Quickly wear: There are always those who are not afraid of death and want to torture me

The palace door opened and closed, blocking out the afterglow of the setting sun.

The wind stopped.

Ling Su walked in and lit the lamps one by one.

Mo Qin huddled in the corner, his brown eyes flickering in the candlelight.

He knew very well that after today, his fate would turn around.

That night, Cui Yuzhen did not return to the East Palace.

The next day, Ling Su received an order from Wei Ming, asking her to release Mo Qin from the cage.

According to the prince's oral instructions, he was no longer allowed to serve as a personal eunuch. Instead, he became the nominal general manager of the East Palace, and his position was not reduced but promoted.

On the same day, news came from the former court that shocked the whole country: His Royal Highness was going to the frontier to resist the Jin people.

A country's crown prince personally visits the army to express condolences to the soldiers, which will surely boost the morale of the army and consolidate the central government's rule over the border.

Among the accompanying personnel, Cui Yuzhen only took Wei Ming and some secret guards with him.

As for Mo Qin, not a word was mentioned.

Since then, he has never returned to the East Palace.

Until the day of departure, the prince, dressed in military uniform and armor, returned to the palace alone without saying a word.At that time, Mo Qin was sweeping the stairs.

The prince stood at the foot of the steps, looking up at him.

He has sword-shaped eyebrows and phoenix eyes, and his armor shines brightly in the sun, making the man's aura look chilling and chilling.He really looks a bit like a general.

Mo Qin nodded distantly and saluted, but he saw Cui Yuzhen staring directly at his face and said solemnly: "You stay in the East Palace and wait for the orphan to come back. Xiao Wu is not worthy of your trust. If you listen to him again, It will kill you.”

"Mo Qin, wait until Gu comes back."

"Wait until Gu comes back" the prince said twice.There was a seriousness in his tone that even he himself was not aware of.

Perhaps it was because the golden light reflected on the armor in the afternoon sun was too dazzling. Looking at the man below the steps, the little eunuch felt sour and moved to tears for a moment.

After this farewell, I don’t know when we will see each other again.

The next day, the prince put on his armor and went to war.The emperor and the ministers went out of the city gate to see each other off.

The people lined the streets and cheered---the prince went out to fight, which represented the supreme imperial power's emphasis on border security and national stability.It's like the emperor is coming in person, with great momentum and dragon power to help.

As for what other people think, that's another matter.

Cui Qiu stood in the farewell procession and watched the prince lead hundreds of people away.

The words Qiu Si said when she came to discuss with him late at night last night are still in my ears: "Your Highness, the prince must be careful about this move. On the surface, he asked himself to go and make meritorious deeds. But in fact, this move not only saved his life in the The image in the hearts of the people and His Majesty can also interfere with the military power of the frontier. Although he is far away from the political center, don't forget that his power in the court can still be his hand extending from the northwest to the capital."

The thumb gently pressed the thin callus on the pad of the index finger, and the eyes were far away and difficult to distinguish.

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After the prince left, Mo Qin found himself in an awkward and strange position in the East Palace.

First of all, everyone knew that he stole the secret message and caused the East Palace to almost be destroyed overnight.As an old man in the East Palace and a confidant of the prince, how could he have no grudges about this?

However, everyone also knows one thing.The reason why Mo Qin is still alive is that the prince and the queen reached some kind of agreement and fought for it with great difficulty.He is still the person who is most important to the prince, and if he touches him, the end will definitely not be good.In this way, no one would dare to give him a hard time.

Under the influence of these two emotions, Mo Qin became an almost transparent person in the East Palace.Everyone pretended that he didn't exist, even Ling Su didn't pay much attention to him.

Mo Qin naturally knew this and kept to his duties as much as possible.Although he was nominally the steward of the East Palace appointed by the prince, everyone knew that the reason why the prince promoted him was so that he could stay in the palace legitimately and not be snatched away by people from other palaces who were eyeing him.

As for the position of steward, no one would really let a person who had betrayed the East Palace take charge.

Mo Qin's only job every day is to clean and organize the prince's bedroom.

The servants were still on guard against him, not even allowing him to step into the study.

He is like a man forgotten by the world.

The servants in the East Palace also treated him as if he didn't exist, and even the queen didn't make it difficult for him and shouted at him to kill him.Cui Qiu, as Cui Yuzhen said, never looked for him again, as if the two sides had never crossed paths.

As if the days of Qing Xiu had lasted peacefully for two months, even the system began to express boredom in the space.

"Should we continue to live the same life every day until Cui Yuzhen comes back? How many years should we wait?"

Mo Qin said while sweeping the floor: "You think too much. Even if I hope to live a normal life like this, someone will always break it."

The system was puzzled: "Who is it? Cui Qiu? But the prince has already gone on an expedition, and you are of no use to him. If he comes to find you, it will be a ghost." Nowadays, even the system treats men The Lord's ingratitude became deeply understood and he lost all hope.

Mo Qin smiled and said: "Yes, to Cui Qiu, I am already a used loser. But to another person, I am a time bomb that will explode at any time if not dealt with in time."

The system found that the host liked playing riddles more and more.So I had to guess: "You mean..."

Seeing that it paused for so long, Mo Qin clearly had no clue. He rolled his eyes and said, "Isn't it obvious enough? Of course it's the Queen! Her son not only spared my life, but also openly disobeyed her for a traitor. Do you think the Queen can Tolerate?"

The system suddenly realized: "Oh, you mean her. I've been playing too many games recently and my mind is a little hard to wrap my head around."

Mo Qin squinted and said, "Aren't you a system? You play too many games and your computer crashes? Now I am becoming more and more suspicious of your true species. Who are you?"

The system coughed and then changed the subject: "Ahem, well, what will the queen do to you? Send a killer to kill you? Then we have to be careful. I will be on guard 24 hours a day to detect murderous intent for you."

Mo Qin shook his head and said, "Do you think the queen doesn't want to kill me? If she could have killed me, she would have done it a long time ago, why can't she wait until now? Cui Yuzhen must have left some secret guards in the East Palace, not only to guard against incoming spies and assassins, but also to Prevent the Queen from murdering you. She is much smarter than you, and her ideas will naturally be much better."

The system was confused: "In this case... what methods will she use?"

Mo Qin said calmly: "We will know when the time comes. Don't worry, it will definitely not kill me in the short term."

The boring days continue.

On this day, Lingsu found Mo Qin for the first time, and said with a smile: "Manager Mo, there is something I need you to leave the palace to handle. After all, you are the manager appointed by His Highness the Crown Prince, and the status of us people is not enough. Ge. I can only trouble you."

Mo Qin stopped wiping dust, squeezed the rag in his hand, and turned to look at Ling Su.

Question: "Miss Lingsu, how can I help?"

The girl had a smile on her face: "The last time the Crown Prince went to the Royal Study to accompany him, he brought the East Palace's account book with him to make comments. But somehow he forgot to bring it back, and it is still sitting in the Imperial Study."

"Just now, the imperial study sent someone over to ask us from the East Palace to get it. It's a royal place, how can we servants be qualified to go in? It's just that His Highness is not here now, and you are the only one with the highest status in the East Palace. This is what is needed Could you please go there yourself. Now, okay?"