Seeking Immortals

Chapter 8 Promotion to the Third Class
The door of the Leng Palace opened, and Mr. Gu ran into the Leng Palace with seven or eight young eunuchs.

They looked tense, as if something important happened in the palace.

"My lord, did something happen in the palace?" Wang Li asked cautiously.

Manager Gu said with a straight face: "Don't ask if you shouldn't. Tonight our family will stay in the cold palace for one night, and the gates of the palace are closed. A stranger is not allowed to enter!"

Mr. Gu, this person came here to take refuge in the cold palace... Li Qing thought to himself.

That night, chaos arose outside the cold palace, but inside the cold palace, it was as peaceful as ever.

After daybreak, Manager Gu took people away in a hurry, Li Qing and the others still didn't know what happened last night.

Waiting for noon, only then did sporadic news reach the cold palace.

A shocking event indeed happened in the palace last night.

Emperor Taikang returned from his filial piety in the Compassionate Ning Palace, and was about to re-arrange the appointment of various officials and take over the power of the court, when an assassin suddenly broke into the Palace of Mental Cultivation.

Emperor Taikang was injured and was captured for a time.

Afterwards, the Empress Dowager personally led the military eunuchs to support him, and rescued Emperor Taikang before the inner court guards arrived.

Emperor Taikang was seriously injured and unable to govern, so the Queen Mother was invited to listen to the government behind a curtain.

Li Qing was dumbfounded when he heard the news.

Poor Emperor Taikang.

Anyone with a discerning eye could see the trickiness of this assassination, but no one dared to say it.

When Concubine Qi heard the news, she fainted directly, and the day when she would be released from the cold palace was nowhere in sight.

On the fifth day after Emperor Taikang's assassination, an imperial decree came to Lenggong.

"The emperor has an order to pardon the crimes of Concubine Chu and Concubine Lin, and to leave the cold palace to serve the left and right."

An imperial decree brought 25 concubines out of the cold palace, and these concubines will come to take care of the injured Emperor Taikang.

"I wanted to take advantage of the old witch's death to avenge Concubine Chu's kick, but it seems that there is no chance. Emperor Taikang, who is useless, why are you so cowardly, you can't beat grandma, and you can't beat old mother..." Li Qing shook his head and sighed.

The concubines who leave the palace are all from the empress dowager's line, and now they are from the empress dowager's line.

It is never too late for the eunuch to take revenge.

On the afternoon of the second day, Li Qing happily went to the Liyuan to watch the maids dance and practice music.

This time there were a few old mothers twisting their waists, but Li Qing was sick of seeing it.

On the seventh day after Emperor Taikang was assassinated, Director Gu led a group of eunuchs into the cold palace again.

The eunuchs brought black iron, and added black iron window bars to Dingyou's wing, and even the walls were integrated with iron bars, making Dingyou's wing like a cage.

Director Gu specially ordered: "In the afternoon, Concubine Li will be put into the cold palace, let Concubine Li stay in the Dingyou room, and other concubines are not allowed to communicate with Concubine Li, you Lenggong eunuchs, take turns to deliver meals to Concubine Li, before you get the news from the above, you must We must ensure that Concubine Li will not starve to death."

in the afternoon.

Li Guifei was carried into the cold palace covered in blood, and stayed in Ding You's iron room.

At the same time, Shangwujian specially sent a team of martial arts eunuchs to guard outside the gate of the cold palace.

The duty room of the cold palace.

"What's going on with Concubine Li, what's going on now, I don't understand." Eunuch Zhang Baifa asked.

"I don't understand either." Zhang Yong shook his head.

"Concubine Li is a person of the sage. Together with Concubine Qi, she forms the right arm. However, Concubine Li is usually relatively low-key, and she is not in the midst of power struggles. I also don't understand how Concubine Li is treated." Li Qing also said.

Concubine Li, Li Qing knew about it.

When he first crossed over, he was in charge of a concubine named Concubine Ming, who was convicted of murdering Concubine Li's newborn princess and thrown into limbo.

Concubine Ming is insane, and it is often said that she did not harm the imperial concubine, and that imperial concubine Li never gave birth to an imperial concubine.

Concubine Ming has committed suicide for many years, and the specifics cannot be tested.

Concubine Li and Concubine Qi were Taikang Emperor's favorite concubine together, but it was always Concubine Qi who came out to fight, so for many years, no matter how powerful the Empress Dowager was, she did not put Concubine Li into the cold palace.

"Take one step at a time. Gu is in charge so that Concubine Li will not die of hunger, so we will take care of her. If she commits suicide, it will not be bad for us." Wang Li finally said.

In the evening, Li Qing was the first to deliver meals to Concubine Li.

Concubine Li was lying on the bed, with thick iron chains wrapped around her limbs, fixed to the beam of the room.

There were bloodstains all over her body, and it was obvious that she had suffered inhuman crimes.

Even so, Concubine Li still gives people a sense of fear that strangers should not get close to.

This is a martial arts master, and the strongest person Li Qing has ever seen!
"Greetings to your mother."

Li Qing didn't dare to get too close, scooped a spoonful of thick porridge and handed it to Concubine Li's mouth.

Concubine Li closed her eyes and inhaled the thick porridge.

As long as the other party is willing to eat, Li Qing heaves a sigh of relief.

……

It takes five years for the Concubine Li to enter Taikang for 17 years.

Emperor Taikang was still seriously injured, and there was no sign of improvement, but the concubine beside him was never missing.

In recent years, Emperor Taikang has had many daughters.

The queen mother continued to listen to politics behind the curtain.

The Dagan Dynasty advocated recuperating and recuperating, governing by doing nothing, the world was stable, and the national power was increasing day by day. Although Emperor Taikang did not manage politics, he was known as a wise emperor in the mouths of the people.

This is a good time.

Also known as Taikang Prosperity.

The people are the most practical, they don't care about fighting for power or not, they only look at immediate interests.

Leng Gong.

Li Qing nestled in the water tank, steam was rising from the top of his head, his face was glowing red.

for a long time.

The water in the jar was evaporated, and Li Qing let out a long breath, feeling refreshed all over his body.

The body is strong and powerful, and some dark diseases are all eliminated.

Roushui Qiduanjin is really a health-preserving exercise.

"After five years, I finally broke through the first path with a hundred wisps of internal energy, completed the Little Week, and barely became a third-rate master." Li Qing was delighted.

Although he was at the bottom of the third rate, he was still better than ordinary people.

It was also thanks to the Roushui Qiduanjin that Daoist Shengyue was invited into the palace by the Empress Dowager to ask her questions. I think her sect's inheritance is not weak.

In the entire rivers and lakes, Roushui Qiduanjin is definitely a superior skill.

For some of the most inferior exercises, it is estimated that others will have to practice for more than ten years before they can enter the third class.

A breakthrough in cultivation should be a great joy, and it cannot be concealed.

First report his cultivation level to the Martial Supervisor. It has been eight years since he first reported to practice martial arts, and he entered the third class in eight years. The Martial Supervisor didn't take him seriously at all.

Then I went for a walk in the Pear Garden. In the past two years, many new maids have been recruited. They are all cute, but unfortunately they are useless.

During the dinner, the eunuchs of the cold palace showed their envy to Li Qing one by one.

"Being in the third class for five years, I knew I would also practice martial arts." Zhang Yong secretly regretted it, but it is a pity that he is now in his 30s and can't practice anything.

Among the twelve eunuchs in the cold palace, Wang Li was 50 years old, Zhang Yong was 35 years old, Zhang Bai was 34 years old, and Li Qing was 28 years old.

Most of the others are in their 30s, not too young.

In the past ten years, two eunuchs were transferred out of the cold palace because they took good care of the concubine, and they were said to have died.

The two new eunuchs are only in their teens.

"Heh, practicing martial arts, what do you use to practice?" Wang Li was senile.

Practicing martial arts is not just practice, you have to have skills, you have to be taught by a master, and you have to have a lot of money.

As he got older, Wang Li became more and more ill.

When the eunuch reaches the age of 50, he can redeem Xiaodandan and apply for leaving the palace. Of course, if he is in good health or has something to do with it, he can also die of old age in the palace.

"Based on my physical condition, after two years, I will apply for leaving the palace. It's better to be Xiao Lizi, who knows martial arts. Even at sixty, my body is still strong, and I can stay in the palace safely." Wang Li said sadly .

The eunuchs in the palace have to undergo a physical examination every year, and they can only stay in the palace if they pass the test.

The eunuchs in the cold palace can't save money, they can't manage it every year, and they can't pass the medical examination, so they are out of the palace.

"You can arrange for a kid from the family to come in, and while we're still here, he can take care of us." Li Qing said.

But Wang Li shook his head: "No, it's better for the next generation's nephew to pass on the family line. Over the years, I sent a lot of money back to the clan. The situation in the clan is much better than in previous years."

Zhang Bai also said: "If there is a choice, who is willing to enter the palace and become a eunuch? If there is a next life, I would rather plan food in the fields than be a eunuch without a seed for the rest of my life."

(End of this chapter)