That face also emerged from the bushes, just like his. The situation was truly bizarre, and Cao Zhi was so frightened that his teeth were chattering!
"Are you a human or a ghost?!"
The little eunuch had a pair of eyes with three whites showing, and his weak single eyelids drooped, as if he were rolling his eyes at people.
“I am the princess’s person. Come with me, and I will take you out.”
Cao Zhi was skeptical. "How can you prove you're the princess's person?"
"How do you know that my proof is correct? I have proven it."
"......" That makes sense.
Shen Qingque was now delirious, and Cao Zhi could feel the dampness in his clothes as he supported his arm.
"Could we ask a royal physician to examine him?"
The young eunuch led them forward without turning his head, coldly refusing, "No, the imperial physicians in the palace only treat the masters. Someone like Young Master Shen needs to consult the Emperor, and this matter will definitely not be kept from him."
Cao Zhi understood his meaning. If a perfectly good person falls into such a despicable trap in the palace, the emperor wouldn't think he was unlucky; he would only think he was useless.
"I can only escort you out of the palace. I will speak with the person in charge of the Qionglin Banquet."
Cao Zhi thanked him, and the little eunuch led the people out.
Looking at the young eunuch's back, he felt that the young eunuch was unusual. He walked with his back straight, which was very different from the usual eunuchs who hunched over, afraid of being seen by the noblemen.
He spoke calmly and composedly, unlike the obsequious manner of ordinary eunuchs. Moreover, he had his own thoughts and stance, and did not simply follow what others said.
Could such a person just be a lowly eunuch in the palace?
Shouldn't he be at least at the managerial level?
However, the clothes he wore were those of the lowest-ranking eunuchs, which was quite contradictory.
The young eunuch simply spoke a few words to the guards at the palace gate, and after checking their waist tags, the guards let them leave the palace.
"Thank you!" Cao Zhi bowed respectfully to the young eunuch, his gratitude evident in his eyes.
The young eunuch placed his hands in front of his chest, watched as the two men helped him out of the palace gate, and then turned and walked towards the palace.
"Your Highness! Why are you dressed like this!" A eunuch rushed towards him.
"My clothes got wet just now, and I didn't bring any spares, so I had someone take them off and give them to me to wear," the Fifth Prince explained in a low voice. There was not a trace of shame in his words for a prince wearing eunuch's clothes.
"You still can't wear this!" The eunuch was afraid that the Fifth Prince's current appearance would be seen and he would be punished. "This servant will take you to change your clothes right away!"
The fifth prince was dragged by the eunuchs toward the throne. He was not yet an adult and did not have his own residence, so he could only live in the palace.
However, if I hadn't lived in the palace, I probably wouldn't have encountered such an interesting thing today.
Meanwhile, at the Qionglin Banquet, a scholar who had just passed the imperial examination was locked in the latrine. Unable to bear the insult, he took the matter to the official in charge.
The originally lively Qionglin Banquet was ruined by his loud outburst, turning into a series of small gatherings and conversations.
They all agreed that this person was not very bright, and was just making trouble because of his family's influence. He was taking himself too seriously.
When the official in charge heard about this, he tried to appease him so as not to spoil everyone's mood. He sent someone to find Cao Zhi, and once the person arrived, they sat down together and talked about it slowly.
He refused, not only making a huge scene but also trying to intimidate people by bringing up his family background.
The official in charge was also unwilling to serve him. Although he had no connections, he had still climbed the ranks over the years. In the bureaucracy, it was always the same: one day you'd ask me for a favor, the next I'd ask you for one. He hadn't been asked for a favor like this in years!
"Scholars Cao and Shen have already left due to illness; the Fifth Prince escorted them out of the palace," the eunuch who had gone to find them whispered to the official in charge upon his return.
The official's eyes immediately flickered, and he smiled, "Since the two are unwell, I cannot force them to stay. However, Wang Jinshi said that he was locked in the latrine by Cao Jinshi tonight. I cannot stand by and watch my colleagues plot against each other. Tomorrow I will still send someone to Cao Jinshi's residence to find out the truth."
The scholar surnamed Wang could not accept this result and immediately began to curse. He stayed in the latrine for nearly an hour, almost to the point of being castrated. Everyone kept their distance from him, not wanting to smell his disgusting odor.
"The Langya Wang Clan will not let this go so easily!" He said fiercely, and left with what he thought was a very domineering gesture.
After he left, someone scoffed disdainfully, "Just because he's related to the Grand Secretary, he dares to act so lawlessly. I wonder what kind of people the Wang family raised."
"Shh, do you want to die? If the Wang family hears this, who knows what kind of revenge they'll take! Just the fact that they'll send you to some godforsaken place will ruin your life! We've studied so hard for so many years, we can't afford to mess this up!"
Once the news left the palace, everyone in the Xuan Prince's residence and the Xiaoyao Prince's residence knew about it.
The angrier one was not the Shen family, but Yongle. She stomped her feet in anger.
"That short, ugly Cui Yan! I let him go last time, and now he dares to lay a hand on my people? Does he think he'll live forever?!"
Princess Xuan, hands on her hips, said to Prince Xuan, "What's wrong with you as a father? Xiao Shen is such a good son-in-law, and he even said he'd let us raise his first grandson. Are you just going to watch him get bullied? No way! I'm not going to suffer this loss! You have to kill him!"
King Xuan also felt that Cui Yan was like a grasshopper in autumn, jumping around. Although he wasn't fatal, he was annoying!
It's better to kill it.
"Waaaaah, I don't even know if the poison he planted will harm my body! What if it damages my very foundation? My happiness for the rest of my life will be ruined! Waaaaah!"
Prince Xuan & Princess Xuan: "......"
Is this something a young woman should say?! How utterly shameless!
"Mother, I'll have the family physician take a look right away. We can't let any problems fester!"
"Father, you must not let that Cui fellow off! I'm not even married yet. If Shen Qingque causes a pre-wedding scandal, won't my reputation be ruined again? In more serious cases, people might even think I'm a jinx to my husband!"
She cursed inwardly, thankfully Shen Qingque had self-control, otherwise who knows which little bitch would have gotten away with it!
She didn't get to eat any!
That night, Yongle became increasingly uneasy and decided to secretly leave the mansion to visit Shen Qingque at the Shen family home.
She and her maid quietly slipped out, and as soon as they left, Granny Feng told Princess Xuan.
"Oh well, let her be. I can't be bothered with young people's affairs."
Granny Feng remained silent, thinking to herself, "You're only satisfied with this son-in-law, so you don't care, right?"
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