The palace of the new lotus birth country, the palace of nourishing the heart.

Not for a moment.

At this moment, the huge Heart Nourishing Hall was almost empty, and the eunuchs and palace maids who were originally on duty in the hall were all sent out to do errands.

In addition to the royal guards guarding the main entrance of the Heart Cultivation Palace, the palace is not set up tightly with five steps and one post as usual, and ten steps and one sentry.

And these most elite royal guards, who were supposed to be guarding the palace, have already guarded the entire perimeter of the Heart Cultivation Hall impenetrable at this moment, obviously preventing anyone from approaching the Heart Cultivation Palace, so as not to disturb Yaxing, who the emperor wants to meditate.

In addition, Shangyi Luoxi, who did not meet the emperor, also went out to run errands, so at this moment, in this splendid palace, only the emperor was left alone.

Of course, there is also a mythical bird that ordinary people can't see - the little seagull.

All this was deliberately arranged by the emperor, because whenever he was particularly upset, he would ask Luoxi to find various names to send those palace maids and eunuchs out to run errands, and even go out of the palace to buy something, so that he could calm down alone and think about the things he cared about most.

In fact, if it was just one person who was quiet, there was no need to be so stirring up and painstakingly sending away all the palace maids and eunuchs, even the loyal royal guards who protected him.

The reason for this is because the emperor is not ready to secretly summon a person who is most trustworthy to him at this moment - a mysterious old man who is dressed in black robes and covers his face.

This old man didn't even know his name, he only knew that this extremely mysterious old man was his father, that is, the confidant of the former emperor.

To tell the truth, in Jun Buyu's vague memory, he has only seen this old man three times since he was a child, and that was his ignorant experience before the age of five, every time he sneaked into the Heart Cultivation Hall to play with his father, he glanced at it from a distance, and the old man disappeared very strangely.

Jun Buyu also once asked his father about this old man, but unfortunately Jun Wuregret always diverted the topic vaguely, obviously not wanting to mention the origin of this mysterious old man.

And after Jun Buyu was five years old, he also understood the rules of the palace, that is, without being summoned by his father, he was not allowed to enter the Heart Cultivation Hall at will, so since then, he has never seen the mysterious old man.

Until Jun Buyu became an adult, once when discussing the way of governing the country with his father Emperor Jun Wuregret in the study, Jun Wuregret inadvertently mentioned it casually, saying that if one day he is no longer alive, and Jun Buyu is in isolation, he really wants to find a trustworthy person to guide him, you can try to close the doors and windows, shout "Shadow Lao" into the shadows, maybe someone will appear to help him solve his doubts.

At first, Jun Buyu didn't take this seemingly unintentional sentence to heart, because he felt that his father would live a long life, and where would there be a day when he was not alive, so he gradually forgot the so-called "shadow elder" that his father mentioned to him.

It's just that what he didn't expect was that in the tragedy of the Taihe Hall a year ago, his father and the emperor and all the officials of the court above the fourth rank were killed, and he locked himself in the dormitory late at night on the day that he didn't meet him, drunk painfully, and when he missed his father, he suddenly remembered what his father said.

So, with the mood of giving it a try, he shouted to the darkest corner of the dormitory: "Shadow Lao." ”

After shouting, Jun Buyu didn't have much hope, and after seeing that there was no movement in the shadows, he continued to drink.

However, as he drank and inadvertently glanced again into the shadows, he suddenly had the illusion that a man was standing hunched over in the shadows.

Even Jun Buyu felt that a pair of eyes were looking him up and down!

At that moment, Jun Buyu was also covered in a cold sweat, and suddenly, the wine was also half awake, and he hurriedly threw down the wine jug and cautiously walked towards the shadows.

"Son, why did you summon me, and not your father?"

Just as Jun Buyu came to the shadows nervously and looked back and forth carefully, an extremely old voice suddenly came into Jun Buyu's ears.

This sudden voice also completely frightened Jun Buyu's drunkenness, and he realized that his father's seemingly unintentional words were indeed true!

"My father is the emperor...... It's gone. Just the day before yesterday...... I don't know exactly what's going on, it seems that a woman from the Lotus Immortal Kingdom is making trouble, and in just a quarter of an hour, my father and all the other officials above the fourth rank ...... Woohoo......"

When Jun Buyu heard the other party ask about his father, he also replied extremely sadly again, and he couldn't cry anymore before he finished speaking.

"What? Your father is ...... Unexpectedly...... What the hell is going on? You mean there is a woman from the Lotus Immortal Kingdom? Hey, forget it, I guess you don't want to mention this matter now, it's better for the old man to find out for himself. By the way, child, since your father is gone, if you encounter any tricky or confusing things in the future, call the old man, and the old man will naturally give you guidance as if he was helping your father. It's just that in the past year, the old man has come to retreat and cultivate, and secondly, he also wants to find out the cause of your father's death, so after a year, you can try to summon me again. Okay, that's all the old man said today, and I'll see you again in the future. ”

The old voice came from the shadows again, but the voice seemed to be extremely surprised and shocked.

After a few simple words to Jun Buyu, the other party left.

And after the old man's voice disappeared, when Jun Buyu carefully checked the shadow again, he found that it seemed to be a little brighter than just now, and it was obvious that the so-called shadow old man really looked like a black shadow.

In the following year, Jun Buyu also obeyed the instructions of the old man and did not try to summon his old man again.

It wasn't until a year later that he asked Luoxi to send all the palace maids and eunuchs out to run errands every once in a while, and then locked himself in the house alone to summon Ying Lao in the shadows, but unfortunately, Ying Lao never appeared.

And today, after he sent out all the palace maids and eunuchs in the Heart Cultivation Hall again, and asked Luo Xi to use his sedan chair to send Yanyu to Wenyuan Pavilion, he just wanted to try to summon the shadow elder again, and wanted to ask some questions that he had always been concerned about.

As soon as Jun Buyu felt that Ying Lao was so powerful, he might have found out the truth about his father's tragic death in the Taihe Palace, and he was eager to know this truth, after all, avenging his father had always been a major matter that he cared about very much.

Second, since he ascended the throne for a year, he has been fighting very hard with the court that is about to move, and he is even a little confused, and he really wants to have a wise and shrewd person like his father to help him guide him.

Even if he listens to him talk about his heart, he can feel better, after all, today's monarch is not met, although he is the son of heaven and the existence of the Ninety-Five, but he suffers from the fact that there is no one in the previous dynasty and the harem who can even say something in his heart as he wants, how can this not make him depressed and miserable.

Although the appearance of the little seagull later gave him finally a person to talk to, the little seagull couldn't speak and couldn't communicate with him in the real sense, so summoning the shadow elder was the only hope you didn't meet.

"Shadow Old? Shadow Old? Are you there? ”

When Jun Buyu confirmed that he was the only one left in the Heart Cultivation Palace, he came to the Xinuan Pavilion where he usually talked with the ministers, and after closing the doors and windows and blowing out all the candles, he tried to call again.

It's a pity that after shouting a few times, Jun Buyu walked all over the darkest corners of the house, and still didn't see the mysterious old man appear, and the long-lost and old voice came to his ears.

"Child, please stay, cough cough, the old man is not feeling well, so he came a little late. Ahem......"

Just when Jun Buyu was about to leave Xinuan Pavilion with some disappointment, the familiar old voice finally came from behind him.

He hurriedly turned around to look, only to see an old man in a black robe coughing violently in the shadows behind him.

Although he had met the old man three times before he was five years old, each time before he could see clearly, the other man disappeared.

However, after many years, the moment you saw this mysterious old man again, you still recognized it at a glance.

"Shadow Old? What's wrong with you? Come on, sit down and speak slowly. ”

Jun Buyu's face changed and he shouted, instinctively rushed forward with an arrow step, helped the black-robed old man with a stiff body up, and helped him to the seat next to him.

He poured another cup of tea and handed it to Ying Lao.

"Ahem...... The old man is really old, and a year is not as good as a year. Ahem...... Kid, you've been trying to summon the old man a lot lately, right? Ahem......"

Shadow Elder sat down, took a sip of water, and asked while coughing.

"That's right, Shadow Elder, I've been trying to summon you since we parted for a year last month, but unfortunately you didn't show up until today, is there an accident about your retreat and cultivation?"

Jun Buyu asked with concern after pouring the tea for Ying Lao again.

"Hey, when the old man met with you, after learning the news of your father's accident, he went to the Taihe Hall to check the scene for the first time, cough cough, but he didn't find any evidence to prove that the mysterious woman of the Lotus Immortal Kingdom had come. After that, the old man returned to his residence to retreat and practice. Just half a year ago, after the old man successfully got out of the customs, cough cough, he has been secretly investigating the mysterious woman of the Lotus Immortal Kingdom you mentioned. At first, the old man traveled all over the Lotus Kingdom and did not find any useful clues, until a month ago, when the old man returned to the imperial city again and came to the palace to check the Taihe Hall again, he finally met the woman. At that time, the woman was actually talking secretly with an important minister in the court, and when I wanted to sneak close to eavesdrop, I didn't expect to be discovered by the woman and seriously injured, barely escaping death. Until today, I'm a little better, and I'll be coming to see you right away. It's just that can you guess who the woman met privately with in the palace? Ahem......"

After taking another sip of tea, Shadow Elder was silent for a while, and then continued to recall.

At the end, he asked Jun Buyu a question with a solemn face.

When Jun Buyu heard that the mysterious woman had reappeared in the palace a month ago, he was also surprised.

And when Ying Lao actually said that the woman was still meeting someone in the palace in private, it also made Jun Buyu's face become solemn, because he suddenly understood one thing, that is, the eyeliner of the ruthless mysterious woman was actually installed in this palace.

Doesn't that mean that the seemingly peaceful palace is actually under the control of that mysterious woman!

Thinking of this, Jun Buyu was also extremely eager to know who the important minister mentioned by the shadow elder who met with the mysterious woman in private......