Chapter 8: Playing with the Seven Dwarfs

Dry wet hair, and was filled with a bowl of medicine, Su Yan look out the window day has passed noon, suddenly remembered that almost to the time of the Prince under the school, hastily said goodbye to help him to dress the chamberlain, hurried out of the temple door, just a corner, almost ran into a person.

He fixed his eyes, is a middle-aged chamberlain, wearing dark green single python robe, waist luan belt, head wearing a black and gold hat. Look at the rank of the crown, should be a eunuch, a clear water goose egg face, sparse eyebrows and eyes quite clean.

The eunuch smiled and arched his hand toward him, “Almost bumping into Servant Su, offense.”

Su Yan felt that his voice was somewhat familiar, and after a careful recollection, he lost his voice and said, “Eunuch Lan?”

Lan Xi laughed meaningfully, “So Servant Su still remembers the half-hearted relationship with our family.”

Su Yan arched his hand, “More than remembering, yesterday fortunate to be kindly rescued by the eunuch, I can’t thank you enough.”

Lan Xi made a gesture to close his voice, and pressed his voice: “People come and go here, it’s not very convenient, let’s talk in another place.”

The two walked along the corridor for a while and turned into an empty veranda. Lan Xi sized up Su Yan for a while before saying, “Mr. Su does not look like your father, but a few points like your grandfather.”

Su Yan was a bit surprised, “Eunuch Lan knew my ancestor and father?”

Lan Xi said: “more than recognize, your uncle and my father is a deed brother, on seniority, I trust great call you how to say nephew?”

It turns out that there is also this layer of relationship …… Despite being quite helpless to the old customs of his hometown that make his head full of black lines, Su Yan still saluted and humbly called out, “Little nephew has seen the world uncle.”

Blue Xi lifted his arm and laughed: “Xian nephew do not have to be polite. This matter you and I know can, in front of outsiders, must only pretend not to recognize is good. The emperor has always been taboo within the minister and foreign ministers close, if you know that you and I have this relationship, in the future when using people will have more scruples. Xian nephew harbor talent, the future is immeasurable, must not be delayed because of a momentary negligence in the small things.”

Su Yan admired this eunuch’s prudence, nodded and said: “Little nephew remembered. Uncle is the emperor’s side of the close service, everything is forewarned, in the future, if the rain is coming, I hope that uncle will first give my nephew to blow a little wind before the rain, and raise more points.”

Lan Xi said: “That’s natural, you are the only relative we have in the palace, if you do not take care of you to take care of who. Just now I heard about the royal study, it seems that the emperor quite like you, as long as you coaxed the crown prince well, in case of trouble a little bit more clever, our family in the service to see the opportunity to mention a few times, the emperor will naturally look at you more important.”

Su Yan waved his hand repeatedly, “But don’t, I don’t know why, seeing the emperor’s heart is balking, my legs and stomach are cramping. Anyway, I don’t intend to climb up the ladder, or respect from a distance, lest I accidentally offend the face of heaven one day, and beat back the previous owed court cane together.”

Lan Xi had a look of hatred: “Confused! How can an official not hold back his strength to climb up the ladder? You do not climb up, you have to do other people step on the foot of the stool, the court is more than grinding teeth and chewing the bones of the vicious wolves and tigers, killing bloodless conspiracy and trickery, then not to mention the veil is not guaranteed, and even the life of the family to be hitched in!

Since you are an official in the court, you have to climb up step by step, all the way to the position under one person and above ten thousand people, until you are in a position of great power, and you are in a position of great authority!”

Su Yan was a bit baffled by his words.

Lan Xi also said: “Do you know what is the way of the official? We stayed in the palace for more than twenty years, see clearly see through, only four words: ‘guess the holy will’.

Those positions ah, power ah where to, are not all the emperor to give, the emperor a sentence can put you on the sky, you can also let you fall down to the ground, if you do not know how to curry favor with the emperor, any of you high eighty buckets eight hundred buckets are in vain.

When I entered the palace, I was just a humble fireman, all day long, hard work, survival in the cracks, from listening to the matter, Supervisor all the way up to the present position of the seal eunuch of the Palace of Justice. Those foreign ministers, including the Cabinet of the fold, that one is not our hands to the seal? When those civil and military officials see us, which one of them is not full of smiles and courtesy? If it were not for these four words of truth, how could we have today’s scenery.”

Su Yan listened to the staggering, living official thick black ah, by a generation of eunuchs now say, incitement and persuasive both, if the heart for the officer to listen to ensure that the blood boiled.

Unfortunately, he was lazy and unambitious by nature, as he was in his previous life, he hadn’t changed much in this life, and only wanted to be a playboy who ate, drank, and had fun.

But the sky does not meet the wishes of man, accidentally stepped into the officialdom of the muddy water, from then on has not had a day of peace and quiet. After serving the small, and now to serve the big, but also have to always worry about the neck of the one that grows fast enough, why suffering! Why don’t we just go with the flow, let nature take its course, and work steadily as a modest official?

Although the heart has not been for, in order to avoid trouble, Su Yan still put on a look of being taught: “Uncle some teachings really make small nephews enlightened, in the future will redouble their efforts, do not dare to live up to the expectations of uncle.”

Lan Xi’s face was covered with a smile and he nodded, “The children are teachable.”

Su Yan suddenly remembered something as if he called out, “Ah, the Crown Prince is about to leave school, I’m afraid he’ll send me, I have to go back to the East Palace.”

Lan Xi busy said: “Prince temperament arrogant, temperamental, not than the emperor to treat people lenient, you do not delay time, quickly go to serve it.”

Su Yan heart secretly said: I have the opposite view with you, the kid is easy to deal with, a cat with claws and teeth only. The big one is a fine tiger, although the face is mild, inside is really unfathomable, in the future or can hide as far as possible to avoid as far as possible good.

“Then little nephew will take his leave.” He arched his hand and just took a few steps before turning around again, “By the way, little nephew accidentally lost a lotus leaf jade pendant yesterday, I don’t know if Uncle Shih has seen it in the garden?”

Lan Xi shook his head, “Unseen. Go quickly, don’t make Little Master lose his temper.”

Su Yan responded with some disappointment and stepped out onto the porch.

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Just to the door of the Palace, Su Yan will pull the chamberlain Fu Bao inquired, learned that the Prince has not come back from the Hall of Wenhua, the heart of the Prince is not good, save to spend words to explain to go to the Royal Study Room of the matter.

He hurriedly entered the temple, thought about it, took off his full crown and leaned on the lohan bed, and re-covered the quilt.

Next to the lavender cage burning unembarrassed benzoin incense, under the light smoke, Su Yan is also a little confused up, half-lidded eyes seem to sleep.

I do not know how long, suddenly feel someone in front of me, close to the very close, warm breath sprayed on the face, eyelids a fluttering feather like a light itch.

Su Yan’s eyes snapped open.

The face at hand bounced back with a yelp, as if startled by him.

Looking at the Crown Prince who was hemming and dryly laughing, Su Yan helplessly raised his eyebrows, “What tricks is Your Highness playing again?”

Zhu Hailin was a little embarrassed and a little proud as he took out his left hand that was hidden behind his back, which turned out to be two thin ivory toothpicks.

“Just now I realized that Qinghe’s eyelashes are long and curved, so I wanted to try putting a pick tooth on it to see if it would hold ……”

Su Yan Chao House!”

Zhu Hailin was stunned, his complexion was a little embarrassed, “This …… is still something to do in front of the father and the hundred officials.” Another look at the ground then said, “Other times will be exempt, I also do not like to see you kneeling to talk.”

Su Yan, who was already prepared to be convicted, was greatly surprised. This Crown Prince, I don’t know whether to say that he is easygoing and unassuming, or is he reckless and capricious?

Zhu Hailin saw him look embarrassed, as if he was choking on his words, he smiled and poked his head again, “Silly? Well, after playing chess for so long you are probably tired, rest, get well and accompany me out of the palace to play.”

This little kid is really obsessed with having fun. Su Yan sighed in his heart, only to calculate the next time to do more preparation, just in case. Otherwise, even if the crown prince does not cut off his head, the emperor will not spare him.