Chapter 315 Human Stool

They changed shifts and left the palace, returning home to rest.

When they arrived at the palace gate, a luxurious carriage slowly stopped.

The curtain was opened, revealing the second princess.

Long Shou remembered that yesterday the second princess came to the crown prince with her completed homework, asking for permission to go out of the palace for a day of fun.

Go to your classmate's birthday party and make her proud.

His Highness was so annoyed by her that he had no choice but to dismiss her.

Now that they have finished playing and returned to the palace, the little girl looks as if she is still not satisfied.

Long Shou wanted to leave, but just then Bei Yanyu got off the carriage.

A eunuch walked skillfully to the front of the car and knelt on the ground.

With his hands on the ground, his whole body curled up, but his back was straightened, forming a human stool.

Bei Yanyu naturally stepped on his back, followed by her other foot, and jumped out of the carriage, looking innocent and cute.

And never look at what is under your feet.

The clean and tidy cloth on the eunuch's back was creased with several creases, and two gray shoe prints were imprinted on it, which was particularly glaring.

After waiting for a while and making sure that the master had gone down, he stood up.

He brushed the dust off his back and stood up. When he raised his neck, which had been bent for years, he was stunned.

He made eye contact with Long Shou, but without saying a word, he followed the Second Princess.

This person was Long Shou's childhood friend when he was a clerk in the palace.

He was let off, but he was not let off.

The imperial palace was very large, and he had only been in the East Palace for a short time. The two rooms did not interact with each other, and this was the scene when they first met.

After the first meeting, the second time came soon.

They finally found a chance to talk.

"Congratulations, Long Shou. You are now a guard of the East Palace, which is different from us."

He sighed with regret, "If I had known earlier, when I was dividing the people, I should have used some of the money to go to the East Palace."

"They all say that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is the most benevolent master in the entire Taiji Palace and would never hit or scold anyone at will."

"He is also very generous in rewarding his servants."

Long Shou was not surprised by such a good reputation.

The trusted officials of the Eastern Palace always liked to tease Her Highness for being stingy, but in fact, she was not stingy with her own people. She just calculated every penny carefully and made sure to spend it where it should be spent.

When he was on duty, he also heard the prince teach the female official, saying: "What is the duty that he should do?"

"There is a huge difference between doing your job well and just doing it perfunctorily."

"Since he has done his job perfectly, he deserves a reward."

Through the door, the girl's clear voice came: "People work for you only for money, fame and fortune. If you don't give them real money, who will do their best?"

“Once people’s hearts are scattered, it’s hard to gather them again.”

Childhood friends have grown up and their situations are very different.

This is the case for all the palace maids in Taiji Palace. If they meet a good master, they will live a comfortable life.

If you are unlucky enough to meet someone with a bad temper who doesn't treat his slaves as human beings, then he will torture you in all kinds of minor ways.

Slaves could not be killed at will, but they could be tortured at will.

The life of a slave is worth something, but the dignity of a palace lady is worthless.

Killing someone directly violates the law, but torturing them to death does not.

Taiji Palace, or the entire Dai Viet, is not something that he can change alone.

He can only help his friends.

"When my adoptive father returns with His Majesty, I will ask him to transfer you to the East Palace to work."

The young eunuch's eyes lit up, and his whole body seemed to be filled with hope for the future. He even jumped a little with joy.

"Really?! Thank you, thank you, thank you."

He was so excited that Long Shou couldn't bear to let him wait, but Eunuch Jiang had the final say and he himself didn't have the power.

He tried to calm him down and reminded him, "We have to wait for my stepfather to come back first. It won't be that fast."

The young eunuch nodded repeatedly, "Yes, yes, as long as there is hope, thank you so much, I don't know how to repay you."

He took out his wallet and stuffed all the money into Long Shou's hands.

"These are my savings. You can take them."

Long Shou didn't take it and pushed it back: "We were originally helping each other, but now it's like bribery, and it will implicate me."

When the young eunuch heard this, he quickly took back the purse.

As if he saw what Long Shou was thinking, perhaps because he had expectations for the future, he became more lively and said:

"It won't matter if we wait a little longer."

"He's still okay with the Second Princess. The Second Prince is just willful and has a bad temper."

"At least he doesn't have a habit of torturing people, and the share he gets is not bad."

"When I think about going to the East Palace, I think I can still endure it."

After the second meeting, Long Shou would occasionally be distracted and think about this matter.

After entering the East Palace, he made new friends.

Xu Zhao is a cousin of Xu Jialing.

Although Xu Zhao usually looks mean, but when you can really see that he is unhappy, well... he is still mean.

Before it was their turn to change shifts, he came over and asked, "Brother, what's going on?"

"Why have you been so absent-minded recently? If His Highness were to encounter an assassin again, you must not rush in right away."

Long Shou: ...We can't get over this, right?

He didn't want to talk about this, but since it was a rare opportunity to talk about his troubles, he told them about what happened to him and his childhood playmate a few days ago.

Xu Zhao listened carefully but was confused.

"So, you think he has no dignity, feel wronged, and feel sad for your childhood friend?"

You could say that, but Long Shou corrected him: "It's not just for my childhood friend."

"Yes... I feel that being a slave is somewhat pitiful."

"Not like a person, but like an object."

"Even killing a bull requires a year and a half of imprisonment, but killing a slave for no reason only requires a year of imprisonment."

Xu Zhao frowned and asked in confusion: "Huh?"

"What's the big deal? In this world, there are high and low, noble and humble."

"I didn't realize you still had a kind heart, hahahaha."

"From now on I can't call you Brother Jiang anymore. I'll call you Brother Shanshan. Hahahahahaha."