Chapter 190 (scheming)
The thirteen-year-old child tried hard to keep his expression tight, but he was too young, and even if he tried to hide it, he always revealed clues inadvertently.
Gu Chaochao looked at his face that was even smaller than his peers, raised his eyebrows and asked, "Why, do you think I'm not worthy?"
"...No," Shen Mushen's voice was dry, "I just think...a bit strange. "
What's strange, I'm probably more than enough to be your grandmother, let alone your mother at my age." Gu Chaochao folded his arms. In ancient times, people got married early, and there were many grandmothers in their 40s. It was no exaggeration for her to say that.
Shen Mushen smiled reluctantly: "My lord is right."
"Okay, I'll just say it casually. I didn't recognize you as a godson in the past, but now that you're guilty, it's even less possible for me to recognize it," Gu Chaochao said. She squinted at him, "But for the sake of your attractive appearance, it's okay to save you once. It just so happens that my palace is short of credible servants at this time, so you can work with Eunuch Li in the future."
Although Shen Mushen is old Xiao, but as soon as he heard what she said, he knew it was just an excuse. Although he still didn't understand why she saved him, he was grateful in his heart, so he knelt down to her with a solemn face and bowed respectfully: "Thank you for saving your life. "
It's just an effort." Gu Chaochao hooked his lips.
Shen Mu put her forehead on the ground: "My lady's saving me is to deceive the emperor, and it is a serious crime of beheading. How can it be just a labor of hands? Although I don't know why the lady saved me, but in the future, as long as I don't involve the Shen family, I'm willing to do anything for the lady."
"You're smart, don't forget the Shen family at this time." Gu Chaochao took the whip pot, and now his stomach was already uncomfortable, and he was a little absent-minded when he spoke.
Hearing this, Shen Mu raised her head in guilt: "Niangniang..."
"Okay, it's getting late, you can go back and rest," Gu Chaochao laughed, rubbing his stomach with one hand, "Take your heart out. Put it in my stomach, I don't want to use your little baby to do anything, I save you... It's really just because you have a good eye, and I have eyeliner all over the palace, except for Li Gonggong, there is really no one available, if you really want to In return, be faithful in the future."
Shen Mu stared at her for a long time, and finally bent down deeply and kowtowed again: "Yes."
After saying that, he got up and left.
When he reached the door, he couldn't help but turn his head, and after seeing that Gu Chaochao was already lying down, he quickly lowered his gaze to the ground, "Niangniang, the whip pot may cause a slight abdominal pain, if it is uncomfortable, drink some hot water to relieve it.
Gu Chaochao stopped rubbing his stomach and said, "I see." After
Shen Mushen left, she asked someone to bring a pot of hot water. After drinking two cups in a row, the discomfort suddenly eased a lot, and then she looked at herself in the mirror. , At this moment, his face was pale and his lips were colorless, as if he had suffered a serious illness.
As expected of the male protagonist, he has such a wealth of knowledge in various subjects.
A smile flashed in Gu Chaochao's eyes, and he stretched out and went back to bed to sleep.
At Mao Shi, the palace servant who was serving her came to wake her up again.
Gu Chaochao snorted lightly while lying on the bed: "Bengong is not feeling well today. You go to the Empress and accuse the Empress, and say that Bengong cannot go today."
"But, but, the concubine asks the empress every day that she is the first emperor . The rules set..." Before the palace man could finish speaking, he saw her pale and pale face, and suddenly closed his mouth in surprise.
Gu Chaochao looked at her faintly: "Bengong knows the rules set by the previous emperor, and nothing can be changed, but now I feel unwell, if I rashly go to the empress and get sick, who can take this responsibility, can you? The
palace servant hurriedly knelt down: "The servants don't dare."
"Don't you dare to go and accuse yourself?" Gu Chaochao said, covering his mouth and coughing.
The palace servants agreed again and again, got up and ran out. Gu Chaochao watched her leave, and immediately stretched comfortably, turned over and continued to sleep.
She slept until the third day of the day, until the palace servant came to the bed to call her again, and she reluctantly opened her eyes: "What's wrong?
" Carefully.
This queen is so useless, she guessed exactly the same. Gu Chaochao twitched the corner of his mouth, and when he looked up at the door, he saw not only the imperial physician, but also Shen Mushen, who appeared outside the door at an unknown time.
From time to time, Shen Mushen looked into the distance, as if he was waiting for someone. Not long after, Eunuch Li came. He lowered his eyes and stood still. Others seemed to be no different from before, but Gu Chaochao could see at a glance that he had relaxed a lot. .
What are these two conspiring?
When Gu Chaochao was puzzled, Shen Mu raised his head in a deep sense, looked at her for a while, and used his eyes to signal her to calm down.
Is he... comforting her? Gu Chaochao was not sure at first, but after looking at each other for a while, there was no doubt.
When he thought that he was in his 40s now and yet to be comforted by a teenage child's eyes, Gu Chaochao couldn't help but want to laugh, but before the corners of his lips were raised, Shen Mushen frowned at her.
...Well, I can't laugh, how can anyone laugh out loud when they are sick. Gu Chaochao coughed and became weak in a second: "Then let the imperial physician come in."
"Yes." The palace servant responded and invited the imperial physician who had been waiting outside for a long time.
When the imperial physician entered the door, Shen Mushen also followed, and only stopped when he reached the vicinity of the incense burner.
Gu Chaochao glanced at him before speaking to the imperial physician.
After a brief consultation, the imperial physician took out a jinpa for Gu Chaochao's pulse.
Although Shen Mushen had said that the pulse would not be detected, Gu Chaochao was still a little nervous, and a thin layer of sweat broke out on his back after waiting for the imperial doctor to signal his pulse.
After a long time, the imperial doctor frowned and got up.
"How?" Gu Chaochao asked immediately.
The imperial doctor bowed his head respectfully: "The maiden's pulse is weak like an evil wind entering the body, but it is not a serious problem, just take some pills, and stay behind closed doors for a while to recuperate.
" With an exclamation, he immediately realized that he was too pretentious, and hurriedly stopped acting, "How can it be done? Ben Gong still wants to say hello to the Empress every day."
Shen Mushen at the door heard the words and lowered his head silently, so he didn't let himself laugh.
"It's cold in winter, especially in the morning and evening. For the sake of the mother's body, don't go out these days." The imperial doctor continued to persuade politely.
Gu Chaochao looked worried, sighed and said regretfully, "That's the only way it can be. The Queen's concubine is kind-hearted, and she won't bother with me over the past few days. It's a great doctor
." The imperial doctor packed the medicine box, turned around and walked out, but stopped suddenly when he passed the incense burner, and looked at the incense burner with a puzzled expression.
Gu Chaochao's heartbeat stopped, "What's wrong?"
"The incense of Yindie here seems to be weaker than ordinary spices." The imperial doctor frowned again.
Shen Mu took a deep breath, and his palms suddenly sweated.
Gu Chaochao swallowed his saliva silently: "Bengong doesn't like strong fragrances, this tastes just right."
"But Wei Chen remembers that the spices shouldn't be so mild," the imperial physician said halfway through, and suddenly thought of something, "Niang Niang, Wei Wei. Can I take a look at the incense burner?"
"...What do you think the incense burner is doing?" Gu Chaochao pretended to be puzzled.
The imperial doctor looked at her tentatively: "Wei Chen suspects that the empress is unwell because she was poisoned."
Shen Mu subconsciously looked at Gu Chaochao, and his heart became more and more nervous.
If that thing was highly poisonous, she would have died last night. Gu Chaochao knew that the imperial doctor was talking nonsense, but when he met his gaze, he still had to show a look of horror: "Really?
" If she just stopped or showed panic, he would have guessed that she was feigning illness. The one sent by the queen is naturally her confidant. I am afraid that this person will know it on the front foot, and the queen will hear the wind on the back foot.
Gu Chaochao dripped water on his face, and he panicked in his heart. After all, no one knew that the Queen's shrewd eye, and how she would treat her when she pretended to be sick.
Just when she didn't know how to get the imperial doctor to dispel her thoughts, Gu Chaochao raised his head and suddenly met Shen Mushen's gaze, her mood like boiling water instantly calmed down, she calmed down and said slowly, "The incense burner is still burning. To avoid hurting the imperial doctor's hand, let the servants put out the fire first." After
that, she looked at Shen Mushen.
Shen Mu responded in a low voice, then turned sideways to extinguish the fragrance.
Unlike the imperial physician standing in a blind spot, Gu Chaochao could see clearly on the bed. While extinguishing the incense, he quickly put something into the incense burner, and then directly inserted his fingers into it to stir it.
Those were the spices that had just extinguished the fire. Even if there was no spark, the temperature might not be low. Gu Chaochao immediately frowned.
"The Imperial Physician, please." Shen Mushen took the incense burner and stepped forward.
The imperial physician paused after seeing his face: "Are you the youngest son of the Shen family?"
Shen Mushen did not expect that he would recognize him, so he pursed his lips and agreed, "Yes."
"Why, the imperial physician has a relationship with the Shen family. An old friend?" Gu Chaochao smiled halfway.
The Imperial Physician just asked casually, and only after he realized that he was talking too much, when he heard Gu Chaochao's question, he quickly confessed his innocence: "Weichen and the Shen family have never communicated, so I just said unintentionally, and I hope the empress forgive me."
Shen Mu Deeply drooping his eyes, he heard that the Shen family was regarded as a plague by the imperial physician, and his hands gradually clenched into fists.
Gu Chaochao pretended not to see Shen Mushen's reaction: "Ben Gong just asked casually, the imperial doctor should check the spices as soon as possible.
" , a trace of doubt flashed in his eyes: "I have everything, how can the taste be so bland?"
"Maybe the Ministry of Internal Affairs saw that I was unloved, so it gave me something that was not so good." Gu Chaochao said lightly.
Hearing what she said, the imperial physician hurriedly saluted: "Niangniang, don't think too much, even if it's the same box of spices, the flavors are light and heavy, maybe it's just..."
After he finished speaking, he saw that there were some scraps in the spice, which were obviously inferior spices. The imperial doctor instantly understood why the smell of the spice had faded, and it was as Gu Chaochao said, giving her an inferior incense.
The fact is such a fact, but it can't be said. The imperial doctor can only bite the bullet and continue: "Maybe it just happened to scoop some powder that is not so fragrant."
"Well, you are right," Gu Chaochao finished. , looked at him indifferently, "So the spices are all right?" The
imperial doctor quickly replied: "Everything is normal for the incense burner, it is because the minister is over-hearted, and I hope the empress forgive me."
Gu Chaochao smiled: "The imperial physician also cares about this palace. Safety, what is the crime?" The
imperial doctor smiled gratefully, and the two were polite for a while before the imperial doctor left in a hurry.
After he came out of the Chenshi Palace, he did not go back to the Imperial Hospital first, but went to the Fengxi Palace where the Queen was located to report Gu Chaochao's condition to the Queen.
"It turned out to be really sick." The queen raised her eyebrows.
The imperial doctor lowered his head: "Concubine Chen's condition is not serious, and she is very ill, so Wei Chen asked her to recuperate behind closed doors, so as not to infect others."
"Then let her stay in Chenshi Palace, it's not good. Don't go out before the whole time." The Queen said lightly.
The Imperial Physician was about to leave, but suddenly remembered what happened to Shen Mushen in the Chenshi Palace, so he also reported it.
The queen sneered when she heard the words: "She brought the youngest son of the Shen family into the Chenshi Palace, who doesn't know about the matter in the palace? I usually seem to be indifferent to the world, but my mind is more sinister than anyone else, but now I can't help it anymore, The son of the enemy's family was called to be tortured? I only have pity on the Shen family boy, I'm afraid he won't be alive for a few days."
Hearing the words, the imperial physician was silent for a moment, remembering the deep red lips and white teeth, neat and clean that he had just seen, it didn't seem like he was tortured He looked like, but thinking about Shen Mushen's just been clean for less than a month, I'm afraid he started to work before the wound has healed, and he really suffered a lot after coming here.
On the other side, Chen Shi Palace.
After the imperial physician left, Gu Chaochao first sent the rest of the palace servants back, and then let Shen Mushen close the door, and he breathed a sigh of relief when only the two of them were left in the room.
Shen Mushen was also much more relaxed, silently wiping the sweat from his palms on his clothes.
"You were sneaking around with Eunuch Li just now, are you negotiating to get new spices?" Gu Chaochao looked lazily at the child at the table.
Shen Mu raised his lips: "I heard that the imperial physician is coming, I suddenly remembered that yesterday's spice was not replaced after picking up the whip pot, and using it today will definitely make the taste a lot lighter, I was afraid that the imperial physician would find out, so I asked Li Father-in-law went to the spices in the warehouse to find some whip pots, thinking that if the imperial physician finds out, he will try to add them in."
"But after adding enough whip pots, the taste shouldn't be so bland." Gu Chaochao curled his lips.
Shen Mushen replied humbly, "So in addition to the whip pot, I also added some inferior spices."
"It's really smart." Gu Chaochao made no secret of his admiration for him.
Shen Mushen, who had only suffered some physical injuries and had not experienced castration and humiliation, was not much different from the one before entering the palace. Hearing Gu Chaochao's praise, his face heated up for a moment: "Not smart, if you are smart enough, you should do it beforehand. Be prepared for everything, not after the fact."
"You are young, it's not easy to do this, don't force it," Gu Chaochao finished, looking at him leisurely, "It doesn't matter, you are the most important right now. The only thing is to go back and apply the medicine."
"Apply the medicine?" Shen Mu was puzzled.
"Fingers, are they all hot?" Gu Chaochao was helpless, "There is a small spoon on the table where the incense burner is placed, so just use that to stir, so why use your fingers.
" "Shen Mushen didn't expect that she was still thinking about her fingers, and her mood was a little subtle.
Gu Chaochao smiled: "Hurry down, remember
to apply the medicine." "Yes." Shen Mu answered and left in a hurry.
When he returned to the room, the first thing he did was to find the unused ointment and carefully apply it to the blisters on his fingertips.
After this day, Shen Mushen changed into the gray-blue clothes of a second-class eunuch, and began to follow Li Gonggong's school rules. When facing Gu Chaochao, he no longer called himself 'I', but a 'slave'. Gu Chaochao felt a little complicated after hearing this, and wanted to tell him that this was not necessary, but considering that there were so many rules in the palace, and there were many people who were picky, it would be better for him to get used to the status of a eunuch sooner.
During the days of 'recuperating from illness behind closed doors', Gu Chaochao used the excuse of being sick and upset, and drove all the palace servants who served in the house to serve outside the hospital. On weekdays, only Shen Mushen was left to accompany him to relieve the boredom, and the rest was left to Eunuch Li to take care of.
She did this to prevent the eyeliners placed by the palaces from seeing that she was feigning illness, but it fell into the eyes of outsiders, and it was she who deliberately tortured Shen Mushen. As a result, rumors began to spread in the palace, saying that Concubine Chen seemed to be kind-hearted and indifferent to the world, but she was difficult to deal with.
The rumors quickly reached Gu Chaochao's ears, and she immediately asked Eunuch Li to investigate the attitudes of the empresses and emperors of the palaces. It turned out that no one cared about the story of the unloved concubines torturing the little eunuch. Immediately relieved.
However, this incident had a bad impact on Shen Mushen.
People in the palace are accustomed to stepping on the ground and holding them high, even the Chenshi Palace, where the court is cold and the minions and masters are not favored. Seeing that Shen Mushen went in and out of the main bedroom every day, those palace officials thought that Gu Chaochao was deliberately making things difficult for him, so they also made things difficult for him.
However, Shen Mushen was born as an eldest young master. Even now Huluo Pingyang has his own temper. Seeing those people deliberately provoking him, he would not let them go, and he would not accept the unreasonable request of helping them wash clothes and meals. This has been harassed and bullied many times.
Late one night, when he was fast asleep, there was a sudden creak from the door, and he woke up abruptly. Before he could react, a quilt suddenly covered him.
Shen Mushen struggled immediately, but the quilt was firmly pressed down, and he was only thirteen years old and couldn't resist at all.
"Little Wang Bagaozi, you really think that you are the old master of the Shangshu. I will
let you know today that a servant is not so easy to be!
" When he hit his body, the wound that was not yet healed was suddenly cracked, and the piercing pain went from the skin to the heart. He blushed with anger, gritted his teeth and struggled desperately, only to get heavier fists.
After a long time, the quilt on his body was torn apart, and a pile of dirty clothes hit him directly.
"I'll wash it for my grandfather tomorrow, otherwise I'll let you know what it's like to walk away without food." Several eunuchs left with a sneer.
Shen Mu's deep chest was surging with blood and blood, his lips and fists could not stop trembling, the white underwear on his body, the cracked wounds stained with mottled blood, and the dirty clothes smelling of urine surrounded him. He didn't even have the strength to raise his hand and throw it away.
After a long time, he took a deep breath and limped towards the courtyard with his dirty clothes.
The next morning, the weather was fine again.
A few eunuchs walked into the yard talking and laughing. Just as they were about to start their work, they saw a pile of familiar objects in the corner. A few people stepped forward to look at them and couldn't help but exclaimed -
they were sent to Shen Mu last night . Clothes in the deep room!
"Ouch! It's all rotten! It's all rotten!"
After the clothes were torn and soaked in water, they couldn't take it anymore. Several people shouted, causing Eunuch Li to scold him, and finally he could only swallow his anger through gritted teeth.
In the master bedroom, after getting up, Gu Chaochao quietly put on a layer of powder to make sure that his face was as pale as before, and then asked someone to bring breakfast in.
The food delivery people filed in, Gu Chaochao looked at the end of the team by the bed, but did not see the familiar small body. She paused, and when everyone set the plate and was about to leave, she asked, "Where's Shen Mushen? Why haven't you come to serve?"
As soon as she finished speaking, Shen Mushen came.
Gu Chaochao raised the corners of his lips restrainedly, and after the others had left, he immediately told him to sit down: "Today there is osmanthus porridge, didn't you say you wanted to drink it a few days ago? Sit down and eat some.
" During the time, it was Shen Mushen who accompanies her to eat.
Shen Mushen was used to eating at the same table with her, so she said thanks and sat down.
Gu Chaochao glanced at him and couldn't help sighing: "It's obviously good to eat and drink, why don't you see any fat?"
Not only is he not fat, but he hasn't grown tall yet, so he won't grow taller in the end, right? Gu Chaochao was just a little worried when he remembered that he was about 1.86 meters in the original text, which made him feel a little relieved.
Today's Shen Mushen was extraordinarily silent, Gu Chaochao chatted a little more, and then noticed that his hand holding the spoon was shaking slightly.
Gu Chaochao's expression changed: "What's wrong with you?"
Shen Mushen paused: "If you say back to the empress, the servant will be fine."
"It's fine, let me see." After seeing the bruises and scars on his arms, his expression suddenly became ugly, "Who did it?"
"No one." Shen Mushen replied with his head lowered.
"You're still not telling the truth?" Gu Chaochao's voice suddenly rose.
Shen Mushen's eyes turned red for a moment, and after a long time, she slowly said, "Niangniang..."
As soon as she called her, she was speechless, and after she was quiet, she continued, "This is the servant's private business, Can you let the servant solve it by himself?"
"You are a child, what can you do?" Gu Chaochao frowned, "There are so many people in the Chenshi Palace, you should know who did it, tell me his name, and I will deal with him. ."
"Also ask the goddess to let the servant solve it by himself." Shen Mushen said, and knelt down directly to her.
With a persistent look on his face, Gu Chaochao couldn't help having a headache. After a long stalemate, he sighed, "Take off your clothes, tell me to see if the injury is serious .
"
Want to defy me?" Gu Chaochao was not happy.
When Shen Mushen heard the words, she could only unbutton her clothes silently, revealing the mottled bruises on her body, and the wounds that split open to reveal red flesh.
Gu Chaochao took a deep breath before slowly opening his mouth for a long time: "But because there are rumors that I treat you harshly, so they dare to bully you like this?"
"It's none of your mother's business." Shen Mushen knelt straight.
Gu Chaochao frowned: "It was my negligence."
"It's really none of the mother's business," Shen Mushen gradually calmed down, "the servants are new to the scene, no matter if the mother is favored or not, they will trouble me." In the
past, when he was the son of Shangshu, he had seen with his own eyes how people fought infightingly. At that time, he knew that the more difficult it is, the more he likes to be a person who is in trouble.
Gu Chaochao looked at him with a complicated face, and it took a long time before he said, "Even if they embarrass you because of the rumors, I can't explain the rumors, and I can't be too nice to you in front of them."
"The slave understands that when Eunuch Li was a slave to 'purify' and sent everyone back from the Jamsil, if the maiden was too good to the slave, they would suspect that the original purification was false." The thirteen-year-old boy had not changed his voice. His voice was crisp and sweet, but his words were very calm.
Seeing that he understood, Gu Chaochao didn't explain too much. He just said, "Although I can't openly favor you, there are ways to rectify them.
" Twilight persuaded again.
Gu Chaochao pursed his lips and said nothing.
Shen Mushen had no choice but to ask again. Gu Chaochao couldn't bear to kneel down when he was injured, so he had to compromise and agree, but that night, she didn't tell him to leave.
"Sleep outside, don't go back." Don't go back and get hurt again.
Shen Mu smiled deeply: "But the slave can't keep going back forever."
"If you want, I can keep you from going back forever." Gu Chaochao gave him a sideways glance.
Shen Mu was deeply curious: "Why is Niangniang being so good to me?"
"You have asked this question many times," Gu Chaochao laughed, "You should consider it fate, I liked you the first time I saw you. , so I want to be nicer to you."
"I know, the lady said before that she wanted to recognize me as her son," Shen Mushen paused, "but now I can't, a servant is not worthy."
"Whether it's the emperor or the emperor . Beggars have two eyes and one mouth, there is nothing worthy or unworthy, remember, never belittle yourself at any time, so that others can respect you." Gu Chaochao said slowly.
Shen Mu was stunned for a long time, then whispered for a long time: "The slave knows."
"You can call yourself a slave, but here," Gu Chaochao said, pointing his finger on his heart, "remember not to treat yourself as a slave. , you have to go up to be worthy of all the hardships you are suffering now."
Shen Mu looked at her deeply, before asking for a long time, "Can this servant still go up?"
"Naturally, as long as you are willing, there is nothing impossible. Of course, the most important thing right now is to solve those who bullied you first," Gu Chaochao couldn't help sighing when he mentioned this, "so what are you going to do? Don't, tell me anyway, don't make me worry all the time, okay?"
Shen Mu pursed his lips: "Actually, the servants don't know." At least I didn't expect it now.
Gu Chaochao: "..."
"But the servant thinks that I can solve it," Shen Mushen looked up at her, the candlelight flickered on his side, "The maiden has already helped me too much, the servant doesn't want to bother the maiden, let alone trouble. For a while, I can’t be bothered all the time, the slaves will have to face these things one day.”
Gu Chaochao wanted to say that she was willing to be bothered for the rest of his life, but on second thought, he really didn’t have the ability now, except to help him deal with a few slaves , nothing else can help.
Thinking of this, she couldn't help being a little frustrated, and once again secretly hated herself for wearing the wrong person.
Although Shen Mushen insisted on going back, Gu Chaochao still kept him for three nights, waiting for his wound to solidify before releasing him.
"If you dare to get hurt again, I will definitely take action." Before Shen Mushen left, she warned in advance.
Shen Mu smiled deeply, indicating that he had already figured out what to do.
After leaving the main bedroom, he did not go back directly to the side room, but went to Eunuch Li to send all the things that Gu Chaochao had rewarded him during this time.
"You are going to have trouble." Eunuch Li glanced at him with a satisfied smile on his lips.
Shen Mushen said politely: "The father-in-law protects the minions, and the servants should be filial to the father-in-law."
"Don't say these are useless, talk about the business, what are you asking me for?" Eunuch Li snorted lightly.
Shen Mu smiled deeply and said a few words to him.
A trace of surprise flashed in Eunuch Li's eyes, and after staring at him for a long time, he agreed.
Shen Mu breathed a sigh of relief, and immediately followed him to the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
Looking at the thin pages in front of him, Eunuch Li raised his eyebrows: "Are you sure it will work?"
"How will you know if you don't try." Shen Mushen didn't say anything.
Eunuch Li snorted softly: "Try it? It's easier said than done."
Shen Mu lowered his head humbly and did not respond to his words.
When the two came out of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the sky was completely dark. When they walked to the gate of Chenshi Palace, Shen Mushen thought of something and suddenly hesitated: "Father-in-law..."
"I know, I won't tell the empress." Eunuch Li interrupt him.
Shen Mushen was relieved after this, and went back to the house in front of him.
After a long time, a few sneaky figures came to Shen Mu's deep room in the dark, and threw the quilt on the bed with ease.
However, it was empty.
After realizing that there was no one on the bed, several people looked at each other.
"Didn't you come back?" someone asked in a low voice.
Another person said: "Could it be that I was called away by the mother again? No, there seems to be no one to serve in the house today. I asked the gatekeepers.
" Wearing clothes, I will kill him sooner or later."
A few people scolded and left, and because they didn't give up, they looked around in the yard, but still couldn't see Shen Mushen. Can give up temporarily.
Because there are few servants in the palace, the houses are sufficient, and each house has two or three partitions, so it is equivalent to one person having a small house. At this moment, after the few people left, they went back to their rooms to sleep. The one who took the lead fell directly on the bed to rest after returning. There was a chill around his neck in a daze. He woke up suddenly and opened his eyes to meet a pair of dark eyes.
"Ah!"
"Shut up!" Shen Mu was expressionless.
The eunuch shut up for a moment, and after a while he felt that he couldn't do anything, so he scolded in a low voice: "What do you want to do?"
"I want to try this knife, it's not good." Shen Mushen said, pressing the dagger directly into it.
The eunuch's face was contorted in pain, and then he clearly felt the blood flowing out. Realizing that the kid in front of him can really do anything, he panicked completely: "You, you, calm down, if you kill me, you will die too!"
"You are right, I can't kill you." After Shen Mushen finished speaking, he directly took the knife away.
that's all? The eunuch was a little stunned, but he jumped up after reacting: "Okay, you bastard, I will fight now..."
"If you touch me, your son in the suburbs of Beijing will lose a finger." Shen Mu said lightly. .
The eunuch was stunned: "You, what do you mean?"
"You entered the palace at the age of seventeen, and you had a son before entering the palace, right?" Shen Mu looked at him deeply.
His eyes were darker than the night, and there was a chill in the silent night.
The eunuch shuddered, his face turned pale: "What do you mean?"
"It's nothing, it's just that the hundred-footed worm of the Shen family is dead and not stiff. If I want, I would kill someone..."
"You can't touch him!" The eunuch Eyes are red.
Shen Mu looked up at him deeply: "Then it depends on how you do it." The
eunuch was stunned for a while, and then he looked suspicious: "Do you really have such great power? Don't you just ask about my family affairs?"
Shen Mu Deep face expressionless: "Then let's verify it."
After that, he walked towards the eunuch. The eunuch was a head taller than him, but his momentum forced him to retreat again and again until his heels hit the wall, and there was nowhere to go. There was a flash of fear in his eyes.
"Your son is fourteen years old, he is one year older than me, and is talking about kissing this year," Shen Mushen narrowed his long eyes, "I heard that he already has someone he likes, it would be a pity to kill him like this. It's better to get into the palace and reunite with your father and son."
"What do you want to do? What do you want to do!" The eunuch's voice trembled.
Shen Mushen's expression was indifferent: "It depends on what you want to do." The
eunuch thumped and knelt down, tremblingly begging for mercy. Shen Mushen looked at the person who had been arrogant a few days ago. At this moment, he knelt down and trembled, and a strange feeling rose in his heart.
This is the pleasure of stepping on people's feet, a joy that he cannot accurately describe at his current age, but he knows the taste. Just borrowing a little power from the past, you can be so happy, if you have real power, what kind of fun should it be?
At this moment, he suddenly understood what Gu Chaochao said, telling him not to treat himself as a slave and to go up.
Shen Mu stood silently for a long time before turning to leave.
The night was as cold as water, and the Chenshi Palace was covered with moonlight, as if it was covered with a layer of hoarfrost. Shen Mushen stepped out of the threshold with one foot and saw Eunuch Li standing in the courtyard.
He paused, stepped forward, and bowed solemnly to Eunuch Li: "Thank you Eunuch."
"I just took you to the Ministry of Internal Affairs to check some files, and I didn't do anything else. I would like to thank you." Eunuch Li looked up at him.
Shen Mushen has a humble attitude: "If there is no father-in-law, I am afraid that the slave will be bullied by them."
"Is it so smooth?" Li father-in-law heard about his plan before, but he was not optimistic at the time, so he is waiting in the courtyard now. , to avoid trouble.
As a result, he came out with all his head and tail.
"Yes." Shen Mushen lowered his head and said.
Eunuch Li stared at him for a long time, and understood: "If you came from an ordinary family, even if you said something outrageous, he wouldn't believe a single word of you, but if you were the son of Shangshu in the past, he wouldn't dare not believe it."
"Father-in-law is wise." Shen Mushen did not deny it.
Eunuch Li snorted lightly, not knowing what to say, and it took a long time before he said, "I suddenly don't know if it was right or wrong for the empress to save you in the first place."
Shen Mu paused, and lowered his head even further. .
"You are indeed a smart person, I hope you don't use your heart and mind on your mother in the future."
After that, he turned and left.
Shen Mu stared at his back for a long time, and then smiled lightly: "You really think too much."