Taizu gave the girl many privileges. She could enter and exit the palace at will. She was allowed to enter all forbidden areas without having to bow and bow. He also gave her a thousand guards to command her. She did not have to be inferior to others. She was above tens of thousands of people.

Taizu's only request was for her to step forward when disaster occurs.

After taking the girl back, Taizu finally felt relieved, but to everyone's surprise, the girl couldn't speak.

Not only that, she seems...not to have grown up.

Years passed by, and when Taizu was eighty years old, the girl was still six years old. She had never spoken a word in thirty years.

Taizu reigned for sixty years and died at the age of eighty-one. When he was about to die, he called the girl to the bedside. He turned his head with difficulty, looked into the girl's dark eyes, sighed and said: "I am about to die.

"

The girl looked back unblinkingly, her dark eyes dull and unruffled, exactly the same as when he first brought her into the palace. She had not changed at all in thirty years.

Taizu smiled: "Five steps is too far. I don't have the strength to speak now. Come over here. I have something to tell you."

The girl pursed her lips and took two steps forward.

Taizu had no choice but to say, "That's all, you can hear me clearly."

Taizu was very weak. He coughed a few times and took deep breaths to calm down. The room became quiet for a while.

After a while, he calmed down and said: "I once asked you for your name, and you gave me a piece of white paper. If you are willing, you can use the surname of Chu State. This person only has a surname."

Rooted.

In the event of a disaster, the common people in the world are your top priority. If you encounter someone who is unclear or blocking the road, no matter who it is, just take action. If they have any grievances or hatred, ask them to come to me. I am on Huangquan Road.

Wait a minute—cough cough cough…”

Taizu was a little excited and coughed again. He coughed so hard that he vomited a mouthful of blood.

The girl's eyes paused, then she took two steps forward and put her hand on his chest to help him breathe. Taizu's coughing gradually stopped, and his whole body felt more comfortable than ever before.

He lay quietly on the bed, looking at the girl's chin, with a sad look on his face: "I can't help you..."

After Taizu said these words, he died.

The girl lowered her eyes and closed Taizu's open eyes with her palms.

People came in one after another, cried in mourning, and rang the bell for burial. After a series of procedures, Taizu's son ascended the throne.

He called the girl the national preceptor and asked her to offer sacrifices and pray to God to make the Chu country prosperous.

However, Taizu's son did not live as long as he did, and died within thirty years of his reign. He had many sons, and the palace went through a lot of bloodshed before a prince ascended the throne.

The girl watched quietly as an outsider.

The third emperor loved beauty and luxury, so he built a palace to escape the summer heat just after he ascended the throne. Fortunately, the foundation laid by the previous two emperors was solid. Although he was extravagant and wasteful, the impact was not big.

In terms of political performance, although it was not as good as the previous two emperors, it was still reasonable. However, one day, he did not care about the six-year-old girl in Yaotai, and was even indifferent. He would hardly meet her unless necessary.

The people in the palace were full of human beings. Seeing that the girl was not favored by the emperor, they were not as eager to please as before. The guards at the palace gate gave money and asked to be transferred. Gradually, only one or two guards were left to guard, and they were passive and slow in their work.

Whenever I get the chance, I start to doze off.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs withheld monthly quotas, the meals served were cold, and there were no charcoal fires in winter, making the palace increasingly deserted.

The emperor filled his harem, drafted many concubines, and had more children. They grew up day by day and could walk, so they visited all over the palace.

One day, the eldest prince led people into Yaotai in a big way, and discovered the existence of the girl. Seeing that she couldn't speak, he laughed loudly: "What kind of magical figure did I become when I was the national preceptor? It turned out that I was just a mute who couldn't speak."

!”

The eldest prince went back to publicize his discovery. They sneaked into her palace, added dirty things to the food, and hid her scriptures. When they were discovered, everyone laughed and called her "little mute" and "won't grow up."

The old monster".

In this regard, the old emperor turned a blind eye.

Because they are royal heirs.

The girl calmly handed the palace man a piece of paper, which said that he would not have to send food over in the future.

Because it will get dirty and it's such a waste of food.

There was no need to bring food, the palace people were so happy that the princes lost interest and gradually stopped coming in, and the palace became cold again.

"Then she has been hungry for a long time?" Chu Bai was shocked and distressed.

Chu Yu glanced at it sideways: "She is just small in stature, and she is not a child with an IQ of only six years old.

She can enter and leave any place in the palace at will. Taizu collected a lot of rare medicinal materials and gave them to her. At night, he took the token and stayed in the alchemy room all night. He filled a bottle full of elixirs and chewed one pill a day.

, can manage it for a month.”

"Wow!" Chu Bai's eyes were bright, "Chu Hanxing is so awesome!"

Chu Yu smiled inexplicably and raised his eyes. Thick clouds covered the stars in the sky, and the moonlight was dim.

"Later, the prince wanted to choose a companion, and I was chosen by the queen's legitimate son and the second prince. When I entered the palace, I had just turned five years old..."

After school that day, Chu Yu heard the second prince and the eldest prince gathered together, muttering something, "The little mute didn't starve to death. He must have eaten cakes secretly. Why not put some laxatives in the cakes..."

Chu Yu frowned and didn't think much of their behavior. In addition to his family's teachings, he thought of taking a step ahead of them and informing them of the matter in advance.

It would be fine if he didn't hear it, but if he heard it, he couldn't just sit back and watch.

Chu Yu had heard a little bit about a six-year-old girl in the palace who was named a national preceptor by the previous emperor. She lived in the highest palace of the palace.

Chu Yu found it easily and was about to go in when he heard rustling footsteps behind him. He couldn't afford to offend the prince, but he also wanted him to stop eating those pastries and simply climb up the tree.

There was an ancient tree on the left side of the palace, with thick branches that spread outward. Chu Yu climbed up and saw the window on the second floor. He smiled, jumped on the trunk, and could barely grasp the edge of the window with his hands.

Chu Yu had been a martial arts student since he was a child. It was a trivial matter for him. It took him a minute to finally get on the window sill, roll on the spot, and successfully enter the palace.

He patted the dust off his palms and accidentally glanced at a person standing on the right side of the window sill.

Chu Yu was startled at first, then looked at the girl and guessed: "You are the national preceptor."

The other party just looked at him quietly. Chu Yu was about to say something when he heard the second prince's voice faintly ringing downstairs.

"Oops, they're coming!"

Chu Yu didn't want them to find him, so he pulled her and hid. He found an empty cabinet. Chu Yu opened it and stuffed the girl in. Then he hid in and closed the door.
Chapter completed!