"Your Majesty, calm your anger! Yan Qi dares not utter a single deceiving word, everything spoken is the truth. Although our Yan Family employs twelve superior farmers, each of them excels in only one or two planting projects. Some are good at weeding, some at loosening the soil, two are skilled at sowing seeds, and others specialize in planting just one of these: wheat, maize, or tea. None is expert in all aspects."
Yan Qi knelt on the ground without daring to raise his head.
Still, he stated his true opinions, never daring to deceive his master.
"Stand up! Sit and talk."
The elder's tone became much more gentle, which allowed Yan Qi to breathe a sigh of relief.
To serve the king is to walk with a tiger.
As an underling or a servant, one's fate is actually not in one's own hands.
All status, wealth, and power are bestowed by the master.
A single word could uproot one's very foundation.
