The night is getting late.

In the deep palace and in the health hall, there is a peaceful atmosphere.

Sandalwood surrounds the hall, like a fairyland.

Emperor Zhao sat cross-legged on the cushion in the center of the hall, closed his eyes tightly, and stood on his knees with his hands. He looked pious, as if some mysterious ceremony was being performed.

Not far away in front of him, the three Taoist priests who were sitting also closed their eyes. The three of them had a fairy-like temperament that looked particularly extraordinary, and they were really like a living god of cultivation.

These three people were the outliers invited by Emperor Zhao from a remote mountain fairy cave that Emperor Zhao had searched all over the world.

These three Taoist priests have high magic skills and are very specialized in practicing immortality. In terms of alchemy, the elixirs refined by these three Taoist priests also have miraculous effects.

Over the years, Emperor Zhao has been living with the immortal pill. This immortal pill relieves his hidden diseases and helps him practice immortality.

Eternal life?

This is a very ridiculous thing.

Everyone in the world wants to live forever, especially the status and status has reached a certain point and no longer pursues external things. For them, they are afraid of death.

They will do everything they can to continue their lives!

Especially from ancient times to the present, countless emperors have been pursuing the illusory immortality.

Is there really a long life in this world?

Emperor Zhao didn’t know!

There are too many rumors, no one knows the truth or falsehood. There are rumors that every once in a while, there will be a group of immortals in this world who have achieved enlightenment and become immortals and have entered the fairyland forever.

But in fact, no one has seen it.

For Emperor Zhao, he didn't believe that he would live forever.

If you want to live forever, you must become an immortal. If you want to become an immortal, you must give up everything he has now.

If so, what is the point of becoming an immortal?

He doesn't believe in becoming an immortal, but he wants to survive!

This is also a problem he has been trying to study for so many years.

...

Time passed slowly, and the entire hall fell into silence.

The imperial guards guarding outside the door were still on guard. Even on such a quiet night, they dared not relax.

The entire palace seemed to be completely trapped in a strange silence.

Not far from the Health Hall, two eunuchs were yawning against the wall.

"Father-in-law, it's almost done tonight. When will we go back and rest?"

"Rest? Your Majesty is still in the Health Hall, how can we practice?"

"But……"

The younger eunuch couldn't help but yawn again, his face full of fatigue: "But I'm really sleepy!"

"Hold on, Your Majesty has not yet rested. Do you dare to rest now? Do you believe that your Majesty wants your head?"

As soon as these words were said, the younger eunuch suddenly shuddered and was no longer sleepy!

You can't be careless about losing your head.

After the little eunuch woke up, he felt a little bored again. He looked up at the eaves and saw that it was still raining. I don’t know when the rain will fall, but it seems that it will not stop these days.

"Father-in-law, can I ask you something?"

"What's the matter?"

"It's about the eldest princess..."

As soon as the little eunuch said something in his mouth, he was covered by the old eunuch.

"Shut up!"

The old eunuch showed a look of horror on his face, and he scolded the little eunuch sternly and stopped him.

At the same time, he looked around vigilantly. After confirming that there was no one nearby, he breathed a sigh of relief. Then he turned around, glanced at him, and scolded seriously: "Do you want to lose your head?"

The little eunuch realized that he might have said the wrong thing and quickly covered his mouth: "I was wrong..."

The old eunuch looked around in surprise and began to a corner.

Only after I was sure that no one would find out would he feel relieved.

Then he looked at him fiercely: "In the future, you are not allowed to mention such things in the palace, do you understand?"

"oh!"

The little eunuch nodded in a slight sense of understanding: "But..."

"No, if you want to survive in the palace, you must be in your heart and you must not say it."

The little eunuch nodded and whispered: "But, am I just telling you father-in-law? I absolutely cannot say anything to others..."

"Even if it's me, you have to be careful!"

The old eunuch said seriously: "Be careful that there are ears in the wall!"

"oh!"

At this time, a bit of sadness appeared on the old eunuch's face.

He has been in the palace for many years and can vaguely feel something.

Recently, I seem to be a little uneasy in the palace and don’t know what’s going on, but I always give him an atmosphere that is not right.

I feel like something big will happen!

When he thought of what happened recently, the worry on the old eunuch's face became increasingly obvious.

When the eldest princess was assassinated, the incident had already been heard in the palace. The eunuchs around His Majesty naturally heard some rumors in the palace.

When the eldest princess was assassinated, His Majesty was furious and put His Highness in house arrest in the palace.

What does this mean?

The person who assassinated the eldest princess was His Royal Highness?!

This news is surprising and reasonable.

What was unexpected was that His Highness the Crown Prince would actually kill his prince's sister. What was reasonable is that everyone knew the conflict between the eldest princess and His Highness the Crown Prince.

Therefore, everything seems to be unsurprising.

But the old eunuch was not only worried about, but recently he also noticed that the imperial guards in the palace seemed to have undergone some changes.

Some familiar faces on weekdays are gone, and there are some new faces.

Although normal job changes are normal, at this moment, it gives the old eunuch an illusion of uneasiness.

"Walk!"

The old eunuch walked outside.

The little eunuch followed behind and said strangely: "Where are we going?"

"Go back and wait. If His Majesty comes back, you and I are not on the post. Your Majesty will both suffer if he gets angry!"

The two of them returned to the palace gate in the rain again, just as they slapped the rain on their bodies and planned to rest for a while.

Two cold swords pressed against their necks.

Then, several figures appeared behind them and controlled the two of them.

"Who are you?"

The old eunuch's eyes suddenly shrank, and a look of horror appeared on his face.

There is an assassin?!

This is a thought that came to his mind.

Late at night in the palace, assassins broke here. What were the imperial guards doing?

"Don't make a sound, otherwise, die!"

Behind him was a cold and murderous voice.

At this moment, the old eunuch's years of experience told him that something was wrong.

However, after being held hostage at this moment, he did not dare to move around.

"You guys, do you know where this place is?!"

"What do you think?"

The cold reply made the old eunuch's heart sank.

The other party knew where this place was and was so confident that he obviously came prepared.
To be continued...