C17 (1/2)

What Gu Nanfeng did not expect was that the Emperor's old dwelling was actually so old.

In a slightly dilapidated mansion in the city, the walls were already slightly mottled, the windows were clearly worn out, and the furniture in the mansion was also sparse and crude. He saw the emperor standing by the window as if he were deep in thought. The surroundings were so quiet that not a single sound could be heard. Even the Eunuch An's footsteps of cleaning the place were light and slow.

Gu Nanfeng stepped forward

Gu Nanfeng was startled, and rejected immediately almost without thinking …

”Thank you for your concern, Your Majesty. It's just that I haven't finished my work on the disaster relief. I'll need to delay my return to the Tiancheng for a few days.” Gu Nanfeng thought that with Liu Yue's personality, she would probably not leave Dang Yang so easily.

”Master Gu, the sun cannot stay in this place long. The plague has already started to spread in all the cities, and the Emperor has already sent out an imperial decree to prevent the plague from spreading to all the cities. From tomorrow onwards, the Emperor will close the gates of the city and lock it shut. The people of Dang Yang could not leave the city, nor could the people outside the city enter. So, you will follow us back to the Tiancheng tomorrow. The Emperor is also relieved, so is the Xin Fei. ”

Lock the door and close the city? When Gu Nanfeng heard those words, his heart trembled. It had to be known that if the Danyang City were to be closed, then it would bring death to the entire population of Danyang City. There would be no chance for that.

He wanted to ask for more opportunities for the people of Danyang to try and see if there were any more effective ways to avoid this, but the Emperor had already stood up and coldly replied, ”The Emperor …”

”Think about it for yourself.”

He turned and left. Eunuch An hurriedly followed behind him.

Gu Nanfeng continued to eat. After he finished eating, he packed all of the food on the table and brought them back to Liu Yue. As for whether or not he should return to the Tiancheng, he did not even think about it.

As he walked out of the old house, he subconsciously looked back at the old house. Far away, he saw the Emperor and Eunuch An standing under a pear tree in the distance.

He didn't know what the origin of this old residence was to the emperor, but he keenly felt that in this old residence, tonight, the emperor's mood was extremely low.

Gu Nanfeng was not mistaken, the current Yin Su was indeed depressed. Eunuch An cautiously said as he accompanied him from behind.

”Your Majesty, it's getting late. Go back to your room and rest. It'll be too hard on you to return to the Tiancheng tomorrow morning.”

Yin Su acted as if he did not hear the Eunuch An's words, as his thick palm caressed down on a pear tree, as he asked.

”Do you know how many years it was planted?”

Eunuch An looked at the pear tree. It had to be at least ten years old, but he didn't dare to reply.

”This servant can't tell.”

Yin Su's voice was very cold, yet it seemed to have sunk into the reminiscence of the past as he slowly spoke.

”In the last year that royal father was here, I was assigned to Danyang. At that time, this house was still brand-new, and the courtyard was much wider than it is now. It was completely empty, and this pear tree was planted at that time, by A Xi … ”

When he mentioned the name A Xi, his voice suddenly stopped. His hand that was covering the pear tree suddenly clenched into a fist.

Eunuch An was covered in cold sweat as he knelt on the ground with a plop.

”Your majesty, it's all in the past now. Your servant begs you to stop thinking about it. Take care of your dragon body, your majesty.”

The Eunuch An had served him since the time he was still the third prince. All these years, he had gone from being the third prince who was always restricted to being the emperor, step by step, and he knew how difficult it was. He had also experienced that moment when he was at the edge of the cliff and the emperor had personally witnessed the girl called A Xi jumping off the cliff.

At that time, the Emperor was leading an army to attack the city, and was engaged in a chaotic battle to the death with the enemy. After a narrow escape, he had obtained the throne, and wanted to return to the Tiancheng to share this glory with the woman called A Xi.

When the Emperor was shouting at the woman on the cliff …

”If you die, I will turn this world into a living hell.”

At that time, the Eunuch An still remembered the emperor's appearance very clearly. His body was shaking non-stop, his confidence was crumbling, his emotions were collapsing, and he even lost all rationality. He jumped off the cliff, wanting to grab A Xi.

It was he who risked his life to stop the emperor, forcefully bringing him back to the palace. Only then did his mood slowly recover. During the inauguration ceremony, the Emperor had turned into a figure that everyone feared.

But that sentence …

”If you die, I will turn this world into a purgatory of the human world!” It did not turn out to be a reality. At least, most of the people in this world were living in peace and working. If one were to say that in Purgatory, only the Emperor himself lived in it. Otherwise, how could anyone in this world not laugh?

Eunuch An only dared to think about it, but didn't dare to say anything else, especially every year when he accompanied the Emperor to the river at the bottom of the cliff. Sitting there for an entire day without saying a word, without eating or drinking, and then coming back sick.