Wang Wu had mixed feelings. He learned from Lü He that he could rest on the day after being castrated. He ate half a steamed bun and lay back down on the long kang. He stared at the ceiling with his eyes. What kind of strange people are these? They actually want to become eunuchs.
Despite the fact that he was still a high-ranking official, it must be said that Lü He's presence restored much of Wang Wu's lost rationality.
However, unlike Lü He, he did not think about how to climb the ranks using his eunuch status. Instead, he thought about how to get rid of his eunuch status and return to the position of strategist.
Dinner time arrived quickly.
Wang Wu watched as a group of NPC eunuchs poured in. Two buckets of food were placed on the wooden table, and everyone was holding their own bowls, scrambling for white porridge and steamed buns. He pursed his lips and finally mustered up the courage to pick up Lü He's bowl and ask for a bowl of thin white porridge and a steamed bun.
"One steamed bun per person! Don't you know the rules?!"
After being yelled at, Wang Wu paused for a moment, his hand hovering awkwardly in mid-air, his eyes darkening for a fleeting instant.
"Get out of the way."
"My friend hasn't come back yet, so I got it for him."
"Those who don't come back won't get any food!"
Wang Wu gritted his teeth, his displeasure growing stronger, but since the other side outnumbered him, he could only leave with the porridge and a steamed bun.
He waited and waited, until it got dark, until the kerosene lamp was lit, until all the other eunuch NPCs who had returned late came back, and until the other NPC eunuchs started to take off their clothes and go to bed, but he still didn't see Lü He.
A growing unease crept into his heart. He grabbed the collar of the eunuch who had gone out with Lü He that afternoon, his voice filled with fear. "Where is the person who went out with you?!"
"How would I know who you're talking about?!"
"It's that eunuch who went out with you!"
"Oh, him? I heard he was discovered sneaking into the harem..."
Wang Wu felt his eyes swell and turn bloodshot, the white of his pupils becoming red. "I'm asking you, where is he?!"
"How would I know? He broke the palace rules, who would know?"
"Is it the eunuch who was arrested in the back garden this afternoon?"
Wang Wu felt he could no longer make out the faces of the other people in the room. His body stiffened. "Where are they?!"
"I saw it. He broke the palace rules and was beaten to death. He's probably been thrown into a mass grave and eaten by wild dogs."
"Where is he?!"
Wang Wu threw the person in his hand to the ground, turned to look at the person who had answered, his eyes filled with ferocity, and kept repeating the same question, "Where is he?!"
Wang Wu and the eunuchs were fighting when they were interrupted by a eunuch whose clothes were obviously better than theirs.
"What are you all doing! Aren't you afraid of disturbing the masters! Watch your heads!"
The others knelt down on the ground, saying, "Eunuch Hou."
Wang Wu was the only one standing in the room, panting heavily. The white porridge he had left over from the afternoon had been spilled on the ground during the fight, and there were also footprints on the white steamed buns, the footprints of someone unknown.
A perfectly fine person during the day, someone who was still thinking about what to do, how could they just disappear! Someone with such dreams has to be eliminated! What kind of lousy show is this?! What a terrible show!!!
He picked up the steamed bun from the ground, patted off the marks, held it in his palm, and sat there blankly until dawn.
The other eunuch NPCs thought to themselves, "This contestant really went all out just now. He's still not asleep, so we can't sneak around for some safflower oil anymore."
【Huh?! Killing someone on the very first day?! No way! @#￥%, Lin Gou, are you even human?! This contestant is so ambitious!】
[I'm speechless! What kind of ridiculous palace rules are these!]
[Holy crap, I'm ready to punch them! These NPCs are acting so despicable!!! My blood pressure is rising!!!]
【No, I just got here! I heard someone wanted to become a eunuch, so I rushed over, and you're telling me they're already dead?!】
There's still one left that hasn't been eliminated.
Although it was somewhat sudden, for some reason, I felt a sense of relief; the familiar formula was truly reassuring.
[Upstairs, you've been subjected to too much manipulation by Lin Gengxin!]
Actually, thinking about it, it's not so bad. At least they were eliminated before they even got to know each other. If they had gotten to know each other well and were eliminated in this way, that would have been truly heartbreaking. It's just a minor setback now. But honestly, this ancient feudal background is fucking ruthless!
Indeed, this situation seems to present both opportunities and risks. I saw this morning that someone was arrested by conscription officers before even entering the city.
【Huh?! Recruiting?! Is it happening again?!】
【It's okay, bring it on! Lin Gou! I'm going to cry, I'll take your surname!!】
[Upstairs, you're not also surnamed Lin, are you?!]
"I'm not going to join the army... ah..."
Zhang Ertian was starving. On his first day on the show, he had planned to use the coins the production team gave him to buy some food. But after buying a pancake and taking a bite, he noticed a little beggar squatting at the entrance of an alley, looking at the pancake in his hand and swallowing his saliva.
Zhang Ertian immediately broke off a piece of cake and handed it to the little beggar.
The little beggar didn't say anything, just grabbed the cake and ran off.
After a short while, he ate two more bites. Several more little beggars appeared at the alley entrance behind him. He looked at the pancake in his hand and gave some to each of them.
He stuffed the rest into his mouth, chewed it, and thought, "Today's not bad, I actually got to eat some white cakes." As for what he would eat tomorrow, he didn't care at all; he'd deal with tomorrow's problems tomorrow.
When he had nowhere to sleep at night, he wandered around and was scolded by patrolling soldiers. Zhang Ertian was a little scared and turned to run away. The soldiers behind him chased after him with torches.
He had only eaten a little bit of bread in the past few days, and his strength was not good. In addition, he was not familiar with the area, so he quickly ran into a dead end.
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