Chapter 144: Unknown Person
Shen Yu stuffed all the dirty, blood-stained socks into the previous compartment. It was empty inside, and he planned to find time to take all these things out and throw them away.
"Your Majesty, His Majesty has not yet discovered my identity, so my situation is relatively good." Shen Yu was lying on his side on the bed at night. He suddenly spoke without warning, and his voice was transmitted into the room through a layer of pearl curtains.
The red candles on Wen Yu's side had not yet gone out. He was still holding the medical books in his hands, supporting his forehead with one hand, and looking at the densely packed words on the papers silently.
"Eunuch Li will come the day after tomorrow. You and I will switch places."
Wen Yu frowned silently, put down the medical book, and hummed after a long time.
The red candles in the room went out, Wen Yu took off his coat, turned his back and lay down next to the wall. Not long after, he turned over again, lifted his eyelids and looked at the other side of the beaded curtain.
Shen Yu rarely lit candles at night. Usually Wen Yu cut off the candle wicks and Shen Yu's side was completely dark. Wen Yu could occasionally hear the sound of Shen Yu turning pages. It was completely dark around him, but Shen Yu could still read calmly in such an environment.
Wen Yu had absolutely no interest in Shen Yu's red book. He had flipped through a few pages and thought it was full of nonsense.
Shen Yu sometimes speaks incoherently now, probably because of the influence of that crappy book.
There was the sound of pages turning slightly on Shen Yu's side. Wen Yu stared at the bead curtain for a while, but he still couldn't see anything. Finally, he turned over and slept facing the wall.
He took off the gold mask and placed it aside. Wen Yu put his palm on it and felt the rough and hard texture of the mask.
Wen Yu closed his eyes, his fingers stayed there for a moment, and he unconsciously felt the stinging pain on the right half of his face.
Xuan Lin...
Wen Yu could no longer remember the last time he met Emperor Yue. After entering Kunning Palace, he rarely even stepped out of the inner hall.
Wen Yu frowned. He recalled the past and finally remembered some clues amidst the dull pain on his face.
Maybe it was his wedding day.
That was the second time Xuan Lin asked him to come down the mountain to help. Wen Yu had already suffered muscle and vein damage during the first time he came down the mountain due to the war between Yue and Sheng. He had to withdraw from the chaotic world at that time and return to the mountain where he had practiced before to slowly recover from his injuries.
Xuan Lin, however, overcame all difficulties and went to Chengyuan Mountain again.
There are 9,000 stone steps on Chengyuan Mountain, with thorny vines growing beside, and frequent snowstorms and thunderstorms. Xuan Lin, who was still a prince at the time, climbed up step by step, and asked Wen Yu to come down the mountain three times in the cold season when water would freeze into ice.
The master once told Wen Yu that his fate was full of misfortunes and that there was a disaster in the stars. Chengyuan Mountain was his place of refuge. If he left this place, there would be a disaster in the future.
Wen Yu has been in the mountain for more than ten years. All his fellow apprentices and brothers entered the secular world when they reached a certain age, but he is the only one who is still doing nothing in the mountain.
The first time Wen Yu followed Xuan Lin down the mountain, his tendons and veins were broken, which proved his master's words. Now Xuan Lin asked Wen Yu to go down the mountain again, and after much hesitation, Wen Yu finally left Chengyuan Mountain.
Xuan Lin has the talent to govern the country, and he is sincere and upright, so he should be a wise ruler. Now the world is in turmoil, and Wen Yu intends to help him ascend the throne and end the chaos in Yue State.
However, Wen Yu's veins were broken and his skills were not as good as those of a military general. Moreover, the foreign relatives of Yue State were in power at that time, and the powerful officials manipulated the political affairs. Xuan Lin was just their puppet.
Letting Wen Yu enter the inner palace in the guise of a female minister was a last resort at the time. This could not only conceal the truth, but also allow Wen Yu to sneak into the Kingdom of Yue and work out plans with Xuan Lin.
At that time, there were three or four scholars entering the palace with Wen Yu. They were all junior brothers who followed Wen Yu into the secular world on Mount Chengyuan.
Wen Yu endured and hid for nearly half a year, and finally got rid of the then authoritarian left prime minister when the cold winter was approaching, and supported Xuan Lin to ascend the throne and become emperor.
It was time to finally see the moon after waiting for the clouds to clear, and it was time to achieve success and fame. Wen Yu took off the layers of heavy concubine's clothes and on the way to the palace to receive the decree, she suddenly heard another decree.
Xuan Lin wanted to make him the queen.
Wen Yu was stunned. He almost suspected that he was hallucinating. The world was spinning, and Xuan Lin was standing in front of him, with the same figure and face, speaking one sentence after another that he could hardly understand.
What beauty? Why make him queen? He is a man!
Wen Yu could hardly stand. The broken veins in his hands and feet ached, as if mocking all the hard work he had put in over the years.
Wen Yu had no special skills, and after entering the inner palace, he hid his identity and rarely contacted Cheng Yuanshan. He was dragged to the queen's bedroom by the guards.
Those heavy jewels that he had worn for more than half a year were now changed into more luxurious queen's robes.
Wen Yu's nails were broken from the struggle, but it was all in vain. Xuan Lin had now ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor, with the entire Kingdom of Yue under his control.
On his wedding day, he drank a lot of wine and was drunk. He stumbled when he walked and had to rely on the maid beside him to support him to move forward.
When Xuan Lin walked into the Queen's bedroom, he was still holding the maid's waist. His eyes were dazed and he kept muttering "Beauty, beauty".
Wen Yu sat in front of the bed, his whole body cold. He didn't know how a person could be so different before and after. The person who had climbed nine thousand steps on Chengyuan Mountain to ask him to come down the mountain to save the world and the person who was now extremely decadent were actually the same person.
Wen Yu held the hairpin tightly in his hand, and when Xuan Lin lifted the veil on his head, he suddenly stabbed him in the heart. If Xuan Lin was not a good emperor, Wen Yu would not have let him live.
This was the emperor he had promoted to the throne, and he was half responsible for all the right and wrong, merits and demerits.
Unfortunately, Xuan Lin still had some clarity of mind, so he overturned the table next to him and dodged. Wen Yu's power was too low after all, and he was injured, and was finally pressed against the wall by Xuan Lin.
"Don't, don't think... because you're the male protagonist... I won't dare to do anything to you... I'm the emperor, you know I'm the emperor?!"
Xuan Lin kept muttering in Wen Yu's ear. His words were chaotic and illogical. Wen Yu's eyes were full of fierceness. He bit Xuan Lin's arm to death without caring, and tore a layer of skin off his arm.
Xuan Lin hissed in pain, grabbed Wen Yu's hair and threw him to the ground.
"Xuan Lin, people like you are not worthy of being an emperor." Wen Yu spat out the blood from the corner of his mouth. His crown was tilted, his long hair was disheveled, and with the layer of pale powder on his face, he looked like an androgynous freak.
Xuan Lin was easily angered after being drunk. He grabbed Wen Yu's neck and ripped off his clothes: "Wen Yu, what the hell are you pretending to be? Who do you think you are? I won't tolerate you!"
"Get out!" Wen Yu was extremely disgusted. He kicked Xuan Lin's body away while struggling and pointed the hairpin in his hand directly at Xuan Lin.
Xuan Lin sneered: "Those outside the palace are all my people. I don't mind letting them come in and watch."
Wen Yu's eyes were red, bloodshot, and his expression was as ferocious as a madman. He stared at Xuan Lin and laughed out loud: "You just like my face, don't you?"