Wife Can't Escape

Chapter 101

Eunuch Liu was already very old. In two years, he would be resigning from the palace's duties to recuperate.

He dozed off as he guarded outside the hall. As soon as he narrowed his eyes, he heard the sound of anger coming from inside. The emperor's voice was a little hoarse. Eunuch Liu felt that his voice revealed despair.

A big fire last night burned the princess's house cleanly.

There was nothing left.

The emperor was in his prime, but there was not much life in his eyes. On the contrary, he looked as if he was tired of the world. He was not in good health and was ill for half a year.

Sometimes, eunuch Liu thought that the emperor was very pitiful. He was lonely and didn't even smile for all the years he was with him. It seemed that there was nothing worthy that could attach him to this world.

But whenever eunuch Liu had this idea, he felt that he was crazy. The emperor was the noblest person in the world. What could he not get? It was funny, he was a eunuch who dared to sympathize with the emperor.

It was late at night, and the snow that had formed and gathered on the ground two days ago turned into water. The cold air came in and hurt his knee.

When the door of the temple was opened, eunuch Shangshu came back from the hall with a sad face and sighed.

Eunuch Liu said, "The road is slippery. You must be careful when you go back to your house."

"Thank you for reminding me."

Eunuch Liu asked in a low voice, "How is the emperor?"

Upon hearing this, eunuch Shangshu's face was even more ugly, and his brows tightened. "It's not so good. You should be careful when you go in to serve."

"Naturally, I will."

"Why did the princess's hall burn up? It's strange." eunuch Shangshu couldn't help complaining.

Eunuch Liu also felt it was strange. He nodded and said, "Yes, I haven't seen such a strange thing in my life for so many years."

Since there were guards stationed outside the princess hall, people couldn't enter.

The fire was even more raging. It was too strange. It didn't wait for people to put it out, and so, the whole princess' hall was burned, leaving only the ashes.

Eunuch Liu had been serving the emperor for more than ten years. He had not seen the emperor so sad for a long time. The emperor was cold-blooded and heartless and it seemed that he would never be sad in his lifetime.

But yesterday, when he saw the emperor's grievous eyes, it distressed him.

Eunuch Liu had known for a long time that the princess who died early had a different place in the emperor's heart. Sometimes when the emperor was asleep, eunuch Liu could hear him calling the name of the little princess in his dream.

If he wanted to live in the palace, he had to learn to keep his mouth shut.

Eunuch Liu never said this to anyone else.

The emperor didn't have any intention to accept a concubine. Even the empress dowager, who was devoted to Buddhism, began to be anxious. She convinced the emperor several times but had no way to change him.

Only then did the empress dowager send someone to invite eunuch Liu over, inquiring secretly and wanting to know something from him. But eunuch Liu never mentioned the things he knew to the empress dowager.

Eunuch Liu squinted his eyes and sighed heavily as he looked at the distant figure of eunuch Shangshu.

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