At this time, we can see the benefits of the little emperor controlling a city gate. Donghua Gate has been controlled by Yulin's new army. This is completely Zai Chun's territory. The transmission of information inside and outside the palace will be more convenient!
Not to mention delivering express letters, even a bloody human head can be delivered easily!
"Hiss...my God...could this be the blood droplet hidden weapon that Emperor Qianlong ordered to abolish? It looks like it, it really looks like it!"
In the duty room inside Donghua Gate, Da Sixi and the others were digging around the leather bag, and the bloody human head inside was sitting on the table.
"The letter says that this person is Wang Zhong in the Forbidden City. In the 30th year of Daoguang, he was assigned by the Ministry of Internal Affairs to the palace of Prince Gong, who had just been crowned king!"
"You should know some of the older eunuchs in the Forbidden City now! Go...invite the old eunuch who sweeps the floor in Yinghua Hall. He is old enough, so he might know him!"
There are not many options for the old eunuchs in the Forbidden City. The royal family will not support them until they die. Once the eunuchs can no longer work, they will be given some severance pay and let them leave the palace to make a living on their own!
It sounds really sad. It's really ugly to kill a donkey and eat it. Because there is no security in old age, eunuchs are very greedy for money!
The purpose of their greed for money is to provide for their old age, and they have family members in their hometown. They will use the money to buy their nephews as adopted children, and then build a house to provide for them in their old age so that they can have someone to die with!
Eunuchs whose families cannot return will donate incense money to the temple when they can make money. There are many temples and Taoist temples outside the capital that accept incense money from these eunuchs.
It won't be in vain. In the future, when the eunuchs are kicked out of the Forbidden City, they can spend their remaining years in temples and Taoist temples!
Without exception, when eunuchs were old and frail and were about to be sent out of the palace, their jobs would be adjusted. Generally speaking, they would guard the palace and clean the house.
Many palaces in the Forbidden City are not open for work every day. Many of them are dedicated to ceremonies, celebrations and sacrifices, and are only open once or twice a year.
In such a place, it is quite suitable to place an old eunuch!
This Yinghua Hall was originally a place where the Queen Mother and concubines worshiped Buddha. There are many Buddhist temples in the Forbidden City. Cixi and Ci'an even had a special small Buddhist niche in their palace!
The Yinghua Hall is only open once on the fifteenth day of the lunar month, and is closed the rest of the time. The old eunuch can be considered isolated from the world inside!
He never expected that a group of eunuchs would take him out of the bed at eleven o'clock in the middle of the night. He thought he was going to be expelled from the palace, and he let out desperate wails along the way.
"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuusuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu..Looking at the friendship we have had for many years, can you coax me to leave in the morning? Let me pack some things..."
"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu...I have saved some money for retirement and buried it in the garden. Let me take it away, otherwise I will starve to death when I leave the palace..."
"Your Majesty... Your Majesty... Please have mercy on me, this old dog. If I leave, please let me take some copper coins with me to eat..."
"Stop crying, I accidentally bumped into the emperor, you old man... I'm not driving you out of the palace, I'm asking you to perform meritorious service!"
Xiao Sixi stared at him and scolded him, and the old eunuch immediately shed his tears, "Really the manager? You really didn't want me to leave..."
The guards and eunuchs carried the weak-legged old eunuch all the way from Yinghua Palace to Donghua Gate. As soon as he opened the door, the old eunuch rubbed his eyes and took a look under the light.
"Oh... isn't this Wang Zhong? Didn't he leave the palace? Why did he die in the palace..."
"Are you sure this is really Wang Zhong? What do you know about him..."
It seemed that the old eunuch was very afraid of this Wang Zhong when he was young. "He...he worked for the ancestors back then, and all he did was bloody work..."
"We can offend people there, and we have to avoid them when we walk... But it's not wrong that he and I are from the same hometown!"
"Later, after Master Daoguang passed away, he spent money to go out of the palace and went to Prince Gong's Mansion. After that, there was no contact with him..."
At this moment, Zai Chun's hoarse voice sounded outside the duty room, "Let me ask you, does Wang Zhong have any grudge against me? Why on earth did he do such a vicious thing to Man Shun? Why on earth did he..."
When Emperor Tongzhi heard the news, he got up overnight and rushed to Donghua Gate. As soon as he showed up, everyone around him fell to their knees!
Da Sixi held the secret letter in his hands and said, "Your Majesty, no one has opened the letter. It says that your Majesty has personally signed it. The servants dare not take action!"
Zai Chun sat on the chair and tore open the letter, only to find that there was only a line of small words inside: "Presented by King Yi Pei!" I hope your Majesty will not be angry and take care of your dragon body! The main fault for Manshun's death was not on Prince Gong and Cheng Beile, but on this old dog! '
ah? It turned out that it was the fifth uncle who killed Wang Zhong. Zai Chun was stunned for a moment, but soon a warm current surged from his heart. He did not expect that the fifth uncle actually stood on his side at the most critical moment!
This head is the certificate of surrender sent by Yi Pei!
Zai Chun folded the letter and put it in his sleeve. He looked at the trembling old eunuch who was kneeling on the ground and asked coldly, "Since you and Wang Zhong are from the same hometown and are of the same age, you entered the palace in the same year?"
"Yes...yes, yes...slave Bu Quan has paid his respects to the emperor. Wang Zhong and I both entered the palace in the same year, but the little fool has always been doing menial jobs and has never been an official..."
"Don't be too talkative. Just say whatever Long live the Lord asks you!" Xiao Sixi reminded from the side.
"I ask you! What kind of hatred does Wang Zhong have against me? Why did he take such a deadly step? I don't believe this was the order from Prince Gong and Cheng Beile!"
"Because they are not stupid, they did not want to break up with me today... The culprit for Manshun to be in this situation is this bastard!"
"Why on earth is he? Why on earth! I don't understand!"
Eunuch Bu Quan kowtowed with tears in his eyes, "Your Majesty... there's nothing you can't understand. I'm not trying to defend this old killer. To be honest, this old dog has nothing to do!"
"Just to survive, eunuchs are worse than pigs and dogs, and those without money are even more miserable!"
"No matter the palace or the palace, they don't care for waste. If they can't do anything at all, they will be kicked out of the palace and left to fend for themselves!"
"Wang Zhong already knows that he won't have enough to live in for a few days. This is his last chance. He just wants to show his loyalty to the prince!"
"The first is to let the prince know that I am still useful, and the second is to let the prince know that I am loyal and hardworking!"
"He just hopes that he will not starve to death or die without a burial place!"
What he said made all the eunuchs present feel heartbroken and empathetic, but no one dared to show the slightest bit of it!
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