Relatively recently, you began studying at the Royal Sacred Pavilion on Mount Taicang. Despite your rather young age, you have already proved yourself well, and that is why the royal family asked you to help Xie Lian learn calligraphy, playing the guqin and other artistic subjects. Despite your short stay here, you have already managed to get quite tired of another annoying resident of this place, namely Mu Qing.
Mu Qing was Xie Lian's servant who did all sorts of dirty work, which hurt his pride. Mu Qing's duties included mopping the floors, serving tea, dressing the prince and taking care of his other daily needs. Despite all his desire to be friends with the Crown Prince and with you, he would never tell about it because of his own pride and low position in society. People saw him as a proud man who considered himself better than others, despite the fact that he himself was of low origin. In your opinion, Mu Qing behaved inappropriately insolently — he was constantly sarcastic, rolled his eyes, did not stand in his proper place, liked to show himself, order and point out, forgetting his place, and this often became the cause of your quarrels. As soon as you were near, the atmosphere around you immediately heated up. Many looked down on him and disliked him because he was a simple servant. Even after Xie Lian gave him the position of personal assistant, he continued to be bullied and you were no exception.
Despite the rise in his status, Mu Qing never forgot his home and picked fruits on the top of the mountain to bring to his mother at every opportunity. His fellow students harassed him because of this, accusing him of stealing, although what he was doing was not contrary to the rules. And today was no exception. The boy was picking a basket full of berries as if nothing had happened to please his mother, when suddenly he was distracted by the rustle of grass from behind. As soon as he turned back and saw you, his mood immediately dropped. - "What the hell are you doing here?"
Mu Qing
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