Chapter 18
Luo Sanrong stayed in the Eastern Palace and was responsible for the daily food and accommodation of Crown Prince Li Yin.
"Don't you miss the outside world?" Li Yin asked while flipping through the book.
Luo Sanrong paused for a moment and continued with his work: "It would be a lie to say I don't miss you."
"What are you thinking about?"
Luo Sanrong recalled, a happy smile on her face: "I miss the bustling streets, the lively streets, the delicious food... I want everything." Then she said disappointedly: "But none of these are available in the palace."
"Yes, it's so boring in the palace!" Li Yin nodded in agreement.
"Yes, people in the palace cannot enter and leave at will, and people outside the palace cannot come in at will..."
Li Yin put down the book and said in a distressed tone, "Yes!" Then he changed the subject, "How about I take you out of the palace? I made a great decision to take you out of the palace."
Luo Sanrong pretended to be delighted and said, "Then you really are... exactly like what Eunuch Ma said."
Li Yin looked at her pretending not to understand, and Luo Sanrong explained to him, "Don't worry, Eunuch Ma has already told me that I absolutely cannot let you leave the palace, no matter what you say. I must follow you at all times. If I accidentally lose you, I will be in big trouble."
Li Yin cursed inwardly, stood up from the stool, and suddenly held his stomach, "My stomach hurts, it really hurts..."
Luo Sanrong said with concern, "Your Highness, you are not suffering from a stomachache because you cannot leave the palace, are you? Eunuch Ma has even anticipated this move of yours. Don't worry, Your Highness, as long as I am here today, you...can't even think about leaving the palace."
Upon hearing this, Li Yin stopped pretending and said angrily, "I'm going to the library. You... come with me."
Luo Sanrong thought for a while. Eunuch Ma only said that the Crown Prince was not allowed to leave the palace, but he did not say that he was not allowed to go to the library. Luo Sanrong felt that there would be no problem, so he picked up a few books and followed Li Yin to the library.
After arriving at the library, Li Yin looked at the books that Luo Sanrong was holding, gestured with his chin to Luo Sanrong to put them back to their original place, and told Luo Sanrong a few book titles for her to find.
Luo Sanrong searched for a long time but couldn't find the last book he mentioned. He asked, "I've looked everywhere but can't find the book you mentioned. Do you remember where you originally put it?"
Luo Sanyu waited for a long time but got no response, so she had no choice but to walk up to Li Yin and ask again.
"Your Highness, Your Highness, do you still remember...?"
Luo Sanrong felt something was wrong because Li Yin had not made any sound since he asked her to find the book, and now when he talked to him, he kept covering his face with a large newspaper.
Luo Sanrong stepped forward and pulled the newspaper away, revealing a completely unfamiliar face. That face smiled at her ingratiatingly: "Eunuch Luo, when it's just the two of us, you can treat me as a friend."
Luo Sanrong looked at the man pretending to be the prince speechlessly. He didn't say anything, but just looked at him with a sharp gaze.
Finally, the man could no longer bear Luo Sanrong's gaze and explained weakly, "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince ordered me to do this..."
Luo Sanrong suddenly shot out a murderous look, "This Li Yin, is simply..."
The man pretending to be the prince suspected he had misheard something. The eunuch before him actually dared to address His Royal Highness by his name. He asked uncertainly, "What?"
Luo Sanrong suddenly realized and changed the subject, "It's nothing. Since His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has left the palace, you are pretending to be the Crown Prince, so you should pretend to be sick... I will go call the imperial physician."
The man just followed Luo Sanrong's instructions and said, "Yes, yes, Master Eunuch."
Luo Sanrong looked at the man in front of him and thought of the man who escaped, and his head felt heavy for a moment.
Luo Sanrong found a trusted imperial physician to cover up for Li Yin who had left the palace, saying that he "caught a cold and should not be exposed to the wind." Eunuch Ma reluctantly believed this reason and did not blame Luo Sanrong. Luo Sanrong looked at Eunuch Ma guiltily.
Eunuch Ma glanced at Luo Sanrong suspiciously and asked directly, "Eunuch Luo, is there something wrong?"
Luo Sanrong stumbled and made up an excuse: "My Lord, I was thinking that the Crown Prince is ill, and I can't help much. I wonder if there is anything I can do to relieve your worries?"
Eunuch Ma waved his hand and said, "Well..." Before he could finish, he stopped talking, "Well, there is indeed one thing."
An hour later, Luo Sanrong and two young eunuchs who were transferred from nowhere stood at a loss among the busy eunuchs.
Recalling Eunuch Ma's appearance, it was hard to doubt that he wasn't angry at her because the Crown Prince was ill. "The envoys from Qi Ping will be arriving soon, and the Prime Minister needs to prepare a banquet to welcome them. We're short on manpower right now, so go help them!"
Luo Sanrong didn't dare to resist. As a higher-ranking official, he could only obediently prepare the banquet.
Looking at the furious Eunuch Sun above, he assigned tasks one by one: "Eunuch Zhang is responsible for the food, and Eunuch He is responsible for the singing and dancing..."
After receiving their tasks, the eunuchs took their people to do the work.
At this time, a young eunuch came over and whispered, "Eunuch Sun, we need two people to help arrange accommodation."
Eunuch Sun closed the memorial and said to the young eunuch who reported it, "There is no one now, and we are very short of manpower. You should use the existing manpower first. There are still so many things to do, where can we find the remaining people..." His voice gradually became louder.
Suddenly, Eunuch Sun stopped talking because he saw Ji Zeming, the person in charge of the banquet, coming. He quickly ran up to Ji Zeming and said flatteringly, "Sir, why are you here?"
Ji Zeming obviously heard what Eunuch Sun said before, and said awkwardly: "We need two people to send the screen to the inner storehouse to replace it, but it seems that you are all busy now... forget it..." After that, he turned around and was about to leave.
Eunuch Sun hurriedly grabbed Ji Zeming and waved his hands: "Not busy, how could it be busy! There are still many people who have free time over there!"
Ji Zeming followed Eunuch Sun's gaze and smiled with interest.
Eunuch Sun beckoned Luo Sanrong over and said, "Luo Sanrong, come here."
When Luo Sanying saw the person next to Eunuch Sun, she slowly smiled, then thought of something and lowered her head to hold back her smile.
Ji Zeming and Luo Sanrong talked as they walked. Ji Zeming was the first to break the silence: "How have you been recently? I heard that you were transferred to the East Palace."
"Not bad." Luo Sanrong didn't say much.
Ji Zeming saw that Luo Sanrong didn't want to talk much, so he changed the subject and said, "Haven't you been out of the palace for a long time recently? Do you want to go out for a walk?"
Luo Sanrong replied in surprise: "Is it possible?"
"Of course." Ji Zeming answered confidently.
So, half an hour later, Ji Zeming and Luo Sanrong appeared outside the palace on the pretext of going out to purchase something. Of course, their reason was indeed true. Envoys also had to prepare some cloth to bring back to Qiping State, and this time they were also there to purchase some suitable cloth.
The cloth shop this time is called Jinluoge, which mainly sells cloth and jewelry. The prices are not cheap, but the quality is very good, making it most suitable for the envoys to take back to Qiping State.
The owner of Jinluoge seemed to be quite familiar with Ji Zeming. His eyes were always glued to Ji Zeming, but Ji Zeming remained unmoved and continued to talk business seriously.
Ji Zeming discussed with the owner of Jinluoge: "This batch of cloth is needed urgently. Can it be ready in three days?"
The boss's nails, painted with balsam flower nail polish, slid across the back of Ji Zeming's hand in an ambiguous way. She said coquettishly, "If Master Ji says yes, then it's fine. If Master Ji can stay with me tonight, maybe tomorrow..."
What did Ji Zeming answer? Luo Sanrong didn't hear clearly, and she couldn't help much, so she had to wander around the store. Suddenly, her eyes fixed on a pink gauze skirt with a butterfly pattern embroidered with gold thread at the bottom of the skirt.
Luo Sanrong went forward and touched it. The waiter inside the store came over and introduced it with a discerning look: "This is a new style in our store. Other stores don't have it yet! Who are you buying it for, sir?"
Luo Sanrong then realized that he had been looking at it for a long time and turned away hurriedly: "Nothing, I'm just looking, not buying..."
When the waiter heard that he was not going to buy it, his expression did not change much and he turned to introduce it to other customers.
Ji Zeming had just finished negotiating the deal, but then he realized that Luo Sanrong had been waiting for him for a long time. He said to Luo Sanrong embarrassedly, "Sorry, I've kept you waiting. Please wait a little longer."
Luo Sanrong nodded.
After a while, Ji Zeming came out with a package and said to Luo Sanrong, "Let's go!"
Luo Sanrong wanted to take the package. After all, in the eyes of outsiders, she was now Ji Zeming's servant. How could she let the young master take the package?
Ji Zeming dodged Luo Sanrong's hand and joked, "It's not heavy, I can hold it myself."
Having said that, Luo Sanrong couldn't force it.
After walking for a while, they found that it was raining heavily, so Ji Zeming and Luo Sanrong ran to a nearby pavilion to take shelter from the rain.
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