Chapter 2813 Temptation
On the second floor of a restaurant not far from the east gate of Beiyuan, a man was drinking by the window, watching the situation at the city gate while drinking.
It was none other than Li Quan, the young eunuch who had served Zhu Feng before.
At this moment, he was wearing casual clothes and looked dejected. He sneered as he watched the soldiers guarding the city put away their swords in frustration and stand back at the city gate.
He poured himself another glass and drank it down.
The pot of wine was soon empty.
At this time, the owner of the restaurant brought over a pot of wine and said with a smile, "Master Li, please drink slowly. Drinking alone without eating food is bad for your health."
Li Quan impatiently snatched the wine jug and waved his hand, saying, "Stop talking nonsense and go!"
The boss also knew that Li Quan was serving in the palace, and was serving beside the emperor. He could not afford to offend him even if he was just a small eunuch, so he could only smile and retreat.
Li Quan poured two glasses of wine in succession, and his eyes became red and he could not see anything clearly.
At this time, a man came over and sat directly opposite him.
"Eunuch Li."
Li Quan frowned and glanced at the person opposite him through his drunken eyes. He saw that the other person was wearing a veil hat and could not see clearly. He just said, "Who are you? How dare you sit in front of your Grandpa Li? Who the hell are you? Get out of here!"
The person on the other side was not angry at all, and when he spoke, there seemed to be a hint of smile in his voice.
"Eunuch Li is so majestic."
“…”
"But now that Eunuch Li can't even see the Emperor, is he still so powerful?"
These words were like a needle, piercing into Li Quan's heart.
He suddenly sobered up a bit and looked across at the man with a frown, and the man also raised his hand and took off his hat.
“……!”
Li Quan recognized the other person immediately.
He was startled for a moment, then immediately sneered, "Why, so what if we can't see the emperor? Compared to your master being beaten to death by His Royal Highness the Prince of Wei, and now the entire Ge Mansion is under lockdown, what qualifications do you have to act wildly in front of me?"
Having said that, he seemed to suddenly think of something.
His eyes widened again: "Isn't the Ge Mansion locked up? How did you get out?"
The middle-aged man sitting opposite him was about forty years old, tall, with dark skin, and a pair of round, centered eyes that looked like snake eyes. When you were stared at by him, it felt like being stared at by a snake, which made you feel very uncomfortable.
He was none other than Pang Hu, the second steward of Ge Yunli's mansion.
He slowly placed his hat on the table and said, "There are dozens of people in the Ge Mansion. It's enough for the Jinyiwei to arrest those people."
“…”
"Besides, they are stupid. The news that the master was beaten to death has already spread in the palace, but they still don't know to run away. I am not that stupid."
Li Quan looked at him coldly and said, "You are quite clever."
Pang Hu didn't mind the other party's indifference at all. He reached out and took a cup himself, poured a glass of wine from Li Quan's wine pot, and said, "When it comes to cleverness, who can be as clever as Eunuch Li?"
“…”
"The eunuch tried every possible means to gain recognition in front of the emperor."
“…”
"If it weren't for Eunuch Li's instigation, the Emperor wouldn't have taken the Imperial Concubine out of the palace."
“……!”
As soon as these words were spoken, the wine that Li Quan had drunk turned into cold sweat.
I woke up all of a sudden.
He pointed at the other person and said, "What did you say?"
“…”
"You dare to talk nonsense? Believe it or not, I will tear your mouth off immediately!"
Pang Hu smiled and said, "Don't be angry, Eunuch Li. If others knew about this, it would be a sin, but in our opinion, it is a great achievement."
"great merit?"
Li Quan frowned: "What great achievement?"
Pang Hu said: "If it weren't for Eunuch Li taking the emperor out of the palace, we wouldn't be able to stay in Zuixianju——"
When he spoke the last few words, his voice became lower and lower, but even though Li Quan couldn't hear it clearly, he already understood what he meant.
He stood up suddenly: "You, you are from the Earth Immortal Society!"
Pang Hu sat still, looking at him with a smile.
Li Quan's eyes turned red, and he gritted his teeth and said, "It's really you from the Earthly Immortal Society. You took advantage of the emperor's absence to surround Zuixianju. What do you want to do? If you hadn't caused that incident, I wouldn't have been punished to guard the palace gate. You, you——"
The more he thought about it, the angrier he became, and he slammed his palm on the table.
"I'll report it to the police immediately!"
Just as he stood up and was about to leave, Pang Hu remained seated, saying slowly, "Report to the police? Who would believe you now?"
Li Quan's footsteps suddenly stopped.
Facing his back, Pang Hu said with a smile, "You led the emperor out of the palace with no ill intentions. You just wanted to show off your good behavior in front of the emperor. So your master punished you to guard the palace gate and not even let you enter the harem."
“…”
"Who would believe you?"
“…”
"Even if you believe it, do you think the emperor and your master will forgive you for the mistakes you made?"
Li Quan's shoulders twitched a few times. After a while, he slowly turned around and looked at Pang Hu. His face was pale and he said, "You, what do you mean by coming to see me?"
Pang Hu pointed to the opposite side and said, "Sit down, sit down and talk."
“…”
Li Quan hesitated for a moment, then walked back to the table and sat down.
Pang Hu picked up his wine pot, poured him a glass of wine, and poured himself another, then said, "Eunuch Li, I'm not saying anything bad about you, but when you try to please someone, you have to choose the right person and the right time. Now that you're in this state, it's impossible for you to get ahead in front of the emperor."
Li Quan clenched his fists.
Indeed, after the incident at Zuixianju, although the emperor was not hurt at all, after returning to the palace, he was dragged away by his furious master, Eunuch Yu, and beaten with thirty boards. After he recovered from his injuries, he was no longer allowed to serve the emperor, but was sent to guard the palace gate.
Everyone knows that the closer you are to the emperor, the more successful you will be.
Guarding the palace gate is like being a concubine banished to the cold palace, with no chance of success in your life.
Thinking of this, he picked up the wine glass, raised his neck and drank it.
Pang Hu looked at him like this, sneered, poured him another glass of wine, and said slowly: "However, the people in the palace don't recognize talented people, but we value heroes. Someone as smart and clever as Eunuch Li is what we are most looking for."
"What a blessing!"
Li Quan was not stupid, and he immediately heard something unusual in his words.
He narrowed his eyes and asked, "What do you want me to do?"
"Eunuch Li is indeed very clever."
Pang Hu lowered his voice and said, "We want to ask Eunuch Li to help us accomplish something big."
Li Quan glanced at him and sneered, "Big things? I'm just a palace guard now, what big things can I accomplish?"
A light flashed in Pang Hu's eyes.
"It's the guards at the palace gates who are the most important."
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