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The journey back was an extremely lively one, so lively, in fact, that even someone as patient as Chen Ping'an was beginning to run out of this virtuous quality.
All of this could be attributed to the little boy in azure, who was even more of a chatterbox than Cui Chan.
Winter was just beginning to set in, and Chen Ping'an had been traveling with the two children for five days up to this point. The three of them were slowly making their way along the chilly official road, and the little boy in azure was beginning to harass Chen Ping'an again. "Master, once we get to your home in Dragon Spring County, can you spare me from servant duties like sweeping the floor and making the bed?
“It's a little embarrassing, and if those bastards here in the city hear about what I'm doing, they'll laugh at me for the next few centuries! If my reputation gets swept to the ground, I won't be able to rule over those demons and water ghosts with authority anymore. Around these parts, everyone knows my name, and I can get whatever I want here!"
Chen Ping'an merely pretended not to be able to hear the boy as he knew that providing any response would lead to instant disaster.
However, the little boy in azure remained unfazed as he continued, "If you don't believe me, you can ask that silly girl. Even the officials and nobles in this city revere me as a deity. Granted, the prince that's living in this city is a bit more arrogant, and I can only say that he's relatively polite to me, but he's very close with my brother, and they're often enjoying themselves somewhere together.
“Now that I think about it, you should've visited my place before we left the city, Master. I would've had to have kept your arrival a secret. Otherwise, and I don't mean to boast, but if I made an announcement that my master was visiting, then a massive welcome ceremony would've been arranged for you right away!"
Through his conversations with the little girl in pink, Chen Ping'an had developed a rough understanding of the personality of the little boy in azure.
He was always bullish in the way that he did things, and he was often used by the river god as a scapegoat. There were many disasters that had shaken the entire imperial court of Yellow Court Nation...
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