After I got into the drama, I led the plot astray

Gongsun Wen nodded in understanding and said, "I understand. Then who is Cao Zhi?"

I didn't expect Gongsun Wen would ask for help. My interest inexplicably rose again. I straightened my back and said, "Cao Zhi is Cao Cao's third son. Do you know who Cao Cao is?"

Gongsun Wen shook his head.

I said proudly, "I have been familiar with the Romance of the Three Kingdoms since I was young. I will tell you the story of the Three Kingdoms when I have time. It is very exciting. Speaking of Cao Zhi, he was very smart since he was a child. His father, Cao Cao, was a local overlord and a great hero. Because Cao Zhi was a talented writer, Cao Cao intended to pass the throne to him. However, Cao Zhi had no intention of taking the throne at all. He liked romance, drinking and having fun. It was really difficult for him to achieve great things. In the end, Cao Cao had no choice but to pass the throne to Cao Pi. But Cao Pi was jealous of Cao Zhi's talent. After Cao Cao's death, he persecuted his younger brother everywhere. In the end, Cao Zhi died of depression."

Gongsun Wen listened for a long time before saying, "What a pity that such a talented person ended up like this."

The food was all cold and I had no appetite to eat anymore. Yiping asked Yingchun to clean up the table, change the tea and serve some fruit.

This time, what was served was a plate of fresh peaches, which were crisp and sweet. The vegetables and fruits in ancient times were so good, green and pollution-free. I couldn't help but eat two more pieces.

After drinking some tea, Gongsun Wen said goodbye.

Before leaving, Gongsun Wen said to me meaningfully, "This eunuch uniform fits you well, Ah Man."

I was so angry that I almost hit him with a teacup, but Yiping held me back.

The next day, Xiao Chunzi did not come to teach me the palace rules, and I thought the matter was over. Who knew that when Wei Chang was forcing me to jump up and down the stairs with sandbags tied to my feet, Zheng Xian sent someone to tell me that he would have dinner with the Queen Mother and the Empress that night, and asked me to go with him as a personal eunuch.

I was stunned on the spot. What did their family banquet have to do with me? Zheng Xian had so many eunuchs serving him that they could form a company. They insisted that I go with them. Was it to test how well I had learned the palace rules yesterday?

I was in a daze when Wei Chang whipped me from behind and shouted, "There are still 1,600 more lashes. Jump now."

The whip was thin and soft, and it would not leave any marks on my body, but it was painful and itchy, and it felt like being bitten by thousands of ants. I had no choice but to continue jumping with tears in my eyes. I could jump three steps from the initial jump that I could not jump even one step. But Wei Chang still mocked me for being as stupid as a pig. He said that he could jump more than five steps in three days, but it took me almost seven days to jump to the third step.

I was not convinced, so I said, "You are so capable, why don't you jump onto the roof and show me."

As a result, Wei Chang jumped lightly and jumped onto the roof of the main house. The roof was at least ten meters high!

I don't know how Wei Chang did it, but I was shocked by his move. His mouth opened so wide that an egg could fit in it!

I had no choice but to obey him from then on, because I knew that even if I practiced for ten years, I might not be able to jump onto the roof.

I only trained for half a day, and in the afternoon Xiao Chunzi came to teach me the palace rules. Because I was going to dine with Zheng Xian in the Queen Mother's Palace, there were many rules, and Xiao Chunzi was afraid that I would get into trouble, so she had to be careful.

In the palace, the eunuchs with high status like to take in apprentices, and these little apprentices are the eunuchs' cattle and horses. But Xiao Chunzi didn't dare to let me call him master. He said that Wei Da Zongguan said that I was not a real eunuch, and I could only call Wei Da Zongguan master, so that I would appear to be of a higher status.

I didn't understand the twists and turns here, but when Xiao Chunzi was teaching me, I still respectfully called him "Master", which made Xiao Chunzi happy and taught me even harder.

At about three or four o'clock in the afternoon, Zheng Xian sent someone to summon me over.

I dressed up again and put on a new set of eunuch clothes. I was quite reluctant at first, but now I don't find it annoying. But I stood too straight, and Xiao Chunzi always criticized me for not looking like a eunuch.

I was going to serve in the Empress Dowager's palace, and I was afraid that the four palace maids of the Empress Dowager would recognize me. Those four guys were a bit difficult to deal with, so I asked Wei Chang to help me disguise myself a little.

Wei Chang first applied a light yellow paint on my fair and tender cheeks, and my face immediately turned dark yellow. This skin color is very common in Dayu Country and there is no way to distinguish it. Then he applied some dark red paint on my forehead, and immediately a dark red birthmark appeared on my forehead, which seemed inconspicuous but actually affected my appearance.

After getting dressed like this, I almost couldn’t recognize myself.

I exclaimed, "Your superb makeup skills, won't they be very popular among us?"

Wei Chang didn't understand what I said at all. He put the disguise materials into the box and said, "Let's go quickly. Don't keep His Majesty waiting."

I adjusted the hat on my head, and went out with a face that I couldn't even recognize, looking heroic and confident.

Xiao Chunzi was so anxious that she kept shouting behind me: "Bend down, walk more slowly, and don't take big steps."

I have been in the palace for so many days, but I haven't even left the gate of Chang'an Palace, let alone the Hall of Supreme Harmony.

I am a homebody, unlike Yiping who likes to wander around. In addition, Wei Chang trains me to death every morning, noon and evening, so I don’t even have time to go out.

Although Chang'an Palace is not very far from Taihe Palace, it still takes half an hour to walk there.

What Yi Ping said was right. In all areas of the Hall of Supreme Harmony, there was a guard post every three steps and a sentry every two steps. There were also mobile guards patrolling in turns. The defense was so tight that if a fly flew in, it would probably be poked into a sieve.

Xiao Chunzi lowered her head, bent her waist and led the way. Xiao Chunzi had been in the palace for so many years, but she still walked with trepidation, because every few steps she would encounter a patrol post asking for a token. Every time, Xiao Chunzi obediently took the token to the other party for inspection, and was allowed to pass only after it was clear.

We walked and stopped like this, and the journey that was supposed to take a few minutes ended up taking us half an hour.

Xiao Chunzi led me through a long corridor before we arrived at the main entrance of the palace.

Zheng Xian's bedroom was in the center of the Hall of Supreme Harmony.

As soon as I walked to the main entrance, I was shocked by the building in front of me.

There is a large square in front of the main entrance of the palace. The white, clean marble floor is polished to a shine and translucent, almost like a mirror. Under the eaves of the palace, there are eight marble columns that are so big that two people can't hold them together. Each column is carved with different patterns. Some are carved with two dragons playing with pearls, some are carved with dragons flying in the sky, and some are carved with two dragons going out to sea... The exquisite carvings and complex patterns dazzled me.