roccoschili Chapter 16 I suspect you're a real man!
Chapter 16 I suspect you're a real man!
Upon entering, one sees a palace maid in a red dress being shoved by a blue-robed imperial physician with a mustache.
The palace maid in the red dress was pushed and stumbled several steps back, almost falling over.
Xiao Shisan stepped forward and quickly took the palace maid's arm.
The palace maid turned her head away, her face pale with fright, still shaken.
Instantly!
Her delicate eyebrows, almond-shaped eyes, and fair skin came into Xiao Shisan's view.
"Are you alright?" Xiao Shisan asked.
The palace maid shook her head: "You, you are..."
Before Xiao Shisan could speak...
"And which palace's eunuch are you?"
"What are you here for?"
At the gate stood Physician Hu, dressed in a blue robe and wearing a black gauze hat with ears on both sides, looking disdainful: "Let me make this clear first, I can have some cheap medicine for headaches and fevers, but nothing else!"
Xiao Shisan snorted: "I am Xiao Shisan, the chief eunuch of Changchun Palace, serving the Empress. I'm here to request red ginseng and deer antler!"
The palace maid's eyes widened, and she remembered the name Xiao Shisan.
puff!
"Hahahaha..."
Imperial Physician Hu laughed loudly, his eyes filled with disdain: "You call yourself the Empress? You and this Xiuhe from Jingren Palace can't even tell the difference between a prince and a princess. Don't you know that the Left Chancellor is in charge now? Get out of here, all of you, get out of here..."
The word "eye" was not uttered yet.
Instantly!
Physician Hu noticed the jade plaque that Xiao Shisan was holding, which had several words engraved on it—"Chuxiu Palace, Murong Yuhe!"
"ah!!"
Physician Hu trembled with fright and hurriedly knelt before Xiao Shisan: "Your subject pays respects to the Imperial Noble Consort."
Consort Murong Yuhe is the niece of the powerful Left Chancellor; no wonder Imperial Physician Hu was so frightened.
"Arrogant, huh?"
Xiao Shisan glared at him: "You fucking keep being arrogant, huh?"
boom!
"ah--"
Xiao Shisan stepped forward and kicked Physician Hu in the shoulder, sending him sprawling on his back.
The palace maid Xiuhe was stunned by what she saw.
"You, you eunuch!" Physician Hu stood up and angrily pointed at Xiao Shisan.
Upon seeing Xiao Shisan display the jade pendant again, he was so frightened that he hurriedly knelt down once more.
Xiao Shisan sneered, "You dog, you dared to look down on me just now? The Imperial Noble Consort said that anyone who dares to bully me should be told immediately!"
"Ah, no, no." Physician Hu's forehead was covered in cold sweat. "Chief Steward Xiao, I was blind to your greatness. Please don't take it to heart."
Xiao Shisan chuckled: "Do you have red ginseng, thousand-year-old wild ginseng, or deer antler? If not, I'll invite the Imperial Noble Consort to come and check it herself."
"Don't!"
Physician Hu was startled and quickly said, "This... is acceptable!"
Oh shit!
Now I have it!
Xiao Shisan said angrily, "Then what are you waiting for? Go and get it!"
"Ah, yes, yes, yes—"
Physician Hu was so frightened that he quickly got up and ran into the house.
Look at this scene.
The palace maid Xiuhe chuckled, covering her mouth with a smile, and looked at him with her bare face: "Thank you, Brother Xiao! It was truly satisfying to teach this Imperial Physician Hu such a lesson."
Why thank me?
Your mistress, Consort Xian, might just end up having an affair with me someday!
"Hehe, you're welcome!"
"We're all unfortunate people in the palace, let's help each other out," Xiao Shisan said with a polite smile.
Seeing Xiao Shisan smile, so handsome, the palace maid Xiuhe blushed, her heart pounded, and then she shyly lowered her head...
Physician Hu rushed out in a panic, handing over the wrapped items: "Chief Steward Xiao, this is what you wanted!"
"Um!"
Xiao Shisan glared at Physician Hu, took the package, and handed the paper packet with the words "wild ginseng" on it to the palace maid:
"Here you go, Miss Xiuhe, quickly take this to your Consort Xian."
Xiuhe was deeply moved. With tears welling in her eyes, she accepted the package, bit her red lips, nodded to Xiao Shisan, tucked the paper packet into her bosom, and swayed her hips as she ran towards the door…
Watching Xiuhe's graceful figure recede into the distance, Xiao Shisan sighed and muttered to himself, "Alas, this is truly... the treacherous officials' machinations cause unbearable suffering, and even the emperor, so close yet so unappreciated!"
Jingren Palace.
The virtuous concubine's bedroom.
Xiuhe held a thousand-year-old wild ginseng in front of her.
A noble woman, tall and slender, stood before the window in a white dress embroidered with plum blossoms.
A gentle breeze outside the window lifted her skirt, revealing a pair of long, slender, and fair legs to the air...
Her fiery red lips parted, and she murmured: "The treacherous officials torment me, causing my heart to break; the king is so close, yet he ignores me..."
That's all!
Her stunningly beautiful face was lowered, her eyes dimmed, and her expression sorrowful.
She was none other than Consort Xian, Gongsun Qinghua!
Gongsun Qinghua thought about the present: the emperor was under house arrest in the front palace, while she, a virtuous concubine, was confined to the inner palace.
To make matters worse, he was harassed by petty people. Doesn't this just prove the saying?
Indeed, the treacherous officials make things difficult, causing immense suffering, while the emperor remains unmoved even when he is right beside them!
"Such evocative lines, could they really come from the mouth of a vulgar eunuch?" Gongsun Qinghua murmured softly, incredulous.
"Your Highness, he is indeed a eunuch. I heard him say that his name is Xiao Shisan, and he is the Chief Eunuch of Changchun Palace!"
"If it weren't for Steward Xiao's intervention, this servant would never have been able to obtain this thousand-year-old wild ginseng."
Xiuhe stood behind the woman and said.
moment!
Upon hearing the name Xiao Shisan...
Gongsun Qinghua's beautiful eyes widened.
She had heard this name from Eunuch Wei before.
Eunuch Wei also told her to have an affair with Xiao Shisan in secret...
Furthermore, she added that this was also the intention of her father, the Minister!
Who exactly is Xiao Shisan?
Why is he so talented?
Moreover, why would her father, knowing she was the emperor's virtuous concubine, defy public opinion and allow her to consummate her marriage with Xiao Shisan?
Gongsun Qinghua's beautiful eyes sparkled, her meaning unclear. Thinking about seeing Xiao Shisan that evening, her cheeks gradually flushed, and her heart began to beat faster…
...
Changchun Palace, the Empress's bedroom.
When Xiao Shisan arrived at the bedchamber with a paper package containing red ginseng and deer antler, Ruyi was extremely surprised upon seeing it.
"Thirteenth Brother, that Physician Hu is quite cunning. How did he manage to give you those things so willingly?"
"Hehe, when I took out the Imperial Noble Consort's jade token, he was so scared that he knelt down. Here's the story..."
Xiao Shisan repeated what had happened before, adding details and saying it to Ruyi.
He was already quite eloquent, and Ruyi chuckled as he listened.
Their laughter echoed into the inner hall...
"Ruyi, you can go out now!"
"Let Xiao Shisan in. I have something to say to him," Empress Pei Ruohan's voice suddenly rang out from the inner palace.
"yes!"
As you wish, it came to fruition.
Seeing that Ruyi was carrying meat soup, Xiao Shisan handed her the paper package containing deer antler and red ginseng, then took the meat soup and went to the inner hall.
In the inner hall.
Wearing a red palace dress, Pei Ruohan lay languidly on the couch, one hand supporting her temple. The slit of her dress was slightly open, revealing her fair and slender legs, which were indescribably alluring.
Her feet were so white and tender, like works of art!
Her exquisitely beautiful face was pale, her pretty eyes were half-closed, and she still looked weak and tired.
However, her beauty and noble demeanor remain undiminished!
Seeing that Pei Ruohan looked preoccupied.
Xiao Shisan's heart pounded.
He had already realized something.
Because she seemed to have suspected before that she was a fake eunuch.
"Your Highness, would you like me to feed you some soup?"
"Hehe, look at this meat soup, it's milky white, you'll definitely like it!" Xiao Shisan pretended to be calm, walked to the bedside, and grinned mischievously.
Swish!
Pei Ruohan glanced at him with her peach blossom eyes, a charming smirk playing on her lips.
Stop pretending!
"Empty Room, why were you so slow and flustered when you came for the physical examination?"
"Xiao Shisan, I suspect you're a real man. Hmph, yes or no? Tell me the truth, or I'll have you examined right now!"
Xiao Shisan's smile froze.
They still found out!