Chapter 174 The Third Prince's Dark Moonlight Eunuch 11
Sima Yi was still in the yard. After he saw Shen Xinran come out, he said with a hint of ridicule: "I heard that eunuchs can't hold their urine. Seeing him today, it's true."
Shen Xinran: “…”
You know how to stab someone in the heart. But fortunately, she is not a eunuch.
Sima Yi only heard her curiously ask: "Xiao Xiangzi, do you regret becoming a eunuch?"
Shen Xinran lowered his head, his voice filled with helplessness, "When I was little, my family was poor. My mother sold me into the palace to be a eunuch for two taels of silver. Even if I regret it, it's not my decision."
This made Sima Yi stunned. He thought he was miserable enough, but he didn't expect that there was someone worse off than him.
He looked up at the night sky and said in a deep voice, "Xiao Xiangzi, as long as you follow me, I promise you will live a good life. By the way, I will make the mother who abandoned you regret it for the rest of her life."
Seeing the seriousness in Sima Yi's eyes, Shen Xinran blinked and fell silent. Is Sima Yi so easy to fool? She had just made up everything, and Sima Yi actually believed it!
…
Wanmei's fatigue during this period was like a heavy shackle, making it hard for her to breathe day and night.
Whenever night fell, she would fall headfirst onto the bed and fall into a deep sleep as if she had been drugged.
After being tired for another half a month, she could no longer bear it. While Sima Yi and Shen Xinran were taking a nap, she tiptoed out of the cold palace and looked for the imperial concubine anxiously.
At the moment when the door of the cold palace opened and closed, Sima Yi opened his eyes and looked outside the yard, but he said nothing, just closed his eyes and continued to sleep.
The Imperial Concubine was a little surprised when she heard Wanmei coming. As soon as Wanmei entered the room, the Imperial Concubine asked anxiously, "Why did you come back? Did you find anything?"
Wanmei did not answer, but fell to her knees with a thud, tears and cries mixed together.
"My Queen, I don't want to stay in that cold palace for even one more day. Please, let me come back!"
The imperial concubine's face darkened at Wanmei's words, but looking at Wanmei's tanned face, she still asked patiently, "Didn't I ask you to seduce Sima Yi? How did you get yourself into this state?"
Wan Mei didn't notice the imperial concubine's displeasure. She just knelt on the ground and choked up, "That Sima Yi is not a human being. He only knows how to protect Eunuch Jixiang and pushes all the hard work onto me."
The imperial concubine snorted coldly, "If you can't even bear this little bit of hardship, then what use is there for me to have you?"
Wanmei was stunned and didn't know how to respond for a moment.
The imperial concubine waved her hand in disdain: "Go back quickly, don't let Sima Yi see any clues."
The old nanny beside the imperial concubine hurriedly winked at Wanmei, indicating that she should leave quickly to avoid angering the imperial concubine.
When Wanmei left, an indescribable chill surged in her heart, as if she was abandoned in the snow.
She had been growing up in the Imperial Concubine's palace since she was eight years old. She naively believed that she might have a special place in the Imperial Concubine's heart.
However, the cruel reality is like the cold wind in winter, biting and cold, reminding her: no matter how hard she tries, a slave is always a slave.
She was just one of the many servants in the palace, no distinction between high and low, and certainly no distinction between precious and precious. If she was tired, she was tired; if she died, she was dead.
When Wan Mei returned to the cold palace, Sima Yi had already gotten up and was leisurely reading in the yard. Hearing the door open, he casually asked, "Where have you been?"
Wan Mei replied nervously, "My throat is a little dry. I went to the Imperial Hospital and got some throat medicine."
Sima Yi nodded and asked, "What about the medicine?"
Wan Mei forced a smile and said, "Those people in the Imperial Hospital are also snobs. As soon as they heard that I was from the cold palace, they told me to get out."
Sima Yi nodded and stopped asking questions.
This made Wanmei breathe a sigh of relief. She walked to the corner, picked up the broom and started cleaning.
Sima Yi put down the book in his hand, looked at Shen Xinran, and asked casually: "Do you know how the imperial concubine met the emperor back then?"
Shen Xinran frowned, "I don't know."
Sima Yi turned over in his chair and said in a low voice, "The Queen is pregnant. Our Imperial Concubine, under the pretext of visiting a good sister, took advantage of the Emperor's drunkenness, stole her good sister's clothes, and seduced the Emperor into having sex with her."
Shen Xinran's eyes widened in surprise. These two were so explosive! As the saying goes, a wife is not as good as a concubine, and a concubine is not as good as a secret lover. Isn't this the palace fighting version of Homecoming and Temptation?
It’s a pity that Pinru (the Queen) later died as a result of the conspiracy of Ai Li (the Imperial Concubine) and was unable to come back for revenge.
But it wasn't long before Shen Xinran realized that Sima Yi hated the emperor for not wanting to call him father, which she could understand. But why did he even call his own mother the queen?
Sima Yi gently raised his hand, picked up the teacup, took a sip, and watched the fragrance of the tea slowly bloom on the tip of his tongue.
With a hint of amusement in his eyes, he said to Shen Xinran, "Guess what happened next?"
Shen Xinran frowned slightly and asked, "What happened?"
Sima Yi laughed out loud. "Later, the Imperial Concubine was canonized as the Virtuous Concubine. The Empress was deeply shocked and suffered a miscarriage. Later, rumors spread that the Empress had an affair with a guard. She burned down Ning'an Palace and died to prove her innocence."
Shen Xinran stopped talking.
Wanmei, who was standing aside, paused for a moment. If she could be like the imperial concubine, she would never have to suffer bullying again.
Wan Mei, who had figured it out, put down her broom and knelt before Sima Yi, saying in a firm voice, "I beg Your Highness to show me a way forward."
Sima Yi glanced at Wan Mei and said softly, "But why should I help you?"
Wan Mei took a deep breath, raised her head, and said seriously, "As long as Your Highness is willing to help me, Wan Mei will follow Your Highness's lead from now on."
Sima Yi raised the corner of his lips, "If I'm not mistaken, the emperor's false pride will make him secretly go to Ning'an Palace to pay tribute to the queen every September 9th."
Wan Mei nodded, "Thank you for your guidance, Your Highness."
Shen Xinran: “…”
I don’t know why, but I suddenly feel a little sorry for the imperial concubine. Not only was one person instigated to rebel, but two people were also instigated to rebel.
From that day on, Wanmei started to go out early and come back late. Sima Yi saw it but said nothing.
Two months later, Shen Xinran walked out of the room and was surprised to find Wanmei squatting in the corner, vomiting non-stop.
Shen Xinran was shocked. It was really unbelievable. Wanmei was pregnant already!
Wan Mei noticed Shen Xinran's gaze and turned her head, with a threatening look in her eyes: "I'm warning you, don't ruin my good deeds, otherwise I won't let you go."
Shen Xinran pursed her lips tightly and remained silent. She wanted to speak, but Sima Yi disagreed!
Not long after, the imperial edict reached the cold palace, and Wanmei was named Wan Jieyushi and moved into Zhongcui Palace to live with Concubine Jing.
When the imperial concubine learned about this, her anger erupted like a volcano. Her fingertips clenched so tightly that her nails almost dug into her flesh.
She had used her cunning and charm to seduce His Majesty, climbing step by step to the top of the harem, but now someone had followed in her footsteps and was trying to seduce the Emperor in the same way.
This was not only a blasphemy to her past achievements, but also a mockery of her wisdom. She felt nauseous whenever she thought that this person came from her palace.
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