The palace door opened inwards, and the eunuch bowed and stepped into the palace.
The palace door closed again behind him.
The entire hall was even hotter than the outside, because it was filled with the strong smell of incense, and a large amount of spices were burning in the hall, making the entire palace feel like a furnace.
The palace is covered with hanging curtains, which separate the spaces in the palace. The floor is made of gold bricks that can almost reflect the silhouette of people. These are not real gold bricks, but palace bricks specially fired for the royal family. , each piece is two feet square, smooth and dense, and is said to be silent when knocked and broken without holes. The production process of each gold brick often takes more than a year, and its price is also very precious.
Because even in the entire Forbidden City, not all places were covered with such precious gold bricks. Only the places where the emperor lived and walked would have such luxurious paving.
The gold bricks under his feet reflected the figure of the eunuch in purple. He bowed in cat steps and walked on the gold bricks without making any sound. He really looked like a cat.
At the end of the palace, you can only see a throne covered with flowers and grass. A long curtain is pulled out from the top of the palace, wrapping the entire throne. An illusory figure is sitting in the throne meditating. I saw him as tall and thin as a crane, with an air of immortality.
The eunuch came ten steps away from the throne and threw himself to the ground first: "Young Yuan Chong, I have seen Emperor Wanshou."
On the throne, the old man in the curtains closed his eyes and adjusted his breathing. He sat cross-legged on the futon of flowers and plants without opening his eyes: "Why are you so anxious to see me?"
"Long live my master, I know that you are cultivating as an immortal, but Zhou Dunru in Luo City handed me a note..."
"I handed you a note that should be managed by the cabinet. Why did you come to me?" the old man on the throne said calmly.
"It's not that I want to disturb the master's Qing Dynasty rashly, but the content in this document is not suitable for submission to the cabinet for approval." Yuan Chong knelt on the ground and said.
"Get up." The old man still didn't open his eyes: "Since it is not suitable for cabinet voting, it is not a matter for the court."
"Exactly, Zhou Dunru took the bait and claimed that there are hive thieves in Luo City, but the force in Luo City is not enough to subdue these thieves, so I beg my master to send a few experts over to catch all these rebellious officials and thieves."
"Beehive?" The old man pondered these two words: "Is it the same beehive that assassinated the Minister of Tobe at the end of last year?"
"Master Mingjian, that's right." Yuan Chong nodded in agreement.
"How many months has it been?" The old man opened his eyes: "Half a year!"
His voice was sullen, and Yuan Chong knelt down on the ground with a plop.
Trembling.
"Master, please take care of the dragon body." He knelt on the ground and begged.
"It's been half a year. I asked you to investigate. You haven't uprooted the beehive yet. Instead, you asked Zhou Dunru, the governor of Luo City, to read my joke!" The old man Ji sat on the throne and looked coldly at Yuan in front of him. Chong: "You are in charge of Dongchang, and Tanichuan is in charge of Beizhen Fusi."
"I have given you three months to eliminate all evil and uproot it without leaving any further trouble."
"It's been three months and three months, and more than six months have passed. Now you tell me that instead of being seriously damaged, the Beehive is able to make waves in Luo City again."
"Am I allowed to think that after Xue Ping's death, you losers will become complete losers?"
Yuan Chong knelt on the ground, not daring to say a word.
I can only plead: "Your Majesty."
The old man sat on the throne for a moment, then said coldly: "Zhang Zui."
Yuan Chong kowtowed: "Thank you, Lord Long Live, for your kindness."
Saying this, he knelt on the ground, opened his bow from left to right, and made a clear sound. He slapped him one slap after another without slowing down. His face slowly began to swell, and then the old man spoke from behind the curtain: "That's enough."
"What are you going to do next?" the old man then asked.
"Subordinate, I will personally lead the team there and uproot the hives around Luo City!" Yuan Chong said coldly.
The old man stared at him coldly, noncommittal.
"Is it necessary?" He said quietly: "You, a eunuch in charge of the East Factory, left Yanjing for such a trivial matter?"
"Then..." Yuan Chong hesitated.
"Let Lu Yuan lead the team there." The old man said calmly: "And tell him that this time the matter is settled, I will let him be the commander of the Jinyi Guards."
"Yes, I remember it, little one." Yuan Chong said tremblingly.
"Go down." The old man said coldly: "You disturbed my practice. I have to practice for another seven or forty-nine days before I can achieve the Dharma."
"Yes, yes." Yuan Chong knelt and moved back until he was out of the hall door, then stood up and took small steps to leave the smoky and stuffy hall.
The boots were filled with sweat.
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In Bianliang City, the West Lake courtyard.
In the room deep in the small building, the night pearls placed on the walls and overhead gave off a faint light.
Although it is not as bright as a candle, it is enough for people in this room to see each other clearly.
There is only one huge round table.
There are people sitting at the head of the round table and people sitting around it.
But there were only four people in the whole room who were qualified to sit.
The rest of the people were standing around.
"The mission to assassinate Shang Jiuge has been cancelled."
The person sitting at the front could only see a silhouette, and the voice sounded that of a rather young woman.
The people sitting around didn't raise any questions, but the people standing around felt some slight throbbing.
"Who made the decision?" someone standing asked.
"Of course he is the one qualified to make the decision." The woman with her head straightened said calmly.
"This matter is just a notification, not a discussion."
"The second thing we want to discuss is." She looked at everyone, and then continued: "About He Ping."
Hearing this name, everyone felt slightly suffocated for a moment.
"He Ping submitted her new assassin application list to the organization just a few hours ago."
As soon as these words came out, there was a slight whispering sound below.
"Does this also need to be discussed?"
"On such an occasion?"
"Is He Ping still alive?"
"Are you making a fuss out of a molehill?"
Amid such questioning, the woman smiled.
"This time He Ping proposed a total of four candidate lists."
"I just need to read it and you will know why you are here for this meeting."
"The first list: Scheduled to be Carpenter Bee Feng Zhen, Huashan Shang Jiuge."
"Second list: Scheduled to be Carpenter Bee Wings, Shanxi Sheng Junqian."
"The third list is scheduled to be Carpenter Bee Bee Needle, Western Region Black No."
"The fourth list is scheduled for Carpenter Bee Wings, Ningxia, Western Region."
The woman spoke out these names one by one. Every time she read out a name, there was a moment of silence. When all four names were read out, there was only a faint sound of breathing in the whole room.
"So this is the reason why Shang Jiuge was removed from the assassination list?" the man sitting opposite the woman asked in a low voice.
The woman showed a faint smile.
"Exactly."
ps: The next two updates will be posted together, and the fifth update will be late but arriving.
Also, transitional chapters are so difficult to write!
