Chapter 1980 [Shangxie] You are still my senior brother

The young eunuch seemed to have not expected to receive such an approachable response. Although Miss Xia's expression was still cold and showed no sign of getting close to him, he still looked very happy.

"Originally, I wasn't in charge, but the eunuch made a mistake and was punished by the prince, so I took over."

Xia Fuyi recalled the eunuch who was responsible for delivering meals before. He looked honest and smiling. She couldn't understand what mistake he could have made, so she asked directly.

The eunuch hesitated for a moment, then replied,

"He seemed to have been talking about the girl behind her back, and his words were extremely disrespectful. The prince happened to hear him and had him dragged away on the spot."

The rash comments and the extremely disrespectful words...

Xia Fuyi blinked, recalling how her father-in-law was smiling and trying to please her, and suddenly she felt a little cold in her heart.

We are used to the wanton vendettas in the world, but forget that there are also double-faced evils and slanders in this world.

Xia Fuyi drank the wine slowly, her eyes fixed on the diamond-shaped window dappled with sunlight.

She didn't like the palace.

From the first day she entered, she felt that this huge and magnificent building complex had an inhuman coldness, and beneath these luxuries and brilliances, there were endless desires, ambitions, and struggles. Being two-faced was probably a survival skill that everyone in this palace had to learn.

No one knows what kind of vicious and dirty speculations are hidden behind every smiling and respectful face.

This is not a place where people feel they belong.

But Changsun Chi has lived here for many years.

From birth to adulthood.

She still remembered the stories she had heard in the inn in Yan Guicheng, about the young general who sealed the border with a single sword, and the young master with the jade flute who roamed the world without restraint.

She couldn't imagine what kind of torture could turn such a bright and energetic young man into a drunkard and a sickly person.

Xia Fuyi thought for a long time in the morning sunshine, and murmured,

"So, you are still my senior brother."

The young eunuch who was cleaning the table suddenly paused and looked back at her inconspicuously.

That look was filled with contemplation and cold scrutiny, which was definitely not the look of an ordinary eunuch.

But Xia Fuyi was still immersed in her own thoughts and didn't notice.

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In the next few days, this little eunuch came to deliver meals. Xia Fuyi gradually became familiar with him and began to try to inquire about some things in the palace and the emperor without being noticed.

"Is there a queen or imperial concubine in the palace?"

Xia Fuyi asked while picking up a fried meatball. She looked very nonchalant, but her eyelashes trembled slightly, revealing that she was not at peace in her heart.

The young eunuch stood respectfully aside, and when he heard this, he raised his lip corners secretly, but replied in a very serious voice,

"Young lady, you don't know that when our Majesty ascended the throne, the late Emperor and Empress had just passed away. He had to observe a five-year mourning period, so he never took a concubine. However, since he is no longer in mourning this year, the selection of concubines will probably proceed as scheduled."

As he spoke calmly, he secretly observed Xia Fuyi's expression, taking in all the changes in her expression in this short period of time.

When he talked about the vacant harem, her fists clenched slightly and the corners of her mouth curled up involuntarily; when he mentioned that there would be a talent show this year, her hands suddenly loosened and her expression was slightly stunned.

You can really tell at a glance.