The shocking truth behind the 'weird thing' that eunuchs always put in their shoes

In feudal China, the eunuch was one of the closest servants to the emperor and his concubines in the harem. They are always on duty day and night to serve the owner in the fastest and best way.

Sun Yaoting (Sun Dieu Ting) is an eunuch working under the emperor Pu Yi who has revealed some great secrets about palace life.

Among these, Mr. Sun Yaoting revealed that the task of serving the emperor was not simple because if he did something wrong, he could be severely punished, lightly beaten and severely executed. Knowing this, Sun Yaoting always tries to serve the owner properly, avoiding mistakes. Even so, this eunuch could not avoid making mistakes when serving a concubine.

Oversleeping while on the night watch is taboo for eunuchs.

Specifically, when on duty as a night watch at that concubine's palace, Sun Yaoting fell asleep and fell asleep for a while. This is a great taboo for eunuchs because they must always be alert so that the owner can call at any time to come immediately. If the eunuch falls asleep, the owner will not hear when he calls. This would anger the master and punish the eunuch for not fulfilling his duty.

Fortunately for Sun Yaoting, he woke up in time before his concubine discovered that he had fallen asleep. Since that time, this eunuch has learned from other eunuchs to keep himself awake when on duty at night, which is to put a horse's head in his shoe.

The fruit has thorns.

According to Sun Yaoting, horse head is a wild fruit, looks very ugly and has many sharp thorns. If you put this prickly horse-head fruit in your shoe, if you fall asleep, you will be stabbed in the foot by thorns. At that time, the eunuch will wake up from the pain.

In addition, inserting this fruit into the shoe will make the eunuch walk more gently, without making noise to affect the owner. From there, they will suffer less pain when the horse's head is stabbed in the leg.