บท 60: The servant who stays at the side of the emperor!
I was dead again, on with the story...
In the year of Shen, so about 1200 for all you folks, an emperor who had succeeded the throne a mere two years ago, had successfully made an empire, with all doing his bidding without any complainers, His name is Zheng Zhou, but anyone but his mother, Empress dowager calls him his majesty.
There's a loyal servant who has served him since childhood, his name is Zhongshan Shen, But everyone calls him Zhong.
"Zhongshan," Zheng said.
"I am here," Zhong replied.
"Where have you been all day?" Zheng questioned.
"Replying to your majesty, this servant was at the Qing palace, helping and training new servants for the empress dowager, as those senior servants have gotten the illness spreading around the palace, luckily this servant is has a healthy as this servant has been...This servant has spoken to many words and rambles without noticing who this servant is talking to." Zhong replied.
"Zhongshan, you barely even talk, to begin with, what's even worse you were training new servants and risking your health. You won't even tell me, how you okay standing here." Zhang says.
"Your majesty, this servant has brought something that is forbidden to say in front of your majesty, this servant has misspoken," Zhong replied.
"There's something even my personal servant dares not say? Is it in the records of you attending in the imperial city?" Zhang asked.
"Yes, it is your majesty, But as your servant, I'd advise you not to look at it, I...This servant has misspoken, again." Zhong replied.
Zhang glared as Zhongshan, "Zhongshan, I've known you since we were children, And yet you've never told me how you blocked that arrow that day, and to this day you dare not say, even Queen mother has never know either."
"It was an order from your royal grandfather, to never Reveal my clans secrets even if it's for his majesties sake, I'm not obliged to defy the last imperial decree bestowed on me, as such your majesty, I'm afraid I can't reply to this is a manor as such, I mean—"
"Zhongshan, What country to come off?" Zhang asked.
"Japan, Your majesty," Zhong replied.
"Japan? You've come from there. I figured as your speech on are tongue is very broken." Zhang said, "Speak some words for me and tell me what they mean."
["Ohayōgozaimasu"]
"It means Good morning." Zhong replied, "Is what I would say to a casual person, as for your majesty, I would be more formal and call you by your first name and sama the most formal suffix."
"I see, you can be my translator when the Japanese shogun comes." Zhang replies "Now I have to ask why did you come from Japan to serve me, as young as I was?"
"Your majesty, Excuse this servant I must attend to other duties the fine evening, do rest at one point or another, Your majesty," Zhong replied.
"Zhongshan! You dare leave! I'll have your head!" Zhang shouted in response.
Zhongshan turned around and looked at him, calmly replied, "This servant wishes his majesty to spare this servant's lowly life."
"Zhongshan, Why did you come here from Japan, you will answer this or you will be planked, 20 times, to make you bleed," Zhong replied.
"Your majesty, I was going to have my leg checked by the physician to see if I could still walk without a cane, But if your majesty wants to know, I will tell, simply because my family wanted a better life, Your majesty," Zhong replied.
"Then your leg? What happened on that day I was spent in queen mothers palace?" Zhang asked.
"My leg was snapped, by a younger servant as punishment for not attending to your majesty, on my day off," Zhong explained.
"Zhongshan! You dare not tell me such a big matter! Your the only servant I know who doesn't complain, and what's even worse a leg of your has been healing and you haven't asked for a day off since." Zhang says.
"Your majesty, my legs is quite fine, I have to get it checked for possible cane, but if I have a cane I can't serve your majesty anymore as I would be considered a..frail in the terms used by the older servants, Your majesty," Zhong explains.
Zhang looks at him, "You tell me the name of this junior servant who so brutally snapped your leg, to the point of no mercy."
"Ah, Your Majesty, this servant is A..young lady who was the first miss of the moon family, I don't think she meant what she did and this servant thinks you should spare h—"
"Let go of me! Who do you think you are? Just cause Your his majesties servants, you think you can boss me around? Hell no you can't!" A shouty voice interrupted them.
"Kneel before your majesty! You petty servant daring to look in his majesties eyes!" The guards shouted.
"G-Greetings t-to Your majesty." She spoke with a stutter.
"Have you've known what you've done wrong? If you do, I might punish you lightly, if you plead not, then there's no hope sparing you, Zhongshan, Tell me the name of this girl before you." Zheng said.
"She is Elizabeth Solo Moon, your majesty, I don't think this is necessarily a needed thing, as you see your majesty, my life is not considered worth more then hers, Her father is General moon, the great lord, he treasures his daughter, if you were to kill her, he would no longer serve your majesty, as he has in the past few years." Zhong explained, "So please excuse her from punishment."
"You would rather enhance the women who could have crippled you, get away all cause of a mere General! Zhongshan, you have gotten soft." Zhang spoke.
"Your majesty, I haven't gone soft more like I find it useless in this matter it's not beneficial for your majesty," Zhong replied.
Elizabeth who was kneeling on the floor, [A mere servant older then I, is deciding my fate, if I had known he was the personal servant of his majesty, I would've never snapped one of his legs, now I can't even get close to being in his harem, or even make the empress Dowager favor me! This is terrible.]
"Zhongshan, Your having mercy, on a mere low-level maid, most would be horrid to her, you've become a lot softer." Zhang interjected her thoughts "Have the physician brought in."
"The imperial physician Ye arrives!" A servant shouted.
"Greetings to your majesty, Greetings to Zhong gong gong," Ye replied.
"Pleasures mine, thanks for checking my leg." Zhong smiled.
"Ye, Tell me, what's with his leg," Zhang said.
"Your majesty, it seems his leg will take longer than expected, despite him having followed my orders, it seems the damage is worse then I expected, initially I had assumed, it seems from then and this point someone has done damage to both legs but this more severe," Ye explained.
"Ah, physician Ye, this servant was punished by her highness consort Wen earlier today, for punishing a junior servant who was stealing from her highness's palace, those servants were hitting my legs." Zhong softly replied.
"I see, Your majesty it seems these servants have damaged a nerve in both legs, as it seems he will need to use a wheelchair but that would mean he can't work and get his pay, therefore," Ye explained.
"Then get him a wheelchair, Zhongshan, you dare move without it for one moment I'll chop your hands off," Zhang said.
"Yes, Your majesty," Zhong replied.
Zhang looked at Elizabeth in question, "How do you plead?"
"Innocent, innocent I swear on heaven, they can strike me down a bolt of lightning!" She shouted.
"Take her away, interrogate till she's something useful to the case, someone gets a wheelchair," Zhang said.
"Your majesty, the wheelchair has been brought," Ye spoke.
Zhongshan stands slowly, then sits in the wheelchair.
"Zhong gong gong, Her majesty, summons you." A maid spoke.
"Your majesty, May I be excused?" Zhong questions.
"Yes, You May," Zhang replied.
Zhongshan was pushed to The empress's greeting palace.
"Greetings to your majesty," Zhong said.
"Zhongshan, You're in a wheelchair." She spoke.
This is the empress, Her name is Ash Qiang Wenzhou.
"Yes, Your majesty." Zhong replied, "Due to my injuries, I can't walk or put pressure on it for some time."
"Your majesty, Zhong gong gong has been serving his majesty for such a long time, I would dare ask, who would punish his majesties, personal eunuch?" A young lady questioned.
"Consort Wen, Your majesty," Zhong replied.
"You! Have some nerve to say that I have done anything wrong against you!" Consort Wen shouted aloud.
"Zhong gong gong accusing a consort of this degree could have you killed for deceiving me," Ash replied.
"Who says Zhongshan, is Lying? Empress have you become blind in the eyes, he tells the truth." Zhang retorted.
"Greetings to your majesty." They direct in a unison way of manners.
Zhongshan, turned and glanced at the empress in question, "Your majesty, May I know why it is that this servant is here today?"
"Zhongshan, The reason the empress dares calls you when you're supposed to me, is because she accused you of lying to her about consort Wen servants bullying you and using her power for their own benefit, while she as the master is responsible for her consequences as follows, but never did, For a come here today to denounce this atrocity that has happened, so, therefore, I come here standing here on this very day, to say this, dear empress do entrain me," Zhang explained.
"Your majesty, I have investigated this matter and dare say that Zhongshan, is lying to me and your majesty," Ash spoke with a blunt tone, cocky smile grieves every time she does it. Thought by the servants who stand around her.
"Hmm." Zhong hummed.
"I have evidence on this date, June, 7, in the year of Shen, it was said you "witnessed" consort Wens servant stealing thing from her palace, For punisher according to the laws of the palace, but according to her, you were in a mood of anger and punished her for no reason, causing an overuse in authority, as I had concluded." Ash explained, " therefore, by these people accounts you have true reason to back your story."
[Congratulations main character you have met the female lead unfortunately she is extremely biased against you and will use any methods in order to ensure she has the emperor for herself and you have no reason to serve him and tell the true story how she ended up the Empress how she did really killed her predecessor, in the process.]
[Congratulations you have met the male lead, your job is to make sure he doesn't fall in love with her, destroy you in the process!] the Narrator spoke but as only Zhong only heard it.
Zhongshan sighed, [Bored]
"False, These servant lies, when I questioned them, they say it was your orders so they feared there lives, So empress You have become more cunning indeed." Zhang spoke.
["Zhang dislike of Ash-5, 20]
["Zhang like of Zhongshan +5, 20]
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