Chapter 10

The next day, when Luo Sanrong woke up, he had a splitting headache. The three of them chatted until very late last night, so he slept very late. When he woke up in the morning, Luo Sanrong felt slightly unwell, but as a eunuch in the palace, he still had to complete his daily cleaning tasks, even though Luo Sanrong would soon be expelled from the palace.

Although it is spring now, there are still a lot of dry fallen leaves that need to be cleaned up. While cleaning, Luo Sanrong imagined the scene of herself leaving the palace.

After leaving the palace, she would first eat her favorite meal, then go find her master. She didn't know if her master was waiting for her. In the end, she might return to her old ways, sleeping until she woke up naturally. Her trip to the palace had paid off her loan sharking debt, and she was about to live a debt-free life...

At this time, two eunuchs came over and asked the inner official in a threatening manner: "Where is Luo Sanrong? The princess wants to see him."

The eunuch wanted to ask why the princess wanted to meet an ordinary eunuch, but when he saw their eyes, he didn't ask too much and pointed in the direction of Luo Sanying.

Before Luo Sanrong knew what was happening, he was taken away by two eunuchs holding his arms.

Luo Sanrong tried to find out what was going on, but the two eunuchs were tighter-lipped than a closed door. So she had no choice but to ask a different question: "Where are you two taking me, my dear brothers?"

One of the eunuchs told her mercifully, "The prison."

When he arrived at the prison, Luo Sanrong was held down and made to kneel in front of a slightly plump, gorgeously dressed person. Luo Sanrong bowed his head. The woman in front of him was Princess Ming'an.

Princess Ming'an threw the test paper in front of Luo Sanrong and asked, "Did you write this?"

Luo Sanrong looked at the eunuch who had been helping him answer the questions out of kindness. The eunuch's face was covered in wounds, and it seemed that he had been forced to reveal the truth. Luo Sanrong thought that even if he was found out answering questions for someone else, it wouldn't be a big mistake. At most, he would be beaten with a few sticks and expelled from the palace. So he simply admitted it: "I wrote it."

When Princess Ming'an heard this, she took a step back and threw the letter that "Master Zheng" had written to her in the past to the ground, "Did you write this too?" Even though she found that the handwriting on the two pieces of paper was the same, Princess Ming'an still confirmed it again.

As soon as Luo Sanrong saw that the letter from Master Zheng was in the hands of the woman in front of him, he quickly guessed the whole story. He guessed that the person Master Zheng liked might be working in the palace, so he said something like "Your status is too high, so I am not worthy of you." Luo Sanrong thought that there was no need to hide it now, so he admitted to writing the love letter for Master Zheng.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he finished speaking, the woman in front of him burst into tears and choked up, saying, "How dare you? You lowly villain, you use such a clumsy way to play tricks on a princess?"

When Luo Sanrong heard this, she was shocked. She never expected that the person Master Zheng liked was the princess. She couldn't help but exclaim in shock: "Princess,??" as if she couldn't believe it.

When he realized what was happening, he immediately knelt down and begged for mercy: "I deserve to die."

Princess Ming'an was furious. The person she had been thinking about was actually playing tricks on her. She wanted to kill the person in front of her. She drew a long knife from the waist of the guard beside her and shouted angrily: "You lowly people actually played tricks on me like this? I'll satisfy you. Go to hell!"

Luo Sanying felt that he was doomed, so he fell to the ground, closed his eyes and waited for the knife to fall.

Suddenly, a eunuch's voice came from outside the cell: "The Crown Prince has arrived——"

"Stop!" Weidao hurried forward and shouted.

Luo Sanrong knelt on the ground and could only see the pure white hem of the robe embroidered with dark patterns. She wanted to look up to see what the prince looked like, but the guard in front of her stopped her with a knife and a look. Luo Sanrong had no choice but to lower her head obediently.

"Brother, why are you here?" Princess Ming'an held the knife tightly with both hands, feeling a little nervous.

"Someone wrote love letters for the princess and deceived her feelings, making her sad. They should be taken to the Dali Temple for severe punishment and tried by my father himself. We must give them a severe deterrent so that other lowly people who have improper thoughts will be deterred." Li Yin said to the guards around the princess.

The guard stepped forward and wanted to drag Luo Sanzhen to the Dali Temple, but was stopped by the princess, "Brother, does this matter have to be handed over to the Dali Temple? If so, everyone will know about it, wouldn't it be embarrassing? Brother... I don't want to make a big deal out of this..." Princess Ming'an held Li Yin's hand and said hesitantly.

"Then how do you want to deal with this guy?" Li Yin asked patiently.

Ming'an hesitated, she hadn't made up her mind yet.

"Do you just want to kill him here? Are you really willing to do that?" Li Yin continued to ask. He knew his sister. She was a kind person. The reason she wanted to kill Luo Sanrong was that she was blinded by anger for a while.

Ming'an let go of his brother's hand and said dejectedly, "Let him go for now." After that, he wanted to leave.

Luo Sanrong called out to the princess, without looking up, but said sincerely, "Princess, I'm sorry. I didn't expect that writing a love letter for someone else would cause you so much harm. I only now realize that writing a love letter for someone else is a very insincere act. So, Princess, I apologize for my behavior."

After hearing this, Princess Ming'an left... Li Yin did not stay here any longer and walked out of the cell.

Outside the cell, Wei Dao said to Li Yin, "Why don't you tell Her Highness your true identity? She will know it soon anyway."

Li Yin looked at the servants who walked tremblingly beside him, "I finally met someone so suitable for my heart. I don't want her to look at me with such respect just because of her status as the crown prince..."

“…”

The results of the third exam were about to be announced. After having experienced the brink of death, Luo Sanrong seemed particularly depressed and prayed to God to let her leave the palace as soon as possible.

"Luo Sanrong?" The eunuch who announced the results called Luo Sanrong's name.

"Yes." Luo Sanying stepped forward and responded.

The eunuch glanced at Luo Sanrong's paper, then looked at Luo Sanrong again, and then confirmed with the people around him. Finally, he handed Luo Sanrong the "passed" examination form and said loudly: "Luo Sanrong passed."

Luo Sanrong thought that he had failed, so he went forward and pretended to be sad and said to the eunuch: "What a pity, I didn't pass the test, wuwu..."

The eunuch looked at her in confusion. Luo Sanrong suddenly realized that the eunuch had read "passed". She froze in her place for a moment, then rushed to the eunuch and explained anxiously, "I handed in a blank paper! How could I have passed?"

The eunuch was puzzled by her blank paper, but since it was the orc who personally reviewed and approved it, he couldn't argue. However, seeing Luo Sanrong's expression, the eunuch couldn't suppress his anger and said sarcastically, "Perhaps you're lucky to have the Crown Prince personally review your paper... Who can understand the Crown Prince's heart?"

"The Crown Prince? Has the Crown Prince paid attention to my affairs?" Luo Sanrong walked out of the hall dejectedly, holding the test form he had passed...

*

In the training ground, Wei Dao was demonstrating his archery skills to the guards. "If you can shoot past me and hit the bull's eye, you win. Of course, if you can't, you have to practice for an extra day."

"Yes." The soldier rubbed his hands.

"Swish, swish, swish——" Arrows came like rain.

He held up his tail knife to block the arrows, and no arrow passed through him and hit the target behind him.

Every time Weidao came to the martial arts training ground, many palace maids would come to see him. Every one of his dashing moves would cause the palace maids to scream.

After the conversation was over, Li Yin handed the handkerchief to Wei Dao and said jealously, "Tsk—you're showing off again..."

Weidao smiled helplessly, said nothing, turned around and put the weapon back in its place.

Li Yin picked up the bow and arrow and shot it into the bull's eye. Wei Dao looked back and saw that Li Yin had shot it into the bull's eye. He stepped forward and patted Li Yin on the shoulder. Li Yin proudly put down the bow and arrow and turned to leave the training ground. Wei Dao followed behind Li Yin.

On the way back, he found Luo Sanrong sitting on the steps, sighing and groaning. Li Yin saw her like this, walked up to her and asked, "What's wrong with you? Why are you sitting here?"

Luo Sanrong looked up and saw that it was "Master Li" and Wei Dao. He hit the ground with a branch and said, "I may not be able to leave the palace because of such a small matter. I may have offended the prince. Damn the prince..."

"What? Who are you scolding?" Li Yin stepped forward to warn her, but was stopped by Wei Dao.

Luo Sanrong looked at him in confusion.

"Why do you say that? Don't you want to stay in the palace?" Weidao stepped forward and asked Luo Sanrong.

"Of course not. If a careless person like me stayed in the palace, I would probably die hundreds of times!" Luo Sanying said dejectedly.

"No, I want to go and talk to the prince..." Luo Sanying suddenly stood up and said.

"No!" Li Yin and Wei Dao said in unison.

"Why?" Luo Sanying asked puzzledly.

"Is the prince the person you want to see?" Li Yin explained.

"That's right!" Luo Sanrong sat back down in disappointment.

Li Yin saw Luo Sanrong's lost look and pulled her up from the ground. "Come on, I'll take you somewhere."

Luo Sanrong asked as he ran, "Where are you taking me?"

Li Yin, Luo Sanrong and Weidao climbed up the palace wall and watched the sun slowly set. The magnificent scenery instantly made people forget all their worries. Luo Sanrong stared at the scenery in front of him in a daze.

"You said you are not qualified to be an eunuch, right?" Li Yin said, looking at the setting sun.

Luo Sanrong then realized that Li Yin was talking to her: "Yes... yes."

"Then what qualifications do people who were born in the palace have to become eunuchs?" Li Yin murmured.

"Do you mean to regard the palace as your home?" Luo Sanying asked with a smile as he looked at the setting sun.

Before Li Yin could explain, Luo Sanrong said, "But, I've never had my own home, so I've never used the word 'my home'..."

Li Yin looked at her with different emotions in his eyes.

Wei Dao said silently at the side: "Who would like the palace unless there is someone they like in the palace who is willing to stay here."

Luo Sanrong jokingly said, "Really? Will I ever meet someone like that?"

The three of them didn't speak for a while, and quietly enjoyed the beautiful scenery together.