At this moment, Chai Yan finally understood why the eunuchs had the habit of using rouge. It was to suppress the smell of urine on their bodies!
Chai Yan took a breath of fresh air for a while and then slowly recovered.
At this time, I heard Xu Mao calling him from a distance: "Secretary Chai..."
Chai Yan immediately turned around and responded, but the expression on his face was completely different at this time, replaced by a polite yet friendly smile.
"Eunuch Xu..." Chai Yan came to Xu Mao, raised his hands and spoke while unconsciously holding his breath.
Xu Mao had already negotiated with the guards guarding the palace gate, and said, "Sir Chai, we'll be going in soon. You have to follow the Zajia family closely."
"I understand!" Chai Yan responded.
The next moment, the guards let Xu Mao and Chai Yan go. After Xu Mao thanked them, he led Chai Yan into the palace gate.
Walking on the road leading to the palace, Chai Yan couldn't help but look up and around. Everything in the palace was novel to him.
Xu Mao, who was walking in front, would look back at Chai Yan every once in a while. When he found Chai Yan looking around three times in a row, curious about everything, Xu Mao finally couldn't help it...
Without any warning, Xu Mao suddenly stopped, turned around and said, "Sir Chai..."
Chai Yan was admiring the various architectural and decorative styles in the palace when Xu Mao suddenly stopped and turned around, almost causing him to bump into his face.
"Eunuch Xu, what's wrong?" Chai Yan asked while taking two steps back.
As you get closer, you can smell the smell again...
Xu Mao's face became obviously gloomier, and he lowered his voice as he said solemnly: "Sir Chai, the Za family would like to remind you that this is the palace, no different than other places, so you must follow the rules."
Chai Yan knew that Xu Mao was reminding him not to look around, so he cupped his hands and said, "Thank you, Eunuch Xu, for reminding me!"
Xu Mao nodded softly, then glanced at Chai Yan before turning back and continuing to walk forward.
But Chai Yan did not give up looking around because of Xu Mao's reminder. It was a rare visit to the palace, so how could he not take a second look?
It's just that Chai Yan's movement range of looking around has become smaller, and he is always paying attention to Xu Mao. As soon as Xu Mao turns his head, Chai Yan will restrain his movements and look straight ahead.
Xu Mao looked back several times and found that Chai Yan had listened to him and stopped looking around, and his mood immediately improved.
After walking past several palaces along the way, Xu Mao finally stopped outside a palace called "Tai'an Palace".
"Secretary Chai, please stay here for a moment while the Za family goes in first to report." Xu Mao said.
Chai Yan held up his hands and said, "Eunuch Xu, please excuse me."
Xu Maogang took two steps towards Tai'an Hall. Perhaps he felt uneasy, so he stopped and turned around and said, "Secretary Chai, you must not wander around, remember?"
"Don't worry, Eunuch Xu, I will be on standby waiting for you to come out," Chai Yan said.
Hearing this, Xu Maocai felt relieved. He lifted up the front of his clothes with one hand and walked quickly to Tai'an Palace.
Chai Yan stood outside the palace and waited quietly, but Xu Mao didn't come out for a while. Out of boredom, he began to look around, sometimes at the gorgeous roof of the palace, sometimes at the surrounding palace walls.
Suddenly, Chai Yan heard a strange sound behind him, and before he could turn around to look, he felt something hit his heel.
Chai Yan turned around and looked down. He saw a small ball made of rattan. It was very close in size to a football, but slightly smaller.
Chai Yan looked up at the area in front of the ball, but it was empty, so he picked up the sepak takraw ball and asked in a louder voice: "Whose ball is this?"
But except for the sound of the wind, no one responded to him at all.
Chai Yan weighed the takraw ball with his palm and found that it was surprisingly elastic. He suddenly asked: "Is this what Cuju is used for?"
Thinking of this, Chai Yan became interested. When he was in high school before time travel, he was good at all sports. Although his ability to play offensive and defensive football was average, Chai Yan had one specialty, and that was throwing the ball.
I remember that there was once a city-wide high school freestyle individual competition. Chai Yan was the only representative of the school, and he was shortlisted for the top four in the city. His results were quite good.
Thinking of the past, Chai Yan couldn't help but feel a little confused. He tilted his head and looked at the sepak takraw ball in his hand, wondering what would happen to his body now...
Chai Yan took the sepak takraw ball and looked around. When he saw that no one came to claim it for such a long time, he couldn't help but become more playful and started playing ball ball.
At first, Chai Yan was a little uncomfortable with the elasticity of the sepak takraw ball. He only bounced three or four times before falling to the ground, which also attracted Shangguan Peining's laughter and ridicule.
Chai Yan didn't care either. Shangguan Peining had such a personality. If he were serious, he would be angry to death.
However, Chai Yan had a solid foundation after all. Over time, Chai Yan got used to the elasticity and weight of the sepak takraw ball, and the takraw ball bounced on Chai Yan's legs and knees more and more times.
Chai Yan also became proud and deliberately asked Shangguan Peining to help him count, but Shangguan Peining only said "It's extremely boring" and became silent again.
Outside the hall, Chai Yan bounced the ball and suddenly felt like he was back on the campus playground. It felt so familiar and comfortable...
Just as Chai Yan was secretly enjoying this feeling in his heart, a young female voice interrupted him...
"Who are you?"
Chai Yan was startled, and quickly increased the strength on his instep, bumping the sepak takraw ball to shoulder height, and at the same time stretched out his hand to scoop the ball into his arms.
Chai Yan turned his head while holding the sepak takraw ball, and saw a little girl in palace clothes staring at him. She looked like eight or nine years old.
Chai Yan saw that the little girl was alone, and there was no palace maid or eunuch following her, so he asked: "Little sister, why are you alone? Are you lost?"
The little girl was slightly surprised, and then said angrily: "Be brave, I asked you first, you have to answer me first!"
My palace?
Chai Yan understood as soon as he heard this title that this little girl was probably a princess.
"My name is Chai Yan." Chai Yan announced his name, and then asked: "What about you, princess? How should I call you?"
The little girl raised her chin and was about to speak when a palace maid ran up behind her and shouted: "Princess Funing, you are here. I have finally found you..."
Princess Funing turned her head and glared at the chasing maid, and said in a stern voice: "What is it called? This is the palace, can I get lost?"
The palace maid bowed her head timidly, not daring to say anything other than "yes".
Chai Yan took the sepak takraw ball and saluted: "It turns out to be Princess Funing. Chai Yan has met the princess!"