Chapter 7 Will not Kill me

Gu Yunxi woke up at noon. When she opened her eyes, she found nobody was in the room.

After getting out of the bed, Gu Yunxi quickly washed her face with hot water, put on a coat and simply wore a chamomile bun. Then she went straight to the kitchen.

This was the time for lunch. A few maids were having dinner sitting on the stove. When they saw Gu Yunxi coming, they immediately put down the tableware in their hands and laughed to greet her.

"Hey, you got up, Second Miss? We have made you lunch. Let me bring it to your room."

"You don't have to bother. Just leave me a bowl of hot soup." Gu Yunxi's voice was docile and soft.

"That won't work. You will get sick if you always drink soup without eating something. Let me prepare the meal for you right away!"

Nanny Sun was extremely enthusiastic about her, and it seemed to be a different person than the one who slapped her hard.

"I just took medicine. I don’t have an appetite. Would you please get some ready-made dishes and put them in the food box? I will send it to the First Miss later." Gu Yunxi went to the kitchen just for Gu Yunyao. She didn’t want to eat anything actually.

"OK, wait a moment."

Without saying anything, a nanny pulled a stool and placed it at the foot of Gu Yunxi. And then she turned to prepare.

Gu Yunxi was so confused. She was wondering why those wicked nannies who always treated her badly became enthusiastic to her. Actually, when she was in sleep, Leng Qingtang had re-established the rules for this garden and scolded Nanny Gu and her women.

Two maids came in and stopped when seeing Gu Yunxi. They took a step forward and saluted her with a pleasant voice,

"You’re awake, Second Miss? Master has commanded that we shall inform him as soon as you woke up!”

"Where is the Master?"

"It's noon. And of course, he is having a meal in the front residence. We’ll tell him after we serve the dinner."

"Thank you. Just tell him that I’ll greet him in the front residence right away."

Gu Yunxi smiled and nodded at her in return.

The two maids took a plate of lotus-leaf chicken handed over from one of the nannies and turned away.

Gu Yunxi stayed in the kitchen. She asked for a hot bowl of fresh bamboo shoots and eel soup and enjoyed it with milk-butter buns, sitting on the stool.

She used to eat and drink with those nannies when she was sent by Nanny Gu to the kitchen. She has been used to it.

After a while, Leng Qingtang and his guards went in. Those nannies immediately stopped their work and stood respectfully.

"Mas… Master…"

Gu Yunxi embarrassedly pushed the bowl onto the wooden platform, wiped her mouth and got up from the stool.

"I... I intended to greet you after finishing the meal."

Before Leng Qingtang could speak, Nanny Gu behind him "whooshed" in front of everyone, squeezing the rosy handkerchief in her hand and constantly scolding the nannies in the kitchen,

"Damn you blind biddies! Miss Yunxi is just a little bit better and you guys teach her to eat here? I’ll ask the butler to kick you guys out!"

Those nannies bowed their heads and did not dare to speak, letting Nanny Gu scold.

Gu Yunxi saw this and said,

"Nanny Gu, don't be mad. It's all my idea. They wanted to bring the meal to my room, but I really had no appetite, so I asked for a bowl of soup."

"Oh, my dear Miss, your body is very precious. You can't just come to the servant's place."

Gu Yunxi was now more confused. Nanny Gu was very strange today. She actually smiled at her.

Nanny Gu wanted to say something, but Leng Qingtang turned away from her and looked down at Gu Yunxi,

"Nanny Gu is for your own good. You are already in your teens, but you are more and more unruly. You come to the servant's place and ignore the difference between masters and servants. A master is a master—"

When it came to the last sentence, Leng Qingtang slowed down and his voice became deeper. Nanny Gu shivered, moved her lips, and seemed to be smirking. Then she buried her head lower.

Gu Yunxi, of course, did not see the subtle changes in Nanny Gu's expression, but only felt that Leng Qingtang was talking about her, so she pursed her lips embarrassedly,

"You are right, Master. I got it wrong."

Leng Qingtang was so doting, smiling and asking,

"Are you full?"

"Well, full."

"OK! I'll take you to see Yunyao. Bring some food for her. That girl must be hungry, too."

"Yes!"

Gu Yunxi answered simply. She looked up happily and cast a grateful look on Leng Qingtang.

He was also watching her. His eyes were as quiet as the night, and there was a hint of spoiling.

----The dividing line----

In the room west of the front residence, Gu Yunxi and Gu Yunyao finally met.

The moment when the door opened, Gu Yunyao was sitting on the bed with her legs crossed, without a coat on her body. She was only in plain slanted shirts and plain pants with her hair down.

Gu Yunxi entered the room and put the food box down. The two sisters started to cry sadly.

Leng Qingtang stood at the door with his hands behind his back, staring at the two girls indifferently. There was not much expression on the handsome and pale face.

It was enough venting, and they all quieted and wiped away tears for each other.

Gu Yunyao turned to look at Leng Qingtang at the door. She sneered severely.

"Eunuch Leng!"

Leng Qingtang smiled slightly and didn't care about her disrespect.

She used to respectfully call him "Master" or "Lord". Now, Yunyao was caught after running away. They broke apart completely. Therefore, it is understandable that Yunyao was full of resentment.

"It seems that, Miss, you are going to completely break with me..."

Gu Yunxi was staying by the bed, and she noticed the unwilling and resentful words of Gu Yunyao. She was afraid that Yunyao might be punished if provoking Leng Qingtang. So she pulled Yunyao’s sleeves and shook her head, instructing her not to do so.

Gu Yunyao smiled at Leng Qingtang again,

"Since you have all caught me back, I have nothing more to say."

"You have nothing to say, but I have!"

The eyes with shallow double eyelids suddenly looked up, and he looked at the girl with an angry face indifferently.

"When you first entered the Garden, you said you were over six years old. Children at this age should have memories and be reasonable. You should not forget what I said to you.

“Once you entered the Youzhu Garden, you belong here. You belong to me! I will pamper you and provide you with beautiful clothes and delicious food. I will give you everything you want. I have only one requirement: You must obey unconditionally..."

Staring at the girl who was silent, Leng Qingtang walked over and stopped by the bed. Those deep eyes seemed to be filled with a thin layer of mist. People couldn’t see his eyes clearly, but they made you unreasonably timid.

Leng Qingtang bent down, stretched out her thumb and index finger, and pinched Gu Yunyao's chin fiercely.

"The most intolerable thing in my life is betrayal, but you left without letting me know and did something that betrayed me."

He said very calmly, but it made Gu Yunyao and Gu Yunxi breathless.

Gu Yunxi was worried that he was going to be angry. She pleaded softly, "Master..."

Gu Yunyao was so frightened but didn't reveal anything. She stared at the man in front of her,

"Eunuch Leng... you, you won't kill me!"

Leng Qingtang let go of Gu Yunyao, stood up, and turned his head to look at her with a playful expression,

"It's kind of interesting. Tell me why I won't kill you?!"

Gu Yunyao settled her mind, and her tone was neither humble nor overbearing,

"You have been the Commander-in-chief of the Imperial Ceremony Office for many years, and you are the master of the Depot Guards and the Imperial Guards. You have enjoyed every respect in front of others, but ... you are still a eunuch..."

"Sister!"

Gu Yunxi listened beside him, startled, and hurriedly interrupted Gu Yunyao's firm words and looked up at Leng Qingtang.

But on his handsome face, his expression was rather indifferent, and he didn't seem to be angry with Gu Yunyao's words. He gazed calmly somewhere in front, listening carefully.

The eunuch was a man without root. He entered the palace, cut off the part of the body, and became a royal servant for life. They couldn’t have kids and enjoy the joy of the world.

Gu Yunyao paused and sneered at Leng Qingtang. She deliberately made the word "eunuch" straightforward and clear. She believed that Leng Qingtang had an extraordinary face but an imperfectly impaired body. No matter how arrogant he was, carrying the mark of "eunuch" and "rootless man", he must be self-abased.

Seeing that Leng Qingtang was silent as expected, Gu Yunyao continued proudly,

"You know better than anyone else that if the throne changes, the rights and honor you have today will surely disappear. But eunuchs have no children whom you can send to the palace like other ministers in the court. So you have thousands of ways to please the emperor's favorite concubine Wan and get dependent on the emperor's relatives.

“You know, the flower will not bloom for a hundred days. Women get old easily. Wan's getting older, and she has no children. In the end, she will definitely be unable to escape her destiny, losing the emperor's favor, and being sent into the cold palace. You asked Nanny Gu to adopt some orphans, so you can prepare early. In the future, you will use our imperial girls as bargaining chips in exchange for your ever-changing regency."

"Ha ha…"

Leng Qingtang had been listening carefully. The jade white fingers on his left hand frequently turned the huge agate beeswax gilt ring on his right index finger. The thin, wet lips opened slightly, and he laughed in a low voice.

Gu Yunyao took a breath, getting more and more proud. She knew that a careful analysis hit his mind.

"At present, the only person who can be successfully sent to the palace in this Garden is Yunjin and I. Yunjin is young and arrogant. It is inevitable that there is something wrong with doing things. If there is no one who understands and supports her, she is absolutely difficult to gain a foothold in the palace. I am the one who was chosen by you early to support her. So, you will not kill me! "

"Huh... Sure enough, at a young age, she is wise and smart. Speaking of mind and courage, you are indeed above Yunjin. It's a pity that you have betrayed me!”

Leng Qingtang sincerely admired and suddenly stopped smiling.

"I won’t kill you, but I can. But for that gardener, I have no reason to keep him!"

Finally, the gorgeous facial features became serious again. Leng Qingtang stood up and looked at Gu Yunyao again. His eyes were as sharp as lightning.