After having sex with a fake eunuch, I became the queen

"Nineteen, twenty, twenty-one, oops, no! Fuzhi, what did Qingshuang say?"

"Lord Lu said it's okay, I can improve if I practice a few more times, and he also said I have a good foundation and talent!"

"Forty-eight, forty-nine, fifty! Fifty! I'm fifty! Fuzhi, did Qingshuang say anything?"

"Lord Lu said that with my current progress, he would be able to teach me to be a master of pitching pots within three days."

"Ninety-eight, ninety-nine, one hundred, it's over a hundred! It's over a hundred!"

"Princess, Lord Lu said that I am indeed a teachable kid and can now be a disciple!"

For three consecutive nights, Ji Yin performed the game of pitching pots for Ji Mingyue in the princess's bedroom. This was not an ordinary performance, but a vivid performance that a person from the underworld whom the princess could not see was teaching her how to pitch pots.

Since sneaking into the palace pretending to be a eunuch, Ji Yin discovered that he had a talent for acting. Now that he plays two roles, a man and a ghost at the same time, he feels that this talent has been brought to its fullest.

After listening to the middleman Ji Ying's retelling, Ji Mingyue promised her ghost husband that she would live happily for the rest of her life.

Lu Qingshuang also "sent a message" saying that he decided to go for reincarnation without worry. Before leaving, he would stay for three more days to teach his skills of pitching pots to the young eunuch named "Fuzhi". If the princess missed him, he could let the young eunuch perform pitching pots for her. This would be considered as passing on his skills and leaving a memory for the princess.

Mr. Lu was not only an expert in pot-throwing, but also good at teaching. In addition, the young eunuch named Fuzhi was talented and teachable, so after only three nights of teaching, he was able to achieve a good result of more than 100 arrows.

When he was young, Lu Qingshuang was an expert in throwing arrows into pots. He could hit a hundred arrows with one arrow[Note 1] in the game and was known as the best in Lin’an Prefecture. He was even summoned by Emperor Jingxuan to perform at a banquet for princes and ministers.

Xiaojian throwing pot is different from ordinary throwing pot. Ordinary throwing pot uses multiple arrows, while Xiaojian throwing pot only uses one special bamboo arrow. Because bamboo arrows are elastic, the thrower can control the angle and force to make the bamboo arrow bounce back after it is thrown into the pot, and then catch it and throw it again. This is repeated over and over again. Whoever throws the most times wins. This rule requires higher skills from the thrower. If the arrow can be thrown and bounced back more than 100 times in a row, then he will be the top master of Xiaojian throwing pot. It is said that Lu Qingshuang still holds the highest record of Xiaojian throwing pot in Lin'an Prefecture - 149 times.

There was a "good story" circulating in Lin'an Prefecture - Princess Fenyang fell in love with Lu Shaofu at first sight after watching his pitching pot performance at a banquet, so she asked her father to grant her marriage. It is said that many noble ladies at that time cried secretly after hearing the news that Lu Shaofu was granted marriage, and some even turned white overnight. Most of those noble ladies had also seen Lu Qingshuang's pitching pot performance.

It can be seen how famous this Mr. Lu was in those days for his superb skills in pitching pots.

As soon as Ji Yu entered the princess's bedroom, he saw the pot and arrows for the Xiaojian throwing pot on the table, and immediately remembered this "good story". In order to make the princess more convinced and let Lu Qingshuang leave peacefully, he lied like that.

Prince Ying Geng was very good at the art of pitching. He did not need anyone to teach him the skill. His gradual improvement was just for the sake of showing off to the princess.

He thought very modestly that if he was born a dozen years earlier, he would not be worse than the young master Lu back then, and he might also be famous in Lin'an Prefecture, with many girls throwing fruits on his carriage. Just like the last time he hit the little emperor in the face with berries, saying that he would hit his left cheek but not his right cheek... In fact, he showed mercy that day, thinking that the boy would have to take the test the next day, he did not hit his face into a mound, giving this son of a bitch some face.

Ji Yin had been coaxing a crazy woman for three consecutive nights and was exhausted both physically and mentally. He felt that he would go crazy if he stayed up for another day...Princess Fenyang, who was already in her thirties, clapped her hands and jumped for joy when she saw her ghost husband teaching her how to play pitch pot, and then pouted and screamed with regret, as if she had returned to her girlhood.

Ji Ying thought, this was probably what it looked like when she first watched Lu Qingshuang toss the pot at the age of seventeen!

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Ji Ning sent someone to Xunfang Palace to inquire about Fuzhi's recent performance. After all, she was his appointed servant, so he had to ask about her. In fact, his real purpose was to hear this person's jokes. For example, how the princess aunt chased him like an eagle catching chickens, how she kept calling him "husband" until he blushed, and how he was overwhelmed by the princess aunt's embrace.

However, it was unexpectedly heard that since Fuzhi entered Xunfang Palace, the princess's madness had been mostly cured. She no longer called men "husband" as she did before, and she even threw herself into their arms.

Hearing that she really liked watching the little eunuch named Fuzhi playing pitch pot... he actually found the right remedy for her condition - the princess aunt was in need of a husband who knew how to pitch pot, and the "face-lover" he sent to her unexpectedly suited her taste.

In recent days, Qiao Wan'er looked depressed, with a sad face all day long and absent-minded in everything she did. Ji Ning knew that it was because of Fuzhi.

However, Ji Ning felt that he had to play the role of the Queen Mother who separated the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl. This was for her own good, and sooner or later "Mother" would understand his good intentions.

The examination in front of the palace that day was interrupted several times by urgent military reports from the Yangyang area. Later, the Grand Tutor and the ministers were no longer in the mood to continue questioning the young emperor, and the examination ended hastily. Ji Ning was secretly happy in his heart. With such a small brain, how could he remember so many obscure things? Even if he could memorize these things, he would not know what they meant.

The Empress Dowager was busy dealing with military reports on suppressing the rebellion. Perhaps she felt that he could not be of much help there and was just a decoration, so she gave him a few days of rest after the examination.

Ji Ning felt like a fish in water. He could finally have a few days of leisurely fun.

Early in the morning, Lord Fan was specially invited to go boating on Tingchao Lake, and Qiao Wan'er was also asked to go along.

The three of them sat in the boat tent, enjoying the scenery, drinking tea and chatting. Xu Nian was at the stern, rowing the boat and humming a few lines of folk rowing tunes that he had learned from somewhere. He occasionally sang out of tune, which made the three people in the tent laugh. Ji Ning felt that the atmosphere of the "family of three" boating on the lake was immediately created.

But later this atmosphere was destroyed by Fan Mingchu, because Lord Fan had a "chronic disease" - "addiction to storytelling". He would "get sick" when he was happy. Once the addiction came, he would often tell stories to others regardless of the occasion, time, or other people's feelings.

At this moment, someone unknown had triggered his "root cause of illness". Fan Mingchu suddenly began to talk to the woman and child in front of him, from "A gentleman is cautious when alone and does not deceive in secret" to "The emperor commands the three dukes, and the three dukes lead the princes." He also threw out a few questions from time to time.

Qiao Wan'er listened very attentively and seemed attracted by Fan Mingchu's scholarly air.

But Ji Ning, a child who hated studying, felt that he was a real nuisance. He ruined the rare pleasant and relaxing atmosphere. After finally getting two days off, he still had to listen to him lecture on obscure scriptures... This was the bad thing about Lord Fan. He lectured when he should have, and even lectured when he shouldn't have.

Ji Ning sat on the boat, listening absentmindedly to Fan Mingchu's nonsense, almost the same as when he listened to the Taifu's lectures, he heard it with one ear and it went out with the other.

Fortunately, with Qiao Wan'er as her "companion", she was able to answer all of Mr. Fan's questions and received his frequent nods.

It's a good sign that the two of them have such tacit understanding.

After the boat circled in the lake, Ji Ning decided to go ashore quickly, otherwise he didn't know how long Lord Fan would continue to "chant".

As soon as they got ashore, the sunny weather suddenly started to rain.

Fortunately, Ji Ning came in a sedan chair with a canopy to protect him from the rain. When he got off the boat, several attendants moved the sedan chair closer and helped the little emperor get on it. One of them was very discerning and took out an umbrella from the secret compartment under the sedan chair, opened it and handed it to Fan Mingchu.

Because there is little rain in early winter, and it was sunny today, I didn't think of preparing rain gear. Fortunately, there are usually umbrellas in the secret compartment of the sedan chair, which came in handy at this time. Ji Ning was riding a single-person sedan chair, and the secret compartment was relatively small, so there was only one umbrella in it.

"Palace Lady Qiao, quickly help Lord Fan hold an umbrella." When Ji Ning saw the attendant handing over an umbrella, he said to Qiao Wan'er.

This only umbrella would undoubtedly fall on Fan Mingchu's head, so Ji Ning had an idea and simply asked Qiao Wan'er to hold the umbrella next to him. This not only allowed the two of them to be closer, but also kept Qiao Wan'er from getting wet in the rain.

As for the others, he couldn't take care of them. Anyway, Qiao Wan'er was the only woman among the group, so he felt there was nothing wrong with this arrangement.

Qiao Wan'er responded with a "yes", quickly stepped forward to take the oil-paper umbrella, and held it over Fan Mingchu's head.

When Fan Mingchu saw the woman holding an umbrella for him, most of her body was still outside the umbrella and wet in the rain, so he said, "Gong Ren Qiao, please come inside the umbrella to avoid getting wet."

"My lord, it's alright, it's alright, it's fine for me."

Seeing that Qiao Wan'er still maintained the original posture and did not move, Fan Mingchu reached out and grabbed the umbrella handle, taking the umbrella from the woman's hand. Then he moved closer to Qiao Wan'er so that both of them could be covered by the umbrella as much as possible.

"Sir, please...let me do it..." After Fan Mingchu became the person holding the umbrella, Qiao Wan'er immediately looked restrained and wanted to reject his kindness.

"No need to say more, this is good, let's go." Fan Mingchu interrupted her and walked forward with an umbrella.

Seeing his unyielding look, the woman under the umbrella said nothing more and followed the man.

Ji Ning saw this scene from the side and was secretly delighted.

So those who had umbrellas opened their umbrellas, those who had covers opened their covers, and those who had no umbrellas or covers just braved the rain and walked back home.

After walking for several hundred meters, I suddenly heard a woman's voice: "Wait, don't go, wait for me!"

Hearing the shout, everyone stopped and looked in the direction of the sound. A woman in a goose yellow dress was running towards them from the direction of the bamboo forest. It turned out to be the eldest princess Ji Mingyue.

(End of this chapter)