Yong'an Palace was the residence of Empress Dowager Xiao, and the title "Lady of Yong'an Palace" naturally refers to her.
Duo Shou's implication couldn't be clearer: the person who needed to be prayed for was Empress Dowager Ashina. Even Empress Dowager Xiao next door was willing to release her most trusted palace maids, but Empress Dowager Ashina herself couldn't bear to part with an old eunuch.
This is somewhat inappropriate.
Empress Dowager Ashina: ...When do I need to "pray for blessings"?
It's clear that Xie is a scoundrel, and you lackeys are using a chicken feather as a token.
Empress Dowager Ashina valued Fang Dafu the most. Besides his many years of companionship, Fang Dafu also knew many of her secrets!
If Empress Dowager Ashina were to rashly release such a trusted confidant from the palace, she dared not imagine how much trouble it would bring.
Kill Fang Dafu?
Even Empress Dowager Ashina couldn't bear to part with it.
Oh dear! It's all Xie's fault!
Why did you have to release all the palace servants out of the palace?
"Duoshou, why are you still standing here? They're checking the list of people who have been imprisoned outside, and you're the only one missing!"
Duofu knew that Empress Dowager Ashina was a difficult opponent, so he specially brought the Imperial Guards to help him.
He spoke words of rebuke to Duoshou, but everyone present knew that Duofu was making veiled criticisms.
Empress Dowager Ashina: ...
Her face was flushed, and her chest heaved violently.
Upon seeing Duofu, Empress Dowager Ashina scoffed, "Another one!"
Back then, the eunuchs who brought good fortune and longevity to Helian Jue were all arranged by her.
The names of these two people were just randomly given to them by their subordinates.
In the eyes of Empress Dowager Ashina, the title of "Longevity and Prosperity" was nothing more than the lowest form of existence in the palace.
Not to mention being compared to Fang Dafu by her side, even the cats and dogs she kept in the palace were more noble than this little eunuch.
To my utter surprise, in just four or five years, two insignificant people, like ants, dared to come and swagger in front of her.
You dog lackey!
Damn it!
"This servant greets Your Majesty the Empress Dowager!"
Duofu performed a perfunctory bow, then turned around, his expression turning cold. "Fang Dafu, Her Majesty the Empress is praying for the Empress Dowager's well-being, which is why she is releasing all the elderly people in the palace."
"You've been away from home for many years, and now you finally have the opportunity to reunite with your family. What a blessing that is!"
Fang Dafu: ...Good fortune? This good fortune is for you, do you want it?
You little bastard, you said it yourself, I've been away from home for many years.
So many years have passed, it's hard to say whether there are still any relatives in my hometown.
Furthermore, back then, because his family was poor and had many children, his parents deliberately chose him, whom they didn't like, and sold him to a eunuch in the palace.
He was so young then, and he suffered such torture.
Many of the children he sent with him did not survive the first ordeal and died from high fever after the injury.
Even if they survived, in the palace, eunuchs like them, who had no one to rely on, were the lowest of the low.
A perfectly normal person, somehow incurred the displeasure of a powerful person, and was beaten to death with a single beating.
Having spent so many years in the palace, Fang Dafu had witnessed far too many life-and-death situations.
His heart also turned as cold and hard as iron.
He harbored deep resentment towards his parents, who had sent him to the palace to suffer.
Therefore, Fang Dafu later gained the favor of Empress Dowager Ashina and became the famous Chief Steward Fang in the palace. He did not send anyone to look for his family, nor did he think of taking care of them.
Hmph, taking care of me?
The fact that he didn't retaliate is already a testament to his filial piety!
Having no parents or children, Fang Dafu's biggest enemies are those he has, aside from some adopted sons and grandsons.
Once you leave the palace, there's practically no way to survive!
However, Fang Dafu was a smart man. When he saw Duofu arrive, he knew that he had to leave the palace today.
He didn't want to be the one who "refused a toast only to suffer a penalty drink."
Fang Dafu has too many weaknesses to hide. Not to mention the distant past, just in the last six months, Fang Dafu has been involved in all sorts of things outside the capital and in the Turkic army camp.
If that bastard Duofu investigates and throws him into the Imperial Guard's prison, he might as well be dead!
The Imperial Guards have been enjoying a lot of prestige these past few days.
The raids and arrests threw much of Beijing into chaos.
And that imperial prison was even more terrifying than the inner guard prison.
I've heard that people who get arrested are either killed or severely tortured.
Several noble and aristocratic families in the capital fell into the hands of the Embroidered Uniform Guard.
The men were exiled to Chang'an to perform hard labor, while the women were punished by having their property confiscated.
Sigh, those families were once very influential people.
As a result, he fell into misfortune and was worse off than ordinary people.
Fang Dafu, as the chief eunuch of Yong'an Palace, was an old eunuch who had been in the palace for two or three decades and was exceptionally well-informed.
He also learned that the commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guard was actually a eunuch.
It was none other than Duofu, the little eunuch he had never taken seriously before!
Tsk tsk, just listen to this name, it's like the pets in the cat and dog room, none of them have proper names.
But now they're shaking.
With the Embroidered Uniform Guard in charge, the nobles of the capital all turned pale at the mere mention of his name!
Fang Dafu was not a nobleman, and apart from the Empress Dowager, he had no one to rely on. He dared not offend the Embroidered Uniform Guard.
"Your Majesty! This old servant is leaving the palace!"
With a thud, Fang Dafu knelt down before Empress Dowager Ashina, his eyes filled with sorrow and his voice trembling, "This old servant is old and useless, I can no longer serve you!"
Empress Dowager Ashina stared intently at Fang Dafu, a cold glint flashing in her eyes.
Fang Dafu felt a shiver run down his spine. He quickly replied, "In all these years in the palace, thanks to Your Majesty's grace, this old servant has been able to maintain some dignity."
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