Imperial Uncle, You Must Be Eating Pig Skin Quite Often

After court ended, the two ministers who were going to inspect the Northwest and the South were taken away by the regent. Since they wanted to handle his little Emperor's matters, they had to be threatened once. If those people intended to take this opportunity to commit corruption, it might be better to cut off the buds earlier.

"Who is going to the South, and who is going to the Northwest?" The regent's words were direct. These people were not his little Emperor, so there was no need to give them any face.

The two men, that were taken away by the regent, were deathly pale. Before, they believed that the regent wasn't satisfied with their actions just now in the court, and intended to threaten them. But now, looking at the situation, it didn't seem to be the case?

"Your servant, your servant is willing to go to the Northwest." Song Lu stealthily glanced at the regent's expression, and his heart became uncertain in an instant. This ugly expression of yours… In the end, did you intend for us to go, or not?

"Your servant is willing to go to the South." Li Huan secretly gritted his teeth. He became a minister to resolve his hometown's waterlogging issue. And now that there was an opportunity, he wouldn't be willing to give it up even if the regent reproached him.

"Since you have accepted this job, then you have to finish it properly for Benwang. If you let Benwang to become aware that you two are muddling through your work…" the regent's eyes narrowed and he released a scornful laugh, "Benwang will definitely make you regret being born into this world."

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The two men, Li and Song, were dumbfounded as they looked up at the regent who just spoke. Based on what was said, had they misunderstood? The regent didn't drag them out because he wanted to yell at them or reproach their actions, but because he was worried they wouldn't do their tasks properly?

"What are you looking at Benwang for?" The regent looked at them with a fierce face, and spoke coldly, "If the silver isn't enough, then look for Benwang. If the food isn't enough, then find those squires who oppressed the villages. Could it be that you need Benwang to teach you two?"

"No, no need," the two men hurriedly restrained their expressions and showed that they had understood, "This small official will definitely exhaust all means to share the regent's burdens."

"What does this have to do with Benwang? The two of you are His Majesty's officials, not Benwang's officials." The regent's eyes, which seemed like those of a dead fish, stared at the two men, "Both of you… A loose tongue spells trouble. Be more careful when you speak from now on."

"The regent's words are right." The two men weren't only lightly frightened by the regent. At this moment, whatever the regent said, was what should be done. The two men didn't dare to speak at all. They couldn't understand what the regent's interests were, but right now, it would be best for them to not speak up against whatever was said, and just listen to the regent.

"From this day on, whatever His Majesty orders you to do, it must definitely be done beautifully. If it isn't, then watch out for your head." After saying this, the regent flung his sleeves and left. Mm, he needed to go find his little Emperor. He had left for such a long time, and he didn't know whether his little Emperor missed him.

After the regent walked quite a distance away, the two men gazed at each other helplessly. Based on these words, the regent really wanted to ensure that they properly handled their tasks?

"Li daren, this…" The situations of both Song Lu and Li Huan didn't have that much of a difference. The South's waterlogging, or the Northwest's drought… That's why Song Lu had dared to stand up at that time and take on this task.

"The regent has spoken. Listen to His Highness's every order." If in the beginning Li Huan's heart was unsettled, then now, he felt reassured. Since those words were those of the regent, then they could go all out.

"Li daren's thinking is really thorough." At this moment, Song Lu was also reflecting. Within the court, the one with the greatest power and influence was none other than the regent. And since the lord had said those words, telling them to use all of their efforts and went all out… Then their backer would be the regent.

In fact, the regent's original intention was to pressure these two men, and make sure that they would do their best. He didn't expect that he would be immediately been made into a backer by these two...

We could only say this: On ordinary days, the regent would act like a tyrant within the morning courts. So, no matter what you said, everyone would feel as if you were scheming something.

The footsteps of the regent after pressuring those two men were much lighter. As he went to find his little Emperor, he even thought that when he saw him, he had to kiss a certain place to make it worth all his hard work.

Feeling aggrieved simply because of having to speak a few lines… Regent, you're really terrible.

The little eunuch was a picture of unrequited love as he went along with Shao Qian to the imperial study. The tears within his eyes pooled, threatening to drop down. Shao Qian became gloomy. Why did he become abnormal after court was over? Did someone bully him?

"Xi Fu? Who dared to bully you?" Shao Qian felt that it was better to just ask the person by his side. It was only natural that he would feel concerned.

"Waa." The moment Shao Qian asked, the little eunuch immediately began to cry. Tears streamed down his face, "Master, you, you didn't give any face to the regent today. He… He will deal with us! What if… What if… This humble slave can't survive. Wuwuwuwu…"

Shao Qian was dumbfounded as he stared at the little crying eunuch, whose tears streamed down endlessly like the rain. His heart warmed. After all, someone who was originally sincere and honest towards the little Emperor, it was likely that there was only this little eunuch who grew up with him.

"Don't cry. It's fine." Shao Qian walked over to Xi Fu, not caring about the tears and snot dirtying his imperial robe as he hugged and comforted him, "Imperial Uncle isn't a bad person. He won't do anything to us."

"Master, you don't need to comfort this slave. Think about it… At that time, the regent didn't think of your nose as a nose, didn't treat your eyes as eyes[1], he was even glaring at you at every turn." The little eunuch was taller than the little Emperor by quite a bit. It was unknown whether he had cried until he became a fool, but his courage also grew larger. He actually dared to turn the tables and hugged the little Emperor… "Master, let's sneak off! We can't let the regent catch us."

The regent, who was full of joy and wanted to be rewarded, had just reached the doorway and heard these words…

The regent's joyful eyes immediately turned cold. Who was without eyes and wanted to run off with his little Emperor? He must really felt that living was troublesome…

With a black face, the regent immediately pushed open the door. Just as he was about to speak, he saw his little Emperor being hugged by a fearful little eunuch. The eunuch who wasn't afraid of death even hid his little Emperor behind him.

"Y-Y-Y-You… Don't come over! I, I, I'm not scared of you!" After the little eunuch hid his master behind him, he grabbed a brush with trembling hands and pointed it towards the regent who was walking over, "Y-Y-You… If you come over, I, I won't be polite!"

Shao Qian stood behind the little eunuch and grinned at the regent. His meaning couldn't be more obvious: If you dare to act against him, then I'll dare to act against you.

Could the regent understand the little Emperor's expression? He really did. Just as he was about to swing his hand, he paused, before stiffly changing his motion to pat the eunuch's head. It's just that, since you had a black face as you pat someone's head, it would let others think of something else.

At least, Xi Fu was amongst those who misunderstood. He thought that the regent was patting his head to determine a suitable place to cut from. Thinking that he was going to die anyway… If he didn't fight back, then he wouldn't be able to face himself.

The evil eunuch, that emerged from an overabundance of courage, struck the brush across the regent's face, leaving behind a streak of bright colour. After that, he burst into tears as he hugged his master, wailing, "Master, this slave can't take care of you. In the next life, this servant will still be your servant."

Shao Qian swept his eyes over the regent's ink-stained face, and when he saw his expression quickly darkening to become the same colour as the ink, he wasn't able to endure it anymore… He laughed.

The regent was furious! In his mind, he had already tortured this little eunuch in all sorts of different ways. He was just thinking of teaching him a lesson when his little Emperor wasn't paying attention, when he heard his little Emperor's resonant laughter. Instantly, the flames of fury was extinguished by this laughter.

Even if he was smeared with black, as long as it could be exchanged for his little Emperor's laughter, it would be worth it.

"Xi Fu, it's fine. Go on first. Imperial Uncle isn't a narrow-minded person." After saying that, Shao Qian also glanced at the regent.

"Hurry up and scram! If you don't scram, I'll really get someone to beat you." The regent immediately stepped forward and pulled the person away. Holding him by the collar, he opened the door of the imperial study and threw him out. "Don't disturb Benwang and His Majesty. If you do, then I'll get people to send you out of the palace."

As Shao Qian listened to his fool threatening someone in all seriousness, he wanted to laugh. How could he be so childish?

"Xuan-er." The regent locked the palace door and walked up to Shao Qian in a few steps. Pointing to his ink-stained face, he spoke with a blank face, "Your eunuch bullied me."

Shao Qian couldn't bear it for even a second, before he burst out laughing. He found that his partner in this world really had the talent to become a poker-faced comedian. Saying these words as if he was greatly wronged with an expressionless face, it was really a great killing tool.

"Xuan-er's heart doesn't ache for Imperial Uncle. Imperial Uncle is sad." With an ink-stained face, the regent carried the little Emperor and sat down on the chair. He brought his ink-stained face and rubbed it against the little Emperor's tender and smooth face. Only after seeing that his face was also stained with the ink, did he then nod in satisfaction, "Xuan-er's face is also dirty. Imperial Uncle will help Xuan-er wipe it away."

"Imperial Uncle, you must be eating pig skin quite often." Shao Qian couldn't help ridiculing.