Almost Touched Something Dirty (Part Two)
Just as Yin JiYao was struggling to come up with an excuse to look for Gu JiuGe, she suddenly heard that the palace would be holding a spring banquet.
Spring was the busiest time for the daughters of distinguished families. In years past, the female members of the families would like to host banquets, write poetry, or admire and paint flowers. Not even the palace’s imperial concubines were the exception.
This year’s spring banquet was different. His Majesty himself was hosting it and had invited Xun Chi as a guest.
It seemed that Emperor Ning intended to curry favor with this Deity of Medicine.
“Master, there will definitely be all kinds of foods that can’t be found at the banquet. Just go and take a look!”
Xun Chi did not like places with large numbers of people. When he first heard that the palace would be holding a banquet, his first reaction was to refuse. Hearing Yu Fu say that there would be delicious foods, he swallowed the refusal.
“Then I might as well go into the palace to take a look.”
After taking a nap on the sedan, Xun Chi found after the sedan was lowered that he was not outside the palace.
Yu Fu and the others from Marquis Gu’s Manor were not with him.
The eunuch who was accompanying him said: “Lord Deity of Medicine, for the sake of showing how much you are valued, your sedan was brought directly into the palace. As for Lord Marquis Gu and the others, they stopped outside the palace gates and will only be able to come in later. Please come and rest in QingYuan Palace to rest for now. His Majesty is respectfully waiting for you inside.”
“In any case, Gu HuaiJiang is a marquis, yet he can’t even enter the palace on a sedan? Yu Fu has already been granted the title of princess, yet she also needs to get off her sedan outside the palace. Is this how your Eastern Ling thanks me?”
The eunuchs bowed in fear, terrified of angering him.
They all knew that this Deity of Medicine had a short temper and would not give face to anyone. Not only did he have Gu HuaiJiang kneel to beg for help, but he also dared to refer to Emperor Ning as old emperor in front of the civil and military officials.
If he was angered, it was possible that they would lose their little lives!
“Lord Deity of Medicine, please calm down. It’s not like that. Lord Marquis Gu received His Majesty’s permission long ago to enter the palace on a sedan. Princess has even more right to this, but they don’t want to. That’s why they stopped outside of the palace!”
Gu HuaiJiang had always been cautious. Occupying a lofty position would attract a lot of attention, and Yu Fu naturally followed him.
As for Xun Chi, he took a nap on the sedan and did not notice this in his drowsiness.
He flicked his sleeve, “Alright since that’s the case, I’ll head to QingYuan Palace first.”
Along the way, the scenery of the palace was beautiful and magnificent. The previous time, Xun Chi had been in a hurry and did not have time to look. Taking a look today, he found that Eastern Ling’s architecture had a uniqueness to it.
The capital, Lin’An, belonged to JiangNan. This was a place with white walls and black roof tiles. The roof tiles in the palace were tightly packed like scales on a fish, making it vaguely look as if it was an ink and brush painting.
He faintly admired the architecture and paused to look for a little longer.
“Greetings, Your Highness the eldest prince.”
A young person in an official robe appeared ahead in the long corridor, and the eunuchs to the side stopped to pay their respects. The young person arrived in front of him and performed a salute.
“Greetings, Lord Deity of Medicine.”
Xun Chi slightly nodded, “Eldest prince.”
He did not have much of an impression of the eldest prince. He recalled that it was the second prince or someone like that who had come to Marquis Gu’s Manor and knelt to invite him into the palace to treat the emperor.
Outside Emperor Ning’s palace after the treatment, the eldest prince and the second prince came up together to give their thanks. It was only then that he gained a bit of an impression of the eldest prince.
“Will Lord Deity of Medicine be going to see father Emperor? I will lead the way. You may all retreat.”
The eldest prince dismissed everyone and personally led Xun Chi to QingYuan Palace. Seeing that he seemed a little interested in the architecture, thus he personally explained it to Xun Chi.
For some reason, once the eldest prince arrived, he was no longer in the mood to look at the architecture.
“Eldest prince, if you have something to say, just say it directly. I am not too familiar with the roundabout ways that you people of high positions speak.”
Xun Chi was very direct, not giving him any wiggle room.
The eldest prince was startled and very quickly said with a smile: “In truth, there’s nothing really. I was just thankful to Lord Deity of Medicine and wanted to express that gratitude.”
“Is that really the case?”
“It is indeed.”
Xun Chi did not care if this was true or not and simply said: “If eldest prince has the heart to do this sort of thing, it would be better to have some people paint some paintings of the palace for me. I like looking at them.”
A look of joy immediately appeared on the eldest prince’s face, “How difficult could that be? I will immediately have someone paint one and send it to you at Marquis Gu’s Manor in a few days.”
“Then many thanks, eldest prince.”
Xun Chi continued to walk forward. While walking, he looked at the various buildings. He was particularly interested in the roof tiles.
The eldest prince secretly observed his expressions from the side but did not notice anything strange.
It seemed that he did not know that he was behind Emperor Ning’s poisoning and did not intend to bring it up; otherwise, he would not have given him the chance to get close.
Thinking about it like this, he felt at ease.
“Lord Deity of Medicine, we have arrived at QingYuan Palace. Most of the court officials should have arrived, so I will be going to the front to take care of them and cannot accompany you. This way, please.”
Xun Chi nodded to him in a good mood then quickly disappeared from before his eyes.
Even though the eldest prince had seen him move so quickly before, seeing it from such a short distance still gave him a shock.
After the shock wore off, the corners of his lips crooked up, as he left feeling satisfied.
Xun Chi swaggered into QingYuan Palace and dusted off his broad sleeves.
Eunuch Gao came out to receive him, saying with a smile: “Deity of Medicine truly is surrounded in a divine aura. You are always so spotless. Could it be that even dirt knows that a deity must not be approached?”
Xun Chi snorted, “Spotless? I nearly got dirty just outside.”
Almost Touched Something Dirty (Part Two)
Just as Yin JiYao was struggling to come up with an excuse to look for Gu JiuGe, she suddenly heard that the palace would be holding a spring banquet.
Spring was the busiest time for the daughters of distinguished families. In years past, the female members of the families would like to host banquets, write poetry, or admire and paint flowers. Not even the palace’s imperial concubines were the exception.
This year’s spring banquet was different. His Majesty himself was hosting it and had invited Xun Chi as a guest.
It seemed that Emperor Ning intended to curry favor with this Deity of Medicine.
“Master, there will definitely be all kinds of foods that can’t be found at the banquet. Just go and take a look!”
Xun Chi did not like places with large numbers of people. When he first heard that the palace would be holding a banquet, his first reaction was to refuse. Hearing Yu Fu say that there would be delicious foods, he swallowed the refusal.
“Then I might as well go into the palace to take a look.”
After taking a nap on the sedan, Xun Chi found after the sedan was lowered that he was not outside the palace.
Yu Fu and the others from Marquis Gu’s Manor were not with him.
The eunuch who was accompanying him said: “Lord Deity of Medicine, for the sake of showing how much you are valued, your sedan was brought directly into the palace. As for Lord Marquis Gu and the others, they stopped outside the palace gates and will only be able to come in later. Please come and rest in QingYuan Palace to rest for now. His Majesty is respectfully waiting for you inside.”
“In any case, Gu HuaiJiang is a marquis, yet he can’t even enter the palace on a sedan? Yu Fu has already been granted the title of princess, yet she also needs to get off her sedan outside the palace. Is this how your Eastern Ling thanks me?”
The eunuchs bowed in fear, terrified of angering him.
They all knew that this Deity of Medicine had a short temper and would not give face to anyone. Not only did he have Gu HuaiJiang kneel to beg for help, but he also dared to refer to Emperor Ning as old emperor in front of the civil and military officials.
If he was angered, it was possible that they would lose their little lives!
“Lord Deity of Medicine, please calm down. It’s not like that. Lord Marquis Gu received His Majesty’s permission long ago to enter the palace on a sedan. Princess has even more right to this, but they don’t want to. That’s why they stopped outside of the palace!”
Gu HuaiJiang had always been cautious. Occupying a lofty position would attract a lot of attention, and Yu Fu naturally followed him.
As for Xun Chi, he took a nap on the sedan and did not notice this in his drowsiness.
He flicked his sleeve, “Alright since that’s the case, I’ll head to QingYuan Palace first.”
Along the way, the scenery of the palace was beautiful and magnificent. The previous time, Xun Chi had been in a hurry and did not have time to look. Taking a look today, he found that Eastern Ling’s architecture had a uniqueness to it.
The capital, Lin’An, belonged to JiangNan. This was a place with white walls and black roof tiles. The roof tiles in the palace were tightly packed like scales on a fish, making it vaguely look as if it was an ink and brush painting.
He faintly admired the architecture and paused to look for a little longer.
“Greetings, Your Highness the eldest prince.”
A young person in an official robe appeared ahead in the long corridor, and the eunuchs to the side stopped to pay their respects. The young person arrived in front of him and performed a salute.
“Greetings, Lord Deity of Medicine.”
Xun Chi slightly nodded, “Eldest prince.”
He did not have much of an impression of the eldest prince. He recalled that it was the second prince or someone like that who had come to Marquis Gu’s Manor and knelt to invite him into the palace to treat the emperor.
Outside Emperor Ning’s palace after the treatment, the eldest prince and the second prince came up together to give their thanks. It was only then that he gained a bit of an impression of the eldest prince.
“Will Lord Deity of Medicine be going to see father Emperor? I will lead the way. You may all retreat.”
The eldest prince dismissed everyone and personally led Xun Chi to QingYuan Palace. Seeing that he seemed a little interested in the architecture, thus he personally explained it to Xun Chi.
For some reason, once the eldest prince arrived, he was no longer in the mood to look at the architecture.
“Eldest prince, if you have something to say, just say it directly. I am not too familiar with the roundabout ways that you people of high positions speak.”
Xun Chi was very direct, not giving him any wiggle room.
The eldest prince was startled and very quickly said with a smile: “In truth, there’s nothing really. I was just thankful to Lord Deity of Medicine and wanted to express that gratitude.”
“Is that really the case?”
“It is indeed.”
Xun Chi did not care if this was true or not and simply said: “If eldest prince has the heart to do this sort of thing, it would be better to have some people paint some paintings of the palace for me. I like looking at them.”
A look of joy immediately appeared on the eldest prince’s face, “How difficult could that be? I will immediately have someone paint one and send it to you at Marquis Gu’s Manor in a few days.”
“Then many thanks, eldest prince.”
Xun Chi continued to walk forward. While walking, he looked at the various buildings. He was particularly interested in the roof tiles.
The eldest prince secretly observed his expressions from the side but did not notice anything strange.
It seemed that he did not know that he was behind Emperor Ning’s poisoning and did not intend to bring it up; otherwise, he would not have given him the chance to get close.
Thinking about it like this, he felt at ease.
“Lord Deity of Medicine, we have arrived at QingYuan Palace. Most of the court officials should have arrived, so I will be going to the front to take care of them and cannot accompany you. This way, please.”
Xun Chi nodded to him in a good mood then quickly disappeared from before his eyes.
Even though the eldest prince had seen him move so quickly before, seeing it from such a short distance still gave him a shock.
After the shock wore off, the corners of his lips crooked up, as he left feeling satisfied.
Xun Chi swaggered into QingYuan Palace and dusted off his broad sleeves.
Eunuch Gao came out to receive him, saying with a smile: “Deity of Medicine truly is surrounded in a divine aura. You are always so spotless. Could it be that even dirt knows that a deity must not be approached?”
Xun Chi snorted, “Spotless? I nearly got dirty just outside.”
