With a snort, Qi Qi picked up a small stone and threw it at the eunuch, saying, "Grandpa? Whose grandpa are you? How dare you talk to me like that? Do you know who I am?!"
The stone was small, and the standing eunuch was hit right on the neck. He was about to yell at the eunuch, but when he heard this, he instinctively stopped talking and first carefully tapped the child.
Wow, a third-class eunuch, wearing a Fengyi Palace waist tag, and the purse he's wearing isn't cheap. He's all plump and white, and with that tone of voice... he's not ordinary.
The three men exchanged glances, then stepped forward and bowed: "Young Master, please forgive us, we were blind just now and didn't see you! May we ask what brings you here...?"
Qi Qi thought about it and realized that saying he was lost probably wouldn't be very convenient, and it would sound a bit silly.
After a long silence, Qi Qi once again spoke in an arrogant and domineering tone: "I was just passing by and took a look at the lotus flowers here. I didn't expect that you would bully people in broad daylight. You have some nerve!"
No sooner had he said this than the three eunuchs ran away.
Qi Qi: "..."
We haven't even started threatening them yet!
He was even thinking that if these three were some kind of heinous villains, they might try to kill him after he exposed their secret. He was already prepared to pretend to call out to the people behind him and then run away...
A cold sweat seemed to run down Qi Qi's back. He couldn't help but feel troubled. Next time, he should just call for help directly! Some things don't seem like a big deal when you're doing them, but when you think about them later, they're very dangerous!
Qi Qi turned to leave again.
A hoarse, youthful voice came from behind: "Please wait, sir."
Qi Qi quickly covered his eyes and turned his head away: "I didn't see anything, and I don't know who you are!"
The man said, "...Thank you, Grandpa Laibao."
Qi Qi had no choice but to turn back and reiterate, "I will pretend I didn't see it."
The Fifth Prince smiled wryly: "So what if I saw it, or so what if I didn't?"
Poor Fifth Prince, he looks like a drowning puppy.
Qi Qi asked, "Why aren't you up yet?"
The Fifth Prince lay on the ground, maintaining that position: "I'm out of strength."
Qi Qi pondered for a moment, then asked, "Do you want to eat something?"
Fifth Prince: "???"
"Haha, just kidding, just kidding."
...
Although I don't consider myself a good person, once I started talking to him, I ended up helping him walk along the palace path, and eventually we arrived at the Fifth Prince's house.
It was indeed the Cold Palace, looking gloomy and eerie. The place was large and very empty, with no flowers or grass in the courtyard, only small green vegetables and bok choy... and a tall tree. I didn't see anyone else.
"Fifth Prince, what are you doing over there? It's so far."
The Cold Palace is almost a 20-minute walk from where we were just now! The further we walk, the more remote it becomes!
The sound of coughing could be heard from inside the room. It was a loud, intermittent cough, as if someone was trying to cough it all up.
"Where are your eunuchs and maids? Why is no one here?"
The Fifth Prince, now dressed in an old robe, looked somewhat embarrassed upon hearing this: "The one inside is my servant. It's just the two of us in the hall. Ah Zhong has been ill these past few days, and it seems to be getting worse. Today I asked my teacher for leave to go to the Imperial Hospital to get him some medicine, but..."
A blush crept onto the boy's pale face, revealing a tenacity that showed he was determined to live on despite the hardships he faced.
Qi Qi felt apologetic and wanted to take out a bag of sunflower seeds to eat...
Qi Qi coughed twice and asked with concern, "And then?"
The Fifth Prince looked up at Qi Qi, his eyes filled with complex emotions mixed with a glimmer of hope: "...I'm broke. The Imperial Hospital didn't give me any medicine. I went to the kitchen at noon to get my lunch, hoping for a bowl of hot porridge, but I was kicked out..."
He lowered his head again, his eyes a little red. Beside him was an old table with half a rough steamed bun and a plate of leftover green vegetables, all without any oil.
The house was bare, and we had nothing!
The boy's thin back drooped even lower... his body exuded a sense of brokenness.
The elements are all there! Qi Qi is certain now, the Fifth Prince is playing himself! And his acting is flawless! If Qi Qi were really a six-year-old child, wouldn't he be completely outmatched?
However, does the term "green tea" even exist in this day and age?
Qi Qi: Do I look like a good person, or someone who is stupid?
Perhaps because Qi Qi had been silent for a long time, the only sound in the air was the coughing coming from the next room. After ten minutes of silence, the Fifth Prince couldn't help but look up at Qi Qi.
"I must thank you for today's matter, young eunuch. Those three wicked servants were originally from my Qingqiu Palace five years ago. Since my mother... after that, the palace servants left Qingqiu Palace one by one to find their own way. I just didn't expect that they would harbor such great malice towards me, and that they would target me every time we met."
"Uncle Laibao, I don't know why, but as soon as I saw you, I felt very close to you, and I ended up saying so much without realizing it. I'm really sorry."
"Father-in-law has errands to run, you should go now..."
The atmosphere quieted down again.
Just as the Fifth Prince was about to lose his composure and began to doubt the accuracy of his observations over the past month, Qi Qi made his move.
First, he took out two packets of pastries from his small bundle, and then he emptied out ten taels of silver ingots that he carried close to his body in his small purse.
The fifth prince was taken aback and hurriedly refused, "No, no, how can I take your money? Take it back quickly, I can't take it, no way."
Qi Qi sighed, stood on tiptoe, patted his shoulder, and said earnestly, "Fifth Prince, I admire your strength. We are both unfortunate people, so let's just consider this a friendship. You must be a good person in the future."
Just imagine, the entire Great Xia Palace is about to be massacred by Gu Siyan. Everyone here is suffering. I hope that the Fifth Prince will accept the money and live a better life, and not turn to the dark side, even though he will die whether he turns to the dark side or not.
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