Chapter 125 Demon Queen Wen
After inspection, the carriage entered the territory of Yue State.
The one who came to meet Shen Yu was a housekeeper, who looked nearly fifty years old, with fine wrinkles on the corners of her mouth and eyes. When she saw Shen Yu, she handed him the clothes and cosmetics that she had prepared long ago.
"Your Majesty will change the maids to serve the Empress every month, and you will go at the end." The housekeeper whispered to Shen Yu, "There will be ten in total, and only one or two will be left in the end. The Empress will come to select them personally, so remember to dress up nicely. The Empresses in the palace like well-behaved and sensible maids."
Shen Yu understood, and he went to the side room to change into a maid's uniform and put on a wig. Shen Yu had been trained in the studio, and her walking posture was no different from that of an ordinary palace maid.
As for her face... Shen Yu turned his head and looked at the bronze mirror in front of him. The face in the mirror was unfamiliar, with a small square face, thin eyebrows, dark eyes, a delicate and small nose tip, and light red lips. She looked young, like a young palace maid who had just entered the palace.
Shen Yu rubbed the skin on his face with his fingertips.
The skin on his face had been replaced in a photo studio a long time ago, using the studio's best materials. It was thin and close to the flesh, and not an easily recognizable epidermis.
...But how can Wen Yu let him stay?
Shen Yu thought for a few seconds and took off the sachet on his waist. He changed the sachet inside and poured the pollen he had ground in Hanshan into it.
Around noon, Shen Yu followed the newly selected palace maids towards Kunning Palace.
Kunning Palace is not far from the Hall of Tranquil Longevity and is the palace closest to the emperor.
Shen Yu secretly observed his surroundings on the way here. On this road leading to Kunning Palace, there were no guards, not even palace maids and eunuchs sweeping the streets. It was deserted, like a deserted alley.
"Your Majesty! Your Majesty! I know I was wrong. I really know I was wrong! Please forgive me..."
The maid's cries were shrill. As soon as Shen Yu stepped into the gate of Kunning Palace, he smelled the pervasive smell of blood in the air.
He looked to the side in the direction of the sound and saw a palace maid tied to a tree trunk with a thick rope. Her face and body were torn by the long whip. The eunuch dipped the long whip in salt water, stopped for a moment, and then continued to whip her.
The maids walking in front of Shen Yu couldn't help but change their expressions when they saw this. They lowered their heads and continued to walk forward. They heard the housekeeper in front of them say, "Your Majesty, the new maid has arrived."
The door to the inner hall was tightly closed, and there was no other sound in the air except the sounds of whipping and wailing.
After a while, the maid came out and said, "The Queen is taking a nap. Please wait outside the door. When the Queen wakes up, she will come to see you."
The housekeeper didn't dare to ask more questions, and lowered her head and said, "We dare not disturb the queen's rest, we just need to wait."
Shen Yu could only kneel outside the door with the other palace maids and wait. The midday sun was scorching, mixed with the occasional wailing nearby, and the smell of blood became even stronger.
The palace maid kneeling beside Shen Yu couldn't help shaking all over. She clutched the edge of her dress tightly, her eyes flickering.
Shen Yu inadvertently glanced at the palace maid's right hand. The nail of her right thumb was cracked, and a black line was broken in the middle. No one knew why.
They knelt for nearly ten minutes. During the process, the maid who was being whipped fainted because she could not bear it. She was dragged by the eunuch and thrown into the Xinzheku.
Shen Yu knelt at the corner, closest to the tree. He lowered his head to listen to the movements around him, and turned his eyes when the eunuch dragged the palace maid past him.
The palace maid was covered in blood. The eunuch dragged her out by one of her arms, while her other arm fell weakly to the ground.
With her palm facing up, Shen Yu saw a faint black line on the nail of her thumb.
Shen Yu frowned slightly when he saw this, and he looked away, wanting to see if there were any black lines on the eunuch's hand. But the eunuch in front of him walked too fast and had already stepped past him before Shen Yu looked away.
Shen Yu subconsciously pressed his thumb under his palm.
The people at the studio never told him about this secret code. What does this black line mean?
Shen Yu still couldn't figure out the situation. He withdrew his gaze and heard the sound of the palace door above opening.
"Your servant pays homage to Her Majesty the Queen."
Shen Yu changed his voice and spoke along with the palace maid beside him.
A few seconds later, the people inside walked out of the hall. Shen Yu knelt with his head down and his vision was limited. He could only see a pair of pure white clogs.
"Look up."
Wen Yu's voice was calm when she spoke, neither soft nor hard, but it carried a subtle magnetism that was different from that of a woman.
Shen Yu frowned secretly, he raised his head and saw the Queen of Yue sitting right above him.
His pupils couldn't help but tremble slightly.
The OP of the photo gallery is right, the similarity between Wen Yu and Shen Yu is indeed 99%.
Wen Yu wore a golden mask on the right half of his face, and the other half was only white and clean. His red eyes drooped in boredom, with red and upturned corners and dark pupils.
Shen Yu often looks like this when he looks in the mirror. His eyes tend to turn red when he wakes up, but there is absolutely no hidden meaning behind it.
The same is true for Wen Yu. However, Shen Yu has a straight face and no expression most of the time, while Wen Yu's facial expressions are much richer than his.
For example, at this moment he was sitting leisurely on the armchair, with the corners of his lips raised and his eyes narrowed in enjoyment.
The black hair that was scattered behind her was as long as her waist. Although she was the empress, Wen Yu had no manners at all. She didn't comb her hair or put on full makeup. She just simply wore two pairs of red earrings and put on a white dress before walking out.
"Lift your little faces up for me to see." Wen Yu sat on the cushion, propped up his chin and looked down. When he saw the trembling faces, he chuckled, "Why? You all look like dead people. Are you here to mourn for me?"
The smell of blood in the air had not yet dissipated. Most of the newly arrived palace maids were very young, and they were so scared that their faces turned pale after seeing what had just happened.
The smile on Wen Yu's lips disappeared without a trace after a moment, and her eyes drooped in boredom, revealing a bit of depression.
"Smile." Wen Yu casually pointed at the first palace maid, "One by one, smile for me in order."
The palace maid who was called paused, then she lay on her back and laughed twice with a trembling voice.
Wen Yu did not say anything. He turned his gaze and looked back. The palace maids behind him all laughed one by one in order.
Laughing is uglier than crying.
Shen Yu was the last in line. He clenched his thumb and soon felt Wen Yu's gaze on him.
Shen Yu's eyes met Wen Yu's. Without hesitation, he raised the corner of his lips and gave Wen Yu a standard lady's smile.
Wen Yu stared at him. The smile on his face, which was not sure whether it was real or not, had disappeared long ago. Now he stared at Shen Yu, and his pupils were filled with an unknown coldness.