The knife maker surnamed Liu in the capital said that his father and mother loved him.

These words were spoken by the swordsmith when his little brother was cut off, and he remembers them to this day.

At that time, he was not called Qiu Anren, nor was he turning his hand over for the clouds, and he was not the chief eunuch of the rain priest and the eunuch of the Dongchang Governor, he was called the official brother - his father and mother wanted him to be rich and noble, and he would go to be an official.

The knife maker said, just the child, you skin, your parents should send you to the Eight Hutong Xianggu Pavilion to be the rabbit master, but they feel sorry for you, they don't plan to let you be ridden by thousands of people, and send you to me.

But later, Qiu Anren was reluctant to mention his parents again, only saying that he was abducted by a kidnapper and sold to a knife maker, and asked him why his surname was Qiu, and he only said that his master's surname was Qiu.

"In the future, when you enter the palace and serve in front of the emperor, you will be rich and rich, and you will know that your parents are good to you." The knife maker sharpened his knife, and a bowl of hemp boiled and poured down.

When he came to his senses again, the nine-year-old official brother was already lying in a dark room with seven or eight children of about the same age.

Of the seven or eight children, only one of them walked out of that room in the end.

The knife maker looked at the little sick beauty who had been out of shape after two laps, but was still extremely bright, and said: "Yo, what a blessing, it is a rich and noble life." ”

Rich and rich? The young official brother squinted, and someone always told him that he would be rich and prosperous in the future, and that was probably true.

When he saw the Forbidden City, the vermilion walls and glazed tiles were reflected in the sunlight.

Is it gold? The young official brother thought like this with his barren imagination, this is probably what it looks like to be rich and noble.

Brother Guan didn't know how much this splendid realm could hide dirt and dirt.

They were the first batch of boys sent to the palace during the Longwu period, and hundreds of children stood in front of the squinting old eunuch like hundreds of chickens, only he stood slim like a little crane.

That's right, the old eunuch used to describe him was "slim and elegant", and he later learned when he was studying that it was a word used to describe girls.

The children learn the rules and do chores together until the evening. At night, everyone else can go, but he has to stay.

The old eunuch said that he was from the celebrant eunuch, and first said something to him, "We are all former court servants, and we are all traitors, and we can't be reused", and then said, "In the future, it will be up to you children to stir up trouble in this Forbidden City." "Yunyun.

Brother Guan didn't understand at the time, but he just felt that he was saying good things, so he couldn't stop nodding.

The old eunuch was satisfied, and touched his brain, which was a childish boy at that time, and his hair was all shaved, with only two mustaches on the top of his head. So his soft scalp touched the old eunuch's big hand, which had calluses on it, and rubbed it on him.

Then the old eunuch said to him: "I see that you are a rich and noble life, and I will send you to study in the inner study hall in the future, and go to the celebrant in the future!" Do you know what a celebrant is? ”

Brother Guan heard "rich and expensive" again, but this time there are two more words "reading", and the place where you have to read to go must be very powerful, right? Brother Guan shook his head in awe.

The old eunuch's hand rubbed his head against his face, and he grinned, "It's a place that can stir up the whole court." ”

Brother Guan wanted to study, and he also wanted to enter the master of ceremonies, so he obediently followed the old eunuch to his bedroom that night - he wanted to show Brother Guan a way to rise to the top.

He never thought about what it would be like.

The eunuchs are missing parts of their bodies, and they can't be like ordinary men, but the more they lack something, the more they want something, so their teeth, nails, and hands have all become tools to vent their desires.

The old eunuch asked the official brother to call him master, and he became his ** from then on.

On the surface, Brother Guan is still a person like white jade, but when he lifted his clothes, he couldn't find a piece of good skin and flesh underneath.

The old eunuch really spoke his mind, and on the second day he was chosen to enter the inner study, where he read the books of sages like the old men outside. But it's not the same, if they pass the exam in the future, they will all be able to stand in front of Fengtianmen openly. But he is different, he will go out of the inner study hall in the future, enter the celebrant supervisor, and can only stand behind the emperor's side, shrink behind the glory of the dragon chair, and watch everyone like a mouse.

So he learned some high-sounding ways of governance in the inner study hall during the day, and also learned how to commit himself to others at night.

He later used these things to make many people fall under him, no matter whether it was forced or what, this many people, including the celebrant of the Qing'an period later, Leng Changqiu.

When Brother Guan first entered the palace, Emperor Longwu and Empress Lin could barely be regarded as raising eyebrows, but later the relationship became worse and worse.

In the process of the gradual deterioration of the relationship between the emperor and the queen, he also grew from a delicate and good-looking porcelain doll to a jade-like teenager.

When he was fourteen years old, the master led him to Empress Lin and asked him to recite a book, and he remembered that he was reciting "The Story of Yueyang Tower" at that time.

"Yuzhang Ancient County, Hongdu New Mansion; The stars are divided into wings, and the ground is connected to Henglu......" He just memorized four words, and saw Queen Lin open her eyes.

"Stop." She said.

Brother Guan thought that he had done something wrong, so he stopped helplessly, glanced at Queen Lin with a pair of fox-like eyes, and then stared at his toes.

"Do you have a name?" Empress Lin asked him.

"Brother Guan." He said.

"What's your last name?" Empress Lin asked again.

"Qiu." He replied.

"The surname is Qiu...... Queen Lin's face showed a playful look, "Then don't call it this name in the future, just call it 'Anren'." ”

At the age of fourteen, he became Qiu Anren of Lin Hantoad, and at night he changed from serving his master to serving the queen, which was the sixth year of Longwu.

What tricks can a woman and a boy who is missing something be able to play? But what his master had taught him at night came in handy at this time.

All in all, it's pretty much the same.

Emperor Longwu died suddenly when he was seventeen years old, leaving behind a cub of five or six years old and a young widow, and all his concubines went down to the mausoleum with him, no matter how young and beautiful the girl.

And the surviving people of Emperor Longwu listened to the screams of those girls, with a smile on their faces.

He also laughed, those who had beaten and scolded him or belittled him in the past all died with Emperor Longwu today.

I'm so happy, Qiu Anren thought.

Seventeen-year-old Qiu Anren entered the celebrant and became the youngest and most beautiful chamberlain in it, although the chamberlain was young and beautiful, he didn't know what it was for.

It was also in that year that he knew that the real Qiu Anren was actually someone else.

On weekdays, he calls him "Qiu Ge Lao".

That day, he was behind the curtain and witnessed Lin Hanchan, who had just become the queen mother, confiding in Qiu Ge Lao - telling some childhood friendships.

And he himself listened carefully to Qiu Ge Lao's voice for a while, and it turned out to be eight points similar to himself. It's just that his voice is more brittle and tender, and because something is missing, his voice will always be like a teenager.

He hid behind the curtain and saw the real Qiu Anren open the sleeves of the Empress Dowager Lin, and said coldly: "The Empress Dowager is self-respecting!" ”

Empress Dowager Lin sat on the ground crying, calling the name of Qiu Ge Lao, crying like an ordinary woman in the house.

He is Qiu Anren, so who am I? The chamberlain behind the curtain thought to himself.

And after that day, he didn't see Qiu Ge Lao again. Qiu Ge died in an accident, and the smile on Empress Dowager Lin's face was exactly the same as when all the concubines of Emperor Longwu went to the funeral.

Qiu Anren laughed again.

I'm really happy, from now on, there will be only one Qiu Anren.