A lazy bum transmigrates and marries a eunuch – it's awesome!

Jiang Xinyu has always been easygoing and dislikes internal strife. She can't guess Xiao Yuan's thoughts just by looking at them; she can only wait until she sees him again to ask him.

When September mentioned braised pig's trotters, she also got a craving. So she decided to gnaw on some first, otherwise it would damage her beautiful image if Xiao Yuan saw her gnawing on pig's trotters at dinner.

Although her image was completely ruined when she devoured three tables of food, at least her eating manners were still relatively elegant, just in large quantities.

Eating pig's trotters is different. She dares to say that in the five thousand years of Chinese history, there has never been a beautiful woman who could make eating pig's trotters look beautiful.

I should tell the kitchen later that they shouldn't serve things like pickled chicken feet or braised pig's trotters that require chewing with your hands when Xiao Yuan is around.

If it's served on the table, she'll be torn between eating it and not eating it; it's too much of a dilemma for a foodie like her.

Jiang Xinyu, oblivious to her own worries, was busy arguing with the pig's trotters, completely unaware that her dear husband had once again fallen into a vortex of self-pity.

At this moment, Xiao Yuan was hiding in his room like a melancholy poisonous mushroom, his mind filled with two little figures, one black and one white, almost fighting each other.

The lady had said she didn't care that he was a eunuch, a statement he both wanted to believe and dared not.

He believed that his wife liked him.

Even if she tries to outsmart him or use tricks, it's still because she likes him. He can sense that when the lady kisses him, it's not forced at all, and her eyes are sparkling with tiny lights.

But the lady's liking for him probably stemmed from not knowing what his place was like.

No matter how clever and cunning she was, she was only seventeen years old. How could a young girl who had always been raised in seclusion possibly know what a eunuch was?

Once she finds out, even if he still has a purpose, his wife will want to escape from him.

Eunuchs were looked down upon not only because they were servants, but also because they had high-pitched voices and no beards.

It's because of the imperfections, imperfections that are impossible to ignore.

The world's criticism of eunuchs as "stinky eunuchs" is not just a casual remark, but a fact, because many eunuchs truly were stinky.

Castration not only strips away their dignity but also severely damages their bodies.

He's considered lucky; he only leaks a few drops when he's extremely excited or has been holding his urine for a long time.

If you're unlucky and the incision goes too deep, you might lose control of your bladder if you're not careful, and your body will always smell of urine.

Such eunuchs were basically considered useless, only able to do the lowest and dirtiest jobs, and could never hope to serve their masters and be promoted.

With his limited monthly income, he couldn't even afford extra pants; he could only buy some rough diapers to maintain his last shred of dignity.

Xiao Yuan hadn't reminisced about his past for a long time, but today he couldn't help but think about it again.

He couldn't remember how he got into the palace; he only remembered a cursing voice and a dimly lit room.

He stayed there for a few days, and was even able to eat white flour steamed buns, a rare treat, without being beaten or scolded.

As a young child who rarely had enough to eat, he thought he was finally living a good life.

Unexpectedly, a few days later he was tied to a stool, forced to drink a bowl of bitter medicine, and experienced a pain he would never forget.

When he regained consciousness, he was lying on a large kang (a heated brick bed) with more than a dozen children. The airtight room was filled with an unpleasant smell.

Each of them had a horizontal bar tied between their two ankles to prevent them from closing their legs, and a strip of cloth was tied around their mouths to prevent them from biting their tongues.

The excruciating pain that penetrated to the bone tormented him day and night, and he could only enjoy a moment of peace when he fainted from the pain while receiving medication.

His voice became hoarse from crying, and he cried until he had no tears left. At that time, he wanted to die all the time.

If you die, you won't have to suffer so much.

But he didn't die; one by one, the children lying beside him were dragged away, yet he survived.

It was more than ten days later when he left the silkworm room, but at the time it felt like a very long time had passed.

The person in charge said that these few were lucky, but no one knew how long their good fortune would last.

He was the youngest among his group of eunuchs, and because he was fair-skinned and well-behaved, his master was a little gentler when cutting him.

His aftereffects weren't severe, but he was bullied by others because of them.

In the crow's world, white is the original sin, and when everyone else wets their pants, the clean crow stands out from the crowd.

His food would be stolen, his clothes would be stolen, and his blankets were often damp and dirty.

Because of his young age and chronic hunger, he was thinner and weaker than the other eunuchs, but so what?

If his fists aren't strong enough, he can use stones; if his nails aren't sharp enough, he can use his teeth.

Even if he is beaten badly, as long as he has a breath left to get up, he will take revenge.

As a young boy, he was like a lone wolf, carving out a path to survival for himself with his not-so-strong body.

He wasn't sweet-talking, nor was he likable. In fact, because his eyes were too sinister, no palace maid ever chose him when selecting servants.

Two years later, he met his benefactor, his godfather.

At that time, he had just killed an old eunuch who tried to molest him with a chopstick, and on the way to the Shenxing Division, he encountered Xiao An, the deputy chief eunuch of the Imperial Guard.

With a few simple questions and a look that said "I like you," he became one of Xiao An's godsons.

His life underwent a dramatic change.

They have enough to eat and wear, have their own names, and can attend the Imperial Academy to learn literature and martial arts.

No one called him a wolf cub or a dog anymore; it was as if all the humiliation and malice had vanished from him in an instant.

But his adoptive father told him that they were eunuchs and that malice would never disappear.

It's just that everyone inside these palace walls is the same, but your status is higher than theirs, so those malicious people dare not target you.

When you graduate from the inner academy and go out on official business, you will realize that the malice people outside have towards you is even greater and more terrifying than that within the palace.

Don't have any illusions about any able-bodied person; from the day you became a eunuch, you were no longer considered human in their eyes.

Thinking of this, Xiao Yuan gave a self-deprecating bitter smile. He was too young back then and didn't understand what a eunuch was.

Perhaps his mistress thought similarly to him back then, believing that it was just a difference in address and body.

He was only a teenager and knew he was lacking something. Although he felt a little inferior, he didn't take it too seriously.

His writing is excellent, and he always comes out on top in martial arts.

The teachers at the inner academy praised him, and his adoptive father was very satisfied with him. Everyone at the inner academy also complimented him.

But it wasn't until he left the palace and the environment in which he was surrounded by eunuchs that he realized the outside world was different.

The person he saved during the investigation was extremely grateful to him one moment, but the moment he learned that he was a eunuch, he instantly showed contempt.

He made good friends with similar temperaments when he was hiding his identity, but when they found out he was a eunuch, those friends who said that his identity would not affect their friendship cursed him as a bad omen.

From starting his job at fifteen to becoming a minor leader at eighteen, every single one of his hopes was dashed.

Looking at his fellow palace maids who had been swindled out of their money or even lost their lives under the guise of "pairing up" with other women, Xiao Yuan finally gave up hope.

But he never expected that he, who had been in charge of the Eastern Depot for many years at the age of 28, would make another stupid mistake.

As darkness fell, Xiao Yuan sat quietly without lighting a lamp, his entire being seemingly blending into the shadows.

Touching the jade pendant his adoptive father had given him, Xiao Yuan couldn't help but mutter to himself.

"Godfather, should I take another gamble?"

No one has hugged me since you left. Her embrace was so comforting. She said she liked me.

There was no fear or disgust in her eyes when she looked at me.

How about I take one more gamble, just this once?

If I lose again, I... I'll accept my fate!