Chapter 130 Xu Shiming's Opportunity
Eunuch Zhao had been in the palace for his entire life and was a very shrewd person. As soon as Qin Yuwei performed her solo dance at the celebration, he saw through the little girl's mind.
At that time, he paid attention to Yan Xiuyun's reaction and saw clearly the deep desire in the eyes of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.
However, Yan Xiuyun is the prince after all. He has the right to get any woman he wants, so he will not lower his status and take the initiative to show his interest in a female student from the academy.
But His Highness can say nothing, but those of his subordinates cannot do nothing.
Eunuch Zhao immediately ordered someone to investigate Qin Yuwei's background.
However, when he learned that Qin Yuwei's family was not even poor, and that her mother and brother had just committed murder, Eunuch Zhao could not help but shake his head with regret.
With this kind of background, how could he possibly enter the Eastern Palace?
Just then, another young eunuch came forward with his head lowered, saying that Xu Shiming had brought it.
When Xu Shiming was led in, Eunuch Zhao was standing in front of an arched door waiting for him. When he saw Xu Shiming, he lowered his eyes to look at him and said:
"I heard that it was you who suddenly said this morning that it would rain in Jiangzhou City?"
"That's right." Xu Shiming nodded, guessing the other party's intentions.
"Tell me, how did you find out?"
Eunuch Zhao's voice was very calm, as if he was asking about something completely unimportant.
However, Xu Shiming was quick-witted and had dealt with many people in the officialdom in his previous life. He was extremely sensitive to certain things and immediately realized that there was a mystery hidden in Zhao Nei Shi's words.
Moreover, he also noticed this morning that Eunuch Zhao had been following behind the prince, and was obviously a confidant of the prince.
Being summoned to meet me alone is a great opportunity.
He had to answer Eunuch Zhao's question cleverly. First of all, he must not tell the truth. The ancients believed that the king's power was granted by God. If he talked about materialism in front of the future emperor, wouldn't that be questioning the royal authority and tantamount to treason?
Secondly, he couldn't just flatter and say that it was all God's grace and that he was just guessing wildly. That would be a waste of his opportunity to work twenty years less than others.
In just a flash, Xu Shiming figured out how to answer. He adjusted his appearance slightly to make himself look more like a Taoist priest.
"I am a student of limited talent and learning, but fortunately I have inherited the art of Feng Shui and divination from my family. This storm was predicted by my observation of the changes in the energy of the dragon veins and after some deduction."
Eunuch Zhao's eyes were filled with admiration. This kid was not even twenty years old, but his speech was not childish at all. He did not seem like a student from an academy.
He is also very clever in speaking and knows what to say and what to say only between you and me but must never be said out loud.
Maybe it's a good seedling.
However, Eunuch Zhao still showed no emotion on his face and only asked him:
"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is eager to recruit talented people, and now he is opening the door of the East Palace to invite talents from all over the world. Since you are proficient in divination, besides the storm in Jiangzhou City today, what else do you foresee?"
Xu Shiming paused for a moment, shook his head and sighed, "The secrets of heaven are unfathomable, and cannot be easily understood by ordinary people like us. Moreover, without any basis, it is impossible to calculate anything else."
After saying that, he thought for a moment and his eyes fell on Eunuch Zhao's earlobe, which was slightly longer than that of ordinary people.
Xu Shiming took two steps towards Eunuch Zhao and whispered:
“However, if I am lucky enough to enter the East Palace, I am willing to calculate for His Royal Highness the Crown Prince again.
I think that with the Feng Shui treasure land of the East Palace, if we can get the help of a noble person with wind-catching ears, everything will go smoothly and everything will be unfavorable."
Eunuch Zhao raised his eyes and looked at Xu Shiming again, and the corners of his mouth finally curled up slightly.
"The dinner is about to start, you should go back first."
…
The dinner for the prince was held in a private room in Guweizhai, which was not open to the public on weekdays and was only held when distinguished guests visited.
It was only after Wang Yuchu came to Longchang Academy this morning as instructed by Zhu Lan that he learned that today's distinguished guest was actually His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.
In the back kitchen of Guweizhai, Wang Yuchu and a group of kitchen helpers had been waiting there for a long time. In front of him stood four or five eunuchs in palace robes. Both sides were holding spatulas and kitchen utensils in their hands, but there was a tense atmosphere.
Wang Yuchu was tricked out of the palace by Liu Youde, the chief steward of the imperial kitchen. The leading eunuch in front of him was Liu Youde's direct disciple, and now he is the chef of the prince's Eastern Palace.
The chef recognized Wang Yuchu and immediately started to talk nonsense.
"Oh, who was it? It turned out to be Master Wang. Tsk, tsk, tsk, this academy really has no rules. Any common cook can cook for His Royal Highness the Crown Prince?"
Wang Yuchu held back his anger. This guy had helped him when he first entered the imperial kitchen, but he turned against him so quickly.
"We were specially invited by Ouyang Supervisor to entertain His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. How dare you stop us from cooking?"
"Tsk, what's a dean? All he has are things that are not presentable."
"You--!" Chef Wang Yu angrily raised the big spoon in his hand, but was stopped by the people behind him.
"What's going on?" Eunuch Zhao's shrill voice rang out, and the kitchen suddenly became quiet.
He stepped over the threshold and glanced at the chef with some displeasure: "What an unruly person."
The chef immediately lowered his head and dared not say a word.
Eunuch Zhao said, "The kitchen is so big, there is no room for you. Let's split into two groups and do our own work."
…
Qin Yuwei had changed out of her wet dance dress and put on her academy uniform again.
She knew that the prince and others would have dinner at Guweizhai, but the area was guarded by the East Palace guards, so she could not get close, so she waited silently not far from Guweizhai.
Qin Yuwei was not completely sure whether her plan would succeed. She knew that the prince's people would definitely investigate her background, and her current situation... was indeed a bit bad.
Just as Qin Yuwei was thinking about whether there was any other way, she suddenly heard Xu Shiming's voice.
"I've been looking for you for a long time. So you are here."
Xu Shiming walked up to Qin Yuwei and scratched his head, seeming to be at a loss for words.
"Um... there's something I might need your help with." Xu Shiming smiled awkwardly, "Can you lend me some silver?"
Qin Yuwei nodded and asked him how much he wanted.
Xu Shiming stretched out five fingers.
Qin Yuwei asked: "Fifty taels?"
"Five hundred taels..."
Qin Yuwei took a deep breath and asked, "What do you want so much money for?"
Xu Shiming looked around and saw that there was no one around, so he whispered, "I...I want to enter the East Palace."
Although they all knew from Zhu Lan that the Crown Prince might be trying to seize power from the Third Prince, this information did not seem to be of much use.
As long as power exists, struggle is inevitable.
If we wait until the situation becomes clear before choosing a good tree to perch on, it would seem like hindsight. Besides, who knows how long this process will take?
Xu Shiming didn't want to wait for decades, he planned to seize the opportunity in front of him.
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