eyes met the little prince's bright black eyes, her mind inappropriately recalled the kick he had just given the little eunuch...
Then she was so frightened by her own imagination that she trembled twice, looked away in panic, and stammered, not knowing how to answer.
Seeing this, the little prince puckered his cheeks in disappointment: "You don't want to?"
The palace servant behind him was about to jump out again, but the little prince seemed to have eyes on the back of his head and turned his head away suddenly, "Shut up, I didn't ask you!"
"If you keep talking nonsense, I'll have someone beat you with a stick!"
"Beat eighty of them!"
The palace maid was startled by his words, and her shoulders shrank back in fear. When she looked at Li Shuyao again, her eyes unconsciously showed some thought and vague resentment.
——Even the three-year-old Crown Prince was attracted to her. She is indeed a vixen!
Li Shuyao looked at the palace maid's eyes and felt that she might have been blamed for something strange again.
However, she had no time to care about these things at the moment.
She bit her lip lightly, mustered up the courage to say to the three-headed figure in front of her: "It's not that I don't want to do it, but I can't make the decision on this matter. I have to obey Eunuch Liang's wishes."
The little prince showed a thoughtful expression.
Then he said: "But Liang Banban also has to listen to me!"
"In the Qianqing Palace, everyone except Khan Ama must obey me."
Li Shuyao: ...
Okay, okay, I know you are amazing.
Everyone has to bow their heads when speaking to you, okay?
But, you are so great, why do you have to pick on her, a weak and helpless little palace maid?
Is this the evil taste that only belongs to your Aisin-Gioro family?
Li Shuyao was furious and she couldn't go through this class for another day!
Her white fingers tightly gripped the edge of the tray, and a few wisps of mist slowly emerged in her clear apricot-like eyes. The more Li Shuyao thought about it, the more aggrieved she felt.
Wow, now even a three-year-old can bully her, right?
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