Master Shen was stunned for a moment, but he didn't panic, he looked out carefully, and didn't see anyone, probably just his old eyes were dizzy and misunderstood.

Master Shen stretched out his hand to close the window, at his age, it was difficult to be frightened by something.

has seen the life and death of too many people, and his heart should have stopped a long time ago, not to mention that he is old and riddled with old diseases, and he may end this remnant life at any time.

Master Shen walked back to the table and took the tea to drink.

The tea was sweet, and the atmosphere tonight was not bad, so he should be able to sleep peacefully.

Although thinking like this, his heart is still rippling, these days he often thinks of Prince An, many years have passed, Prince An's family has long been turned into smoke, many people can't think of the handsome, kind prince, back then the palace people were willing to go to the prince to serve, even if they accidentally did something wrong, as long as they were not ill-intentioned and intentional, they would be forgiven.

Old Man Shen thought of this and looked at the back of his hand, although he was already old and his skin was full of wrinkles, the scars left by his youth could still be seen on the back of his hand.

In a trance, I went back to that year, and there was an epidemic in the palace, and people were panicked everywhere.

The Tai Hospital was afraid that the epidemic would be difficult to control, so all the sick palace people were imprisoned together, and he was also sent to it because of a minor illness at that time.

The imperial doctors of the Tai Hospital shuttled back and forth in white robes, and at first they were willing to give them medical treatment, but later they tended to be perfunctory, the epidemic is not easy to treat, as long as the epidemic in the palace can be suppressed, so that the nobles are safe and sound, the Tai Hospital is a great achievement, as for their life and death, no one cares.

Just like the leaves on the trees in the palace, no one will appreciate them when they are prosperous, and they will be rejected when they are defeated, and they will have nothing to do with the gorgeous palace in the end.

He didn't want to die like this, he fought with those sick palace people and wanted to escape, but he was beaten by the guards, and the court was about to execute them, but the eldest prince appeared in the courtyard, and drank the order to the hospital to treat the sick and save people, and defended them, if it wasn't for the hospital's negligence, they wouldn't have resisted, how could the hospital be so careless about people's lives.

The eldest prince was wearing a regular dress and did not wear any expensive ornaments, which did not look luxurious, but at that moment he vaguely understood that people's identity and status could not be decorated with those mundane things, and the eldest prince was the bright moon in the sky, and his real identity was precious.

It was because of the eldest prince that many palace people were able to escape death, and after they recovered, they returned to the palace to serve, quietly remembering the favor of the eldest prince, and he carefully handled errands, hoping that one day he would have the opportunity to repay the eldest prince.

Later, the eldest prince was named King An and went to Songpanwei, and the palace people whispered that King An would be appointed as the prince after returning to Beijing, but they didn't expect bad news to come in the end.

Master Shen's hands trembled slightly, and he inquired in many ways, but Prince An didn't even leave a whole corpse, and what was buried in the imperial tomb was only a skull, and everything else was replaced with straw.

Such a good prince, such a good master.

After King An went, he often dreamed that King An walked into the small courtyard and saved them, but Prince An's face was so clear in the dream, and after waking up, he only vaguely remembered Prince An's comforting gaze, just looking at him like that.

"Tuk-tuk."

There was another knock on the window.

This time, Master Shen felt that he had heard correctly, he stood up and walked to the window again and opened it.

There was a figure in the darkness, wearing a long robe, standing with his hands in his hands.

Master Shen couldn't help but be stunned there, maybe he was thinking about Prince An just now, but now when he saw this shadow, his heart suddenly tightened, and he couldn't speak.

It wasn't until the man walked forward slowly, as if he was about to leave from here, that Master Shen hurriedly went out and followed, but the figure walked quickly, and he saw that he was about to melt into the dark night.

Who is it?

The situation in front of him was somewhat similar to his dream.

"An ......" Master Shen couldn't help shouting, but he stopped his mouth again and swallowed the words behind him stiffly.

Almost immediately, Master Shen came back to his senses, it couldn't be Prince An, someone was tricking him to be fooled.

After figuring out this, Master Shen was about to turn around and walk back to the house, but the figure in the darkness slowly retreated, and then revealed a face that made Master Shen feel strange and familiar.

"Father-in-law (Note 1), it seems that you haven't forgotten Prince An."

Master Shen looked at the visitor carefully, and only hesitated for a while to say, "Are you Lieutenant Yan?" ”

"The father-in-law has a good memory," the man stepped forward and saluted, "but after leaving the palace, I changed my name, and now I am called Wei'e." ”

Wei'e.

Master Shen's face changed when he heard this: "You are using ......"

"Yes," Wei E said with a smile, "When Chen E and the palace people talked about King An, she was beaten, and her father-in-law pleaded for her, although Chen E was finally killed, she and I both remembered the benefits of the father-in-law, and after coming out of the palace, I took one word from each of the names of the two people and changed my name to Wei E." ”

"Yan ......" Master Shen paused uncomfortably, "Wei'e, let's go in and talk." ”

Wei E followed Master Shen into the house, and in front of Master Yan, he took off his outer robe, revealing his inner dress, and then let out a long sigh of relief, and suddenly felt much more comfortable.

Seeing the tea on the table, Wei E smiled: "You are out of the palace now, and I will follow them to call you Master Shen." ”

After saying this, Wei E stood up and poured a cup of tea, moistening her lips: "Master Shen's tea is very good, and his life is comfortable, but I don't know, do you remember the old man who once saved you." ”

Master Shen knew that Wei E was talking about Prince An, and he had been unable to sleep at night for the past two days, and he had asked Lang Zhong to prescribe medicine to calm the nerves, and when he was upset, he also mentioned it to his subordinates, he thought of the old man like this, presumably Wei E deliberately dressed like that to test him when he heard the news.

Master Shen's face seemed to be calm: "I am about to die, and some things will be forgotten sooner or later." ”

Wei E's eyes sank: "Back then, Prince An was far away in Songpanwei, and when Master Shen got the news, King An's family had already been killed, but now King An's heir may be in front of him, Master Shen is so ignorant of it, does he really have the face to see his benefactor in time?" ”

Master Shen's hand trembled slightly, and he tried his best to remain quiet: "Where did this come from, we are deeply favored by the emperor, and the father-in-law who was in charge of the palace said on the day he left the palace that being a useless person after walking out of the palace gate is the greatest reward to the imperial court, I have not forgotten it, and I hope that Zhongguan Yan will not forget it either." ”

After speaking, Master Shen stood up: "The old man is old, and he is about to go to bed, Yan ...... Wei'e, please go back. ”

Wei E's face was still full of smiles: "I'm just afraid that Master Shen won't be sincere." ”

As soon as he finished speaking, he heard a sound of footsteps, and then several people walked into the house, one of them was tied up, a cloth towel was stuffed in his mouth, and he made a whimpering sound in his throat, and looked at Master Shen with an anxious face.

Master Shen frowned: "You are so bold, let go of my steward, otherwise I will report to the official immediately." ”

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Note 1: Father-in-law: The name of the eunuch.