Chapter 191 The Third Prince’s Dark Moonlight Eunuch 28

Shen Xinran's consciousness began to blur, and she felt herself slowly sinking into endless darkness.

When Shen Xinran woke up, she felt the whole bed shaking. She frowned and asked in a low voice, "Where is this?"

Sima Yi sat beside Shen Xinran's bed, his voice hoarse, "You are injured and can't ride rough, so we will go directly to the palace by water."

Shen Xinran nodded and continued to ask: "What about Xiao Cui?"

Sima Yi said, "I asked her to wait outside. If you have anything to say, it's the same if you tell me."

Shen Xinran blushed and said, "I want to go to the bathroom."

Sima Yi was silent for a moment, "Then I'd better call Xiao Cui in."

The ship sailed along the Grand Canal towards the imperial city.

Sima Yi spent most of his time reading in the cabin where Shen Xinran was, and only went out for a small part of the time.

Shen Xinran thought it was okay at first, but as time went on, he always felt like he was being watched.

Then, she looked at Sima Yi and smiled faintly, "Master, my injuries have almost recovered. Xiao Cui will take care of me. You can go and do your thing."

Sima Yi looked at the book and said in a low voice, "It's okay, I don't have anything urgent to deal with."

Shen Xinran: “…”

How could this person not understand the subtext! With you here, everything she does is inconvenient!

Sima Yi suddenly thought of something. He raised his head and smiled at Shen Xinran, "Are you bored? Why don't we chat?"

Shen Xinran didn't think much about it and nodded directly.

Sima Yi gently closed the book in his hand and said in a low voice, "Do you know? I grew up in the cold palace since I was young."

Shen Xinran was stunned for a moment, not understanding why Sima Yi suddenly said this to her. She could only smile faintly and say, "Even if you grew up in the cold palace, it won't stop you from showing off your imperial demeanor."

Sima Yi leaned back in his chair and recalled the past, "In the beginning, I knew nothing and could do nothing. I was often bullied by the eunuchs and maids in the palace."

Chen Xinran asked curiously, "What happened next?"

Sima Yi's eyes flashed with pride. "Later, I accidentally got a book and learned how to make several kinds of poisons. From then on, no one could deceive me."

Shen Xinran pursed her lips into a straight line and stopped talking, because she still remembered how her face looked like with rashes all over it.

Sima Yi: "Later, a young eunuch named Xiao Xiangzi came into my life. He said he would be with me forever. I believed him, but he still left."

After Sima Yi finished speaking, he turned to Shen Xinran and asked, "You said he was your long-lost twin brother, so do you know why he left?"

Shen Xinran's heart tightened, but he tried to keep a calm face. "Maybe, the world is so big, he wants to go see it?"

"So that's how it is!" Sima Yi nodded slightly, looked at the sky in the distance, and seemed to accept this explanation.

He stood up and prepared to leave.

But when he reached the cabin door, he turned around and asked casually, "By the way, I've finished the candy you gave me earlier. Do you have any more?"

Shen Xinran shook her head subconsciously, "No more. I've already given you all the candies I exchanged with the palace maids."

After Shen Xinran finished speaking, he wanted to slap himself in the face.

She had imagined countless possibilities of being exposed, but she had never thought that it would be ruined by her mouth.

A hint of pride flashed in Sima Yi's eyes. He lay back in his chair and said nonchalantly, "Now, I'll give you a quarter of an hour to explain."

Shen Xinran gritted her teeth and thought to herself: It doesn't matter if this vest falls off, she still has another one.

She took a deep breath and said with her neck stiff, "Okay, I am Xiao Xiangzi."

Sima Yi glanced at Shen Xinran and asked, "The world is so big, have you seen enough?"

Shen Xinran suddenly felt a little guilty, and his voice was as soft as a mosquito, "Look...have you seen enough!"

Sima Yi's gaze fell on Shen Xinran's chest and he asked the question that had been bothering him for a long time: "What's wrong with your breasts?"

Shen Xinran was stunned for a moment. Sima Yi wouldn't think she was a eunuch! She glanced at Sima Yi cautiously and said half-jokingly, "I used steamed buns to pad it."

Sima Yi nodded, "I see."

Shen Xinran widened his eyes in surprise. How could this be believed?

…

The ship was bumpy all the way, and after a long voyage of nearly two months, it finally arrived at the imperial city.

At this moment, the wounds on Shen Xinran's body began to heal, forming a thin layer of scab.

When Shen Xinran stepped onto solid ground, she realized that the group of dancers who had accompanied her were nowhere to be seen. She turned to Xiao Cui and asked, "Where are those dancers?"

Xiao Cui followed behind Shen Xinran and lowered her voice, saying, "Sima Yi sent them back to Jingchu as soon as they boarded the ship. He said the noise from the large crowd was giving him a headache."

Shen Xinran didn't think much about it, but just followed Sima Yi silently into the palace.

The moment she stepped into the palace, Shen Xinran felt an inexplicable sense of accomplishment, because she felt that her mission was already more than half completed.

She just needs to wait for the hero's cousin, the heroine, to discover the secret that she is a princess of the previous dynasty, and then reveal it to Sima Yi.

After Sima Yi learned the truth, he killed her, and her mission in this small world was successfully completed.

Sima Yi walked in from outside the hall and saw Shen Xinran sitting alone on the small bed, grinning foolishly. He frowned and asked, "What are you laughing at?"

Shen Xinran quickly waved his hands, "No... nothing!"

Sima Yi threw a blue robe to Shen Xinran, "In that case, you should change your clothes. It's not nice to wear women's clothes all day long."

Looking at the eunuch clothes in her hand, Shen Xinran fell silent. Sima Yi really thought she was a eunuch? But she didn't look like a eunuch at all!

Shen Xinran tried hard to force a smile on his face, "Okay, I'll put it on right away."

As soon as Sima Yi returned to the palace, he immediately set about dealing with the mountains of memorials.

Seeing this, Shen Xinran chuckled softly and said, "Your Majesty, if there is nothing else, I will withdraw first."

Sima Yi raised his eyes, glanced at Shen Xinran indifferently, and said: "Didn't you say that I prefer those who have life in their eyes? Then why don't you take the initiative to help me grind the ink!"

Shen Xinran's heart tightened, and she gritted her teeth secretly. So he was waiting for her here. She took a deep breath and forced a smile: "My hands are clumsy, I'm afraid I can't do it well."

Sima Yi waved his hand casually, "It's okay, I don't dislike you."

Although Shen Xinran had complaints in her heart, she still walked towards Sima Yi. Shen Xinran had been grinding ink the entire afternoon and she felt like her hands were going to break.

Sima Yi, however, remained buried in his memorials, never looking up. This made Shen Xinran sigh that even being an emperor wasn't an easy job; even after returning from vacation, he still had to work overtime.