Chapter 209: Advice to the People Around Sang Zhi
The young eunuch stood up, a little timidly.
"In the palace?" Ye Qianning asked.
"Yes." The young eunuch's voice trembled a little.
Ye Qianning saw that the young eunuch was only about fifteen or sixteen years old, and seemed to have just entered the palace. He seemed to be not yet familiar with the etiquette and words.
"Who sent you?"
The young eunuch knelt down again upon hearing this and said, "I am the servant of the Eighth Prince."
Sang Zhi?
Ye Qianning was a little surprised.
"The Eighth Prince asked me to give this to Miss Xiang." The young eunuch took out a package from his arms.
Ye Qianning took it and opened it with her little hands. Inside was a porcelain vase and two shining gold ingots...
She looked really poor, even the old-fashioned guy knew to give her gold.
Ye Qianning opened the porcelain bottle again, and inside were a few very small black pills. She put her nose close to it and sniffed it. It turned out to be a top-quality medicine, an excellent thing for treating knife wounds.
“This bottle of medicine…”
"I don't know what it is. I just came to deliver medicine." The young eunuch thought there was something wrong with the medicine, and knelt down in fear and kowtowed continuously.
"... Is this how you serve the Eighth Prince?" Ye Qianning couldn't help but frown. Was he sure he wasn't stabbing Sang Zhi in the back?
"This servant... this servant has just been in the palace for a month."
"How many people serve in the Eighth Prince's courtyard?"
"There was... a nanny, a palace maid, and a eunuch. The eunuch passed away a month ago, and I was assigned to the Eighth Prince's Courtyard."
"Didn't the eunuch teach you the rules when you entered the palace?"
"Yes... the steward said that we should kowtow when we meet an important person."
Ye Qianning stared at him in thought. The inner court steward assigned a new person to Sang Zhi. This young eunuch had made several mistakes since he entered the palace. If he met an important person in the palace and made a mistake, Sang Zhi would also suffer.
"Luo Xuan, go to the palace and ask Eunuch Li for a capable steward."
Luo Xuan was a little puzzled: "Miss, what do you want to see the steward?"
"Give the old-fashioned little follower some training."
"Yes." Luo Xuan left.
The young eunuch knelt on the ground, trembling with fear: "Please spare my life, young lady, please spare my life."
"Stand up." Ye Qianning said.
The young eunuch put his head on the ground, not daring to move.
"Get up, there's no need to be so scared."
The young eunuch hesitated for a moment before slowly getting up and standing beside him trembling slightly.
Seeing that his face turned pale with fear, Ye Qianning felt a little pity. He looked like a teenager, very thin but fair-skinned. Who would enter the palace to be a eunuch unless he encountered trouble?
"Don't be afraid. The palace is different from the outside. There are many nobles and rules in the palace. If you encounter something, you can't just kowtow."
"Yes..." The little eunuch nodded.
"You've been with the Eighth Prince for a month, so you should know a few things about him. You must not make any mistakes while serving him. You must know that once you enter the palace and accept the master, you are no longer yourself. If you make a mistake, it is the master who will be implicated. Do you understand?"
"I know, I know." The young eunuch nodded.
"You just entered the palace and don't know anything. I asked someone to invite the eunuch here to teach you some palace manners and behaviors. You don't have to be afraid." Ye Qianning said softly.
Those with ulterior motives in the palace are most likely to use these things to cause trouble. Even if the master does not benefit from it, they will misinterpret it as if the master benefits from it.
Therefore, it is very important to employ the right people in the palace. Smart ones can avert danger, while clumsy ones may do the wrong thing or say the wrong thing, and even bring disaster upon their master.
Sang Zhi was already stupid enough. If he had such a reckless and timid father-in-law around him, he might be wiped out one day.
The young eunuch was a little surprised when he heard this, with a hint of red in his eyes.
"What's wrong?" Ye Qianning noticed something strange.
(End of this chapter)
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