Located in a corner of the imperial city, it has many palaces and is very quiet and deep.
Eunuch Zhao, Huo Wuyong, Xue Ming and others retreated silently. At this time, the sky was high and cold, the autumn wind blew into their arms, and a round of moon covered the entire hall with a layer of mercury. Only the eunuch stood expressionless in the darkness with his hands lowered.
In the middle, he seems to be the imp of the judge in the temple, which is frightening.
A figure was sitting at the table, staring at the refreshing fragrance lingering in the stove, meditating in the night wind that was so cold that it penetrated the bones of the spleen.
After a long time, a burst of light burst out, and a candle lit up on the table.
The large and quiet side hall, instead of becoming brighter due to this candlelight, became even more gloomy.
The face in front of the candle was illuminated, it was the emperor.
The emperor's face already showed his age. It was fine in the daytime because his aura was not very obvious, but under the candlelight, it looked pale and gloomy.
"The acting king has already received the reward, but his energy has not changed much?"
The emperor's right hand held a ball of paper, hesitating, and finally slowly opened his hand by the candlelight.
In the slightly dry palm lay a piece of slightly wrinkled paper.
He slowly unfolded the paper and spread it out on the table. The words on it were blurred in the candlelight and dazzled his eyes again.
"It should be true." The emperor's voice was so soft that only he could hear it. There was almost no emotion in his voice. If you look closely, you can even detect a hint of excitement.
"Isn't it just a dragon following a dragon?"
"It's just that I'm old now, and my situation is worse than before, and I've already had a change of destiny, so in my current situation, there may be more obstacles?" The emperor squinted, a top-secret conversation just now was held here.
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This is the main hall where top-secret matters are discussed. There are all kinds of precautions. Not to mention living people, even ghosts and gods cannot invade and leak. At the same time, meetings are also held in batches, with only one person at a time. The monarch and his ministers discuss privately, and naturally communicate in secret.
A lot of information.
The emperor also knew that this was an act against nature, and it was the second time. There might be many obstacles, and the alchemy might also fail.
Secondly, when Dai Wang was rewarded, the weather did not change much. Specific inspections required special magic weapons. Of course, when Huo Wuyong and others were questioned, they mistakenly thought that the emperor was asking about Dai Wang's weapons, and they responded cautiously. In fact, although Dai Wang is now, although
He has the appearance of a prince, but that's all. He is on the same level as the King of Qi and the King of Shu, and is not outstanding.
The emperor thought of the meeting just now, pondered, rubbed his fingers lightly under a line of words, and paused slightly.
"The acting king is far from being called a dragon. Do you still need a magic weapon for specific supervision?"
Snapped!
The candle jumped slightly for some unknown reason. Under the suddenly bright candlelight, the old emperor's eyes were filled with coldness. He was silent for a long time before moving again.
He clenched the piece of paper again, crumpled it into a ball of paper, held it firmly in his hand, and called softly: "Meng Lin."
In the quiet side hall where only one person was originally present, a figure appeared like a ghost, bowed his head in front of the old emperor, and said respectfully: "Old slave is here."
If the eunuch who had seen this man before saw him, he would be surprised.
This is actually an old eunuch who only occasionally appears next to the emperor. His actual age cannot be determined from his appearance. His martial arts must be extremely good. When he hides his body, it is easily undetectable. When he comes out, he is even quieter, making people unable to help but wonder.
I'm curious, where are they usually hidden?
In this huge and deep palace, the appearance of people makes people feel more and more that there may be secrets, ghosts and mysteries hidden everywhere.
"Meng Lin." The emperor called his name again: "Look at this."
The old eunuch stepped forward with a low eyebrow, took the paper from the emperor's hand with both hands, glanced at it quickly, sent it back respectfully, took a few steps back and stood up.
"I remember that this magic weapon existed before. Is it in my inner treasury?" the old emperor asked.
The old eunuch respectfully replied: "Your Majesty, this magical weapon is a nine-dragon winding bead. It belongs to the previous dynasty. It is indeed stored in the inner treasury of No. A."
"Take it out of the inner treasury and make the dragon ball according to the instructions on the paper, and..." The emperor narrowed his eyes slightly: "Quickly obtain the blood and hair of the King of Dai. This matter is left to you. Don't let me
disappointment."
Although the matter involved the king, the old eunuch still replied calmly: "Please rest assured, Your Majesty, I will definitely finish this matter as soon as possible."
"Then I'll leave this matter to you. Go now. Don't waste time. The sooner the better." The emperor waved his hand and asked the old eunuch to leave.
"Wait a minute." After walking a few steps, the emperor suddenly stopped again.
"Dai Wang's Mansion, have you always been watched?" the emperor asked. He was suspicious. Even if Eunuch Zhao and the Imperial City Secretary were supervising Dai Wang's Mansion, there were other hidden clues. Eunuch Meng was one of the emperor's trump cards.
Even if the emperor is trustworthy, he doesn't like to hear one side of the story. He likes to hear different people reporting on the same thing, and then compare the things together.
After all, when a once-mighty tiger's teeth are no longer so sharp and its claws are dull, in order to continue to maintain its status, it will often do things that even its past self would despise.
However, Meng Lin's expression remained unchanged and he answered seriously: "Your Majesty, there are indeed some changes in Prince Dai's palace. Prince Dai has decided to exile a group of people to Zhuangzi and other properties. There are hundreds of them."
"Oh? So many people? Please tell me carefully." The emperor was immediately interested and immediately asked him to elaborate.
Meng Lin bowed: "Last time, when Ma Shunde surrounded Dai Wang's palace at night and wanted to search the people in the palace, there was some commotion in Dai Wang's palace."
"Many people were panicked and failed to fulfill their duties, and some even wanted to report on the king to survive or even gain wealth."
"The people that Lao Nu placed in Prince Dai's palace all saw this in their eyes, and it was true. Therefore, Prince Dai decided to exile these people."
No matter who I tell this to, no one will think that King Dai is wrong.
After all, King Dai has nothing to do at the moment, but those people really want to betray his master.
Even if the emperor himself has a somewhat complicated attitude towards the acting king, being wary and not really treating him as his grandson, when he heard about this incident, his first reaction would never be that these people did the right thing.
As a person in power, you will only hate these slaves who rebel against the master even more, even though the emperor is the ultimate beneficiary.
"Huh, I'm still a little conscious. I also know how to clean out some incompetent people and people who betray the master." The emperor felt slightly satisfied and shook his head again: "It's just that he is too generous. These sellers seek glory. That's it.
Let it go gently?"
The emperor commented on this sentence.
Meng Lin lowered his head, standing in front of the emperor like a wood carving and clay sculpture, and did not give any reaction to the emperor's words.
And the emperor really didn't want him to respond. After he finished speaking, he asked in a deep voice: "Is there anyone else in the Prince's Palace?"
This question was meant for Meng Lin. The question was not about anything else, but about the people Meng Lin had installed in Prince Dai's Mansion.
Meng Lin bowed to listen, and immediately answered: "Your Majesty, although the Prince's Palace will clear out a large number of people, those who are cleared out are those who are not strong-willed, and most of them are those placed by the King of Shu and King Qi in the Prince's Palace.
Eyes, but the people installed by the imperial court are different from them. They are all firm-willed people, and they are mainly loyal when they are not given tasks. Therefore, there are still three people in the Prince's Palace. Please rest assured, Your Majesty, they will definitely
Complete the assigned tasks.”
The emperor was finally satisfied and nodded: "That's good. Let's get this done quickly and get down."
He waved his hand and let Meng Lin go down.
The old eunuch bowed respectfully to the emperor, and seemed not to go out directly from the gate, but disappeared into the darkness again, and in the blink of an eye there was no sound.
In the main hall, the emperor stared at the dim candlelight again, and then with a pop, the candlelight went out.