Out of the Jinghe Gate of the Qianqing Palace, originally along the palace wall all the way to the south and then through the Jingyun Gate, it was almost to the station where the imperial guards were located, I thought it was still early anyway, and it was not bad to change the route to be familiar with the terrain in the lower palace, so I didn't go forward, but walked east along the path in front of Jingren Palace.

At this time, it was already early noon, and except for the eunuchs and palace maids who were on duty, there were no people on the road. It is when I pass through the palace gate, there are two guards standing at the palace gate, I don't know who lives in this Jingren Palace, there are two red palace lamps hanging at the palace gate, the light is reflected on the guards on duty, it looks particularly funny, reminds me of the two generals I saw at the mountain gate of Cangzhou Shuiyue Temple, and I didn't feel that I saw a few more times.

There is Yuqing Palace, and although I know the name, I don't know exactly who lives in it. After passing through Yuqing Palace, there is another road in front of you, and this road can go back to the guard house.

When I came to this north-south road, but I saw that both sides of the road were full of trees, and the branches and leaves blocked the moonlight, and the road was gloomy, so I walked along the side of the road to the guard's house.

After walking more than a dozen steps, I heard the voice of a man talking, although it was deliberately lowered, but it sounded exceptionally clear in this quiet night, which I had also practiced since I cultivated, and my ears were particularly good.

I only heard the male voice say, "Why are you here, don't you let you come here casually?" If you let anyone in the house know, it will be troublesome, fortunately he was drunk today, did you give him that medicine just now, and how did the emperor react. ”

A woman's voice came again: "I told the emperor that it was Zhang Tianshi's refining, he didn't even use the test medicine, so he swallowed one, the emperor asked for it once, swallowed another one, and before he could ask for it, he fainted, I saw this, and slipped out and came back, I just wanted a child, I didn't expect it to be like this, and now I don't know what happened, if the emperor has three long and two short, I don't want to be buried." ”

"You, you're just timid, if it weren't for your father asking me for help, I wouldn't be lazy to take care of it, the medicine is **, the emperor fainted, it's okay, he has poor physique, that's why he fainted, don't worry, the emperor will summon you tomorrow." Don't be timid in case of trouble, if you are pregnant with the dragon species, you will also become a concubine, in the palace, if you don't have children, you are inferior, so you have to find a way to get close to the emperor. I'm refining pills here, I can't just go out, and besides, I'm here in the emperor's secret alchemy place, and I don't even know about Shoufu, let alone let others know that I gave you the pill. ”

I stopped, listened to the sound, it was coming from the palace walls, I dodged behind the tree, and continued to listen to the conversation between the two.

The woman said again: "Father-in-law, what if they ask the Heavenly Master, I won't deceive the king." ”

"You can rest assured, no one dares to ask about this, now Lord Shoufu is staring at the emperor every day, so that the emperor abstains from desire, the head of the Qianqing Palace who was killed a few days ago is not just to get ** for the emperor, was discovered by Shoufu, and forced the queen to deal with it with family law, and Chen Jiu didn't dare to say much about it. If he wants to become the head of the Qianqing Palace, don't be careful to prevent him from being the second to be dealt with. ”

"Then I'm relieved, today scared me, otherwise I wouldn't have dared to come to you so late."

"Don't be so frizzy in the future, it's not good if you are seen, you go back quickly, fortunately, your status is not high now, you can send Liu Yu to inform me if you have something, don't take risks yourself, be careful of those palace maids around you, you have only been here for a short time, you must quickly cultivate your own henchmen, the palace is not outside, and the intrigue here is very powerful."

I only heard the woman say: "Thank you, father-in-law, I will not forget my father-in-law's great kindness, I will leave and go back first." ”

"Okay, go back, there are two more here, remember not to give the emperor two next time, one at a time is fine, you also have to take the medicine I prepared for you, it is the secret recipe in the palace, it is for the birth of a male fetus."

Then there was no sound inside, and I stayed for a while, and then I came out from behind the tree, and looked at the tall roof in the palace wall, and I found that there was no door to enter there, and I didn't find a door when I passed there just now, and that door was on the other side, and I must see it tomorrow.

Seeing that there was no one around, I continued on my way to the guard's house. Thinking as I walked, listening to the tone of the voice, that woman should be the woman I met in the Qianqing Palace who came out with Chen Jiu. It's just that who is this man, who can make alchemy in the palace, I remember that the old man Wang said that with the death of the first emperor, the original Taoist priests who made alchemy were driven out, why is there still in the palace, and he is also a eunuch, can it be that the eunuch also knows how to make alchemy.

After a while, I returned to the guard station, and the guard on duty at the door had not yet changed shifts, and when he saw me coming back, he asked, "Guard Lan, why are you back, didn't you go to replace the guard?" ”

I also stopped and said, "This is not the emperor's decree, let me go with the guards, and I will come back and talk to the chief steward." ”

"Guards Lan are lucky, even the emperor personally ordered you to go with the guards, and the brothers are envious to death." I looked at the guard with a look of envy, jealousy and hatred, and said in my heart, you don't know that I also took risks, and if I met the faint king, I might lose my head.

Bidding farewell to the two guards with envy on their faces and jealousy in their hearts, I walked to the chief manager's yamen, there was still a light on inside, I pushed the door in, and saw that the deputy chief was still sitting on a chair reading a book, and when I came in, I raised my head and asked, "Why did you come back, aren't you on duty?" ”

Of course, I can't say that I had an awkward relationship with Feng Guards, so I had to use the emperor as a shield, so I said: "Lord Chief, the emperor has ordered me to be a guard, and I came to ask my lord when I took up my post." ”

The deputy manager looked at me for a while and said, "You kid, it's lucky, you won't go back tonight anyway, I'll arrange it for you when the manager comes tomorrow, and go back to sleep if it's not early." ”

After exiting the guard's yamen, I returned to the dormitory, lay on the bed and reminisced about the man's words, always feeling that it was not as simple as asking for a son for the woman. It seems that there is a chance, to go there and see, what is in the yard.

Slowly falling asleep in my thoughts, I saw the master standing in front of me with a smile, behind me was the house I had just eavesdropped, or that amiable face, I wanted to hold the master's hand, but I couldn't catch it, I wanted to speak, but I couldn't make a sound, I was in a hurry, and woke up all of a sudden, it turned out to be Nan Ke a dream.

I haven't dreamed for a long time, and I rarely dream of the master, the strange thing is, how did I dream of the master, and behind the master is the house, could it be that the master's death is related to here, or the master practiced here before his death.