Descendants of Pangu in the Great Desolation

Chapter 30 Fate makes people
Xiaoyou and I walked outside the Bihai Pavilion, and saw Xu Lu running over from the gate with a blue cloth bag in his hand.Xu Lu ran to me and panted and said to me: "Master, I have bought what you want." I looked at Xu Lu who was panting heavily, and said: "Put things down first, I want to enter the palace." Help me find a piece of clothing." Xu Lu responded, "Good young master" and then ran into the room, put the bundle on the table, and started rummaging in the closet.

After a while, Xu Lu picked up a sky plain brocade shirt and said to me: "Master, how about this one?" I nodded and said, "Okay, let's take this one." , especially on this sunny day, it will look more energetic.I casually untied the small gown on my body and turned to Xu Lu who was beside me and said, "Xu Lu, go and change into clean clothes too, and follow me into the palace."

Xu Lu was very happy when he heard that, and hurriedly responded: "Okay, master, I'll change it right away." Although Xu Lu was always by my side, he rarely entered the palace with me.It's not because of his low status that it would hurt my face to enter the palace. In fact, it's normal for me to bring a follower when I enter the palace, but I don't want him to be restrained by the rules in the palace and make him feel uncomfortable, so I rarely take him with him. into the palace.But today is very special, I guess the emperor asked me for something but couldn't say it clearly, so he used Situ Jie to find me as an excuse to call me into the palace, and brought Xu Lu to let him accompany Situ Jie, even if someone suspected What is leaked.

I shouted to Xu Lu who ran not far from the room: "Hurry up and gather at the gate, I won't take you there if it's late, remember to take the jade hairpin I gave you."

After burning incense, I dressed neatly and walked towards the gate. I saw Xu Lu standing there chatting with Xiao Shunzi from a distance. He was wearing a green coat and a pair of brown trousers. His long black hair was tied up with a blue ribbon, and the hosta I gave him as a hair tie not long ago was stuck in it, making him look vigorous.Xu Lu's hair tie ceremony was at the end of the year, and he planned to give this jade hairpin to him on that day, but he couldn't find a carver who was satisfied with the work, so he didn't send it out.I thought he would complain to me like Situ Jing that the gift was delivered too late, because not only Situ Jing gave him a royal blue hair tie on the day of his haircutting ceremony, but my mother also gave Xu Lu a set. Jinyi, even my father paid ten taels of silver from the tent as a gift for Xu Lu's hair. Only I didn't give him anything that day, but he didn't complain to me. Feel a little guilty.It wasn't until I met shopkeeper Ji that I realized this wish, and gave this belated hair tie gift to Yu Xin before her wedding.After Xu Lu received it, he was reluctant to wear it, fearing that a mistake would destroy the jade hairpin, so he kept it carefully.

When Xiao Shunzi saw me coming out, he hurriedly saluted and said, "Your Majesty is auspicious." I waved my hand and said, "Let's go, so Xiaojie won't be in a hurry." After speaking, I lifted my legs and walked out the door.Before stepping out of the gate, I said to Uncle Fu at the side: "By the way, Uncle Fu, if mother asks, just say that I won't be able to eat lunch in the palace." In the sedan chair with the blue roof outside.With the sound of Xu Lu getting up the sedan chair, the two bearers standing at the front and back of the sedan chair steadily raised the sedan chair bars and followed Xiao Shunzi and Xu Lu towards the palace.

Sitting bored in the sedan chair, he casually lifted the curtain on the right side, and saw Xiao Shunzi and Xu Lu walking and chatting in front of him, as if they were old friends instead of just meeting each other.I have inquired about this little Shunzi from Situ Jing before.His real name is Qi Shun, a native of Sioux City who lives on the only three acres of Susukida in his family. When he was eight years old, his hometown was flooded and he had to follow his family to the capital to join his relatives. Unexpectedly, his relatives had already moved away from the capital and could not be found. But he came all the way with only two taels of silver left on him, so he had no choice but to take out eight taels of silver and rent a place that was more like a yard than a shack to live in.But it was rainy and rainy in the house, Qi Shun's father, Qi Dasheng, fell ill because he couldn't find a job to support his family. Not only did he have to ask a doctor to see a doctor and buy medicine, but he also had to maintain the family's livelihood. The worried Qi Dasheng sighed and sighed all day long. Qishun's mother, Tian Shi, couldn't just get some laundry work from a wealthy family to make ends meet.Fortunately, Tian's hands and feet are quick and industrious, and he was paid a lot of wages, so that he has the money to treat Qi Dasheng's illness.But when Qi Dasheng was about to recover from his illness, one day Tian took Qi Shun with his washed clothes and sent them to his master. Walking on the street, a runaway carriage ran towards him. Tian was killed by the carriage in order to save his son. Hit and passed out on the street.

Qi Shun was only eight years old at the time, and had already panicked when he encountered such a thing, he was only busy calling his mother who passed out, and then he would look for the source of the trouble.Later, with the help of neighbors, Tian was carried back home. When Qi Dasheng saw his wife was carried back unconscious, he was so emotional that he vomited a mouthful of blood and passed out.Five days later, Qi Dasheng and his wife passed away, leaving behind only their bewildered son, eight-year-old Qi Shun.

The family's money was basically spent for medical treatment, so Qishun had no choice but to sell himself for money to bury his parents.On this day, Eunuch Ding Shui, the head of the palace, was out of the palace to work for the emperor. He saw him selling himself to bury his relatives on the street. He couldn't help being moved by filial piety and felt compassion, so he handed over five taels of silver to him to bury his parents properly. then left.When Eunuch Ding finished his work and rushed back, he saw Qi Shun still staying there, but his parents behind him were nowhere to be seen.Eunuch Ding murmured in his heart, is he a liar?But it seems wrong, if it is a liar, if he cheated Yinliang, he should leave immediately, it is impossible to stay here.The more Eunuch Ding thought about it, the more puzzled he became, he couldn't help but walked in front of Qishun, and before Eunuch Ding could ask him, he spoke first.

It turned out that Qi Shun had already bought two thin coffins for his parents and now they are temporarily placed in Yizhuang. He is still staying here to wait for Eunuch Ding.Qi Shun thought that since Eunuch Ding paid for him, he would be bought by Eunuch Ding, and he would be willing to be a slave or a maidservant, but he forgot to ask Eunuch Ding's address just now, and he didn't know where to find Eunuch Ding, so he had to stay here Waiting for Eunuch Ding.Eunuch Ding did not expect Qi Shun to be filial and trustworthy at such a young age, so he had a good impression of him. At this time, Eunuch Ding suddenly remembered that the emperor wanted to find a personal servant for the three-year-old seventh prince two days ago, but the palace None of the little eunuchs were happy, and he thought that the emperor would be satisfied if Qi Shun was called into the palace, but he didn't know whether Qi Shun would be willing.After thinking for a long time, Eunuch Ding decided to ask Qi Shun for his opinion. If he agreed, it would be great, and if he disagreed, he would not force it.

Eunuch Ding said to Qishun: "Son, let me tell you something." Qishun asked: "Grandpa, tell me what you want."

Eunuch Ding looked at him and said hesitantly: "Actually, I am the chief eunuch in the palace. The current emperor wants to find a personal servant for the seventh prince. I wonder if you would like to come with me into the palace?" Qi Shun nodded slightly and said: "Grandpa, It was you who paid for the burial of my parents, and I am now yours, and I am willing to do whatever you ask me to do."

Eunuch Ding looked at the scheming Qi Shun and continued: "Son, I didn't buy you with money. I only gave you the silver taels for your filial piety. You are still free. I brought you into the palace just I want you to have a way to survive, but it depends on your thoughts, think about it carefully, and I won’t force you.” Qi Shun scratched his head and said to him, “Grandpa, I don’t care where I go, as long as I can eat enough and wear warmth. All willing."

Eunuch Ding really likes this child, but there must be a procedure for entering the palace as an errand, and no man voluntarily accepts it. None of the eunuchs in the palace are forced to take this road.Eunuch Ding shook his head and said helplessly: "Son, since you are willing, I will not say anything, but I want to tell you one thing first, the first thing to do when entering the palace is to purify yourself, and you have to decide not to step on it in your lifetime." Would you like to step out of the palace?" Qi Shun tilted his head and asked, "Grandpa, what is cleansing? Do you need to wash your body first?" Eight-year-old Qi Shun didn't know this, how could he understand cleansing? What a big thing it is for a man.

Eunuch Ding explained to him: "Son, purifying means castrating your lifeblood. From then on, you can't marry a wife and have children, and you can't carry on the family line." Qi Shun gritted his teeth and said to Eunuch Ding: "Grandpa, my parents have I don’t care about this after passing away, I just know that my life is a kind of comfort to them, I decided to enter the palace with you.” Although he said so, tears rolled in Qi Shun’s eyes, Qi Shun gritted his teeth and endured the pain. Hold back the tears that are about to flow.Eunuch Ding looked at his strong side, and said with a choked voice: "Son, if you really don't care about this, I will take you into the palace, and you will be my grandson of Ding Shui from now on. Remember what you said, you have to do it for yourself." The dead parents are alive and well!"

After Eunuch Ding regained his excitement, he brought Qishun to the Tianxiang Inn and opened a room for him to stay in. After entering the room, Eunuch Ding said to Qishun that his parents should be buried in peace as soon as possible. Eunuch Ding came to pick him up again the next day, and left two taels of silver for emergencies.Afterwards, Eunuch Ding left the inn and went back to the palace. Before he left, he told Kesheng, the inn's errand, to take care of Qi Shun, and he would settle the rent five days later.

Three days later, Qi Shun, with the help of the waiter in the inn, buried his parents on Qingshan Hill, kowtowed three times in front of his parents' graves, and left this sad place.Two days later, Eunuch Ding came to the inn to pick up Qi Shun. Before leaving, Qi Shun handed over the remaining four taels of silver to the waiter in the inn, and asked him to burn three sticks of incense for him during the [-]-day anniversary of his parents. So he followed Eunuch Ding into the palace without looking back.

He went to the palace to meet the emperor, and the emperor liked it very much when he saw it, so he told Eunuch Ding to let him be the seventh prince's personal servant.After Qi Shun entered the palace, apart from taking care of the young seventh prince, he went to the imperial study every day to visit the elderly Eunuch Ding.Half a year after Qishun entered the palace, Eunuch Ding suddenly contracted a persistent illness and passed away after treatment failed.Before he died, Eunuch Ding told him that he must take good care of the Seventh Prince and not let him suffer any damage.Qi Shun kept in mind Eunuch Ding's teachings, and took extremely good care of the Seventh Prince, and lived with the Seventh Prince in Fuze Palace carefree for seven whole years.

In fact, Qi Shun and Xu Lu have many similarities, but Xu Lu is lucky to have his father take care of him, so he doesn't have to enter the palace to survive.Maybe God is just. Although Qi Shun entered the palace as a eunuch and served the seventh prince who was only three years old, his life was stable and carefree. In the midst of a crisis, the ten-year-old Seventh Prince Situ Jie couldn't do without this elder brother Shun who had taken care of him for seven years.

(End of this chapter)