Chapter 37 : Gratitude

The red high wall of yellow tiles stretched straight into the distance, Pei Si Yan holding a pile of zhang folders alone to the imperial study to ask the emperor for a decree, the long tunnel in addition to her and a few statuesque guards did not see anyone else.

These days, the Tantai family has had a series of happy events, first, the marriage with the Wuluo family was successful, and the wedding date is being determined. Then Tantai Yuan and Lord Zheng's wedding was scheduled for the second day of the next month, and the family was busy organising the wedding, making it a lively event.

When the junior officials heard that Wuban had allowed her own sister to marry a seventh-ranked sesame official, they were in an uproar, and privately they all said that Lord Wuban was easygoing, and that there was no distinction between nobility and inferiority in his eyes. Because Tantai Yuan's father was born a concubine, and her father stirred up unrest in the Tantai family, the court officials didn't take it as a moment's concern, and their attention was focused on the fact that the young lady from the sixth house of the Tantai family would be married to the third son of the Wuluo family.

Pei Si Yan heard someone say that she was sucking up to Wuluo because her abilities were too weak, begging for survival and power.

She felt happy about this, the more underestimated she was, the better her chances of winning in the future.

"Witch Pan-sama." A strange sounding voice rang violently behind her, Pei Si Yan turned around to see that it was Eunuch Qian, the deputy chief of the inner chamberlain who served beside the Emperor.

He ran over out of breath and said in a low voice, "My lord, slave has a few words he wants to say to you."

"Eunuch Qian, please speak."

Eunuch Qian looked around, although there was no one else but the guards, he still felt that something wasn't right, and led Pei Si Yan to turn into a small, empty courtyard, looked around vigilantly, and closed and locked the door with a "bang".

Pei Si Yan curiously looked at Eunuch Qian's actions, not understanding what words so mysterious to avoid other people to say.

Once the door was closed, Eunuch Qian wiped off the sweat on his forehead with his sleeve and unexpectedly "flopped" and knelt in front of Pei Si Yan, "thud, thud, thud" and kowtowed three times.

"What are you doing?" Pei Si Yan was surprised and took two steps back.

Eunuch Qian's eyes glistened with tears as he choked, "I can't thank you enough for the kindness of Lord Wuban in saving his life! I am willing to vow to die to repay Lord Wu Pan for this great kindness!"

Pei Si Yan was confused, Teng shot out to help him up, "Eunuch Qian, when did I save you? Are you mistaken?"

"My lord," Eunuch Qian grabbed Pei Si Yan's hand and cried like a tearful person, "Do you still remember the mother and son you rescued outside the city three days ago?"

"Remember, why?"

Eunuch Qian wiped a handful of snot and tears and said "That pair of mothers and children were none other than the slave's inner person and canine son."

"Canine ... canine son?!" Pei Si Yan's mouth opened wide in surprise, staring at Eunuch Qian's bare chin, could it be that this guy is a fake chamberlain and didn't get that what so ever, so he has a child?

"That child is not the slave's own." Eunuch Qian saw Lord Wuban reveal a shocked expression and hastily explained, "Lord please don't misunderstand."

"I see... ..." Pei Si Yan released a smile, recalling the events of three days ago-

On that day, she had a rare moment of free time, so she went out of the city with Qiyun for a trip. When passing through a remote mountain path, she encountered a group of road blocking bandits terrorising a pair of people in the shape of a mother and son.

The mother and son were so scared that they sat on their knees and begged the robbers not to take all their valuables.

The bandits saw that the woman was good-looking and teased her frivolously, shouting that they wanted to drag her back to the cottage.

When the road sees injustice, pull out the sword to help. Pei Si Yan eyes where can tolerate the bandits who dare to commit crimes at the foot of the Emperor in broad daylight, immediately let Li Qingzheng go over to clean up.

Li Qingdan subdued the bandits in two or three strokes, and the bandits begged for forgiveness when they saw that they had been unlucky enough to run into an expert.

In order to prevent any further accidents on the way back, Pei Si Yan took the mother and son back to the imperial capital together, and a few bandits were escorted to the government office by the guards.

Who would have thought that the mother and son would be Eunuch Qian's wife and son.

Eunuch Qian is still kneeling on the ground, excitedly said: "Wuban adults do not know, slave family poverty and thin, Jin child was originally slave brother's child, the only heir of the money family. Jin'er was originally the child of my brother, the only heir of the Qian family. My brother's sister-in-law died the year before last, so he passed it on to me to take care of. If Jin'er has a long and short, not only will I not have the face to see the ancestors of the Qian family after I die, the Qian family will even be cut off and have no one to follow in their footsteps!"

Pei Siyan sighed softly, reproduction of heirs is the centre of gravity in ancient times, no one's family is willing to cut off their children and grandchildren.

"Eunuch Qian quickly get up," Pei Si Yan helped up the deputy chief chamberlain and said, "It's just a show of hands."

"Lord Wuban," Eunuch Qian wiped his tears clean, "Your great kindness is remembered in my heart and I am willing to swear to die to repay it."

Pei Si Yan was about to politely say "no need to repay" or something like that, when suddenly her eyes lit up, and the corners of her lips rose slightly, "Eunuch Qian, you've been serving beside the Emperor for quite a few years, right?"

Eunuch Qian replied, "Yes, I have served the Emperor for ten years."

"Recently, the constant strife in the courtroom has caused the Emperor to be worried, as a subject, I am really worried about the Emperor's dragon body," Pei Yan shook her head and sighed, "If there is any discomfort on the part of the Emperor, Eunuch Qian must tell me in a timely manner, okay?"

Eunuch Qian nods his head like a chicken pecking at rice, "Definitely definitely. Lord Wu Pan's concern for the Emperor has moved servant."

"But don't tell others about this matter, so as not to cause any trouble. As you know, there are too many people with ulterior motives in the palace, and when the time comes, all good things will turn bad."

"Please rest assured, Lord Wuban."

"I see that the Emperor's face doesn't look too good these days, is he worried about something?"

Eunuch Qian nodded his head full of emotion and said, "Your Excellency also knows that the Emperor is old and it is time to decide on the Crown Prince. The emperor has been worrying and fretting over this matter, what happened before and after the emperor ascended the throne back then made the emperor cautious about choosing a crown prince for fear that the tragedy of that year would repeat itself."

Pei Si Yan was silent for a moment and asked, "Who does the Emperor intend to establish as the Crown Prince?"

Eunuch Qian looked a little embarrassed, but as soon as he met Pei Si Yan's eyes, he immediately opened his mouth and said, "The Emperor intends to set up the second prince, and slave overheard the Emperor talking to himself. And ... the emperor told the slave to send someone to keep an eye on the second prince these days and report every move to the emperor."

Pei Siyan faintly smiled, "The second prince is a dragon and phoenix among men, knowledgeable, treats people with modesty, his mother is the late empress, and as the first prince, he is the right choice for the crown prince."

"But ... "Eunuch Qian was a little hesitant, he knew in his heart that the Second Prince and Eunuch Feng were in the same faction, and Eunuch Feng and the Tantai family were political enemies.

"What's wrong? Could it be that Eunuch Qian doesn't think so?" Pei Si Yan put on a look of pure innocence.

Eunuch Qian didn't know what to say with his mouth, and in his heart, he was dryly anxious for Lord Wuban - in the end, my lord is too young and a woman, so she doesn't have much action or ability in dynasty politics compared to a man, and she doesn't have a lot of heart. If the second prince ascends to the throne in the future, won't you be in big trouble?

How could he stand by and watch his rescuer have bad luck in the future?

"My lord, slave said a bad hear, the second prince ascension to the throne I'm afraid that you will have ..."

Pei Si Yan grabbed the words: "The second prince ascended to the throne is the people's heart, will certainly open up a new era of peace and prosperity!"

Eunuch Qian almost didn't faint, "My lord!"

Pei Si Yan smiled and lowered her head, kicking away a stone by her feet, "The Emperor is wise, Eunuch Qian."

Eunuch Qian could only respond helplessly, "Yes, what your lordship said, the emperor is saintly." He was so anxious in his heart that he was going crazy, and for a moment he didn't know how to help his benefactor.

Pei Si Yan looked at the Chief Chamberlain who looked nervous and uneasy, thought for a moment, and pulled out a silver ticket with a large denomination from his sleeve and stuffed it into Eunuch Qian's hand.

Eunuch Qian took the silver ticket and asked in surprise, "My lord, what are you ..."

"Troubling the eunuch to do something, there is always a need to give some payment isn't it?" Pei Si Yan covered her mouth and laughed, "In the future, there may be more things that trouble Eunuch Qian, if the Eunuch really wants to repay the favour, please accept it."

When Eunuch Qian heard this, he felt that there were hints in the words, and recalling the rumours of the marriage between the Wu Pan and Wu Luo families, his heart was suddenly clear.

"Your Excellency saved my slave's family, that is a great favour, my slave will do his best to work for Lord Wu Pan, please rest assured, Your Excellency." Eunuch Qian said, carefully folding the silver ticket and stuffing it into his arms.

"I'm going to the imperial study." Pei Si Yan smiled and walked towards the courtyard gate.

"Please walk slowly, my lord."

Pei Si Yan walked to the door and pressed her hand on the door latch, then turned back to Eunuch Qian and smiled calmly, "Eunuch Qian, you must be eager to sit in the position of chief administrator as soon as possible, right?"

Eunuch Qian gave a "Huh?" Gave a cry.

"You have always been loyal and respected by everyone in the palace, you are an excellent candidate for the position of Chief Steward. When there is an opportunity, I will push for you to be the chief chamberlain."

After saying that, Pei Si Yan opened the door and left.

Eunuch Qian knelt on the ground again and kowtowed, touching the silver tickets in his arms, his face full of excitement.

The emperor one by one with the Zhu pen to correct the zhangzuo, comfortable sip of tea, on the side of the ink stone Pei Si Yan said: "Yesterday, Feng master and I said, half a month after the second son of the Feng family will bring back a number of rare and precious treasures from the Lin Guo, please I drive to the Feng house to see, love the Secretary also together to go over it."

Pei Si Yan said as she tidied up her zhang folds, "Thank you, Your Majesty, I will definitely go." She paused and continued, "Your Majesty, I saw His Highness the Second Prince helping a group of homeless children in the marketplace two days ago, Your Highness is truly kind and admirable and respectful."

The Emperor was stunned, and the words under his pen were written crookedly.

"Your Majesty, I will change the rice paper for you." Pei Si Yan said, quickly removing the paperweight and drawing off the sheet.

"Aiqing just said that you saw the second prince on the street?"

"Yes, Your Majesty."

The emperor coughed a few times, Eunuch Qian hurriedly handed over tea, he glanced at Pei Si Yan, "Emperor, are you alright?"

"It's fine." The Emperor put down his pen and said to Pei Si Yan, "Take the bull and hand it over."

"Yes, Your Majesty." Pei Si Yan held up the oracle, saluted and exited the imperial study.

Pei Si Yan hadn't taken a few steps out of the imperial study, Eunuch Qian jogged to catch up and presented a copy of the oracle, "Your Excellency, you left it behind."

"Thank you." Pei Si Yan took the edict.

Eunuch Qian was a little hesitant, but still said the words, "Sir, His Highness the Second Prince ... has stayed at the State Scholarship Academy from five days ago until yesterday to ask for teaching and talk about state affairs with the scholars, how could you see him on the street?"

Pei Si Yan smiled faintly, "Please ask Eunuch Qian to say more good things about the Second Prince in the Emperor's ears, he will definitely be a bright ruler in the future." For Eunuch Qian's question, she didn't explain half a word and walked away quickly.

Eunuch Qian was frozen in place.

Wu Pan must be crazy, right?