Ch. 565 - Palace Scheming

Unexpectedly, the person was sent by Jia Yuanchun?!

Sun Shaozong suddenly became completely awake, rising from his bed and scrutinizing the person with suspicion but not saying a word. 

In theory, after all, their family has a marriage relationship with Rongguo Mansion. Jia Yuanchun did not personally give and accept “secretly” but simply sent a small eunuch to deliver messages. Although it was not appropriate to come overnight, it was not a big deal.

But now the Emperor has just traced the head of Prince Yizhong through the supernatural jade. What if he doubted the origin of the "Jade" in Rongguo Mansion because of this?

If that was the case, Xiande Concubine might be on the verge of losing favor. If he has some personal connections with her, and if someone detected it, wouldn't he be implicated in vain?

Speaking of which, Jia Baoyu was also involved in many things and insisted on passing the news to the Palace. If things didn’t go well, the whole family would be tricked!

Sun Shaozong had not yet made up his mind on what attitude to take toward the people sent by Xiande Concubine, but the young eunuch was already staring at him with hair all over his body.

He swallowed his saliva awkwardly and chatted, "Your Excellency, the Concubine has no other intention. She wants to “figure it out” if His Majesty ever extinguished the anger of thunder now? Does he mean... mean to stay in the Qianqing Palace for long?"

So she originally wanted to ask this.

Sun Shaozong still did not answer. Instead, he pulled out his pocket watch from his collar and looked at the moonlight outside. It was now a quarter past ten on the evening of the second lunar month.

So, he has been sleeping for three hours already.

When he left the Qianqing Palace, the Emperor must have been in an uncontrollable state of anger, but whether he was happy or angry at the moment probably depended on what news Prince Zhongshun brought back from Prince Yizhong's Residence.

As for whether he would stay in the Qianqing Palace permanently…

According to Sun Shaozong's judgment, it was probably not possible, after all, after discovering the "Recovering One’s Youth Pill," it has been proven that the threat did not come from the Jingren Palace.

The most important thing for Emperor Guangde at the moment was to have a son, so it was impossible for him to completely give up his plan.

Of course, considering the unique nature of the poisonous medicine, Emperor Guangde might clear his mind and reduce his desires for a while, ensuring that there was no residual toxic nature in his body before moving back to Jingren Palace.

"Your Excellency."

After seeing that Sun Shaozong had looked at the time, the eunuch remained silent and felt a bit anxious. He raised his voice and said, "Our Concubine is still related to your family by marriage. Do you have the heart to watch her worry so much and not even want to reveal a word?"

Reveal?

Was it so easy to inquire about the Emperor's joys, sorrows, and living quarters?!

When nothing was wrong, it was easy to say, but if he delved into it, it was a matter of minutes to be charged with false intentions and ulterior motives.

Especially now, Emperor Guangde has just suffered a fatal threat, which was a time of suspicion and irritability.

Although it might not necessarily bring down the merits of Sun Shaozong, as long as he lowered his evaluation of himself in his heart, the intangible losses would be gone.

From this perspective, Sun Shaozong was right to guard his mouth.

However, the problem was that the Sun family did have a marriage relationship with the Rongguo Mansion—to be precise, he even planted seeds in the belly of the Jia family's daughter.

This was not about looking at the monk's face or the Buddha's face

The more realistic concern was whether Concubine Xiande would lose favor.

If he firmly refused, he would inevitably offend Jia Yuanchun. And, if she didn’t lose favor afterward and even gave birth to a Crown Prince…

Tch!

This was a dilemma!

At the moment, he was afraid he could only deceive the little eunuch and make him retreat.

Thinking of this, Sun Shaozong solemnly raised his hand and pointed to the Mingde Hall across from him, saying, "Do you know that seven people have already died in Mingde Hall today?"

As he spoke, the corners of his mouth were slightly raised, revealing a few dense white teeth. He looked down at the young eunuch from a high position and asked word by word, "Are you sure you want to ask for the truth?"

This was bullying the other party for information asymmetry.

The news that several people were killed by the Yongning Palace's trial of the medicine might have spread throughout the palace, but not many people know why it was necessary to try the medicine.

Therefore, Sun Shaozong first brought up this matter and then "forced" the other party to ask if they really wanted to know, to make the other party think recklessly, scare themselves, and then retreat.

As expected by Sun Shaozong, the eunuch shrank his neck upon hearing this; his expression changed a few times, and his desire stopped twice. Finally, with a bitter face, he said, "My Lord, you... You can't let me go back and “pay” the bill like this, can you?"

"Okay."

Knowing that he was already hesitant in his heart, Sun Shaozong sighed helplessly and put on a face of "You are willing to die, I am willing to bury it." With a pitiful tone, he said, "Since you insist on asking clearly, I..."

"I am... I am..."

The eunuch, seeing Sun Shaozong's pretentious demeanor, didn’t dare to take his ear to answer it—after all, in the Palace, hearing stories about losing heads has a history of hundreds of years!

So he took a hasty step back and trembled, saying, "I... I'll go back and report to the master first!"

As he spoke, he turned his head and rushed out of the room, moving horizontally and swiftly against the wall like a crab, disappearing into the darkness in the blink of an eye.

He didn’t know what kind of "answer" this guy was going to say once he went back.

Anyway, he didn't reveal any useful information at all. If someone revealed it in the future, he could completely evade it.

However…

At the moment, he was afraid he couldn't continue to stay in this pavilion for a long time. Otherwise, if Concubine Xiande sent someone again, it wouldn’t be easy to evade.

Therefore, Sun Shaozong briefly organized his appearance and stepped out of the pavilion, intending to go to the Mingde Hall across from him to hide and also to see what progress Qin Ming and others had made.

Wasn’t Jia Yuanchun famous for its stability and grandeur? How could she not figure it out and sent someone over?

But on second thought, Jia Baoyu has been praised as a talented talent in the folk—what was so rare for Jia Yuanchun to have a stable and dignified character?

It seemed that rumors couldn’t be fully believed.

"Lord Sun, Lord Sun!"

He was secretly sighing that Jia Yuanchun's reputation was difficult to match, but Sun Shaozong heard people calling him out.

Looking through the sound, he saw a strange little eunuch in the shadow of the steps. Judging from his sneaky appearance, he knew he couldn't be delivering messages for the Emperor.

Why was there another one that showed up?

But he didn’t know which Concubine sent it this time.

Sun Shaozong hesitated and stopped, still waiting for the other party to take the initiative to speak up, to become a hindrance.

Unexpectedly, the young eunuch took a few steps forward but lowered his voice and said, "I have been ordered by Concubine Xiande to seek guidance from the lord.”

Oh?

Surprisingly, he returned so quickly and even changed people.

Wait! Something’s not right!

Although Yongning Palace was not far from Jingren Palace, it was impossible to travel back and forth so quickly.

Sun Shaozong tentatively asked, "Your Lady, why did she let you come over at this time? She should wait longer."

This was naturally a test to see if the young eunuch in front of him knew the existence of the one in front of him.

But he heard the eunuch saying, "Your Excellency, you don't know. The palace investigation will be even tighter after the hour of 11 p.m., so it's better to act conveniently now."

They were indeed not the same people!

This was obviously because some people were jealous of Jia Yuanchun's favor, so they came to test the truth under her name, or to kill two birds with one stone!

But the problem was…

Was the front one real, or was the latter one?

Or…

It was both fake?!

The more he thought about it, the more he felt that the final answer was probably the truth. Behind Sun Shaozong's back, a chill couldn't help but be felt—the intrigues in the palace were truly unbeatable!

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