Chapter 129 The Edge of a Porcelain Bowl

The old lady stood aside after she finished speaking. The porcelain bowls filled with cakes were placed in front of Wen Yu. They were light in color, dotted with osmanthus petals, and the faint fragrance permeated and spread, even the air was filled with fragrance.

Wen Yu paused for a minute or two before picking up the pastries on the table.

Shen Yu looked at him and stretched out his hand. Wen Yu was obviously not in a good mood. He followed the procedure and took out a piece of pastry from each plate and chewed it expressionlessly.

After eating a few slices, Wen Yu stood up. Just as he was about to leave, the eunuch next to him brought him another bowl of Tremella soup.

"My lady, you are thirsty."

Wen Yu stopped walking, his face visibly looking ugly, and he said, "I'm not thirsty."

The old eunuch smiled twice in a flattering manner. He stood in front of Wen Yu and still did not move: "Your Majesty, this is the order of His Majesty. Your Majesty has not eaten much these days and has not gone out often. His Majesty is worried about you."

There was silence all around, and the palace maids standing around lowered their heads in silence. The sharpness in Wen Yu's eyes became more and more distinct, and he stared at the hunched eunuch in front of him, as if he was going to drag him out and beat him to death in the next second.

Shen Yu stood silently by. Seeing Wen Yu's face getting worse, he took a step back at the right time.

But to Shen Yu's surprise, Wen Yu actually picked up the Tremella soup on the table after a few seconds of stalemate with the eunuch. He held the porcelain bowl with one hand and swallowed all the Tremella soup in the bowl in front of the eunuch.

"Eunuch Chen, are you satisfied?" Wen Yu tilted the bowl, and there was very little soup left in it.

The eunuch took a look and said respectfully, "Your Majesty, this old servant is also acting on your orders."

Wen Yu suddenly smashed the porcelain bowl to the ground. The porcelain fragments exploded and made the palace people waiting around shudder in fear.

"That's all he's capable of." Wen Yu's tone was thick with sarcasm.

After he finished speaking, he turned away and his figure quickly disappeared from everyone's sight.

The old eunuch was still standing in the center of the courtyard. He had long been accustomed to this. He turned around and ordered the palace maids to clean up all the broken pieces of bowls inside.

Shen Yu was deliberately trying to reduce his presence throughout the whole process.

The old lady looked back as she left. Shen Yu lowered his eyes and used the shadow of the pavilion to hide most of his body.

The eunuch couldn't see clearly. He simply remembered the names of Shen Yu's maids and left Kunning Palace with the previous maids.

Wen Yu only ate a few pieces of the cakes on the table, and had to put the remaining half in the inner hall for storage.

Shen Yu put the remaining cakes into the lunch box. He smelled the sweet scent of osmanthus in the air and closed the lunch box with a shudder.

The palace maids who had stayed around the villa had already left. They were responsible for monitoring Wen Yu's whereabouts. After Wen Yu left, they automatically followed him to other places.

Seeing that there was no one around, Shen Yu inserted the silver needle into one of the white jade frost square cakes.

After a few seconds, Shen Yu took out the silver needle. The area from the tip to the center was completely black, indicating that the concentration of toxins mixed in these pastries was quite high.

Shen Yu frowned secretly, he squatted down and picked up a piece of broken porcelain bowl.

There were still some remnants of Tremella fuciformis soup on it. Shen Yu mixed the tip of a silver needle into it and saw that the tip of the needle turned black at a speed visible to the naked eye.

It's all poisonous.

Shen Yu put away the silver needle, cleaned up all the broken pieces of the bowl on the ground, and then walked into the inner hall with the food box as if he didn't know what was going on.

It is said that the Emperor of Yue favored Wen Yu and was so obsessed with her that he ended up losing several battles with the State of Sheng.

Then why did he poison Wen Yu?

Shen Yu cast his gaze into the inner hall. The doors and windows were tightly closed, still not allowing any light to enter.

Wen Yu went back and lay down on the bed. He didn't take off his clothes and slept in the corner with his back to the door and window. His black hair, which he had just combed in the morning, was messy and fell down because it was too long, and finally dragged on the ground.

Shen Yu looked at him for a few seconds: "Madam, these cakes..."

Wen Yu: "I'll give it to you as a reward."

Shen Yu: “…”

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Shen Yu walked out of the inner hall holding the food box in his hand.

He closed the door of the hall and saw the dark figure still leaning against the corner of the wall. Shen Yu raised his eyes, took a look, closed the door and returned to his room.

His original mission was to kill Wen Yu, but now that Wen Yu was poisoned, he probably wouldn't live long.

The pastries delivered in the morning were mixed with lethal poison. Shen Yu had been exposed to the same poison in the photo studio before. This type of poison usually takes effect within five hours.

Shen Yu was thoughtful. If this was the case, then Shen Yu only needed to wait for Wen Yu's poison to take effect.

Shen Yu returned to his room and pulled out the red book from under his bed, wanting to see if there was any new content.

【A bunch of idiots.】

Shen Yu: “…”

Shen Yu flipped through several pages, but the content at the back was still blank as usual.

Only two sentences have been added to this red book so far. Shen Yu read these two sentences together but found no clue.

[What is this?]

A black light flashed before Shen Yu's eyes, and before he could react, he saw a coal ball appear in front of him.

It seemed like the coal ball had seen this kind of book for the first time. Its body was tightly attached to the papers on the red book, and it made alarm-like sounds from time to time.

Before Gouqiu Tousheng came to Shen Yu, he told him that these two books were special benefits for Shen Yu. Once discovered by Meiqiu, Meiqiu would judge Shen Yu as cheating, thus depriving Shen Yu of the chance to be reborn.

Shen Yu didn't know whether Gou Qie Tou Sheng's words were true or not, but seeing that the alarm on Meiqiu's body kept ringing, he hesitated for a moment and said, "This is the diary I borrowed from Gou Qie Tou Sheng. I write things down in it when I have nothing to do."

[Really?]

The coal ball was a little suspicious. It flew around the red book and flipped through dozens of pages. The red book had only two sentences at the beginning and no other content. It really looked like a brand new diary.

[Ha. It's really like the ball. The book I gave you smells like a stinky odor. It stinks to death.]

Coal Ball made no secret of his behavior. As he spoke, he smashed his head open and pulled out a golden notebook.

[Don’t use its notebook, use mine. See? The surface of this notebook is made of fine gold powder. It is the best diary.]

Shen Yu caught a golden notebook that fell from the sky, and his face was dazzled by the fine pure gold powder on it.

Coal Ball snorted, closed its cracked head, and flew in front of Shen Yu again.

[Tell me, who is more reliable, me or Gouqiu Tuosheng?]

"..." The electric current on the coal ball crackled. Shen Yu looked at it and said in silence for a few seconds, "You."

The coal ball was very pleased with itself. It turned around and finally flew away contentedly.