"Ah sneeze..."


    Looking at the cool weather outside, as the most dignified man in the world, I can''t stand it.


    I sneezed.


    Listening to the sneeze, the old eunuch standing by hurriedly said, "Your Majesty, do you need the old slave to get you some hot tea?"


    "No, the milk tea recently sent from the western regions is very good, and it''s not hot. What''s the difference?"


    The emperor said calmly.


    Since that night, there seems to have been some estrangement between the two people, and they no longer become invisible close friends as before.


    Listening to the emperor''s words, the old eunuch was stunned for a moment.


    "Milk tea from the western regions..."


    He murmured.


    There is something lonely in the words.


    He didn''t know what was wrong, but the man in front of him certainly didn''t want him to appear in front of him.


    Sure enough.


    After not staying for half an hour, his majesty asked him to go out first and help him look at the flowers and plants in the imperial garden. How are they now?


    As a slave, the old eunuch naturally could only promise, and then closed the door and went out.


    Autumn is coming, and everything withers in the bleak autumn wind.


    The flowers and plants in the imperial garden are well taken care of by those craftsmen. They don''t tremble like other plants in autumn, and then wither gradually, waiting for the next year to continue to bloom.


    But the old eunuch knew.


    One day, like those withered flowers and plants, he will wait for the past of winter and the arrival of spring.


    But the difference is that his spring... Is so far away.


    And his winter is endless.


    The cold palace next to the imperial garden was as cold as him. He hesitated outside the cold palace for a long time, wandering back and forth, with some hesitation in his heart.


    "Who are you? Why do you linger in front of the cold palace for a long time without making progress and leaving? Do you want to steal?"


    A little maid stood at the door of the cold palace and shouted.


    When the old eunuch saw the palace maid, he asked, "who are you? I''ve been in the palace for so long, why haven''t I seen you? You don''t want to steal, but thieves shout to catch thieves?"


    "Nonsense! I''m a new maid sent by the emperor to take care of the empress. The empress is hungry in the middle of the night. I came out to find something to eat for her."


    The little maid in law said it with a sense of justice. The old eunuch listened and smiled.


    "The maids sent into the cold palace should be the same as the master. They are not allowed to go out of the palace. You just come out rashly. You are not afraid to be found and pull them to fight a few boards?"


    Hearing this, the little maid was stunned.


    He only heard his mother say she was hungry and didn''t think so much. It seems that her mother told herself not to go out.


    "OK. Since you and I can meet again, it''s fate. Why don''t I find some food for you?"


    "You? You''re old, but I don''t think you''re a good man. You don''t want to bribe me with food. Let me help you steal? I won''t be so stupid."


    The old eunuch said with a smile, "in the palace, little girls as big as you are smart as ghosts. There are not many innocent and pure girls like you, but in the palace, innocence and purity is not a commendatory word."


    "In the future, you can stay in the cold palace. If you are short of anything or want to eat, just tell me and I''ll get it for you. After living in the palace for most of your life, you want freedom or can''t give it to you, but if you want food, clothing, housing and transportation, I can still get some."


    The little maid in waiting was suspicious.


    So he nodded and said, "since you are so good, get me some osmanthus cake."


    "Doesn''t my mother like pear blossom Cui best?"


    "I like sweet scented osmanthus cake. Can''t you? If you know what your mother wants to eat, bring some back by the way."


    The old eunuch nodded.


    Then she left at a slow pace. The little maidservant looked at the gate of the palace. She couldn''t help being worried. She walked so slowly. When can she send those food back?


    The old eunuch walked along the secret door in the palace.


    He had already groped for the secret doors in the imperial palace.


    After all, I have lived here for decades. I walk back and forth every day. It''s hard to think clearly.


    At this time, even if he covered his eyes with a black cloth, he could follow the breath of the road to the imperial dining room.


    "Oh, slow down and eat less, or it will be miserable to be found tomorrow."


    "It''s rare for us to be on a night shift. How can we get back if we don''t eat more? Don''t forget, in order to eat more, we paid a lot of money this month."


    "No, don''t say that. Let''s think about how to get out first. There seems to be a pile of guards outside. The information you bought with money doesn''t seem to be very accurate."


    There were three more voices in the imperial dining room that should have been silent. The old eunuch went over and opened the door directly. He found three little eunuchs stealing food there. It seems that he had just entered the palace.


    "Grandpa... Grandpa..."


    As soon as they saw the appearance of the old eunuch, they knew that the other party must be a senior elder who had lived in the palace for a long time.


    Even if you don''t have eyes, you should understand something when you see the python robe on the other party.


    After all, it''s not a long time to enter the palace, but at least it takes half a year. The identity of the old father-in-law can be guessed at a glance.


    "Why are you here late at night? I don''t mean to see our boys'' jokes."


    One of them dared to joke.


    The other two were frightened to death for fear that the old eunuch would make trouble for them or report their behavior.


    "I''m hungry. It''s understandable to come here and get something to eat. Go on. I''ll get my food and you''ll eat yours."


    The old woman said.


    After that, he directly ignored the people in front of him and walked towards the place where the osmanthus cake was placed in the imperial dining room.


    "Ah! Father-in-law! That''s Princess Huan''s!"


    "The empress said she would eat during the day tomorrow."


    The eunuchs panicked.


    "If someone tracks you down, tell them I let you eat. In addition, thank Princess Huan for me."


    The old eunuch said that and then took the pear blossom Cui in another cabinet.


    Then leisurely walked out. After he left, the three little eunuchs looked at each other. They didn''t know whether they should stay here to eat or leave.


    "The money has been spent, but you can''t get it back. If you don''t eat more today, do you dare to eat in the next few days?"


    Among them, the previous Joker said.


    As soon as the other two listened, they seemed to have some truth. They were found out. There was nothing wrong. It was a big deal to eat first. Even if there were many things behind, they couldn''t hide. It''s better to eat first.


    So in order to eat one meal less, the three ate more than half of the leftovers originally prepared to feed pigs in the imperial dining room.


    Although they are intended to be fed to animals, the appearance of these dishes is not bad at all. The emperor and the empress do not intend to use them after eating only a little.


    Even some were sent back intact without even moving their chopsticks, but the cooks didn''t dare to eat secretly, so they had to bargain with these palace maids and eunuchs on the night watch.


    And they naturally have to pay some benefits to the cooks.


    Otherwise, if the other party reports, or puts something in those dishes, they can stand it.


    The old eunuch with the food was walking on his way back. The high moon was hanging, as if he had met the woman who had haunted him for most of his life for the first time.


    He had food in his hand. The heart became more and more uneasy. When she came to the cold palace door, the little maid in waiting lingered anxiously in front of the Palace door, muttering that she had been cheated.


    "I''m not a liar."


    The old eunuch came to the Palace door and said with a smile.


    The sweet scented osmanthus cake in her hand made the little maid happy for a while.


    "Well, for your sake, I believe you''re not a bad person, but you can''t enter the cold palace. Otherwise, I''ll invite you to sit down. If you go in and are found, you will also be punished."


    The little maid said.


    Quite lively and lovely.


    "I know, but I haven''t been in here for a long time. There was an old friend here. Can I have a look?"


    The old woman said.


    The first person of martial arts in the Imperial Palace would be so low and angry like a little maid in waiting.


    "But aren''t you afraid of being beaten? You know you''re not as lovely as me. No one will pity you."


    The little maid looked at him seriously and said.


    "I know. I just go in and have a look. No one will do anything to me, and no one dares."


    The old eunuch nodded with a smile and said.


    The little girl hesitated. Then she quickly opened a side door next to the cold palace and asked the old eunuch to hurry in.


    "I tell you, it seems that the craftsmen who built the palace deliberately left this side door. I think they left such a side door because they saw that the empress was so beautiful. They can''t bear to watch her stay in the cold palace all day."


    The little maidservant chattered all the way. Usually there are only two people in the cold palace, she and the empress. Now it''s hard to find an outsider who can talk.


    The empress in the cold palace doesn''t like to talk. She just sits and watches with a smile all day. Even if the little maid said more, she would only say a word or two from time to time.


    The old eunuch is also very strange. He is similar to his mother and always likes to look at it with a smile.


    "The empress is probably still waiting for me to go back at the window at this time. You see, sure enough, her shadow is there."


    The little maid pointed to the shadow reflected on the window in the wing room, which could be seen as a slim figure.


    The old eunuch''s hand trembled.


    He couldn''t believe that the man in front of him was the shadow of someone he had been thinking about for decades.


    As the first person of martial arts in the Imperial Palace, he has received a lot of psychological stimulation recently, all from the deep pain in his heart.


    "Are you old and weak? It''s still cold in this weather? Although autumn is coming, you''re not thin."


    The little maid asked suspiciously.


    "No, little girl, why don''t you go out and play first, and I''ll get you osmanthus cake tomorrow?"


    The old eunuch is like a trafficker who is tricking an ignorant girl, trying to make the little girl obey her will.


    The little maid in waiting was puzzled, but she took a look at the osmanthus cake in her hand and knew the truth of eating people''s soft mouth. She nodded and walked aside to look at it.


    She was a public lady in your country, but she came here as a maid of honor because her father who had committed a crime had implicated her.


    Fortunately, the empress in the cold palace treated people gently, not as mean and unreasonable as people outside the Palace said.


    Besides doing some work here, it''s really no different.


    Thinking of this, the lady of Lotte school was very happy to eat osmanthus cake. She remembered that the last time she ate it was a few months ago.


    At that time, the family was still very good, and my father was very kind to people.


    It''s just that these become clouds in a moment.


    The old eunuch came to the door of the room, but he didn''t dare to make a sound or approach. He just watched silently at the door.


    The woman inside didn''t notice it at all. She just wondered why the little maid didn''t come back for so long. Was she caught by the guards patrolling outside?


    People who are still running around in the late night of the palace can''t avoid a board.


    Thinking of this, the empress couldn''t help worrying.


    Looking back at the window, I found that I didn''t know when there was a plate of pear blossom Cui on the windowsill.


    "How does the girl know I like this?"


    The empress was surprised. She looked up and found that the little girl was sitting not far away.


    "I''ll be back soon. I''m going to be a flying thief without turning off the light."


    The empress was frightened.


    The flying thief was a story once told to her by a person, but it was so long that she only had a few words with similar shape and different meaning when telling others, but the innocence of the little maid in waiting was extremely bought.


    Now whenever she heard the name flying thief, she would show a look of fear with great cooperation.


    The empress was very satisfied with this, because the story was always only used by that person to scare her, but now everything has passed.


    "What a pity..."


    The mother sighed again, which broke the heart of the old eunuch outside the wall.


    How can that person who makes him miss so much become like this? Did you do it all by yourself?


    Would it be much better if they didn''t meet?


    If we meet and fight, we will be merciless.


    "Why do you like to eat pear blossom green, madam? It''s neither bitter nor sweet. It''s strange."


    "This is my life. It''s neither happy nor sad, neither bitter nor sweet. Isn''t that it?"


    My mother''s attitude is very optimistic.


    The old eunuch just hid in the corner and listened, silent and tearful.


    Both of them have been waiting for each other in this world for many years, but they can''t see each other all the time.


    The most regrettable thing in this world is that there is no fate and love.


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