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As soon as he got out of the hospital, he wailed even when he was drunk, "Gold, that's gold, I haven't touched that much money yet!"

Yunxiu chuckled and looked left and right. It was almost curfew and no one was moving around in the courtyard. He found a clean place, took off his robe and spread it on a bluestone board, and helped Ma Cheng to sit up. , then smiled and said: "Then why didn't you answer it just now? What are you calling now? The money is not very good. Xiaoer is right. When you enter the palace, there are many people. If you are seen, we These little eunuchs have so much gold on their bodies that they can't tell.

Yunxiu sat down next to Ma Cheng, and continued: "You forgot, Li Ming in the inner school was wronged by Eunuch Hai because he hid a copy of "Yuhua Collection" on his body, saying that he was a teacher from the Ministry of Rites. In the end, the roommates couldn't stand it anymore, and they jointly acted as a guarantor, saying that it was Li Ming who took it outside the palace, and that it was reserved for him by his father before he died. Thinking about it, this saved Li Ming’s life. It’s just a book that received a whip, if you hold so much gold and let those people who have nothing to do to see it, you think it’s a big crime.”

Lian Zui pushed him with a smile, and muttered: "I'll just shout twice. Don't push me. Aren't you greedy? That's real gold and silver. I don't know how much gold is shining."

Zhao Qing snorted, "It's a pity to buy things that are popular. One grain of poison, one hundred and ten taels of gold, bought the lives of five of us, and it's a cheap sale."

Xiaoer knew Zhao Qing's heart best, they had nowhere to spend the gold after they took it, a young eunuch who had no power and power, just entered the palace, had so much gold in his pocket, and if he spent it, it would arouse people's suspicion. There is no harm but no benefit, and it will make Zhao Qing feel unhappy. It is better to let Gu Yuanwu know that he is using his power to force Xiaoer and the others to agree. They are actually unwilling. Yes, if it wasn't for Ma Cheng's illness, he had to take medicine and hang himself every day, and he wouldn't be able to do heavy work anymore; if Gu Yuanwu hadn't threatened their parents and relatives, they wouldn't have been involved in the palace at this moment. to the fiercest struggle in the world.

"It's all my fault..." Ma Cheng blamed himself endlessly. After raising him for more than a month, he could barely walk on the ground.

Lian Zui regretted talking too much, and hurriedly said: "Let's be sworn brothers, I have regarded you as my brother, what harm is there, my brother is willing to be harmed by you, isn't that okay?"

Yunxiu glared at him, "What nonsense, it won't hurt anything!"

He also persuaded Ma Cheng: "Don't think about it, my brother, we are at ease when you are good. We have already lived a pitiful life, and I can't bear to lose one more."

Xiaoer also persuaded him a few words, only Zhao Qing didn't say anything, just put his hand on Ma Cheng's shoulder and patted him hard.

Ma Cheng became more and more sad, because he blamed himself for speaking too much that day, otherwise there would be no such bad things that happened later.

They are going to enter the palace tomorrow, and they don't know how many difficulties and obstacles are waiting for them. This moment of tranquility is really rare for them. The children are leaning against each other, sitting on the bluestone slab, facing the crescent moon in the sky. Gossip.

"If I can really get to the official rank of Eunuch Gu, I will buy sweet-scented osmanthus candy every day, as well as fried ghosts, caramelized sesame seeds, lotus leaf porridge, and buy a big house. We will all live together and eat delicious food every day. spicy."

Lian Zui and Ma Cheng are the most honest, thinking that they will be able to live such a good life when they get through it in the future, and now they can continue to endure these hardships.

Yunxiu also quite agreed, but Zhao Qing couldn't help laughing, "I only know how to eat, and I'm useless!"

Lian Zui tilted his head, and retorted: "What is success? If you can eat and drink enough, you are success! Anyway, we can't marry a wife. If one person is full and the whole family is not hungry, if you don't think of a way to make yourself happy, then this What's the fun in life."

"Hey, but I heard that Eunuch Hai married a daughter-in-law, not only one house, but two beautiful girls in the house outside the palace." Yunxiu whispered, a little displeased. "Isn't he a eunuch? Then why, why..."

Unable to ask, Yunxiu couldn't help but blushed.Seeing it, Zhao Qing softened his heart a bit, he smiled and said, "You want to ask how Eunuch Hai is bridal with the eldest girl?"

Yunxiu stared wide-eyed and nodded.Zhao Qing quietly went to Yunxiu's ear and whispered a few words to him, Yunxiu blushed more and more, and after listening for a while, her blushing face gradually turned pale, and he cursed angrily: "Isn't this harmful? Why are the girl's parents so cruel?"

Zhao Qing's face changed into indifference again, and he said coldly: "Several acres of fertile land, dozens of bolts of silk and satin, plus a thousand taels of silver, with these betrothal gifts, those poor families rushed to the eunuch's house Give it away. There is nothing you can’t do for money. It’s really hard for a daughter to hold money in her hands.”

Yunxiu felt sad for a while, it was not the children's fault that they were poor, why should they be made to bear the evil consequences of poverty.

His elder sister was also married off by her parents in the same way. A fifteen or sixteen-year-old girl married a 50-year-old rich man from a neighboring village. She has never given her sister a good face, and it is common to be beaten and scolded. As long as her parents come to ask for money, her sister will be humiliated by them. Yunxiu is really distressed, so she is so cruel He made up his mind to enter the palace as an eunuch, and when he earns monthly money, his parents won't have to go to his brother-in-law to beg for money to live, and his sister will be able to suffer less beatings and scolding.

Yunxiu was sad, Zhao Qing's mouth became stupid all of a sudden, normally he could choke to death with just opening his mouth, but now seeing Yunxiu's face full of sorrow, all the words of comfort were blocked in his throat, and he couldn't say anything exit.

Still, Lian Zui and Ma Cheng couldn't stand it anymore, so they quickly changed the subject, and turned to Xiao Er: "Xiao Er, tell me, you're going to make it through, what kind of life do you want to live?"

Xiao Er looked at the crescent moon in the sky, a crescent moon was lonely, a little cold.

He stared at it for a long time before saying lightly: "As long as you don't get betrayed again, any kind of life will be fine."

Early the next morning, the eunuch in charge of the palace came to lead the people.

Xiaoer and his group of young eunuchs who entered the palace, after purification and inner school, only more than 80 were able to enter the palace alive.

I got the palace clothes yesterday. The eunuchs' clothes are distinguished by the color and the pattern on the robes. Different from the official clothes of the court ministers, the clothes of the eunuchs are mostly arrow sleeves. The wide robe and narrow sleeves are tightly lined. , It is also convenient to work.Royal blue has the highest official rank, and the lower the official rank, the darker the color of clothing. Ninth-rank eunuchs wear blue, while rankless eunuchs like Xiao Er and the others wear soap.

Everyone stared nervously at the people standing in the courtyard. The eunuch in charge held a list in his hand, which listed the palaces where the young eunuchs were going.

"Zhu Dake, Dexin Palace."

The eunuch in charge shouted loudly, and one of the young eunuchs immediately stood up, and the steward signboard of Dexin Palace stepped forward, glanced at Zhu Dake, and said, "Come with me."

Zhu Dake didn't dare to say much, and followed with his head bowed, standing near the courtyard wall, waiting for the eunuch in charge to continue to distribute.

Dexin Palace is the bedroom of Concubine De. With her as the main seat, there are three empresses in total.

The atmosphere in the small palace was extremely tense, everyone listened carefully, Xiao Er was no exception.After waiting for a long time, Lian Zui's name was reported: "Qi Lian Zui, Kang Qian Palace."

Everyone's expressions changed slightly, and the little eunuchs all looked at Lian Zui, with jealousy and envy in their eyes.

Kangqian Palace is the emperor's bedroom, even drunk there as an errand, the chance to meet the emperor is much more than that of eunuchs who go to other palaces as errands, and naturally there are more chances of being promoted and reused.

Lian Zui is reluctant to part with him, he has been with his brother day and night for the past few months.Looking back, Xiaoer and the others were standing behind, not daring to delay even when they were drunk, they hurriedly turned around, and followed the steward signboard of Kangqian Palace to the gate of the courtyard.

There are many courtyards in the palace, many people died a while ago, the palace is short of manpower everywhere now, among the eighty children, only a handful of one or two can be assigned to a palace courtyard, and most of the rest are demolished. be distributed to different places.

At the end of the reading, there were fewer and fewer people around Xiaoer. Yunxiu, like Zhu Dake, was assigned to Dexin Palace, Ma Cheng went to Shangshan Supervisor, and Zhao Qing was assigned to Juanyun Palace.

Zhao Qing's face changed color when he heard the words Juanyun Palace.Juanyun Palace, isn't this the palace where Concubine Shu lives?

Cursing Gu Yuanwu in his heart, I don't know whether he intentionally or unintentionally put himself in the palace where the enemy lives, and has to be a little bit low every day, being a slave to the enemy. Isn't this to suffocate himself to death .

The eunuch in charge yelled twice, Zhao Qing stood still, Xiaoer and the others turned pale with shock, and the steward's sign in Juanyun Palace became even more anxious, angrily said: "Who is Zhao Qing? Why haven't you come out yet!"

Zhao Qing clenched his fists tightly, his heart was overwhelmed, his father and elder brother died tragically, and now the court didn't even have an explanation.

Zhao Qing let out a wry laugh, what should he do now that things have come to an end, his previous efforts will be wasted if he makes trouble, and if he doesn't make trouble, he really has no way to be a slave to his father-killing enemy.

Xiao Er was not far from Zhao Qing, seeing Zhao Qing's face turned pale, and he was trembling a little, as if he was nailed to the spot, motionless.The steward sign of Juanyun Palace stood outside the crowd, he shouted a few times, but no one answered, he had already looked angry, if Zhao Qing didn't go out again, he might get slapped in the face on the spot.

Xiao Er took advantage of the crowd to cover her, and hurried to Zhao Qing's side, held his arm, pushed Zhao Qing forward, and whispered while pushing him: "Brother, Xiao Er doesn't care how difficult you are, I just ask you to live well." go down."

This is the first time that Xiaoer called Brother Zhao Qing. Xiaoer is a child who doesn't talk very much, and he is almost silent until he has to say something. This "big brother" made Zhao Qing tremble. , he immediately calmed down, and he was quite sober.

Yes, no matter what, he has to live on. He endured the humiliation and was born secretly, isn't it just to avenge his family, he has endured such humiliation as purging, what else can't be tolerated.

Zhao Qing turned his head back, smiled at Xiaoer, turned around, he walked firmly, stepped forward, and walked out of the crowd.The steward signboard of Juanyun Palace glared at him, and led Zhao Qing out of the courtyard.

After Zhao Qing left, only Xiaoer was left, and the steward read the name of Xiaoer until the last one: "Ruan Yunqing, Likun Palace."

Ruan Yunqing is the name Xiaoer himself chose, his body is like floating clouds, erratic, and he hopes that one day, he can move with the wind, no longer bound by anyone, and be free from restraint.