Mrs. Yan squatted at the door of the Prime Minister's Mansion, trembling non-stop. She didn't know what she was trembling for. Maybe only it knows. As the night grew cooler, it squatted for a while and then got up and walked back and forth, seemingly deep in thought until midnight.
The Prime Minister's little ant then walked out of the ruling palace and looked up at the night sky. It was already late at night, and the entourage sat in front of the carriage and began to take a nap, waiting for the prime minister to leave the palace. The Prime Minister stood in front of the ruling palace, lingered for a long time, and then came out of the palace and called out: "Heiqing." The attendant then raised his head, got off the car and saluted, saying: "Master." The Prime Minister looked at the attendant and said, "Let's go. Let's go back to the mansion." After saying that, he walked up and sat in the carport. His entourage sat in front of the carriage and drove away. He walked through the streets and alleys to the door of the Prime Minister's Mansion. He looked over and saw an ant squatting at the door of the Prime Minister's Mansion and said: "Stop the car. "The carriage stopped in front of the Prime Minister's Mansion. After getting off the car, he looked around and said, "Isn't this Yan who is here to deliver wine?" Yan sat at the door of the Prime Minister's Mansion and dozed off. Maybe she had waited too long. Feeling a little sleepy. He stood in front of the carriage and ordered his entourage to drive the carriage around the main entrance and enter through the back door. He stepped forward to wake up Mr. Yan and said, "Why are you waiting here? Why don't you go into the hall? Be careful of catching cold outside." Mr. Yan first raised his head and opened his hazy sleepy eyes, rubbed his eyes, and then gradually woke up. Seeing Xiangguo standing in front of it, he immediately stood up and kowtowed, saying: "Big ant." Xiangguo immediately helped Yan up and said: "There is no need to pay such a big courtesy, get up." Yan stood up and said happily. : "I don't feel at ease waiting for me in the hall, so I'd better wait at the door. That way I'll feel more at ease." It was obvious that it had a quarrel with the Prime Minister's guards, but he didn't say it, so he found another reason so that he could get off the stairs and not let him go. The Prime Minister is embarrassed. It didn't need to tell Xiang Guo to know that its own guard must be rude. It looked at Yan and said, "You have been waiting at the door for so long. You must be hungry." It didn't know if it didn't tell him, but it started to show its stomach as soon as it was mentioned. It's gurgling, grumbling, and it's my fault that my stomach isn't feeling strong enough.
The Prime Minister took it into the Prime Minister's Mansion with him. It walked forward with its head held high and its chest high, always showing off in front of these guards. Xiangguo followed behind and was very happy. Yan only showed off for herself but ignored Xiang Guo who was following behind. When the entourage saw this, he was about to step forward. Xiang Guo looked at the entourage and shook his head, and the entourage had no choice but to retreat. Yan, who was walking in front, felt something was wrong, looked at Xiang Guo who was following behind, and said sideways: "Big Ant, please go first." Xiang Guo said cheerfully: "It's better you go first." Yan looked around and came out. Having stolen the limelight was enough, so he retreated behind the Prime Minister.
Xiangguo was also very happy. He walked into the hall and sat in front of the desk. He stretched out his hand and told Yan to sit aside and called in the guards. The guard entered the hall, first looked up at Xiang Guo sitting in the front, and then looked at Yan sitting on the side. Knowing that he had done something wrong, he knelt down and said, "Master Xiang." Xiang Guo reprimanded, saying: "The common people are our food and clothing parents. , we must treat them kindly and not bully the people. You made the Chong family wait at the door of the Prime Minister's Mansion for so long. Do you feel that you are wrong? Do you know that you are wrong?" The guard knelt down and kowtowed, and said: "Master Prime Minister, I know I was wrong. ." Xiangguo asked again: "Where did you make a mistake?" The guard replied: "The little one shouldn't be rude to it and shut it out." Mrs. Yan saw that Xiangguo vented his anger on it, and she felt sorry for it. He stood up and said: "Big Ant, forget it, it's not easy for it to be on duty." Xiangguo faced Yan and said: "It's my fault in teaching that makes you feel wronged." Then he faced the guards and scolded: " Why don't you help the Chong family?" The guard stood up, bowed to Yan, and said, "I'm sorry, I shouldn't have argued with you." Yan felt a little embarrassed and said, "Okay, my words were inappropriate. , stop blaming yourself." At this time, its stomach was unsatisfactory, and it was growling. It looked at Xiangguo Xiaoyi in embarrassment, not knowing what to say. Xiang Guo immediately understood what it meant and said: "You go down, for the sake of Yan's face, I won't argue with you today, but this is just this time, I won't do it next time. Please step back." The guard then exited the hall.
Prime Minister ordered his subordinates to prepare some food in the kitchen. Seeing these delicacies being served on the table, Mrs. Yan couldn't help but drool. Start gobbling it down. Xiang Guo watched from the side and said: "Eat slowly, don't choke." Yan said hurriedly: "Wine, wine." His subordinates immediately stepped forward. Set the jug aside. Yan was eating and drinking, and the food on the table was immediately snatched away by it. She sat down and burped. At this time, it almost forgot about the business, but it remembered that it had business to do. After searching around, it found a sword and presented it to him. The Prime Minister took the sword, pulled it out and said, "It's a good sword, a good sword." He raised his head and asked, "Who gave this to me?" Yan said, "This is one of mine." It was given by a friend. It was specially made for you by your senior brother. It was given to you as a gift. What is it called?" Then he suddenly remembered and said: "The sword of benevolence and righteousness is exactly the right match for you." Xiangguo Xiaoyi ordered his subordinates to accept this sword. , said: "Let me say thank you to your friend." Yan stood up and said: Big ant, when are you free. I'll arrange a meeting for you. It happens to be idle and wants to do something for the ant clan. Big Ant can arrange a position for it. "Xiang Guo replied: "As long as it has real talent and learning, I will definitely recommend it to the king. Mr. Yan withdrew from the hall door and said, "Big Yi, I believe you." Just as he was about to turn around, he was stopped by Xiang Guo behind him, saying: "You see it's so late, why not stay here first and go back tomorrow." Ms. Yan felt a little embarrassed and said with a smile: "You see, this is so embarrassing. It's not disturbing the big ant." "Xiang Guo stood up and said: "You and I are already very familiar with each other, and we can't talk about disturbing each other. Then he called a maid and said, "Let's arrange a room for it to live in." The maid saluted and replied: "Yes, Prime Minister." " Yan stepped back and bowed, and said cheerfully: "Thank you, Big Yi, thank you, Big Yi. "Yan just kept bowing and forgot to look at the road under her feet. Xiangguo reminded, "Be careful where you step. "Almost tripping over the threshold, Xiangguo just shook his head without saying a word. Yan showed an awkward smile and said: "This threshold is too high, too high. "
The maid who was leading the way was so happy that she couldn't open her mouth from ear to ear when she saw it making such a fool of itself. Mrs. Yan followed closely behind the maid, looking left and right from time to time. There were houses all around. At dawn, she still didn't know how to get out. She also felt gastrointestinal discomfort, so she held her belly with both hands. Seeing the embarrassment on its face, the maid turned around and asked, "What's wrong?" Mrs. Yan knew that she had never seen the world and had no culture. She didn't know how to express it, so she asked, "What do you literary insects say about that?" "The maid didn't know what it wanted to express, so she said: "What hut?" Yan became anxious and said: "Oh, I'm so anxious." At this time, it jumped anxiously, but calmed down and said: "There are three types of insects. Urgent, you know." As he spoke, he told it with behavioral language, and then it understood and said: "You want to show your respect, right." Mrs. Yan nodded hurriedly and said: "Quick, quick, take me there quickly , I can't hold it anymore." Yan held her legs tightly together and walked quickly into the hut. When Mrs. Yan walked out of the hut, she looked like she was enjoying herself. She took a deep breath and exhaled, saying, "Ah! It's so comfortable." The girl who was leading the way was extremely happy. Mrs. Yan faced the maid and said, "I'm from the countryside. Don't make fun of me for not seeing the world." The maid held back her laughter and said, "I'm not making fun of you." She maintained her manners and said, "Follow me." Let's go, don't get lost." Yan followed closely behind the maid and quietly entered the wing. She looked around again and said, "Oh, it's so big! It's much more comfortable than my bedroom." The maid After exiting the room and closing the door, Yan looked around the room for a while. There were many letters on the table next to her. She took them out and opened them casually. She didn't know what these dense words were, and said: "I can't understand." ." Then he put it aside, sat in front of the couch, continued to look around, and said to himself: "I don't want to think so much, let's sleep comfortably first, and think about it tomorrow." He took off his shoes and kicked them off. Out and down. Lie on your side on the bed. The breeze blew through the window, blowing out the candles and causing smoke to rise. Yan tossed and turned, looked through the window, and saw that the lights in Xiangguo's room were still on, and said: "The big ants are really busy. They haven't fallen asleep so late. It's better for us common people to eat when we need to." , sleep when you need to." He turned sideways again, snoring like thunder. Xiangguo has a lot of things to do every day! Sitting alone at the desk, he reviewed memorials sent from various places. Occasionally he raised his head and looked at the candlelight next to him. As the candlelight gradually dimmed, he picked up a thin needle and picked it out. Feeling really sleepy, he fell down on the couch and took a nap. Hearing the rooster crow, he stood up, selected the reviewed memorials and took them to the king for inspection.
At dawn, he walked out of his room, put on his court clothes, put a high crown on his head, straightened himself in front of the bronze mirror, and then went to court. When it walked out of the Prime Minister's Mansion, he told the ants who were seeing him off, "Don't disturb it, let it have a good sleep." After saying that, he got in the car and drove to the Ant King's Palace. When Mrs. Yan woke up, it was already broad daylight. She stood up, stretched herself out, and walked out of the room.
Xia Yi waited outside the door early and said: "You're awake." Yan looked around, but didn't see Xiang Guo going out, so she asked: "Why don't you see the big ant coming out?" Xia Yi replied: "My big ant came out early. Then I went to court." Mrs. Yan asked again: "When did it happen?" Xia Yi replied: "It has been two or three hours." Mrs. Yan looked confused at first and said: "Why didn't you wake me up? , I should also go and see off the big ant." The little ant said: "It was still dark when my big ant left. It specifically asked us not to disturb you, let you have a good sleep, and come with us to have breakfast. Let’s eat.” Xiangguo’s breakfast was very frugal, consisting of a bowl of porridge and a plate of pastries. Mrs. Yan sat down and ate while stuffing it into her arms. The ants standing aside looked at her and asked, "What are you doing?" Then, take some back to give my husband ants a taste, it will smell fragrant and taste delicious."
