The imperial dining room is in the side hall of the last six palaces, there is still a long distance from the east and west six palaces, and it is necessary to take the road of two pillars of incense from the emperor's heart palace.

Luo Ping's front foot was ordered to enter the imperial dining room, and the back foot was taken by the little eunuch and invited into the Qinghe Office next to the Yangxin Palace, which is an inconspicuous small compartment next to the Yangxin Palace, but there is the famous Luogong Gonggong, the head of the Imperial Palace.

lived in a simple Qinghe place, just because the emperor couldn't leave his care for a moment, so he could only live in a "small cubicle" aggrievedly, but no one dared to underestimate this Qinghe place, ordinary eunuchs and palace maids passed by here, and they didn't even dare to come out of the atmosphere.

Along the way, Luo Ping finally knew why the little eunuch who went to the imperial dining room to get the meal was in a hurry and didn't stop for a moment, I was afraid that it was because he was afraid that he would walk slowly, and the meal would be cold as soon as it reached the ground.

Entering the Qinghe Institute, Luo Ping looked at his uncle who was a little old, and there was a trace of forbearance in his heart, but he thought of Mingyue, who was still locked up in Dali Temple, and said first: "Uncle, you have been a eunuch for many years, and you have won the trust of the emperor and the emperor. ”

Father-in-law Luo didn't answer, he coughed heavily, his throat was intermittent like a bellows, he beat his chest twice with his hand, covered the corners of his mouth with a handkerchief, and immediately blushed with a handkerchief, and replied sadly: "Ping'er, my uncle is already in his last years, and I'm afraid he doesn't have much time to live." There are some things that my uncle wants to tell you, and you must keep them in mind. ”

Luo Ping hurriedly stepped forward and gently stroked his uncle's back, he never knew that his uncle, who was as strong as a pine a few days ago, only worked hard for two or three nights, and his hair was gray and sick in an instant? It's like the day before

The standing poplars, the cold wind blows, the leaves are yellow and falling, and Liao has no life.

Father-in-law Luo waved his hand, hid the handkerchief in his sleeve, tried to straighten his body, and solemnly continued: "The clouds above the court are treacherous, and the harem moves the whole body, and the eunuchs are trying to survive in the cracks. The magnates in the court all looked down on the eunuchs, but they knew that ----- those who won the eunuchs won the world, and the hidden power of the eunuchs was unrivaled. The miscellaneous family has taken care of the Locke family's wealth for 30 years, I am afraid that it is the wind and candle in the last years, and it is powerless, Ping'er, now that His Majesty the Emperor has let you enter the imperial dining room, you have to seize this opportunity, and if you get it, the Locke family can be prosperous for another 30 years; If it is lost, the Locke family will be scattered into mud and trampled on. ”

Luo Ping's brows furrowed tightly, and he hesitated for a while: "Uncle, Your Majesty ordered only to summon Ping'er to teach the new dishes to the Imperial Diet, and did not let Ping'er stay in the palace, even if the dishes won His Majesty's heart, do you always know that this imperial dining room does not need to be clean, let alone enter the inner palace and inherit your old mantle, you are afraid that you are going to make a mistake." ”

Father-in-law Luo coughed twice before he panted and said: "Ping'er, the miscellaneous family originally wanted you to be a eunuch, and with the miscellaneous family taking care of you, you will definitely win the emperor's favor one day." I don't know that the miscellaneous family is not angry, but I am afraid that time is running out. This dining room is currently your only chance to make it to the top. Listen to the words of the miscellaneous family first, maybe one day you can use it. Remember, for the sake of eunuchs, it is taboo to have your own ears, your own eyes, and your own nose, but the most taboo is to have your own mind. Your body, your heart, your everything, are royal. Uncle, if you lose, you lose, you have your own careful thoughts, and you will harm others and yourself. ”

Luo Ping looked at Father-in-law Luo in a daze, and didn't understand that his uncle, who had always been polite to him, had now said so many serious words to himself with a pleasant face, more than the reprimands in the past few years.

After Gonggong Luo finished speaking, his face instantly turned straight and said: "Ping'er, the miscellaneous family knows your thoughts about the Yin family's Mingyue, there is one thing, if you do it, the miscellaneous family will keep Yin Mingyue safe and sound, and even escape; If you can't do it, the miscellaneous family won't drag this broken body to beg for this favor. ”

Luo Ping's face suddenly showed five points of joy and five points of suspicion, and he knelt on the ground with a "plop" and said, "What did uncle say?" As long as you don't let Ping'er enter the palace cleanly......."

Father-in-law Luo waved his hand again and again: "No, this matter, not only the miscellaneous family is happy, but you yourself are also extremely happy." ”

All happy? Selfishness possible?

Luo Ping's suspicious look was even worse, staring at Luo's father-in-law's face for a long time, he didn't dare to ask, he always felt that it would not be as beautiful as his uncle said, perhaps, it was another harmful trap, and even, it would never recover.

After listening to what Father-in-law Luo said later, Luo Ping was so shocked that he couldn't kneel anymore, stood up suddenly, and said in shock: "Uncle, how can you do such a difficult thing for a strong person?" ”

Father-in-law Luo didn't even blink his eyes, and said lightly: "Compared with human life, who can care about this skin?" You, do it or don't do it? If you agree, the miscellaneous family will immediately intercede with His Majesty, and can guarantee that within three days, Yin Mingyue will set up Dali Temple, and he will be innocent; If you don't agree, the miscellaneous family will immediately promise Your Majesty, and can guarantee that within three days, Yin Mingyue will go to the vegetable market and be divided into five horses. Life or death is all in your thoughts. ”

Luo Ping's eyes were scarlet, and he glared angrily: "Uncle, you, are you threatening me?" Luo Ping has gone to the timidity of the past, and he did not use honorifics, which shows that he is already angry in his heart.

The hatred in Luo Ping's heart finally rolled like a surging river, since he can remember, he grew up under the coercion of this uncle, spending every night in a nightmare, always worried that he had become an incomplete person in his sleep, and now, did he have to force himself to do what he didn't want to do?

Father-in-law Luo nodded firmly and said, "Yes, Zajia, I am threatening you!" If you allow it, you can pay it back, if you don't, the miscellaneous family has countless ways to make Yin Mingyue miserable; You can also hear a thing or two about the methods of the miscellaneous family, in this bloodless harem, the criminal law of seeing blood is not the most terrible, and the yin tricks that do not see blood are more poisonous than one move, and the miscellaneous family is very willing to try one by one on Yin Mingyue, and write it down one by one for you to interpret slowly. ”

A few words made Luo Ping's face pale.

He has never seen the method of punishment of Gonggong Luo, but the palace maids and concubines who disappeared for no reason in the harem are commonplace and common; It is rumored that there are endless things between various palaces, and even the drinking water in the palace is the mountain spring water that goes out of the palace every morning, and the well water in the palace is useless, just because, I don't know how many women's souls are hidden in it.

Luo Ping was even afraid that if he didn't agree, the vicious uncle would find someone else to execute, and he was afraid that he would be even more painful.

Luo Ping exhaled lightly, and when he raised his eyes, Father-in-law Luo coughed heavily again, coughing so much that the corners of his mouth were oozing blood, and his eyes were bloody, looking like ghosts.

Luo Ping's heart throbbed, and he gritted his teeth and spit out a word from his mouth: "Okay." ”

Luo Ping turned around and walked out of the Qinghe Institute, and saw the little eunuch Songzi who had just gone out to serve tea and returned, this person was the godson of Father-in-law Luo and the most trusted person of Father-in-law Luo.

Luo Ping had the urge to sneer, no matter how shrewd Father-in-law Ren Luo was, he never thought that Songzi would one day do things for Wei Zhixing.

Luo Ping walked the little pine nut and said in a low voice: "Little pine nut, is the lychee in my hometown better?" ”

The little eunuch looked left and right, and replied in a low voice: "Young Master Ping, Xiao Songzi's hometown is in the north, and it does not produce lychees, but if you want to eat lychees, the lychee candied fruit on Wei Sinong's Mansion tastes good." ”

Luo Ping saw that the secret words had been right, his heart was a little settled, he reached out and took out the lacquered envelope on the right cuff, and solemnly handed it to Xiao Songzi, who was just about to leave, but was stopped by Luo Ping, took out a lacquered envelope from the left cuff, changed the envelope in Xiao Songzi's hand back, and said modestly: "I took it wrong." ”

Xiao Songzi nodded, tucked the envelope into his cuffs, and quietly continued to serve tea.

Luo Pingdu walked out of the inner palace, went to the imperial dining room in the side hall of the outer palace, looked up at the dark sky, and felt that the depression in his heart seemed to be in a bright place, looking forward to a sunny day tomorrow.

Xiao Songzi walked around the outer palace, then turned back to Gonggong Luo, and handed the envelope with the lacquer mouth to Gonggong Luo.

Father-in-law Luo, who was still old just now, has a straight back and bright eyes at this time, where is he still terminally ill and drooping and old?

Father-in-law Luo took the envelope, directly tore the lacquer mouth, unfolded the paper stick inside, and filtered the contents of the paper stick, but his eyes became more and more solemn.

Xiao Songzi stroked his right eyelid that was beating wildly, and said uneasily in his heart: "Godfather, is Young Master Ping really going to betray you?" You pretended to be sick and didn't save him half of his affection and gratitude? ”

Father-in-law Luo shook his head and said: "Songzi, although Ping'er hates the miscellaneous family for ruining his life and calculating his life, he has always been ruthless, you see the ink on this letter, it is written in octopus ink, he wants the content of this letter to be searched and seen by Lord Shi, and convict King Luo; But I don't want the contents of this letter to be seen by His Majesty. I want Your Majesty to see that the miscellaneous family has served two generations of kings for more than 30 years, and let the miscellaneous family spare their lives. Alas, Ping'er is still a little immature, I don't know that his little trick will be staged every ten years in this lonely harem, how can the miscellaneous family not see through it? ”

Xiao Songzi breathed a long sigh of relief and said, "Even if Young Master Ping still has a glimmer of family affection for his godfather, why doesn't his godfather's face be clear?" ”

Father-in-law Luo smiled bitterly: "Little Songzi, Ping'er still has family affection for the miscellaneous family, and it makes people happy if they don't kill them all, but this forward-looking and soft-hearted temperament is really worrying, after the miscellaneous family leaves, how can you rest assured?" ”

Xiao Songzi hurriedly knelt down and said: "Godfather's kindness to Xiao Songzi's family, Xiao Songzi is unforgettable in this life, Godfather is here, Young Master Ping is a young master; The godfather is not here, and Young Master Ping is the little master, and he will not change his life. ”

Father-in-law Luo slowly took Xiao Songzi's arm, touched the little eunuch's head affectionately, and said with a smile: "Xiao Songzi will always be the godson of the miscellaneous family, your father and mother, the Luo family will take good care of it, I heard that this year's Zhuangzi is another bumper harvest year, I have to go back and take a look." ”

Xiao Songzi responded "yes", but his heart was mixed with five flavors, the Luo family is good to Xiao Songzi's family, living in one place and managing a Zhuangzi, this is family affection, and it is not another coercion of oneself? ! himself and Luo Ping are the real sympathy.

Xiao Songzi smiled reluctantly, pointed to the paper sign and said, "Godfather, this letter ......."

Father-in-law Luo took out another letter from his sleeve and unfolded the rice paper, the content of the letter was not much word, not a lot of words, and even, word for word, but the ink was deeper, no longer a little lighter like octopus ink, and the tail was inscribed with a seal.

The envelope was repainted, and the little pine nuts were hurriedly delivered to the palace of Qiyang County.

Looking at the back of Xiao Songzi leaving, Luo's back collapsed again, as if he said to himself: "Not only do you have family affection, but also miscellaneous families." The miscellaneous family pretended to be sick not to win Ping'er's sympathy and let him open his face in vain, but so that after my death, Ping'er thought that I would not feel guilty for the rest of my life. ”