Chapter 22

Xiao Bao pouted with a sour expression, "Apparently serving Yu Li only isn't enough to make me suffer, now you have added another two birds, and they are the Emperor's bestowed upon us birds, we will commit a great sin if not careful enough and caused their death."

The Blind Concubine hid his smile with his sleeve, saying: "Yes, of course."

Both of them stepped out from the serving quarter, walked down the path to the Little Prince's Palace.

On Rui Ze's neck, hung down a string bag, a bag loaded with salted duck eggs. On the table, more than ten types of delicious meals were arranged neatly, all along with all kinds of particularly delicious rice dumpling. Upon the sight of the Blind Concubine, he laughed at once, as if he had gone crazy. Laughed so loudly and acted so spoiled, pulling the sleeve of the Blind Concubine and unwilling to let go.

The three of them entered the room to have their feast while chatting happily, using the chopsticks to eat the meals.

The Palace's servant peeled the rice dumpling for the Little Prince, but Rui Ze insisted on peeling it himself. The Blind Concubine agreed, took a rice dumpling and passed it to his hand.

The Imperial Kitchen cook's master's handicraft was truly exquisite. The rice dumpling was wrapped in a small and exquisite shape, did not even use the cotton thread to tie it together, instead it merely used a leaf to insert and fix it in its place. Rui Ze tried to tear it open, pulled and tore but still couldn't open it, he resorted to using his molar teeth to gnaw and nibble in order to breach it open. To peel the rice dumpling's leaf aside.

Xiao Ban ridiculed him: "What a way to peel, that is exactly the way a mouse will eat a rice dumpling."

Rui Ze placed the rice dumpling that he peeled with his teeth in the Blind Concubine's hand, his eyes sparkling, saying: "You eat this."

Xiao Bao threw him a sideways glance. The rice dumpling had been bitten by him to the point of losing its original shape, the grains of rice were also all over the table. Granted, Rui Ze was being careless. Xiao Bao took away the ruined rice dumpling and replaced it with a newly peeled one then put it in the hand of the Blind Concubine.

The Blind Concubine accompanied The Little Prince chatting and laughing, eating while talking, it was very lively. Without noticing, it was already nighttime.

The Blind Concubine stood up and went outside to take a breather.

In the sky, the first stage of the crescent moon was hanging proudly, illuminating the whole place with its silver white radiance. The dried twigs and leaves on the ground were piling up and joined together with its shadow. The wind was blowing, making the shadow of the trees seem like they were dancing and swaying.

From a nearby place, came through a not so unfamiliar voice, asking: "Why do you come out?"

Slowly, the Blind Concubine answered him: "I ate too much food, out for a walk."

Then added: "Why did you come here?"

The Emperor answered him: "The banquet in the Front Palace was already over, I just strolled along this marrow path, until I arrived here."

The Blind Concubine laughed, then sat on the stone bench.

The Emperor said: "I have something that I want to give you."

"Ehh??" The Blind Concubine lifted his head, "What is it?"

The Emperor answered him: "I will help you to put it on."

The Blind Concubine nodded his head, quietly sat. Waiting for the Emperor to put on something on his head. Stretched out his hand to touch, it was a jade hairpin.

"I have wanted to give it to you since long ago, I chose the best quality of Jade and had them transport it to the Capital, it took a lot of time and effort to polish it with the most exquisite carving."

The Blind Concubine lightly laughed, a laugh that carried along the sense of pain and bitterness.

In the end he said nothing, rose from the bench and turned his body, leaving the Emperor only with his lonely and desolate silhouette.