Chapter 5 Chapter 2 The Decision to Change Your Life by Entering the Palace

a fateful fall Most eunuchs were born in poor families, so many people think that Li Lianying is the same, but this is actually a misunderstanding.Li Lianying's family is well-off, and she entered the palace definitely not because of poverty and unsustainable life.Then why did Li Lianying become a eunuch after all? In the fourth year of Xianfeng (1854), seven-year-old Li Lianying was just at the time when he was frisky and innocent, but something happened that changed his fate. At this time, the life of the Li family was booming.During the Spring Festival this year, the whole family gathers together and immerses themselves in the joyful atmosphere of the festival.It happened that Li Lianying's grandfather came back from Beijing for the New Year.On New Year's Eve, just after sunset, Li Lianying's grandfather took a food box and went to the Haichao Temple in the west of the village to burn incense and make offerings, inviting the gods into the house.Li Lianying and her elder brother happily followed behind her grandfather.When she came back, she walked to the west intersection of the village. Li Lianying accidentally fell into a deep pit that was washed by the water when it rained, and sprained her left leg and knee.Although it was very painful at the time, the stubborn Li Lianying didn't say a word, she just didn't cry.

Fortunately, Li Lianying was fine at the time, so no one paid attention to this trivial matter, but Li Lianying's disasters followed one after another.Before the end of the first month, Li Lianying suffered from a problem with his left leg and knee. It had swollen into a big lump, festered and festered. The pain caused him to walk with a limp. Doctors' treatment was of no avail.The family was very anxious, and when the weather gradually warmed up in April, Li Yu took Li Lianying to Beijing to find his father, and wanted to ask a famous doctor in the capital for treatment.Seeing his grandson being tortured like this, the grandfather was very distressed, and blamed his son for not finding a way to get this field before coming to Beijing.

The next day, it happened that a camel-leader came from outside Xizhimen. He made a living by selling wild medicine, meeting people, and telling fortunes.The father and son discussed it, and then they took Li Lianying to ask him to have a look.Most of the traveling merchants who sell medicines are eloquent, defrauding people of their money by playing tricks.He took a look at Li Wanzhi's father, son and grandson. Although they were not very particular about their clothes, they didn't look like poor people, thinking that there was money to be made.Looking at the sores on Li Lianying's legs, which were bleeding pus, she made up her mind to cheat.He said nonchalantly, "This is a sore on the face, and it's just started now. In the future, I will have a nose, eyes, and talk."At that time, even Hua Tuo's reincarnation would be powerless.It’s not too late to cure it now, fortunately you met me, if you stick my plaster on it and pack it well, then please pass on my name to me; if the cure is not good, you can’t blame my medicine for not being good, but you It is too late to cure the child by myself.I can't say that this medicine can cure the disease, but generally such diseases can still be dealt with.

Li Wanzhi and his son were taken aback by this traveling businessman. They deeply felt that their child had an incurable disease, and when he saw that he said it could be cured, they were afraid and rejoiced in their hearts. They thought it was a wishful thing, so they invited him He ruled.The merchant first gave them a pack of medicated noodles, and then gave them some plasters, saying that the medicine was not expensive, and he only charged them two Xianfeng heavy treasures.Li's father and son were eager to save their son, and gave him two Xianfeng treasures without hesitation. The merchant originally just wanted to fool them, but he didn't expect them to be hooked, so he struck while the iron was hot, looked at Li Lianying decently, frowned in embarrassment and said: This child has a different life, if you two If the gentleman is willing to spend a few more, I will give him a picture.But the ugly words are in the head, don't be happy if your fortune is good, and don't worry if your fate is not good, I will crack everything I can crack, and I won't let you waste money.As he spoke, he asked Li Wanzhi again: Who is this child to you?When Li Wanzhi told him that he was his grandson, the merchant said: It is really worth spending more money, because it can avoid big troubles in the future.Li Wanzhi nodded in agreement.

I saw You Shang pretentiously looked at Li Lianying's face first, then his facial features, then his palms and hand lines, and his facial expressions were also unpredictable, and finally said to them: Don't take offense, gentlemen, sorry. I can tell you frankly that this child's fate is really different. He is born with an iron broom. After the age of ten, your family will be in great trouble. You will overwhelm your parents, but you will not have any brothers or sisters.Hearing this, the Li family father and son shivered unknowingly. The traveling merchant said mysteriously: If you want to escape this disaster, there are two ways: one is to enter the Buddhist gate, and the other is to enter the imperial gate.To enter the Buddhist gate is to let the child become a monk, and to enter the imperial gate is to let the child enter the palace as a eunuch.Other than that, there is no other choice.Hearing this, the Li family father and son looked a little dazed. After paying the money, they went home dejectedly.

No matter how preoccupied the adults were, Li Lianying was only a seven-year-old child after all, so she obviously didn't understand these words, and she didn't take them seriously, but seeing her grandfather and father was very upset.Li Yu applied the medicine to his son, put on a plaster, and told him to lie on the kang for a few days.Li Lianying's sore bleeds out a lot of pus and blood, but it is getting better day by day, and after more than ten days, it has healed.The Li family used to be superstitious about ghosts and gods, but once the sore healed, they enshrined the words of the merchants as gods and kept them in their hearts every day.From then on, the whole family seemed to be put on a heavy mental shackle, and one day Li Lianying would kill herself.

Li Lianying's grandfather wanted to keep him in Beijing, but because the people of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom had already started secret activities in Beijing at that time, the court was very strict, and Beijing began to fortify, and the situation became very chaotic.Li Wanzhi was afraid of accidents, so he arranged some money and dry food for the father and son, and asked them to go back to their hometown first.When we parted, Li Lianying was unwilling to leave his grandfather, and held his hand for a long time, unwilling to let go. Li Wanzhi was also deeply touched. After Li Yu brought Li Lianying home, the story of their meeting in Beijing quickly spread to dozens of families in the village.Good things don't go out, bad things spread thousands of miles.Everyone knows Li Lianying is an extraordinary guy.

As the saying goes, everyone pushed the wall down, and the usually kind folks began to discuss Li Lianying in private.Some said that he was young, thoughtful and mischievous, and although he was not very talkative, he could speak in a way that was very pleasant; others said that he was born with two front teeth, isn't that true? It’s a good omen, but it’s a disaster. Some people say that the fortune-teller is just to fool the rich people. If you don’t say it too badly, who can give you the money? Some people say that it doesn’t matter whether you believe it or not, just wait and see the result in the future. .Li Lianying's grandmother and mother had always believed in ghosts and gods, so they burned incense today and made offerings tomorrow, praying for the blessings of the gods.

In short, the fall in the twelfth lunar month of the year was a fall that changed Li Lianying's fate.It completely changed the trajectory of Li Lianying's life, and somehow led the way ahead of him to a mysterious place.