Wangfu Shenyuan

"Oh, what are you capable of?" The manager is as lazy as a cat, but in Xia An's eyes, he is a wild cat, always raising sharp claws towards him.

Xia An knelt and raised her head, looking at all the condescending people without fear.The prince stood directly in front of him, dressed in a crescent-colored robe, his black hair tied up in a golden crown, his brows were cold but handsome, and he was looking at Xia An expressionlessly.As soon as the two people's eyes met, Xia An's courage, which was soared due to anger, suddenly vented half of it tremblingly.

Xia An tried hard not to look weaker than anyone else, and said clearly: "I can read a thousand characters at the age of three, become a teacher at the age of seven, and have read through the library at home at the age of ten. It's very powerful, I learned the characters of the servant from Shanxi Lin's family, although I can't say it is good, but I can do it well." The face was still flushed, Xia An had never boasted so much before.

Rong Li twitched his eyebrows, and finally said, "Write and see."

Someone brought a pen and paper right away, but Xia An was not allowed to get up, so he knelt down, picked up a pen, dipped it in ink, and wrote the two big characters "Shan" and "Compassion" on the high-quality rice paper.

The boy showed the paper hands to the prince to watch.Rong Li nodded: "It's the Lin family's brushwork, beautiful hairpins, and elegant brushwork." Xia An's heart sank, and he thought to himself: "Could it be that I misunderstood, the prince doesn't seem to be difficult to speak."

As soon as I thought of this, I heard the prince add: "It's just that a man writes like a daughter, and has no character. Asking for mercy is worse than self-improvement. Everyone speaks like a person. This is true." The manager immediately echoed: "I heard The Lin family is headed by the mistress, and none of the two generations of disciples are outstanding."

Xia An vomited blood in his heart, whoever said that the prince is easy to talk, his speech is not much better than that of the manager, no wonder he indulged the manager, it turned out that the two had similar tastes.

Rong Li looked at Xia An's distorted black face, the corners of his mouth twitched, but he still restrained himself, and said lightly: "In that case, you can wait in the study." After speaking, he wanted to leave with his wide sleeves.

Xia An didn't care about the damage to his dignity, and hurriedly said: "My lord, Si En Yuan also asks my lord to have mercy."

Rong Li stopped, everyone didn't expect the prince to stop because of a word from the lowly slave, they almost bumped into the person in front.Rong Li didn't look back, and still left a sentence: "If you have the ability, you can find Qing Rui."

As soon as the prince left, Xia An grabbed his sweat-soaked clothes and slapped him back and forth twice.Standing unsteadily and kneeling for long periods of time is a heavy load on the calves.Xia An is currently serving in the prince's study, facing people who come and go who once looked down on him, he feels a little proud.

After finding a stone step, Xia An planned to rest before going out.It's not that he stays here deliberately to show off his success, but that his legs really can't go back, every step is like being cut by a blunt knife.

A boy dressed in sky-blue satin came over and said to Xia An: "My lord ordered you to serve in the study, you follow me quickly. In half an hour, my lord will enter the study."

Enduring the pain, Xia An followed behind with gritted teeth step by step.

The prince's courtyard is the main courtyard, so it is naturally higher than Huaying's courtyard.It's just that Xia An is no longer in the mood to look at and appreciate it, and only wants to go to the prince's study as soon as possible to serve him.

The boy first took Xia An to a servant's room, and gave Xia An the same sky blue satin dress as he was wearing.Xia An took it over and touched the material, it was better than what she wore when she was a young master.Xia An was speechless, since the palace is so rich, why can't the differential treatment of servants be reduced.

Xia An also noticed that because of the relationship between the different courts, the servants in the palace not only have different status, but also serve different materials.As for stewards, supervisors, managers, etc., there are no restrictions on their clothes, and they can wear whatever they want.For example, the steward, wearing gorgeous clothes every day, is a bit more noble than the people in the prince's inner courtyard that Xia An has seen.

"You don't look good, just go to the study and hide aside, don't disturb the prince's interest in studying." The boy reminded him very dutifully.

Xia An glanced at the handsome boy, nodded obediently, but said in his heart: Isn't it just the cleaning boy? It's not about the beauty pageant.

When we arrived at the study, Xia An was surprised.When he was studying in the past, there was at most one servant serving tea, and if there were too many people, it would disturb the cleanliness.But maybe the royal ostentation is just too big, there are eleven beautiful servants in the study waiting on both sides, of course, counting his unattractive servant, there are twelve in total.

The servant who brought him here seems to be the manager of these people, and quickly arranges the affairs. Each servant is assigned different tasks, such as making tea for the prince, grinding ink, laying paper, and beating shoulders and backs. There are also those who beat their legs and pinch their feet.Xia An was arranged to stand in the middle on the left side. According to what the boy said, "In this way, when the prince comes in or reads a book at the main seat, he won't easily catch you."

Xia An wondered what the prince was going to do in the study?

Rong Li was always on time when he left the study room, this was the study time appointed by his father, if it was late, the guards in the palace would come to take him away at night, and he would kneel at the gate of the cold palace all night.He doesn't like reading, and always dozes off. For this reason, he prepared a lot of interesting things in the study, such as beautiful people, such as cute dogs.

Pushing the door, the people who followed consciously closed the door and stayed outside.Rong Li stretched, sat on the round chair, immediately felt sleepy, yawned, picked up a book, and read it casually.

Xia An's eyes widened. Is this the noble, cruel and expressionless prince he has seen all day long?However, noble people also have time to relax.But it's still unacceptable. A murderous demon is still the kind who beat you. Suddenly, he stretched his arms and kicked his legs and yawned with wet eyes in front of you. Xia An couldn't help stretching his neck, trying to see clearly Was the person sitting there someone he knew.

"Have you had your meal today, young master?" Rong Li asked the boy on the far right. "Take it out and let me have a look." The servant responded respectfully and walked towards the bookshelf.Xia An remembered that the servant seemed to be in charge of taking care of the young master. At that time, he was still thinking about how the person who took care of the young master would serve in the study. Looking at the posture of the servant now, it is possible that they hid the young master in the dark room behind the bookshelf. .

Xia An had regained his composure a little, restrained himself not to stretch his neck to look, but lowered his head to act like a humble servant, but his eyes secretly glanced at the bookshelf.

Sure enough, as Xia An thought, the boy really opened a dark room behind the bookshelf. As soon as the door was opened, Xia An heard a loud "Wow".Xia An's legs trembled violently, and she turned her head to look carefully, only to see a huge monster standing up on its hind legs, sticking out its tongue to lick the palm of the prince's hand.

young master?It's not small.Xia An shivered and lowered his head to stand still. He warned himself not to shake, and reassured himself that nothing would happen. With so many people here, he trembled even more.

The "little young master" was enough to please the prince, so he wisely didn't disturb the master's reading.Smelling the smell of strangers, he walked to Xia An's side, lowered his dog's head and sniffed for a while.Xia An was so scared that she forgot to breathe, and her face turned redder and redder.

Rong Li called out: "Yellow Eagle." The big dog immediately ran back to its owner, sat down obediently, and waited for the owner to smooth its fur.Rong Li took the book and patted the dog's head, but turned his eyes to Xia An. Seeing that he was still shaking, he thought to himself: No wonder he is so thin and small, shaking like this all day long, no matter how much he eats, he will shake it out.

Rong Li yawned and read the book for a while, then took a pen to write some words.Huang Ying lay on the ground and waited for a long time, but he still didn't see any movement from his master, so he couldn't bear it any longer, so he stood up on his hind legs, one front paw was hooked on the desk to fix his body, and the other was flapping wildly on the desk. It was a coincidence that the ink stuck to the prince's calligraphy and left a claw.

"My lord, forgive me." The servant who took care of the "young master" big wolf dog went to the dark room to get dog food, and such a big thing happened without paying attention for a while, so he pleaded guilty with a pale face.

"It's okay, it looks good." Rong Li picked up the painting and nodded in satisfaction.

All the servants were wiping sweat in their hearts, Xia An thought that the servant was dead, but unexpectedly nothing happened, once again doubting whether his judgment on the murderous demon under the lord was a misjudgment, biting his lips, Think carefully.

"Hang this painting in the main house of Lanxi Courtyard." Rong Li carefully dried the painting and rolled it up.

Xia An was the one who was assigned to run errands, and he groaned in his heart when he heard the prince say that.Standing is already his limit. The Lanxi courtyard is the new courtyard of the princess after her marriage. For some reason, it was built very far away from the prince's living courtyard.Even if Xia An gritted his teeth, he still couldn't get there.

I was still thinking about how to solve this big problem, when I heard the prince pointing at the boy who just got up from the ground very "understanding": "Go."

"My lord, please spare me." The boy knelt down on the ground again.

Rong Li's face darkened: "This king wants you to send a painting, can I have your head?"

The boy took the painting with a bitter face, said "accept" and went out.Xia An was also puzzled, he just wanted to send the paintings, uh, although the paintings with paw prints should not be put in the princess's main house, it shouldn't be so frightening.

It wasn't until the prince, who had been in various positions and changed four or five books, went out to have a rest, and the servant who stayed behind leaned closer to his head to talk, Xia An's puzzlement was finally answered.

"The red leaf girl who lived in last time is already very good. I heard that the new big girl who came in this time is even more powerful. Once, the people in the dining room sent less ingredients. This is also the order of the prince, saying yes I want to show off, but the big girl inside beat up the boy who delivered the food, and she still can't get out of bed."

"I heard that everyone in Wangfei's mansion knows martial arts, and the girls who come here as dowry can beat three of them."

"Whoever matches these girls will not suffer in the future."

"What nonsense are you talking about? These dowry girls are all prepared by the princess's natal family to serve as concubines for the prince. In this way, outsiders who compete with the princess for favor will have no chance."

Everyone nodded.Xia An took the opportunity to interject: "Even if the concubine's natal family is a general, a girl can't just beat and scold the people sent by the prince at will."

"You don't understand this. Are the prince and concubine competing in advance?"

Xia An opened his mouth wide and couldn't close it: "Isn't the concubine a young lady, can women be on it?"

"It's time to fight. I think you don't want your head anymore. I'm talking about those who are fighting for power and status in the palace. You also know that our prince doesn't go to court, doesn't serve his duties, and stays in the palace all day. The princess is here. Don't fulfill the rights of the hostess, take over the big and small matters of the palace. It is supposed to be given, but our prince only has this little right and this little thing to do, so how can he give it up. But the princess's family is not vegetarian. Two Masters are fighting each other, but it’s hard for us subordinates.”

Xia An still opened his mouth: the prince is really free, no wonder he always kills people, it turns out that boredom hurts his brain!

When Rongli came back, he saw Xia An standing on one side with his head bowed, his legs were still trembling, he frowned and didn't say a word, he just picked up the book and read it, but his heart couldn't calm down, he always had to glance at Xia An's trembling legs from time to time .He thought about whether he should find an imperial doctor to ask if the child's constant shaking might be some kind of disease.

After standing for more than two hours, even kneeling, Xia An really wanted to change his position.As soon as he bent his legs a little, he felt that there seemed to be a cold, penetrating gaze locked on his body. There is no need to investigate further. Only one.As a result, Xia An's legs shook even more.

Before dinner, the manager came to invite the prince to ask where to have dinner.After entering, seeing Xia An standing among all the beautiful servants, he smiled slightly, and then slowly stepped forward to salute the prince.

Rong Li put down his book and raised his eyebrows: "From now on, don't come to the study again."

Xia An was overjoyed and thought gloatingly: So the lord doesn't dote on the manager very much, and the power that hates him is not as strong as expected, so his future life will be less miserable.

Hearing the same indifferent tone from the prince, he said: "Hua Ying Yuan is not close to here, you can just send a young man to ask about it, what should I do if I am exhausted from coming here in person?"

Xia An couldn't stand still.

"My lord is tired from studying, so it's nothing for a slave to run errands. A few fish with few scales have been newly brought into the clear water pond. Coincidentally, the cook who is good at cooking fish that the lord likes bought into the house today, and the dinner is served in the pond. How about watching the live fish and enjoying the delicious food in the Xianyun Pavilion next to it?"

Rong Li said: "Very good, ask someone to prepare it. You sit here and wait, they are almost ready, you can go there with me."

Xia An secretly thought: While looking at the lively and beautiful fish, while thinking that this dish is delicious, next time I will kill the one by the pool and cook as it is.Sure enough, if there is a brutal master, there will be perverted slaves.Of course, not counting him, he was just a minion running errands.

Wait, errands.Xia An came back to his senses and found that all the servants were secretly looking at him with their heads down. The manager said impatiently: "They are all bold slaves. The prince sent a message, but no one responded."

Xia An hurriedly stood up: "The slave will go right away."

Xia An couldn't walk fast, but she still moved out with all her strength.When he disappeared outside the door, the prince looked at the book and suddenly said: "Let him go back where he came from."

The manager smiled: "The servant has long said that what kind of ability is enough to eat. It's okay to be ugly. If you are stupid and have weak legs and feet, you will forgive such a person if you don't kill him."

"No, I just don't think it's appropriate to keep him by my side."

The manager closed the paper fan and asked with a smile, "What does your lord mean?"

Rong Li waved his hand, and all the servants bowed and slowly retreated.Only then did Rong Li speak slowly: "It's uncomfortable to be around." He didn't fall asleep all afternoon.

"If you offend the prince, you'll be damned. It's better to kill him."

Rong Li shook his head: "This king has always dealt with people straightforwardly, but he didn't want to mention the word 'death' to him."

The manager lowered his head and smiled, but when he looked up again, there was something in his eyes, he tentatively said: "Why don't we send it out?"

"Not good. Just put him in the mansion, as long as he can't see him from a distance, so as to save this king from worrying."

"It's really far away in the Si'en Courtyard." The head manager echoed his words, but he thought in his heart, but if the prince has it in mind, then even if it is released, it will still be close.

"Suzhou Lingtai Temple has a sacred stele, and my father sent the second brother and the fourth brother to take someone who understands the inscription. It seems that our family can finally calm down for a while." Rong Li put the book in his hand carefully. good.

The main channel: "It's so good, the palace should also close its doors to thank the guests for a few days, and concentrate on fiddling with the new house."

Rong Li scolded with a smile: "You are not allowed to find fault with the princess. It's all right for this woman to show some power, don't be serious. Her father belongs to the second brother, and we still can't afford to provoke her for the time being."

When Xia An came back, she really had the urge to saw off her leg.When he returned to the study covered in sweat, the prince and the manager had already left.Seeing him coming in, the cleaning boy who stayed behind raised his chin and asked him to take off his clothes, and told him the bad news that the prince had sent him back to Si'en Courtyard.

I'm not willing.This clothes, this material!Xia An whispered: "Do you want to leave the clothes for other people to wear?"

"Our palace is not that poor, it's just that your status is not suitable for wearing it, so take it off quickly so that I can throw it away."

Xia An reluctantly changed his clothes back, just in case his clothes hadn't been thrown away yet.He didn't understand why he was sent back when he was running errands.Could it be that the prince just wants him to see that the work of serving in the study is not something he is competent for?Could it be that Prince Xiao Xian really wanted to "take care of" a young servant like this?

In the end, Xia An, who couldn't figure it out, came to a conclusion that the prince was not only cruel, but also weird, outrageous.

Back at the dilapidated Si'en Courtyard, Xia An once again lamented the differential treatment of the palace at the door.After entering the courtyard, Xia An suppressed all bad emotions.Zheng Da was chopping firewood in the yard, and when he saw Xia An came back, he told him to go back to the house to rest after seeing the steward and Ah Fu.

Xia An handed over the fee to Ah Fu, Ah Fu looked at the reduced money, sighed, and cursed softly.But he didn't dare to really do anything, so he took the money and continued to prepare everyone's dinner.