Chapter 34 Waiting

Eunuch Cui got the point from Eunuch Li's words:

"I see. General Shen has good luck."

General Shen was at the gate of hell, but he fought his way back from the Yama Palace and even climbed up to the Princess, a big Buddha. Even Prince Consort Pei was pushed aside. Eunuch Cui was very impressed by General Shen.

In the love affairs between men and women in this world, it is common sense that only the new couple is seen smiling, while the old couple is rarely seen crying.

The dispute between Prince Consort Pei and the Princess Orphan was a big one, but it only lasted a few months. Now times have changed and he was squeezed out. It was also because of his incompetence.

Eunuch Cui thought to himself, it seems that the eldest princess’ motive for doing what she did yesterday is very clear.

Eunuch Cui sneered in his heart. The factory manager was still worried about whether the princess had other intentions, but it was completely groundless.

Princess, you caused all these troubles just because you were indulging in love. If you think about it carefully, it is consistent with her past behavior.

A woman addicted to love, huh, nothing more than that, nothing to worry about.

Although he thought so in his heart, Eunuch Cui did not show it on his face. Instead, he was very polite to Lu Qing and did not dare to say anything unpleasant. He even took out a silver ingot from his sleeve and handed it to Lu Qing:

"I have a decree from the Emperor to bring to the Princess. Could you please help pass it on?"

With the tragic example of Eunuch Gao yesterday, the eunuchs in the palace now have a genuine fear of the Princess's Mansion.

The eldest princess chopped eunuch Gao to pieces, but she was able to turn the tables and put the blame on eunuch Gao, and she was able to get away with it in front of the emperor.

Faced with a tough and aggressive person like the Princess, even though Eunuch Cui was the second in command of the Eastern Depot, he had to behave himself when he arrived at the Princess's mansion and dared not act rashly.

Lu Qing looked at the silver ingot and was really surprised. Usually, only the eunuchs from the East Factory announced the imperial decree, and others gave silver to the East Factory. But today, the sun rose from the west, and the East Factory actually gave silver to others.

Lu Qing did not take the silver, but instead handed over a handful of melon seeds with a sincere smile on his face:

"Eunuch Cui wants to see the princess, but he may have to wait for another quarter of an hour. We servants rarely have a moment of leisure in our lives, so we have nothing to do anyway. We have to wait anyway, so why not eat some melon seeds together and take a breath.

Alas, you don’t know, there was an assassination last night, General Shen was stabbed, and the situation is really bad now. Princess, you are so sad.

The Princess's affection for General Shen, Eunuch Cui, I tell you, you can't even imagine how extraordinary it is..."

Lu Qing handed over the melon seeds, and when Eunuch Cui saw the smiling face, he subconsciously took it.

And what this little girl said was very good. It is difficult to take a moment of leisure in this busy life. Servants like them, especially those who serve the emperor, have to be alert all the time in the palace and dare not relax even when sleeping.

It is so difficult to have half a quarter of an hour to relax for a moment.

It would only be half a quarter of an hour anyway. He had already waited for so long, so another half a quarter of an hour wouldn't matter. Besides, what else could he do if he didn't wait? He didn't dare to break into the eldest princess's bedroom.

Eunuch Cui took the melon seeds and followed up on Lu Qing's question:

"Oh? How is it unusual? Please enlighten me, young lady, and tell me more about it."

Expand on this? You asked me to do that. Lu Qing really likes to expand on this with others.

Lu Qing waved to Eunuch Cui, invited him to sit under the eaves, and then unfolded a drama of emotional entanglement between one woman and two men for Eunuch Cui:

"Take the Jiangnan chef for example. The princess invited him from Jiangnan for her husband..."

Friends who often crack melon seeds know that cracking melon seeds and gossiping are great ways to kill time. Once you start cracking melon seeds and gossiping, especially emotional gossip, time no longer belongs to you.

Lu Qing, got a double kill.

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After sending two waves of people and neither came back, Qiao Gui finally lost his patience and went to find Su Fengyi in person.

Qiao Gui had to come. Yesterday, Captain Zhu came to report that the gang of thieves who went to the execution ground to rob prisoners were actually all his men, Qiao Gui, and had been living in one of his villas before.

This luxurious villa was a gift from Eunuch Gao, the damn dog slave, to the factory owner in order to become his godson. The original owner of the villa was the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, Liu An.

Captain Zhu also found letters between the factory manager and General Shen from Eunuch Gao's residence. The letters were full of Qiao Gui's words of gratitude for the late emperor's kindness, and he also had some complaints about the emperor.

This scared Qiao Gui!

Qiao Gui guaranteed 100% that even if it was his own handwriting and stamped with his personal seal, he absolutely did not write these letters.

But it doesn’t matter whether the letter was written by Qiao Gui or not. What matters most is whether it reached the emperor’s hands and what the emperor thought of it.

The source of Qiao Gui's confidence is the emperor's favor, so Qiao Gui wishes he could be tied to the emperor for twelve hours a day. He knows better than anyone that the two words "late emperor" are like a thunderbolt in the emperor's heart, and no one can touch them. Whoever touches them will die, even Qiao Gui is no exception.

It was obvious from what happened yesterday that Eunuch Gao and Minister Liu had conspired to harm him, but the plan was accidentally uncovered by the Princess.

The emperor is suspicious and not someone who can distinguish truth from falsehood. For this kind of thing, there is no need to argue. The more you argue, the more likely something is to get into trouble. The best way to solve the problem is not to mention it at all and to quietly suppress it.

Eunuch Gao is already dead, and Minister Liu and Qiao Gui have eight hundred ways to kill him.

The only problem is that the people who escaped from the prison and were caught by the princess might be witnesses specially arranged by Eunuch Gao and Minister Liu in order to frame Qiao Gui for his rebellious intentions in front of the emperor.

If the princess sent these people to the emperor and he tried them, maybe, maybe, he would believe it. Then, Qiao Gui would be finished!

Qiao Gui had originally planned to send an inconspicuous eunuch to issue a simple decree to take these people out of the Princess's Mansion and deal with them secretly before the Princess could react. However, two groups of people never returned. Qiao Gui could no longer wait and had to go to the Princess's Mansion in person to check.

There were many people outside the palace who hated him, and he was really unsure if he could leave the palace without taking more people with him.

Considering the details of the matter, the fewer people who knew about it, the better. It would be better not to bother two people with the same matter, so Qiao Gui called Captain Zhu.

Qiao Gui ordered Captain Zhu:

"Bring more people."

Captain Zhu was a two-faced man who was good at playing both sides. He relied on the matter of the princess to curry favor with Eunuch Qiao. He was very proud of himself, but he did not let this pride go to his head. So he sent his confidant to secretly go to the princess's mansion to pass on a message:

"Your Highness, I have to bring people here, but I have no choice but to do so. It is not disrespectful to Your Highness. Please do not blame me, Your Highness."

Zhu Qianhu was so smart, Su Fengyi naturally wanted to encourage him and comforted Zhu Qianhu's confidant:

"I remember Captain Zhu's loyalty to me. Let him come. I will ensure that he enjoys wealth and prosperity and rises to a higher position."

Come on, Qiao Gui, I’ve been waiting for you for a long time!