Serving the concubine at night, the eunuch Sun Yaoting revealed a little secret - you must hide something in your shoes, otherwise you will be beaten!The identity of eunuchs, everyone has more or less seen in costume dramas, usually with humble status, but through their efforts in the palace, some can also be promoted and rich. Some eunuchs even have a greater say than **, such as Zhao Gao, Wei Zhongxian, etc., these are all important figures around the emperor.
However, there are also many grievances behind this. After all, serving the emperor, the slightest carelessness may lead to death. Sun Yaoting was the last eunuch of the Qing Dynasty, and according to him, he had to be especially careful when serving the concubines, especially at night. He revealed that he would hide something in his shoes every time, otherwise he would not escape a severe beating.
Some people may not know much about Sun Yaoting, but he is a eunuch who has served many important people in the palace, including Duankang Imperial Concubine and Pu Yi. He witnessed the decline of the Qing Dynasty and learned about the rules and unspoken rules of the palace.
Sun Yaoting has four brothers in his family, and he is the second. Due to the pressure of making a living, Sun Yaoting's father usually does odd jobs, but due to the large number of children, he is not rich in food. In the end, his father decided to send Sun Yaoting to the palace, and Sun Yaoting accepted the palace punishment when he was 8 years old and entered the palace cleanly.
After the palace execution, Sun Yaoting was in a coma for several days and nights, and even developed a high fever. At this time, Pu Yi announced his abdication, but Sun Yaoting had not woken up and missed this opportunity. However, even after the abdication of the emperor, the eunuchs' living Xi were difficult to change, and they still chose to use pure people to serve them. Eventually, Sun Yaoting was sent to the palace, renamed Shunshou, and worked in Prince Alcohol's mansion. Later, he was arranged to be with the concubine of Duankang Emperor and held an important position for a long time.
When he first entered the palace, Sun Yaoting was very diligent and obedient to his master, but the master was not friendly to him and never explained some unspoken rules, all of which were for Sun Yaoting to understand by himself. It is said that Sun Yaoting dozed off many times while on night duty in the palace, and was found by other eunuchs and told the chief administrator, and was severely beaten as a result. Although he was a little helpless, Sun Yaoting still found a way. One day, while the master was drunk, he put the master on the bed and tried to ask for the secret of not being sleepy on the night shift. However, the master remained silent. Eventually, Sun Yaoting discovered that there was something called "Cang'er" hidden in his master's shoes, which was full of thorns. It suddenly dawned on him that the master did not have any secrets, but had endured more pain, and as long as sleepiness hit, he would be stinged to stay awake. After that, Sun Yaoting never dozed off during the night shift again, and he shared this method with other eunuchs, and the effect was wonderful.
Because of his clever and resourceful way of working, Sun Yaoting eventually became a popular figure of Concubine Huang and held the power of eunuchs.