Chapter 32 Getting Caught Searching for Pancreas
Following the five guards who went to investigate the bedchamber, Lu Wensheng finally found the Thousand Feather Palace where Shen Hegui used to live.
Lu Wensheng took Xiao Yuan out and put it on the ground, intending to make the most of it: "Crawl further away and make some noise to lure people away."
Xiao Yuan hesitated: "I don't want to go, I'm afraid of the dark."
Lu Wensheng thought for a moment, then tied the crescent-shaped jade stone that Shen Hegui had given her to Xiao Yuan's head. "Is this alright now?"
It's quite bright, and the bluish-green color is also quite nice. I'll braid a cord of the same color to wear around my neck when I get back; red seems a bit out of place. It can also be used as a flashlight.
Lu Wensheng meant well, but Xiao Yuan shook her head forcefully, strongly resisting: "I don't want this, take it away!"
It would rather be in the dark than wear this! The atmosphere on it is too oppressive for the turtle.
Seeing its fierce resistance, Lu Wensheng immediately untied it and tied it to his own wrist.
"This jade is quite beautiful, and it even glows. Don't you like it?"
Xiao Yuan was silent for a moment, then gave in: "Ugh, don't make me wear this."
Just now at the seafood market, it could only watch helplessly as various foods and predators pretended to be dead. The male lead... sigh! Never mind, it can't tell its host; it has to keep the male lead's true identity a secret! It will urge its host to complete the mission properly!
Xiao Yuan shuffled along his short legs into the darkness.
In the darkness, Xiao Yuan's yellow body was quite conspicuous, but its size gave it a significant advantage, allowing it to climb steadily several meters away and successfully push down several pebbles.
The stones collided and landed with a series of crisp sounds.
"There!" The five guards were successfully tricked.
Lu Wensheng took the opportunity to sneak into the hall.
Although this is not Shen Hegui's usual residence, it is still cleaned and tidied up every day.
Using the pale blue light from his wrist, Lu Wensheng found his way to the bathroom and began looking for soap.
It wasn't in the drawer, it wasn't in the cabinet, it wasn't next to the bathtub, it wasn't next to the washbasin...
Lu Wensheng searched for a long time like a headless fly but couldn't find the soap. She sat on the clean ground, pondered for a moment, and decided to go outside the bathroom to look for it.
With time running out, Lu Wensheng searched thoroughly, turning over everything in the wardrobe, the bedside, and every strange corner, even the vases.
Half an hour later, Lu Wensheng slumped down in the messy hall, puzzled: "Shen Hegui takes a bath, doesn't he use soap? Everyone needs to use soap, otherwise it's hard to get clean."
Xiao Yuan squeezed in through the crack in the window: [Host, have you found them? Time is short; they'll be back soon.]
Upon hearing the voice, Lu Wensheng hurriedly got up and brought Xiao Yuan in: "Quickly flip through the original text and see if Shen Hegui used to take a bath! The palace has everything, except for soap."
Xiao Yuan stammered: [I don't even have VIP access to the chapters!]
Lu Wensheng: "Then can you help me find out who wrote this book? There are hundreds of thousands of free chapters, and Shen Hegui only appears very rarely, and he's just a background character in various roles. There's not a single useful piece of information!"
Xiao Yuan shrank back: [Since there's no signature, the host should be working harder to increase favorability; we've wasted too much time.]
Lu Wensheng refused without even thinking: "No way. Working at the Hanlin Academy during the day and then having to go to Shen Hegui's place at night to build up goodwill is like working overtime in disguise. I'd have to be out of my mind to do something so stupid!"
Lu Wensheng, with her butt sticking out, began another round of rummaging through drawers and cabinets. She turned around briefly and complained, "And there's no overtime pay!"
Perhaps perseverance pays off, for after a while, Lu Wensheng finally found a few pieces of soap in a blue brocade pouch.
Lu Wensheng pulled the rabbit out of his bulging pocket and said to Xiao Yuan, "Go keep watch at the door. Call me if anyone comes!"
Xiao Yuan: [Okay. 】
Turtles have a low field of vision, so when a dark shadow first flashed past the door, it thought it was just its imagination.
But to put its mind at ease, it used its paws to pry open the door, trying to use its size advantage to investigate.
Outside the hall, Shen Hegui, who was about to push open the door, paused, raised an eyebrow, and met the pair of big, dark eyes through the crack in the door with an unexpected and deep gaze.
Upon seeing the male lead, whom she least wanted to see, Xiao Yuan froze, instantly retracting her head and limbs back into her shell!
Xiao Yuan: I'm going to die! I'm going to die! I'm going to die! The male lead smells awful! I should have chosen a land animal as my body! This damned bloodline suppression!
With long, slender fingers, he scooped up the turtle that had shrunk its head on the ground.
This isn't Lu Wensheng's pet. Could it be... that Lu Wensheng broke into the Eastern Palace at night?
Shen Hegui peered through the crack in the door, but did not see that familiar figure.
He pushed open the door without making a sound, slipped away, and closed it, his movements as fluid as flowing water, silently blending into the darkness of the hall.
Behind the gauze curtain, a tall figure appeared.
Lu Wensheng sat on the ground, completely unaware, intently rubbing the unconscious Rabbit Prince with soap, the jade pendant on his wrist swaying back and forth, providing a steady, soft light.
"It should be about done. I've rubbed each piece once. The next step is to wake up the Rabbit Prince."
"But how do we wake up a rabbit that's been drugged?" Lu Wensheng shook the rabbit by the ears and mumbled a few words in a low voice.
"Your Highness, wake up! The moon's about to shine on your bottom!"
"Your Highness, if you don't wake up soon, I'm going to eat you up!"
The rabbit didn't wake up, but Lu Wensheng was successfully disgusted by his own affected, squeaky-clenched voice.
"Your Highness~ Ugh—"
Shen Hegui, standing outside the curtain, darkened his eyes and unconsciously curled his fingers. What was Lu Wensheng doing? That high-pitched voice was even more beautiful than that of an ordinary woman!
"I can't take it anymore!" Lu Wensheng threw the rabbit aside and began searching for a sharp weapon.
There was no antidote for the sleeping potion, and no ice water in the palace. The only option was to wake the Rabbit Prince from the assassination attempt. She had to seize the moment the Rabbit Prince woke up and recite the lines: "Your Highness, wake up!" Then she would take the soap home and bury it for her own use.
The hall was empty and devoid of human presence, which made Lu Wensheng a little afraid of the dark, so at this moment, she was talking incessantly.
"If only I hadn't been discovered earlier. This high bed with its soft pillows would have been perfect for a good night's sleep before I left. This silk quilt is so soft; I wish I could take one home with me."
Lu Wensheng groped around on the couch, the blankets rummaging and twisting like post-war debris: "Why doesn't Shen Hegui's bed have a hidden compartment? Could it be that daggers or other hidden weapons are hidden under the pillows?"
Lu Wensheng moved the pillow away: "No."
They pulled back the sheets and felt around, tapping on the floor, but found nothing under the bed frame.
Lu Wensheng's gaze fell on the candlestick on the bedside table. A sudden idea struck him. He picked it up and weighed it in his hand: "How about you? Since I can't find a sharp weapon, I'll have to use a blunt one! God help me, please don't let me kill you!"
Lu Wensheng climbed off the bed, picked up the limp rabbit, gestured with it a couple of times, and muttered, "If I knock you silly, remember to go find Shen Hegui, not me. He's the one who doesn't play by the rules; there were no sharp weapons around the bed!"
Lu Wensheng turned his head to the side, raised his hand twice, and found that he couldn't bring himself to knock.
“Knocking on chickens and fish is fine, but this round-furred rabbit is really hard to do.” Lu Wensheng put down the rabbit, sat down next to it, and started poking its head: “Wake up, I can go home when you wake up.”
Lu Wensheng raised three fingers and promised, "Three numbers, no, thirty numbers as the limit. As long as you wake up, I will take care of you for the rest of my life and find you thirty more wives, how about that? I'll promote you from a rabbit prince to a rabbit emperor."
"You should know that after Shen Hegui ascends the throne and becomes emperor, he will never be able to marry thirty wives in his entire life."
Lu Wensheng lay on the ground and stroked the rabbit's eyes with his index finger. "Even if Shen Hegui can establish an empress every year, in thirty years, he will be an old man in his fifties, unable to keep up with the demands. On his wedding night, he will definitely be sleeping soundly and will not be able to enjoy it."
"That's why I've been so good to you. I'll make thirty empresses for you while you're still young, and we'll all be equals, sharing the fodder," Lu Wensheng paused for a moment, and seeing that the rabbit showed no sign of waking up, he changed his expression and threatened, "If you don't wake up soon, I'll take it all back!"
After waiting for more than ten breaths, the white rabbit showed no sign of waking up. Lu Wensheng collapsed in despair, muttering to herself, "If only Shen Hegui were here. Ha! Rabbit Prince, a fake is a fake, nothing beats the real prince!" If it had been Shen Hegui who was knocked down, she would definitely have been ruthless.
Lu Wensheng stroked the soft, fluffy rabbit fur twice, then raised his hand and shook the crescent-shaped jade piece.
"Ugh!" What a worry! I should have bought a black carp; those things are hard to kill with a single blow and they're resilient.
The deep blue jade piece swayed back and forth on her wrist, illuminating the small area brightly.
A piece of clothing unexpectedly wandered into the edge of this field of light, startling Lu Wensheng. She hurriedly looked up along the fabric and saw a jade-like neck, a smooth jawline, and a familiar, faint fragrance that filled her body and lingered around her nose.
Shen Hegui?!
How did he end up in the East Palace?
Although he kept saying that the Rabbit Prince wouldn't work, when the real prince appeared, Lu Wensheng only had two words left in his mind: It's over!
Shen Hegui's voice was low and his emotions were hard to discern: "You took a..." He paused subtly, "...Rabbit Prince, what do you want to do by coming to my former bedchamber?"
Lu Wensheng tried to get up, but Shen Hegui anticipated her movement and squatted down to press her shoulders: "Just lie there and answer the questions."
He raised his eyes and, at eye level, surveyed the mess that Lu Wensheng had made of the bedroom.
The items were in disarray, but nothing seemed amiss.
"I...this...this is..." You're so stubborn, you can't just make things up yourself!
Lu Wensheng grabbed Shen Hegui's wrist through the fabric, trying to pull his hand away and escape.
Huh? It doesn't seem like he used much force, so why can't I move it?
Shen Hegui lowered his eyes, his gaze fixed on Lu Wensheng's face, which was filled with guilt.
Lu Wensheng felt even more flustered under his gaze, and his mind became even more chaotic. He blurted out without thinking, "I'm here to get used to what it's like to be a subordinate of the Crown Prince. This afternoon, I thought about life carefully and suddenly I admire Your Highness very much. I wish I could eat and sleep with Your Highness every day in the future to make up for the wonderful time I missed in the past! I have no intention of getting married. I am willing to give the rest of my life to Your Highness!"
As Lu Wensheng lied, he reached for the rabbit and the soap, intending to cover them with his sleeve and hide them.
Shen Hegui raised the corners of his lips with a forced smile and ruthlessly picked up the rabbit beside him: "And what's the explanation for this?"
"Ah..." Lu Wensheng bit her lip, her gaze wandering, when suddenly a thought flashed through her mind, and she blurted out, "This...this...this is a prop for playing Truth or Dare! Yes, I lost the game, so I brought the rabbit to the East Palace!"
Shen Hegui let out a low chuckle, which didn't seem like he believed it at all.
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Author's Note: [Dog head with rose in hand]
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