The Court of Emperor Tai-Shrub is aghast tonight!
Shen Nanhai lies in his palace on Dragon Island moaning in agony. Not even his wife and son can comfort him. The Emperor himself was moved to tears upon learning of the matter.
Someone, who is as yet unknown, slipped Huche Ha Duwu, a dreaded chaumurky from Tibet, into Shen Nanhai's soup course at last night's banquet. By morning he was in agony and it was decided by Eunuchs and Mandarins alike that he must leave the Imperial Presence lest the Dark Essences released by the action of the lethal additive contaminate the Emperor himself and perhaps result in the dreaded Dynastic Change.
But in secret alcoves and hidden corridors of the Forbidden City On The Potomac, Eunuchs and Mandarins alike whisper to one another in guarded tones. Who has done this?
Some say it was the Older Emperor's (Tai-Tai Bush) mandarins, fearing that Shen Nanhai's name is on the list of individuals who frequented a recently exposed Jinu who is being prosecuted by the Imperial Censors.
Some say it was done at Tai-Shrub's own request, because his dear friend and intimate companion Shen Hanhai had become vulnerable to the attacks of the Tai-Peng-Lu rebellion due to some lower level eunuch or mandarian changing sides.
And a few murmur that perhaps it was done by Faithful Eunuch Cheney himself, to rid himself of a competitor for the ear of Emperor Tai-Shrub.
Only time will tell.
For you Ing-lish gwai loh out there, please to use a Pinyin converter to render any phrases you may not understand into simplified chinese characters, and then send those characters through the BabelFish. I believe you will find the translations enlightening.
PS. "God Boy" is a male prostitute. Just so you know.
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2 comments:
a castrated man servant...good stuff although I hope it was not eunuch Cheney's doing
Heh. Funny. I suppose this is exactly how it looks from outside the Empire.
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