mtlumby2d Chapter 366 Whereabouts
Chapter 366 Whereabouts
Shen Shuchan was very surprised that Shen Haofeng came to see him. When she saw Shen Haofeng, she felt that he had changed a lot. He was hunched over, and his former fat look had turned into a thin and shrewd look. His eyes rolled around when he spoke.
When Shen Haofeng saw her, he acted as if all the previous grudges had never existed. He kept calling her "sister" as if they were born from the same mother. Shen Yuchan was afraid that it would be bad for him to stay in Jiaomen for too long, so she asked him why he came.
Shen Haofeng smiled and said, "Seventh sister, have you heard? Grandfather is favored by the emperor again. Do you know the reason?"
Shen Yuchan shook her head. She knew that Lord Shen had turned the tide, but she didn't know why.
Shen Haofeng said, "We have to thank our late emperor for this, because the late emperor handed over the magic soldiers and generals he left in his hands to grandfather. Seventh sister, don't disbelieve it, the magic soldiers and generals in grandfather's hands can defeat thousands of troops. I heard that grandfather's magic soldiers were present in the two disasters at Honglian Villa this time. Seventh sister, do you know what those magic soldiers did?"
Shen Shuchan shook his head and said he didn't know.
Shen Haofeng said, "They went to search for evidence against Prince Rui. I think my grandfather will present the evidence to His Majesty the Emperor soon. You must be careful. If your prince is in trouble, you must seize the opportunity and get out of it as soon as possible."
Shen Shuchan was very surprised. She asked, "Are you serious about what you said?"
Shen Haofeng said, "It can't be wrong. The people sent by the palace to investigate have already come back to report the news. I am now serving tea in the imperial study. I heard it with my own ears."
Shen Shuchan looked at him suspiciously and said, "You came here just to say this? Why do I feel like you don't have such good intentions?"
Upon hearing this, Shen Haofeng said solemnly: "I am really worried about Seventh Sister."
Then he smiled awkwardly and said, "Of course it's for something else."
Shen Shuchan asked, "For what else?"
Shen Haofeng said: "I have something that can earn me a merit in front of His Majesty, and I would like to take this opportunity to gain this merit."
Shen Shuchan asked: "What skill?"
Shen Haofeng said: "I heard outside the imperial study that whoever finds Lord Ruan or Shen Wen can be promoted three levels in a row, no matter what the person's identity is, even if he is a slave, he will be given a seventh-rank official position. Seventh sister, I need this achievement very much. You also know that I have no place to stand in my family now. If the Shen family was unlucky in the past, I would have accepted my fate of being a eunuch in the palace for the rest of my life, but now it is different. Perhaps in the near future, our Shen family will be the first family to control the political power of the Great Digging Kingdom. Grandfather will pass away when he is old, and he will soon leave the power to his descendants. Who in your family do you think is suitable to take over grandfather's power? Me! I am suitable! At that time, I, the emperor's personal eunuch, will be the closest minister standing in front of the emperor's desk. Seventh sister, don't you think this is the best? It was Seventh Sister who found a way to send me to the palace. It was Seventh Sister who gave me the opportunity to let me step by step in power. At that time, I will only be close to Seventh Sister, and other sisters and brothers will not be able to surpass Seventh Sister."
Shen Shuchan smiled, but in her heart she cursed the eunuch for his wishful thinking. But she didn't expose him, she said: "Oh, so the tenth brother can find Lord Ruan or Shen Wen?"
Shen Haofeng smiled flatteringly at Shen Shuchan and said, "Of course, Seventh Sister and I have helped."
Shen Shuchan was puzzled: "What do you mean?"
Shen Haofeng said, "Sister Seven, please don't hide it from me. I went to my grandfather to get information just now. My grandfather said that Lord Ruan and Shen Wen had been hidden by Prince Rui a long time ago. Now Sister Seven is the most valued concubine of Prince Rui. Even Zhong Kui in the backyard of the palace has been handed over to Sister Seven. How could Sister Seven not know about this? I guess you must have listened to Prince Rui's instructions and placed Shen Wen in the backyard a long time ago, right?"
Shen Haofeng did not lie. The first place he went was to Lord Shen. However, he did not ask about Ruan Qingxia and Shen Wen's whereabouts. He saw Lord Shen's anxious face and said, "Grandfather, something bad has happened. His Majesty knows that you used the magic weapon given by the late emperor to kill people in Honglian Villa."
When Shen Wen heard this, he was shocked at first, then he pondered for a long time.
Shen Haofeng said, "His Majesty is furious and wants to take back the magic weapon blood talisman given to you by the late emperor. However, he will not act until he finds Lord Ruan and Shen Wen. Grandfather! I risked my life to come to you to tell you this. I am working by His Majesty's side now, and I am afraid that His Majesty will find out sooner or later. Grandfather wants you to think about what to do next."
Lord Shen looked at Shen Haofeng and said, "Did you hear it clearly? Is that what His Majesty said?"
Shen Haofeng nodded sincerely.
then.
Then Lord Shen asked Shen Haofeng to leave without saying anything else, which made Shen Haofeng extremely depressed.
Because Lord Shen had not yet found out about Chu Yanqiu and Shen Wen returning to Duke Ji's Mansion, Lord Ruan was being taken away by two strange men and his whereabouts were unknown, with no trace left.
Shen Wen knew his silly grandson too well. It was the emperor who called him here. The emperor told him through him to send the blood talisman to find the whereabouts of Ruan Qingxia and Shen Wen. This time Shen Wen would lose if he returned to the emperor. Shen Wen would be like the eunuch Guo, who was always by the emperor's side day and night. Lord Shen stroked his beard and thought.
When Shen Shuchan heard Shen Haofeng's lies, her mind was full of twists and turns. She only knew that the prince had been in contact with her grandfather recently, but it turned out to be because of the magic weapon left by the late emperor. Although she was the closest woman to the prince in the eyes of outsiders and had power in the palace, it was only the power of women in the inner house. She had no contact with the real power core of Prince Rui at all, and she only helped to deal with the dead bodies every now and then.
When she thought about how she was almost killed by the prince yesterday, all her thoughts were suppressed. She looked at Shen Haofeng with a sneer on her face and said, "You are a rootless eunuch, and you still want to do something nonsense. I advise you not to look for trouble if you want to live a long life."
After saying this, Shen Shuchan turned around and was about to leave, but was hurriedly pulled back by Shen Haofeng, saying, "Seventh sister, why don't you believe me? I have already found out that Shen Wen is in the prince's mansion."
Shen Shuchan naturally didn't believe it. She asked, "Oh? Where did you get the news?"
Shen Haofeng seemed to be irritated by her distrustful sneer. He gritted his teeth and pointed behind him and said, "Seventh sister, please look!"
Shen Shuchan looked behind him. There was originally no one behind him, but suddenly two armored soldiers appeared. Shen Shuchan was frightened by the evil aura of the two armored soldiers even from a distance. She only looked at them twice more before her legs went weak and she almost fell to the ground.
Shen Haofeng grabbed her and said, "Seventh sister, can you trust me now? Grandfather is counting on me now. The most important thing for our family now is to gain the trust of the emperor. We need to have a lot of troops in the court and have someone by the emperor's side. I, a eunuch, can't do that now, but Seventeenth Brother can. So we should find Seventeenth Brother from the palace and present him to the emperor. No matter how much Seventeenth Brother hates our Shen family, even if he doesn't help our Shen family, he can't change the surname in his name. Aren't we all a Shen family in the eyes of the emperor? Since ancient times, the emperor's beloved loved ones naturally want the prosperity of their mother's family to complement each other."
Shen Shuchan thought of her seventeenth brother and pondered over what Shen Haofeng said. She felt that there was some truth in it. The most important thing was that her seventeenth brother was her support. After all, they had been through many years together. The prince wanted to kill her all the time, and she really couldn't stay in the palace. What if her seventeenth brother was extremely powerful? And the prince's power was declining...
After a lot of twists and turns, Shen Shuchan nodded and said, "Since what you said is true, if my seventeenth brother is really kidnapped by the prince, I will definitely secretly rescue him from the hell."
Shen Haofeng finally put his mind at ease. He gave Shen Shuchan many instructions and then the two of them parted.
Shen Haofeng left Prince Rui's street, turned two streets, and suddenly fell asleep while standing. His whole body went limp. After a minute or two, he woke up as if nothing had happened. After waking up, he looked at the surrounding streets in confusion, as if he was drunk, wondering what was going on. He remembered that he had just taken a nap in the tea room.
Three days after the disaster at Honglian Villa, in the empty first floor of the Xianhe Tower in the Jiguo Mansion, Shen Wen was the only one there. He stood in front of the tightly closed window and looked outside vigilantly through the transparent curtains. When he found that the shameless guy was not there, he felt relieved and walked listlessly back to his seat in front of the couch.
Thinking back to the shameless and crazy behavior with that guy that day, Shen Wen regretted it so much that he held up his arms and buried his face in his hands. Now he was back to square one, being imprisoned by Chu Yanqiu in the Xianhe Tower. This guy was watching him personally, and he didn't even use servants. He just stuck to him wherever he went.
After being annoyed for a while, Shen Wen thought of something. He felt his body. He remembered that when Shen Shuyu had an attack, it was much longer than his. He went to see Shen Shuyu for five or six nights in a row. Shen Shuyu was either welcoming guests or playing by herself. And when the Drunken Marrow Fantasy Bone was planted, Xiao Quanzi once said that the person who planted the Drunken Marrow Fantasy Bone would become a slave to this drug. There was no cure. The mind would become confused and crazy. If they could be sober for a few days in a month, it would be considered a good physique. And they would have a vicious temperament and inherit the characteristics of a venomous snake. The temperament would change all the time, sometimes gloomy and sometimes crazy.
But I didn't feel it. I was only dizzy and unable to extricate myself for one day, and I was completely normal the next day. I don't know why.
However, during the past three days, he was haunted by strange dreams whenever he fell asleep. He always dreamed of strange people and things, most of which were ridiculous. In his dreams, he even received teachings from immortals. There was even one time when he transformed himself into the appearance of Qingcheng, and actually used his divine power to look at the strange people and things in the world from a very mysterious perspective.
Just as he was thinking about random things, he heard footsteps outside the door. Shen Wen knew it was Chu Yanqiu who came, without having to look, and followed behind him was his lackey maid Zhiqiu.
The door opened and they came in. Zhiqiu followed behind Chu Yanqiu, holding a tray with the most fashionable jewelry on it. Chu Yanqiu asked Zhiqiu to show the tray to Shen Wen. He said, "You seem to have recovered well today. You may be tired staying in the house. I'll ask Zhiqiu to comb your hair and dress you up. Come with me to the garden in the mansion for a stroll."
Seeing his tone and the way he was giving alms to her, Shen Wen could no longer maintain a kind appearance. He pointed at Chu Yanqiu's chest and poked him, "Who wants to go to the garden with you? Who do you think you are to me? My master? Why should I listen to your bullshit? I'm telling you, I've had enough of you."
Chu Yanqiu had a calm face and let him do whatever he wanted to her. But Zhiqiu, the maid behind her, covered her mouth and looked at Shen Wen in fear. She couldn't help but point at Shen Wen and said, "You! How can you be so presumptuous? My son is a precious body, how can you treat him like this?"