Living forever in the deep palace

This winter seems unbearable. Even though it has been a year, it is already the first month of the twelfth year of Jianwu, and spring has not yet come.

Even if there were no snowstorms that blocked out the sun, the frost covering the ground and the frozen soil for a year would still be a disaster. In the six counties of Daliang, 30% of the arable land was frozen.

Spring plowing and autumn harvest. Without spring plowing, how can there be autumn harvest? In the cold winter of January, there was no snow and famine broke out in Daliang.

Among the millions of refugees, 10% starved to death, 10% were eaten by demons, and the remaining 80% were still alive, but waiting to die.

The little emperor remained indifferent.

They did not open the granaries to release grain, nor did they talk about resettling refugees, as if they did not see the tens of millions of ordinary people in Daliang.

"The Heaven-Swallowing Scroll Fragments, I wonder if anyone is still practicing it."

"The sword that was supposed to rebuke the little emperor ultimately failed to find him and strike him!"

Leaning against the door, Su Chen, wrapped in a cotton jacket, looked at the eunuchs and palace maids passing by the pharmacy. They were basically unfamiliar faces.

Everyone he knew was dead.

The miserable people in the deep palace, those low-level eunuchs and palace maids are like leeks, when you cut one, a new one will grow.

Not to mention them, even the current five red robes have mostly replaced their faces since the Tianwu year.

It is said that people can live to be a hundred years old, but the path of cultivation is dangerous and full of struggles, so people often die along the way.

"Master Xu."

Several eunuchs of the same age as Xiao Xuanzi greeted Su Chen, called Xiao Xuanzi out, and ran towards the palace gate.

"What are you doing? It's almost lunchtime."

Su Chen said.

"Master Xu, go watch the fun."

"The newly appointed Prime Minister has been kneeling outside the palace gates for half a day, begging His Majesty to open his eyes and look at the people of this world."

"The head of the West Factory has gone!"

The civil official system of Daliang is somewhat chaotic, but the chief minister is definitely the highest civil official. In the previous life, he is equivalent to the prime minister or the chief minister, the highest official in the country.

Daliang began to decline after the years of the Tianluan, when it changed three emperors in one year. Up to now, it has not only lost three counties, but also the purple robe is hanging empty, and the first-class foundation of the Tianwu Tower has been lost. It only relies on a demon Taizu to intimidate the neighboring countries.

forgotten.

This demon Taizu also failed to pass on the throne. The father was kind and the son was filial. He was sealed in a coffin by the young emperor and no one knew where he was hidden.

"In theory, the ruler should be a first-grade cultivator."

"pity."

"I'm afraid there isn't even a single first-rank official in the entire Daliang court right now."

Su Chen shook his head.

This minister was an ordinary person, which was why the young emperor dared to neglect him and make him kneel for a long time.

"It's nice to go and see the excitement."

Su Chen walked towards the palace gate.

There are three inner and outer layers here, and many people came, including eunuchs, imperial guards, and the imperial guards from the Western Factory.

There was a chair, and Xu Han, wearing a fiery red robe and factory uniform, was sitting there drinking tea with an indifferent look in his eyes.

behind him.

They were dressed in brocade and stood on both sides of the formation, with soul-locking swords hanging from their waists, chain mail on their bodies, and murderous eyes.

"I beg Your Majesty to take a look at the people of Daliang!"

"They are not cultivators, unable to fight against the demons and protect themselves! A bitter winter descended, and the land froze for thousands of miles, leaving them with no crops to harvest. They were starving, and under the demonic attacks, they were displaced and forced to eat their own children..."

"They are also people of Daliang!"

In front of the palace gate, there was a man in his forties, wearing a red and purple robe, holding a black official hat, speaking in a hoarse voice, and constantly knocking on the palace gate.

His lips were chapped, he hadn't had a drop of water, and he knelt for a long time without getting any response. Perhaps this was the answer.

The passionate eyes gradually dimmed.

He covered his face and burst into tears.

"Daliang, why is it like this? Why is it like this?"

The eunuchs and palace maids who had originally come to watch the excitement lost their interest in the lively atmosphere at this moment, as if they were infected by the crying of the ruler.

The silent atmosphere was filled with sadness.

If it wasn't for wanting to survive, who would be willing to be sold into the deep palace as a slave, or even give up their dignity as a man...

Perhaps if they had not entered the palace, they would have been one of the millions of refugees who either starved to death, were eaten by demons, or were waiting to die.

"Why can't Daliang open his eyes and look at us, the untouchables who are like grass scraps, just because we are not cultivators?"

Xiaoxuanzi clenched his fists, not only remembering something sad, but also his eyes were filled with tears.

There was something wrong with his mood.

See this.

Su Chen walked over quickly, grabbed Xiaoxuanzi's sleeve, and spoke in a low voice.

“Don’t stand out!”

"We are just ordinary eunuchs..."

"Just take care of yourself."

Xiaoxuanzi shook her head, tears streaming down her cheeks.

"Master Xu."

"No one has ever asked me if I'm willing to be a eunuch, but what will happen if I don't? If I do, I can still survive. If I don't, I'll starve to death..."

"My mother brought my three brothers and me all the way to the imperial city. I thought that if I became a eunuch, my family wouldn't starve to death."

"But I was wrong. The first night I became a eunuch, my mother and brother starved to death. In order to save food, they let me enter the palace and survive..."

Xiaoxuanzi was in tears.

"if……"

"If only... at that time, when we were in trouble, His Majesty could have looked at us. I wouldn't have been castrated and become a eunuch, and my mother and brother wouldn't have starved to death just to save a mouthful of food for me..."

"Master Zhizai is a good man. This is the first time I know that a nobleman in the court is willing to speak up for us, the lowly people..."

Xiao Xuanzi's eyes were full of tears, but his pupils were bright. He broke free from Su Chen and walked forward slowly but firmly. He supported the shaky Zhizai and knelt down towards the palace gate beside him without saying a word.

He didn't say a word, but just knelt down towards the palace gate, but the thousands of words in his heart that he wanted to say seemed to be shouted out loudly at this moment.

Emperor! Open your eyes and take a good look! We are your subjects too! Why can't you just let us live?

More and more palace maids and eunuchs knelt silently in front of the palace gate, surrounding the chief minister, as if supporting and protecting him.

"Why do you have to do this! Why do you have to do this! It will implicate you, it will implicate you..."

The Prime Minister looked at the palace maids and eunuchs beside him, his eyes blurred and his voice choked.

He is the ruler.

But he was still an ordinary person, and pleading for the people could not change the emperor's mind at all. How many people would be implicated if he knelt at the palace gate?

"Presumptuous! Presumptuous!"

"You are so rebellious!"

"I asked you to come here so you could have a good look at the ugly behavior of this current ruler, not to encourage him to gain power!"

The guards in brocade clothes were furious and whipped themselves to beat the palace maids and eunuchs!

You are a bunch of dog eunuchs and lowly palace maids, you are rebelling against the sky!

"Ugh!"

A sigh.

Su Chen stepped out and the whip hit his body, leaving a blood mark that soaked his black robe.

He stared at the indifferent Xu Han who was still drinking tea on the wooden chair with angry eyes, and said in a cold voice.

"I've heard that Lord Xu was also born into a poor and lowly family. To survive, he entered the palace and kowtowed three times and nine times before Lord Su in the library, begging for a chance at wealth and honor!"

"You are so cold and indifferent, bullying the weak and willing to be an accomplice. Is this the Su Chen who taught you and gave you wealth and honor?"

"If that's the case, then I think Su Chen is really blind and short-sighted to give you such immense wealth!"

At this moment, the three hundred Western Factory guards in embroidered uniforms were all furious, shocked and angry, staring angrily at the ignorant little eunuch in black.

"presumptuous!"

"You are a lowly eunuch, how dare you call Mr. Su by his name? How dare you speak to our factory master like that?"

"You're such a rebellion! Open your mouth! Open your mouth hard!"

There was a leader of the bandits in brocade clothes, roaring angrily.

boom!

Three hundred soldiers in brocade clothes rushed out and pounced on Su Chen.

at the same time.

The head of the West Factory, Xu Han, who had been silent all this time and had a cold look in his eyes and was wearing a red python robe, only then raised his eyes and looked at Su Chen.

"The kneeling incident at the library was only between Master Su and me. Do you know about it?"

I would like to thank my fellow Taoist (a powerful person in the Void Realm of Haoyuan Continent) for the reward of 100 coins. Actually, the reward is not necessary. Every comment, whether good or bad, or urging for updates, or ideas, will be pushed to me by the writer's assistant, and I will see them all. Some of them read them carefully, but I am not used to replying, so the updates are quite late. Thank you all for staying up late to read, muah.