It doesn't burn your mouth, the temperature is just right, and a sip of hot soup into the stomach, the emperor couldn't help but sigh softly, thinking that it was so comfortable. He took two more sips, put the soup bowl back on the tray that Hou Songbai held, and turned back to the cabinet.

After the first snow, he could no longer take a break from busyness. Now the situation in northern Xinjiang is tense, and the prince is unwilling to be on the same side as him. The scandal that caused has not ended, and the storm of citizen chips has not yet subsided... The emperor was thinking about things in his mind and felt a little tired. So he sat down on the chair. After sitting down, he couldn't get up.

Confused, shocked, unbelievable... Many expressions changed in the emperor's eyes. He raised his head stiffly and looked at Hou Songbai holding a tray not far away.

Hou Songbai stood expressionlessly, and after a long time, he spoke in a respectful tone as always: "Your Majesty?"

If it weren't for the loss of limbs, the facial muscles would be numb, Lu Chuxing would have laughed. He could hardly speak. He could hardly speak. He relied on the breath he had accumulated in his chest to stir up the vocal cords and squeezed out the mosquito-like voice.

"You...betray me?"

Hou Songbai sighed.

"Your Majesty, eunuchs cannot hurt people." He whispered, "Without the master's order, we cannot even kill a baby. If it is because of fault, and we cannot get forgiveness from our master, then we will have to commit suicide... The only thing that can make us violate this iron law is the master's order, just like you have done to Xiao Wei."

It took the emperor several seconds to remember who he was talking about. Time passed too long, and it was just a disposable eunuch. He could remember it because he had become a little interested in the eunuch who changed his master several times but did not choose to commit suicide. Of course, it was just a little bit. He had to deal with everything he had to worry about a trivial eunuch.

He didn't quite understand what Hou Songbai said about this. Perhaps he saw the confusion in his eyes, and Hou Songbai sighed again.

"Your Majesty." He said, "I am not Zhu Yan, nor Xiao Wei, but an ordinary eunuch." He tried hard to make the words less harsh. "Eunuchs cannot hurt people. Only the orders of the master can make me do something to hurt you... that is to say, you are not my master."

The emperor finally understood - Hou Songbai said so much, but in fact he was answering his question. He said Hou Songbai betrayed him, and Hou Songbai said you are not my master, so I am not betrayal.

But this is impossible.

The first of the iron laws instilled by eunuchs is to be absolutely loyal to the empire, loyal to the royal family, and loyal to the master. Punishment of the emperor is to violate the first two items, and the first two items are given priority over the third item in the iron laws, so even if you receive the order from the master, no eunuch can harm the emperor.

Hou Songbai put the tray in his hand on the desk beside him, and in front of the emperor, he told the people below not to come up to disturb him, and turned down the emperor's meeting with several ministers in the next meeting. Then he closed the door on the top floor of Lingxiao Pavilion and closed the windows one by one, blocking the cold wind and rain that blew in from outside.

He turned on the wall lights, and the dim light rendered the sealed attic as if it were at night.

"I am ordered to wait for my master here," he explained to the emperor, "The master did not ask me to kill you. The soup was just anesthetic, but you had a special constitution, so the dosage was slightly larger."

The emperor was cold in his heart. Hou Songbai followed him for so many years and knew him better than anyone else. He was not assassinated in his special physique, but had suffered too many assassinations and had a considerable degree of resistance to poison. It is ridiculous that the Lu family's royal family was born with mutant genes, and the most obvious feature was the black hair and black eyes passed down from generation to generation. However, this mutant gene did not give the Lu family any special abilities. From any perspective, they were the most ordinary humans, and because of the exclusiveness of the mutant genes in their bodies, they could not undergo any deep human transformation. Therefore, they had the top technology and endless resources of the entire empire, but they could never turn themselves into superhumans, and they were even more unlikely to pursue immortality.

He looked at Hou Songbai.

When he first met Hou Songbai, the other party was just a young man, but his head turned pale. Because of the white hair, it was a bit conspicuous among the eunuchs who were kneeling on the ground... At that time, he had just ascended the throne, and the eunuchs in the palace died a large number of people with Emperor Yu Wen, his concubines and his brothers and sisters, most of whom committed suicide. The only remaining were the few eunuchs who were originally assigned to him, and the eunuchs who were assigned to the various departments did not recognize their masters. The nursing home hurriedly sent a batch of new ones, which was just a drop in the bucket. At present, he, the new emperor, lacked a eunuch in charge, and he originally looked down on those eunuchs, so he gathered together with the eunuchs in the palace to let him choose one that he liked.

Unfortunately, Zhu Yan refused to come forward again, otherwise he wouldn't have to bother with these things... Lu Chuxing naturally knew that Zhu Yan was for his own good, but the old guy shook his hands so simply, as if he didn't have a crush on power, which made him feel a little uncomfortable.

Hou Songbai's white hair caught his eyes, looked good and did things neatly. The emperor was not a person who was too casual, but he decided to just let the person around him take care of it. The facts proved that Hou Songbai did not disappoint him. Although he was not as handsome as Zhu Yan's, he was not the foolish emperor Yuwen. He did not need a handsome Zhu Yan to take charge of the imperial power. Hou Songbai's careful duty was exactly what he wanted.

The emperor's stiff eyes flashed over Hou Song's white neck, which was meticulously combed and raised with his hair. Yes, from the beginning, he never thought that to truly understand the other party, he needed to be just an obedient, capable and well-behaved eunuch... How could the eunuch betray his master? What's more, he was the emperor.

"I entered the palace at the age of nine and followed the late emperor." Hou Songbai fiddled with a pot of gladiolus, and the yellow and white petals trembled at his fingertips. It was really melancholy. "The late emperor was absurd and often asked a group of eunuchs to drink and play with him. The slave was not good at playing and was always punished to hold a bucket outside the hall."

It was not torture, it was just a joking punishment. He could not withstand the water from the bucket, and no one would punish him. It was just that the rules of the nursing home were engraved into the bones, so that he knew he would not be punished, but he wanted to work hard to hold the bucket and complete the master's orders.

"Thirteen years old or fourteen years old?...I can't remember it very clearly." Hou Songbai looked to the wall lamp, and the halo made a soft shadow on his cheek. "The late emperor was drunk and saw that I had sprinkled water, so he 'used' me..."

Eunuchs are not humans, and they can do whatever they want, but they can't be used as humans, as this will break the rules. Although Hou Songbai, who is still a little eunuch, does not understand these, he is also afraid to die. As a result, he was hugged by Emperor Yu Wen who woke up and drunk, coaxing him sweetly and said no money.

Emperor Yu Wen's interest in him lasted for a full month. A month later, the moon concubine gave birth. The white and tender little princess finally attracted the attention of the emperor. As a toy that was tired of playing with, Hou Songbai quietly disappeared from the palace and was sent back to the refinement center for "repairing".

"They wanted to clear my memory, but something went wrong." Hou Songbai turned his head, faced the emperor, and pointed to his head. "I remember it too deeply. If I force it to eliminate it, it will only make me become a fool. Hypnosis is useless to me. At that time, I couldn't sleep at all and my hair turned white."

It is too difficult for the eunuch to become a human being. He was forcibly stopped just after he woke up. His mind was like hot pot and his brain was burnt. The tutor wanted to give up on him, but he was worried that if the emperor remembered him one day, after all, the foolish monarch has always been crazy and no one could say what consequences would be.

So he could only drag and hold Hou Songbai's life, brainwash him day and night, and drag it for more than ten years... until Lu Chuxing ascended the throne.

If you can speak, Lu Chuxing wants to ask - Who is your master?

Emperor Yu Wen was dead. He watched the other party swallow with his own eyes. At that moment, he felt relieved. But according to Hou Songbai, it was obvious that Emperor Yu Wen was the only one who recognized the master. He also said that he was not Zhu Yan or Wayne Du, but just an ordinary eunuch.

Ordinary eunuchs should commit suicide after their master dies.

Hou Songbai stopped speaking, and stood beside the stairs of the attic, as if waiting. Lu Chuxing could not turn his head, nor could he see Hou Songbai standing behind him. The attic was as quiet as death. The dim lights cast shadows on the floor. The hazy and quiet shadow seemed to be ostracizing something.

Of course Lu Chuxing didn't want to die. Although he did not expect Hou Songbai to betray him, he still did not think he would die.

Since the soup is not a poison that is blood-sealed and he still has a chance. The other party saves his life, so there is naturally a reason why he cannot kill him. He quietly adjusts his state, calms his brain down and waits for the next game.

Time passes by minute by minute.

Waiting itself is not easy, but both Hou Songbai and Emperor Lu Chuxing are very good at it. After walking through the 100th minute of the invisible time, a low but extremely clear voice came into the quiet attic.

Then, another sound.

The pace of footsteps upstairs was very stable, and such a stable rhythm seemed to never make any mistakes, reminding the emperor of a person.

He tried hard and widened his eyes slightly.

The footsteps stopped.

The legs of the chair were dragging sounds on the ground, and the emperor felt someone lifting the seat from him, dragging it to him, and placing it straight.

Someone raised his hand and bowed to him in front of the chair.
Chapter completed!