Chapter 73 (1/2)
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As one of the Guardian Ministers, I had nearly forgotten this man's existence He's an older cousin on the former Emperor's father's side and is considered a fairly close relative of the imperial household Because he's in poor health, he's been living in seclusion all this time His fiefdoreat amount of pouards, servants of the house, and more than a hundred carts full of food
Reportedly, because he'd heard that refugees had gathered like flies here with the old and the young starving to death by the day, corpses abandoned by the road, he'd deliberately overturned all that he had and ca mercy
To such kindness, the affected citizens are naturally lined up along the street in welcome
It's impossible for me not to be curious about him, and besides, it's proper etiquette that we should pay hihten up our appearances and go to the governor's residence where Prince Liang is staying
Hi in a chicken coop, with even the guardian lions at the entrance being a tiny bit proud The black jujube-wood entryway gives a bit of an air of being a noble's ho my own Residence's entryway seeate have also been switched for Prince Liang's silver-aruards
We dis down to take our horses Ah-San had co servants are not allowed to enter the , “He's retired for the night into the Mind-Cleansing Pavilion Our Liege is of weak health and so road” His voice is deliberately lowered, as if even a bit of loudness will pass several buildings over and disturb His Royal Princeliness's little nap
Hiding away ht se to be in poor health yet still have the heart to worry for the people”
The governor hurriedly said, “Yes, yes, there's so many officials who've coe This lowly official is afraid of disturbing Him and refuses to take his own initiative, but you two Sirs are naturally not the sa smile
Zhou Zizhu waved his sleeve with an uninterested expression “Please lead the way, then”
There are still soes in the governor's inner residence We thread through some small footpaths and push aside souards standing around us as we co security quite tight The governor goes up to inforoes in A while later, out co-year-old literary type with very tidy-looking dark clothes Though his garments are plain, his mannerisms are calm and confident and his presence is , but as luck would have it, in order to preventexposed after I cahtly behind other people's lead has already becolance at Zhou Zizhu out of the corner ofhim stand in place with no expression, I also hold back h, that dark-clothed scribe ca froher-up has just settled down to rest, our horses weary, and is resting in the noon Please go to the waiting room first so that you both may be served tea”
We said some polite words and then went in with him The scribe is very courteous to us, but doesn't even look at the governor, nor does he invite hih the quality of the table and chairs seen inside the room were common, the way they were set up was artfully done There were so up on the wall, and on the table was an ebony brush-holder, a white jade brush-wash, and a green porcelain flower vase of an antiquated look; I can't tell its origins, but it seems to be uncommon Further still are half-worn inked cotton hand pillows and upholstery, causing those to look at theet their lack of rarity
The scribe saw inally uninhabited This lower one tidied it up to make it barely presentable for visitors This far from home, I had no option but to make it simple”
We sit opposite each other Zhou Zizhu swept his eyes across a picture of plu is actually here?”
The dark-clothedThis one is fro so far fro to bring his porcelain and paintings with; I really can't tell what kind of person Prince Liang is I can't make sense of art so it's hard for me not to be bored, but in any case, this dark-clothed literati doesn't look the type to be willing to live life as a lowly servant I sive my rudeness, but I still don't knohat this esteemed brother's name is?”
He promptly said, “I wouldn't dare be esteemed My lowly faer-on that does little but eat under His Liege's roof, unknown and unheard of That Sir Zhang doesn't knowht in tea It's naturally a good tea whose scent sticks to one's teeth, but of course, I' is pretty arrogant,us wait no less than a full shi+chen The Wei man entered and exited several times in the interie has awoken Please follow ot up and followed hie is somewhat unwell and cannot suffer the wind I'o to the inner roohtened the sound of his footsteps by a lot Influenced by him, we subconsciously hold our breath and steel our expressions