Why are you yelling so loudly!
Qi Qi was almost driven to despair by this unruly teenager: "Why have you been yelling at me like this these past few days? If you don't want me to serve you personally, I'll step down and won't be in your way."
As Qi Qi spoke, he threw off the covers and tried to jump down, but Huangfu Jue grabbed his waist and pulled him back onto the bed, his legs clamped tightly together: "Where are you going? You're not allowed to go!"
Qi Qi exclaimed in surprise, "What?"
Huangfu Jue didn't know where her anger came from, but she was always irritable and agitated: "Why don't you stay by my side? Why do you always want to run away?"
Qi Qi: "I didn't run away, did I? I've been right here by your side the whole time!"
Huangfu Jue: "You're still trying to deny it? You want to sleep in the outer courtyard every day, what else could it be but running away?"
Qi Qi retorted, "Isn't this the normal distance between a servant and his master? Are you using me as a pillow? Do you expect me to sleep between you two after you marry a prince?"
Huangfu Jue was annoyed by this series of questions: "Sleep, why aren't you sleeping?"
Qi Qi: "..."
Seeing that he didn't speak, Huangfu Jue continued, "Don't always think about running away. You should know in your heart whether I treat you well or not."
Qi Qi's expression was indescribable: "But you just told me to find someone I love and settle down with in the future."
Huangfu Jue frowned and said, "Did I say that?... Oh, it was just a hypothetical situation. How can you take it seriously? Neither women nor men can do that."
As he spoke, as if affirming himself, he even nodded: "Don't you think so? Laibao, who else would treat you so well besides me? You've suffered so much outside these past two months. I will continue to treat you well as always. You can stay by my side, just like Anrui by my mother's side. When you get old, you can stay by my side to take care of yourself."
Qi Qi struggled for a moment upon hearing this, but was still held by the waist and had his head resting on the shoulder.
Qi Qi: "Your Highness, you are a living Yama! If I'm still busy serving tea and water when I'm sixty or seventy, then I've lived in vain and might as well die."
Huangfu Jue: "What do you mean, serving tea and water? Have you ever done that kind of work before...?"
Qi Qi: "...It's a metaphor, it's just a metaphor. You see, I didn't do anything. Didn't I tell you my birthday wish last year? I wanted to retire as soon as possible!"
Huangfu Jue: "Then what did you say five years ago? That birthday wishes don't count if you say them out loud. Is it so bad to be by my side? I'll be second only to you, and I'll grant you wealth and honor."
Qi Qi subconsciously said, "A group of beauties?"
Huangfu Jue: "Dream on."
Qi Qi: "..."
You brat! You little brat!
Huangfu Jue comforted him, saying, "Form is emptiness, emptiness is form. Don't keep thinking about these things; it's bad for your health."
Qi Qi was speechless: "Your Highness, this is not right. Humans are born with seven emotions and six desires. Following nature is the way of heaven. If you don't even have desires, wouldn't you become a saint?"
Before Huangfu Jue could speak, Qi Qi added, "Eunuchs are people too, of course they can be too."
Huangfu Jue: "...Is it better than having someone by my side?"
Qi Qi: "These two things are not the same and cannot be compared."
Huangfu Jue then asked, "...Is it really that interesting?"
Qi Qi did not answer the question because he realized that Huangfu Jue might be hiding something from him. After thinking it over, since it involved matters of "men and women," it could only be about the royal family wanting to have more children.
But Qi Qi couldn't help much. He never cared about things that were related to politics. However, the fact that Huangfu Jue, an ancient person, had these thoughts was probably related to the stories he had been told to him since he was a child.
At the time, Qi Qi didn't think too much about it and just said whatever came to mind. Now, thinking back, those stories about lifelong devotion and unwavering loyalty probably left a subconscious impression on him...
Thank you, Brother An Eleven, for not telling the Empress about these things.
Qi Qi touched his head. Oh, it was still safely on his neck.
Huangfu Jue was silent for a while, then, as if gathering his courage, he spoke his mind: "Lai Bao?"
Qi Qi: "Hmm?"
Huangfu Jue said, "Stay by my side for the rest of your life, and I will treat you well for the rest of my life."
Upon hearing this, Qi Qi, still half-asleep, was so shocked that he frantically struggled to the side: "Wait, you...you're confessing your love?"
Huangfu Jue: "Confess? What confession?"
Qi Qi: "...Are you sick? Next time, please don't say things that are so misunderstood!"
Huangfu Jue realized what was happening and looked embarrassed: "You're the one who's sick, you actually misunderstood me."
Qi Qi lay back on the pillow.
Ah, what a strange and chaotic night.
“Your Highness, Lord Jue, what you're doing is wrong. Don't eunuchs have human rights? Oh, I guess they don't... No, that's not the point. The point is that we'll both grow up someday. How can we sleep together every day? When you have a wife and children, they will be your closest people. Of course, I will be one too, but I'm a friend, and friends can't sleep together... I'm your good friend, right?”
Qi Qi turned to look at him. In fact, in their relationship, Huangfu Jue was more like an older brother. He knew more than Qi Qi and was the one who took better care of him. Apart from being a little follower and occasionally giving him moral lessons to prevent him from becoming a bad guy, Qi Qi did not help him in any way in his pursuit of becoming emperor. He would even subtly convey the idea that being an emperor was very tiring.
Huangfu Jue reached out and hugged him: "Of course, you... will find someone else to live with in the future?"
The boy's eyes flickered in the dim light, making it impossible to discern his expression or what he was thinking.
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