Chapter 120 You Don’t Have That Thing
Ah Cheng was halfway through his words when he looked up and pointed towards the inside of Jiangyunxuan. In a voice that only the two of them could hear, he said, "I think he's much better than that one."
The young eunuch glanced in that direction and knew who he was talking about. Even if he didn't know everyone, he knew the person in the room: the master of Jiangyunxuan, the current power behind the Yin Kingdom, and the first woman to rule the country since the founding of the Great Yin Kingdom - Princess Yuan'an.
What Ah Cheng said was extremely outrageous. If others heard it, they would lose their heads. But at the moment, they were just two people chatting, so it wasn't that scary.
"I heard that during the court discussion, Lord Pei was criticized but refused to agree. It's not her turn, so why is she trying so hard? Lord Pei has been a minister for three dynasties. Doesn't he see things more clearly than her?"
The young eunuch nodded, thinking that what he said made sense.
"This is all quite surprising. Even Marshal Lu didn't stand with her. How bad of a failure is she as a ruler?" Ah Cheng stole a glance inside the Jiangyunxuan Palace, then sighed and said, "Women are too soft-hearted. Women just can't rule. They're indecisive and too emotional. It's us men who have to make decisions."
Hearing this, the young eunuch pointed at Ah Cheng's lower body and reminded him, "We are not men anymore. You don't have that thing."
Ah Cheng was hit in the sore spot. He thought the boy was just slow to react when he heard him hum and ah. He didn't expect that he would be stabbed like a knife. He took his hand out of his sleeve, flicked the eunuch's head, and said, "Hey! What do you mean? I'm not a man now, but before I entered the palace, I was a real man!"
As they were talking, they suddenly heard the crunching sound of snow behind them. The sound was getting closer and closer, as if someone was coming. They both stopped talking and held their breath, and started sweeping with a large broom.
The man was not tall and thin, and years of hard work had left fine lines at the corners of his eyes, but he did not look at all listless. When the two men saw the visitor, they bowed and said, "Congratulations, General Manager."
He Qiumao raised his hand, motioning for the two to stand up and speak, and asked, "Is Princess Yuan'an in the palace?"
Ah Cheng replied, "To reply to the He General, the Princess has been in Jiangyunxuan today. Would you like me to inform her?"
The words were meant as a question, but in reality, they were a reminder. Yuan An had issued an order that anyone coming to Jiangyunxuan must be notified. Even the Queen Mother and the Prince were like this, let alone He Qiumao, a eunuch?
He Qiumao nodded, and Acheng immediately ran in to report, then ran back in a hurry. Only after getting Yuan An's permission did He Qiumao go in.
Ah Cheng, still breathless, followed the eunuch to clean somewhere else. The eunuch glanced back and asked, "Why is He Zongguan here? I remember that the affairs of the inner palace were not under the jurisdiction of Yuan Anchanggong."
Ah Cheng shook his head and then said, "Who knows? Maybe something happened to His Royal Highness Prince Rui?"
Almost everyone in the palace knew that He Qiumao was dependent on Prince Rui. No one said it openly, but everyone knew it. Those of them who were eunuchs didn't care about it. People like them had no one to rely on, so it didn't matter who was in charge.
The two of them walked away with brooms. Seeing that the snow had piled up to their ankles again, they began to sweep again. They swept along the road outside Jiangyunxuan all the way inside. Halfway through, they heard the sound of a teacup falling to the ground. The sound was not loud at first, but it seemed unusually loud in the quiet Jiangyunxuan.
The two of them didn't dare to say a word, and walked away silently with the broom.
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