How to Survive As a Villain

Chapter 16
The sky was cold and grey, It was early winter, and the weather was becoming colder day by day.

In the early morning light, the sound of a chicken crying three times could be heard, most of the servants and maids in the palace haven’t yet woken up. Meanwhile, Yan Heqing had picked up the broom and was ready to start his work of sweeping the snow at the courtyard.

In the yard, the thick snow covered the tree branches and railings. At a first glance, there was a vast expanse of white mixing up with the sky, except for a red plum at the corner of the courtyard, which was very bright and eye-catching.

Seeing no one around, Yan Heqing took the broom as a sword and danced a beautiful sword posture technique.

Yan Heqing calmed his emotions and swept the floor diligently, after half an hour, the snow in the courtyard had been swept away by him. Just when he was about to return to his room, a snowfall suddenly hit him in the head.

Inside the snowfall was hidden a stone. The pain exploded on Yan Heqing’s forehead, and when he reached out to touch it, sure enough, he saw blood on his fingers.

“Hahaha.” Two lowly slaves pointed at Yan Heqing and started laughing.

“Hello, surnamed Yan, I hear that his Majesty saved you not long ago, so why don’t you go to Jing Yang Palace?” The little fatty said while laughing, with extreme mockery.

“You see how he looks with a charcoal face all day long, can His Majesty even look at him?” Another sneered.

Yan Heqing’s face was extremely cold, he didn’t said a word and turned away intending to enter inside his room.

“Hey, don’t go”. The fatty slave quickly stopped him. “We just want to talk to you”.

Yan Heqing bowed his head and wanted to bypass him. Another slave reached out and grabbed Yan Heqing’s back collar pulling him back: “Oh, embarrassed, right? Have you seen his Majesty’s temper? You can’t even talk about it?”

“That’s right.” The fat servant wasn’t happy with this and brutally pushed Yan Heqing.

However, even if he was insulted like this, Yan Heqing wasn’t angry at all and endured everything silently.

In a darker hidden place, eunuch Zhao, who was seeing everything, frowned.

“Eunuch Zhao, I think this man is such a coward, he won’t even avoid suffering”. Feng Guanshi, the one that made Yan Heqing kneel on that snowy night, whispered to eunuch Zhao.

“Humph, fool.” Eunuch Zhao glanced coldly at him.

Feng Guanshi was being a flatterer. To try to steal a chicken only to end up losing the rice used to lure it*, he didn’t wanted to become like that. He immediately blushed and tightened his neck. (T/N: 偷鸡不成蚀把米, an idiom, by trying to gain an advantage only to end up worse)

Eunuch Zhao held his hands behind his back: “The ones that can tolerate pain are the most terrifying. Take a good look at his eyes”.

Feng Guanshi quickly extended his neck and looked over.

Because Yan Heqing kept his head down, it was difficult to see his eyes, but occasionally when he looked up, his eyes were full of perseverance and fearlessness, like the sharp blade of a sword, like the burning fire, like the running rivers and the sea, more like the spine of the mountains that hadn’t break for hundreds of millions of years.

At one glance, though, one couldn’t help but shiver with fear.

“This …” Feng Guanshi was stunned.

“You understand now? This man is a caged beast. If one day he’s able to escape from this prison, he will tear and crush anyone that had hurted him to pieces, he will swallow it down, no residue will be left!” Eunuch Zhao’s eyes narrowed slightly, his tone dangerous, “This person… must never stay”.

“Eunuch Zhao, what’re you suggesting?” Feng Guanshi made a decapitating gesture.

Eunuch Zhao shook his head: “Although the Inner Court doesn’t lack servants, his Majesty won’t pursue anything, and after all, he’s the prince of the Southern Yan Kingdom. Nonetheless, he was saved by his Majesty several days ago, so we can’t touch him, the best way to deal with a beast is not to kill them”.

Feng Guanshi bowed respectfully: “Eunuch Zhao, please enlighten me.”

Eunuch Zhao said slowly: “For such a wolf-like man, only by grinding off his claws, pulling out his fangs, breaking off his spine, make him become a servile servant bit by bit, make him knelt on the ground for his entire life, so that he could no longer stand, only like this we will be able to rest assured. Feng Guanshi, do you understand?”

“This servant understands.” Feng Guanshi leaned down again.

“Go ahead if you understand.” Eunuch Zhao waved his sleeve and turned away.