The prince is very cruel

So, Yuwen Hongdu was cheated again.

Guan Ning had to find a reason to meet the emperor, so he reported the fact that Yuwen Hongdu followed him, monitored him closely, and kept urging him to pay attention, expressing his dissatisfaction.

In order to appease Guan Ning, the old emperor naturally criticized Yuwen Hongdu and made it clear that Yuwen Hongdu should not cross the line, as he was only assisting.

Yuwen Hongdu was furious, but he had to apologize to Guan Ning for his attitude yesterday in front of the old emperor.

After about half an hour's delay, the old emperor let Guan Ning go.

It seems that after Zhao Tai's death, the old emperor became busy, but Guan Ning didn't care about these things. He only cared about the truth behind the Guan family's extermination.

When they reached Longjing Gate, Guan Ning suddenly stopped.

Turning around, he said, "By the way, Green Master, could you show me around?"

"Hey, kid, I've been to the Imperial Garden before, but I haven't had the chance to see the Imperial Palace yet. I want to broaden my horizons. I heard that the Imperial Palace has the largest Buddha statue in the entire Central Plains?"

He looked interested because it was said that the Buddha statue was near the Yunting.

Eunuch Lu didn't think anything of it when he heard this. After all, the imperial palace was a place that everyone dreamed of entering.

"Haha, Prince, of course you can. His Majesty has granted you the privilege of entering the palace at any time without reporting. You can move around even if you are on your own."

Guan Ning smiled and said, "It's not inappropriate. With you by my side, I won't be afraid of gossip."

"Besides, I don't know the rules. If I offend someone in the palace who I shouldn't, that would be bad."

Eunuch Lu nodded. Even the eunuch leader, who was so cunning, didn't think there was anything wrong with it.

Then he frowned and said in embarrassment: "But, I will go back to report, so I am afraid I can't accompany the prince."

"Sir, how about I ask someone to accompany you for a walk?"

Guan Ning was overjoyed, for he knew that Eunuch Lu was going back to report. As the head of the Internal Affairs Bureau, it was impossible for him to accompany him for a whole day. Moreover, a casual stroll through the palace would not allow him to see even half of it in a day, so he had said that on purpose.

He went along with it and said, "If that's the case, then it's hard to force the kid."

"I listen to Green Eunuch."

Eunuch Lu nodded, turned around to look at a certain eunuch, and waved: "Little Shouzi, come here."

A thin, young, and gentle-looking eunuch immediately trotted over. When Guan Ning saw this eunuch, she was shocked. This... was not the little Shouzi from Yanqing Palace before. Because of his kind-heartedness, Guan Ning later asked Concubine Ya to transfer him to her side to prevent her from being bullied.

Why is he here?

Eunuch Lu said sternly, "You will accompany the prince around the palace. Do not neglect him. If you have any questions, come to me. Do you understand?"

"Yes!" Xiao Shouzi bent down and looked at Guan Ning curiously, but he didn't dare to look at him too much or look at him directly. Why is he so similar to that person?

"Sir, I will return to report."

"The palace is under martial law recently. You just have to leave the palace before dark. Before that, you can play around freely. Xiaoshouzi will tell you some places you can't approach." Eunuch Lu said with a smile.

"Okay, thank you, eunuch!" Guan Ning bowed.

After bowing, Eunuch Lu said nothing more and slowly led his men away.

Only Guan Ning, Xiao Shouzi, and two other eunuchs were left in the spacious and ancient palace.

"Prince!" The three of them saluted.

Guan Ning looked at him and wanted to recognize him, but he didn't dare to recognize his own little Shouzi. He smiled and thought, this world is too small, they bumped into each other again.

"Two eunuchs, could you please help me get some water?" Guan Ning asked.

"Yes!"

The other two young eunuchs were successfully sent away, and then Guan Ning looked at Xiao Shouzi. Xiao Shouzi smiled apologetically and told himself over and over again that this was definitely not the same person as before.

"Little Shouzi, right?" Guan Ning raised his eyebrows.

"Your Highness, I'm Xiao Shouzi, and I work in the Internal Affairs Bureau. Please take good care of me." He was a little nervous, but also very honest. He didn't have the dark and morbid qualities of other eunuchs. Instead, he was enthusiastic and optimistic. It was just that he had a bad fate and was sent to be a eunuch.