Chapter 926: There is great terror between life and death
Hu Huaian left the palace, unable to hold back his heaving heart, he shook his head and said quietly: "Hey, Grandpa Zhao, it's not that I'm ungrateful. It's you who have always taught us to put righteousness first and loyalty to the emperor first."
"It would be best if you have nothing to do. If something happens to you..." The following words were difficult to say. Hu Huaian thought for a long time: "Every year, I will never forget to offer you a stick of incense."
A few servants outside are cleaning the palace. The emperor has been in a bad mood recently and is more picky about the living environment. If he is not satisfied at all, he may lose his temper.
The waiters working here are even busier.
One of the waiters wiped the floor tiles, wiped them, and then went outside to clean the steps.
Later, he suddenly held his stomach and said to a young waiter who came out with him: "I suddenly have unbearable abdominal pain, so I need to leave for a while."
"Go and come back quickly." A little waiter looked around carefully: "Don't let the above catch you. The little roller was beaten thirty times last time, and now he is lying down!"
"Don't worry, I'll be back as soon as I go!" the little chamberlain said. As soon as he went out, he quickly headed to a place. It was said to be remote, but in fact it was just a corner, not too far from the main hall. Just walk along the corridor and cross it.
In a remote courtyard, the door creaked open. Eunuch Zhao walked around the courtyard and made another cup of tea under the chair in the middle.
The tea bowl was steaming. He calmly took a sip. His expression did not change, but his heart sank. This was the newly received tea. Although it was good tea, it was a poor quality tea. It was last year's tea.
The last time he was dismissed from office, it was the first time he enjoyed good tea, not this one. It can be seen that everyone in the palace knew that he had been abandoned by the emperor.
"Once it flourishes, then it declines, and three times it becomes exhausted."
"Courage is like this, isn't love like this?" Eunuch Zhao thought in a daze, speaking realistically, thinking of that day, it was a lie that he didn't regret it.
"But, the Emperor has a thorn in his heart, what can I do?"
Eunuch Zhao knew the emperor very well. Once the emperor had a thorn in his heart, it would be fine as long as he could use it. Once he no longer needed it, he would immediately throw it out to the scene.
"I haven't seen anything, Hu Huaian, are you deliberately trying to get me to talk? Your Majesty, are you so suspicious of me? Alas..."
Eunuch Zhao lingered in the courtyard for a long time. Fang took a deep breath and turned his thoughts away: "Does the emperor want the grandson to control the matter of finding the granary?"
"There are many accidents in granaries because rice cannot be stored for a long time. Generally, it only lasts for three years. After five years, it is difficult to eat."
"Therefore, we must sell the remaining rice and paddy every year and exchange it for new rice and new paddy."
"This is a huge expense and a huge sum of money. It is so big that it involves not only officials, but also government agencies and the army. Anyone who takes care of it will be offended."
"Your Majesty, do you want your grandson to play this offending role?"
Just as he was thinking about it, he saw a young chamberlain arriving at the door. When he saw Eunuch Zhao, he immediately kowtowed: "Grandpa Zhao, after Hu Huaian came back from your place, he went directly back to the imperial study. He stayed there for about a cup of tea before coming out.
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"I don't know what you said specifically."
Eunuch Zhao heard this. Although he knew there was a prediction and actually heard it, he was still stunned. After a long time, he smiled bitterly.
"Your Majesty, are you so suspicious of this slave? Your Majesty, have you forgotten that this slave also received such a mission back then?"
Eunuch Zhao suddenly thought of a person, Xu Zhong, who led the Imperial City Division back then.
That was the powerful chief eunuch. It was said that he was the emperor's servant when he was a prince. He was particularly trusted by the emperor. However, he was just a rising eunuch at that time. Compared with Xu Zhong, he was in heaven and on earth.
But he is much more majestic than himself and Ma Shunde. It can be said that in the palace, one person is inferior to ten thousand people.
After all, the queen had already closed the palace at that time, and there was no heroine in charge of the palace. Even if the concubine was favored, she would not dare to offend Xu Zhong, Governor Xu.
But that person was also monitored by the emperor, and the one who monitored Xu Zhong at that time was himself.
Less than half a year after he was assigned the task of monitoring Xu Zhong, one day, the all-powerful leader Hu Huaian suddenly disappeared.
If a minister who is less than one person and more than ten thousand people suddenly disappears, it will inevitably cause turmoil and unrest in the government and the public.
But Hu Huaian, who had all the power for a while, disappeared without causing any ripples.
When Eunuch Zhao thought of this, he closed his eyes. Xu Zhong's numb, unwilling and desperate expression appeared in front of his eyes, as well as those words.
"Oh, this is our fate as slaves. Maybe you will be like this in the future..."
This sentence kept echoing in my mind and I couldn't stop it.
At this moment, there was a sudden snap outside the courtyard. Eunuch Zhao immediately opened his eyes, stood up and looked outside.
Because he got up too quickly, the table was moved, the tea bowl shook slightly, and the tea was spilled.
Eunuch Zhao didn't care about this at all and only looked outside.
The panic that emerged for a moment made the little chamberlain feel that he was dazzled.
Fortunately, everything was just a false alarm. Although the sound came from not far away, it didn't sound like a human being. He stood there and waited, passed by a cat, and became quiet again.
Eunuch Zhao's heart was still beating violently, and he slowly sat down. His face still hadn't recovered and was a little pale.
For a moment, he actually thought that the chamberlain and the bodyguards had barged in, causing him to disappear from this world like Xu Zhong.
"Between life and death, there is great terror."
Are you willing?
Eunuch Zhao thought, if he was treated casually like an animal and disappeared like this, and his existence in this world would be erased and forgotten by others, would he be willing?
No, I am not willing to do so.
At this moment, Eunuch Zhao clearly felt what he was thinking.
He stood up again, this time walked to the side, spread out a piece of paper, wrote some words on it, tore it into a piece of paper, folded it, and handed it to the young chamberlain.
He said to the young chamberlain: "Leave it to the Queen. Remember, you must hand it to her and see her take it in person."
"Yes." The waiter responded immediately.
Seeing the young chamberlain about to walk out the door, Eunuch Zhao suddenly shouted from behind: "Come back!"
"What are your orders from Grandpa Zhao?" The little waiter stopped a little confused and looked back at Eunuch Zhao.
Eunuch Zhao sat there in a daze, his face was pale, and his legs were even a little trembling. He didn't know what he was thinking. The waiter didn't dare to ask, so he could only wait.
After a long time, Eunuch Zhao's eyes fell back on him again, and his voice had become hoarse: "Go ahead."
"yes!"
Seeing the little chamberlain walk out, Eunuch Zhao gave up all his strength, collapsed on the chair, covered his face, and whispered: "Your Majesty!"