Directorate of Palace Affairs.
The lights are brightly lit and the troops are ready.
The imperial city gate was attacked by soldiers. Eunuch Zhu immediately summoned his subordinates and gathered here to wait for follow-up news.
The failure of the rebellion is naturally a good thing.
If someone succeeds, Eunuch Zhu will have to lead someone to surrender.
The chamberlain shouts "loyalty to His Majesty" every day, not referring to Emperor Hongwu, but the person sitting on the dragon throne.
Around midnight.
The chamberlain who went out to investigate came back to report that Second Prince's rebellion failed and Hall of Mental Cultivation had been captured.
"This is a really good thing!"
Eunuch Zhu raised his orchid fingers with a smile on his face, "We have also prepared a banknote and will send it to Eunuch Xu in a few days. I can save it this time."
The godson next to him patted his horse and said, "It's your turn in order, His Highness Prince Chu, then Eunuch Xu has to give money to his godfather!"
"Confused!"
Eunuch Zhu Jie Jie said with a strange smile, "If Eunuch Xu is killed, all his money will belong to our family."
While speaking.
A voice came from outside the hall. "Little Yi, meet Eunuch Zhu."
"Hey, there are a lot of smart people in this world!"
Eunuch Zhu waved his hand and ordered the chamberlain on duty to open the door of the palace and let Zhou Yi in. He said in a deliberately sinister tone.
"Isn't this Eunuch Yi? What are you doing here so late?"
"Eunuch Zhu, please show me a way to survive."
Zhou Yi knelt down and took out a stack of banknotes from his arms without mincing words. "Eunuch Xu and we are at odds with each other. We are willing to join Eunuch Zhu and be at your disposal!"
Eunuch Zhu nodded slightly, and the godson next to him grabbed the banknotes and counted them one by one.
"Godfather, three thousand five hundred taels."
"Not bad, not bad, quite sincere!"
Eunuch Zhu stuffed the banknote into his sleeve, which he estimated to be 90% of Zhou Yi's savings, and said with satisfaction, "You are quite smart, and you have excelled under Eunuch Xu. From now on you will be our godson."
"Thank you godfather!"
Zhou Yi kowtowed repeatedly, feeling relieved in his heart.
He bent down and stood behind Eunuch Zhu, carefully apologizing to the other servants, and called him "brother" in a friendly manner. This godson also has a tendency to become closer and closer.
Later in the night.
The noise in the palace gradually died down.
Hall of Mental Cultivation's chamberlain spread the news, Emperor Hongwu angrily scolded Second Prince, fainted in anger, and was eventually deprived of the throne and demoted to a commoner.
This may seem like the end of the storm, but it's actually just the beginning!
Second Prince is only one step away from the throne. Many supporters in the palace and outside the court will ruin his future because of his stupidity.
Money is spent outside the court to gain connections, while money is spent inside the palace to buy lives.
"Sure enough, money is the most real thing!"
Zhou Yi Thinking of this, he started to hate Second Prince again. It was because this guy was crazy, so there was no point in spending all his money.
When others make mistakes, our family pays for them!
I made a serious note in my heart that I must ask for it back ten times in the future.
A few days later.
Eunuch Xu made false accounts, defrauded the Ministry of Internal Affairs of money, was stripped of his official position and confiscated his family property. Since he is His Majesty's servant, he does not have to go through three trials and sentences.
A piece of white silk ended his life.
Eunuch Xu was accompanied to death by Little Yun, who had an accident that night and fell into a well and drowned.
The other godsons came one after another, either making mistakes on duty, or giving and receiving bribes. At the most, they were transferred to pour night incense and wash the latrines, and at the worst, they were dragged out and killed with sticks.
"Fortunately we were prepared!"
Zhou Yi was secretly rejoicing when the order came and changed the duty from Imperial Garden to the Cold Palace.
"Cold Palace? What's going on?"
Zhou Yi, who looked confused, came to Directorate of Palace Affairs after receiving the transfer order and asked to see the new godfather Eunuch Zhu.
"Little Yi, our family tried our best."
Eunuch Zhu said in a nonchalant manner, "You are Eunuch Xu's right-hand man. We spent a lot of time to switch from killing with a stick to being on duty with the Cold Palace!"
"Thank you godfather."
Zhou Yi kowtows repeatedly to thank Eunuch Zhu's eight generations of ancestors.
Eunuch Xu had nothing to do with treason in the first place, and his godson was the aftermath. As long as the eunuch with status said a word, he could avoid the revenge of other eunuchs.
There are many people in the palace who take money but don't do anything. Eunuch Zhu is quite particular on weekdays, and he never thought that he would break his trust this time.
Zhou Yi had no choice but to accept the transfer order.
He returned to his residence frustrated.
Little Gui saw Zhou Yi packing up his belongings and said in surprise, "Eunuch Yi, where are you planning to move to?"
"Cold Palace!"
Zhou Yi answered unhappily, Cold Palace was the lowest among the lowest in the palace. Most of the time, there was no living person. Occasionally, a noble person would live in her, but she was still a concubine who had lost her favor.
Little Gui's eyes flashed with satisfaction. He excused Eunuch Wen's dissatisfaction and sent silver to Eunuch Zhu without showing any signs of it on the surface.
"Eunuch Yi is very capable, and he will definitely come out of the Cold Palace in the future."
"Maybe."
Zhou Yi glanced at Little Gui. He didn't know who was behind the scenes, so he wrote down all the familiar servants.
If he gains power in the future, no matter whether he has anything to do with Little Gui or not, he will be thrown into the well and drowned!
Cold Palace.
The name of the palace is not Leng, but a palace without a plaque to the west of the palace, specially used to house concubines and princes who have fallen out of favor.
Zhou Yi came to the door of the Cold Palace with his baggage on his back.
There was an old eunuch standing at the door. His body was trembling and he might fall to the ground in the next moment.
The old eunuch asked, "Are you the new guard?"
"Greetings, father-in-law, just call us Little Yi."
Zhou Yi adjusted his mentality and comforted himself that his life was long and he would finally be able to wait until the day he came to power. He bowed and said, "Excuse me, father-in-law, where should we go on duty?"
"Our family is Little Lu. You can call me Old Lu, but you can't be called father-in-law."
Old Lu pointed to the inside of the Cold Palace and said, "According to the rules, Cold Palace must stand at the door of the house to prevent people inside from sneaking out. There is no one in the palace now, so you can just find a boundary at will."
The six houses in the Cold Palace, which can house six people at the same time, are all empty now.
Zhou Yi nodded in agreement and asked Cold Palace where the chamberlain lived. When he went in and took a look, he found that the bedding was covered with spider webs and there were circles of dark yellow patterns.
If I were a refugee back then, I wouldn't have cared about this.
After staying in the palace for several years, she gradually became fond of cleanliness, covering her mouth and nose and washing the bedding cleanly.
Cleaning the bedding was supposed to be the job of the clothes supervisor, but Cold Palace had a low status and no one wanted to care about him, so Zhou Yi stopped coming to humiliate him.
The servants in the palace praise the superior and disdain the inferior, just like instinct!
After drying the bedding, it was already dusk.
Zhou Yi originally thought of going to the kitchen to eat, but when the waiter brought a food box, he realized that the waiter Cold Palace needs to keep an eye on the imprisoned person at all times without any slack.
"Doesn't this mean we are also under house arrest? We must find a way to leave Cold Palace."
Zhou Yi secretly thought about it, and when Ephemeral Bloom Manual is successful, he will look for an opportunity to show it to His Majesty.
The power gained through fists is much more secure than recognizing a godfather!
The next day.
Zhou Yi randomly found a house and stood outside the door all day. In the end, apart from Old Lu who was sweeping and taking a nap, he only exchanged a few words with the waiter who delivered the meal.
"Old Lu, how can you bear to be so boring?"
"Young people are too impetuous. What's wrong with this Cold Palace?"
Old Lu spread the bedding on the steps, as if it were soft, and lay on it to bask in the sun.
"Other places are full of intrigues and deceptions every day, but this Cold Palace has no one to fight for, no one to fight with, and where you can eat, drink, and sleep. It can be said to be the only pure land in the palace!"
"To live a stable life is better than 99% of people in the world!"