"Godfather, godfather!"
Late at night, Zhang Fengcai was dozing off outside the Emperor's sleeping quarters when a little eunuch suddenly awakened him.
Zhang Fengcai started awake and, realizing it was the youngest of his ten or so adopted sons, he pulled the little eunuch aside to a place further from the quarters and lowered his voice to ask, "What's wrong?"
"Madam sent someone to find you. She said if you have time tomorrow, you should go see her."
Zhang Fengcai was stunned for a moment before he remembered that he indeed had a wife.
Though he was a eunuch, in his younger days he was fond of a palace maid from the Eastern Palace. They were well-matched and entered into a mutual arrangement. Later, His Majesty showed mercy and betrothed the maid to him.
