【Hiss!】
Even though Wen Fuyue had some mental preparation, she was still startled by the scene in front of her.
The young eunuch's suicide attempt failed. He was pressed to the ground by the senior eunuch An Fu. Seeing this, the guards beside immediately stepped forward to separate the two. Then they twisted the young eunuch's hands behind his back and kicked his calves hard. With a crisp sound that made one's teeth ache, he knelt on the ground.
Even after being subdued, the young eunuch still struggled desperately, trying to break free from the guards' control.
The next second, blood oozed from the corner of his mouth, and a relieved smile appeared on his face. Seeing this, the guard beside immediately dislocated his jaw, breaking out in a cold sweat.
【Was he trying to bite his tongue to commit suicide! I······】
Wen Fuyue's mind went blank.
Why was the noble concubine so scared?
Wei Sinian narrowed his eyes slightly and stared intently at Wen Fuyue.
"In the noble concubine's opinion, how should this matter be handled?"
Wen Fuyue was suddenly startled by Wei Sinian's voice. She looked up at him, her eyes blank.
Seeing the expression on Wen Fuyue's face, Wei Sinian felt a hint of interest rising in his heart. His expression became increasingly dangerous, making Wen Fuyue shiver.
"I don't······"
Wen Fuyue instinctively wanted to say that she didn't know, but was startled by Wei Sinian's look. Suddenly she came to her senses.
No, this must not be the answer the tyrant wanted. If she said it, she didn't know if it would anger him. Wen Fuyue finally truly felt the Wei Sinian who was described by others as "moody and unpredictable". Instantly, her scalp went numb, and her mind raced.
Hearing Wen Fuyue's flustered inner thoughts, Wei Sinian couldn't help but smile. His laughter was cold, dangerous, and carried a hint of interest.
He didn't know that although the noble concubine had no intention of competing in the harem and seemed stupid, her intuition was quite accurate. She could actually guess his thoughts. Forget it. If she couldn't come up with an answer, he'd let her off. Such an interesting thing would be no fun if it died.
Wen Fuyue braced herself and slowly said, "Next, let's first hear what this young eunuch has to say?"
Good. The noble concubine had just said a useless piece of nonsense.
Everyone present suddenly had different expressions. Their looks at Wen Fuyue were filled with fear, schadenfreude, and pity.
Just when everyone thought the noble concubine was about to be punished by Wei Sinian, Wei Sinian, who had been silent since the beginning, suddenly softened his expression. He slowly said to Wen Fuyue, "Not bad. Good idea. An Fu, go and assist the noble concubine."
"Yes."
Wen Fuyue let out a sigh of relief.
"Xiao Yuzi," An Fu walked up to the young eunuch, stared into his eyes and said, "Do you know that all the servants who enter the palace are registered? How many people are there in your family?"
Xiao Yuzi widened his eyes. A stream of hot tears ran down from the corners of his eyes, but he still stubbornly refused to speak.
"I don't know who is worth you risking your life to help. Think it over. If you don't speak now, you'll be sent to the Punishment Department later. If you speak now, you can die happily without implicating your relatives. Why bother?"
Hearing this, An Ling'er tightened the corner of her clothes. Drops of sweat trickled down her forehead at some point. Her eyes were full of resentment, and her hands trembled so much that Wen Fuyue noticed at a glance.
【It's An Ling'er.】
It was too obvious. Even though Wen Fuyue couldn't quite believe that the female protagonist in the original book was like this, the facts were right in front of her, forcing her to believe. An Ling'er was not as gentle, weak, and pure - minded as described in the book.
After hearing this, Wei Sinian raised his eyebrows. His look at Wen Fuyue carried a hint of approval he didn't even realize.
"I'll talk."
Under An Ling'er's collapsing gaze, Xiao Yuzi told what had happened.
He had taken Concubine Lan's jade pendant and hidden it in his sleeve. When he passed by An Ling'er, he dropped the jade pendant on the ground to make people think it was An Ling'er who did it.
Actually, it was truly An Ling'er who did it. Recently, Wen Fuyue had been in favor, but An Ling'er couldn't find a way to attract Wei Sinian's attention. So she designed this scheme within a scheme, involving both the noble concubine and Concubine Lan, hoping that the emperor would notice her.
She just didn't expect that Wen Fuyue was not as dull as she seemed on the surface. Her intuition was even scarily accurate. And Xiao Yuzi had told her that he had no family left. She didn't expect that he had lied and was caught by An Fu, who was in charge of all the eunuchs' records.
An Ling'er stared blankly ahead, kneeling on the ground and not daring to speak. Concubine Lan looked at her, her eyes full of anger.
"Not bad. It's quite a wonderful story," Wei Sinian clapped his hands, then said to An Fu, "Handle this properly."
"Noble concubine, follow me back to the palace."
Wen Fuyue woodenly followed behind him.
After walking for a while, Wei Sinian felt a bit uncomfortable. In the past, although the noble concubine didn't speak, the voices in her mind were really noisy. Why was she so quiet today, like a sparrow with its beak pinched?
"What is the noble concubine thinking about? Do you think I was too merciful just now?"
Just now, Wei Sinian was too lazy to deal with them personally, so he had left the matter to An Fu.
But no matter how dull Wen Fuyue was, she couldn't think that Wei Sinian's instructions just now were like letting those people off.
【I'm convinced. Does the dog - emperor think I'm stupid? Merciful······ Alas, why did Xiao Yuzi help An Ling'er?】
"Is the noble concubine wondering why Xiao Yuzi helped Concubine An?"
【！！！ What's going on! My god, how does Wei Sinian know what I'm thinking?】
Hearing this, Wei Sinian couldn't help laughing until tears came out. Seeing Wen Fuyue's shocked face, he perfunctorily said, "The noble concubine is very straightforward. Your thoughts are all written on your face, making it easy for me to see through."
Was she really that obvious? Wen Fuyue, who didn't know that Wei Sinian had the ability to read minds, suddenly began to doubt herself.
Hearing her inner thoughts, Wei Sinian found it even more amusing. He "kindly" began to explain, "Does the noble concubine know what the women in the palace all want?"
Here we go again. Wen Fuyue sighed inwardly, then shut up and listened. Although the previous sentence was a question, after getting along with Wei Sinian for so many days, Wen Fuyue could tell from his expression that he was going to make her shut up and listen again.
"It's my favor, or rather, power," Wei Sinian said. At this point, his expression suddenly turned so cold that Wen Fuyue instinctively held her breath. The gloom and sarcasm in his eyes were so thick that they could never fade away. "If Xiao Yuzi helped Concubine An and succeeded, he could go from a third - rank eunuch beside Concubine Lan to get rid of his low - level status."
No wonder. Wen Fuyue, who was not used to or familiar with the harem struggles, sighed. Looking at the branches swaying in the wind, she suddenly felt a bit of resonance in her heart.
【The harem struggles are really too bloody. Fortunately, I have a high - born status. Now I don't know what Wei Sinian is thinking. He always keeps me by his side, so many people should not dare to attack me.】
Hearing her inner thoughts, Wei Sinian directly ignored the first sentence and focused on the latter part "always keeps me by his side", so others didn't dare to attack the noble concubine.
It turned out that the noble concubine also knew that she was now under his protection. Wei Sinian felt inexplicably satisfied, and the ugly expression on his face also recovered a bit.
Before Wei Sinian could continue speaking, he heard Wen Fuyue's next inner thought.
【Then I must be more careful in the future. I'll hug the emperor's thigh tightly and stay away from An Ling'er and them. I'm hungry. I don't know what we'll eat today. The emperor's food is really delicious!】
Wei Sinian:······ Forget it. He'd better be more careful in the future. He hadn't completely coaxed out all the future events that the noble concubine knew. He couldn't let the noble concubine die in the harem struggles in vain.