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CHAPTER 17 - FOR HONGYU
Through that, Hongyu made up with Sango.
Although there was no conversation during meal times, the atmosphere was calm.
It had been a long time since he had learned about erhu.
However, when he saw Sango's hand, he frowned.
"Why are you so injured?"
"I was absorbed in practicing, and before I knew it, this had happened"
Hongyu said he had a special ointment, so he brought it for her from his room.
He handed her the medicine in a small round vial.
Sango stared down at the ointment with a sad expression.
"What's wrong?"
“To tell you the truth, Konkon gave me medicine as well.”
The medicine for the cut was a liquid, and each time it was applied, it was painful. Konkon was applying medicine to her, but she was in so much pain that she accepted it because she had to do it herself. She only applied it twice a day, once in the morning and once at night.
“As long as she keeps doing that, no matter how much time passes, you are never going to get better."
“Why do you say that?”
Angered, Sango shrank back.
When she looked up, Hongyu was looking down at her with a scary look on his face. If he didn't apply the medicine now, he was definitely going to get angry again. When she was removing the bandage from her fingertip, he held her wrist.
"This is terrible. How can you get so injured playing the erhu?"
Her hand was grabbed and Hongyu's face was right in front of her. He was closer to her than ever before, and her heart pounded.
She answered quickly, trying to hide her agitation.
"Uh, that's clumsy."
When she was practicing her violin, a string broke while she was playing, and it bounced off her cheek, causing her an injury, but that was probably a rare example.
All of Erhu's injuries were due to Sango's carelessness.
She let out a big sigh and felt embarrassed.
Hongyu snatched the ointment from Sango's dazed hand.
“Give it to me.”
“Open the lid and apply it on your fingertips. This ointment is different from previous medicines, and it is not painful. Just apply gently and slowly.”
Until now, no one of the opposite sex had touched her in this way. Sango cackled, she could feel her face getting hot.
"Hey"
She heard a voice and looked up. Then, Hongyu's face was right in front of her.
Her face turned bright red at the unexpected close distance. Perhaps it was the same with Hongyu, as his eyes were unnaturally swimming.
“Ah, sorry, no, thank you.”
"Make sure to apply it properly in the morning and at night. You won't be able to perform well with the bandage on."
"Okay."
She decided to rest today and practice again tomorrow.
After the meal, Konkon went to the bathroom with her.
As she was walking down the long hallway towards the bathroom, Konkon spoke to her.
"Um, Sango-sama, on what we were talking about earlier..."
The story she mentioned earlier was when she asked Konkon to sing at the Miyabi-kai's selection meeting. Konkon replied that it would be difficult to sing in front of everyone because it would be embarrassing.
"I'm sorry for being so unreasonable."
“Sango-sama!!”
Just as Konkon was about to speak, she heard Reimi's voice screaming.
She ran fast and suddenly stopped in front of Sango.
“Ah, Reimi-san.”
"Yes!"
She asked him what it was for.
"Ah, no, I'm talking about the Queen Princess from earlier..."
Sango had an encounter with Princess Hoshi a while ago. There, she was told that she was no big deal. Just remembering the incident gave her chills.
“That princess, you know, she hates men.”
"That's right."
That's why she said something like she hated Sango, who was dressed like a man. That's how she interpreted it.
“She doesn't hate you personally, so please be rest assured."
"Thank you, Reimi-san. I appreciate it."
Sango, overwhelmed with emotion, took Reimi's hand and kissed her fingertips.
"Kyaa!"
Reimi lowered her back, but Sango caught her body.
"Ah, sorry, I made a mistake again...!"
"Hawawa"
Reimi's face was on fire and her body became limp. She was just near the dark blue room, so she took her into the room and gave her some water to calm her down.
"I am sorry"
“No, please don’t worry about it…oh?”
Reimi noticed a fine erhu in the dark blue room.
“By the way, I heard that Sango-sama and Konkon will be participating in the Miyabi-kai selection meeting.”
"Ah, yes, but..."
“With my hands injured, I couldn't get Konkon's cooperation. I think it would be better if I decline this time,” she said, slumping her shoulders.
Konkon was taken aback by that statement.
"Oh, Sango-sama, I can't believe you gave up after practicing so hard."
"But my performance won't pass the screening."
“In that case, I will sing for you!”
Konkon knelt down in front of Sango and declared.
"Konkon, are you okay? What are you doing?"
"Yes, I'm doing this for your sake! I'm sorry if it's embarrassing."
At this point, Reimi glared her eyes and interrupted.
"Sounds like fun. I'm good at singing too."
Reimi said that she had performed songs at Miyabi-kai several times.
“If that's the case, you can join us.”
“Reimi-san, is it true?”
"Eh, yeah, well."
"Thank you!"
Sango hugged Konkon, then Reimi.
Rather than being manly and rough, it was more like a playful hug from a large dog. However, the two ladies-in-waiting's faces turned bright red.
Reimi suddenly regained her senses and spoke to Sango.
“Now that I think about it, Sango-sama, it seems that Minister Wang was walking around the inner palace with an amazing sword curtain. Did something happen?”
“He was asked to find a raccoon dog."
“Tanuki-sama?”
Here, Sango explained how she loved the raccoon dog with all her heart.
Reimi's face tightened as she told her how much she loved the raccoon dog.
"I see. A raccoon dog was picked up and kept as a pet."
"Yes. It seems that he had some free time and went out to play. I'm really glad that Minister Wang found it."
Sango was deeply grateful to Hongyu. She never expected him to work so hard because of Tanuki.
"I would like to repay his kindness someday..."
"That's right. Sango-sama, can you sew?"
She shook his head at Reimi's question.
While embroidering a hand towel and giving it to a man as a gift was a common way of expressing gratitude in Karetsu, it seemed difficult to do for Sango.
“When it comes to musical instruments, Wang Naiguan is also a master.”
Sango nodded deeply at Konkon's words.
The three of them racked their brains and thought deeply, but they couldn't think of a way to thank him.
"I will just have to do my best to help with his job”
"No, no, I don't think you need to try hard!"
She looked at Sango suspiciously at what he said about work.
Hongyu's job was to have a child with Princess Hoshi.
“R-Reimi-san, it’s nothing!”
Konkon panicked and tried to muffle his words.
“I have no intention of pursuing it deeply.”
"Oh, thank you very much"
“Going back to the topic, let's think about what you can do outside of work.”
"What makes men happy..."
Sango thought about it, but to begin with, she had never given a gift to the opposite sex. In the first place, even if she came up with something, there was no way to get the goods into the inner palace.
“Ah, in that case!”
They asked Reimi to tell them about the things she gave to men that made them happy.
"How about some shoulder-tapping tickets? My grandfather and father were very happy to get that."
"I see"
Now that she thought about it, she remembered. She thought that Hongyu would often hold her shoulder and put his arm around her, or she would massage him herself.
"Thank you, Reimi-san."
Sango took Reimi's hands and thanked her.
“No, not that much.”
Konkon muttered as the two of them were getting excited.
“Is it really okay to give Minister Wang a shoulder-tapping ticket?''
Of course, it didn't reach Sango and Reimi's ears.
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