FSC [QT] Chapter 96.5

Seven years ago—

Yu Yan had been in the palace for almost a year, and the pain of the castration was still vivid in his mind.

The way of castration in this era was rough and simple. The root was castrated with a sharp blade that had been roasted over the fire, and then a handful of wood ash was sprinkled as disinfection.

Whether you could survive depended on whether your life was hard enough or not.

Before entering the palace, Yu Yan had made sufficient preparations, but when he was really executed, he was still in great pain.

At that time, he was biting a cork. The pain of castration made him bite the cork subconsciously. By the time the execution was over, his gums had been bitten and his palms were a bloody mess.

Yu Yan felt that he had died several times at that time. Whenever he couldn’t bear it, he thought of his sister. He didn’t feel at ease to leave his sister to anyone to raise. He wanted to live and see her again one day.

Six of the boys who entered the palace with Yu Yan died. These were all people who didn’t survive the castration.

Yu Yan survived, but it didn’t mean that this was the end.

After castration, urination became the most painful thing. He couldn’t control his urination frequency and often lost control of his urination during training. Most of his peers around him were also like this.

Yu Yan felt extremely ashamed. At the same time, the wound often became inflamed, and every time he urinated, it was a heart-piercing pain.

He was neither male nor female, and his life was worse than death. This is the best portrayal of him now.

But there were also happy moments after entering the palace.

After the Chief Eunuch Yan Zhongying came to power, the salary of the eunuchs in the palace skyrocketed. Even the young eunuchs like Yu Yan who were not yet on duty had one or two notes of money every month.

Although after layers of exploitation, only a small amount of money could reach their hand, it was enough to make Yu Yan happy.

More importantly, he learned from the eunuch who taught them that the eunuchs and maids in the palace had the opportunity to see their families once a year after they were on duty.

Yu Yan didn’t want his sister to see him like this, but he wanted to give his sister the money he had saved in the palace. When he knew there was this opportunity, he was also very happy.

He lived a peaceful life and did not participate in any political parties. He just wanted to survive until he was old enough to see his family. But just because he didn’t cause trouble didn’t mean that trouble wouldn’t come to him.

Yu Yan carefully wiped the jade hairpin in his hand. This was a reward from Concubine Shu after he found the lost cat for Concubine Shu.

After entering the palace, Yu Yan realized what real luxury was like.

In the past, the richest people he had seen were the local gentry. When the wives and daughters of those people went out, they were followed by one or two maids and had many gold hairpins on their heads.

But after entering the palace, Yu Yan discovered that the women of truly noble birth were all idle and commanded slaves. Anything they casually rewarded their servants would be regarded as treasures by the wives and daughters of the gentry.

For example, the hairpin in his hand was given to him by Concubine Shu as she ordered her servants to give it to him. Yu Yan treasured this hairpin very much. He thought that it would look good on his sister.

It had been a year, and he didn’t know what his sister looked like now and whether she had forgotten him.

“This hairpin is pretty good. Although it’s not the best, it’s still worth twenty or thirty taels.”

While Yu Yan was deep in thought, a eunuch who was taller and stronger than him snatched the hairpin from his hand and held it in his hand to look at it happily.

“This is mine.”

Yu Yan rushed over and tried to snatch the hairpin from his hand.

“Bah, whatever is yours, once it’s in my hands, it’s mine.”

The man was very arrogant and kicked Yu Yan away. Then, before he got up, he stepped heavily on his back and stepped over him maliciously a few times.

“There are not many places to talk about reason in the palace. If you are smart, this is your way to show your filial piety to your brother. If you are ignorant, you will suffer.”

After saying that, the man took the jade hairpin into his arms and left happily.

Yu Yan tried several times, but he couldn’t get up because of the pain. He saw that the window of the house was open a little, and some young eunuchs who entered the palace at the same time as him were standing behind it.

As if aware of his gaze, the window quickly closed again.

Yu Yan walked back to the room slowly, lay on the bed, and closed his eyes. He knew who had snatched his jade hairpin. It was the fellow villager of the chief steward who led their group of young eunuchs, and it was said that he was also his foster brother.

It would definitely not work to complain to the other party. As for Concubine Shu, he was afraid that she had long forgotten that she had rewarded him, a mere young eunuch.

For the second time, the second time after his sister was almost sold, Yu Yan felt weak and powerless.

There had never been any peace. The weak were destined to be bullied, and the humble were destined to never be able to protect the things or people they loved.

For the first time, Yu Yan knew what ambition was.

 

 

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