His Rui

Concubine Shaolin's hands trembled when she heard Zhao Zhang Wei's cold voice.

'Who are you?'

The question made her whole face red. Tears of humiliation appeared in her eyes. Behind her, a maid was standing.

What would she think about her?

That the Prince couldn't even recognize her mistress.

As she remembered everyone's mocking remarks and taunts, her nails dug into her palms. Feeling the pain, she blinked her eyes and said softly

"This Concubine name is Shaolin. Wangye might not remember but this Concubine was taken inside the Xinhe hall by Wangye himself. The Emperor had bestowed this one to Wangye.."

Her voice didn't express the ups and downs that were currently going inside her heart.

Her answer didn't receive any acknowledgment so she raised her head slowly.

She frowned when she saw that Zhao Zhang Wei' was not even looking at her. He was standing sideways and he seemed to be very busy looking at something.

She stepped sideways and followed his gaze.

Her whole body froze when she saw who it was.

In the front hall, Yi Huiqing was passing followed by her maids. Perhaps she was going back to her Courtyard.

Concubine Shaolin looked back at the second Prince.

Her lips were pressed in a thin line when she saw how Zhao Zhang Wei was looking at Yi Huiqing. Even when she went away from there, he continued to look.

Viciousness flashed in her eyes and her lips trembled because of anger.

'She prepared herself so much but he didn't glance at her even once. And she, without doing anything attracted him with just one look.

What does she have that I lack?'

Unable to bear more humiliation, she bowed her head and said meekly.

"This Concubine will not disturb Wangye anymore."

When Zhao Zhang Wei didn't acknowledge her again, she bit her lips hard until they started to bleed and walked back to her Courtyard.

'Yi Huiqing I shall make you regret crossing paths with me.'

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In the outer hall of the Imperial Palace, there was a long line of Eunuchs.

"Why are they taking so much time to let us enter the palace?"

A Eunuch asked the other who was standing in front of him.

"They are checking us whether we are prepared to go inside the Palace or not."

The asked one replied

"Oh, physically…"

The first one asked in a low voice.

"Yes."

The answer was said in a very low voice but the tall and beautiful Eunuch who had been standing behind both of them heard it.

"Again?"

He shouted out loud making everyone in front and behind him startled with his loud voice. But he didn't care, instead, he looked at the eunuch who had answered the question and said

"They are checking us again."

The asked Eunuch nodded his head indifferently and then turned his face back to look in the front while waiting for his turn.

Everything returned to the usual but no one noticed the exhausting expression on the Eunuch's face who had just screamed out loud.

The long line became shorter soon.

And the two Eunuchs who had been talking to each other went inside one by one. After they came out, it was the turn of the Eunuch who had a frown on his forehead all the while since he had to come to know that they have to be checked.

He stepped inside the room with one more Eunuch and looked around.

There were two partitions in the room and two old Eunuchs to check the new ones.

The beautiful and tall Eunuch went behind the curtain with a bored expression on his face. The curtain covered him completely from the outsider's eyes.

An old Eunuch soon entered the small area behind the curtains. He had a large notebook in one hand and a brush in another.

"Lower down your pants."

The old Eunuch said in a strict voice, however, he didn't see the eunuch in front of him moving. With a frown, he raised his head to scold the Eunuch for wasting his time but as soon as he looked in his eyes, his words were swallowed down.

"Call me master An Si."

The beautiful Eunuch said strictly as he continued to look in the old Eunuch's eyes.

"Master An Si."

An Si let out a sigh of relief when he heard the old eunuch and said

"Now hear me carefully, I have already been checked and I am very qualified to go inside the Imperial Palace."

The old Eunuch repeated his words.

An Si smiled and patted the old Eunuch's head while saying.

"Good Ma…Ahem...Eunuch."

He then glanced at the notebook in the old Eunuch's hands seriously and said a few moments later.

"Assign me Princess Wenling's Courtyard."

"Yes, Master An Si."

With the brush, the old Eunuch wrote down the assigned Courtyard in front of his name.

An Si sighed again and then came out. Without caring for the old Eunuch, he stepped out of the room.

On the other hand, seeing the absence of his companion the other old Eunuch went inside the curtain and found him standing still at a place.

"Eunuch Su"

He called out but Eunuch Su didn't move at all. Frowning, the old Eunuch shook Eunuch Su's shoulder and Eunuch Su blinked his eyes suddenly.

"What are you doing?"

He asked the old eunuch with knitted brows.

"Nothing, you were not responding to me."

The old Eunuch replied.

"Have you checked the Eunuch who had just come? Should I ask them to send the other two?"

Eunuch Su still looked confused as he looked down in his notebook.

He can't remember when he wrote down those last few words. However since the handwriting was his, it is him only who had written it down.

So in the end, he just nodded his head and continued checking the other Eunuchs.

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Swaying his hands here and there, An Si entered the Imperial Palace in the Eunuch clothes. He soon reached the Courtyard he was assigned.

"Oh, the target is already walking towards me."

He said raising his eyebrows when he saw the old nanny walking towards him.

Seeing him standing outside the Courtyard, the old nanny stopped.

"Who are you?"

"Old lady, I am the new Eunuch. I was assigned to the Princess ' Courtyard."

An Si replied politely but the old nanny looked at him with distaste.

"Don't call me 'old lady'."

Snorting inside his heart, An Si changed his wording immediately.

"This servant apologizes to the Nanny."

The nanny just nodded her head and asked him to follow her.

While following the old nanny, An Si looked at her back.

Unfortunately, his skills could not make anyone spill out truth buried inside their heart or he would have used them to complete his job.

Then he would not have to do all this.

But that is also alright. He also has many other skills to find out the truth.

With a playful smile, An Si flattered the old nanny while the old nanny showed him the Courtyard and told him what he needs to do.

At night, An Si lied down on the bed while cursing the old nanny inside his heart for giving him so much work.

He never knew that on his first day inside the Imperial Palace, he would have to clean the rooms where the servants excreted.

'Hmph…once I found out everything, I will throw her in the same pits.'