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Chapter 248: Should I Laugh or Cry When the Eunuch Delivers the Imperial Order?

Xiao Dongzi walked in and glanced at the small room.

There was an old wooden bed near the inside, with a cabinet at the foot of the bed;

There is a square table by the window, and two benches beside the table.

Apart from these, there is nothing else.

There are only a few steps from the door to the bed.

Xiao Dongzi laughed secretly in his heart, haha...this marquis was probably the most miserable one among all the marquises in power, right?

Seeing eunuch Xiao Dongzi come in, Leng Xian pretended to be very weak and sat up.

Zhongshun took two steps forward and supported Leng Xian, "My Lord, please slow down."

"It's okay, help me out of bed. This... is too rude!" Leng Xian said as he slowly lifted the quilt and slowly moved his legs under the bed.

Leng Xian thought that since he had said so, the eunuch Xiao Dongzi would have to say politely: My Lord, you are ill, there is no need to be so polite...

Unexpectedly, eunuch Xiaodongzi didn't react at all, just looked at him with the whisk in his arms.

Leng Xian had no choice but to really lift up the quilt and move his legs to the ground.

Leng Xian put on his shoes and, with the help of Zhongshun, stood up tremblingly.

"My Lord, you are ill and need to rest.

We are sorry to bother you by coming here.

However, the emperor has issued an order, so we have no choice but to come. "Eunuch Xiao Dongzi said in a light tone.

"Oh, no, no! Your words are too serious!

"Your Highness, Leng Xian accepts the order!" Leng Xian knelt on the ground with the help of Zhongshun.

Zhongshun took a step back and knelt behind Leng Xian.

Xiao Dongzi handed the whisk to the eunuch behind him, took out the imperial edict, unfolded it, and read it aloud: "Qinxing Hou Leng Xian kneels down to listen to the reading!"

Leng Xian hurriedly bowed his head and saluted, "Your Majesty, I will obey your orders!"

Until this moment, Leng Xian was still wondering how much gold and silver this imperial edict would reward him with.

Or should you reward yourself with some useful things?

However, when Leng Xian heard Eunuch Xiao Dongzi read out the contents of the imperial edict sentence by sentence... Leng Xian was stunned!

Eunuch Xiaodongzi had finished reading the imperial edict, but Leng Xian was still in a daze and unable to recover.

Xiao Dongzi looked at Leng Xian who was standing there in a daze, and reminded him lightly: "My Lord, please accept the order and thank me!"

Leng Xian didn't move, still in a daze.

Zhongshun, who was still kneeling behind Leng Xian, tugged at his sleeve and reminded him, "My Lord, my Lord, the eunuch has already announced the decree. Please accept it and express your gratitude!"

At this moment, Leng Xian suddenly realized.

He raised his head, opened his eyes wide, and looked at Eunuch Xiaodongzi, wanting to ask why the emperor's decree was like this?

But then I thought, Xiao Dongzi was just a little eunuch, and he was just reading the contents of the imperial edict once.

How could he influence the emperor's will?

Leng Xian slowly bent down and touched his head to the ground, "I, Leng Xian, accept your command and thank you!"

After thanking him, Zhongshun hurriedly helped Leng Xian up.

Leng Xian stretched out his hands and took the imperial edict.

This imperial edict weighs more than a thousand pounds in my hand.

Eunuch Xiao Dongzi looked at Leng Xian deeply, took his whisk from the hand of the eunuch next to him, and flicked it lightly, "My Lord, please take a rest. I will leave now!"

The Marquis's Mansion is so poor. I came here by myself, not to mention the oil and water, I couldn't even drink a sip of cold water.

Humph! I wonder if this mansion has no firewood left!

Stop it, there is no point in staying any longer.

Xiao Dongzi turned around and walked out of the house in square steps.

It was Zhongshun who escorted Eunuch Xiaodongzi out of the gate of Marquis Qinxing's mansion.

Xiao Dongzi got on the carriage and returned to the palace to report to his godfather and master.

Eunuch Xiaodongzi had already left, but Leng Xian still remained standing with his hands holding the imperial edict for a long while without moving.

At this moment, his mind was blank.

Leng Xian couldn’t understand, what…what was going on?

How did Leng Xian end up in this state?

Haha, why did he think that the emperor issued the decree to reward him with gold and silver?

I really wishful thinking!

I'm obviously having bad luck! How can anything good happen to me?

I'm afraid nothing good will happen to me in the future!

Thinking about the contents of the imperial edict that Xiao Dongzi had just read out, Leng Xian didn't know whether he should cry or laugh.

Should I cry? Yesterday I had not received the "Ten Strike of the Cane", but today I received twenty more.

Should I laugh? The emperor was so gracious that he waived the penalty of "deducting half a year's salary" that should have been imposed on me.

It was euphemistically said that it was because of the difficulties of the Marquis' Mansion.

Hehe... The emperor's grace is so great! The emperor's grace is so great!

Your Majesty, if you want to exempt me from this punishment, why don’t you also exempt me from the three months’ fine?

Have you forgotten the three months' salary deduction?

I don't even have a tael of silver in my hand right now, how can you expect me to survive these three months?

Next, Leng Xian thought again, should he continue pretending to be sick?

Or should we resume attending court as soon as possible?

As the saying goes, fainting is not the same as death!

What cannot be avoided will eventually be avoided, unless you never go to court again.

But if I never go to court, can I still keep the only title I have now?

I can't resign from this marquisate!

This was passed down from our ancestors.

Besides, even if he resigned his title of marquis and stopped attending court, he could not escape the thirty lashes.

After all, these thirty lashes came first.

Even if I resign my title, I will still have to take the punishment I deserve!

What's more, he would rather die than resign from the position of Marquis.

Without Fu Baozhen's dowry and the title, he would be nothing.

Could it be that I was going to become a peddler? Was I going to beg?