"Eunuch, for the sake of His Highness the Crown Prince, please show me your kindness. I know that my godfather offended you before when he was alive, and I was not sensible at that time. But now my godfather has been dead for many years, and my servants are no longer with the emperor.
You have done something, but the prince's anger has not subsided yet?" Liu Jin said in a deep voice.
Wang Yue laughed loudly, pointed at Liu Jin's nose and spat: "You bastard, you still remember the time when you and your godfather Liu Shun were domineering together. It's not that you have forgotten. Your godfather Liu
Shun did a lot of things against our family back then. You, a bastard, took advantage of his power and did a lot of harm to people. Then
One year, Liu Shun framed our family for stealing money from the treasury. Have you forgotten? You were only twelve years old, so you lied a lot and testified when your father-in-law was interrogating me. I was almost beaten to death that time. Fortunately, later,
Someone proved my innocence. You bastard, you almost killed our family."
Liu Jin remembered this. He thought that when he was six years old, he entered the palace and became a eunuch, and recognized Liu Shun, the palace chamberlain, as his father. His godfather was senior in the palace at that time, and he wanted to get a higher position. He competed with other chamberlains for positions in the palace.
.Wang Yue was one of his opponents at that time. Although he
Although he was young, but he stayed in the palace, he naturally knew the principle of deception and deception. The higher his godfather's status, the faster he rose to prominence, so he helped Liu Shun come up with many ideas and participated in many campaigns against Wang Yue and other competitors.
slander and criticism.
It's a pity that Liu Shun died when he was about to be promoted to the eunuch of the ceremonial department. Liu Jin suddenly lost his backer and had to repay for what he had done before. The other eunuchs found Liu Jin's fault and started to kill him.
Thanks to Liu Jin’s temperament
He was clever and won the favor of Emperor Hongzhi when he followed Liu Shun to serve Emperor Hongzhi. So he found an opportunity to plead with the emperor. Emperor Hongzhi was soft-hearted and pardoned him. He was transferred to the East Palace to serve the crown prince. Liu Jin was freed.
In danger.
Liu Jin was naturally frightened when Wang Yue brought up the old story again. Wang Yue was now the Chief of Ceremonies and the eunuch, and squeezing himself to death was like squeezing an ant to death. The reason why he was still alive so far was because Wang Yue had no time to care about him.
He himself kept a low profile. How could he give up if it fell into his hands today?
"Your Majesty, I was really ignorant back then, and there was nothing I could do about it. You know that my godfather has a bad temper. How dare I disobey what he wants me to do? If I don't listen to him, how can I survive? Your Majesty is thinking
Because I was young and ignorant, I don't want to be like a slave." Liu Jin begged.
Wang Yue said with a smile: "Bah, you are saying this now. Our family is not a chicken-hearted person. It's just that things in this world have their own consequences. If you do bad things, you should be punished. That's all, our family also
I won’t talk to you. You don’t want to slap your lips.
Is that so? Then our family will ask someone to help you. After you are beaten, we will also have to ask you about your purpose of breaking into the side hall of Qianqing Palace. Is it to steal things or have other motives? We have to ask clearly.
I just follow the rules, and I don’t mean to cause trouble with you.”
Liu Jin hurriedly said: "My lord, please forgive me for the sake of His Highness the Crown Prince. My life is nothing. I am worried that Your Highness the Prince will be angry with your father-in-law."
Wang Yue said angrily: "You son of a bitch, are you using His Highness to suppress me?"
Liu Jin said in a deep voice: "How dare you, slave? If the prince wants to punish the slave, it is not like squeezing an ant to death. It's just that the slave now serves the prince and is a member of the East Palace. Naturally, the face of the prince cannot be ignored. The slave also serves the king.
For father-in-law’s sake.”
Wang Yue said coldly: "Liu Jin, if you want to use the Crown Prince to scare our family, our family is not afraid. You broke the rules today, and it is natural for our family to punish you. The Crown Prince can't save you."
Li Rong on the side said in a deep voice: "What are you talking about with this piece of shit? He will be beaten to death. What can His Highness say? How can His Highness fall out with the prince over this piece of shit? Come on, drag him out and beat him."
Liu Jin's threat failed, and he shouted in panic: "My lord, I know that I was wrong, please spare me. I know that I was wrong, so please spare me. I am willing to serve your father-in-law. From now on, I will be filial and respectful to my father-in-law."
Li Rong spat: "I want you to be filial, you bitch. Are there not many people in this palace who want to be filial to the prince? People who want to be filial to the prince may not be good enough. Beat him."
Several eunuchs came forward and overturned Liu Jin and dragged her out. Wang Yue suddenly shouted: "Wait! No need to fight."
Everyone stopped and looked at Wang Yue. Wang Yue frowned and thought: Beating Liu Jin today made him feel bad. But what happened today could not kill him, but offended the prince. Although he was not worried about the prince Zhu
After all, Zhu Houzhao, a young boy, didn't care much about what Houzhao would do to him. But Liu Jin had to talk about it later, which made the prince dissatisfied.
I don't care about Liu Jin's allegiance. I have power in the inner court, and there are hundreds of eunuchs who flatter me, but Liu Jin is nothing. I should use today's incident as an excuse, and slowly humiliate and torture him, which will relieve my hatred more than beating him up.
Li Rong was making noises from the sidelines. Anyway, he was the one who offended the prince, not him. He couldn't let him take the blame.
"Liu Jin, you said you should be filial to our family, but our family wants to see if you are telling the truth." Wang Yue said in a deep voice.
Liu Jin kowtowed and shouted: "Of course I am telling the truth. I can swear to God."
Wang Yue chuckled and said: "You don't need to swear. Actions prove it. Liu Jin, our boots are a little dirty. What do you think we should do?"
Wang Yue slowly stretched out one foot, revealing his boots that were stained with a lot of mud. He looked at Liu Jin with half-smiling eyes. Liu Jin stared blankly at Wang Yue, feeling extremely angry. He knew that Wang Yue's meaning was natural.
He didn't mean to clean his boots himself, he meant to lick his boots clean for him. This was a great humiliation. This bitch Wang Yue didn't regard himself as a human being at all.
Of course, in this palace, eunuchs with status do not regard other eunuchs as human beings. In fact, they themselves do not regard themselves as human beings. When I am in the East Palace, don't I also not regard other eunuchs in the East Palace as human beings?
The boot was sticking up there, shaking slightly. Liu Jin looked at the boot, lick it or not? If you lick it, you will be humiliated. If you don't lick it, you will not be able to escape a beating today, and you may be beaten to death. And if the attitude is confrontational,
Wang Yue will always stare at him and cause trouble for him.
Liu Jin quickly made a decision. He crept forward, hugged Wang Yue's boots, and licked them with open mouth. He licked the muddy water a little crazily, like a dog getting a meat bone, licking it with relish.
The muddy water in his mouth smelled bad. I wonder if Wang Yue had been to the hut before, but it had a strong stench. Liu Jin endured the churning of his stomach and stuck out his tongue to lick the boots one by one until they were shiny.
"Hahahaha." Wang Yue laughed.
"Hahahaha." The other eunuchs also laughed at Liu Jin's ugly appearance.
"Eunuch Wang, it seems that from now on, your old man's boots don't need to be polished. I ask Eunuch Liu to come to the ceremonial office once a day, and the boots will be shiny. Hahaha." Li Rong also laughed and said.