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

The eunuch said quickly, "Don't delay, don't delay. These are the ingredients for dinner. They can be delivered before 3 p.m. It's still early now."

"I'm glad it didn't delay your work. Otherwise, if you delivered it late, your masters would punish you again." I said sympathetically.

The eunuch smiled and said, "It's rare to find someone as straightforward as you in the palace. May I ask what position you hold in the Hall of Supreme Harmony?"

What position?

I tilted my head and thought about it. I am just a big parasite who eats and drinks for free. How can I have any position?

But the positions in the palace were strictly hierarchical, and I couldn't just make it up. I really couldn't think of anything, so I nudged Wei Chang, who was following me, with my elbow and asked in a low voice, "What's my position?"

Wei Chang looked at the golden token on my neck and said unhappily, "First-class guard in front of the emperor."

I had no idea what the position of this first-class guard was, but when the eunuch heard it, his eyes lit up immediately, and he clasped his hands together and said, "I didn't expect that you are actually a first-class guard in front of the emperor. I am so rude that I didn't recognize you."

I also clasped my fists and said, "Not rude, not rude."

Wei Chang, who was standing next to me, tried his best to resist the urge to roll his eyes, his forehead trembling.

I was also a little curious and asked: "What does Big Brother's token look like?"

The eunuch carefully took out a copper token from his bosom and handed it to me, saying humbly, "I don't deserve your title of 'big brother', sir. I am just a small food distributor in the canteen. I have been here for so many years and I am only a small leader. The token is just made of copper."

I picked up the token and saw that the front of the token only had the three characters "Jiang Laiyin" engraved on it, and the back had "Catering House, Food Division". It seemed that the format of the tokens was the same, but the materials were different.

I didn't expect this eunuch's name to be so direct, even his name sounds like Laicai. I held back my laughter and returned the token to Jiang Laiyin.

I praised him, "Brother Jiang, this name really brings fortune."

Jiang Laiyin's face darkened when he heard this. He sighed deeply and said, "My parents named me Laiyin because my family was poor. But not long after I was born, my father died, and my mother followed him soon after. I had no one to rely on, so I had no choice but to sell myself into the palace to become a eunuch. If there was a way to make a living, who would be willing to be a eunuch?"

After hearing this, I felt like my heart was stuffed with a ball of cotton and it was very uncomfortable.

I said, "I'm sorry to bring up your sad memories."

Jiang Laiyin smiled and said, "It's okay, it's okay. So many years have passed, and the pain has been almost forgotten."

I looked at Jiang Laiyin's smooth face and couldn't help asking, "How many years have you been in the palace?"

Jiang Laiyin raised his head and said, "Let me think about it. I am thirty-five this year. I was sold into the palace when I was five years old. It has been thirty years since I entered the palace. It has been so fast. Thirty years have passed in the blink of an eye."

Jiang Laiyin smiled after he finished speaking.

Eunuchs don't live very long, not only because of castration, but also because they are too tired. The masters in the palace are all worried about eunuchs, who are not treated as human beings at all. Eunuchs do all the dirty and heavy work, so it's a miracle that they can live long.

I couldn't help feeling sad when I thought about Jiang Laiyin's tragic life.

I said: "Time does pass quickly. It is precisely because time passes quickly that we should cherish what we have now and not leave any regrets for ourselves."

Jiang Laiyin smiled and said, "What else can I hope for? I have no relatives, no children, and I am alone. I have nothing to regret if I die."

I didn't know how to respond for a moment, and Wei Chang couldn't help but look at Jiang Laiyin a few more times.

For a moment, everyone was speechless and the atmosphere became a little awkward.

Yiping pushed me with his hand, and pointed at the food box at his feet. I looked at Yiping in confusion. Seeing that I was hopelessly stupid, Yiping rolled his eyes at me, and bent down to open the lid of the food box. Unexpectedly, this layer was full of pastries. As soon as I opened it, a burst of delicious aroma came to my nose.

Yi Ping brought out a plate of golden osmanthus cake, put it in Jiang Laiyin's hand, and said, "Uncle Jiang, I made it myself, please try it."

Jiang Laiyin was stunned, looked at Yiping in disbelief, then looked at me, and said quickly: "This is unacceptable. I am of low status, how can I eat the food of an adult?"

After Jiang Laiyin finished speaking, he quickly stuffed the plate back into Yiping's hand.

Seeing them pushing and shoving each other, I reached out and picked up a piece of osmanthus cake and said, "We had breakfast early and are already hungry. Let's eat together."

I gave the sweet-scented osmanthus cake to Wei Chang, and then I picked up another piece and stuffed it into my mouth, saying as I ate, "Third sister, your cooking skills are getting better and better."

Yi Ping said proudly: "That's natural."

I finished my piece of osmanthus cake, and I picked up another piece and stuffed it into Jiang Laiyin's hand naturally, saying, "Eat it quickly, it's still hot. My third sister's cooking skills are really good."

Jiang Laiyin picked up the cake with trembling hands, looked at us and saw that we were enjoying the meal. He then carefully put the osmanthus cake into his mouth and took a light bite. The soft, glutinous and sweet taste spread in his mouth. He couldn't help but take another bite.

Jiang Laiyin quickly finished the osmanthus cake in his hand, and Yi Ping simply stuffed the whole plate of osmanthus cake into his hand again. This time Jiang Laiyin did not refuse, but his eyes were a little moist and his lips trembled a little.

After a while, Jiang Laiyin said, "I deliver food to various palaces every day, and I have to run several times in the morning and evening. Are you going to the horse training ground tomorrow? I can pick you up."

I was so happy when I heard this. This was like a piece of cake falling from the sky! When I wanted to sleep, someone gave me a pillow. It was so wonderful!

I quickly said, "Yes, yes, yes. I have to go to the riding field to practice riding every day. I'm worried that walking is too painful. It would be great if Brother Jiang could come to pick me up."

When Jiang Laiyin heard this, he waved his hands and said, "Sir, please don't call me big brother. I can't bear it. I can't bear it."

After getting to know Jiang Laiyin, I found that he was very good at talking. He knew a lot of gossip in the palace. He knew everything about how the masters of each palace treated people and what spicy secrets they had. He was simply a walking gossip king.

I listened like this all the way, and actually got to know about 70% of the masters of the various halls in the palace.

In fact, I was quite curious about the matter of Concubine Liu. If I hadn't said "a family with the surname Liu in the south of the city", Zheng Xian would not have become suspicious and executed the entire Liu family.

But before I could ask clearly, we arrived at the riding field.

Jiang Laiyin was in a hurry to deliver the food. After we got off the carriage, he drove away in a hurry.

I never dreamed that there would be such a vast horse training ground inside the palace!

There were hundreds of horses in a long row of stables, all of them fat and strong. Next to the stables, there was a pile of hay almost as big as a football field, which was so spectacular that it was beyond words.

The dusty horse training field seemed to have no end in sight, or perhaps no end at all.