Raising Dogs as Eunuchs [Rebirth]

"Let the Duke wait for a long time, let's go."

Suddenly a gust of cool wind blew through the street, blowing the hazy candlelight in the lantern into a blur.

As Zhao Minsheng said, he lifted his foot and continued to walk forward, but after walking a few steps, when he turned around, Xie Yuan was still standing there.

"What's the matter? Let's go."

As Zhao Minsheng said, he turned around, walked back to the man, raised his hand to pull Xie Yuan, but found that his fingertips were cold to the touch, so he stretched out his hand to wrap the man's cloak around him.

"Why are my hands so cold, but I have been there for too long, and the teacher froze? Why don't we take two more steps, and let's go back in a sedan chair."

Feeling the temperature in the palm of the person in front of him, Xie Yuan only blinked slightly, and said, "It's okay, let's go."

After finishing speaking, Xie Yuan walked forward. Although Zhao Minsheng was a little puzzled, he quickly followed without thinking too much.

"Teacher, aren't you curious about what I went to fetch just now?"

"That's His Highness's business. A slave should not talk too much."

Zhao Minsheng was carrying a sachet that was going to be given as a birthday gift, and when he heard Xie Yuan's answer without curiosity, he secretly curled his lips.

He obviously told him a few days ago that he was going to make a sachet for him. After tidying up Zhang's house these days, he forgot about it. Not even guessing.

Looking at Xie Yuan beside him, Zhao Minsheng pursed his lips a little bit aggrieved, and said something disappointed.

"Well, if you don't guess, don't guess, anyway, you will know in a few days."

In a word, this matter is over, Zhao Minsheng dragged Xie Yuan and continued to walk forward for a while, then turned his head and got into the sedan chair, the two of them returned to the palace one by one, and the other returned to the mansion, and only crossed an intersection together , they have to go their separate ways.

One night passed, it was the sixth day of the twelfth lunar month, Zhao Minsheng didn't have to go to court today, but Zhao Minsheng got up early in the morning, the sun had just risen, and the whole east was still immersed in that soft blush, but at this time, Zhao Minsheng had already He took Wang Qi out of the palace.

The tenth day of the twelfth lunar month is Xie Yuan's birthday, and now there are still four days left on the sixth day of the lunar month, so he has to make preparations early.

In his last life, he was deceived by lard, and until his death, he refused to help people celebrate their birthdays. Now that he can do it again, this is his first birthday after getting to know Xie Yuan, so he must prepare well. , not sloppy.

Wang Qi was still puzzled, how could this master who didn't have to go to court and slept until the sun was three poles on weekdays, why he got up so early today and got up together, so he rushed to the outside of the palace, so scared that he hurriedly took people away. Stopped and asked clearly.

Later, when he heard that he was going to buy Xie Yuan's birthday, his heart just dropped.

Zhao Minsheng lived alone and had no one to rely on in this palace. Now that he finally got close to the big tree Xie Yuan, it was a good thing that he could figure it out and be willing to please him.

No matter what kind of eunuch or not, in this world, even if you break the sky, life is more important than face.

Thinking of this, Wang Qi not only hurriedly followed the person, but also took an extra few dozen taels of silver. Xie Dugong is someone close to His Majesty, and the things he gave were too inferior for fear that others would not appreciate them.

But he didn't expect that just as he followed someone out of the palace, the chariot and horse turned around on his back foot, turned around and rushed to the suburbs of Beijing. Wang Qi didn't understand, so he asked several times, but Zhao Minsheng's answer was always that he had his own plan. Seeing that there were fewer and fewer pedestrians on both sides, the doubts in Wang Qi's eyes became deeper and deeper, until the sun in the distance completely rose, and the carriage stopped slowly in front of a solemn gate.

Looking at the stretch of green pines in front of him, and listening to the solemn and long bell, Wang Qi finally understood that Zhao Minsheng had brought him to the monastery.

Qingshi Temple is the most efficacious place in the capital to ask for a lottery, but only people with certain status can enter, so Wang Qi has only heard about this place, but has never been there.

He said he wanted to buy gifts for birthdays, but he was able to buy them in the monastery. Zhao Minsheng was probably the only person in the whole world who could do such a thing.

"Your Highness, when you come to the monastery, do you plan to buy Dugong Xie a gift for his birthday?"

There won't be any moths who want to mess with people.

Wang Qi looked at the green pines and white snow that filled the temple, so he came here, could it be that his highness wanted to invite a god to send Xie Yuan there?

That's... too much trouble.

"Your Royal Highness, I have my own plan, you just wait for me here, and I will come when I go."

Wang Qi was left hanging at the gate like this, and after waiting for a long time, he saw someone come out, and when he came out, he was empty-handed and didn't take anything.

"Didn't Your Highness say that he has plans? Why didn't you take anything?"

Seeing the man coming back empty-handed, Wang Qi asked a little worriedly, but Zhao Minsheng still looked confident, pulling the man out as soon as he went out, talking while walking.

"Duke Xie is a close minister of the father. I have never seen or used any precious things. The things from Taoyun Courtyard are the best ones. I am afraid that they are not enough for others to laugh at. Therefore, this gift can not be used. The most important thing is the price, but the most important thing is the heart, to come to Qingshi Temple to pray for his safety, this is to do one's best."

After Zhao Minsheng finished talking on his own, he hurriedly grabbed people and rushed to the West Market. Walking along the long street, he almost grabbed Wang Qi and wandered from beginning to end, but in the end he didn't buy anything he wanted.

Several times, Zhao Minsheng looked at it well, and he was about to pay, but Wang Qi stepped in and stopped him.Although he has limited money and can't buy such good things, he can't always look at the stalls there.

Those lanterns, caramel candies, and little clay figurines are all right for coaxing girls, but how can they be used as congratulatory gifts for Dugong Xie on his birthday?

Zhao Minsheng knew that Xie Yuan had always been a slave until he was 16 years old. He was locked up in a secret cabinet all day long, and lived a difficult life. After one meal, he did not know where the next meal would be. Some go back and make people happy.

But he didn't want Wang Qi to keep obstructing him, always saying that it was inappropriate for him to give these things to Xie Yuan, and stopped him from buying them, but after walking down the street, he was still empty-handed.Only in a pawn shop, I saw a Xiangfeizhu fan which was not bad, so I sent Wang Qi to buy it.

As for himself, he sneaked back to the stall, bought a little clay figurine while Wang Qi was away, and brought back two taels of crispy caramel along the way.

The clay figurine made a doll with a round head and a chubby head. There was a small bun on the head, a gold crown on the head, a gold belt on the waist, and hands on the hips. It looked golden and cute.

According to the vague impression in his memory, this was his childhood self made by the peddler.

At that time his mother and concubine had not passed away, relying on the favor of his father and mother concubine, he could walk sideways in this palace all day long, but he didn't know if Xie Yuan had seen him at that time.

When did Xie Yuan fall in love with him?And why do you like him?

Zhao Minsheng sat on the carriage back to the palace, looking at the blue bricks and white snow on both sides of the road, thinking in a daze, in his memory, before Xie Yuan came to be his teacher, the two of them should have never met each other of.

In his last life, he was suspicious and sensitive, so even after Xie Yuan became his teacher, he was always suspicious of people in every possible way, and the time to really communicate with people was only two or three years.

So Zhao Minsheng guessed that Xie Yuan should have met him before, but he didn't remember it now.

Zhao Minsheng wanted to go back to Taoyun Court all the way, but in the end he still couldn't remember where he had seen Xie Yuan before. There are countless little eunuchs in this palace, some of them still have names, and some of them even There is no name, such a person in the palace, even if a few people die suddenly on a certain day, it is difficult for people to find out.

So it's normal that Zhao Minsheng can't think of Xie Yuan now.

After buying these two gifts, for the remaining two days, Zhao Minsheng stared at these three things every day in a daze.

As early as the sixth day of the sixth day, he had sent someone to deliver the invitation to Xie Yuan, but now that he didn't have to go to court for a few days, Zhao Minsheng hadn't seen Xie Yuan for two days.

The only time I saw him was when he went to Qinzheng Hall to pay his respects to his father, and caught a glimpse of someone at the door. At that time, Xie Yuan was on official business, so he only greeted him from a distance, said hello, and then hurriedly Gone, this time I haven't seen you for two days.

Seeing that tomorrow would be the tenth day of the twelfth lunar month, Zhao Minsheng had prepared everything for the past few days, but Xie Yuan never said whether he would come or not.

But it's not that Xie Yuan took Joe on purpose. It's just that the end of the year is approaching, and the affairs inside and outside the house are busy, and people have to be dispatched everywhere in the officialdom, and every night there are dinners among colleagues waiting for him to socialize. , it can be said that the sky and the sky are so busy that it is really difficult to separate/think about the birth date for a while.

What's more, he came out of the Empress Dowager's Palace, and her old man was very proud of him, so every year on his birthday, he had to go to the Empress Dowager's Palace to meet people, have a light meal with them, and then talk.

Speaking of this, it is even more uncertain when he will be able to come back. If he promised someone in advance and said he would not be able to go when he arrived, it would be worse than not saying anything.

Xie Yuan didn't want to let him down, so he kept procrastinating without answering.

Zhao Minsheng held the clay figurine in his hand, and lay on the table muttering, his heart was in a state of ups and downs, always thinking that Xie Yuan neither saw him nor replied to him, was it because he couldn't handle that matter? Well, offended him.

But he searched his brains and thought about it for two days, and he couldn't think of anything he had done to be sorry for others recently.

After thinking about it, I still don't understand.

Zhao Minsheng locked himself in the study for two days, until the tenth day of the twelfth lunar month.

In order to make all the preparations for someone's birthday, Zhao Minsheng got up early in the morning, bathed in incense, and dressed himself in a neat and smooth manner.

But he didn't want him to wait all morning, and instead of waiting for Xie Yuan to say nothing, he actually waited for the Queen Mother to come.