With his hands behind his back, Eunuch Cui walked leisurely through Wende Palace and entered the Xuanyou Gate.

Close it tightly.

In the Xuanyou Gate, Cao Shan came up to greet him, "Master."

"Well, let's go in and talk." Eunuch Cui's footsteps were still leisurely, and he and Cao Shan entered the room of Eunuch Cui, which is next to the emperor's bedroom. There are only three upper rooms in the middle, and there are small pieces of gold bricks in front and behind.

Just a small courtyard in an open space.

Cao Shan closed the courtyard door and followed Eunuch Cui into the upper room.

The old servant Lao Zhang brought a pot of tea and two cups with his head fluttering, and a hot handkerchief. He yawned and went back to sleep.

"Is everything okay?" Cao Shan looked at Eunuch Cui's expression carefully and asked with concern.

"Yes." Eunuch Cui said one word, followed by a long sigh, "If a night owl comes into the house, nothing will happen. If you don't go to the Three Treasures Hall for nothing, alas!" Eunuch Cui sighed again.

"Is it a big deal?" Cao Shan frowned.

"Alas." Eunuch Cui motioned to Cao Shan to pour a cup of tea and handed it to him, "Ah Shan, have I told you about your master's affairs?"

"I have said, Master often said, this sentence was said by Master, what should Master do if it were Master, Chang said." Cao Shan poured the tea and held it to Eunuch Cui.

"How did your master die? Have I told you?" Eunuch Cui took the tea but did not drink it. He just sighed one after another.

Cao Shan was startled, "I've never heard Master mention this."

"How did the late emperor die? Have I told you?" Eunuch Cui ignored the topic and started talking about the late emperor.

Cao Shan hesitated for a moment, "He died of illness. He said he was ill very quickly."

"Oh, I died of illness. I guess I died of illness. It happened in a hurry, but it was really urgent. Alas."

Eunuch Cui kept sighing, "The late emperor had a hard temper. After Concubine Jin left, the late emperor was extremely heartbroken. He said that his heart was dead and his heart was filled with despair. In more than ten years, he really had never been close to a woman."

A trace of surprise flashed across Cao Shan's face, not because of his master's words, but because of his master's current appearance and the person he went out to meet just now, which made his master very nervous.

"The late emperor's illness, the imperial doctor said, is due to a sudden onset of wind." Eunuch Cui's words suddenly changed.

Cao Shan was startled, but he didn't come over. He believed his ears, but couldn't believe his first reaction, "Is it going to be windy soon?"

Did he hear it correctly? This one is going to be windy soon, is that that one is going to be windy right away? Or, is he hearing it wrong? This one is going to be windy soon, is it that one is going to be windy right away?

"It's the wind on the horse. I'm naked. I'm in the Queen's Palace, on the queen's bed. The doctor said it's the wind on the horse. Alas." Eunuch Cui's sigh contained many meanings.

"No matter what others say, Master himself knows very well that he failed to protect the late emperor. He did a poor job in his tenure. The inner guard fell into the hands of your master. For the first time, he smashed the sign... Sigh...

.”

Eunuch Cui sighed one after another, "Master, the old man, handed the inner guard into my hands. He died on the same day. I turned Master into ashes and scattered them under the peonies in the back lake."

Cao Shan's face turned blue.

It was not because of the death of his master, but because of the death of the late emperor. The late emperor died in the queen's palace, on the queen's bed, and the wind immediately broke out. The hidden story behind this cannot be thought about even a little bit.

That queen was later the Queen Mother. Seven months later, the Queen Mother gave birth to Prince Qin...

"I returned to the palace as an errand when I was seventeen. At that time, the Queen Mother had already married in and had become the Queen. She had just become the Queen." Eunuch Cui's face was full of vague nostalgia.

"When I was nineteen years old, I became a disciple of my master and began to follow my master and serve the emperor. At that time, the queen had already lived deep in the palace and never went out. I followed my master and saw her for the first time...

…”

Eunuch Cui's words stopped abruptly, and he looked ahead without focus for a long time before continuing: "The queen looks crazy and like a ghost."

Eunuch Cui sighed softly.

Cao Shan looked at him and sighed.

He knew very well about the tragedy in the palace decades ago. From the moment he became a disciple of his master, his master began to talk to him bit by bit, telling him about the old things in the palace, about the old things in the palace.

Man. This is a major event that cannot be avoided at any cost.

These are all things that he, the next commander of the internal bodyguards, needs to know clearly and clearly.

But this was the first time that Master told him about such details and perceptions.

"The empress has been crazy for several years. At that time, I didn't often go to her palace. One year, I went there again. The empress was no longer crazy, but she was as thin as a skeleton. Her eyes were sunken and empty.

It was hollow, deep in the hollow, but it seemed like a fire was burning.

That time I went with the master, and the master said that the queen had a demon in her heart. Alas."

Eunuch Cui took a sip of tea, put down the cup, and slowly patted the table with his two fingers. After a long time, he continued: "Later, the empress got better day by day. I didn't see it in person, but I just heard that she

It's getting better day by day.

Later, I saw the empress again, several years later. She looked better, but she was very old. Compared with the emperor, she seemed to be his elder. She looked as if she was the same as the former Empress Dowager Zheng

At about the same age, at that time, no matter what she looked at, her eyes were cold, and her whole person was cold and chilly."

Cao Shan sighed, unable to express what he felt in his heart.

In this cycle of reincarnations, Jin Niangniang has gone crazy so many times, woke up again, collapsed and rebuilt many times.

"Then the later Jin Empress, well, you entered the palace at that time. Later, you saw it yourself. Except that she was older, she was no different from an ordinary old woman. She was kind and gentle, and she looked like a mother at first glance.

The queen mother of the world.

Later, with Prince Qin, everything seemed to have passed.

But I have been following the emperor, closely following the emperor. I can see the eyes that the empress does not often show, and I can see the expression that the empress does not often show. In other words, only when she is facing the emperor, the empress will occasionally have a look in her eyes.

The glances and expressions once and twice.

In those eyes, there was the ice of the past, and there was also the fire of the past.

Ashan, I have always been afraid, afraid of the empress, very afraid. Alas."

Eunuch Cui let out a long sigh, "You also know that when I was in your master's hands, I had Lu Yi and the Lu family by my side. The Lu family, you know, our internal bodyguards and the Lu family have the same origin, and we have the same origin as the Lu family.

Compared to the Lu family, the internal bodyguards are nothing.

I once asked Lu Yi, but I couldn’t understand that the Lu family should be loyal to Empress Jiang, how could it be Empress Jin? This is wrong!”

"What did Lu Yi say? Because of Lu Mingshui's death?"

Lu Mingshui died from a cup of poison from Empress Dowager Zheng. This incident was the first old incident that his master told him after he became a disciple of his master.

Because of this incident, he felt awkward for a long time.

For those of them who have been fighting for their lives in the darkness, the saddest and most fearful thing is to die from a knife stabbed in the back, or to die at the hands of the masters they are always guarding with their lives.

Master also had ideas, he could hear it from his tone of voice.

"Lu Yi didn't answer my question. He only said that the Lu family would never break the rules. That's all."

Eunuch Cui's sigh contained countless emotions and sighs.

"The Lu family is really heartbreaking. There are extraordinary people from generation to generation. At that time, Lu Yi was only nineteen years old. Ah Shan, but he was so calm and restrained. Alas, I respect the Lu family very much.

From the time we had inner guards to today, none of our inner guards disrespect the Lu family."

"Is this because of Lu Mingshui's death?" Cao Shan said softly.

"Maybe. One time during the Chinese New Year, the emperor drank a few more glasses of wine and told a joke, saying that he wanted Lu Yi to pretend to be a beauty for him."

Eunuch Cui looked at Cao Shan, "Have I ever told you about this allusion to pretending to be a beauty?"

Cao Shan shook his head and looked at Eunuch Cui, feeling a little sad and sad in his heart. The master is getting old. A few years ago, even one or two years ago, the master will never forget what he said or what he didn't say in the past two years.

, Master is often like this, confused whether he said this sentence, whether he ordered that thing...

Master is old.

"The ancestor of the Lu family was Gaozu's senior brother. He was extremely beautiful. It is said that he was even prettier than Lu Yi. The late Empress Dowager Li was famous for her beauty when she was young. However, she lamented about Mr. Lu more than once. She was even more beautiful than Lu Yi.

It’s worse than that.”

"Has Queen Mother Li ever lamented this before?" Cao Shan couldn't help but laugh in surprise.

"First of all, Empress Dowager Li is a very interesting person." Eunuch Cui also smiled, "When Mr. Lu was young, he was also a fun-loving person. He often got into the mood and dressed up in women's clothes. It is said that he really turned all living beings upside down."

"Master Lu is so interesting." Cao Shan laughed.

"No." Eunuch Cui had a look of longing on his face, "Our internal bodyguards were brought out by Mr. Lu from scratch, bit by bit. Your Majesty, this joke is inappropriate."

Eunuch Cui sighed lowly, "Empress Jin threw the cup on the spot and said that the emperor drank too much and became dizzy. Empress also said that the Lu family has a temper, and the Lu family can have a temper.

I also think this is very true. Look, Lu Yi chose Empress Jin instead of Empress Jiang. This is the temper of the Lu family."

Cao Shan was stunned for a moment and sighed.

"I went to ask Lu Yi that time. This question was actually extremely inappropriate. But, Ah Shan, Master is afraid. Over the years, Master has always been worried, fearing that he would follow in your master's footsteps.

If we miss it, our internal guards will turn into a puddle of mud, and I don’t dare to do anything."

Eunuch Cui stopped sighing and fell silent, looking out the dark window without focus.

"Master, your Majesty has left." Cao Shan looked at the silent Eunuch Cui. He couldn't explain why, but his heart began to lift little by little.

"After the empress left, I became even more scared." After a while, Eunuch Cui said in a low voice, "I still have to tell you this."

Eunuch Cui was silent again for a moment, and then continued: "I should have told you a long time ago, but I... alas, the empress died very suddenly. As you know, the bones of the empress were broken into powder, and the skin and flesh were shriveled."
To be continued...