half life slave

It has been several months since he had set foot in the Hall of Martial Heroes, when Rong Yu entered, Xia Wuyong was reprimanding a servant in the hall.

Seeing him coming, Xia Wuyong's eyes lit up immediately, and he greeted him with a smile on his face, "Brother Lin is here, please come inside. My brother hasn't congratulated you on your promotion yet. Do you have any orders from His Highness for coming today?"

In fact, the official position of the imperial supervisor is naturally higher than that of an ordinary servant in Zhonghua Palace, but the servants in the palace have always regarded serving the master as a more dignified thing, especially now that the reserve position is vacant, no one dares to treat the King of Chu slowly people around me.

Rong Yu remembered that when Xia Wuyong saw him in the past, he usually wouldn't even look at him, but now he is willing to call him a brother and brother, it really has changed.

He didn't care about this, he just bowed his head to Xia Wuyong, explained the purpose of coming, returned the painting of Shangyun Linzi, and wanted to leave.

Xia Wuyong was not willing to let it go, he grabbed him and said that he must have not eaten breakfast at this time, since he is here, he must have some snacks and tea, as well as a cushion.

Being dragged by him, Rong Yu really couldn't shirk it, seeing that it was indeed too early for the next court, so he simply sat down obediently.

"My brother has always worked hard to serve His Highness." Xia Wuyong said, pouring tea for him personally, "Brother has ordered someone to frame Li Cheng's painting properly, it brought good luck to Mr. Offer it. Nowadays, brothers also visit it from time to time, to be blessed. Don’t bother to say, you have a taste, this is the Mingqian Longjing that I just collected this year.”

Rong Yu hurriedly stood up, saying that he didn't dare to work, and took the teacup with both hands.

Xia Wuyong put down his cup, and smiled wrinkled face, "My brother is very impressed with his mastery of calligraphy and painting. To tell you the truth, I recently got a picture of a hundred horses. When I received it, it looked like it was from the late Tang Dynasty. Well, I also want to ask Manager Lin to give me a hand, and you will have a look, so that brother can feel at ease in his heart."

This is talking about the paintings he bought himself, and Rong Yu knew in his heart that if they were really from the late Tang Dynasty, the market value must not be low. Of course, these big palm prints were originally rich people.

After hesitating for a while, he smiled and said, "I'm ashamed, Rong Yu is not familiar with the paintings of the late Tang Dynasty, so I'm afraid I won't be able to help Xia Zhangyin."

Xia Wuyong rolled his eyes, "Oh, you and I are still so polite. Speaking of which, a while ago, there was an imperial merchant from Shandong who went to the Ministry of Internal Affairs to curry favor and took a copy of Dong Yuan's Xiashan map. Director Qian asked me to show it to him. Look, I saw it was true. I couldn’t put it down after reading it. Mr. Qian was not very interested in these books and paintings, so my brother simply accepted them. I think His Highness is quite fond of the Southern School of landscape paintings. I have a preference, you are also an expert in this, why don't brothers invite you to come over to my dilapidated house to have a look at each other, if you look at it well, brother will honor His Highness with it, what do you think?"

Dong Yuan was a famous painter in the Southern Tang Dynasty. He created the Southern School of landscape painting style, which had a great influence on later generations. Even someone as arrogant as Ni Zan once claimed that he was a student of Dong Yuan.

Tolerance and speculation, such a picture outside the picture would cost thousands of dollars. Naturally, he could also hear Xia Wuyong's intentions. It was obvious that he wanted to dedicate it to Shen Hui, but in fact he wanted to let himself play a hand in the middle.

As for whether the painting will end up in Shen Hui's hands or Lin Rongyu's, Xia Wuyong doesn't care too much, he won't suffer anyway.

Rong Yu couldn't help but secretly sighed, he had only been with Shen Huiyue for a while, and Xia Wuyong was so willing to spend money to flatter him, why?

I'm afraid this is just the beginning, and I don't know how many things that will make him feel insensitive will happen in the future.

Smiling and shaking his head, Rong Yu stood up slowly, cupped his hands and said, "Xia Zhangyin invited me, and I shouldn't have declined. But His Highness has assigned so many errands recently, Rong Yu is already beyond his power, and I'm afraid he won't be able to spare anytime soon." Time is coming, it would be bad to delay your business." He glanced at the chiming clock on the wall, and said with a smile, "It seems that His Highness is about to go down, Rong Yu dare not stay for a long time, thank you Xia Zhangyin for today's hospitality, Allow me to bother you another day."

Having said all that, Xia Wuyong couldn't force him to stay.As soon as Rong Yu stepped out of the gate of the Hall of Martial Arts, he ran into a person head-on, when he looked closely, it was Sun Chuanxi who hadn't seen him for a long time.

They were very happy to meet each other, and Rong Yu's smile was much more relaxed.Chuanxi sent him out all the way because he said that he would take this opportunity to chat for a few words.

While walking, the two chatted about the new articles that happened recently.

Rong Yu never talked much, mostly he heard Chuanxi complain about how Xia Wuyong collects money, how boring the job in the Wuying Palace is, and how difficult it is to get promoted, and so on, and he never forgets to tease him, "You have climbed a high branch. Sorrow, help me anytime, now that you are serving in front of His Highness, why don't you think of a way to get me there too, how about the two of us brothers making a fortune together?"

Chuanxi is a smart person, and he is always good at seizing opportunities, but Rong Yuzi is not a good person to entrust, so he can only respond helplessly, "If there is a chance, I will recommend you to His Highness, but I don't know what the result will be, so don't hold it against me." Great hope."

What he said was the truth, and he promised to be elected, and he would never promise in vain, but it still depends on the timing.After all, in Shen Hui's eyes, he was just an honest and obedient servant with no sense of existence, and of course it was impossible for him to have any right to speak.

Chuanxi smiled, and did not deliberately emphasize it, but asked curiously, "Is it okay for you to serve the Second Highness? I heard that he is the most cold-faced and cold-hearted. People outside call him Yan Luo. How does he treat you?"

When he asked like this, Rong Yu thought of how Shen Hui made things difficult for him when he entered Chonghua Palace on the first day, but strangely, in his heart, he never found Shen Hui difficult to get along with, and thinking of him seemed to be a little warm The feeling is probably because he once saved himself.

Rong and smiled, "I'm just a waiter, just do my job well, Your Highness doesn't need to treat me specially."

Chuanxi didn't take it seriously, "I don't know why, why belittle yourself, maybe your future is limitless."

As he talked, he walked into the inner court without knowing it. The court meeting had just ended, and the courtiers would leave the palace through the Meridian Gate if they had nothing to do.

Seeing a few ministers occasionally passing by in the aisle, Chuanxi looked at them and sighed, "You are an extremely human minister, we can't hope for it in this life. But if you are lucky, you may be able to get the seal of a supervisor of ceremonies in the future." Dangdang. Hey, did you hear any rumors in Chonghua Palace? I heard that old boy Xia Wuyong said that the old men of the Metropolitan Procuratorate are going to bring up the matter of establishing a reserve again. After all, your master has a great chance of winning. big?"

At this time, Du Yushi Zhao Xun came from the door to the narrow passage. He is the father of Princess Qin, and Rong Yu saw him from a distance at the banquet. Knowing who he is, he hurriedly told Chuanxi in a low voice, "Be careful. Words! These things are not for us to discuss."

Chuanxi turned his back to the door, didn't see Zhao Xun, just pretended that no one was there at the moment, couldn't help laughing and being too careful.

Rong Yu didn't want to attract attention, so he just stood on the side of the road with his head bowed. From the corner of his eye, he saw Zhao Xun walking quickly, and seemed to glance at this side a few times. He quickly grabbed Chuanxi, and bowed when he passed by. .

Sure enough, Zhao Xun stood still in front of the two of them, his expression unhesitating, and he scolded in a deep voice, "You two are laughing and making noise in the inner court, how is it proper?"

Rong Yu didn't want to stir up trouble, and after he finished speaking, he bowed respectfully and saluted, "My lord taught me that it was the villain who was rude." After speaking, he still kept his bowed posture.

Unexpectedly, there happened to be a gust of wind blowing by, the wind was already in the lane, and it became more violent for a while, the six-beam crown on Zhao Xun's head seemed to be unfastened, and was carried by the wind, and immediately flew backwards.

This time he panicked and turned around to pick it up, but he was old and his legs were not so agile, so he ran a few times but failed to catch up.

Seeing him trotting with his body bent, Rong Yu couldn't bear it, so he rushed to him with a few quick steps, and picked up the six-beam crown.Gently shaking off the floating dust on the crown, he held it in both hands, turned around and handed it back to Zhao Xun respectfully.

"Thank you, thank you." Zhao Xun was still out of breath.Perhaps it was because Rong Yu had a respectful attitude when he reprimanded him just now, or maybe it was because Rong Yu picked up the hat for him, his disgust towards this young servant disappeared, his tone slowed down and he was no longer aggressive, "Excuse me, this middle officer, But which Highness is serving in front of you?"

Seeing his questioning, Rong Yu raised his face slightly and answered yes.Unexpectedly, when Zhao Xun saw his appearance clearly at first glance, his face immediately darkened, he stared at him up and down, snorted for a long time, grabbed the hat with his hands, and walked away.

Leaving Rong and standing there stunned, he was very puzzled why the other party's attitude changed suddenly.

After thinking about it again, he slowly realized that Zhao Xun probably misunderstood him - he thought he was from the Jianfu Palace, and after looking at his face, he speculated that he was an eunuch serving the King of Qin because of his color, so he was so annoyed and disdainful .

His own daughter was not cherished by the King of Qin, and there were many gossip and gossip after she got married, no wonder the father felt angry.

Rong Yu, as a Chi Yu who was harmed innocently, just couldn't laugh or cry.

Chuanxi looked at Zhao Xun's back, sauntered forward, patted his face and shoulders, and snorted, "You are kind, if you want to follow me, you have to let the old man lose his hat, it doesn't mean we can't make it." Dignity, he doesn't even tidy his court clothes, let's see who is even more undignified."

Rong Yu smiled lightly and didn't want to say much, seeing that it was late, he told him to go back quickly, and just wait for Shen Hui here.

Chuanxi left according to his words, and before he left, he still did not forget to tell him that if he is proud in the future, he must not forget him as a friend.

When Chuanxi walked away, Rong Yu still stood with his head down on the side of the road and waited quietly.Occasionally, when courtiers passed by, he bowed slightly and courteously.Not long after, Qin Taiyue, the chief assistant of the cabinet, came out slowly, stood under the wall and waved to him.

Rong Yu walked over and bowed to say hello, Qin Taiyue saw that there was no one around, so he took out a roll from his sleeve, handed it to him, and said in a low voice, "Take this back and hand it to Your Highness."

Taking the reel, Rong Yu quickly put it in his sleeve, then watched Qin Taiyue go away.Then it occurred to him that this was probably Shen Hui's intention to let him wait here. As a tool to convey news, such things should be common in the future.

After waiting for a while, Shen Hui and Huai Feng came out one after the other.

Shen Hui was expressionless and didn't even glance at her face.Huaifeng seemed to be in a good mood, talking and laughing all the way.

"Today, you choked that guy enough, saying that because of Li Lian's outstanding military exploits, just dismissing him from his job and ransacking his home is punishment. Not to mention that the third minister of the cabinet refused to agree, even the emperor thought it was wrong to let him pretend to be kind all day long. , This is too much pretense. But when it comes to holding a Jiazi banquet this winter solstice, he will appeal to Qiaozong, which can not only show the wealth of the country, but also reflect the demeanor of the heavenly family, so Long Live Lord may not be tempted."

Speaking of this, Huai Feng approached a little closer, and asked puzzledly, "I just don't understand, why do you say that you want to reduce the expenses in the palace at this time, and even the fireworks and candles for the Lantern Festival will be waived, your majesty." Will you be unhappy?"

Shen Hui listened leisurely, and glanced sideways at Rong Yu behind him, "The household department has long been unable to make ends meet these years. Once there are floods and droughts in the four directions, and military affairs in the territory, what will be used to support it. The emperor understands it very well. It's just that his mood has grown old over the years, he has become more and more lively, and can't bear to feel that the palace is too miserable during the New Year's Eve, I just expressed his worries, and I didn't take too much away."

"Your Highness is wise to say so." Huaifeng suddenly realized, "That one only knows how to spend money, and doesn't know the difficulties outside. If he really becomes a family, he won't empty the treasury sooner or later."

Shen Hui turned a deaf ear to this compliment, Rong Yu listened to it for a long time, but was somewhat moved.

I have experienced the hardships of life in my previous life, and I know that life is not easy for ordinary people or even low-level people.Regardless of the purpose behind Shen Hui's actions, just because he can remember the two major events of disaster relief and the use of troops, and he is willing to save money for this, it can be regarded as a bit enlightened.

As a high-ranking person, Shen Hui's overall view is worthy of recognition.