Living forever in the deep palace

"Things have changed, people have changed, that's all."

In front of the library which was full of burnt traces and broken walls, Su Chen was holding a lunch box, looking a little dazed.

Three years.

This was his first time back to the library.

pity.

Zhang Gui is dead.

Xu Xiaohan was also implicated and exiled to the border, his life or death unknown.

"What is he doing?"

Chen Ge's hands dropped weakly.

It was November of the tenth year of Jianwu, the weather was getting colder, and Old Chen fell ill.

"Factory Manager, I'm afraid you'll be suspected!"

At least, he felt more like a human being.

Su Chen took out the pottery jar from under the bed and put the bloody silver coins into it. He counted them and smiled with satisfaction.

"The first thing you should do upon entering the palace is to pay your respects to His Majesty, not to come to this library and pay homage to the purple-robed and red-robed figures..."

Su Chen sighed.

"What's happening here?"

"Next time you come, tell me more about the interesting things that happened in the palace. You can owe this money for now. It's not a big deal. It's not easy for eunuchs at the bottom to save money because they are exploited."

Only Su Chen didn't want to kneel down and stayed away.

With a flick of a finger.

In the pharmacy.

Even the library was burned down by Emperor Jianwu, with millions of books destroyed. If the Wuge Library hadn't been so important, Emperor Jianwu would have set it on fire as well...

"Master Xu, can I buy this money on credit temporarily?"

"hehe!"

I was always sent to the pharmacy to get some medicine. If I could survive, I would live; if not, I would die.

"Thank you, Master Xu!"

I don’t know if it’s because he was imitating Xu Ge, and was affected by the simulated temperament, but Su Chen felt that the past three years in the pharmacy were much more interesting than the nine years in the library.

"The medicine is here."

"This is too unlucky."

boom!

The beam frame that was under construction, along with hundreds of pounds of bluestone and mud tiles, collapsed directly, and in an instant, the imperial guard who was writing a report was crushed into a pool of blood.

The young eunuchs were talking about it.

Xu Xiaohan laughed heartily, stretched out his hand, and used his internal energy to grab objects from the air. He snatched Su Chen's food box away and walked all the way to the broken hibiscus tree in the dilapidated courtyard.

It was as if he had really become Xu Ge, and was about to see off the old man who had taken care of him for ten years.

Su Chen glanced at the courtyard and found that not only the black eunuch had come, but also a group of bricklayers and carpenters, as well as shovels, tree seeds and other things, as if they were about to rebuild the library.

far away.

"Three hundred taels."

A man in green and red clothes came riding a horse with a whip in his hand, and behind him followed the elite guards, looking quite respectful.

In this regard.

Three days later.

“Take it on time!”

Emperor Jianwu wanted to kill Zhang Gui and everyone related to him, and Xu Xiaohan was naturally among them. If it weren't for his meritorious service in protecting the princes and princesses during the turmoil and Empress Dugu's desperate defense, he would have been executed long ago.

"Xu Ge, the one I'm most worried about is you. In this palace, we, the lowly eunuchs with no cultivation, shouldn't be like this many. Guard the pharmacy well and don't get involved in any fights..."

"Who says it isn't?"

"The palace has been getting increasingly chaotic lately. I heard that two secret guards on duty last night suddenly died in the duty room for unknown reasons. They didn't lose any gold, only some silver."

The tenth year of Jianwu, winter.

"Cough cough..."

Su Chen fed the prepared medicine to Old Chen, but it had no effect at all.

There was an uproar in the court. Countless civil officials, military generals, and nobles banged on the door of the imperial study, all wailing. This was the second Nine Thousand Years Old Emperor of Cholera Daliang!

Less than a month after Xu Xiaohan returned, he already had immense power, no less than Zhang Gui who had risen rapidly in power back then, and even seemed to be superior to him.

"Hahaha!"

He heard it.

Xu Xiaohan is coming back?

Su Chen's eyes became complicated.

Xu Xiaohan looked at the imperial guards behind him.

At this time, in the pharmacy, Su Chen walked towards them carrying packaged medicine.

In front of the bed.

"Greetings, my lord!"

She was also unable to leave the palace for treatment.

The imperial guards' faces turned pale as they persuaded coldly.

Plates of exquisite food were placed on the stone table. Xu Xiaohan closed his eyes, bowed three times to the stone table, and poured a full bottle of Bairu wine in front of the hibiscus tree. Without saying a word, he rode away.

"Is there any wine?"

In the library, both craftsmen and eunuchs were bowing.

"Easy to say."

In the imperial palace, the lives of low-ranking slaves have always been lowly.

Over the years, Su Chen has saved countless palace maids and eunuchs. The mentor has made a name for himself among the lower-level eunuchs and palace maids and is respected as "Master Xu."

The young eunuchs were very frightened.

Su Chen sent the two young eunuchs away.

Two young eunuchs who had a fever and were waiting to get medicine were talking.

"Old Chen's lifespan was clearly normal, with at least ten more years to live. How could he have ended his lifespan in one night due to a cold?"

Old Chen, after all, you won’t be able to leave the palace until next year.

"The three bows are to the red-robed figure, and the pouring of wine is to pay tribute to the traitor Zhang Gui!"

"Why is this happening..."

After reading all the books in the library, his medical skills were many times better than Chen Ge, the original doctor.

Chen Ge was very old and exuded a decadent aura, just like an elder in the family. On his deathbed, he held Su Chen's hand and gave his last words to his descendants.

hum!

The ground shook slightly.

From the inner room, there was a violent cough.

"Anyway, I'm Zhang Gui's godson, Xu Xiaohan by Master Su's side! I don't know how Master Su has been doing these past three years. I hope everything is going well for him..."

then.

Some imperial guards stayed behind with a sneer, writing in a small notebook, obviously wanting to secretly report Xu Xiaohan.

In this regard.

outside the house.

Imperial power declined.

At this time, there were sounds of surprise in the library. Seven or eight little eunuchs in black poked their heads out and trotted towards Su Chen.

After Su Chen finished speaking, he left with the empty food box. It was a good opportunity for him to get back the silver and herbs that had been stolen since he didn't have to deal with the pharmacy's affairs today.

“There are fewer and fewer people I know.”

It's snowing outside!

The heavy snow covered the sky and the sun, and the cold invaded the world.

"Fuck!"

A man in his thirties, wearing a half-red green dress, with deep eyes and a calm demeanor in his every move, it was Xu Xiaohan, but he was no longer the young man who kowtowed to Su Chen.

Now it wasn't just the palace that was in an uproar.

"Be honest and wait until you leave the palace, then save some money. For eunuchs like us, we can adopt a descendant and leave it for our descendants..."

Just as Su Chen was sighing.

The border generals had long ceased to respect the imperial power, and they had killed countless military supervisors on the pretext of rampant banditry. It was a pity that Xu Xiaohan was still alive.

"Old Chen has taken good care of me over the years. These three hundred taels, according to the prices outside, should be enough for Old Chen to enjoy his old age after leaving the palace..."

"Deputy Commander Xu, who was exiled to the border and served as a frontier troop, has returned. I heard that he refused all the rewards from the young emperor and only asked to rebuild the library and cancel the nationwide wanted order for the red-robed man..."

"A castrated dog is a castrated dog!"

But in the end he was exiled to the border and served as a border soldier.

"Master Xu, you may not know this in the pharmacy."

"Master Xu?"

I can’t invite a royal physician.

Su Chen sat in front of the bed, looking somewhat frightened and uneasy.

Then he started pounding the medicine again.

The young emperor personally changed Xu Xiaohan's name to Xu Han! He appointed him the new head of the East Factory (West Factory), and led a nationwide raid to annihilate all the remnants of the old East Factory! He bestowed upon him a second-grade Fury Pill, allowing him to cultivate in the Tianwu Tower and strive for the second rank.

The two young eunuchs were a little embarrassed and hesitated, only taking out a few copper coins.

"So what if I go to jail!"

Mr. Chen is dead.

P.S. No, I will stay up late tonight to make up for the update. I have been a bit busy recently and have delayed the update. I am really sorry. I will make up two more updates, counting today, and there will be two more updates tomorrow.