In fact, the characteristics of the eunuchs in the palace are not very obvious, and they are not as neither male nor female as shown in later movies and TV dramas. They are just somewhat feminine because of the lack of male hormones.
Some eunuchs even have beards when they are not very young when they purify themselves.
Therefore, if a eunuch mixes in the crowd, as long as he does not take off his pants, inexperienced people generally cannot tell the difference. However, Shen Yi's two maids have stayed in the palace for more than a year and have also had sex with some young eunuchs. They met each other, so they could be recognized at a glance as the people sent by the palace.
Shen Yi raised his eyebrows, looked at Qing'er, and asked, "How old are you?"
Qing'er responded crisply: "Master Hui, he looks about twenty years old, not very old."
Shen Yi was thoughtful. After thinking for a moment, he looked up at Shen Ling and said with a smile: "Third brother, since you are coming from the palace, I'd better not see you. I'll just drink here for today and wait for you later." Come again, little brother."
Shen Ling looked at Shen Yi with wide eyes, his expression full of disbelief.
"Old Qi...how did you interact with the people in the palace?"
"There are too many people in Jiankang City Palace, it's nothing special."
Shen Yi pointed at the little maid Qing'er in front of him and said with a smile: "This girl is from the palace. If you don't believe me, just ask her."
Shen San was a little stunned. Before he could speak, Qing'er smiled and said, "Third Young Master, I have been doing things in the palace for more than a year."
Shen Yi stood up directly, bowed his hands to Shen Ling, left the stunned Shen Ling, and went home with Qing'er.
The distance between the two families was not very far. Shen Yi and the maid walked together for a cup of tea and then returned to his home. He walked into the main hall under the leadership of Qing'er. At this moment, a man who looked to be in his twenties was sitting in the main hall. A young man in his early years, his father Shen Zhang, is here to accompany guests.
I don't know if the two little maids said something to the father. Shen Zhang looked quite reserved at the moment and was very polite to the young palace man.
Seeing Shen Yi come in, Shen Zhang stood up quickly, coughed, and said, "Yi'er, this should be your friend in Jiankang. He came to our house to look for you. My father happened to have to go out for something. Come entertain me."
After saying that, Shen Zhang felt relieved, bowed his hands to the eunuch, and turned around to leave.
After Shen Zhang left, the young eunuch also stood up and saluted Shen Yi: "Servant Sun Jin, I have met Master Shen."
Shen Yi also bowed his hands in salute, lowered his head slightly, and asked with a smile: "Is it the angel in the palace?"
"Angels don't dare to act like that."
Sun Jin quickly lowered his head and said, "This slave is here to see Master Shen on the orders of Eunuch Gao."
Angels are messengers with orders from the Emperor. Since Sun Jin came under a wise order, he was not an angel.
Hearing this, Shen Yi also breathed a sigh of relief.
If the little eunuch in front of him was an angel, then he would still kowtow to this guy.
Shen Yi didn't really want to kowtow, not even to anyone.
Shen Yi sat down and looked at the young eunuch named Sun with a smile on his face: "I wonder why Eunuch Gao asked Eunuch Sun to come to see Shen?"
Sun Jin lowered his head slightly, took out several envelopes from his arms, handed them to Shen Yi, lowered his head slightly and said: "Master Shen, this is the material that the Di newspaper company asked the servant to bring you. Eunuch Gao said that it was written by those people in the capital. Your Majesty is not satisfied with the Di’s newspaper, so he still asked you to write..."
At this point, he seemed to know Shen Yi's question and answered directly without waiting for Shen Yi to ask.
"My servant has been waiting in Jiangdu for the past few days. After you finish writing, I will take it with you and send it back to Jiankang immediately."
Shen Yi was stunned.
He never imagined that he had left Jiankang and was no longer in the "capital", and that Jiankang's newspaper would still find his way to him!
He originally wanted to have a few months of leisure...
Thinking of this, Shen Yi laughed bitterly, shook his head and said: "There are countless literati in Jiankang, and I don't know how many people can write the newspaper for the newspaper department. Why do you have to find me, a small official?"
Sun Jin shook his head and said: "I don't know about this servant. I am also under orders to do things, but..."
He lowered his head and said, "Before coming, Eunuch Gao asked the servant to bring you a message for Mr. Shen."
Shen Yi slowly exhaled a breath: "Father-in-law, please speak."
"Eunuch Gao said..."
Sun Jin said slowly: "Eunuch Gao said that since the late emperor's dynasty, the country has been defeated several times and the people's hearts are depressed. Therefore, in this issue of Dibao, I want Mr. Shen to write an article that can inspire people. It would be best..."
After a pause, he continued: "It would be best to scold those who treat Northern Qi so servilely..."
Good guy, a topic composition!
Shen Yi was stunned for a moment, and then he figured it out.
It seems that His Majesty the Emperor has begun to change the direction of the court.
Calculating the time, there is still more than a month left, and this year will be over. Now there are rumors everywhere that Prime Minister Yang will retire next year. If this is true, then it is indeed necessary for His Majesty the Emperor to start working now to change the direction of the court. .
If we think this way, the article the emperor asked Shen Yi to write may not be published in the next issue of Di Bao, but will be published in the first issue of Di Bao early next year.
What can be imagined is that since the emperor wants to write this kind of article, he will definitely not let Shen Yi write it alone. Most of the "imperial literati" in the court will write it. At that time, among the many articles, "select the best ones" "That's all.
After Shen Yi lowered his head and thought about it, he took the materials and said, "Since it is the palace's order, there is no problem. I will take Eunuch Sun to find a place to live in Jiangdu later. I will trouble Eunuch Sun to live in Jiangdu." In the past few days, after Shen finished writing the manuscript, he immediately sent it to the father-in-law."
Speaking of this, Shen Yi smiled and said: "Although our Jiangdu is not as prosperous as Jiankang, it is still somewhat similar. Eunuch Sun can spend more time in Jiangdu these days, and all expenses will be recorded in Shen's account."
Sun Jin quickly shook his head and said: "I don't dare to trouble Master Shen. Before coming to Master Shen's house, I have already found a place to stay. The palace will also pay for the expenses of my trip, so I don't dare to trouble Master Shen."
After saying that, Sun Jin stood up from his chair and bowed his head respectfully: "Master Shen, my errand has been completed. I live in the Yuebin Building near your home. After you finish the manuscript, send someone to inform me. Just say it, and the servant will come to get it immediately."
Shen Yi also stood up and said with a smile: "Since my father-in-law is here, how can there be any reason to leave now? Let's just say that my father-in-law will stay for lunch, and in the afternoon, Shen will send my father-in-law to Yuebin Building."
"No, no, no."
Sun Jin stubbornly shook his head and said, "I don't dare to trouble Master Shen."
After that, he insisted on walking outside.
Shen Yi had no choice but to send him all the way to the door of his house, and then watched him leave.
After Sun Jin walked away, Shen Yi looked back at the little maid Qing'er behind him, and asked thoughtfully: "Qing'er, are everyone in the palace so polite?"
Qing'er stood behind Shen Yi, blinked at Shen Yi, and said, "Sir, the eunuchs who are able to go on errands are not of very low grade."
"I heard that those eunuchs who are able to go out for foreign affairs are more aggressive than the others after they come out..."
"That's amazing."
Shen Yi looked at the direction Sun Jin was leaving and smiled: "This Eunuch Sun is a bit different. Maybe he will be able to stand out in the palace in the future..."
