The luck is not bad

  Xu Ren brought Xiao Huazi into the courtyard where he lived, closed the doors and windows, sat in a chair, narrowed his eyes to look at Xiao Huazi standing in front of him with his head down, silent and expressionless. His face looked very unpleasant, his voice was cold and sharp: "Xiao Huazi, you are taking advantage of me." He was puzzled in his heart, when he was the most glorious as the manager of Liangjing Palace, Xiao Huazi had never come to find him, this fellow countryman, how could he suddenly come to find him now that his status was not as good as before?

  Xiao Huazi slowly raised his head and looked at Xu Ren with a gloomy face, but his expression became calm instead.

  "Xu Ren, we're both serving in the palace. Some things are better left unspoken between us. Why must you ask so clearly? I'll give you a favor this time, and you can return it to me another day." The princess had said that as long as Xu Ren didn't expose him on the spot, no matter what happened afterwards, Xu Ren wouldn't expose him, allowing him to boldly face Xu Ren's intimidation.

  Xu Ren was inwardly shocked, sizing up the little Hua Zi standing in front of him with a completely new gaze, speechless for a long time. Was this still the timid and fearful little Hua Zi he remembered? No, after more than five years in the palace, he had transformed from a low-ranking eunuch to the head eunuch of Liang Jing Palace; how could little Hua Zi remain unchanged?

  Xiao Huazi looked up and met Xu Ren's scrutinizing gaze without flinching or avoiding it, her eyes calm and steady.

  Xu Ren sneered: "Aren't you afraid I'll expose you right now?"

  "Will you?" Xiaohuazi calmly asked back, Xuren had missed the opportunity to expose him earlier outside. If Xuren had really exposed him earlier, he would have dragged him down without hesitation, even if the booklet was found on him, he could push all this onto Lianggui's head, and it wouldn't matter if he died for it.

  Xu Ruyu's words were stuck in his throat, and he slowly said: "Who is it? Who are you risking your life for?" It was a good plan to use Xiaohuazi's acquaintance with him first, letting Xiaohuazi get close to him. When the time came, he had no choice because he didn't even know what crime Xiaohuazi had committed.

  In case it's a capital offense, even if he exposed Xiao Huazi, he himself would not be able to escape the consequences, and who knows, Xiao Huazi might even drag him down with her, the entire Liangjing Palace would be implicated... As for the relationship between them, if Xu Ren doesn't understand this in his heart, then it's a waste of his position as the head manager.

  Xiao Huazi smiled slightly, as if she hadn't heard Xu Ren's question at all: "Xu Ren, it's getting late, I should go back."

  Xu Ren watched as Xiao Huazi walked out with a calm and composed figure, a glint of light flashing in his eyes. Although he didn't know who Xiao Huazi was doing things for.

  But just because this person can make Xiaohuazi risk his life for her, it's enough to make him think thrice about the Cold Palace? The people living in the Cold Palace are all those who have been demoted...

  Xiao Huazi seemed to be walking calmly, but in fact only he himself knew that his heart was almost jumping out of his throat.

  One step, two steps, three steps... ten steps, twenty steps, and he still hadn't heard Xu Ren's voice behind him. He secretly let out a breath of relief, today he finally knew the feeling of being so nervous that his heart was almost jumping out of his mouth.

  Xu Ren walked out of the house and watched as Xiao Huazi walked away, looking thoughtful.

  Xiao Huazi did not directly return to the Cold Palace, but instead came to the most secluded corner of the Imperial Household Department.

  Here is the translation:

  Xiaogaozi was already anxious and impatient, until he saw He Daxian waiting for him, at which point Xiaohuazi's exhausted body went limp and she fell to the ground.

  Xiao Gaozi didn't say a word, and dragged him to the back of a hidden thicket. Behind the thicket was a set of clothes and a food box from the Imperial Palace.

  "Is everything settled?"

  Xiao Huāzi was like a person pulled out of the water, weak and unable to speak, only nodding his head. Xiao Gāozi's eyes lit up, and he also stopped speaking, quickly helping Xiao Huāzi remove the palace attire from his body, then re-dressing him in the cold palace uniform.

  "Can you still get up?" Looking at Xiaohua, who was lying on the ground like a pile of mud, Xiaogao knew that he must have encountered something dangerous, but fortunately, he had turned danger into safety and returned safely.

  "You see how my hands and feet are shaking? I'm basically not listening to myself." Xiaohua sighed, lifting his hand to indicate that he had no confidence in standing up at the moment.

  Xiao Gaozi looked at Xiao Huazi's appearance, suddenly burst out laughing, stepped forward and rubbed his hands and feet vigorously, chuckling: "Look at you, what a bear-like appearance."

  "Fart, if you have the ability, go once, I'm almost scared to death." Xiaohua glared with anger, the thrill just now was indescribable, only those who had experienced it personally would know the taste of being on the verge of death.

  Xiao Gaozi didn't get angry either, he knew that Xiao Huazi's task was very dangerous. He had been waiting here for almost a whole time, and still hadn't seen Xiao Huazi return, his heart was also worried and tense to death.

  "Can you stand up now? Hurry and take the food box back to the palace."

  Xiao Huazi also knew the importance of the matter, nodded, and thought that the princess must have been worried last night too, he had to hurry back.

  ……

  When Xiaohua walked back into the desolate palace with her lunchbox, looking at the bleak scenery around her, she finally felt a sense of calm.

  As soon as he entered the Taihuidian Hall, he saw the princess standing under the eaves of the house, as if waiting for him.

  Yu Wu saw Xiaohua appear in his line of sight, and his expression warmed up, with a smile of relief at the bottom of his eyes.

  Xiao Huazi stood there, looking at the warm and smiling face staring back at him. Even if the princess asked him to go again, even if he was very scared, he thought he would still go, not for anything else, but just because she was standing under the eaves waiting for him, and then seeing her smile that was no longer worried after seeing him.

  In the inner chamber, Xiaohua carefully took out the book he had taken from the Worry-Free Palace and presented it with reverence.

  Yu Wu didn't rush to read the booklet after receiving it, but instead looked at him steadily and asked, "Scared?"

  The lingering fear in Xiaohua's heart seemed to have vanished instantly with this inquiry, he lifted his head and looked at her straightly, his eyes were a bit red and sour, and he nodded very frankly.

  Yu Worry looked at Xiaohua for a while, her heart suddenly softened, this was just a child, she beckoned to him.

  Xiao Huazi was taken aback, thinking that the princess had more instructions, so he walked forward with his waist bent and his ear slightly tilted, but unexpectedly...

  Yu Worry didn't say anything, just stretched out her hand to gently rub his head, and softly sighed: "It's all right now."

  If she could, would she be willing to risk this child's life to take this gamble? Fortunately, Xiaohua's luck was not bad.

  Xiao Huāzi's tears fell like pearls dropping to the ground, splashing into a puddle at his feet. His knees gave way and he knelt down on Yuan Wuyou's lap, sobbing uncontrollably.

  Yu Wu You was taken aback for a moment, and then she smiled slightly. She let this child who should still be a kid vent his emotions on her lap, gently patting his thin back with her hand, silently comforting his anxiety and fragility.

  Suddenly, a loud cry from Xiaohua came from the inner room. Yu Cui, who was cooking in the kitchen, was startled and instinctively put down what she was doing and rushed towards the inner room, but was pulled back by Yuzhu, who was guarding the door. Yuzhu gently shook her head at her.

  Yu Cui was taken aback, biting her lip, lowering her head in silence for a moment before returning to the kitchen.

  Yu Zhu stood outside the slightly ajar door, listening to the crying sounds in the room slowly subsiding but still intermittent sobbing. She quietly closed the door and walked away silently.

  Xiao Huazi finally stopped crying, lifted her tear-stained face, and hastily wiped it with her sleeve. However, after seeing that her nose and tears had stained her clothes, her face turned pale: "I... I should..."

  Before he could utter a word, Yuan Wuyou smiled and shook his head at him: "Hurry back and get some rest."

  Xiao Huāzi's head was bowed low, as if he wanted to burrow into the ground. But thinking of that moment earlier, his heart felt like it had been filled with a warm current, and his whole body felt cozy and warm. The unease, fear, and terror all melted away, no longer lingering in his heart. Now, his heart was filled with an indescribable sense of comfort and warmth.

  But the next moment, he thought of Xu Ren again, his face changed slightly, and he said hastily: "Princess, about Xu Ren..."

  "Never mind, just pretend it never happened. As for Xu Ren, don't take the initiative to contact him for now." Xu Ren's ambition to become a superior being and his cleverness would not allow this matter to implicate him, so he must make arrangements for Xiaohua's sake.

  Xiao Huazi finally felt at ease: "Well... I'll take my leave."

  Yu Wuyou smiled as he watched Xiao Huazi leave, his eyes finally falling on the book on the table. Liu Yinghua had said a lot to this body before her death, but none of those words were particularly significant, not even hints. Yet she still took a gamble, and it seemed like her luck wasn't bad, she won the bet.

  Digression

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