Caihu, also known as food, is a special marriage relationship between eunuchs and maids in the palace.
Legally speaking, this is strictly prohibited. All palace residents, from the queen to the maids, belong to the emperor and cannot have other men.
But in fact, vegetable households were very common in all dynasties.
First of all, the eunuch is not a complete man, and there is no strict sense of husband and wife between the eunuch and the palace maid. For the emperor, it is not really cheated, and for the palace maid, it is not really broken. Both parties are just looking for a spiritual relationship.
sustenance on.
Moreover, this spiritual sustenance is very important. Most eunuchs have never had a woman in their lives, and most maids have never received the emperor's blessing in their lives. If they don't even have spiritual sustenance, big troubles will easily happen.
Emperor Zhaoxing once strictly prohibited eating in the palace, and even arrested more than a dozen pairs of eunuchs and executed them in public. As a result, something serious happened.
This move angered almost all the eunuchs in the palace, triggering the "Jihu Rebellion" in which the eunuchs in charge of the imperial palace colluded with the commanders of the imperial army to rebel.
Since then, Emperor Zhaoxing has never intervened in the matter of "eating". It is normal for a eunuch like Chen Shuncai to "eat" with several palace maids, but Empress Chai still has some doubts about this.
: "When did Qu Qiao enter the palace?"
Qi Anguo replied: "The palace you enter in the twelfth lunar month only lasts for more than a month."
Empress Chai narrowed her eyes and said, "She has only been in the palace for a month, and her appearance is very ordinary. Which of Chen Shuncai's eyes can see her?"
Qi Anguo smiled strangely and hesitated: "How can you say this..."
Empress Chai said angrily: "Why are you so hesitant? Tell the truth!"
Qi Anguo quickly replied: "We slaves are all imperfect people. Without that guy, we wouldn't be able to do anything real.
Qu Qiao doesn't look too handsome, but it feels solid. Even the emperor praised it, saying it is plump and white, and it must be soft and tight when held in the hand. This is better than anything else for us."
Empress Chai smiled, then frowned: "Since you were attracted by Chen Shuncai, why did you serve the emperor again?"
As Chen Shuncai, the maid he favored did not need to serve the emperor under normal circumstances.
Qi Anguo smacked his lips: "This old slave doesn't know."
Empress Chai sighed and said: "That's all, if I had known there was such a secret, I wouldn't have embarrassed Chen Bingbi.
Please tell him that since she is his own woman, please do not let the emperor see her again. This woman is unlucky and keep her away from the emperor."
Qi Anguo resigned and returned to the ceremonial department. Seeing that Chen Shuncai was not there, he called a new eunuch in charge and asked, "Xiaochuan, is Na Quqiao still in Chen Bingbi's yard?"
This eunuch named Xiaochuan is the former Bai Denglang, Shi Chuan.
Bai Denglang is the ninth grade, and the eunuch in charge is the eighth grade. Liang Daguan's family has kept their word and has indeed promoted Shi Chuan.
Shi Chuan nodded repeatedly and said: "It's absolutely true, this is what I saw with my own eyes."
Qi Anguo was still worried: "There are too many maids serving Lao Chen. Don't get it wrong."
Shi Chuan quickly replied: "It's true. I saw it with my own eyes, in the first room in the east chamber."
Qi Anguo nodded: "Okay, I trust you, Xiaochuan, eat more good food these days. You have the foundation of killing. It is not difficult to get into our eunuch family.
There is a vacancy for the eunuch in charge. I will tell Old Chen later that you will wait until you take up the post.
Also, I would like to advise your brother to accept his fate when he should, and don’t act like he’s half-dead all the time, which will attract people’s disapproval!”
Shi Chuan said yes again and again and bowed respectfully.
Qi Anguo took a sip of tea and murmured to himself: "Old Chen, you have suppressed me for five years, now it's time for me to stand up."
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Xu Zhiqiong took ten Confucian practitioners and Liang Yuyao back to the Red Clothes Camp.
"By borrowing these ten Confucianists, at least there will be one more way to cope with the situation of life and death!"
Liang Yuyao curled her lips and said, "Borrow it? It's obviously an exchange, and you have to exchange two for one."
"Be content, I didn't borrow any!"
"Who makes you reluctant to let go of those bitches?"
Xu Zhiqiong saw the fatal flaw of the Suppression Army. Each battalion had a single type of troops and was not suitable for fighting alone. Zuo Chuxian's Haoran Battalion, including Zuo Chuxian's Haoran Battalion, suffered a lot of losses last night due to poor hand-to-hand combat despite the superiority of the battle situation.
people.
Xu Zhiqiong ran to Haoran Camp, spent a long time talking, and finally persuaded Zuo Chuxian to exchange twenty envoys in red for ten Confucian practitioners.
Lin Tianzheng listened to Xu Zhiqiong's suggestion and also replaced five Confucian practitioners.
Xu Zhiqiong refused to change and wanted to ask for the person directly. It was not because he was stingy, but because he was worried that Qing Yi would turn into a thick-skinned human shield in the hands of Haoran Camp.
But Zuo Chuxian was very determined: "I already have enough killing skills, and I don't want to exchange them with you, let alone borrow them."
If you don’t want to borrow it, I won’t. I’ll figure it out myself!
Xu Zhiqiong left the camp and was not in a hurry to return to Ziquan Pavilion. He went to Zhonglang Courtyard first, but saw oranges piled all over the yard.
Xu Zhiqiong asked in surprise: "Where did these oranges come from?"
Yang Wu picked up the oranges and cut off the excess branches, leaving only two leaves wrapped around the oranges, which looked very good.
"Your wife bought these all!" Yang Wu lowered his head to work, not bothering to pay attention to Xu Zhiqiong.
"What are you buying these oranges for?"
While asking, Xia Hu carried a bag of green oranges from the backyard and dumped it in the yard.
Xu Zhiqiong looked at Xia Hu blankly: "What are you going to do?"
Xia Hu wiped her sweat and said, "The oranges that have just fallen in spring are still fresh. I'll go to the night market tonight and then the morning market tomorrow. I'm sure I can sell them at a good price."
Xu Zhiqiong was still puzzled: "Why are you selling oranges?"
Xia Hu was stunned; "In early spring, what are you selling if you don't sell oranges? Don't you want to eat?"
"I earned you twenty thousand taels of silver, but it's not enough for you to eat?"
"Success is due to diligence and frugality, failure is due to extravagance!" Xia Hu said with a serious face, "If you don't think about making money, your gold and silver will be exhausted one day. Come over and lend a hand and help me put the oranges I have packed into the bag."
Seeing that Xia Hu was covered in sweat, Xu Zhiqiong quickly found some clothes to put on her: "Go back to your room and rest, you are not allowed to go out!"
Xia Hu said angrily: "If you don't go out, what will you do with these oranges? Are they waiting to die here?"
"If it's rotten, you won't be allowed to go out."
Xia Hu was anxious: "Do you know how to live a good life?"
Xu Zhiqiong was also annoyed: "If I can't tell you, I'm not sure. Let's take a good rest at home, take good care of ourselves, go out to earn merit, and do some serious business!"
Xia Hu said angrily: "How can it be unfair to sell oranges? Who am I, why do you care about me?"
Xu Zhiqiong smiled ferociously: "Who am I to you? Today we are a real couple, let's see who I am to you!"
After saying that, Xu Zhiqiong picked up Xia Hu and entered the bedroom. Xia Hu was so frightened that she kept shouting: "I just don't want to go to the market. I won't go out. I will obey your orders."
You put me down, didn't we agree, wait until I get well? I have to invite some relatives and friends over for a drink, let's do that again..."
After persuading Xia Hu, Xu Zhiqiong went to the yard and said to Yang Wudi: "Call Lao Chang and come with me to Huazhou!"
Yang Wu found Chang Decai, and just as he was about to leave, Xu Zhiqiong asked: "How many paper figures can you control now?"
Yang Wu thought for a moment: "Around fifty, it's quite easy."
"Can I fight?"
"Then it depends on whether the paper man is strong or not!"
Xu Zhiqiong took the two of them to a paper horse shop in Huazhou, bought two hundred paper figures, and took the cart to the vicinity of Ziquan Pavilion.
At night, most of the Qingyi people in Ziquan Pavilion were resting, and dozens of Qingyi people were still bathing in the spring. Xu Zhiqiong, Yang Wu and Chang Decai were watching behind the rocks.
Yang Wu looked at the situation in the soup spring, licked his lips and said: "Zhiqiong, take me with you next time you fight. This fight will be too good!"
Chang Decai sighed: "It's not easy to fight. There are so many fairies, all of them are water spirits. Master, you should pay more attention to yourself."
Yang Wu pointed to a corner of the spring and said, "Isn't this Junior Sister Su? Look at this white..."
Xu Zhiqiong ordered: "Hit me."
Yang Wu was startled: "Who to hit?"
"Bring the paper man with you and hit anyone you see. Don't hold back. As long as you can't kill anyone, that's enough!"
Yang Wu rubbed his hands and said, "I can't get rid of this delicate skin and tender flesh."
Xu Zhiqiong rolled his eyes: "Should you hit them, or should you wait for me to hit you?"
Yang Wu had no choice but to activate his Yin Qi. More than thirty paper figures suddenly appeared in Tangquan, grabbed the Tsing Yi envoy and beat him wildly.
The paper man's hitting force was not very strong, and the Killing Dao cultivator was in good health and could not be damaged even after three or five hits, but this time it frightened the Tsing Yi envoy.
I don’t know where the enemy came from or why they came. There must be no formation. He was naked and couldn’t even take out a weapon. In the blink of an eye, he was beaten by a group of paper figures until his nose was bruised and his face was swollen. He was in a miserable state.
The sound of fighting alerted Jiang Shaoshi. Jiang Feili jumped out of the private room. Seeing that the enemy was not too strong and did not take any action, she stood next to the hot spring and shouted: "Why are you panicking? Form a circular formation!"
The Tsing Yis were looking around for clothes, and Jiang Feili roared: "Can't you fight if you are naked? How long has it been! Don't worry about the clothes, get the guy first!"
Jiang Feili's whole body was rolling with murderous intent, instantly awakening everyone. The Tsing Yi men, regardless of their clothes, looked for weapons first, quickly formed a circular formation, and beat the paper man to pieces in a matter of seconds.
Fifty paper figures were beaten to pieces, Yang Wu activated his Yin Qi, and sent fifty more paper figures.
Jiang Feili still didn't take action and just watched quietly from the side.
The other Qingyi people also came out of the elegant room one after another, and were about to step forward to help in the battle. Jiang Feili ordered: "Don't worry about the pool, everyone takes their place, and be careful!"
These "enemies" in the pool were of average fighting strength, and Jiang Feili concluded that they were here to feign an attack.
The Tsing Yi people all went to fixed defensive positions, leaving only dozens of Tsing Yi people fighting fiercely with the paper figures in the soup pool.
Fifty and fifty, the two hundred paper figures were all gone in the blink of an eye.
After not seeing the "enemy" appear for a long time, Jiang Feili jumped into the soup pool, looked at the remains of the enemy army, and found that they were made of paper. She frowned and said: "There are yin and yang cultivators among the enemy troops. Be careful tonight, and sleep with me."
Open your eyes!"
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Xu Zhiqiong quietly left Ziquan Pavilion with Yang Wu and Chang Decai, and went to the city to buy another hundred or so paper figures.
Looking at the two carts of paper figurines, Xu Zhiqiong frowned and said, "This thing is too hard to beat."
Yang Wu snorted and said: "Why do you want to ban beatings so much? You beat the Tsing Yi Messenger to pieces, don't you feel bad?"
Chang Decai said: "Master, this is military training. What do you know? Master, next time I do it, I will do it myself and teach them a lesson."
Xu Zhiqiong nodded: "Next time you stop Jiang Feili, I will set up a magic circle in Ziquan Pavilion in advance to make the paper man more useful."
Yang Wu scratched his scalp: "After all, it's made of paper. If you say it's okay to deal with ordinary people, I'm afraid it won't be that easy to deal with these Tsing Yis."
Chang Decai sneered: "Can't you be more angry? At least we can support two or three together."
Yang Wu looked resentful: "I beat so many of them one by one, what else do you want me to do?"
Yang Wu's performance today was impressive. The fifty paper figures moved so freely that even Xu Zhiqiong couldn't help but admire him secretly.
He opened the Eye of Sin, took a look at Yang Wu's cultivation, and couldn't help but exclaimed: "Are you at level seven?"
Yang Wu blinked and said: "What is the seventh rank? Who is the seventh rank!"
Chang Decai was stunned when he heard this and looked at Yang Wu in horror.
Xu Zhiqiong saw it right, the mist on his body spread to a foot away, not only at the seventh level, but also at the seventh level.
Good boy, since I came to Daxuan, among my peers, you are the one who practices faster than me!