Zai Chun might be stupid and unable to understand the truth, but the eunuchs who accompanied him all had no trouble in their eyes. The eunuchs such as Da Sixi, Xiao Sixi and Man Shun understood what it means to be a human being. You have to bow your head under the low eaves.
Now Zai Chun can only go to Europe as an envoy because of his master's power, and in the future, the young emperor will have to rely on the help of this emperor's master to govern himself. No one will get any good results if he offends Xiao Letian.
The two trusted eunuchs coaxed and persuaded for a while before the little emperor calmed down. They wiped his tears and took a sip of hot tea, which allowed Zai Chun to stabilize his mood.
"Where's Er Mao? Why doesn't he come out? Doesn't he listen to me too?" Zai Chun said fiercely with his eyes wide open.
When it comes to Er Mao, both Da Si Xi and Xiao Si Xi are chewing their teeth. Er Mao is an outlier in the eunuch circle. Ever since he accompanied the young emperor to Ryukyu, his presence has been almost zero in the past two years.
Er Mao's status is very special. On the one hand, he is an eunuch, but on the other hand, he also recognizes Fu Hui as his godmother. Xiao Letian is a proper godfather. However, with this status, he cannot gain the trust of the people around the emperor at all, so No matter what happens, everyone avoids him.
Only Zai Chun, who is young, treats him as a child. However, the mentality of ten-year-old Zai Chun and thirteen-year-old Zai Chun has changed. In the past, they had a simple relationship as children, but in the past two years, they have met Zai Chun in the market. Chun Ke no longer dared to use Er Mao as a confidant.
Because now he has gradually matured and understood some of the principles of factions, he knows that Er Mao will never be able to get rid of Xiao Letian's brand. Although he is capable, he cannot be reused.
It seems that Er Mao also understood the little emperor's thoughts, so in the past two years, Er Mao simply took sick leave and rented a house with a small garden in Naha City, and simply left on the grounds of recuperation.
However, Xiao Letian didn't just let Ermao fully recover from his illness. He gave Ermao an important task and taught him and Eunuch Manshun to learn about antiques.
This is not Xiao Letian's whim. The four eunuchs around Zai Chun are all very capable. Da Sixi is proficient in etiquette. With him accompanying Zai Chun, he will not lose the face of the great country.
Xiao Sixi is proficient in the art of serving others. Of course, Zai Chun will have to learn this skill when he encounters women in the future.
Manshun is proficient in food and antiques, which is also a great skill in serving the emperor.
And Er Mao is proficient in Western learning. He has learned English very well now, and has also dabbled in French and German.
The four eunuchs each have their own abilities, and they will be the more considerate people around Zai Chun in the future, while the four guards will focus on the military side. In the future, the four guards will support the new Yulin Army.
Xiao Letian has long known that there are some eunuchs in the Forbidden City who specialize in antique appraisal, and with the royal family's two hundred years of treasures, these eunuchs have very sharp eyesight, and their ability to identify treasures is completely beyond those of the great court officials in Liulichang, and may be better than some Daniel's literary skills are a bit worse, but they are already at a very high level.
Xiao Letian wanted this ability, because another important task when he went to Europe was to collect lost Chinese cultural relics and return them to China, at least to his own museum.
But Xiao Letian himself didn't have time to learn the knowledge of treasure appraisal, so he took advantage of Ermao's marginalization and asked him to take out all the skills in Eunuch Manshun's belly.
Manshun would never dare to disobey the orders of the head of state, so in the past two years, he rarely accompanied the little emperor. He spent more time learning antique knowledge with Ermao and appraising the good treasures in Xiao Letian's hands.
On weekdays, he had to exchange experiences with the ministers from Jiangnan, so he spent less and less time with the emperor.
Today, Zai Chun suddenly thought of Ermao. Maybe it was the three kicks that woke up the little emperor. Zai Chun suddenly realized that he had said a lot of wrong things just now.
His heart was turbulent, and a kind of fear arose spontaneously: "Am I having a high fever? How dare I tell the master that the 100,000 people here are my subjects?"
"They are obviously all Chinese people. Isn't it just to give me face by shouting Long Live? Look at the rebels in Borneo. The slogan they shouted was to merge with the Chinese! They didn't say to merge with me. Daqing, how can I talk like that?"
After calming down, Zai Chun immediately became extremely frightened. He was even afraid that his master would immediately deport him and would not be able to go to Europe. Zai Chun subconsciously thought of the buffer between him and his master, the eunuch chief Ermao.
After a while, Er Mao was invited out of the cabin. After opening the iron door, Er Mao was gently stroking a purple clay pot with his hand. The purple clay emitted a strange light that could be smelled from two meters away. There is a faint scent of tea.
"I'm sending my regards to Your Majesty. I didn't know if Your Majesty summoned the servant..."
Before Er Mao could finish his greetings, Zai Chun pulled him up and said, "Er Mao! Why do you always play with your antiques? The head of state is going to meet with the British Governor. Please accompany me to watch such a big event. Let's go for a walk." Let's go..." After saying that, he took Er Mao and walked forward with a smile on his face.
At this time, Governor Philip and the Dutch Governor who was watching the ceremony had already walked onto the deck of the Zhiyuan through the gangway, and Xiao Letian had already shaken his hand warmly.
Xiao Letian glanced at Zai Chun out of the corner of his eye, then looked at Er Mao and smiled and sighed inwardly, "Poor child, all your attention is focused on these little things... Why should I be angry with you because of this matter?" "
But now is not the time to talk about these things. The diplomatic ceremony between the two governors must continue. After shaking hands and greetings, the two governors immediately took off their hats and bowed to Emperor Tongzhi of the Qing Dynasty.
These two governors are really lucky. If they were in the Forbidden City, they would have to kowtow.
In accordance with the etiquette taught by Da Sixi, Zai Chun proudly raised his chin and raised his hand to signal the Governor to stand down, and then gave a few words of gentle comfort. It was simply that this naval review was grand, and I was very satisfied with the British reception.
Strangely enough, the foreign devils were actually trying to save their status and face. Zai Chun acted like an emperor and the two governors became more and more respectful.
Soon it was time to exchange gifts. Governor Philip gave Xiao Letian a tall cross carved from Nanyang rosewood. The Crucifixion of Jesus was carved lifelike.
The gift given to His Majesty the Emperor is even more precious. A whole piece of Indian Ocean deep sea clam is larger than a carriage wheel. It is engraved with densely packed biblical stories, such as the birth of Christ and the visit of the three wise men.
These two gifts are valuable enough, which shows how rich the position of governor is.
The gift Xiao Letian returned was an official kiln porcelain from the Jingde period of the Ming Dynasty, but when it was Zaichun's turn to reward the treasure, a little accident happened.
