Xin Zizhao glanced at Wei Shuxuan. Seeing Xin Zizhao's expression, Wei Shuxuan thought that her words had angered him again. Just as she was about to take them back, Xin Zizhao asked her, "Do you really think so?"
Wei Shuxuan clearly didn't expect Xin Zizhao to ask her this question. She was stunned for a moment before reacting. "… Yeah, I think your face is very good - looking. Whether you wear plain - colored clothes or patterned ones, you'll look great. Don't you think so?"
"I don't think so. But if you say this one looks good, I can try it on."
Xin Zizhao picked up the dress he had just thrown aside. Actually, on closer inspection, it wasn't that ugly. Maybe he could really try a different style.
"Are you... serious?" Wei Shuxuan still couldn't quite believe Xin Zizhao's words and asked him again.
"Then let me ask you, have I ever lied to you?"
"… It seems I've never caught you lying..." Wei Shuxuan frowned and thought for a while. It seemed he really hadn't.
"On the contrary, you've hidden so many things from me and told me quite a few lies."
Wei Shuxuan didn't expect this guy to bring up old scores. Wasn't he being too petty?
"What? There were reasons for me to hide things from you. How can you blame me? I've already admitted my mistake."
"I know you must be calling me petty in your heart."
Xin Zizhao turned his head and looked at Wei Shuxuan with puffed - out cheeks. But Wei Shuxuan still argued, "… What are you talking nonsense about? Calling you petty is indeed the truth."
"It was just a joke. Why are you taking it seriously?" Xin Zizhao chuckled.
Wei Shuxuan didn't want to pay any more attention to him. She turned around and ran out of the main hall.
Oh no, I accidentally made her angry. This girl can't even take a joke! Xin Zizhao watched Wei Shuxuan's angry back running away and thought helplessly.
Ge Zian originally planned to go to Fenghe Palace to ask Wei Shuxuan about the progress of the case. But on the way, he met a flustered eunuch. The eunuch was all wet. Judging from his clothes, he should be a high - ranking eunuch, at least a chief eunuch. Moreover, he looked quite familiar. But why was a high - ranking eunuch's clothes so wet?
It was unlikely that he was punished by the masters in the palace because chief eunuchs rarely took care of the masters' daily lives directly. Usually, the chief eunuch would select maids and eunuchs to do that. Ge Zian sized up the eunuch again. Only his upper body was very wet, while his lower body was just a bit damp. It seemed he had been splashed with water.
He quickened his steps and walked past the eunuch. As soon as the eunuch saw him, he immediately bowed to him nervously. "This slave greets General Ge."
"Alright, get up. May I ask why you're so wet, Your Honor?" Ge Zian deliberately asked and started to observe the eunuch's expression the moment he asked.
Eunuch Jin had just been released from the secret room by the Fifth Prince. He was still in a state of panic. But unfortunately, he met General Ge at this moment. He was afraid that General Ge would notice something strange. He forced a smile. "Replying to General Ge, this slave accidentally stepped on air and fell into the pond just now. So I'm in a hurry to go back to my room to change clothes."
"Oh? Really? What's your name?" Ge Zian locked onto the momentary panic on his face.
"Replying to General Ge, this slave... this slave's surname is Jin..." Eunuch Jin didn't know why Ge Zian asked his name and was a bit slow to react.
"Oh~ No wonder you look so familiar. So you're from Empress Dowager's side."
As soon as Ge Zian mentioned the Empress Dowager, he noticed that Eunuch Jin trembled slightly. He lowered his head and didn't dare to look at Ge Zian at all. "Y - yes, this slave is from Empress Dowager's side."
Ge Zian had heard that Eunuch Jin relied on the Empress Dowager as his backer and bullied others in the palace. But now he was so afraid of hearing the name of the Empress Dowager. He must have been severely punished just now.
"Alright, go back and change your clothes."
Hearing that Ge Zian finally allowed him to go back, Eunuch Jin felt relieved. "Thank you, General Ge. Then this slave will take his leave first."
Ge Zian walked a few steps but still felt something was wrong. He still couldn't figure out why someone dared to punish the Empress Dowager's man. In this palace, there was probably only one person who dared to do so. And this person must have done it for his childhood sweetheart.
"It seems I have to investigate this myself. This Eunuch Jin is extremely suspicious."
It was very easy for Ge Zian to catch up with Eunuch Jin who didn't know martial arts. With a light leap of his toes, he quickly caught up with him. Ge Zian silently followed behind Eunuch Jin and watched him quickly enter his room. Then he easily climbed onto the roof. Fortunately, it was already dark. If one didn't pay close attention, it was not easy to find him on the roof.
He lifted the tile on the roof and saw Eunuch Jin changing his clothes. When his sight went lower, he saw something that shouldn't be on a eunuch. Ge Zian raised his eyebrows. It seemed the Empress Dowager was suspected of covering up. This Eunuch Jin was actually a fake eunuch. No wonder there had always been rumors in the palace that some maids had been molested. As for why these rumors hadn't reached the Emperor's ears, it should be because the Empress Dowager had suppressed them.
"That Fifth Prince is so excessive. He dared to splash water on me like this. I don't know if the Empress Dowager has been looking for me. If the Empress Dowager knows that I've told the Fifth Prince about monitoring the Emperor and drugging him, I'll surely die a terrible death."
Ge Zian heard every single word of this.
The Empress Dowager drugged the Emperor? Why did she do that?
Ge Zian was full of questions now, but he still suppressed his doubts and continued to monitor Eunuch Jin.
Just then, a young eunuch came in. "Eunuch Jin, the Empress Dowager summons you."
"… I see. I'll go there later."
It was really the case that you feared something and it would come. Eunuch Jin couldn't help thinking that he had to adjust his state well so as not to be seen through by the Empress Dowager.
Ge Zian thought that since Eunuch Jin was going to the Empress Dowager's place, he would follow him there too.
Soon, it was the day before the coming - of - age ceremony. There was only one day left until the grand ceremony. Wei Shuxuan lay on the table. She still hadn't found any evidence to prove that the Empress Dowager was the real culprit. The people she had sent to monitor hadn't found anything strange for the time being.