"Slave...slave..." The eunuch's body was shaking even more violently. He couldn't even utter the word "slave", not to mention a complete sentence.
"What did Third Brother do to you to make you so frightened?" Zhao Yao knelt down and asked with concern and confusion, "Why did Third Brother hit you?"
"No...no...three...three..."
Zhao Yao saw the cold sweat falling down in large drops on the forehead and face of the eunuch in front of him.
"Why did third brother abuse you?"
The eunuch stood up suddenly and hurriedly took a few steps back to distance himself from Zhao Yao. His face was pale, his eyes were filled with fear, and his lips were trembling: "Your Highness, I have something to do, so I'll leave now." After saying that, he ran away from Zhao Yao as if running for his life.
With a bang, the eunuch ran too fast and didn't pay attention to the road under his feet. He fell hard to the ground. Zhao Yao was just about to go over and help him up, but he rolled forward and fell down. After a while, his figure disappeared in front of Zhao Yao.
"Your Highness, what's wrong with him?" Tongxi asked in surprise, "Why is he so afraid, as if Your Highness is going to eat him?"
"He's not afraid of me, but of Third Brother." Zhao Yao said thoughtfully, "Third Brother must have done something to him, otherwise he wouldn't be so scared when he heard Third Brother."
"The Third Highness must have beaten him." Tong Xi thought of the frightened eunuch just now, and felt sympathy in his heart, "We eunuchs, when we encounter a bad master, we will beat him or scold him. The third prince is domineering and angry. When he gets up, he will definitely whip the eunuchs who serve him, and maybe His Highness the Third Prince will take pleasure in abusing eunuchs and maids. That eunuch just now must have been beaten by the Third Prince often."
In the palace, the lives of eunuchs like them are the least valuable, and it is common for them to be beaten and scolded. Even if he is beaten to death, no one cares. In the eyes of many masters, they are not human beings.
Fortunately he met His Highness. His Highness was very kind to them and never beat or scolded them. In His Highness's eyes, they are human beings.
"Is the third brother such a person?" Zhao Yao pinched his chin and said, "Although the third brother is a bit domineering, he is not so domineering as to abuse the people around him at will. If my father knew about it, the third brother would not be able to take advantage of it. "
"Your Highness, you know people but not their hearts." Tongxi has always disliked the aloof third prince and others. It seems that in their eyes, only those who come from famous families are human, and everyone else is not human. "The third prince might be someone who enjoys torturing eunuchs or maids privately."
"Is Third Brother so perverted?" Zhao Yao learned the word pervert from Zhao Yao in his dream.
"Your Highness, what does pervert mean?"
"It means it's not as good as poultry."
"The third prince must be a pervert." Tong Xi said very firmly.
"Your Highness, would you like me to go investigate?"
"Investigating third brother?"
Tongxi nodded: "Investigate whether His Highness is a pervert."
"Tongxi, are you dissatisfied with your longevity?"
Tongxi didn't react for a while, and said with a blank look on his face: "Your Highness, this slave has not lived enough, how can he be dissatisfied with his long life?"
"You are looking for death when you go to investigate Third Brother." Zhao Yao glanced sideways at Tongxi and said angrily, "Is Third Brother someone we can offend?"
After hearing what Zhao Yao said, Tong Xi remembered that the third prince was not something they could offend.
"Then Your Highness, did the eunuch just ignore it?"
"What is his relationship with us? Why should we care about him?" Although Zhao Yao was a little curious about what happened to the eunuch just now, he would not delve into it. "He is the third brother's person, not mine. If you are being Third brother was bullied, so I will definitely seek justice for you." He was not big enough to help everyone. He is not a Bodhisattva who saves people from suffering.
"That's what His Highness said." Tong Xi is usually not a well-intentioned person, nor is he a nosy person. But at that moment, he felt the same way, because before he met Zhao Yao, he was often bullied. The person who bullied him was not his master, but the eunuch.
In this palace, in addition to the master teasing the eunuchs, even the eunuchs bullied the eunuchs. Tong Xi met Zhao Yao on the day he was about to die. At that time, he was pushed to the ground by several eunuchs and beaten until he could only breathe. If Zhao Yao hadn't picked him up and brought him back to Kunde Hall, he would have died.
"I know you sympathize with him. There is nothing wrong with sympathizing. It means you are still a human being. But if you sympathize with someone enough to want to help someone, you must first see if you have the ability to help." Zhao Yao said seriously, "Also , while helping others, you must first ensure your own safety, and do not sacrifice yourself to help others.”
After hearing this, Tongxi felt a slight soreness in his nose. He nodded hurriedly and said, "I remember your Highness's words." In His Highness's heart, he was a human being.
"Go back." Third brother is really not someone they can provoke.
"Yes, Your Highness."
Zhao Yao suddenly remembered something very important and hurriedly said: "Go back quickly, I have another important thing to do." After saying this, he started running.
"Your Highness, it's dark, please watch the road and be careful not to fall." Tongxi held a lantern and hurriedly chased after him.
In Kunde Hall, Liang Zhaoyi and Poppy were doing embroidery. The fifth princess followed them seriously.
"Mother Concubine, Second Mother Concubine, Third Mother Concubine, Fifth Sister, I'm back." Zhao Yao raised his hands, then put them down, and bowed ninety degrees to Liang Zhaoyi and the others. "Mother, I have something to do. I'm going to the study first." After saying that, they disappeared from Liang Zhaoyi's eyes like a gust of wind.
Poppy smiled and said: "Yao Yao, what's going on, so windy and hot?"
Liang Zhaoyi smiled and said: "Ignore him."
Pan Cairen said with some pity: "I also want to ask Yaoyao what happened when he went to pick up the king."
The fifth princess stopped her sewing and said, "I'm going to call the tenth brother out and ask him to tell us."
As soon as she stood up, she was pulled by Poppy.
"Just stay with me and finish the embroidery work in hand."
"Mother, I'll call my tenth brother..."
"Yao Yao said he has something to do, so let's not disturb him." Poppy said to the fifth princess with a straight face, "Please embroider well for me."
The fifth princess pursed her lips and continued to embroider reluctantly.
In the study, Zhao Yao took a quill pen and drew the stirrups he saw in his dream on the rice paper.
Tongxi brought a cup of freshly brewed tea and handed it to Zhao Yao.
"Your Highness, please take a sip of tea first."
"Drink later."
"Your Highness, why are you painting hoops?" The colleague asked curiously, "Is the important thing you are talking about painting hoops?"
Zhao Yao just finished drawing a stirrup, put down the quill pen in his hand, took the tea cup from Tong Xi, lowered his head and took a few sips, and then said: "Let me tell you, this is not an ordinary iron ring."
"But, this looks like an ordinary iron ring."
Zhao Yao finished his tea and continued to draw another stirrup. After he finished the painting, he said to Tongxi again: "Do you know where I want to use this pair of iron rings?"
"Your Highness, do you want to use this as a weapon?" He held the weapon in his hand.
Zhao Yao: "...No, I want to use it on my horse."
"Use it on a horse?" Tong Xi was confused, and then he guessed, "Your Highness, do you want to hang it on the horse's neck?"
"Of course not, you will know in two days." Zhao Yao handed the painted stirrups to Tong Xi and told him, "Go to Shang Fanling tomorrow and ask them to make this team of iron rings." Yes, have them match the pair of hoops with a sturdy strap. "
Tongxi took the drawing paper, carefully folded it and put it in his arms.
"Your Highness, how long do you want the belt to be? How many do you want?"
"I just need a belt for the time being, about five feet." If the belt is too long, he can cut it shorter.
"Your Highness, would you like to make just one pair of hoops? Do you want to make a few more pairs?"
"Make a pair first." Zhao Yao said, "If you make too many, Shang Fanling will definitely ask me to ask my father for an order." Iron is a precious thing and cannot be used casually.
"When your Highness is sent to the Wende Palace tomorrow morning, I will go to Shanfang Ling." Tongxi said, "I just want to make a pair of iron rings, which will be done soon."
"Let them finish it before noon, so that I can use them after school." Zhao Yao stood up and walked out of the study room, "Go to the concubine and the others and tell them about picking up the second brother."
When Liang Zhaoyi and the others saw Zhao Yao coming over so quickly, they hurriedly asked him: "Have you done your work?"
"It's done, I'll tell you about picking up my second brother this afternoon."
"Speak quickly." The fifth princess urged impatiently.
Liang Zhaoyi and Yu Meiren both stopped their sewing and acted as if they were all listening.
Zhao Yao told Liang Zhaoyi and others in great detail what happened when they left the palace.
After Liang Zhaoyi and the others listened, they all looked shocked.
Seeing that it was getting late, Liang Zhaoyi asked Poppy and the others to go back to rest, and also told them not to talk about what they just heard outside.
Poppy and the others hurriedly expressed that they would never say anything.
After Poppy and the others left, Liang Zhaoyi hurriedly asked Zhao Yao: "What did you do in the study just now?"
"Concubine, don't tell you yet. I'll tell you tomorrow." Zhao Yao laughed twice, "It's a good thing."
Seeing her son's mysterious look, Liang Zhaoyi had expectations in her heart and said with a smile: "Okay, my mother-in-law is waiting for something good from you tomorrow."
Tongxi, who was waiting aside, silently complained in his heart that two iron rings are not a good thing.
The next day, Tongxi sent Zhao Yao to Wende Palace and then went to Shang Fanling.
He handed the iron hoops drawn by Zhao Yao to Shang Fanling's craftsmen, "His Tenth Highness will use these hoops at noon. Can you make them before noon?"
The craftsman said: "I can make it for you right away."
Before noon, the craftsman made the iron ring Zhao Yao needed, and followed Zhao Yao's instructions and gave him a very strong belt.
After school at noon, Zhao Yao did not rush back to Kunde Hall. Instead, he went to the racecourse first and took Heiyu to Kunde Hall. Li Huo wanted to go with him, but Zhao Yao refused. For this reason, Agni gave birth to a great ventilation.
