bad, i'm a fool

Chapter 12 The Son of a Sinner
Seeing that Han Dongwen was eating so deliciously that he was about to scrape the bowl clean, Little Red Bean beside him was startled.

The teaching in the Yingchun Palace has always been that His Highness is physically weak, and has not had a good appetite for a long time. He often just eats some of the most exquisite meals at will, and has to go back when the rest is left.

It's not like now——

"Wow, delicious!"

Han Dongwen scraped off the last bit of the bowl with a porridge spoon, took the last piece of duck skin in his mouth, and wiped his mouth contentedly.

Then, he remembered that Xiao Hongdou had been standing by his side, and scratched his head in embarrassment:

"Today's porridge is really good. If you want it, you should try it."

Xiao Hongdou pursed her lips, lowered her head and said, "Your Highness also woke up very early today, and the imperial dining room specially made meals suitable for morning use. It's good that His Highness likes it."

Han Dongwen stood up and stretched, and Xiao Hongdou went forward to take the plate away and handed it to the maid waiting outside the hall, then came back to fetch the boiled water and made a new pot of tea.

For some reason, her movements today are much calmer than yesterday, and besides, she always likes to make tea.

"Little red bean, make yourself another cup."

Han Dongwen suddenly said seriously.

Xiao Hongdou was stunned for a moment, but nodded in agreement, and made himself a cup.

"Come on, sit down for a while, and tell me what happened after I went back yesterday."

He patted a chair in front of the desk, Xiao Hongdou swallowed, and nodded slightly.

It was not the first time she sat beside His Highness.

But she still couldn't figure out why.

"Returning to Your Highness, the maids have been notified by the Yingchun Palace last night, and they will follow His Highness's request when entering and leaving the bedroom from now on."

She hesitated for a moment, then added: "Thank you, Your Highness."

Han Dongwen nodded, and asked again: "Yesterday, you and I had a day together, what's the problem?"

Xiaohongdou blinked: "Your Highness means...?"

"I mean, I didn't make any mistakes in etiquette."

Xiaohongdou is a maid and has read some books, but it is too difficult for her to advise on state affairs.

But just because she is a maid, the rules and etiquette must be mastered. After all, for them, if there is any disrespect, failing to keep it is a disaster.

I don't know if they also learned other etiquette when they learned these palace rules?
"This... Your Highness, servant girl..."

Her face blushed a little, but it was only because of nervousness.

Mistake in etiquette?
Bad rules?
Your Highness, aren't you just a rule?

"Hey, don't call him Your Highness, and don't say slaves, just you and me."

Han Dongwen shook his head. It was alright in the movie, but if it was around his ears all day, he only thought it sounded a little awkward.

"Slave..."

Little Red Bean pursed her lips tightly.

"The way to be with the king is to obey orders and become one. You are not ministers and virtuous people. You don't have that kind of knowledge and insight. You don't have to think so much. Whatever the sage wants you to do, you should do it."

This is something that Mi Niangniang repeatedly emphasized in the Yingchun Palace.

"Slaves dare not..."

She still couldn't stand it.

Han Dongwen was stunned and sighed.

This sigh startled Xiao Hongdou.

This counts as disobedience?
What have I done!

"I, I, I...!" she said anxiously.

Han Wendong blinked and laughed, "Okay, that's it."

However, under Xiaohongdou's various prayers, Han Dongwen agreed to call you and me only in private.

Perhaps there is some truth to this, he thought, if he changed his appearance suddenly, it would only cause unnecessary troubles—he couldn't go back, so he couldn't take it lightly.

"So, what was wrong with me yesterday?"

He asked, "Don't hide it."

Xiao Hongdou's face was still a little red due to nervousness, and she took a deep breath as if to cheer herself up.

His Highness's intentions are obvious, if she says something reassuring, she will be punished for deceiving the emperor!

"Dian... You did have a few unintentional mistakes yesterday and yesterday. If you look at it according to the strictest standards, it can be more polite."

Han Dongwen's eyes widened a little.

This has been said very carefully, firstly it is an unintentional mistake, and then it is according to the strictest standard, and it is not said that it is not polite, but "it can be more polite".

Han Dongwen couldn't help but sigh, is this just office speech?
How did he know that this was simply the survival skills of maids like Xiaohongdou.

"You said."

He nodded.

"Master Wen, Master Wen Yongxing, was also your teacher when you were young. If you are a little humble, it will be more polite to treat Mr. Wen with the courtesy of a teacher instead of the courtesy of a monarch and minister."

"yes……"

Han Dongwen frowned, but he never thought that Wen Yongxing was once Wenjun's teacher.

Seeing him pondering, Xiao Hongdou thought he had some ideas, and hurriedly added: "D-Of course, Mr. Wen is educated and reasonable. After receiving the gift from your apprentice, and in front of outsiders, he will definitely return the gift and insist on treating each other as a monarch and minister. In the end, you still talked with Mr. Wen with the manner of a monarch and minister, but this back and forth is more polite."

It turned out to be the case.

To put it simply, I am afraid it is pulling.

Han Dongwen nodded: "You are very good. How much do you know about that outsider yesterday, Mr. Zhong?"

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To Han Dongwen's surprise, Xiao Hongdou talked a lot.

Zhong Lilin is the only son of General Zhong Sheng. He has been a prodigy in martial arts since he was a child. When entering the army, they ate, lodged and trained together with the soldiers.

At the age of 12, Zhong Lilin was incorporated into the Bamenxiu Department of the National Army Division, guarding Siyang, the imperial capital, for the Imperial Palace Guards.

Four years later, the pirates in Chonggang Haizhou, Simeng, made troubles, and the national soldiers suppressed it with sea soldiers.

However, the troublemakers in Haizhou are by no means ordinary pirates. They have hundreds of soldiers and excellent ships.

However, this Zhong Sheng was a faint general, with the superiority of force of many ships in his hand, he actually chased out of the Simeng territorial waters when he gave the order to chase down the pirates, and mistakenly sank the ships of Taka, a great high seas country, with the pirates, killing his life Under the circumstances, Taka has since fallen.

As a result, the big country Taka forced Simeng to "entrust" the safety of its territorial waters and commercial lines to Taka under the pretext of helping Simeng to protect the maritime business line and win-win situation, on top of the trade that had already suffered losses. And he ate it raw and went to Simeng to collect a lot of gold and silver.

Since then, the Taka ship has been wandering across the Simeng waters. Zhong Sheng felt that he could not absolve himself of the blame, and hanged himself in Haizhou port.

In the same year, Zhong Lilin, Zhong Sheng's only son, was also transferred out of the Ministry of Xiu. He was ordered by the Holy Spirit to cut off his spiritual roots to pay for his father's crimes.

Xiao Hongdou's story was a bit piecemeal, using folk tales to scold corrupt officials, if someone else listened to it, they would probably only hate Zhong Sheng, the faint-hearted general who once again lost the Simeng national fortune.

And Han Dongwen only felt a burst of cold sweat on his back.

Well, I sent his father to guard the border, and his father died there immediately in an accident, and I broke his spiritual root and sent him to sit on the bench again!
How dare I drink his tea!

(End of this chapter)