Chapter 685: Regret
Qian Ning stood in front of Zhu Chenhao, bowing his head slightly, although he tried his best to keep calm, his body trembled uncontrollably slightly, after all, betraying his nervousness at the moment.
Behind him, the little handkerchief Zhong'er was already lying on the ground in fright, and he didn't even dare to raise his head. For him, the great eunuch Li Guang is already a sky-like figure, but this one in front of him is a vassal king, who is even more noble than Li Guang, how can he not be afraid.
Someone said that the eunuch species lives in the inner courtyard of the palace all day long, and everything he sees every day is the emperor and empress, how can he be scared like this when he meets a foreign vassal king?
In fact, it is not, not to mention that Zhong'er is just a small handkerchief that does not enter the stream at all, even if he is a big eunuch like Li Guang, he will not often see the emperor. Unless there is an attendant like Du Fu, or a close minister like the Hanlin attendant and the living housekeeper, it is impossible for even the cabinet ministers to see the emperor every day.
It is precisely because of this that Li Guangcai covets Du Fu's position. In many episodes, most of the bad things are always related to the eunuchs and attendants around the emperor. Because although this kind of person has a humble status, he can't stand close to the Son of Heaven, and they are even more energetic than the concubines in the harem to some extent. Maybe that sentence is as powerful as the pillow wind.
And the lowest-level miscellaneous servants like Zhong'er, not to mention the emperor, except for Li Guang, who he served, even many great eunuchs had never seen him. His life is only that small courtyard, and what he has seen over the years is only the sky above his head.
Fortunately, he met Qian Ning by chance, which made him a little brighter than the other little eunuchs. Since then, he has been able to get out of that small courtyard, and there is more of that rockery and stone forest like a sheltered alley, and there is also more friendship.
But who knows, is this really lucky for him? No one knows, at least not now.
And the reason why the two of them appeared here today was precisely because of the conspiracy between the two in the stone forest that day.
Because of his age and the care of his adoptive father Qian Neng, Qian Ning not only has a lot of freedom in the palace, but also is much more well-informed. From this, it was natural to know that the emperor issued an order to let the princes and nephews enter Beijing.
And what is even more coincidental is that he was lucky enough to come into contact with a very good big man. This big man is extremely gentle and polite to everyone, even a little person as low as him never despises half a point.
No, that can't be said to be not contemptuous, it's simply a fate. Yes, that's what the big guy said, Destiny. Every time I saw him, I called him "little money" with a smile, and from time to time I stuffed him with some delicious and fun objects.
Although Qian Ning could feel that this big man didn't seem to be as he said about him, he was just a simple match, and more often seemed to want to know something about the prince through him......
Well, whenever Channing thought about it, he always immediately suppressed this thought. He and the prince are familiar with each other, but after all, they are different from top to bottom, far from being intimate. Even if someone really has ulterior motives, what can they get from him? If they really want to find out the secrets of the prince, it is far more reliable than to buy Liu Jin's ones.
Therefore, after thinking about it, he still decided to believe that this is fate.
And it was precisely because of this fate that he came up with a bold idea after learning about the difficulties of his good friend Zhong'er: to bring a good friend to ask the big man for help, if the big man can take a fancy to him and take Zhong'er to serve, then Li Guang's shadow will no longer be able to bother Zhong'er.
As for whether the big man had this ability, Channing had no doubt about it. Because, that big man is none other than His Royal Highness King Ning in front of him.
His Royal Highness King Ning has taken a fancy to a little eunuch and wants to go over to serve, this matter is simply too simple. No matter how powerful Li Guang is, he will never dare to let out half a fart.
And if this thing is done, it will not only solve the difficulties of good friends, but also extend your own network, and if you have another way in the future. When his adoptive father Qian Neng was in Japan, he often lamented that his path was not wide enough, otherwise he would not have ended up with only one death.
In the past, when Chenghua was formed, although most people ended up miserable, there were also some people who were able to rise to prominence because of someone who helped them speak, and this is the reason why they became human beings.
Therefore, in Qian Ning's little mind, the more friends he has, the better. If you can make friends everywhere in the world, then you can go anywhere, and you don't have to follow the old path of your adoptive father.
And today, there happened to be a job in the palace to give rewards to the sons of various families, so he actively took it, and then pulled Zhong'er over. Thinking about it, maybe there is a chance to ask for a thing or two to do this.
But he didn't expect that the timing after he found it was so unfortunate, and he happened to hear the conversation between King Lu and King Ning. It was not difficult to guess from the words that the conspiracy against that Su Mo was actually the idea behind His Royal Highness King Ning.
He didn't know much about Su Mo, but taking advantage of the convenience of walking in the palace, he still knew more about the inside story than the outside world. It seems that I heard that the Holy Lord attaches a lot of importance to that Su Nayan, and there have been several secret decrees recently, all of which are related to that Su Nayan.
And His Royal Highness King Ning was actually calculating that Su Mo behind his back, this ...... Isn't this a confrontation with the Holy One? When I think about it like this, I suddenly sweat profusely. I don't know why, in the past, King Ning, intentionally or unintentionally, asked himself about all kinds of things about the prince, and the scenes suddenly became clear.......
Qian Ning was still too young, he was still ignorant, and he couldn't understand the meaning, but this did not affect his natural intuition.
It was an indescribable shudder, as if I was being watched by some being, cold and gloomy. An inexplicable sense of crisis annihilated him as if it were about to be overwhelming......
He tried to dodge in horror, but it was too late. The moment His Royal Highness King Ning's sparkling eyes looked at him in the hall, it was destined that he would never be able to get out again.
"Xiao Qian, what's wrong with you? Your face is so ugly, but what's wrong?" King Ning in front of him is still so gentle and approachable. But I don't know why, at this moment, it fell in Qian Ning's eyes, but he only felt indescribable fear and horror, and in a trance, it seemed that behind that gentleness, there was a pair of poisonous snake-like eyes exuding a faint cold light.
"I didn't ...... No, uh, more...... Thank you Your Highness for your concern, the small one is very good, really good. He forced himself to calm down, obviously trying to behave as usual, but he couldn't control it, his mouth was like a walnut, and he stumbled when he spoke.
King Ning looked at him and said nothing quietly. Qian Ning only felt that a cold air behind him was rushing upward, and the invisible pressure made him almost fall to his knees, and tell all his thoughts and thoughts.
But the only remaining reason told him that no! Once he really did that, waiting for his end, he would never recover, and there would be no bones left! So, no matter how unbearable he was, he gritted his teeth desperately and persevered.
He secretly hypnotized himself, nothing, nothing. All conjectures are their own whims. A teenager's cranky thoughts will not become a fact at all, and it is definitely not a malice towards the prince, he does not need to be nervous, he does not need to be afraid! Yes, he is not nervous! I am not nervous!
He kept muttering in his heart, and the sweat on his forehead rolled down like a stream. Time seemed to freeze at this moment, as if millions of years had passed in a trance.
Just when he saw that he couldn't hold on anymore, finally, His Royal Highness King Ning on the opposite side smiled, and returned to the spring-like Hexi of the past, raised his hand and patted him on the shoulder and said with a smile: "You kid, you jumped so out in the past, why are you so honest today? Say, is there something wrong with you suddenly coming to see me so late?" he said, glancing at Zhong'er, who was still kneeling on the ground and shivering, but didn't dare to raise his head.
Although Zhong'er is young and deliberately changed her clothes, Zhu Chenhao's family has seen a lot of eunuchs, even if she is ten miles away, she can smell that smell, how can she not see that this is a eunuch?
It's just that he just thinks that this little guy is a castration and wants to ask for wealth, but he doesn't care too much.
In this era, within a few years in the palace, some miscellaneous servants will be collected from outside, and many poor families can't live anymore, so they castrate their children, hoping to get in. Although there is no hope of succession, it is still a way to live in the end, and it is better than dying in poverty.
And this strange tragic situation has been explicitly forbidden by successive kings, but it has been banned for a long time. At this time, it was relatively good, and when the braids were in the future, a village with all this kind of eunuchs gathered was formed, which can be described as a strange story in the world.
Zhu Chenhao was thoughtful, and naturally saw that something was wrong with Qian Ning, but he had other plans, so he gestured with his eyes and gave Qian Ning a step to speak.
Qian Ning was really clever, and after breathing a sigh of relief, he raised his hand and unconsciously wiped the sweat on his forehead, and then said that he had rewarded some objects in the palace. After saying this, his eyes glanced at Zhong'er, who was pulled up and still looked cowering, with a hesitant look on his face, and he didn't know how to speak.
After all, he is a clever person, Zhu Chenhao can say that he is in love with him or something, which is a kind of generosity and tolerance when the superior looks down on the inferior people. When it was talked about, he could only praise the benevolence of the virtuous king;
But if he really takes this seriously, and says anything to a prince, it is not about being inferior and rude.
On impulse, he patronized and calculated the pros and cons of the gains and losses, so he patted his chest and accepted the matter. But now that the real thing is coming, he suddenly realized that he is just an inferior person, where does he have the qualifications to ask a prince to pay attention to a little eunuch?
It's one thing to say this without saying it, and it's another thing to say it or not. Moreover, once Zhong'er's identity is revealed, there is no room for recovery. If King Ning really cares about his own thoughtfulness, it is better to say, then at most it is not allowed;
But if the truth is not like that, once King Ning turns his face, then he and Zhong'er don't think about living anymore. You must know that the eunuchs in the palace, the palace maids, and the miscellaneous guards are all royal slaves.
A house slave actually thinks of picking his own master, this is simply a bold and reckless act and a great crime of disobedience! And who is King Ning? Speaking of a thousand ways and ten thousand, that is still a person surnamed Zhu of the royal family, why should he do something that violates the royal rules for the sake of a domestic slave?
Thinking of this, Qian Ning suddenly broke out in a sweat again, regretting his frivolity.