Seeing that she didn't speak, Qing Yi couldn't help but hugged her again: "Ale, are you still blaming your sister for not protecting you? It was my sister's fault back then. I shouldn't have watched you being taken away by the servants.
If you don't stop me, if I can insist on not separating from you, we sisters won't be separated for decades."
She spoke emotionally, but Xiao Lezi was very anxious when she heard it. She had managed to hide it for so long, and now she was about to leave the palace. Wouldn't she cause any more trouble for her at this juncture?!
Forget it, let's stabilize this eldest sister first. After all, they are biological sisters, and I believe she will not deliberately embarrass her younger sister.
Xiao Lezi said helplessly: "I don't blame you, it's just that my identity is very sensitive now. If I am not careful, it will be a serious crime of deceiving the king. I don't want to implicate you because of this. You...you don't need to blame yourself."
At this point, Qing Yi let go of her again and asked with red eyes: "You are from a daughter's family, how could you enter the palace and become a eunuch?!"
Xiao Lezi scratched his hair and roughly recounted the story of how he was sold into the palace by his adoptive parents. After listening to this, Qing Yi was furious: "Since they accepted money from our Qu family, they should have raised you well.
How could I be so cruel as to sell you?!"
Xiao Lezi was stunned: "Money? What money?"
"Your adoptive parents... used to be slaves of the Qu family. When the Qu family declined, your parents entrusted you to them and gave them a sum of money as your child support. I hope they will take good care of you."
Xiao Lezi immediately became angry: "I haven't seen a penny of the money my parents gave them, and they didn't mention it at all! The clothes I wear are all their old clothes left over, and I only wear them every day.
I can eat wild vegetable porridge, but I only ate meat once before I entered the palace! Bastard, they actually dared to cheat my family’s money!"
Hearing her words, Qing Yi felt so sad in her heart that she couldn't help but shed tears again: "From now on, I will buy you new clothes and feed you meat every meal. I will get you whatever you want. You will be well."
Yes, I no longer have to endure hardships and grievances.”
Xiao Lezi was originally a little annoyed with this sister who came out halfway, but now seeing her sincere words and sincerely thinking about her sister, Xiao Lezi has always been soft-hearted, and her heart suddenly softened, and she was frozen in place and was at a loss.
, could only comfort her with a few words.
After Qing Yi's mood calmed down a bit, the two sisters sat down to talk. Qing Yi talked about her experiences over the years, which were rough and tough, and she had suffered a lot. Xiao Lezi just took it as a story and sat beside her honestly.
Listen, after Qing Yi had finished speaking, Xiao Lezi said: "It's already broad daylight, I have to go back to the East Palace quickly to avoid arousing suspicion."
Qing Yi wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes and said with great reluctance: "How are you doing in the East Palace? Do you want me to plead with His Majesty and ask him to transfer you to my place, so that we two sisters can be taken care of?"
This is a good idea, but Xiao Lezi is afraid that Xiao Feng won't be happy and will cause trouble. She will be able to leave the palace soon, and there must be no complications at the last critical moment.
In the end, Xiao Lezi declined Qing Yi's kindness. She changed her clothes and sneaked back to the East Palace.
As soon as she stepped through the gate of the East Palace, she found that the palace was eerily quiet. She walked towards the bedroom, not even a single person could be seen along the way. Could it be that everyone hadn't woken up yet?
Cries for mercy came from ahead.
Xiao Lezi quickened her pace. When she walked to the door of the palace, she was startled by the scene in front of her.
In a large courtyard, there were densely packed people kneeling on the ground. There were two benches in the middle, and two young eunuchs were being pressed on the benches to receive a beating.
He was whipped down one after another, and you could clearly hear the muffled sound of the board hitting the flesh wound, which was frightening.
The two little eunuchs cried so hard that they kept begging for mercy. The other people kneeling on the ground were also trembling with fear. The door of the palace was closed tightly, and Eunuch Xia stood at the door, lecturing in a deep voice. The atmosphere was very harmonious.
Xiao Lezi's left foot was frozen in mid-air as she stepped out. What could have caused such a big fuss? Did she miss any major events during her time away?
Should she go in now? Or not?
This scene looked a bit scary, and she was worried that if she stepped in, she would also be harmed.
Just when she was tangled and wandering, a sharp-eyed palace maid saw her and shouted in surprise: "It's Xiao Lezi who is back!"
This eldest sister, do I know you? She screamed so loudly that she could hear it even standing at the Meridian Gate. Little Lezi stepped into the courtyard unwillingly, and in the face of countless hot eyes, he bravely walked to the "Kneeling for Punishment"
"Army" was released at the end, he pursed his lips, lifted up his clothes and knelt down.
She felt that the atmosphere suddenly became a little strange. She raised her head and found that everyone was staring at her with wide eyes, as if they had seen the widow next door having an affair with someone. Is it necessary to be so surprised?!
Eunuch Xia coughed twice and looked a little strange: "Xiao Lezi, what are you kneeling down for?"
Xiaolezi said: "I see you are all kneeling...don't I have to kneel?"
"Get up," Eunuch Xia called her to his side, then turned sideways and opened the door of the palace slightly, "Your Highness, Xiao Lezi is back."
After saying that, he glanced at Xiao Lezi and motioned for Xiao Lezi to come in.
She walked into the bedroom under the intense gaze of everyone. As soon as she stood firm, the door behind her was closed with a creak. Then she slowly walked inside with the light coming in from the window, and saw Xiao Feng sitting beside the bed.
The light in the room was not very good, so she couldn't see the expression on his face clearly, but her intuition told her that he was in a very bad mood now.
She said carefully: "Your Highness."
Xiao Feng's fingers gently stroked the quilt that was cut by the dagger: "Where have you been?"
Speaking of this incident, Xiao Lezi immediately became energetic: "Not long after you left, I heard someone's voice outside the window. I was worried that it was an assassin. I was so scared. But fortunately, I was smart and hid in the room immediately.
Under the bed, those assassins came in through the window. Without saying a word, they rushed to the bed and slashed with swords! You didn't see it at the time. How ruthless those assassins were. If I hadn't hid
, must have been poked into a sieve by them, and there are piles of bloody holes on my body. I don’t even need to wait for you to come back, I can go directly to the Palace of Hell to report...ah!"
Xiao Feng suddenly stood up and hugged her into his arms, his voice trembling slightly: "I'm sorry, this time it's my fault. I will protect you well in the future and never let you encounter the slightest danger again!
"
Xiao Lezi froze in place, at a loss.
She was prepared to be scolded, and even if she was punished, she would accept it. Along the way, she kept thinking about how to defend herself in order to minimize the punishment.
But what she didn't expect was that Xiao Feng neither scolded her nor punished her.
All he gave her was a tight hug.
If you don't play your cards according to common sense, this is basically a foul...
Xiao Lezi tried his best to ignore the throbbing in his heart. He twitched the corners of his mouth and tried his best to make himself smile more naturally: "What happened this time has nothing to do with you. It's just my bad luck. I'll take a bath with grapefruit leaves later."
, it will definitely wash away all the bad luck in your body. So what, have you had breakfast? If not, I’ll have someone prepare it for you.”
She tried pushing Xiao Feng, but there was no push.
This damn physical difference is so huge.
After hugging Xiao Lezi for who knows how long, until half of Xiao Lezi's body was numb, Xiao Feng slowly let go of his arms, stared into her eyes, and said word by word: "From now on, no matter where I go, you must
Follow me and never leave."
Xiao Lezi's conditioned reflex blurted out: "Then what do you do when you go to the latrine?"
"..." Xiao Feng grabbed her arm tightly and gritted his teeth, "Then you should follow!"
"Stinky... Ouch! It hurts!"
Xiao Lezi struggled hard, and he pinched her cheek and cursed angrily: "You heartless little thing!"
Xiao Lezi whispered: "Those heartless people are dead people..."
Xiao Feng raised his eyebrows: "What did you say?"
Xiao Lezi immediately put on a flattering smile: "Hahaha, I said you are handsome, charming, and suave, and you are like Yushu Linfeng!"
Even though he knew she was deceiving him, Xiao Feng still couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth and smile so brightly that he said, "You only have such a sweet mouth. Come on, let me have a taste."
He pinched her chin, pressed forward, took her lips in his mouth, traced her lips carefully with the tip of his tongue, tasting every bit of taste in her mouth, and the sweet breath was transmitted to his body through the intersection of lips and tongue,
His restless mood was soothed.
After kissing Xiao Lezi until she almost broke her breath, Xiao Feng mercifully let go of her.
Eunuch Xia, who was waiting outside the door, listened carefully to what was going on in the palace and made sure that His Highness's mood had improved. He just led a group of palace people into the palace, cleaned up the bed that had been messed up by the assassin, and replaced it with a brand new one.
bedding.
Looking at the neatly laid out bed, Xiao Lezi couldn't help but complain in his heart, no matter how well it was arranged now, it would still be messed up at night, so why bother.
Xiao Feng approached her and asked, "What are you thinking about?"
Xiao Lezi immediately changed his gaze and said casually: "I'm thinking about what to eat for lunch."
"Have you thought about it?"
Xiao Lezi shook his head, held his stomach, and said helplessly: "I haven't even eaten breakfast yet, so what do I want for lunch?"
Xiao Feng immediately asked someone to go to the imperial dining room to bring breakfast. The two sat around the table and had breakfast. Xiao Feng saw the pastry crumbs stuck to the corner of Xiao Lezi's mouth, leaned over and stuck out the tip of his tongue, as if stealing
The fishy cat rolled the cake crumbs from the corner of her mouth into her mouth and tasted them carefully.
The bowls and chopsticks were taken away, leaving behind a pot of freshly brewed hot tea and two teacups.
Xiao Lezi filled the tea cups, and each of them had a cup. He hesitated for a moment and asked in a low voice: "Can I ask you something?"
Xiao Feng put down his teacup: "You say."
Xiao Lezi's eyes drifted past the door and asked tentatively: "What happened this time was all an accident and has nothing to do with the eunuchs and maids in the East Palace. Can you...can you spare them?"
Xiao Feng said slowly: "Although the assassins were not directly responsible for them, they failed to fulfill their responsibilities, which allowed the assassins to take advantage of them. This trend cannot last forever and must be dealt with strictly, otherwise there will be no one in the East Palace in the future."
If you can go freely, what prestige can I, the prince, have at all!" (To be continued)