Cultivation Simulator: Starting From The Empress' Palace

Chapter 5: 5 Small Mirrors

[Day Six: The Governor of Nanyang fails to quell the rebellion and is killed by the rebel army. Nanyang falls.]

[Day Seven: News of Nanyang City being occupied by the rebel army reaches the Capital, and the Imperial Court is shocked. Someone recommends Second Grade expert Huangfu Hao to lead an army to quell the rebellion and appoints him as Left Zhonglang General.]

[Day Eight: Huangfu Hao arrives in Nanyang, capturing three cities in succession.]

[Day Nine: Huangfu Hao defeats the main force of the Nanyang rebel army and recaptures six more cities.]

[Day Ten: Recaptures eight more cities.]

[Day Eleven: All thirty-two cities of Nanyang County are recaptured. Huangfu Hao astonishes the world.]

[Day Twelve: The Capital receives the victory report, and the Emperor is overjoyed, immediately appointing Huangfu Hao as Left General.

That night, the Capital hosts a celebration banquet. Because you deliberately made yourself look ugly, you were once again noticed by the Noble Consort and requested by the Empress, but the Empress refused.]

[Day Thirteen: You are promoted to Second-Class Eunuch, and the Empress tells you to stop pretending to be ugly.]

[Day Fourteen: You discover a big secret about the Emperor: he is impotent. Every night, he stays at the harem just for appearances; he has been cultivating a Martial Arts, and hasn’t been near any woman for three years.

For some reason, upon hearing this news, you felt a bit excited.]

[Day Fifteen: Huangfu Hao is assassinated.]

...

[Day Eighteen: Nanyang is once again occupied by the rebel army.]

[Day Nineteen: The Emperor is furious, canes many Palace Maids and eunuchs to death. Knowing this, you tremble in fear.]

[Day Twenty: The Empress suffers grievances at the Emperor’s place and returns, crying incessantly. Later, she has you massage her shoulders.

You are very afraid but dare not disobey the Empress’s orders. Luckily, your identity as a Fake Eunuch hasn’t been discovered.]

[Day Twenty-One: You are promoted from Second-Class Eunuch to First-Class Eunuch, advancing two levels in a few days, becoming a favorite in front of the Empress.]

[Day Twenty-Two: This month, since you didn’t pay respect to Wang Ying, you’ve incurred Wang Ying’s resentment.

Having grown a bit arrogant, you tattled about Wang Ying to the Empress, and Wang Ying was transferred out of Weiyang Palace.

That night, the Empress once again had you massage her shoulders, and at that moment, you felt one of the three major illusions in life, thinking the Empress might like you a bit, so while massaging, you deliberately took some liberties with her. Seeing no one noticed, your illusion grew stronger.]

[Day Twenty-Three: The Empress asks you to give her a massage, you agreed, and once again took liberties with her. Being too excessive, you were killed by her with a palm strike.]

[This round of Immortal Cultivation Simulator is over, you may permanently retain one Immortal Cultivation Talent, solidified into the real world.]

[Immortal Cultivation Simulator ends, this simulation time lasted twenty-two days. Cooldown time is 220 minutes.]

Chen Mo: ”...”

”Come out, system, am I really that bold? Recklessly taking advantage of the Empress?”

”Moreover, wasn’t my general plan to stay cautious? Why did you simulate me as becoming arrogant instead?”

[Ding! This system conducts simulations based on the host’s mindset, personality, etc., as references. The host taking liberties with the Empress and subsequently becoming arrogant is entirely due to the host’s inherent disposition.]

Chen Mo: ”...”

Slander!

It’s slandering me!

It’s not just slander.

It’s also insulting me!

Am I really such a lecherous person?

However, from this simulation, he did glean some rather useful information.

On the sixth day of the great turmoil, Nanyang will fall.

Nanyang is a county, possessing over thirty cities. The fact that even Nanyang fell portrays the uprising’s severity.

Furthermore, what is up with this Noble Consort?

Does she want me dead?

Since the original host had been at the Imperial Palace only for a few days, even though Chen Mo inherited his memories, there was no impression of the Noble Consort in his mind.

Hmm, better stay away from the Noble Consort.

Of course, the most important thing is, the Emperor is indeed impotent.

For reasons unknown to him, Chen Mo inexplicably grinned.

I’m a Fake Eunuch, the Emperor is a Real Eunuch.

Being impotent is practically the same as being a eunuch, isn’t it?

However, how was this secret discovered?

The Immortal Cultivation Simulator summarized it in just one sentence; it didn’t specify how it was discovered.

The question he previously set for himself now has an answer.

The Fighting Saint Body is unlikely to be discovered.

After all, at the celebration banquet with so many experts present, nobody noticed him.

Also, if he doesn’t practice cultivation, it seems the Empress won’t harvest his energy.

This simulation, he died because he took too many liberties.

As for when his identity as a Fake Eunuch would be discovered, there isn’t an answer yet.

But as long as he acts low-key and survives past the tenth day, it should be alright.

So.

Should he start practicing cultivation now?

He already has the Feather Nirvana Heart Scripture.

Chen Mo thought it through carefully but decided to abstain.

For now, he must get an Immortal Cultivation Talent that can hide his strength, or find a Cultivation Method Martial Arts that can conceal his prowess, only then can he practice securely.

”Hong brother, Hong brother, are you awake? Wang Manager asked me to come and get you.”

At this moment, a knock on the door sounded, a coquettish voice, as if an innocent child, rang outside the room.

Chen Mo paused.

Then realized he was being called.

The original host’s brother was called Chen Hong.

However, others referred to him as Little Chen or Little Hong.

Hong brother, it’s the first time he’s heard this.

In his memory, there wasn’t anyone who had called him Hong brother.

Chen Mo inexplicably felt a bit nervous; if this person was a familiar of the original host’s brother and discovered his identity as a Fake Eunuch, it wouldn’t be good.

He cleared his throat, purposely deepened his voice, making it somewhat shrill: ”Awake, what’s wrong?”

”Hong brother, it’s almost time, the Empress is about to get up,” the person said.

Upon hearing this, Chen Mo’s expression changed, recalling what that old Wang Ying had told him yesterday.

He dared not delay any further, hurriedly tidying up, and got out of bed to open the door.

As soon as he opened the door, he saw a young eunuch, pale and cleanly set up, seemingly about fifteen or sixteen in age. Seeing Chen Mo come out, he fawningly greeted, ”Hong brother.”

”Uh, my head’s a bit dizzy, I can’t remember some things. Who are you?” Chen Mo had no memory of this person.

”Hong brother, I’m Little Mirror. A while ago, I even helped clean the Empress’s bedchamber with you...” The young eunuch, seeing that Chen Hong didn’t recognize him, began anxiously recounting their past.

He had heard that Chen Hong was favored by the Empress, suddenly elevated from an ordinary eunuch doing menial and hard work to one attending to the Empress’s daily needs.

Though there were many eunuchs serving the Empress in Weiyang Palace, only a few served directly by her side.

Even though Chen Hong was still just a Third-Class Eunuch.

From Little Mirror’s knowledge of Chen Hong, he would definitely rise very high.

So, at this point, Little Mirror needed to ingratiate himself with him.

Therefore, the address changed from Little Chen to Hong brother.

If it were not for not wanting to appear too abrupt.

He would have called him Hong Grandfather.