Eunuch Su, Eunuch Su!

When Huiming was woken up by the noise, the sky in the room was still dark without a trace of light. Huiming opened her eyes, lay on the bed in a daze for a while, and finally woke up from her sleep in a daze. She realized that the movement was coming from the main hall outside. In this room, besides her, there was only Eunuch Su living here, so the movement must have been made by Eunuch Su.

Although she didn't know what time it was, Huiming had been in the palace for so long that she had long lost the habit of sleeping in. Besides, judging from the darkness at the moment, she could guess that it was at most the time of Yin (3-5 am).

Hearing that the movement outside was getting softer and softer, as if he was about to go out, Huiming didn't delay any longer. She quickly got up, put on a half-old cotton jacket, and hurriedly opened the wooden lattice door.

Sure enough, Eunuch Su in the hall was already fully dressed. Yuanbao was holding a small, bean-like glass lamp in his hand, and was opening the door lightly.

"Eunuch Su?" Huiming rubbed her eyes and stepped out of the threshold: "What time is it? Why are you leaving so early?"

Su Jin's movement froze, he still turned his back and replied in a low voice: "Well, His Majesty fell ill yesterday, I thought there were many things to do so I went early, I didn't want to wake you up." After that, he suddenly lowered his head and glared at Yuanbao, who was holding the lamp.

Yuanbao had only slept for less than two hours before he got up and went out. He was still a little confused at the moment. He looked back at his master in a daze, and it took him a few breaths to understand what his master meant. But after he understood, he felt even more wronged.

Just across this carved door, he had been careful enough, almost like a thief who broke into the house in the middle of the night. Aunt Huiming was a light sleeper, how could he be blamed for this!

Because Eunuch Su and Yuanbao were both facing the door with their backs to her, Huiming naturally did not notice the exchange of glances between the two. She just tightened the clothes on her body, took a few steps forward and said, "That's too early, is it Yin time yet?"

Su Jin turned sideways when he heard the words, but before he could answer, he saw that Huiming was only wearing a short jacket in such weather. He quickly closed the half-opened door, turned around, looked up at Huiming, and quickly lowered his head again, his eyes fixed on the blanket on the ground, and persuaded: "It's still early, and it's windy outside, you should go back to sleep."

If it had been in the past, Huiming would only think that Eunuch Su was cold by nature, or even that he was busy with something and might not have time to pay attention to her. But now, looking at Eunuch Su like this, she couldn't help but bend the corners of her mouth after a pause, and took another step forward: "Did you eat anything, Eunuch?"

Su Jin still lowered his head: "I'm afraid I'll be late, I'll just go to the dining room and eat when I'm free."

Coincidentally, as soon as Eunuch Su finished speaking, the clapper of Yin time rang out from afar. Huiming looked at Eunuch Su standing at the door, and she always felt that Eunuch Su got up so early, maybe it was not for duty, but to avoid her…

"Even His Majesty doesn't get up so early when he goes to court, let alone when he is ill?" Huiming was also someone who came out of the imperial court, so naturally she knew a lot about the Qiande Palace. No matter what the reason was, she just persuaded at this moment: "The cold has not recovered yet, what if the stomach ailment gets worse again? There is still japonica rice porridge warmed up from last night in the kitchen, Eunuch, please have a bowl before you leave, it won't take long."

Su Jin raised his eyes slightly and glanced at Huiming in front of him when he heard the words, but he was also quite puzzled. It was clear that he had discovered the Ruyi Knot yesterday. He originally thought that Huiming would definitely doubt his true intentions in the future and return to the cautiousness when she first arrived at the imperial court, keeping a respectful distance from him. That was why he got up so early on purpose, thinking that he would go out early and return late in the future, so as to avoid making Huiming feel uncomfortable.

Why did it seem that Huiming was still so gentle and caring to him? Did she really believe his clumsy explanation yesterday? Or…

Su Jin didn't dare to let himself have any more delusions. He tightened his palms, and his right hand habitually wanted to touch the knot on his waist, but he suddenly realized that not only had he put away the familiar Ruyi Knot, but he had also removed all the knots and purses that Huiming had made for him later in order not to make Huiming feel uncomfortable after seeing them. Now, there was only a bare jade pendant hanging on his waist.

At this hour, the room was only lit by the glass lamp in Yuanbao's hand, barely enough to see. In the dimness, Huiming didn't notice such details on Eunuch Su. After waiting for a while, seeing that Eunuch Su hadn't answered, she just asked again: "Then I'll ask someone to bring the porridge, and send it to you?"

Only then did Su Jin come back to his senses. As always, he could never express his gratitude and kindness to Huiming directly. He nodded silently in agreement, but stopped Huiming and motioned Yuanbao to go out and give orders.

Yuanbao responded, turned his head and yawned secretly, making up his mind to ask someone else to bring the porridge, so that he could go to the kitchen to warm up by the fire and doze off for a while. He immediately turned around and went out.

Huiming, who was left in the room, also turned around to get the fire and lit the candles on the copper stick in the main hall one by one.

After the room was lit up, Eunuch Su lowered his head even more, sitting on the stool with his eyes, nose, and heart in one place. Not to mention his body, even his eyes didn't move.

Because of Eunuch Su's performance, Huiming, who didn't feel anything at first, also felt that her appearance in a short jacket and messy clothes seemed very rude. After the japonica rice porridge was delivered, she retreated to her own compartment in the east.

Perhaps because he was concerned about her being in the room, Eunuch Su ate this bowl of porridge quietly without making a sound. After about a quarter of an hour, Eunuch Su finished eating, got up and walked to the door and said, "I'll go first, you go back to sleep for a while."

Huiming's original plan was to go out earlier so that she could be on the way with Eunuch Su and talk on the way. But Eunuch Su got up too early today, so it would be too deliberate to go together at this hour. So she just responded in a low voice, stood inside the wooden lattice door, with a hint of hesitation in her eyes.

"Eunuch Su!" Until she heard that Eunuch Su had already opened the door, and it would be too late if she didn't say anything, Huiming finally couldn't help but raise her voice and shouted. Through the lattice door, she clearly knew that Eunuch Su outside would not see her, but her fingers still couldn't help but grab the wooden grid, unconsciously flicking back and forth, lowered her head, and said directly: "The weather has become drier recently, Eunuch, when you are free recently, can you bring me a box of facial cream?"

Of course, Huiming was not really short of facial cream. She had lived in the deep palace for a long time, and naturally she had heard from others that the eunuchs in the palace usually could not leave the palace for their entire lives. Even the palace maids, if they had no relatives or friends outside, or had no way out, it was common for them to die in the palace. When the palace people got older, it was common for them to find someone to spend their lives with.

If the palace maids and eunuchs had intentions for each other, the best excuse was to ask the eunuch they liked to bring these small things. Eunuchs, unlike palace maids, had more opportunities to go out of the palace. Even if they couldn't go out of the palace, as long as they had the heart, they could always find a way.

If the eunuch was interested, he would naturally agree readily and bring back the things. The palace maids would naturally prepare some handmade purses and handkerchiefs as a return gift when they got these things. After going back and forth like this for many times, it would naturally happen. If he was not interested, he would directly refuse. If he was a little more careful and afraid of embarrassing the palace maid, he would be more tactful. If the girl wanted facial cream, he might casually give her a hair rope and say something like "Sorry, I didn't come across a suitable one" under the name of the thing. This meant rejection, and it would not be embarrassing to see each other in the future.

Of course, if the eunuch wanted to find a palace maid, he would use the same method. He would buy some beautiful and delicate gadgets and send them over. Generally speaking, if the palace maid was interested, she would accept them after a few times. If she didn't like them, she would naturally refuse.

In her previous life, Eunuch Su never spoke, and she was in that mood, so naturally she had never had such an exchange. But since yesterday, through the Ruyi Knot, she had determined that Eunuch Su was really interested in her, then she naturally had to think of a way, not to mention that they could be deeply in love and understand each other immediately, at least, she had to let Eunuch Su understand that she was no longer the Song Huiming who had just arrived at the imperial court, and no longer had those unnecessary worries.

However, even though she was 80% sure in her heart, when such a thing happened to her, even if there was only a 10% or 20% chance of misunderstanding, it would always make people worry about gain and loss. What's more, Huiming was a woman, and it was inevitable that she would have some reservations in her heart. At this moment, she took the initiative to say such words, and for a while, her earlobes were slightly flushed.

Fortunately, Eunuch Su outside did not make Huiming wait too long. Almost as soon as she finished speaking, Eunuch Su outside responded with a "Okay", paused, and then continued to ask very calmly: "Just facial cream? Do you need anything else?"

Huiming breathed a sigh of relief and quickly shook her head. Realizing that Eunuch Su couldn't see her, she raised her voice and said, "No need." She thought that would be the end of it, but Eunuch Su's exceptionally patient and gentle inquiry came from outside: "What kind of facial cream do you want? Do you have a usual recipe outside? What kind of fragrance do you like?"

Why… Why is he so long-winded? For this kind of thing, just agree readily, why ask in such detail? It's as if she's really asking for something!

Huiming inside the door bit her lip in shame and annoyance, but still reluctantly replied: "I'm not picky, just bring me a box!"

Eunuch Su outside was not annoyed at all, and responded in a warm voice as before. He waited for a while, and seeing that Huiming had nothing else to say, he continued to go out and gently closed the door from the outside.

Hearing the sound of the door closing softly, Huiming finally relaxed completely. After all this, she couldn't fall asleep even if she lay down again. So she simply lit the candles, fetched hot water, and after tidying herself up, she stepped on the faint morning light on the east side and walked out of Jing Lane.

Apart from Eunuch Su, she also remembered what she had said yesterday about going to the little Highness to read the chess manual, so she didn't delay any longer today. After paying her respects and serving Consort Kang in Changxing Palace, she just went to the dining hall and swallowed a meat bun, then got up and went straight to Jingfang Hall.

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