"Then tell me quickly, let me hear what the juicy gossip is all about?" Ji Yingying looked at Eunuch Cao, as if this was really the first time she had heard such gossip about him. Could it be that he was plotting against someone else?
After all, he is a high-ranking official in this palace, and no one dares not to respect him.
Someone plotted against him; he almost got tricked.
[I thought he was the one plotting against others, but it turns out he was the one being plotted against. Tell me, who would plot against him? He's someone close to the Emperor, after all. Aren't they afraid of being whispered in his ear?]
[Some time ago, he went back home on vacation, and his eldest brother was plotting against him, trying to take all his money.]
[And in the end, did he kill his family?]
No, he had no idea his family was plotting against him, because he was also poisoned, though not severely.
He went home on vacation and stayed there for two days. His eldest brother's son wanted to get married, but he didn't have much money. The bride price was very high, so they wanted Eunuch Cao to pay.
[Eunuch Cao was unwilling to pay, since he wouldn't rely on his nephew for his old age, so he didn't contribute the money. Then, his family went all out and poisoned him. He only drank a small sip from the poisoned cup, as they dared not use a large amount, fearing that their family would be investigated if something went wrong.]
So he only drank a small amount and the poison wasn't too much, which is why he survived?
[That's right, but now his family has regretted their decision and has already sent a letter to the palace asking him to return.]
Didn't his family know he was a eunuch serving the emperor?
[I don't know. Eunuch Cao rarely went back and rarely told his family about what happened in the palace. After all, he was forced to enter the palace. He was sent there so that his eldest son could survive and get married.]
[Is this Eunuch Cao a son of the Cao family? After all, both sons are flesh and blood, but it seems like the distribution of flesh is uneven.]
[It's about 50/50! Strictly speaking, he's a son of the Cao family, but not his mother's son; he's his father's son.]
[His father accidentally slept with a woman outside and then abandoned her. Then the woman gave birth to a child, gave it to him, and ran away.]
[Hiss~ Is getting revenge on a rapist just about having his child, making the child suffer, and making that bastard suffer too? Are you really that cruel to yourself?]
No, that woman was sent back because they couldn't support her.
Why?
[Because she's forced to marry a man who doesn't love her, and whom she doesn't love either. But for a better life, she has no choice but to marry him.]
[If you don't love yourself, and you don't love yourself either, then you must love money. At least you won't be a burden to your son, so it's alright! And then what?]
[Then Cao Gonggong's father took him in. Things were fine while his father was alive, but after his father died, he was sold into the palace to become a eunuch.]
Over the years, Eunuch Cao hasn't really wanted to go back, which is why he doesn't know about his family's situation, and his family doesn't know about his situation either. If I were Eunuch Cao, I would go back in a big way and give his mother a good talking-to, since she's someone who's mistreated her since childhood.
[That depends on him. Also, is his biological mother still alive?]
[Live on, he'll probably only ever have one son, and I've been thinking about him all these years.]
[Missing him?]
[Yes, that's right, but she's doing fine. I suggest you don't bother her.]
[That's fine. Why didn't you eat Eunuch Cao's melon before? A man like him... can also eat plots.]
[It's not that he hasn't gone back, so there's no gossip to be found! We only gossip because there's a cause and effect!]
Alright, alright, so what should Eunuch Cao do next?
[Hehe~ I said before that I shouldn't speculate on the future, but now I've got a little bit of information. The rumored plot is: he'll go back in a big way, and then give them a taste of their own medicine—the same amount of poison he carries will be used on them.]
[Good, as expected of someone who serves the Emperor closely, you've done a very good job.]
Can you cure his poison?
[He can just ask the imperial physician for this poison. Why does he need me to cure it?]
Eunuch Cao: We wouldn't dare to do that either! But he likes the method Your Highness suggested. He will take leave and return home in a grand manner later to fight back!
[Are there any other melons?] I'm happy today, so I'll eat two more to make myself happy.
Yes, yes, yes, that guy over there ate sweet potatoes this morning and just farted twice, but he didn't dare to let it out loud.
[The one who slept in my mother's room last night.]
[Hiss~ Is this a mama's boy? ]
No, his mother died, and he missed her, so he slept in her room.
Oh~
He said he was going to exercise last night, and then he tore his underwear while doing aerobics.
[What kind of exercise are you doing? There's no such thing as an eighth set of radio gymnastics in this world!]
[Oh dear, it's that immortality cultivation exercise given by a charlatan; they say that if you do it, you'll live forever.]
[Oh...haha...how funny! There's no such thing as immortality in this world. If there were, wouldn't the order of humanity collapse?]
He resorted to such methods because he had promised someone he would live to be a hundred, and he was afraid he wouldn't live to see it.
Oh, so it was a promise to a woman?
[No, it was his sister. Before she died, his sister told him to live longer. He was in poor health at the time, and his sister said that she wanted him to live to be a hundred years old for his own good. If he didn't live to be a hundred, she would beat him when he passed away.]
[Then he became afraid of being beaten up, so he tried his best to survive. Recently, he felt his strength failing him, so he started doing aerobics.]
[Oh~ As expected, it's better to spank your younger brother early. Look at how well he's been educated.]
Anything else?
[Also, he got up early this morning and couldn't find his pants, so he just threw on any pair he could find. It turned out he was wearing his wife's pants, those baggy ones, but they were still too short and tight, so he'd been squeezing his butt all morning.]
【Goodness gracious! Hehehehe~】 Ji Yingying burst out laughing like a goose. These people are too funny!
[This is funnier than eating a big melon.]
The person being eaten was so embarrassed that his face turned red, but he didn't dare to make a sound because the emperor was still here.
Would they dare? Even if they did, Grandma would make sure they didn't.
Those who weren't caught in the gossip were gloating, but also worried, fearing they might be the next ones to be gossiped about.
The morning court session finally ended, and a group of people rushed out.
Ji Yingying also ran. She had just received the road construction blueprints today and was afraid that she would be caught by Minister Gong, so she ran faster.
The way she ran was as if there was a ghost chasing her. Even when others called her, she pretended to be deaf and dumb and pretended not to hear.
After leaving the palace, Ji Yingying was thinking of visiting the princess's residence, since it was her home after all, and it would be good to go and see it. However, Fang Yulan took her back.
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