At the entrance stood a guard dressed in black, his expression cold and his gaze indifferent.
Seeing Su Yan return, his voice was as cold as ice
"Miss Su Yan, I am from Nantang. Please pack your belongings and follow to relocate."
Su Yan voiced her confusion
"Where to?"
Nantang responded
"To the prince’s side hall."
"Why?"
"You are now His Highness’s personal maid, naturally you must follow closely and be available at all tis."
Nantang’s expression remained as rigid as before, his deanor showing no fluctuations.
After listening, Su Yan nodded
"Alright"
She said, then went into her room to start packing.
She hadn’t been living in this room for long and didn’t have many belongings.
With a brief gathering, it was only a small bundle.
She soon ca out, and Nantang, looking at the bundle in her hand, spoke after a while
"Have you finished packing, Miss?"
"Yes, that’s all."
Nantang nodded, said nothing more, and led Su Yan towards the side hall.
The side hall ntioned by Nantang was connected to Xuanyuan Yonghao’s sleeping quarters, separated only by a wall.
Although it is called a side hall, it’s three tis the size of Su Yan’s previous room.
Furniture and furnishings, books and writing materials, everything was complete.
"From now on, you will live here."
It was Nantang’s voice that followed.
Su Yan looked around, then placed her bundle on the table.
Right after, she heard Nantang say
"His Highness is ill, and no one should be missing from his side. Once you’re settled, stand by at his bed."
"Alright"
She nodded in agreent.
After finishing, he didn’t dawdle and promptly turned to leave, decisively.
She sat down by the chair, noticing the cleanliness of the desk and chairs, which seed to be frequently dusted off.
She touched the teapot with her hand; the water inside was still warm.
She poured herself a cup of water from the teacup next to her.
Sip by sip, she drank it.
Xiao Hua looked at her host’s deanor, puzzled
"Host? Recently, you are always silent and lost in thought."
Su Yan watched the wisps of steam rising from the teacup and gently responded.
Her voice was soft
"I need to sort things out carefully."
With that, she took out a piece of candy wrapped in wax paper from the Brocade Bag hanging at her waist.
She slowly unwrapped and put it into her mouth.
The flavor of Strawberry Milk Candy spread from her mouth.
The mont Xiao Hua saw the candy, it couldn’t help but sigh.
Its host was just too nice.
Given the chance to make a wish, she actually wished to be able to always have Strawberry Milk Candy.
To fit the era, the originally exquisite packaging of Strawberry Milk Candy had been turned into wax paper wrapping.
The inside Milk Candy had also beco square candy blocks.
Indeed, the host was eating the very candy she had wished for.
Xiao Hua initially thought... even if the host didn’t wish for planes, cannons, or atomic bombs, at least she’d choose a weapon for self-defense.
Thinking this, Xiao Hua felt a bit of regret for letting its host eat candy back then.
If initially it had let its host touch an AK-47, or play around with grenades and smoke bombs, maybe the host would have fallen for firearms just the sa.
About thirty minutes later, Su Yan, who had been lost in thought, finally ca back to her senses.
The Milk Candy in her mouth had lted away, and she blinked her eyes, her gaze clear and bright.
She stood up and walked outside.
Her silent deanor remained unchanged.
Walking towards the entrance of the sleeping quarters, she saw Qiu Shi still kneeling there next to it.
But it looked like he was about to topple over, drenched in sweat, at the brink of collapsing to the ground any second.
Su Yan paused, observing Qiu Shi for a few monts.
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