Chapter 34 - 34

The Yu father then took out what seemed like a badge and showed it to the guards. One of the guards took the badge off Yu's fathers' hand and examined it closely.

He then passed it to another guard who did the same things, the guards said something to each other then asked something to Yu's father to which Yu's father nodded his head. The boy and Zhao Yang were not close enough, so they were not able to hear what they said. However, when they reached the gate, they were allowed to go in. The boys were yet again in awe by the palace. Being up close made it look even more stunning than before. The Yu father guided the boys inside and showed them the inside of the palace. After they were done with their tour, Yu's father left the palace premises and into a house which was a few minutes' walk away from the palace, Yu's father told the boys that from now on they will be staying here, and that Zhao Yang should stay with them until he can find information about his family. The house was not big, but it was not small either. It was much bigger than their old house. It had three bedrooms, two medium-sized ones and one small one. The Yu father took the one of the medium rooms and the young Yu took the small one. Zhao Yang was left with the other medium sized room. As they did not have much stuff with them, setting up their rooms did not take much time, once they were done, they all gathered in the dining room where Yu's father went over everything.

" When I applied for the job, I also said that I might have other coming to work with me. So, Zhao Yang, if you want you can come to work with me. You will get your own pay. As the Xiao Yu the head eunuch was generous to allow you to go to a good school. Zhao Yang, if you don't want to work that fine, you don't have to worry about anything take your time looking for your family". Zhao Yang was touched by the kindness he received from the Yu family especially the Yu father. He promised himself that we will pay them back for their kindness.

The next day, Zhao Yang and the Yu father sent young Yu off to his first day of school, after that they headed towards the palace.

The Yu father and Zhao Yang were all set with a task that they must carry out throughout the day. The tasks varied from cleaning the floor, washing clothes, and doing other tasks, however, it seemed that Zhao Yang has the least amount of work, not only that they all seemed easy too. Cleaning the guest rooms seemed like a challenging job as they did not specify which guest room, however, when Zhao Yang entered into the first one it was already spotless, the floors where so shiny that he could see his reflection. Zhao Yang thought that it was just a one-time thing, however, every guest room he went to similar results were soon. There was one more guest room left, and Zhao Yang prayed that it was dirty so he can clean it. However, to his dismay, that room was also spotless.

Zhao Yang was confused, ' Who set the task of cleaning the guest rooms when their already clean, god what a waste of time'. Zhao Yang thought to himself. As he was complaining in his own world, from the corner of his eye he could see the supervisor in charge of the new worker. He was walking towards Zhao Yang. Zhao Yang thought this would be the best opportunity to tell him about how the room is already clean. However, before he could speak there was a gentle pat on his shoulders. Zhao Yang was confused.