"Hey! This young master is right!"

The storyteller's eyes were sharply fixed on Gu Yangyang, and he showed great excitement at her just the right response!

This appearance also made many people in the crowd look back.

Being stared at by so many people, Gu Yangyang felt a little uncomfortable.

But when she thought that she was now a woman dressed as a man, she felt at ease.

After Ji Xiao left, with the system's prompts, she initially explored the function of the Soul Gathering Immortal Lamp.

Using the Soul Gathering Fairy Lamp to modify her appearance, Gu Yangyang now wears men's clothes, wears a jade crown to tie her hair, has fair skin, bright eyes, red lips and white teeth, and looks like a pampered young master, which makes people feel dazed when they see her.

With the help of the Soul Gathering Immortal Lamp, Gu Yangyang straightened his back, not afraid of having his true identity discovered, and allowed these people to look at him.

Seeing that some people's attention was on Gu Yangyang, the storyteller could only cough awkwardly and clapped the wake-up stick again.

Seeing that everyone's attention was back on him, he continued:

"What the young master asked just now is correct. There is indeed a secret in this palace, and this secret has something to do with the bodies that were transported out!"

"At the foot of the Imperial City, I believe everyone has heard a rumor -

It is said that the late emperor was obsessed with imperial power and was unwilling to hand over the power to his son even when he was dying. When the late emperor was alive, in order to keep the imperial power in his hands forever, he even prayed for immortality! "

"He believed that as long as he could achieve immortality like an immortal, he would be able to control power forever. In order to achieve immortality, the late emperor practiced immortal arts with a mortal body, and he only had one prince! He didn't even have a princess..."

"And after the birth of the only prince, the late emperor cruelly killed all the women in the harem! And he kept the only prince firmly under his control in order to prevent the power in his hands from being taken away..."

"We all know this! Even though the late emperor practiced immortality, he still passed away, didn't he?" Someone in the crowd couldn't help but interrupt.

The storyteller was not angry, but instead showed a mysterious smile.

He stroked his long beard and said quietly, "No, who said the late emperor practiced immortal arts? And who said the late emperor passed away? Did you see all these things with your own eyes?"

When the storyteller asked this, everyone in the audience was shocked, and even Gu Yangyang couldn't help but doubt the rumor that the storyteller had told before.

A young man dressed as a scholar tapped his fan and stammered in surprise, "Sir, do you mean...?"

The storyteller did not let him speak, but stopped him with his hand, sighed deeply, and said leisurely:

"The rumors that are known to the world are nothing more than deliberate fabrications by people in the palace."

"How can the real truth be made public?"

Everyone nodded.

"What's more... this so-called truth cannot be exposed to the public. Because the late emperor was not practicing some immortal arts, but a serious evil art!"

"Practicing evil arts to achieve immortality is an evil path in itself! Not to mention practicing with a mortal body! Even if one succeeds in practicing, one's face will be completely destroyed and reduced to a monster, and one will never be able to show a normal face to others again......!"

Hearing this, someone exclaimed, "Sir, what you mean is... the late emperor is not dead at all, he just succeeded in practicing evil magic and now can no longer show his normal appearance to the public, so he disappeared from the world in the name of faking his death. In fact, the late emperor is still sitting on the dragon throne in the palace?!"

The young man's scream was quite loud and fell clearly into Gu Yangyang's ears.

When she first heard this, Gu Yangyang felt a sense of excitement similar to that of listening to a ghost story, but when she carefully understood the meaning, a lifeless figure vaguely emerged in her mind...

Even her intuition told her that she might have seen this "deceased" emperor...

Thinking of this, Gu Yangyang's scalp felt slightly tingling and a creepy feeling surged up her spine.

The person standing in front of her said, "But the late emperor passed away several months ago! And the throne was inherited by the prince who had been hiding in the deep palace. If the late emperor was still sitting on the throne, wouldn't the ministers who attended the court have discovered something was wrong long ago?"

Another person continued, "And if the late emperor really turned into an inhuman monster as you said, then the palace is not a good place to hide... If he is not hiding in the palace, where would he be hiding now?"

The storyteller listened, his eyes flickering, his eyes gleaming, and he answered: "Who said the late emperor is still sitting on the throne? To hold power, the key is not in the chair... It doesn't matter who sits on the chair, as long as you control the person sitting on the chair in your hands..."

"Besides, this hiding place... The imperial palace is large, but it is crowded with people. But the imperial mausoleum is different. It is not only large, but also sparsely populated. It is more than enough to hide one person..."

Everyone suddenly realized what had happened and immediately started talking among themselves.

"If what you said is true, then isn't there an inhuman monster being kept in the palace now...?!"

"This prince is so pitiful! He was controlled by the late emperor at such a young age. Now he finally survived the late emperor's death, but he didn't expect that this was another trick of the late emperor to stay in power..."

"How terrible..."

The storyteller had finished speaking and left.

But those who came to listen to the story gathered in groups of two or three and stayed there for a long time without leaving.

Gu Yangyang stood in an inconspicuous corner, listening to the discussion of people around her, and fell into deep thought.

She didn't think that what the storyteller said were just stories or rumors. After listening to them all, she even felt that most of what the storyteller said was true!

But she still couldn't figure out which ones were true.

As he lowered his head and thought, someone bumped into his shoulder.

The man quickly turned back to apologize, but Gu Yangyang looked in the direction the man ran -

There is a notice on the wall.

The content reads: Recently, too many palace maids and eunuchs have died of illness in the palace, and there is a shortage of servants in the palace. We are now recruiting several palace maids and eunuchs to enter the palace. Among them, those who pass the selection of the new emperor's attendants will be rewarded with 100 taels of silver...

Gu Yangyang looked at him and slowly approached.

Even though she was dressed as a man, her face now exuded a sense of delicate beauty.

As soon as he reached the notice, he was stopped by the guards, who said:

"I've counted enough palace maids. Please come back next time!"

Gu Yangyang: “…”