Wei Xiaobao's Three Kingdoms Adventure

Chapter 61 I'm Not a Eunuch

Wei Xiaobao agreed to the marriage and offered a plan to sow discord between Dong Zhuo and Lu Bu. Wang Yun was happy and prepared to keep Wei Xiaobao for dinner. He even arranged the banquet himself, leaving Wei Xiaobao and Diao Chan alone in the room.

Wei Xiaobao stared at Diao Chan, which made her blush and turn her head away from him.

Wei Xiaobao thought to himself, "Let me die. She just threw herself into my arms and cried. It would be worth it even if I died right now."

Wei Xiaobao coughed and said, "You've only met me once, why do you insist on marrying me?"

Diao Chan turned her head and looked at him, just smiled shyly but didn't say anything.

Wei Xiaobao said, "You were crying and making a fuss just now, and you even scolded me. Why are you shy now?"

Diao Chan glared at him and said, "Actually, I've known about you for a long time. I grew up in the Situ Mansion, and the Minister of State was close friends with my adoptive father, so I got to see him often. He had just been released from prison, and my adoptive father hosted a banquet for him at home, and that's when I heard about you. At the time, I thought you were a little hero, considering you were about the same age as me and had such courage and insight. It's a pity you died so young."

Wei Xiaobao asked, "Teacher, did you think I died in Guangzong City?"

Diao Chan said, "Sir Shangshu was wrongfully imprisoned. Later, Huangfu Song captured Guangzong County but couldn't find you. Sir Lu Zhi thought you had jumped into the river like the other Yellow Turbans."

Wei Xiaobao thought to himself, "It seems that Lu Zhi was framed by Zuo Feng and Tang Zhou. I followed Zhang Jue to Luoyang four years later, so of course Huangfu Song couldn't be found."

Wei Xiaobao asked with a playful smile, "Were you ready to marry me then?"

Diao Chan chuckled and said, "I was still young at that time, how could I have such thoughts? When I was in Luoyang, something happened in the palace. I heard that the emperor was kidnapped."

Wei Xiaobao said, "It was the Ten Eunuchs who rebelled, killed He Jin, and took the current emperor and the deposed emperor hostage and fled the palace."

Diao Chan nodded and continued, "My adoptive father mentioned the rebellion of the Ten Eunuchs, but I don't remember it. It was after that incident that the Minister came to the mansion to propose marriage. When I heard it was you, and knowing that you have been lurking beside Empress Dowager Dong to protect the Emperor for the past few years, my admiration for you has increased."

Wei Xiaobao asked, "What do you admire about me?"

Diao Chan blushed and was too embarrassed to speak.

Wei Xiaobao asked again, and Diao Chan finally said, "You were willing to become a eunuch to protect the emperor. Your courage to endure humiliation and bear heavy burdens is certainly worthy of my admiration."

Wei Xiaobao was so angry that he laughed, cursing in his heart: "Your husband has become a eunuch, and you still think it's a good thing and admire me?"

Wei Xiaobao said, "I'm not a worthless eunuch. If I were a eunuch, how could I marry you?"

Diao Chan said, "Many of the eunuchs and eunuchs in the court have families, but they all need the emperor's reward."

Wei Xiaobao thought to himself, "Xiao Xuanzi said that the chief eunuchs of the Ming Dynasty would secretly buy houses outside the palace and find fake wives. I didn't expect that the eunuchs of the Han Dynasty were given wives directly by the emperor. No wonder Cao Cao, Liu Bei, and Sun Quan fought each other to such an extent that they were bloody. It turns out that the chaos was at the root. Xiao Xuanzi doted on me so much, but when I was still Xiao Guizi, he didn't even say that he would give me a wife. I couldn't even hold an official position."

Diao Chan continued, "But I know you are not a eunuch, you are just pretending."

Wei Xiaobao asked, "How do you know I'm not? I'm afraid even the teacher doesn't know about this."

Diao Chan turned her head away and pointed at Wei Xiaobao's lower body, saying, "I just found out when I was crying just now." Wei Xiaobao smiled awkwardly and immediately asked, "Wang Situ doesn't think I'm a eunuch, does he?"

Diao Chan said, "I heard from my adoptive father that all the officials in the court knew about your identity as a eunuch. However, after the rebellion of the Ten Attendants, the eunuchs in the palace were almost all killed. That's why no one mentioned it anymore. I think they were afraid of embarrassing you."

Wei Xiaobao thought to himself, "Yuan Shao has a grudge against eunuchs, but Dong Zhuo doesn't care. In the eyes of others, I'm a big shot around the Emperor. Even though the Emperor is being bullied by Dong Zhuo, they definitely have to give him some face. From what Diao Chan said, Dong Zhuo and Jia Xu also think I'm a eunuch. It seems He Lingsi didn't tell Tang Zhou about me and her at the time."

Wei Xiaobao asked, "If I were really a eunuch, would you still marry me?"

Diao Chan said, "My foster father has been very kind to me in raising me. This marriage was arranged between him and the Minister. If you don't want to marry me, I will stay in the mansion and serve him. Even if..."

At this point, Diao Chan choked up a little, took a breath and continued, "Even if my adoptive father asked me to seduce Dong Zhuo and Lu Bu, I can only accept my fate."

Wei Xiaobao asked, "Your adoptive father asked you to marry me, so are you willing?"

Diao Chan remained silent and just nodded slightly.

Wei Xiaobao looked at Diao Chan's shy and beautiful face, and his heart was already filled with joy. But he suddenly thought of A Ke and sighed in his heart: "I wish my senior sister would be willing to marry me like you are."

Seeing that he had been silent for a long time, Diao Chan asked, "Why did you not want to marry me before, and why did you agree later?"

After hearing Diao Chan's question, Wei Xiaobao pondered for a moment and said, "Since you are my wife, there is something I must let you know."

Diao Chan saw his playful expression suddenly disappear, replaced by a serious face. She nodded solemnly and said, "I know you have a wife. The Minister has told my adoptive father about this. It was because you were worried about your wife's death at the hands of the Yellow Turbans that the Minister agreed to arrange a marriage for you."

Wei Xiaobao said, "Actually, Shuang'er hasn't married me yet, so that's not what I want to talk about."

Diao Chan's heart was pounding, not knowing what shocking secret Wei Xiaobao would reveal, but looking at his expression, she knew it was definitely not an ordinary matter.

Wei Xiaobao said: "Actually, I'm not just from your place!"

Diao Chan breathed a sigh of relief and said, "I'm not from the capital Sili either. I'm from Jinyang in Bingzhou. I heard from the Minister that your parents are dead and you have no other relatives at home. After we get married, my adoptive father will be your father-in-law, and you can treat this place as your home."

Wei Xiaobao shook his head and said, "That's not what I meant. Let me show you."

As Wei Xiaobao spoke, he took off his military cap and revealed his head.

Diao Chan was stunned. The half bald head of Wei Xiaobao had grown a lot of hair now, but it was still different from the back of his head, not to mention that there was a long braid hanging down at the back.

Diao Chan covered her mouth and asked timidly, "Are you a barbarian?"

This time, Wei Xiaobao finally heard the word "barbarian" clearly and quickly shook his head and said, "I am not a barbarian, I am Han. This is the Manchu hairstyle. I came from more than a thousand years later."

(End of this chapter)