In the light of the candlelight, the figure slowly walked to the east wall, looked at it for a while, reached out and pressed it in one position, and with a bang the wall moved, and a row of buttons of different sizes appeared in front of him, he pressed one of them, and then restored the wall to normal.

When he returned to the table, he untied his heavy cloak and put it on the back of the chair, revealing a bright yellow dragon robe inside, and the gold thread embroidered with dragon patterns shone dazzlingly under the candlelight, showing the incomparable nobility of the emperor.

It turned out that this figure turned out to be the current emperor Crane Tianxing.

He sat quietly in the room, as if waiting for something.

It wasn't until after a stick of incense that there was a clattering sound in the place of the bed, and I saw that the bed moved its position, revealing a deep black hole.

Then there were footsteps from far and near, and out of the deep cave came a man in a purple robe.

With such a change, the emperor didn't raise his eyelids from beginning to end, not even a little surprised, as if he had been used to it for a long time.

The purple-robed man stepped to the front of the tiger, knelt down on one knee and bowed his head respectfully, "The slave sees the emperor." ”

Only then did the emperor raise his eyes, "Sit." ”

"The minions don't dare. The purple-robed man was flattered and didn't dare to get up.

Originally, he went to report to the emperor most of the time, but now the emperor personally summoned him here and asked him to sit, how dare he sit without knowing the situation?

"If no outsiders are there, there is no need to be restrained, just sit down. "The emperor was a little impatient.

The purple-robed man had no choice but to obey, but he didn't dare to sit face to face with the emperor, so he moved the chair to the side and sat at the emperor's head.

"The emperor is here in the starry night, but what are the instructions for the servants to do?" the purple-robed man asked cautiously.

The emperor squinted at him twice, and his tone was very casual, "Speaking of which, this palace and the world are all mine, but sometimes I don't even speak quietly, and it is rare to find a confidant." ”

The purple-robed man just listened, it was not easy to answer, and he didn't know how to answer, the emperor's meaning of this, could it be that he came to talk to him today?

"You should remember the legend of this palace, right?"

The minion naturally remembered. ”

When the emperor asked about this, the purple-robed man was even more convinced, the emperor really had nothing to do to chat with him, right?

The legend of Yilan Palace, not to mention him, not to mention the descendants of the royal family, is known to many servants in the palace, but few people directly mention it.

The palace is very old and has existed since the founding of the hill.

It can be called ancient as years and gorgeous as a treasure.

Over the centuries, palaces have been rebuilt throughout the palace, but this exotic palace has only been renovated and never demolished.

And it has been vacant, and no concubines have moved in again.

Because there is a beautiful love story in it. But it is too old to determine whether it is true or false.

It is said that this Yilan Palace was built by the founder of Qiuchi, the ancestor of Qiuchi, for one of his favorite concubines.

The favorite concubine is an exotic princess, named Yilan, and married to Qiuchi Country with her relatives and named Concubine Lan.

Concubine Lan is slender, can sing and dance, and is as beautiful as a fairy, and is deeply loved by the ancestors.

But because she was far away from her own country, she often missed her hometown, so that she was depressed all day long.

Emperor Zu felt sorry for Concubine Lan, so he built this palace at a huge cost in imitation of the architectural style of Princess Yilan's hometown. Gave the name Yilan Palace and gave Concubine Lan a place to live to comfort her homesickness.

And because Concubine Lan loves flowers and plants very much, many rare flowers and plants in the courtyard are also found by Emperor Zu Guang with people all over the world.

It's a pity that the sky is jealous, and Concubine Lan will be gone in a few years. And the departure is very bizarre.

At night, he obviously slept with the ancestral emperor, but the ancestral emperor woke up early in the morning but did not see the trace of Concubine Lan, if the ancestral emperor slept too well, the slave who kept vigil in the outer hall had not slept, and did not see Concubine Lan come out, let alone go in, and a big living person disappeared out of thin air.

I searched through the palace and found no trace, and it was appalling to say it.

Somehow, this bizarre palace secret spread, and even the people knew about it, and there were even more rumors.

Some people say that Concubine Lan is too beautiful, she must not be a mortal, maybe which fairy is playing in the lower realm, and now it is time to go back, so she will soar.

Some people also say that maybe she was too much of the love of the ancestral emperor, so that she was hated and killed in the palace, and she may have used some powerful poison that could melt the corpse into invisibility.

There are all kinds of things to say, and the more you talk about them, the more they hang. Whatever you say.

But speculation is speculation after all, and there is no real evidence, but no one knows the real situation, and the facts are difficult to explain.

Passed down from generation to generation, it becomes more and more like a legend, told like a story.

There is a plant in the courtyard of Yilan Palace, with black branches and dark green leaves.

When Concubine Lan was still there, she pointed to the plant in front of the palace and told Emperor Zu that if she died in the future, unless this plant bloomed, Yilan Palace could give it to live with other concubines, otherwise no one was allowed to live.

Emperor Zu only regarded it as her coquettish joke, and agreed at that time.

Because that plant was brought by Concubine Lan when she came to Qiuchi Country from northern Xinjiang, except for being evergreen in all seasons, she had never seen it bloom for several years.

A plant that will not bloom, but Concubine Lan said that unless this plant blooms, no one else is allowed to live in this palace, and it is clear that no one else will be allowed to live.

However, it was originally built for her, and Emperor Zu didn't want to live with other concubines, so he agreed.

Since Concubine Lan disappeared, Emperor Zu has been thinking about her. Often wandering alone in the Yilan Palace, as if nostalgic for the old days.

Suddenly, one day I may have thought of this matter, so I immediately made a statement, not only this dynasty, even if it is a change of dynasty in the future, if this plant does not bloom, this palace is not inhabitable.

Since then, no one has been able to live in this palace anymore.

Because no matter how many years have passed, the plant still has only leaves and no flowers.

During the reign of Emperor Zu, although no one lived, the daily care of the Lan Palace was never neglected, and the palace maid and mother were still tending to the flowers and plants, cleaning the palace, and the Emperor Zu often stayed in the palace for a day and a half.

After the ancestral emperor returned to heaven, the new emperor succeeded to the throne, still following the will of the previous emperor.

Because of the beautiful architecture and pleasant scenery of Yilan Palace, it is a good place to play, so even if the dynasty changes, it is still repaired and cared for from generation to generation.

Over the centuries, the palace is still intact, with new furnishings and small buildings added for occasional visits.

How many years have passed, and the flowers and trees in the palace have changed many stubbles, but only the non-flowering plant is still alive and evergreen. The foliage is more luxuriant, but it doesn't grow much in size, and it firmly never blooms.

The country of the crane family is also eternal, and it has not changed its surname.

It added to the mythology, once some people said that Concubine Lan was really a fairy, because the Crane family had kept her promise for generations, so she also blessed the Crane family.

Everyone likes auspicious meanings, so later monarchs willingly obey the will of the first emperor, even if it may be just a false rumor, they will abide by it as always.

The legend of Yilan Palace is a story for others, and it is also shrouded in mystery, so that people cannot get in touch with the truth.

But the purple-robed man knew.

Not only him, but also the secret guards, as well as the emperors of previous dynasties, all know the real inside story.

The secret guard has been organized since the founding of the ancestral emperor, and the Yilan Palace is actually the hiding place of the secret guard, and the underground palace under the Yilan Palace lives in an organization that is only dispatched by the emperor to protect the emperor's safety, the mysterious secret guard.

Not only that, Yilan Palace is still a back road that can be attacked, defended and retreated.

There are many information agencies inside, and as long as you know it, you can kill hundreds of people with a single move.

The underground passage leads to the outside of the palace.

Whether there is a strong enemy attacking, or someone is plotting against usurpation, it is not a problem whether it is used to capture and kill the comer or to escape.

A secret guard, coupled with a palace with a lot of organs, can strengthen the imperial power infinitely.

This is also the reason why after hundreds of years, the surname of the crane family is still the crane.

Whenever you encounter a rebellion, you just need to retreat here, you can turn defeat into victory, and kill all the people who forced the palace, just for secrecy, this kind of incident will not be left in history in detail.

And the secret of this palace will only be known to the new emperor after the death of the first emperor, and the right to use the secret guard will be handed over to the new emperor.

Therefore, in addition to the secret guard himself, the only person who knows the secret of Yilan Palace is the emperor, and no one else knows. Even if someone inadvertently found out, they would shut him up.

This is the life charm of the kings of the past, if it is known, how can you feel safe?

So that legend was actually just told by Emperor Zu to confuse everyone, intending to have a reason to make Yilan Palace permanently vacant.

Because that plant is actually a strange flower in Northern Xinjiang, it is a kind of flower that divides male and female, and only the female will bloom, and this one in Yilan Palace is a male flower, which will never bloom.

Therefore, as long as Concubine Lan said such a reason, it can be permanently vacant from generation to generation.

And the truth of Concubine Lan's disappearance is not mysterious, she was opened by Emperor Zu, sank from the bed to the ground, and was killed by the random arrows in the mechanism.

Because Concubine Lan and her relatives are fake, it is true that she and her country should cooperate with her to assassinate Emperor Zu.

She did the internal response, and the killer waited for the opportunity to sneak to Yilan Palace to join forces with him to assassinate him, and the plan was very thorough, and even the waist card to enter the palace was obtained, but unfortunately the ancestor was aware of it in advance, so he opened the mechanism one night.

And those killers, even if they come, naturally they will not survive.

I have to say that Emperor Zu, as the founding emperor, has extraordinary strategy and talent.

In order to protect the country he worked so hard to create, he wanted to pass on this talisman from generation to generation.

This is where there is that legend and the Yilan Palace, which has been vacant for hundreds of years.

It's just that ordinary people only know that legend, but the inside story is top secret, even ordinary secret guards only know one and don't know the other, and if the purple-robed person is not the leader of the secret guard, he must not know it.

Because the leader of the secret guard leads the secret guard and protects the emperor. is the emperor's most trusted person, these will naturally not be hidden from him, and he knows the information organs in this palace well.

Of course, in order to prevent the dark guards from having two hearts, as an emperor, they naturally have a set of methods of restraining them that have been passed down.

Make them loyal to the Emperor, otherwise if they rebel, the Emperor will never recover.