Chapter 16: Eunuch Su of Songning Palace is so bold that he dares to confront the emperor's people...
Su Mian was eating in the small kitchen with a greasy mouth when he saw Xiao Dezi running towards him in a hurry.
After taking the last bite of Dongpo pork, Su Mian burped, wiped his mouth with the handkerchief he carried with him, and half-collapsed in the chair, feeling drowsy and a little dizzy.
"Hiccup~ What's wrong? Why are you panicking?"
Su Mian put on his aura as a chief steward, but remained lying there without getting up.
"Eunuch Su, I just caught a young eunuch sneaking around the entrance of Mingzheng Palace. He said he has a clue."
"What clue?"
Su Mian sat up and became interested.
"It's the clue about Lin Jiaren's poisoning."
Now Su Mian could no longer sit still. He quickly stood up and asked Xiao Dezi to lead him there. Before leaving, he did not forget to instruct the other eunuchs to guard the door of the dog emperor.
"Which palace are you from?"
Su Mian led the little eunuch to stand in a corner. Looking at his timid appearance, he seemed to really know something.
"My Lord, I am Xiao Wenzi from Songning Palace."
"Songning Palace..."
Su Mian didn't remember it for a moment, but Xiao Dezi, who was beside him, immediately reminded him: "It's in Lady Lin's palace."
"Oh, I remember now."
Su Mian nodded and signaled the young eunuch to continue.
"Eunuch Su, the cakes that our lady ate this morning were obtained by me from the imperial kitchen. They never passed through anyone else's hands. It's just that..."
As he was talking, Xiao Wenzi suddenly became hesitant and began to stammer. Su Mian became anxious and immediately urged him, "Why are you hesitating? Speak quickly."
"However, on the way, the servant met the eunuch Wang from the Royal Palace. The eunuch Wang said that the cakes smelled delicious, so he opened the lid and took a look."
"Who are you talking about?"
Su Mian opened his mouth slightly in shock and asked again in disbelief.
"Eunuch Wang from Fengxiang Palace."
[Oh my God, please kill me, he is the emperor! You can’t play that big, right? ]
At this moment, Su Mian suddenly wanted to close his eyes, curl up, and quit.
If this was done by the emperor, he might even lose his life during the investigation.
If the dog emperor saves the royal family's reputation and protects the emperor, then he, who knows the truth, will be killed without a burial place.
Why did Su Mian feel so gloomy in broad daylight?
"Let's go to Songning Palace first."
They couldn't search Fengxiang Palace just because they wanted to, and there was no evidence. Su Mian didn't dare rush in rashly. If something went wrong, who would be responsible?
So, following Xiao Wenzi and Xiao Dezi, the three of them headed towards Songning Palace.
Arriving at Songning Palace, Su Mian discovered that although Lin Jiaren lived here, both the flowers and plants as well as the decorations looked more luxurious than those in Rong Ceqing Palace, and were even vaguely comparable to those of Yun Zhengqing.
Everyone in the harem is a shrewd person. With favor in the palace, the people serving her are also shrewd people. Naturally, they know who to please.
"Eunuch Su, you are here."
When Su Mian arrived, Lin Jiaren was half lying on the bed with a haggard look on her face, drinking medicine being served by a young eunuch. When she saw Su Mian come in, she greeted him weakly.
"Meet Lady Lin."
"You are too polite, Eunuch Su. Please take a seat."
Upon hearing this, Xiao Wenzi immediately moved a stool for Su Mian to sit down.
Then, after Lin Jiaren finished drinking the medicine, everyone else left, leaving only Su Mian and Lin Jiaren in the room.
Although Xiao Dezi wanted to stay, he had no legitimate reason, so he could only guard the door with Xiao Wenzi, but he could not hear anything.
"I wonder if the beautiful lady has ever offended anyone?"
"You know, eunuch, I have been favored for many months, and everyone in the harem is watching me, which has offended many people."
As she spoke, Lin Jiaren coughed twice, and Su Mian immediately stood up and poured him a glass of water. It must be said that Lin Jiaren looked pretty without makeup, and Su Mian liked her.
[It would be so nice to be clean, but she had to put all that rouge and powder on her face. I don’t understand the dog emperor’s aesthetic sense, it’s so ugly! ]
Su Mian felt that the root of everything still came from the Dog Emperor.
"Then... do you think the Emperor would mind?"
Su Mian tried to ask as tactfully as possible. Based on his experience of watching palace fighting dramas in the past, most of the queens in those dramas were kind-looking but cruel, killing people without blinking an eye. He didn't have much contact with the royal nobles, so he could only ask Lin Jiaren herself.
"Your Majesty?"
Lin Jiaren frowned: "Why do you ask this, Grandpa?"
"There is no need to hide this from you. Someone told me that they saw the eunuch Wang, who is under the emperor, touching your breakfast."
Su Mian didn't notice that when he said this, Lin Jiaren's face changed slightly, but she quickly hid it.
"Your Majesty has always been kind to others and never made things difficult for us."
This was a response to Su Mian's question, which made Su Mian fall into deep thought.
He originally thought that if Lin Jiaren said that he had a bad relationship with Huang Guijun, then perhaps he would have the confidence to investigate, but now he had no evidence and he didn't dare to do so.
[Forget it, this road is blocked, I’ll try another one. ]
"Then Miss Lin, please have a good rest. I will not disturb you any more. I will come to see you again when you feel better."
"Thank you, father-in-law."
After Su Mian left, Lin Jiaren slowly loosened her hands that were gripping the quilt, and her palms were already covered in sweat.
But Su Mian didn't know all this.
"Eunuch Su, where are we going next?"
When Xiao Dezi saw Su Mian coming out, he winked at Xiao Wenzi and followed him, following Su Mian closely.
"We still have several concubines to visit. We have nothing to do anyway, so why don't we go take a look?"
"Then the Emperor..."
"You kid, if you're not afraid of death, go ahead. I'm not going anyway."
Su Mian knew that Xiao Dezi and Eunuch Jiang were in cahoots with each other, although he had not thought of the deeper problems yet. But when Xiao Dezi urged him to go to Huang Guijun, wasn't that urging him to go see the King of Hell?
He is not stupid!
[Whoever wants to go can go, I’m not going anyway. Have you ever seen someone scolding the boss’s wife as soon as he starts working? ]
He spoke with a bit of anger, and seeing his stern face, Xiao Dezi didn't dare to say anything. Anyway, he had done what he was supposed to do, and if the master was not satisfied, he could just go on with his own business.
They are all big Buddhas, and even Xiao Dezi can’t afford to offend them.
After coming out of Songning Palace, Su Mian originally planned to meet Wei Ceqing, the flashy pink peacock who appeared in a flashy manner as soon as he appeared. After all, he and Lin Jiaren had a direct conflict.
But when he passed through the garden in the center of the palace and passed Cuiping Lake, he found someone dancing in the pavilion on the lake.
The figure was enchanting and charming, with graceful posture. If Su Mian hadn't known that this was a man's country, he would have thought it was a woman.
"That is..."
"My Lord, that is Shen Jiaren."
It turned out to be Shen Jiaren.
Su Mian naturally remembered that Shen Jiaren was the first person he gave money to after moving into the big house. She was his first client, so he would naturally not forget her.
[The Dog Emperor lives a really good life. These girls can sing and dance, cook, embroider and farm. ]
Su Mian really felt sorry for these men. For the sake of a sentimental emperor, they trapped themselves in this palace and spent their entire lives wasting their lives, most of them dying of depression.
[no! I can't stand people who are in love! ! ]
Su Mian decided that he would free these men from the control of the Dog Emperor!
But this matter needs to be done slowly, without rushing, and must be done step by step.
Now that she had met him, Su Mian didn't bother rushing to Wei Ceqing. She simply stood under the shade of the trees by the lake and admired Shen Jiaren's dance.
He stared at her in admiration, while Xiao Dezi, who was standing next to her, rolled his eyes around. Firstly, he didn't dare to look at Shen Jiaren, and secondly, he was thinking, could it be that his master had guessed right, that this eunuch Su was so bold as to have an affair with the Emperor's people?
If this is true, Xiao Dezi would not dare to follow Su Mian, otherwise if the truth were to be revealed, he would die without knowing how.
My master is a bit stingy, but at least he won't lose his life...
So, while Su Mian was just enjoying the dance normally, Xiao Dezi's balance quietly tilted towards Eunuch Jiang.
"Good, great dancing!"
As soon as the dance ended, Su Mian applauded Shen Jiaren generously, which immediately attracted Shen Jiaren's attention.
Shen Jiaren stopped and glanced sideways, then walked out from the pavilion in the center of the lake. Su Mian knew that Shen Jiaren came forward to give him face, so he didn't act pretentiously and walked towards Shen Jiaren.
Xiao Dezi felt a little regretful at this time. He felt that he should not have joined in the fun. He felt that he had discovered some secret of the palace and would lose his head in the next second.
"Meet Shen Jiaren."
"You're too polite, sir."
Because they had a private financial transaction, the two of them spoke in a somewhat obscure manner, and their expressions were even more intriguing.
Xiao Dezi became even more convinced.
"My lady is in a good mood. Aren't you afraid of something like this happening in the harem?"
"It's scary, but it's not as scary as the countless dark nights."
Shen Jiaren smiled bitterly, smoothed her wrinkled sleeves and continued, "I'm lucky to meet Eunuch Su today, maybe I'll meet the emperor tomorrow."
"The beauty will surely get what she wants."
Su Mian naturally knew what Shen Jiaren meant. He would dance here again tomorrow, and she hoped that Su Mian could find an opportunity to bring the emperor over, but Xiao Dezi didn't understand.
When he got home that night, he discussed it with Eunuch Jiang: Su Mian actually had a secret meeting with Shen Jiaren in front of him! We also made an appointment to see each other tomorrow!
If Su Mian knew about this, he would only regret that he did not have the ability to hear people's voices, otherwise, he would definitely shout angrily: You are spreading rumors! Blatant rumor! !
That's going too far.
For the moment, after chatting about random things for a while, Su Mian started to talk about business.
"I wonder what Shen Jiaren thinks about Lin Jiaren being poisoned?"
"Eunuch Su, are you doubting me?"
"Of course not. I'm just asking as usual."
"I don't know about Lin Jiaren's affairs. He has been favored for many days. I don't know how many people want to kill him privately. I want to kill him too, but I'm just too lazy to dirty my hands."
[My dear friend, you are a very honest person. You tell me everything. ]
Su Mian didn't expect that Shen Jiaren would blurt out the murder so clearly.
"However, there is one thing I can tell Eunuch Su."
Shen Jiaren said as she leaned towards Su Mian, shielding her lips with the back of her hand, and whispered, "I just don't know what benefits the father-in-law can give me?"
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