Ye Hui was considered one of her confidants; she had bought him from a human trafficker.
Ye Hui is a master of martial arts; he should have stayed by his cousin's side so that his skills wouldn't go to waste.
But he stayed by her side, always standing behind her.
The men outside were unwilling to lose to her, to be controlled by a woman, and felt it was a disgrace.
Ye Hui continued massaging his legs, saying calmly, "Your Highness saved my life. I would die for Your Highness without any regrets."
Jiang Shuyue sat up, stared at him for a while, and then pulled her legs back: "Go and rest, I don't need you to serve me."
Ye Hui didn't say anything, but bowed and left.
She sighed softly, then suddenly remembered something and called out to Ye Hui, "Wait, there's something I need you to arrange."
Chao Ye waved back, and the man slowly walked up to her and bent down.
Jiang Shuyue whispered something in her ear, and in a daze, she seemed to see Ye Hui's ears turn slightly red. Just as she was about to ask, the person quickly pulled away, gave a reply, and left.
Two days later, the men who had been kept in the Eastern Palace by Jiang Shuyue changed their attitude. Whether they were sincere or not, they were much more pleasing to the eye.
She was willing to give them face and treated them extremely well.
That evening, Ye Hui reminded her, "Your Highness, be careful. The dagger I arranged has already been taken."
"Did you see clearly? How many people conspired together?"
There are five people in total.
"Okay, I'll be careful."
Those people conspired to lower her guard first, and then assassinate her in secret. I must say, they were incredibly bold.
Even Hong Xi hasn't even considered such a thing.
These past few days, the Eastern Palace has been filled with joy and harmony. The men have finally realized their role as male concubines and are now completely obedient to Jiang Shuyue.
A man walked up to Jiang Shuyue and said softly, "Your Highness, would you like to come to my room tonight?"
The other men around her, not to be outdone, all vied to have Jiang Shuyue go to them.
Jiang Shuyue, always adept at serving others, patted the young master's chin and said with a smile, "Don't worry, whoever wants to come, come to my place tonight."
Upon hearing this, the others visibly twitched their lips, clearly not expecting Jiang Shuyue to be so monstrous.
"Then it's settled. Dress up nicely tonight, and don't spoil my fun."
Ignoring the disdain in their eyes, Jiang Shuyue pretended not to notice anything and waited in her palace that night.
Sure enough, not long after the meal, the five people arrived.
To be honest, these young men are quite good-looking.
"Your Highness, we are here to assist you with your bath."
"Hey~ what's the rush? Let's play for a while first!"
Jiang Shuyue was playing the leaf card game taught by Song Ning. They agreed that whoever lost would have to drink.
Jiang Shuyue lost several rounds in a row and was forced to drink a lot of alcohol.
Jiang Shuyue started to lose her balance, was tipsy, but still wanted to drink.
One of the men frowned and quickly helped the person up, saying, "Your Highness, you are drunk and cannot drink anymore."
Jiang Shuyue is currently infatuated; how could she possibly listen to anything?
The other four, annoyed that the man was meddling, pulled him away and whispered a warning: "Bai Qingyuan, I advise you not to meddle. As long as we succeed today, we can complete our mission. If you dare to ruin it, I'll kill you first!"
Bai Qingyuan watched as the four helped Jiang Shuyue back to the inner hall, but still couldn't rest easy, so he followed them into the inner hall.
As soon as she entered, she saw the man take out a knife and dagger. Startled, she rushed forward before the hidden guards could make a move, shielding Jiang Shuyue and taking the blow herself.
The men lying in ambush inside the hall quickly came down and subdued the assailants. Jiang Shuyue sat up quickly: "Go and call the imperial physician!"
Everything was going according to Jiang Shuyue's plan, but what was up with this Bai Qingyuan?
Why would someone suddenly step forward to take a knife for you? Have you lost your mind?
After dealing with the person, Ye Hui quickly returned to Jiang Shuyue's side: "Your Highness, are you alright?"
"I'm fine, but he's in trouble."
The man still had a knife stuck in his body, and his white clothes were stained red with blood.
"I've treated them all so badly, and this person still came to take a knife for me. Does he enjoy being tortured?"
Ye Hui remained silent, and Jiang Shuyue instructed, "Go and investigate the Bai family, and this Bai Qingyuan."
"yes."
The imperial physician arrived and examined the pulse. He found that the needle had not struck a vital spot, and the patient was out of danger.
The imperial physician treated the wound, prescribed medicine, and instructed the patient to take good care of it before leaving.
Not long after the imperial physician left, the person on the bed woke up. Upon waking, seeing Jiang Shuyue by the bedside, he tried to get up and pay his respects.
"You're injured, you should lie down first."
"Thank you, Your Highness."
"Weren't you conspiring with them to kill me? Why did you save me?"
Bai Qingyuan's lips were pale as he slowly spoke, "They don't know how good His Highness is, but I do."
Jiang Shuyue was taken aback. These words made it sound like they were very familiar with each other.
Bai Qingyuan grinned: "Your Highness doesn't remember me, but I remember Your Highness. Your Highness is a good person... I don't want to hurt Your Highness."
"Have we met before?"
Bai Qingyuan nodded.
Looking at Bai Qingyuan's face, Jiang Shuyue thought for a while, but still couldn't remember.
She doesn't remember knowing Bai Qingyuan.
"Your Highness has forgotten? Back then at Fuyun Temple on the outskirts of the capital, Your Highness saved me."
Fuyun Temple? Jiang Shuyue seemed to remember it.
She only visited Fuyun Temple once. On the way, she met an injured little boy. They were both very young at the time. After saving him, she gave him medicine, entrusted him to the people in the temple, and then left.
"It's you?"
"It's me."
"Then...you're not in cahoots?"
"Of course not. Actually... I wasn't supposed to come tonight, but I overheard them talking about assassination, and I wasn't comfortable with that, so I exchanged some silver with someone else."
At this point, Bai Qingyuan paused for a moment, then laughed: "Thank goodness, thank goodness I came."
Jiang Shuyue was still touched. She hadn't expected that after all these years, she would still remember her.
As Ye Hui came out of the hall, he returned just then.
Bai Qingyuan's father wasn't a high-ranking official, and he wasn't originally among those who were to enter the Eastern Palace; he had requested to come.
He was an illegitimate son in the family, and his life was not good because his stepmother treated him harshly.
This time, he took the initiative to seek opportunities at home, all for the sake of entering the Eastern Palace.
Those who were monitoring her returned and reported that Bai Qingyuan had been living alone since entering the Eastern Palace, unlike the others, and had never complained about her.
Sometimes he would even hide in the shadows and secretly watch her.
As he said, tonight's events were indeed as he described. Originally, it was supposed to be someone else who came, but he gave that person some silver, and that person pretended to have diarrhea, so Bai Qingyuan came instead.
"This person...is quite loyal."
Ye Hui frowned and whispered a warning: "Your Highness, be careful, it might be a trap."
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