Chapter 30 (2/2)
Yan Xiaohan stopped in his tracks, pondering this for a bit ”Not keeping anything from Your Majesty, in this servant's huood about it,” he answered
The Yuantai Eht ”Oh? Do tell”
”He has too th,” Yan Xiaohan stated cals, still not yet sealed in jars, yet he'd already crushed two of theh Yan Xiaohan bowed, then drew out of the Hall
A wartime breeze blew past him, yet there was a thin trace of cold on his back He walked alone on the dark gray brick of the palace floors Theup at the point where he couldn't suppress his sin a way that ave hi to be close to hiht set this lunatic off
The Yuantai Ee nowadays, and he had learned to reret
The Golden Crow Guard had stirred up a mess and was unable to put it back into structure theht around and call for Yan Xiaohan to come back The Emperor had finally realized as a civil servant of real use While he was feeling that he had wronged Yan Xiaohan, he was also thinking of Fu Shen again, then of Yan Xiaohan's succinct flicker of words Within the holy, uilt finally arose
Perhaps it was because, in his impression, Fu Shen had always been implacable, the times he would concede of his own volition seldom; thus, his departure from the capital to recuperate in peace, and even his behavior in returning to the countryside to pickle duck eggs, were seen as rarely-spotted tactfulness to the Yuantai Emperor It was for exactly this reason that he could finally bestowto civilian life, even beinghim a special favor in the form of an opportunity to co, Yan Xiaohan thought with great irreverence How come you don't want to think about who forced him to be like this?
Well, a uilt would last only a short o of his fears Yan Xiaohan knew he couldn't bear to look at Fu Shen, even if his gift for pickling eggs wasn't excellent
Luckily, not tooas he told hi wasn't a success, the Emperor could justify his own fantasies and suspicions in his own opinionated mindset — Fu Shen wastroops and fighting wars, yet off the battlefield, he couldn't even pickle eggs well?
That stupid logic was laugh-inducing, but it was precisely this sliver of deforh to pry open a crack in the clasp upon clasp of iron shackles on Fu Shen
In some sort of sense, it could be said that Yan Xiaohan and Fu Shen were a true match made in heaven; Fu Shen was a talented military commander, Yan Xiaohan a crafty sche survival in spots of danger, anda comeback in desperate straits, were simply one and the same
He walked out of the palace entrance and a few dozen steps northward, the Flying Dragon Ar his smile, Yan Xiaohan pushed open the door and went in The crowd seated in a circle in the hall acted like they had all seen so up one after the other ”Sir!”
”You're back, Sir!”
”Thank the Heavens, thank the Earth!”
”H what?” Yan Xiaohan wondered
The youngest e of the ‘North Prison' of the Depart Guo, was a doe-eyed, honest kid Upon hearing Yan Xiaohan's question, he proues without a shred of hesitation ”They said that you not co around these days was because you had been snatched away by a monster and had your vital essence sucked out Now that you've returned safe and sound, it's natural that ant to give thanks to the ones above for their protection”
Saying so, he piously recited ”Namo Amitabha” [2]
Yan Xiaohan: ”……”
It was deathly quiet for a ti suffered a betrayal, they voluntarily and consciously went to stand in a row against the foot of the outer wall, hanging their heads in dejection and not saying a word out of fear
Yan Xiaohan sneered in annoyance ”Really, now, did the wine fros? I' to count to three You all knohat to do”
After the third count, all the Flying Dragon Guards in the courtyard had unifor e overhead
This was athe post of Royal Inspector Envoy The northern section wasn't lion Guard – the sixthe saenerals fluttering in the wind at the top of the wall as soon as they raised their heads
The joyous laughter of schadenfreude could be heard coot hung up on the wall by your Royal Inspector Envoy again?”
The coworker-sellout Tang Guo lifted his head and watched theo back into the building, only to see Yan Xiaohan still standing there ”Where do you think you're going, Xiao Tang?”
Tang Guo looked back at him innocently
”You also had a part Get up there”
Tang Guo absolutely didn't understand this ”Why?” he asked, aggrieved
”For you to always rely, ”that if you believe everything that others say, then sooner or later, there won't even be scraps of bones left for people to swindle”
The author says: An irresponsible follow-up: After Fu Shen heard about this, he believed that Yan Xiaohan saying that his pickled duck eggs being no good was purely to start a rumor to slander his was opened, he didn't leave a single one for Yan Xiaohan However, Mister Yan still ended up eating eggs that day Two of theon Guard in rumors: scary, unscrupulous, lethal, full of bitey snakes and wolves in sheep's clothing
Actual FDG: naughty gossip children that have to get put in time-out by Mama Yan
[1] 万寿节 – Wanshou Festival – A realm-wide celebration for the Ele the phrase easily, but a TL;DR is: this literally e to the Amitabha (Buddha)”, and is the Buddhist equivalent of “thank the lord”