Serving the chief eunuch was not a regular job.
Even a chief eunuch is still a servant. In the palace, only masters can have servants. What kind of talk is it if a servant has servants?
Only in the mansions outside the palace, the servants that one personally buys are truly one's own.
The junior eunuchs didn't call the senior eunuchs "master," but each senior eunuch had a junior eunuch to serve him. It was a kind of professional perk. You can't expect everyone to reach the top of their profession and not even have this kind of privilege, right?
This job wasn't easy to do; only junior eunuchs who had won the favor of the head eunuch could get this "honor." Who knows, as they served the masters, the head eunuch might casually teach them a trick or two for serving their masters, which would be enough to benefit them for a lifetime.
Society is a society that values human relationships, and so is the imperial palace.
Xiao Pingzi and Xiao Anzi were specially selected by Qi Defu. They had learned some martial arts and were among the more honest and less stupid of the younger members of the Imperial Kitchen.
Too smart won't do. Qi Laibao isn't smart. If he gets fooled, Qi Defu won't be around all day and won't be able to keep an eye on him all the time.
Qi Qi: "Are you going to be busy later?"
Xiaopingzi said, "Yes."
Qi Qi said, "The Imperial Kitchen is quite far from here, and it's tiring to go back and forth. I'll go back by myself once I'm familiar with the way."
Xiaopingzi turned around in surprise to look at the eunuch whose temper had softened, and felt a strange warmth in her heart. It was kind of him that he was no longer bossing her and Xiao Anzi around in a domineering manner.
"Thank you, young eunuch. However, the Imperial Study is far away, and you might get lost if you travel alone. The Grand Master has instructed us to protect you. If we fail in our duty, the consequences will be severe."
Qi Qi asked curiously, "What are the consequences?"
Xiaopingzi's expression hardened: "This..."
Seeing that he looked unwell, Qi Qi immediately said, "If it's difficult for you, then there's no need to say anything."
Xiao Pingzi: "嗻."
[All! All! All!]
System: [I'm here]
Qi Qi: [Did you know?]
System: [Depending on how petty the person being punished is, some will be beaten or verbally abused, or given a hard time; others will be killed. The lives of those in the palace are worthless.]
Just then, on another path along the corner of the wall that the two had passed, two people dragged a burlap sack on the ground and quickly left. The sack was still seeping blood.
Qi Qi was taken aback.
Suddenly I realized that I was also a servant...
well……
System: [Serving people is indeed difficult]
The first step for a modern host to arrive in ancient times is either to find it difficult to adapt—the strict hierarchy under the emperor—or to adapt very quickly—becoming the emperor himself, or even a rebellious madman.
Qi Qi: [No]
Humans are creatures with high spiritual power limits and great strength, but their physical bodies are too fragile. In a technologically advanced world, humans inject themselves with superior genes after reaching adulthood and install machinery in their bodies. Only with this powerful combination can humans dominate the universe.
Flesh and blood are weak and fragile; only machines and spirit endure.
It's a pity that this world doesn't have this technology, otherwise, even if only a mechanical arm were installed, that person could smash the entire world.
System: ...This strange thought process has started again.
Top-tier nanny robot, Qi Qi: [Serving people is my job, I can do that! It's just that the environment here feels a bit oppressive.]
The walls were so high they seemed to stretch as far as the eye could see, and the pedestrians looked numb and miserable, far worse off than the robots.
When they returned to their lodgings, dinner was already laid out on the eight-immortal table in Qi Defu's outer room. It was still full of food, with chicken, duck, goose and mutton all arranged, and the food looked, smelled and tasted delicious.
Qi Defu was still at work, while Qi Qi ate by himself, enjoying his meal immensely. His stomach, which was already bulging, became even bulging after he finished eating, and he looked at the leftover food.
Qi Qi still let Xiaopingzi and Xiao Anzi eat.
Tell them to cook less next time, as they won't be able to finish it, and to add more vegetables to the dishes, as they get tired of eating too much.
Xiaopingzi and Xiaoanzi were even more puzzled: "Isn't this your favorite food?"
Qi Qi patted his stomach and slowly walked around the room to digest. Hearing this, he waved his hand and said, "The past is the past, the present is the present, I need to lose weight!"
Upon hearing this, Qi Defu, who had just returned from his shift that evening, picked up Qi Qi and bounced him around: "Where are you fat? Not at all! Who said you're fat? Tell your godfather!"
Qi Qi's eyes darted around as he looked at the same plump figure as Qi Defu and said, "Nobody's talking about me, Godfather. It's from a book that saying being too fat is bad for your health! Our fat will put pressure on our hearts, and we'll get very serious illnesses!"
"Is it that serious? Laibao can read today?"
Qi Defu laughed and patted his little belly: "Others can't get fat even if they want to, but your godfather works in the imperial kitchen. Doesn't Laibao want to try all the delicious food and fun things in the world?"
Qi Qi's little face tightened, and he said seriously, "I'm serious, godfather. From now on, we need to eat properly and healthily. We can enjoy the delicious food slowly, but it's not good if we get sick."
“If Godfather gets sick, Laibao will be heartbroken.”
Qi Defu was quite old and had heard all sorts of kind words, but who could be more sincere and endearing than these childlike words? He was immediately touched, oh my, oh my, calling them his darling, his face beaming with joy, and he listened to everything Qi Qi said.
Qi Qi seemed to have been born with a talent for coaxing people. He kept saying "Godfather is the best, Godfather is the greatest" as if it were free. After coaxing him enough, he took out the Three Character Classic and wanted to read it to Qi Defu.
"Daddy Chen praised me so many times, he said I learn quickly and well! Let me read it to you!"
Qi Defu was very supportive when he mentioned studying, and sat down to listen to him read. He then advised, "There's no need to rush. Laibao is still young. If he's too tired, it will hurt his health and he won't grow tall. It's okay if he learns a few fewer words each day."
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