Adoption brings disaster

It is said that anger is very harmful to the body. I was so angry with the young master of Zhaixing Tower that I couldn't sleep well the whole night. I had several nightmares in a row, tossing and turning in a daze. It was really uncomfortable.

Then I dreamed that the Seventh Prince had grown up and was resentful of me for controlling him too much over the years. He wanted to kill me.

I dreamed that the young master of Zhaixing Tower looked like an immortal on the surface, but was actually a pervert at heart. He kidnapped me and tortured me.

A while later I dreamed that the Seventh Prince's hands were not honest, and he was touching me somewhere, but I couldn't resist.

I tossed and turned like this for most of the night, and finally fell asleep at three o'clock in the morning. However, as soon as the fourth o'clock drum sounded, I was woken up.

I was completely stunned when I was woken up like this. I looked at the flattering and delighted person in front of me for a long time before I realized that this person was the servant sent by the imperial concubine to serve her closely.

I felt unhappy and said with disgust, "What's the matter?"

The man had come to tell me the news, but seeing that I was dazed and the Seventh Prince was still asleep, he held back and kept silent. When I asked, he excitedly said, "Congratulations, Master! Congratulations, Master! News just came from the Imperial Study that His Highness's promotion ceremony will be held in half a month."

I was very confused now and didn't hear anything. After only half a month, I was no longer in a hurry and just went to bed to sleep again.

Chongguang was so happy to hear that that he forced me up and put his arm around my waist to prevent me from falling.

I collapsed on Chongguang's body, unconscious. I could feel his hands trembling around my waist. His voice was much higher than before. He said, "Rewards! Everyone who serves in the pavilion will receive fifty taels of silver."

When I heard what he said, I suddenly came to my senses and cursed in my heart, what a spendthrift.

He didn't know how many servants there were in this pavilion. There were fewer before, but after the plague incident, the imperial concubine stuffed a lot of people in. Now there were at least forty servants in the pavilion.

This servant was rewarded fifty taels, so the entire pavilion must have been rewarded at least two thousand taels. If it weren't for the great wealth of the Zhenbei Wang family, the Seventh Prince's squandering method would have squandered all the gold and silver.

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone inside and outside was in an uproar, shouting louder and louder, "Thank you for the reward, Your Highness. May Your Highness be blessed with good health and happiness."

"It's better to arrive at the right time than to arrive early. Meet His Highness the Seventh Prince and His Highness Yuanqing." A eunuch said as he walked into the room with small steps, pinching his fingers together.

"Reward, reward everyone." Chongguang is in a very good mood now. No matter who it is, as long as they say something auspicious, they will be rewarded.

The eunuch, having received the reward, also hurriedly expressed his gratitude, "Thank you, Your Highness, for the reward."

Chongguang was delighted and said, "If you do Yuanqing's job well, I will give you a reward."

"Your Highness Yuan Qing's affairs are of great concern to us servants. Your Highness, please just wait and see. I will definitely do my best to ensure that not even a single mistake is missed."

This person cannot be persuaded, only money can persuade people. With Chongguang's generous rewards, everyone is particularly motivated.

The eunuchs in the pavilion served even more diligently, and they were also very efficient in their work, arranging many matters in a short time.

It is said that none of those who can survive in the Forbidden City are weak. These eunuchs are not only outstanding in their abilities, but also have great eyesight.

For many things, I just need to frown and they can know what I want, and then quickly give me what I want.

Although these eunuchs are extremely efficient, there are so many things to do and various regulations that there is a long queue outside.

However, the rewards given by the Seventh Prince were all real money, so everyone was not annoyed. Instead, they stood outside respectfully and lined up in an orderly manner.

At this moment, two people walked straight past the eunuchs and came to me. They saluted with a certain arrogance and said, "Your Highness Yuan Qing, we are here by His Majesty's order to report on the various matters concerning the promotion ceremony."

Both of them behaved respectfully and spoke appropriately, but it made people uncomfortable. Their expressions and details made me feel that they looked down on me.

I'm still not recovered from the anger I felt last night. I'm like a powder keg, and the two of you are like two lit matches.

I looked at the two of them coldly and said to Chongguang in my head, "I couldn't afford to offend that young master last night, so how could I afford to offend these two pedants?"

When His Highness the Seventh Prince heard what I said, he looked up at the two men, a hint of ruthlessness in his eyes. He then said confidently in his mind, "If Yuan Qing is unhappy, even if he beats them up, it won't be a big deal."

With the Seventh Prince's affirmative reply, I felt more confident and said with a smile, "You two adults are well-read and probably know the first-come, first-served rule. Please stand in the back of the queue, lest the news gets out and you become the laughing stock of the world."

They obviously didn't expect me to say that, and were stunned for a moment. The Minister of Works was furious and was about to say something, but the Minister of Rites was scheming and stopped him. He said with a forced smile, "Your Highness Yuan Qing is right. There is always a first come, first served."

I thought these two people would obediently line up at the back. After all, His Majesty the Seventh Prince is my backer. These two people should still be afraid of His Majesty the Devil's reputation.

Unexpectedly, as soon as the Minister of Rites finished speaking, he turned to the eunuch behind him and said, "Sir, we are very busy with state affairs and cannot afford to delay. Can you please..."

A eunuch is a eunuch after all. No matter how high his status in the palace or how powerful he is, he dare not compete with such a powerful official. The chief eunuch is naturally unwilling to do so, but he can only respectfully give up his position.

The two of them successfully cut in line, feeling somewhat proud. The Minister of Rites then said to the eunuch, "We've given your seat to us, so there's no room for you. Please line up at the end, or we'll be considered queue-jumpers."

How could the eunuch dare to offend these two powerful officials? Although he was unhappy, he could only say yes with a smile and was about to go to the back of the team.

At this time, an old man's voice said, "Very good, very good."

The sound was not loud, but everyone could hear it clearly, as if it was happening in the yard. However, there was no elderly person in the yard, and no one was even speaking loudly.

"Very good, very good." The voice seemed closer, as if it was right next to the ear, but there was no old man in the field of vision, not even the Taoist priest with profound skills could notice him.

"Who is making such a loud noise and pretending to be a ghost? The imperial palace will not tolerate such scoundrels as you running wild." The Minister of Works had a hot temper and shouted immediately.

"I'm not pretending to be a god, nor am I playing tricks. I'm just a Taoist priest who knows a little about divination."

Everyone was a little nervous about the old Taoist priest who suddenly appeared in front of us. The Taoist priest's murderous aura came from the roof. Chongguang stood in front of me, and Ada had also rushed up.

The old Taoist priest just yawned and Ada stopped. No matter how hard he tried, he couldn't move forward at all.

After the old Taoist priest yawned, Ada returned to his original position, as if everything that had just happened was just an illusion.

The old Taoist priest bowed and said with a smile, "I am the owner of Zhaixing Tower. Yesterday, my useless disciple upset His Highness, so I came here today to apologize."

As the saying goes, you shouldn't strike a smiling face, especially when it comes to an old man who is said to be almost a hundred years old. I quickly stood up and said, "The promotion is not a big deal, but I'm really sorry that you, the host of this post, have come all this way."

"It's not that I came here specifically. My useless disciple said that he couldn't see through His Highness, so he asked me to come and see him today. It's also official business."

When the Minister of Rites saw that the old man was the owner of Zhaixing Tower, he wanted to flatter him, but the noble character of a scholar forced him to put on airs and said, "Respecting the elderly and loving the young is what scholars of our generation should do. Elder, please stand in my position."

The old Taoist priest glanced at the Minister of Rites, and his expression immediately became disdainful, just like the look his apprentice had when he first looked at me yesterday. It was obvious that he was about to say something.

As expected, the Taoist priest started his conversation with ridicule, "I don't have any official business to attend to, so you can wait in line."

I looked at the old Taoist priest's expression, which was exactly the same as that of his apprentice who deserved a beating. However, as long as I wasn't the one being disliked, I still enjoyed watching the fun.

However, it seemed that this old Taoist priest was even more difficult to deal with than his apprentice. The two ministers were not unhappy at all. Instead, they happily ran to the back to line up.

I was a little disappointed when I saw that they didn't have a conflict and the two ministers didn't even look unhappy.

But soon I was no longer disappointed, because the old Taoist priest, like his apprentice, was like a starving ghost reincarnated, and asked the kitchen to make him ten roast chickens.

The old Taoist priest ate the roast chicken faster than his apprentice, and it was not known whether he did it on purpose, but all the bones were left on the two ministers.

When the two Shangshu came to me, they could no longer be recognized as Shangshu. Their clothes were greasy and they looked like cooks. Their heads were full of chicken bones and they looked no different from Shamatte.

I am a person with strong self-control and usually don't laugh, but they looked so funny that I really couldn't help it. I had to lower my head and laugh secretly.

I was laughing so happily that I didn't notice the fierceness in their eyes.

There was actually nothing special about these two ministers coming here. The Minister of Rites came to inform me of the process of the promotion ceremony, and the Minister of Works came to inform me because the Qianqiu Pavilion needed to be renovated. I really don't know what the two of them were trying to do by standing in the sun for half a day.

Although I don't like both of them, I still have to send them off and show respect to them by being polite given their positions.

I didn't expect that my action would make the host dissatisfied with them again. He said, "Do you two have no legs or are you blind? You still need others to carry you."

As I listened to the old Taoist priest's words, my temples throbbed. He was already this old, why did he still talk like that? It was really unscientific that the Zhaixing Tower had not been destroyed.

I wanted to say something to ease the atmosphere, but I didn't expect the two ministers to be extremely excited and saluted the old Taoist priest, then strode out, still muttering that the immortal was talking to me.

I looked at their crazy fans and thought to myself, no wonder that guy couldn't even afford to offend Chongguang yesterday. If I disrespect this old Taoist priest today, I'll be the one who can handle it if I survive more than three minutes.

Thinking of this, I hurried over to the old Taoist priest and humbly said, "Thank you for waiting, Immortal."

The host was very nice to me. He didn't get annoyed at the long wait. Instead, he said, "I came here uninvited. It's not you who made me wait so long."

The old Taoist priest was very polite, and I wasn't sure what he meant. I could only say, "Sir, please tell me what I want to do."

"Your Highness is too polite. I just came to see Your Highness. It's nothing important."

Look at me? Could it be the same opinion as yesterday? I quickly asked Chunyu and the others to clean up the yard, and respectfully asked the old Taoist priest to draw the formation.

The old Taoist waved his hand and said, "Don't bother, I've already read it."

As the saying goes, flattery never wears out, and I immediately transformed into a little fanboy, my eyes sparkling as I said, "The immortal's Taoism is transcendent and has reached the highest level. It's truly amazing."

The people in Zhaixing Tower don't interact with the world all year round, so even such flattery can make the old Taoist smile from ear to ear. He took off the beads on his hand and put them on my hand, saying, "Your Highness has a deep source of blessings, and it just so happens that Your Highness has been promoted. This old Taoist gives you this as a gift. I wish Your Highness good luck in everything and a long life."

"This is not it." A Da exclaimed.

Chongguang glared at Ah Da fiercely for a long time before he looked at the old Taoist priest and said with a smile, "Thank you, Immortal."

The old Taoist priest glanced at the Seventh Prince and said unhappily: "What does it have to do with you? Come and thank me or not."

Chongguang was used to being arrogant and domineering, and had never been confronted like this before. Naturally, he was very angry and kept repeating the dirtiest words I had said yesterday in his mind.

I was afraid that he would suffer if he confronted the old Taoist priest, so I quickly changed the subject. The old Taoist priest did not chat with me for long, but just said that his business for the day was done and left.

Ah Da was so surprised just now. This inconspicuous string of beads in his hand was obviously not an ordinary thing. When I saw the host leave, I hurriedly asked, "Ah Da, tell me more about this thing."

"The treasures of Zhaixing Tower have the power to exorcise evil spirits and avert disasters." The Seventh Prince tightened the string of beads for me. "This item is very expensive. Ah Da is a little unruly."

When I heard the price was quite high, I immediately became interested and asked, "How much can this thing sell for?"

"This item is only made in Zhaixing Tower. It's in short supply. According to records, Emperor Taizu once sold it to raise military funds, and it fetched 400,000 taels of gold."

My god, four hundred thousand taels of gold. Even if you work as a gigolo for ten million years, you can’t make that much money.

I was so scared that I wanted to take the beads off and put them away, but I couldn't take them off. I didn't dare to take them off violently, so I just had to keep wearing them on my hand.

I don’t know what’s so magical about a necklace worth four hundred thousand taels of gold, but since it’s so expensive, there must be a reason for it.

After that day, I couldn't let it go and played with it every day. Suddenly one day, the shadow of the old Taoist priest appeared in front of me. The shadow left a word and disappeared.

Guess what it means, fate wants me to go up to the Zhaixing Tower, so that I can find a way to go home.

People always miss home. Even if everything is good now, it can't compare to the good of hometown. But when I go back and suffer hardships worse than death, I realize how ridiculous my ecstasy is. But that's all for later, so I won't mention it.

To find out what happens next, please stay tuned for the next episode.