Chapter 156 Is He Really a Eunuch?
As Xie Chengyan spoke, he pressed Ye Lanzhou's shoulder with his fingertips almost imperceptibly.
Chu Xiu looked at Xie Chengyan's face and smiled slightly, as if he saw through something. He still maintained a respectful attitude and said softly: "Maybe I made a mistake. Thank you for your words of help that day."
Ye Lanzhou nodded slightly: "Master Chu, you are too kind."
"That's nothing. I'll take my leave first. The Inspection Office has important matters to attend to." After saying that, he bowed and was about to leave.
Xie Chengyan didn't stop him. After Chu Xiu turned around, he started to remind him, "Those people in the Inspection Office are undisciplined. My group of people are young and are not afraid of being punished, but they are afraid of implicating their families."
"Thank you for the reminder, Your Majesty."
What they said clearly meant that Xie Chengyan no longer had the authority to lead the Inspection Office, and that both the Imperial City Inspection Office and the Inner Palace Inspection Office were now led by Chu Xiu.
Ye Lanzhou figured this out and looked at Chu Xiu's receding back. She thought to herself, how could the son of a criminal, who has now become a eunuch, have such great power?
Xie Chengyan's hand had not yet left Ye Lanzhou's shoulder. Seeing that her eyes were still on Chu Xiu, he pinched Ye Lanzhou's shoulder lightly with ill intention.
"Didn't you say you only met him once? How could he remember it so clearly?"
Xie Chengyan's repeated questions made Ye Lanzhou feel a little paranoid.
"Is it clear?" Ye Lanzhou was led upstairs by Xie Chengyan. "He doesn't even know who I am."
Chu Xiu truly didn't know. Just as she was about to reveal her identity, Ye Qingshang interrupted her, saying she was just a servant in charge of flower gardening. Then, she hurriedly dragged Chu Xiu away. Ye Lanzhou sometimes wondered if she had spoken more quickly, would Chu Xiu know her name now? Perhaps even if he did, he'd forgotten it, but perhaps he'd still remember it.
Ever since meeting Chu Xiu again, he seemed to be very keenly aware of the feelings she once had for Chu Xiu, but Ye Lanzhou thought that it was nothing. She was ignorant when she was young, and Chu Xiu was one of the few young men she had met when she was young. He was also handsome and a role model for the younger generation among many elders.
Everyone likes outstanding and good-looking people, but that was only in the past.
Now, in order to survive, she had to be involved in this struggle. Chu Xiu was also convicted of a crime by his family and became a member of the eunuch party that was despised by everyone in the palace. The distance between them is no longer just a few steps away from each other as it was in the past.
Ye Lanzhou had no desire to strive for something impossible. It was good that Chu Xiu had a little impression of her after seeing her again, but he, a figure as pure as the wind and moon, had now become a puppet. Ye Lanzhou felt sympathy for his plight from the bottom of her heart. He and she were both implicated by the grievances of their fathers.
"Master Chu...is he really already a eunuch?"
"What? You're already concerned about me after just one meeting?" His voice was very soft, but Ye Lanzhou could tell that there was some displeasure in his tone. After being together for such a long time, Ye Lanzhou could figure out some meaning from his words.
"The files on Prince Ning's rebellion are all in the cabinet. If you want them, I'll have someone go to Lord Pei and copy them out tomorrow."
How could this be considered a big deal? The Ning Wang case happened so long ago, sending someone to copy the files now would draw attention. Had Xie Chengyan gone so crazy as to be so reckless? He was actually getting involved with the cabinet just for one thing she said.
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