Chapter 6: The Secret of the Son (I)

Yan Zhenqing once said: "The three watches are lit and the five watches are the time when the boys are studying." "When I first read it, I felt a little contempt in my heart: if you cheat people and don't write drafts, I won't believe that anyone can stay up late and read hard every day! If you don't die like this, you only have half a life left! So if there is, it's not stupid but also mentally retarded! Definitely a pretentious hypocrite!

However, as it turned out, I couldn't have been more wrong! There are such people in the world! However, not a fool and not mentally weak! Not even a pretentious hypocrite! It's a wretched, weak, persecuted, helpless man! Because this person is me!

A month earlier, the Son of the World had unexpectedly saved me and said to me, "I know what you are for." I should understand a common sense that even three-year-olds know - there is no such thing as a free lunch!

Because not long after that, I had to come to Mingzhiyuan before the third watch, dedicate myself to the vast sea of questions, and work hard to write all kinds of schoolwork! Imagine if I had been able to work so hard in high school, I guess my life would have ushered in a glorious chapter long ago! Although I said before that no one would stay up late and study so hard is a mistake of judgment, there is one thing that I was very prescient for: I am really about to die when I read at night every day! Looking at my increasingly haggard appearance in the mirror, I really think that one day I may not be able to see the sun tomorrow! However, although it is hard to stay up late and study hard, I can still endure it, and what really makes me feel that I want to return to the west is the pressure and great fear from my heart!

Because every time I come, I will be ordered to change into the robe of the prince and serve as a substitute for him, creating the illusion that the prince is studying in the study every night! But the prince himself will disappear during that time, and only quietly return to the study on time before the fifth watch.

I don't know what Shizi has been doing during the time he disappeared, and I don't dare to ask, and I don't think to ask. Doesn't it say 'curiosity kills cats'? What is the safest thing to know! What's more, people like him who don't know what they're thinking are even less troublesome! Besides, he is the master, I am a slave, do I have the courage to ask?

But through this incident, I discovered an interesting thing: the shemale who almost didn't kill me in the Priest's Academy was spying on the prince!

The shemale is called Laifu (when I first knew his name, I was a little grateful to the son, but he gave me the name 'Eight Rings', although the thunder is a little thunder, it is much better than the name of this Wang Xingren's classic application!) Judging from the race represented by these two names alone, the body shape of Bajie can also crush Laifu! Hmph, a little proud! was sent by Princess Jin to Mingzhiyuan to serve the prince, and it can also be said that she is the housekeeper of Mingzhiyuan.

At first, I just felt that Laifu would always appear around the son of the world without being summoned by the son, and even at night he would ask the son of the world from time to time. It was understandable that I was in his position, and I naturally didn't think there was anything wrong. But an incident after the pretending son read the book reminded me and caught my attention.

It would be too illogical to say that the frequent occurrence of blessings was only due to duty or etiquette: the prince was originally a quiet man, and he had a withdrawn temperament, and hated to associate with people. Even I, a newcomer who has not been here for a long time, knows that no one can appear in front of the prince without being summoned by the prince, and if he is not allowed by the prince, he must not speak without permission, not to mention that the ladyboy said that he is still a person who has been waiting for the prince for seven years in Mingzhiyuan?

Why would he make such a low-level mistake? How could an old fox like him, who knew how to survive well, not know that his actions would only cause disgust to the son of the world? offending the master and making the master unhappy, that is a taboo as a subordinate! Even I can see that every time he appears, it will cause the extreme disgust of the prince, and even the hatred in his eyes is extremely obvious! So why did he insist on doing these things? As the saying goes, when things go wrong, something must be wrong! There is only one possibility for what he has done: he definitely has other intentions!

After analyzing all this, coupled with my usual observations, I have strengthened my judgment: Laifu is not only a shemale, but also a spy! He is always checking the whereabouts of the prince all the time and monitoring his every move! But why did he do it? Whomever instructed them? Why did the prince know the purpose of the blessing, but did not do anything? Shouldn't he have been 'dealt with' long ago according to his temperament?

All of this baffled me, but I couldn't help but solve the puzzles. Because all my energy is now exhausted every day to deal with all kinds of things ordered by the prince: I am an attendant during the day, a waiter before and after the saddle, and a stand-in at night, completing my schoolwork and dealing with the blessings! With the 24-hour 'fulfillment' arrangement, I have no time to take care of anything else!

I would like to boast that I have the wisdom to see the situation in such a chaotic situation, but I don't have the courage to do so. Because what made me see this clearly was due to an 'abnormality', and if I didn't find a problem like this, I was really stupid enough: since I started playing the stand-in of Shizi, I found that Shizi, who has always believed that 'silence is golden', will be like a repeater every time before leaving, explaining the same content, and I can't pay attention to it! Such as...... We are now working on a general:

"If you come to Fu, please be safe, do you know how to do it!?" Shizi said without suspense while changing clothes.

"Don't worry, the master will know how to do it." I hid behind the screen and replied in a low voice. It is strictly forbidden for others to disturb him during his schoolwork, and no one is allowed to enter the study for half a step unless he orders him. If I come and go a lot during this time, I will definitely attract people's attention. So every time I came over, I climbed in through the back window right next to the garden. And the study of the prince is very bright, so that the figures in the room will be seen more clearly, out of secrecy, I will hide behind the screen after entering the room.

"If you make a mistake, you know the consequences!" Shizi changed his clothes and turned in from behind the screen.

If the white-clothed prince is like a fairy floating out of the dust, then now he is dressed in black and is like a demon who confuses the minds of the world - mysterious and dangerous. His figure is very straight, the well-fitting night clothes make him more and more cheerful, his long hair is neatly tied into a high ponytail, and the fully exposed facial features appear more contoured under the illumination of the night pearl, as if the heavens have carefully carved the work.

"Rest assured, the master will be safe!" I replied without hesitation. Before I could finish speaking, Shizi stepped out of the back window with a sturdy body, as light and silent as a cat.

As soon as he left, I hurried to my desk to get ready to work. But when I saw the mountains of books and rice paper on the desk, I couldn't help but wail in my heart, and I really wanted to faint immediately! It is estimated that it will not be able to be completed until tomorrow morning! I was just about to pick up the book, but there was a soft knock on the door, which made my heart beat faster.

"His Royal Highness, I have come to you to say goodbye." The shrill shemale voice came from outside the door again.

If I have a grudge against anyone in the future, I will really consider hiring Rifle with a high salary! He had to let him give an enthusiastic poem to the enemy, it would definitely be a tear for the listener and sad for the hearer! However, it is not because his level is too good, but because his piercing sound will definitely cause the disorder of the central nervous system of the human brain, and eventually evolve into a tragedy of intermittent emotional out-of-control!

"Smack!" I deliberately slapped the hair the bookcase, making a loud sound.

There is too much difference between my voice and that of Shizi, so naturally I can't answer him. So every time he came to say hello, I used some unpleasant sounds to silence him. Fortunately, he didn't dare to push the door every time, so he passed the test safely without being discovered. This time, however, when I repeated the same trick, I did not hear his steps of retreat, and I was wondering in my heart, but I heard his nightmarish answer.

"Your Royal Highness, the prince is back, I want you to prepare the homework taught by the master recently, and the fourth watch will go over and talk back!"

What the! Rajah!? Isn't that the son of the world!? And let him go over the fourth shift to resume his homework!? But the prince will not come back until the fifth watch every day! I was so flustered that I forgot that Laifu was still in front of the door.

"Your Highness?" Probably didn't get a reply, Rifle was a little strange and called again.

In order not to make him suspicious, I waved my hand through the door and window so that he could see a retreat in front of the door.

"Then please prepare for the prince's life, the prince is waiting for you in Yikun Garden. The minions retired first. ”

Hearing his footsteps leaving, I realized that I was already in a cold sweat! Blessing is gone, but the real danger is just beginning! What am I going to do? If you stay here and don't do anything, you will definitely sit and wait to die, and if you don't get beaten to death by the prince, you will be killed by the prince! So far, it can only be a dead horse as a live horse doctor! Hurry up and get the son back!

I am a little glad that I will not come back so soon. I quickly took off my clothes and climbed out of the back window. Blown by the cold wind outside, my mind suddenly cleared up. I can't help but think of a cruel question: Where is the son?

Oh, my God! You're really trying to push me to a dead end! Have you had enough! If you really can't do it, just come and use thunder to chop me to death and clean up! Didn't this tell me that both horizontal and vertical were in danger!? Wait, Ray? Suddenly, a flash of inspiration flashed in my mind: it had been raining for the past few days, and lightning and thunder were incessant, and it was not until this afternoon that it cleared. Does that mean there will be that ......? I was pleasantly surprised!

I quickly looked over to the ground, and sure enough! Due to the rain a few days ago, the soil on the ground is wet. With the help of the moonlight, I can faintly see the footprints left by people on the ground. This garden is next to the back window of Shizi's study, which is usually rarely visited, but it has helped me a lot at this moment, I just need to find the footprints in the direction of leaving the backyard.

Without delay, I followed those footprints all the way out, and I don't know how long I walked, but suddenly found that the footprints on the ground suddenly disappeared, and there was no trace. I was shocked, and I quickly looked up, only to find that I had come to a very dilapidated courtyard. This courtyard must have been abandoned for a long time, overgrown with weeds, the walls and gates have become mottled, and there are not many tiles left on the eaves, and it only feels desolate when you look at it.

It's very quiet, it's probably a very remote corner of the palace, and although I've been in the palace for two months I've never noticed it. At this time, this desolate courtyard is combined with the dim light and the cold wind at night, and it looks more and more miserable and ghostly, as if something will 'float' out at any time. I just felt my sweat pores stand upside down, and I wanted to run away when I pulled my legs.

But the prince has not been found yet, and the prince is still waiting for him to reply, and it will definitely be a dead end when he goes back! Isn't it a waste of all the work to go back like this? Stretching your neck is a knife, shrinking your neck is also a knife! Die and die! I gritted my teeth, stiffened my head, closed my eyes, pushed open the door and walked in!