Kǎi lǐ diàn is the residence of the eunuch in charge of the royal palace of the King of Chu.

  Originally, the highest title in this eunuch's court was the Grand Inner Servant, but Chu Guo was a vassal king, how dare he compare with the Tang Emperor for the title of Grand Inner?

  Moreover, the previous emperor followed the Zhou system, and all eunuchs were uniformly called "temple people", but since the Tang Emperor's name was Li Siyuan, which contained a homophone for "si", they avoided using it and instead used the second-tier official title.

  That is to say, the highest title in the Chu king's palace was the eunuch before the emperor.

  Zhao Jichang followed Ma Xisheng and naturally rose to prominence, becoming the master of this place, that is, the chief eunuch of the Chu King's palace - the imperial front eunuch.

  When he spread out the handwritten decree by Ma Shiying on the table, tapped his fingers on the table with a proud expression, the four eunuchs waiting in the house came over to take a look and all looked at Zhao Jichang.

  "Big brother, what do you want this for?" The eunuch in charge of the case looked puzzled.

  "Need you ask? With this imperial edict, we can take care of everything ourselves." The eunuch on duty said with a smile as he looked at Zhao Jichang.

  "What's good about being a palace guard?" The eunuch sneered: "It's not as good as eating and drinking well now!"

  The eunuch immediately hit the shoulder of the other eunuch: "Don't you understand? The elder brother is trying to get a taste of being an official."

  "What nonsense are you talking about!" Zhao Jichang slapped the table, sneering: "Official disease? Haven't you seen those ministers still have to be careful around me?"

  "So what's this..."

  Zhao Jichang beckoned with his hand, and the four eunuchs who were in charge of various parts of the Chu King's palace immediately gathered around him.

  Zhao Jichang lowered his voice: "The king is not interested in state affairs, so let's coax him and gradually hand over the imperial power to us. At that time, won't we be the real kings?"

  The four eunuchs initially looked at Zhao Jichang in great surprise, but as they looked on, one by one, they all let out sly laughs.

  At this time, Zhao Jichang leisurely pulled out the letter from his sleeve pocket and smiled with a grin as he stared at it.

  The heavens are high and the emperor is far away, once I have a bit more control over him, then I will be the true... Great King of Chu.

  On this side, Zhao Jichang was still in high spirits, imagining the future, while on that side, Yuan Defei had already stormed into the palace, her anger burning.

  But in the palace, there was no sign of the king, only a group of maids and eunuchs cleaning and tidying up.

  "What about the king?" Consort Yuan's furious expression sent everyone to their knees, trembling with fear and shrinking their necks, yet not a single person could answer where the king had gone.

  Yuan De Fei waited for a moment, seeing no one responding, her anger grew even stronger. She coldly snorted and turned to leave, with Dan Qing hastily following behind her.

  "Your Majesty, don't be angry anymore, the imperial decree has been issued, and things can only be this way!"

  Out of the palace, Dan Qing whispered consolation, but Yuan De Fei was furious, her footsteps not slowing down at all.

  "Your Majesty! Since the King ascended to the throne, you have gradually stopped listening to your queen's words and have become more and more self-willed. If you go now, it's likely..."

  Yuan De Fei suddenly stopped in her tracks, Dan Qing didn't dare to speak again, but Yuan De Fei pointed ahead: "Isn't that the Grand King?"

  Dan Qing followed his gaze and immediately felt a bit awkward: "Looking... it seems like..."

  She was embarrassed, she had never seen any king like him since she entered the palace to serve!

  At this moment, the great king of Chu was prostrating himself on the muddy ground of the flower pool with two small eunuchs.

  "Your Majesty, I've caught one!" The little eunuch held out his hand with the cricket, presenting it as a treasure.

  Ma Xi Sheng turned his head and took a look: "No way, it's too small!"

  Ma Xi Yang lay down on the muddy ground again, with his butt up in the air searching.

  Another little eunuch grabbed a handful of mud, shook his head in disappointment, but suddenly saw Yuan De Fei approaching, just about to report the news, was stared at coldly by Yuan De Fei, and did not dare to speak.

  But he wasn't stupid either, and quickly reached out to grab Mahir's sleeve.

  Ma Xi didn't know this was a reminder. He impatiently stretched out his hand and slapped a handful of mud directly onto the little eunuch's face, staring at the muddy ground with a lowered voice: "Don't move, there's a big one here!"

  He was talking about a toad, and at this moment a large black toad with shiny skin was vigilantly looking around in the flower mud.

  Ma Xi approached quietly with light steps, raising his hand to grab when one foot suddenly stepped on a cricket.

  "Who!" Ma Xi's voice was loud with anger, and he looked up to see Yuan De Fei staring at him with angry eyes. He felt extremely stifled and couldn't vent his anger, so he furiously swung his arm and stood up from the muddy ground, glaring discontentedly at the three small eunuchs.

  "Your Majesty is indeed in a good mood! How nostalgic to reenact childhood games here."

  Ma Xi awkwardly cleared his throat: "How did you get here?"

  Yuan De Fei waved her hand and Dan Qing immediately knew what to do, calling out to the three small eunuchs to retreat far away.

  As soon as he left, Yuan De fei stepped forward and stared at Ma Xi Sheng with a sarcastic tone:

  "If I don't come back, who knows what other troubles will arise. A small imperial concubine like me, the king would still give a grand funeral with the rites of a noble consort, is the king tired of me, this empress, living too long?"

  Ma Shi heard this and hastily put on a smiling face: "I didn't mean that! The grand burial of the Chen family is just to gain a good reputation, of course, I also want to see if I can take advantage of the situation to catch a few more remnants of the Qi Wang's party."

  Yuan De Fei frowned: "Remnant party? The King of Qi hasn't even been caught, what remnant party are you talking about?"

  Ma Xi Sheng immediately laughed and said: "Ji Wang is already dead, there's no need to catch him."

  Yuan De Fei was stunned for a few seconds: "Are you sure? How did he die?"

  "Fell off a cliff, and it's said that even the corpses were gnawed through by snakes, insects, rats, and ants."

  Yuan De Fei seemed unhappy upon hearing this, she was somewhat suspicious, but also felt that the king would not speak nonsense, he must have received some news.

  After a few changes in her expression, she finally blinked and said: "No wonder the king is so enthusiastic today, he can't hold back his excitement!"

  "Now that the threat is gone, what's the point of being anxious?" Ma Xi's nonchalant tone and self-satisfied expression immediately provoked a sneer from Yuan De Fei: "Your Majesty doesn't think you can rest easy from now on, does he?"

  Ma Xi's voice was somewhat unexpected, and he looked at Yuan De Fei with confusion.

  Yuan De Fei rolled her eyes: "Elder brother, sixth and seventh brothers are all still alive!"

  Yuan De Fei finished speaking and turned around to leave the flower pond.

  Ma Xi followed her out of the flower pool with a gloomy face, and several small eunuchs immediately wanted to surround them to help tidy up. Unexpectedly, Yuan De Fei suddenly rushed back hastily, scaring them away, retreating three houses.

  "Now that His Majesty has decreed a grand burial, I will personally escort the coffin." Yuan De's words left Ma Xi stunned: "You're going?"

  Yuan De Fei looked at him expressionlessly: "For the sake of Da Wang's great virtue, I should personally see you off. Even the civil and military officials should also send you off together."

  Yuan De Fei finished speaking and left, Ma Xi Sheng stood in place for a while, suddenly excitedly saying: "Right! It should be that all the civil and military officials come, it's only right! At that time, whoever has a problem, won't it all be apparent?"