The Moon in the Qin Dynasty

Chapter 20 My Good Friend Yan Dan

"Only my teacher is with me. My mother is the queen and she can't come to Zhao State." Yan Dan looked a little lost when he said this.

"My mother is not the queen. She is with me in Zhao State now. You are welcome to visit my home when you have time. My mother is very kind. I will ask her to prepare delicious food for you."

"Oh, by the way, you have been in Zhao for almost two years. I heard that your father, the King of Yan, just ascended the throne two years ago. Why did he send you to Zhao as a hostage right after he ascended the throne?"

Hearing this, Yan Dan's face turned pale and his expression became very depressed. After all, he was still young and couldn't hide his emotions.

"My father only said that he wanted to be on good terms with the State of Zhao, and that's why he sent me here."

Ying Zheng combined the original history and thought: "Yan Wangxi is indeed a typical heartless person. He sent his son to another country as a hostage just after he ascended the throne. In order to maintain external stability, he directly engaged in hostage diplomacy. No wonder they played the role of father and son in the future."

"Oh, come to think of it, I really envy you. Your father is a king, and my father is just a prince."

"He often wrote to my mother, always trying to find a way to bring us back. It's a pity that he is not the king, so he can't bring us back for the time being."

"By the way, why don't you have your own hostage house? Living in a place like the Hostage Palace doesn't seem very convenient."

Ying Zheng's words secretly fueled the fire, thinking:
"It seems that King Zhao Xiaocheng does not take Yan seriously. Come to think of it, there is really nothing worth looking at in Yan now. However, he is a talent who is so bad at keeping a good face. To have done this is a bit too much."

Yan Dan shook his head: "I don't know, this is how Zhao arranged it."

"You can write a letter to your father and ask him to inform the State of Zhao to arrange a hostage house for you. This is what my father did before."

Yan Dan nodded and kept this in mind.

"You only have two servants to serve you? Wouldn't that be inconvenient?"

"It's a little inconvenient. There are two of us serving me and the teacher, and we can't handle many things."

Ying Zheng patted his chest and said, "It's a small problem. I have plenty of servants at home. When I get back, I'll send one to serve you."

Yan Dan waved his hands repeatedly: "No, what should I do?" Yan Dan didn't know how to refuse.

Ying Zheng pretended to be displeased: "We are friends, what's wrong with that? She's just a maid. When your father sends someone to you in the future, you can ask her to come back."

How much could Yan Dan understand at such a young age? The initiative was completely held by Ying Zheng. Besides, he still wanted to accept it in his heart because he really needed it.

Now Yan Dan only feels grateful to Ying Zheng, what a good friend he is. Yan Dan is extremely grateful to Ying Zheng for his generosity and help in times of need.

Yan Dan's father became the king when he was very young, but he did not expect that his father became the king while he himself became a hostage, which was worse than before.

Alone in this foreign country, I was treated indifferently.

My father didn't care about me too much. Not only did he not send more people to take care of me, he didn't even prepare more money and property. Life in this foreign country was really difficult.

A child still has some resentment in his heart, but he may not realize it now.

Ying Zheng said in his heart that it is better to plant some seeds when they are small. When the seeds grow up in Yan Dan's heart, he looks forward to the day when they will be a loving father and a filial son.

Send one of our own to be with him. We are not afraid that we will not be able to teach him wrong at such a young age. Besides, he is not very upright to begin with. It is easy to deal with such a child.

The two chatted enthusiastically for a long time. Under Ying Zheng's control, Yan Dan had been completely subdued. If it weren't for the age difference, it would have been possible to trick him into recognizing Ying Zheng as his adoptive father.

Before leaving, Ying Zheng repeatedly promised that he would send a maid over when he returned.

The two also agreed that Yan Dan would visit Ying Zheng's hostage residence when he had time. Yan Dan readily agreed and reluctantly saw Ying Zheng off. Today was a rare happy day for him.

Ying Zheng also returned home happily. Today was a day worth being happy about. "Don't blame me, Yan Dan. Although revenge has already been taken in history, how can revenge once relieve the hatred in my heart? Of course, the more the better."

"Besides, you are still very useful." This is really something to be happy about!
Ying Zheng happily ran to the backyard holding the puppy.

Zhao Ji rarely played mahjong today. Um, no, it was late, so she just finished.

"Mom, look what I brought you when I went shopping today?"

Zhao Ji was a little tired after playing for a whole day.

She was lying on the couch with her eyes closed to take a nap, and Geng Ying was massaging her shoulders and neck.

The beauty had a slender and graceful figure, a long and perfect neck, and a fair and flawless face. She relaxed her muscles under Geng Ying's palm, and the comfortable enjoyment made her long eyelashes tremble slightly.

The evening sun shines through the window, like a sunset glow draped over the beautiful rolling mountains.

When Zhao Ji heard Ying Zheng's voice, she opened her eyes slightly and said lazily, "What did you buy today?"

Ying Zheng walked into the room, ran to the couch, and raised the puppy with both hands.

"It's a cute puppy. Does mother like it?"

This little puppy has just arrived in an unfamiliar environment, and now he is instinctively a little scared and a little nervous. He makes a low whimpering sound, and his two hind legs are folded together, which is really cute.

Zhao Ji looked around at the puppy, smiled and nodded: "It's quite cute."

This smile is as graceful and beautiful as a hundred flowers in full bloom.

"Why did you want to get a puppy?"

"I don't want to raise it, I'm giving it to you. Mother, you raise it."

Zhao Ji was a little helpless: "Mother is too lazy to raise this little thing, it's very troublesome. You brought trouble upon yourself, so of course you have to raise it."

Ying Zheng put the puppy down. As soon as he put it down, the puppy wagged its tail, ran under the table and hid there.

Ying Zheng took Zhao Ji's hand and shook her arm: "Please raise the puppy for me, mother. I don't have time to study every day. Please. Besides, raising a puppy is also very fun."

Zhao Ji was helpless: "Okay, okay. Then leave it with mother, I will take care of it in the future."

Ying Zheng chuckled and said, "Thank you, mother."

As he spoke, he quietly took out the jade peony tassel hairpin from his bosom and held it before Zhao Ji:

"And this one, I carefully selected it, do you like it?"

Zhao Ji was very surprised. She sat up quickly and smiled happily for a moment. This smile was like a night-blooming flower, which was so charming that it captivated the whole city in an instant.

She took the hairpin from Ying Zheng's hand, looked it over, and couldn't let it go.

I couldn't stop praising her: "It's very beautiful, my mother likes it very much."

Ying Zheng took the hairpin from Zhao Ji and said, "Mother, let me put it on for you."

(End of this chapter)