Jiufu, who saw everything, felt his heart sink to the bottom. He had no idea how to make his words clear in a way that would not hurt his master when he returned to Chenyou Palace.
Jiufu passed away early.
He didn't see it, Ling Shumo raised her hand and slapped Shen Hefeng.
Chen Hefeng was stunned. He covered his swollen cheek and looked at Ling Shumo helplessly, "I don't know what I did wrong..."
Ling Shumo slapped him again before he could finish. "Brothers must pay for their brothers' debts. Someone has to take responsibility for the mistakes Chen Hean made. Otherwise, why do you think your sister sent you to the East Palace?"
Chen Hefeng opened his eyes wide in horror. "That's not the case. My sister didn't tell me that. She said I should come to the East Palace and serve His Highness well. Didn't His Highness also say that he liked me in front of my sister just now?"
Ling Shumo sneered, "It's just some polite words, but you actually took them seriously. How ridiculous."
Chen Hefeng stood there in a daze, tears streaming from his eyes. By the time he wiped the tears from his face, Ling Shumo had already left Guangming Hall.
Shen Hefeng was assigned to the Lanxin Palace to the east of Linglong Palace.
The feng shui layout of the Lanxin Palace is second only to the Linglong Palace and the Changqiu Palace. Even the Chenyou Palace where Lu Jinshu currently lives is not as well lit as the Lanxin Palace.
Shen Hefeng was just a concubine's son in the Shen family. Before his legitimate brother Shen Hean got into trouble, he lived in the Shen family like a transparent person. His residence and all his food, clothing and other necessities were naturally very ordinary.
The decoration of Lanxin Hall was rich and elegant. Even the most ordinary vase in the corner was exquisite and expensive, which he had never seen before. For a moment, he looked at the objects in Lanxin Hall and felt like a country bumpkin who came to the city for the first time.
Shen Hefeng looked around here and there, and by the time he had finally tasted everything in the house, it was already past dinner time.
Shen Hefeng asked his servant to get him lunch.
The servant stood still and said, "The main kitchen has fixed times and fixed quantities for three meals a day. No one will be served after the appointed time. The rules of the Eastern Palace are strict, not as casual as those of the General's Mansion. It's past mealtime now, Master Shen can only go hungry."
Chen Hefeng didn't hear the impatience in the servant's tone. He said anxiously, "If there is no main course, then you can just grab some snacks to make do with it. I will wait until dinner time to eat."
This time the servant didn't even bother to pretend to be polite. He just left the main room directly.
Chen Hefeng washed and dressed early in the morning and followed his sister to the East Palace to see Ling Shumo. He had not eaten a single grain of rice until now and was extremely hungry, so he called out to another servant who was wiping the screen.
The attendant seemed to be deaf and acted as if he didn't hear Shen Hefeng's order.
Shen Hefeng had no choice but to go to the kitchen to get the food himself. Before he even stepped over the threshold, he was grabbed from behind by a cleaning servant. "Master Shen, you have no status and no position now, so it's not convenient for you to wander around the East Palace. Please stay in Lanxin Palace and don't cause trouble for us servants."
Even if Chen Hefeng was stupid, he could sense something was wrong. He stared at the servant, his expression suddenly changing. "What do you mean by this? Do you want to starve a living person like me to death here?"
The servant did not answer his question, but picked up the broom that had just fallen to the ground and continued to do the unfinished work.
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Chenyou Palace.
Jiufu told Lu Jinshu exactly what he had seen.
On the surface, this matter seems to be Ling Shumo trying to reconcile with the people in the General's Mansion.
But he always felt something was wrong.
Given Her Royal Highness the Etherian's character, she would either spare Shen Hean's life to save Shen Ci's face, or, since she chose to offend the General's Mansion, it would be impossible for her to introduce Doctor Li to Shen Ci to ease the relationship between the two families.
He always thought he was smarter than others, but this time he couldn't understand how the situation was developing.
At this moment, there was a noise from the door.
When Ling Shumo came in, she drove all the servants out of the room.
She sat down in front of Lu Jinshu's bed, her lips, which had been tense all the way, curled up at this moment, "Ah Shu, in no more than a month, I will definitely give you a big surprise."
Lu Jinshu blinked his eyes again and again, "Your Highness, please stop keeping me in suspense. What on earth did you do behind my back?"
Ling Shumo smiled and poured Lu Jinshu a glass of warm water, but refused to reveal a single word.
Killing the general's family was actually just a by-product. The person she really wanted to kill is still sitting safely in the supreme position in the palace.
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