Chapter 33 Chapter 33 - Otherwise, I will be even less smart in the future...
Liang Jiugong's cries of grief failed to awaken the little prince's sanity.
The more he thought about it, the more he felt that this was the case. Otherwise, why would the little palace maid suddenly cry?
It definitely wasn't because of fear of him, it could only be because of Liang Banban.
Great! I didn't expect Liang Banban, who usually looks docile and respectful, to be a person who bullies innocent little palace maids in private...
Before he could finish his thought, the Khan across from him suddenly knocked on the table with a stern expression and said, "No."
"Why?" The little prince's eyes widened in surprise, somewhat unable to believe it. He immediately stood up from the couch with his hands, walked around the dining table, grabbed his Khan's father by the collar, and knelt down in the tall man's arms.
The emperor was afraid that he would fall, so he quickly reached out to support his round little butt.
The next moment, the kid stood up from his arms, his two little fleshy feet stepped forcefully on his strong thigh muscles, his chubby hands wrapped around his neck, his mouth pouting, looking a little dissatisfied.
He groaned and leaned closer, his soft cheeks squeezed until they were slightly deformed, and he kept saying in a babyish voice, "Khan Ama, please."
He really wanted that little palace maid to come and play with him.
But he certainly couldn't say that in front of Khan Ama, so he changed his words, "I heard that the little palace maid has been learning calligraphy lately. I'm learning calligraphy too. Why don't you think of it as finding a companion for me?"
Li Shuyao is learning to write in Chinese characters? Impossible.
She doesn't even have time to play, how can she be so diligent?
This was the first thing the emperor thought of.
Then, after hearing the second half of the kid's words, he frowned and thought for a moment before saying to him, "If you find it boring, I'll pick out two Haha beads from the Hesheli clan and send them to the palace to keep you company."
"No." When the little prince heard the words "Hesheli", his face changed immediately.
She didn't want to act like a spoiled child anymore, so she kicked her legs and tried to get out of her father's arms.
At the same time, he said angrily: "Then it really is learning big characters."
He spoke softly, but because most human cubs cannot control the volume, and the distance between him and the man was very close, these words fell into the emperor's ears completely.
He narrowed his eyes dangerously. "What do you mean?"
As he said this, his big hand "slapped" and covered the little prince's buttocks again, using a little force to prevent him from escaping.
He lowered his head, his dark eyes casting a deep glance at his bewildered son in his arms, "What do you mean by 'So, I'm really learning to write Chinese characters?'"
"So you want them to go over there because you have other intentions?"
Baocheng is still so young, but he already likes beautiful women so much?
Then I can't push Li Shuyao to his side...
He was just thinking about it when the little prince in his arms suddenly spoke with a bewildered look on his face, "Khan Ama, what do you mean by drunken?"
"I don't drink alcohol. I'm still a child."
After saying this, he puffed out his cheeks and tried hard to stretch out his ten fingers, which looked short and fat. However, he was unconsciously pressing them against the back of his Khan Ama's big hand with distinct veins and strong joints, occupying less than half of the entire palm.
He immediately spoke in a resounding voice: "Look, Khan, my son is so small."
"He's only three years old. How could he drink secretly behind your back? If he does, I'll never grow taller or bigger. I'm not stupid."
This doesn't sound very smart.
The emperor was stunned for a moment, looked at his legitimate son in his arms for a long time, and finally made up his mind that he would never let Li Shuyao get close to his legitimate son.
——What if I become even less smart in the future?
If we teach well now, we can still make up for it later.
The topic between the father and son gradually developed in an outrageous direction.
Liang Jiugong was still kneeling on the ground not far away, with his head lowered deeply. After a while, seeing that no one noticed him, he quietly changed his posture so that his knees would not be as painful as before when they rubbed against the floor tiles.
His expression still held some resentment and sorrow. No matter how hard he tried to think about it, he couldn't understand why he had ended up in this situation.
Li Shuyao, would Li Shuyao drug people?
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On the other side, Li Shuyao hurried back to the tea room with the newly received tea.
After finishing the sorting and filing work in a hurry, he left the tea room in a hurry, looking as if he was afraid that he would be caught at any time.
He lowered his head, covered his face and mouth, and sneaked all the way. From time to time, he even walked quickly under the corner of the red wall. When he saw the guards passing by in the distance, he would hold his chest, look nervously at the red wall, and make a gesture of standing in punishment.
It was not until the guards gradually went away that she let out a sigh of relief in an exaggerated manner, continued to stick to the corner of the wall, and jumped out like a big pink rat.
As he rushed to the compound suspiciously, he couldn't help crying in his voice and knocked on Qingyao's door twice, "Sister Qingyao, please save me!"
Guo Luoluo Qingyao in the room was so surprised by her calling her "sister" that she couldn't recover for a long time. Lingluo, on the other hand, was able to remain calm and walked over to open the door for Li Shuyao.
Li Shuyao rushed in again, almost crawling to Qingyao's side, crying with tears in his eyes: "Help, help, help! Qingyao, I met His Royal Highness the Crown Prince today. I don't know why, but he suddenly asked me to serve him. I, I, I, how dare I..."
"I refused him immediately, saying I had to listen to Eunuch Liang. He followed me to the Palace of Heavenly Purity. Once there, he said nothing more than that he would ask the Emperor for his consent... and then he crawled through the door. Ah, I'm really done for now. I'm going to burn to death, just like those evil concubines in history books. A burst of fire, and whoosh, I'm gone."
"But, but I clearly didn't do anything. I... I'm not even a demon concubine! At most, I'm just an ordinary little palace maid... I even diligently went to the imperial tea room under the scorching afternoon sun to collect tea. I did all the miscellaneous work that others didn't do. I'm obviously very hardworking. I haven't had many snacks this month... Who did I offend?"
Does the original plot just dislike her so much?
In just two months since she came here, how many times has she encountered a life-and-death crisis?
She doesn't want to die, nor does she want to disrupt any plot. Her wish is so simple: to live a good life. Isn't that enough?
Li Shuyao really hated this feudal dynasty where people could easily strangle her life.
Thinking about it, she finally couldn't help crying, her eyes were full of tears, and a layer of light and thin blush spread to the corners of her eyes and cheeks.
But she was completely unaware of her own beauty, and rubbed her eye sockets a few times rather roughly, causing the blush to become even darker.
She looks more and more charming.
At least that's what Guo Luoluo Qingyao thought. She felt uncomfortable just by listening to Shu Yao's words. When she saw her crying, she couldn't help crying and her eyes turned red as well.
Lingluo stood aside at a loss, not knowing whether to comfort her young mistress first or to pull Li Shuyao up from the ground.
It took her more than ten breaths to make a decision. She reached out her hand to Li Shuyao, who was half-kneeling on the ground, and pulled her up with force. She comforted her mistress in a gentle voice, saying, "Don't cry, just talk it over."
It was difficult for Li Shuyao to calm down once her emotions came up, especially since she had been suppressing them for such a long time.
She held Qingyao tightly, refusing to let go, sobbing and mumbling something. Lingluo and Qingyao listened helplessly to her shouting "Mom, Dad!" for a long time, and then heard her cry, "I want to go home and never stay in this broken place again..."
Qingyao:!
She was so frightened that she woke up immediately and covered Li Shuyao's mouth to prevent her from saying more outrageous words.
The experienced Lingluo had already stood up and walked out, circling Qingyao's hut completely. Finding no signs of anyone eavesdropping, she returned to the house with peace of mind and brought back a pot of freshly boiled hot water.
Standing in the outer room, drinking honey water, he pricked up his ears to listen to how his mistress coaxed Li Shuyao to stop crying with her gentle voice.
After a while, the honey water gradually cooled down, and the crying sounds in the small room stopped. Lingluo then walked in with two cups of honey water.
He handed a cup to each of the two people sitting on the couch, and then went out and brought a basin of warm water for Li Shuyao to wash.
Li Shuyao said thank you in a hoarse voice, looking listless, as if she had been badly bullied but still knew to be polite.
Lingluo's heart softened instantly. After a moment's hesitation, she comforted Li Shuyao, "Don't overthink it. The Emperor isn't the kind of tyrant who'd want to kill people all day long. He won't do anything to you just because of a word from the Crown Prince."
Otherwise, the emperor would not have transferred the person to the tea room and kept him under his own supervision just because of a word from his own lady.
Besides... Li Shuyao is so beautiful, the emperor would never have the heart to do that to her.
This thought vaguely emerged in Lingluo's mind.
Li Shuyao listened absentmindedly while washing her face in the copper basin. After listening, she pulled the corners of her mouth reluctantly and said to Lingluo with lifeless eyes, "I understand. Thank you, Sister Lingluo, for comforting me."
Lingluo then took the water in the copper basin and went out to pour it out.
Qingyao pulled Li Shuyao back to sit on the couch. She first wiped the wet stains on her forehead with a handkerchief, then said to her with a distressed look on her face, "You must never say those words again, understand?"
Li Shuyao nodded silently.
Qingyao had never seen her like this before, and she felt a little sad and uncomfortable in her heart.
She simply hugged Li Shuyao and said in a firm voice, "Don't worry, if the emperor is really angry with you because of what the prince said, I will go to him and beg for mercy, kneel on the ground and beg him to let you go, and then let you come to my side."
"Didn't you say before that I would most likely go to the harem and become a proper mistress?"
"I'll take this and beg him, saying I don't want anything anymore. I don't want anything else, but I want you to stay with me. At worst, we can just stay in this room forever!"
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