Chapter 144 Management

The word "official business" was spoken very softly, but it was like a poisoned needle that pierced the hearts of Eunuch Li and Madam Liu.

This is humiliating.

Naked humiliation!

The blood drained from Eunuch Li's face, then suddenly flushed red again. His lips trembled as he wanted to say a few harsh words to save his face, but when he met Chen He's pair of smiling eyes, he couldn't utter a word.

The eldest lady of the Shen family!

How could she be here! And mixed up with this Chu Yue!

Aunt Liu felt her legs go weak and she wished she could find a crack in the ground to crawl into.

The arrogance and domineering behavior just now has become a joke now.

Chu Yue didn't even bother to give them a glance.

She turned sideways and made a "please" gesture to Chen He at the door, as if there was no one else in the main hall.

"Eunuch Li, Madam Liu," her voice had returned to its usual coldness, "Do you want to leave on your own, or should I send someone to escort you?"

The word "send" carries a hint of danger.

Eunuch Li trembled all over and dared not stay any longer. He almost crawled and fled with Madam Liu.

It was not until the two annoying figures completely disappeared outside the door that Chu Yue's tense and enemy-like aura suddenly relaxed.

She seemed to have lost all her strength. She raised her hand and rubbed her furrowed brows tiredly.

A very light sigh escaped from his lips.

She turned around and looked at Shen He who was walking slowly towards her, with a helpless smile in her eyes.

"Excuse me."

Shen He shook his head slightly and walked over to her.

"I only met a female medical officer of outstanding character who took medicine as her own mission. How could I say that you are being laughed at?"

These words made Chu Yue's tense mouth slightly rise.

"Come in and have a cup of tea."

She led Shen He into the inner room.

Without outsiders, the place is simply furnished, and the aroma of medicine and tea mixed together makes people feel unexpectedly at ease.

Chu Yue personally brewed a cup of hot tea for Shen He. Steam rose from the white porcelain cup, blurring her slightly pale face.

The two sat opposite each other.

"In fact, when I first heard you and Lord Zhou mention it, I knew that it was not easy for a humble family to enter the officialdom."

Chu Yue held the teacup, her fingertips turning slightly white.

"I'm prepared for being bullied, excluded, and treated as a thorn in the eyes."

There was a deep sense of exhaustion in her voice.

"I just didn't expect that this, every day, every single thing, would be so... draining."

Chen He listened quietly, the glimmer of tea reflected in his eyes.

She smiled, a smile that was calm and powerful.

"So," she said, her red lips parted, each word clear to the ear, "you must cultivate your own people."

Chu Yue's hand holding the teacup suddenly stopped.

She raised her head and looked at Shen He in surprise.

Chen He met her gaze and continued, "After all, one person's power is limited. You can't personally fight against all those monsters and demons."

"You need your own confidant to listen for you, see for you, and do things for you."

"It's better than being alone like today, fighting against a room full of malice."

Shen He paused and added.

"But, this person must keep his eyes open and choose carefully."

Chu Yue was completely stunned.

Cultivate your own people...

Confidant...

These words exploded in her mind like a thunderbolt.

Yes! Why didn’t she think of it!

Since she took this position, facing the deductions from the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the difficulties posed by the maids in the palace, and the exclusion of her colleagues, she always thought about how to resolve and deal with them with her own medical skills and rules.

She is used to carrying everything on her own.

Although these people don't dare to do anything to me, it's really tiring to waste time with them day after day.

She looked at Shen He who said these words calmly in front of her, and suddenly an indescribable complex emotion surged in her heart.

Such an experienced and insightful plan was spoken so casually by a young girl waiting to be married.

The gap between her and me turned out to be... so huge.

Chu Yue took a deep breath and suppressed the shock in her heart.

She suddenly changed the subject, and her originally cold eyes were now filled with a hint of deep worry and complexity.

"Actually, compared to Lord Zhou, my situation is already pretty good."

Her voice lowered, with a hint of heaviness.

"The Medical Department is just a small place. The most they can do is use some unspeakable means to disgust me."

"But Lord Zhou is different."

"The Ministry of Justice is a murky place, hiding countless former officials and members of aristocratic families. It's a complex web of connections. He's facing real attacks from both the open and the hidden."

Chu Yue's knuckles turned white from pinching so hard.

"If you are not careful, you will fall into an abyss from which there is no return."

She raised her eyes and looked at Chen He, her eyes filled with deep emotion and worry.

"For children from humble backgrounds like us, we want to do something practical in a position like that and stay true to our roots..."

“It’s too difficult.”

The word "It's too difficult" with a bone-chilling chill dissipated in the warm tea mist.

The light in Chu Yue's eyes was almost crushed by the heavy reality.

Chen He just looked at her quietly, and a faint smile suddenly appeared at the corner of his lips.

There was no sympathy or comfort in that smile, only a kind of understanding that saw through everything.

"Master Zhou?"

She gently put down the teacup, her voice steady and without a ripple.

"You shouldn't be worried about him."

Chu Yue was stunned and looked at her in confusion.

There was a sharp and fragmented light flashing in Chen He's phoenix eyes.

"Those notorious criminals in the Ministry of Justice's jail, those cunning and treacherous officials in the imperial court, which one isn't a hundred times more difficult to deal with than Eunuch Li and Madam Liu?"

"But Lord Zhou is still Lord Zhou."

"Do you think the three words 'Living King of Hell' were called by others for nothing?"

That title is not a threat, but an iron medal built up through countless cases, countless confrontations, and countless open and covert attacks.

Whether it's the meticulousness in analyzing people's hearts, the eloquence in dealing with frame-ups, or the martial arts that can keep villains at bay.

Zhou Yan'an never lacks the means to fight others.

There is never a shortage of capital that makes people afraid.

"What we should really worry about is..."

Chen He suddenly changed the subject, and his clear and transparent eyes locked onto Chu Yue.

"It's you."

Chu Yue's heart skipped a beat.

Chen He's voice was very soft, but every word struck her heart.

"You've been dealing with medicinal herbs and medical records for years, and your world is black and white, right and wrong."

"But this palace is the dirtiest place in the world, the one that requires the most flattery."

"The same words, when said nicely, are like a spring breeze; when said unkindly, they dig one's own grave."

"Mr. Zhou is fighting tigers and wolves for his life, while you are being bitten day and night by mosquitoes and flies in the gutter."

Chen He's eyes suddenly became sharp.

"Although tigers and wolves are fierce, they can still be killed with one blow."

"Although mosquitoes and flies are small, they can suck a person's blood and drain their spirit, leaving them to fester and decay without even realizing it."

Chu Yue's face turned paler and paler.

She held the teacup in her hand, and her knuckles turned blue and white from the force.