Lai Yifa had been sold to the main family since he was young. His living and food as a book boy were quite good, so his height was considered tall among his peers.
At ten years old, he was already as tall as twelve or thirteen-year-olds.
Therefore, the woman called Ruohua, who was called out by the madam, did not treat him as a child.
And so, Lai Yifa was led into the room by the fragrant Ruohua, the door was closed, and they had a session of passion.
But what happened afterwards was awkward.
Just as Lai Yifa was receiving his "physiological education" from Ruohua on the second floor, his master had finished.
Upon coming out, he did not see Lai Yifa and assumed he had left first, unable to wait any longer.
Thus, Lai Yifa was abandoned at the Hundred Flowers Pavilion.
An hour later, Lai Yifa walked out of the private room on the second floor, feeling refreshed.
He had never been so proud, the Ruohua slumped inside was the best proof.
Stretching lazily, he was about to go downstairs when a pimp walked over.
"Is the guest satisfied?"
How could Lai Yifa not be satisfied, so he nodded.
The pimp extended his hand towards him, rubbing his thumb and index finger back and forth.
"Then, please, may the guest give Miss Ruohua some money for her makeup?"
The naive Lai Yifa simply thought it was just simple money for makeup.
He fumbled in his怀 for a long time, and placed over ten copper coins in the pimp's hand.
The pimp's face immediately darkened.
Pointing at Lai Yifa's nose, he began to curse: "You scoundrel! Miss Ruohua is the pillar of our Hundred Flowers Pavilion, and you're giving us this to send away beggars?"
Lai Yifa was startled by him, but after feeling around, he couldn't find another copper coin on him.
"Uh, this is all the money I have. If it's not enough, can I make it up next time?"
The pimp was amused by his words.
"Heh! I've heard of people eating without paying, but now there are people who patronize prostitutes without paying?"
The madam walked over at this moment. After asking the pimp for clarification, she glanced at Lai Yifa dismissively.
"Castrate him! Send him to Eunuch Hai at the palace's eunuch cleansing house!"
Lai Yifa was stunned by this.
Before he could even react, he was struck on the back of the neck with a palm by the pimp, knocked unconscious, and then dragged towards the backyard.
Upon reaching the courtyard, the pimp threw him into a room and said to the guard: "When Old Wang gets back, castrate this fellow and send him to Eunuch Hai at the palace's eunuch cleansing house."
Not long after, the pimp's Old Wang returned. After the guard explained everything, Old Wang mumbled as he entered the room.
"Damn it, bad luck! Having to do this kind of work on the first day!"
Shaking his head, he took a thin-as-cicada-wing knife from the shelf nearby and walked to the long table in the center of the room.
Lai Yifa had already woken up when he heard Old Wang's voice, but his mouth was gagged, preventing him from making a sound.
He could only look at the knife in Old Wang's hand with terror, his mouth making muffled sounds.
Old Wang ignored him, untied his trousers.
But the next moment, Old Wang froze.
A cucumber and two tomatoes, but only tomatoes and no cucumber? What the hell was this?
Had he been castrated?
Was this how castrations were done?
Old Wang, who didn't understand medicine, had no idea that Lai Yifa's genitals had completely retracted into his abdomen due to fear.
The entire thing had shrunk back into his lower abdomen, causing Lai Yifa to writhe in pain, big drops of sweat streaming down his cheeks.
But in Old Wang's eyes, this guy was just afraid of being cut.
He threw the knife back onto the shelf, helped Lai Yifa put his clothes back on, and carried him out.
"I'm going to deliver the goods, if there's more work, put it aside for now!"
The guard merely nodded and said nothing.
Old Wang carried Lai Yifa to a small gate outside the imperial palace, which was specifically for eunuchs from the cleansing house to exit.
After knocking a few times on the gate, a eunuch came out.
"Who are you?"
Old Wang brought Lai Yifa forward.
"This humble servant is from the Hundred Flowers Pavilion in the city, sent here by order of the proprietress."
The eunuch sized up Lai Yifa from head to toe, and seeing that he was clean-featured, he nodded and took him.
Then, he took out a piece of silver from his怀 and threw it over.
"Tell the Hundred Flowers Pavilion they don't need to send anyone this month."
The eunuch who received him didn't inspect closely, after all, even if they gave the Hundred Flowers Pavilion a hundred times the courage, they wouldn't dare to play tricks in such matters.
And so, Lai Yifa entered the palace in a daze.
Once inside the palace, his anxious heart slowly relaxed, and the thing that had retracted surprisingly returned to its original state.
Lai Yifa initially thought he was like everyone else.
It wasn't until sanitary pads became popular in the imperial palace that others used them. He curiously asked, "Hey? What do you guys want this for?"
The others looked at him as if he were an idiot.
This made Lai Yifa cautious, so he found an opportunity to secretly watch other eunuchs urinate.
Upon seeing this, Lai Yifa was astonished to discover that he seemed to have something extra compared to others!
From that moment on, Lai Yifa walked through the palace in constant fear, lest his secret be discovered!
But a few days ago, Sun Simiao saw through it. Lai Yifa knelt on the ground, kowtowing and swearing, and finally softened Sun Simiao's heart.
However, Sun Simiao told him to leave the imperial palace quickly, not to violate human ethics, and commit a capital offense.
He wanted to seek help from Fang Er, because besides Fang Er, he couldn't think of anyone else who would help him rather than kill him with a single blow.
But Fang Er had gone to Wōguó, so this matter had been dragging on until now.
Fang Er listened, dumbfounded.
"Holy crap! So, Lord Wei wasn't the first man to become a eunuch?"
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