Kong Qing froze, then looked up and stared directly at Yuan Yao.
Yuan Yao also watched him quietly.
Kong Qing's eyes turned cold, but her voice remained respectful: "Your Highness, this servant has something to say."
This servant longs to study, to enter the Imperial Academy, and to pass the imperial examinations...
Unfortunately, this servant was born into the wrong family…
Is this hatred a form of regret?
For some reason, Yuan Yao breathed a sigh of relief.
It seems that fate intended for her to pass through here today?
She lowered her head, coughed lightly twice, and Yuan Yao's eyes were slightly moist.
If only time could send her back more than thirty years, how wonderful that would be!
pity……
She couldn't save her father from back then...
Just as everyone was filled with trepidation and guessing Yuan Yao's thoughts, she suddenly raised her eyes and looked at the chief eunuch: "Kong Qing, I'm taking her away."
"Later, collect his indenture and come find me at Qianhua Palace."
The head eunuch was taken aback, then quickly said, "No! Princess, Kong Qing has just entered the palace, she hasn't been castrated yet, and she hasn't been taught the proper etiquette!"
"Princess, why don't you choose someone else?"
As he spoke, he pointed to the other eunuchs: "These children have all been castrated. If Your Highness likes them, you may take them all to Qianhua Palace to serve you!"
The eunuchs all looked at Yuan Yao with a mixture of anticipation and fear.
Yuan Yao coughed, covering her mouth: "I only want Kong Qing."
She doesn't want anything else.
Upon hearing this, the head eunuch looked troubled: "Princess, how about you grant me a few more days?"
"After I take Kong Qing to be castrated and recuperate for a couple of days, and properly teach her manners, then I'll send her to Qianhua Palace for you?"
Cleansing?
Yuan Yao's expression turned indifferent as she coughed, covering her mouth: "Can't you understand what I'm saying?"
I said, I want to take Kong Qing with me.
Today, at this very moment, I am taking him away!
"thump!"
The head eunuch was so frightened that he knelt down again: "Princess, this servant is stupid and didn't understand what you said..."
Princess, if you want someone, just take them away…
Yuan Yao called to Canfeng: "Help Kong Qing up."
Canfeng nodded and went over to help the person.
After kneeling in the snow for a while, Kong Qing's knees were soaked with snow water.
Yuan Yao looked at the other eunuchs and said, "Get up, all of you."
The young eunuchs trembled, looking at Yuan Yao with a mixture of fear and curiosity.
Yuan Yao's lips were pale, and she said coldly, "Once you enter the palace, it's not the same as outside."
If someone bullies another in the palace and is caught by the emperor or empresses, the punishment can range from a monthly allowance penalty and a beating to death.
Moreover, what if the person you bullied becomes more successful than you in the future?
At that time, with a flick of his finger, killing you will be easier than crushing an ant.
Treating others kindly is also leaving yourself a way out...
From now on, if I ever see anyone bullying someone in the palace, I'll throw them into the moat to feed the fish!
As soon as the words fell, the young eunuchs burst into tears—
"Princess, spare me! This servant was wrong..."
"Princess, this servant will never dare to bully anyone again!"
"Princess, please spare this servant! This servant doesn't want to be fed to the fish..."
"This servant is skinny, all bones, and the fish in the moat aren't getting enough to eat, boohoo..."
"puff……"
Kong Qing, who had been expressionless the whole time, finally smiled.
Seeing him smile, Yuan Yao smiled faintly.
fine.
Fortunately, she arrived in time.
Aru handed over the food box in her hand: "Kong Qing, this food box contains food that the princess wants to give to the emperor."
The food container is a bit heavy, could you carry it for me?
Kong Qing hesitated for a few moments, then looked at Yuan Yao, and carefully took the food box: "I will take good care of the food box."
Yuan Yao covered her lips, her eyes curving slightly: "Let's go."
The sedan chair was then lifted up again.
It wasn't until they had walked quite a distance that the kneeling eunuchs finally got up.
Watching the departing palanquin and the petite white figure within it, the head eunuch's expression was complex: "Meeting the princess, Kong Qing is truly fortunate beyond measure..."
Tongxing Palace.
As soon as Yuan Yao's sedan chair landed, a figure in light gold strode over, surrounded by palace servants.
Upon seeing the sedan chair, he suppressed his joy and tried his best to maintain his mature and composed demeanor: "Yuan Xiaoyao, what brings you here?"
Yuan Yao alighted from the sedan chair, bowed, and then coughed as he said, "I've come to have lunch with you."
Jiang Chengyan wanted to laugh.
He glanced at the palace servants around him and said with a stern face, "It's cold, you should stay in Qianhua Palace."
Yuan Yao's pale face was hidden in her snow-white fox fur coat as she smiled gently, "I've come early to have New Year's Eve dinner with you."
"Your Majesty, after the New Year's Eve dinner, I must depart."
Jiang Chengyan's expression froze.
He pursed his lips, and after a long while, he said in a deliberately low voice, "It's cold outside, and your body can't handle it. Let's go inside first."
"good."
Yuan Yao followed Jiang Chengyan into the side hall.
Inside the side hall, the charcoal fire was burning brightly.
The palace servants opened the window, added charcoal, lit the candles, and served tea and snacks.
Yuan Yao took a sip of hot tea before saying to Jiang Chengyan, "Your Majesty, I've recently taken on a new little follower. I've brought him here for you to see."
Little follower?
Jiang Chengyan's gaze fell on Kong Qing's face.
Kong Qing stepped forward from beside Aruo, knelt respectfully on the ground, and bowed: "This servant Kong Qing greets Your Majesty."
"Get up." Jiang Chengyan raised his hand.
Kong Qing stood up, letting Jiang Chengyan look her over.
Jiang Chengyan asked with a stern face, "Yuan Xiaoyao, what are you doing taking in a young eunuch who hasn't been castrated?"
"Could it be that you're planning to keep a little bodyguard?"
“No.” Yuan Yao held the hot tea to warm her hands. “Your Majesty, I want to keep Kong Qing by your side.”
"What?" Jiang Chengyan was stunned.
Yuan Yao smiled faintly: "Cheng Yan, after I leave, you'll be all alone. I'm just worried you'll be bored."
Therefore, I plan to send Kong Qing to the National Academy. If you have nothing to do, please teach him for me.
Zheng Yihe, the son of the Vice Dean of the National Academy and Minister of Justice, is a learned man, righteous, outspoken, and decisive...
Such a person, as he grows older, is more suited to enter the Dali Temple to adjudicate cases and uphold justice and fairness.
Whether the Academy of Chinese Studies can produce another young dean who can contribute new glories to the Great Qi Dynasty depends on you!
Jiang Chengyan was completely stunned.
Kong Qing was equally shocked.
Kong Qing's knees buckled, and she knelt heavily on the ground: "Your Majesty, Princess, this servant is terrified..."
He's only twelve or thirteen years old!
The princess was actually planning his future?
Moreover, his future is actually the dean of the National Academy?
Panic, unease, excitement...
Jiang Chengyan snapped out of his daze, looked at the person kneeling on the ground, and after a long while, he lowered his voice and asked, "Yuan Xiaoyao, who did you see in him?"
“My father,” Yuan Yao said softly, “the father I had when I first entered the palace…”
Jiang Chengyan parted his thin lips slightly, his gaze falling on Kong Qing.
Kong Qing looked up, her eyes flickering, the corners of her eyes slightly red: "Princess..."
Yuan Yao's eyes curved slightly, and she said softly, "Kong Qing, let's make a promise."
I'm sending you to the Imperial Academy. Study hard, pass the imperial examinations, share the Emperor's burdens, and take care of the people of Great Qi..."
I hope you can live a life of pure goodness and unbridled brilliance.
Kong Qing's bright eyes blinked as he looked at her.
After a long while, he knelt upright and kowtowed to Yuan Yao with great force, saying earnestly, "Princess, what Kong Qing said on the palace road was wrong."
Kong Qing is very lucky! It is an incredible blessing for Kong Qing to meet the princess...
A bright smile appeared on Yuan Yao's pale face: "Is there anything else?"
"Yes!" Kong Qing kowtowed again, her eyes reddening. "Princess, Kong Qing likes Your Highness very much!"
Yuan Yao smiled and said softly, "Your Excellency, when we were the same age, I was the most dazzling and spirited young man in the Great Qi."
If you like him, study hard and live a more carefree and bright life. Only then will you not have let me down after saving you.
Kong Qing kowtowed deeply: "Kong Qing will!"
A faint smile played on Yuan Yao's lips.
The regrets of the past decade or so seem to have diminished considerably today…
The New Year is approaching.
She should go back to her father!
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