The Tyrant's Cannon Fodder Queen[Transmigration Book]

The princes are interrogating the identity background of the master eunuch, and there are many doubts, making everyone more and more suspicious that the eunuch's background is not simple.

The little father-in-law of the outer courtyard suddenly came in to announce that the princess and concubine had returned to the palace.

The Crown Princess serves the Empress in the Chuxiu Palace during the day, and it is rare to return to the Prince's Hall at noon. It is likely that the Empress has something to do and it is inconvenient to bring her daughter-in-law.

The sixth prince looked at the fifth brother: "Shall we tell my sister-in-law what he did now, or wait until the eldest brother comes back?"

The fifth prince hesitated for a moment, and was really curious about the other party's life experience, so he said to the eunuch: "I'll give you another moment to think about it, either honestly confess why you came to the palace as a servant, or wait to be escorted to Beizhen governor for trial! Let's hide it for you for now. For sister-in-law, it depends on whether you are honest or not."

Xue Yao breathed a sigh of relief, and turned his head to wink at the eunuch, hoping that he would understand that this was his last chance to survive.

The eunuch was escorted to the office by several guards and temporarily detained.

The Crown Princess was very happy when she heard that the little princes were coming, and rushed to the flower hall without unloading the pearl hairpins, took out her own royal tribute cakes, let the princes eat first, and then ordered lunch.

Unfortunately, the queen just ordered her to fast for three days today, and no meat or fish should be eaten for lunch.

The Crown Princess has long been used to being a vegetarian, but she has wronged the little prince.

The princess concubine didn't want to wrong the prince's younger brother, especially the chubby seventh brother.

She knew that Lu Jinan loved this funny little brother the most.

After three years of marriage, she has always wanted to give birth to a fat son for her husband, but after two miscarriages, her stomach has not lived up to expectations, and she can only hope that the seventh prince will come to the palace to accompany her husband every day.

Whether it was a reward from the emperor or the empress, or a special food that was obtained from her mother's family, the princess and concubine spared them all as bait, waiting for the seventh prince to come and play.

The seventh prince is like a little pigeon, often jumping into the trap, and after eating the cakes from the elder brother's house, he still doesn't forget to repay, saying to his sister-in-law: "May I give you a Houyi shooting the sun?"

The princess said: "You don't need to tell a story, Your Highness will often come to play with elder brother in the future."

Lu Jinan treats the seventh prince like a loving father.

The crown princess loves to watch the two brothers from the sidelines, imagining that her husband and son are enjoying themselves happily.

Seeing a table of vegetarian meals being served, the Crown Princess first greeted the Seventh Prince with a guilty conscience: "This dried bean curd is cooked in crab roe soup. Take a bite, Your Highness. It's delicious."

The seventh prince looked at the table full of vegetarian dishes, put down his chopsticks, and turned his head to tell his sister-in-law seriously: "Lao Qi is here."

"Lao Qi is here" is what the prince often said. When this sentence was said to the princess, it meant "hurry up and prepare dried fruits and barbecue".

Now that the eldest brother is not here, the seventh prince can only personally remind his sister-in-law to replace this table of vegetarian dishes.

"Your Highness, try this dried bean curd, it tastes like beef." The princess personally served the little prince with food, for fear that he might run away.

The fifth prince and the sixth prince guessed that the concubine might be punished by the empress again, so it was inconvenient to say so, so they could only help the elder sister-in-law to make the seventh brother eat obediently.

One of the two brothers held the Seventh Prince's face steady, while the other forcibly fed celery!

The Seventh Prince's chubby face almost hid his double chin, but he was still stuffed with celery.

The concubine went out to find out when the prince would return to the palace, and wanted him to come back soon to play with the seventh brother.

As soon as the princess left, the three princes began to discuss how to deal with the master eunuch.

Xue Yao was afraid that they would make things worse, so he had no choice but to look for an opportunity to sidestep the fifth prince: "Then if the eunuch really has some evil intentions, there must be a backer behind him, so why steal this little money? Maybe he wasn't instructed by anyone, but just encountered something. Trouble, why don't we patiently give him time to confess the truth.

It is really rare for him to have such a good skill. His Highness has always wanted to go to Qiguan Formation to practice lightness kung fu. In my opinion, it is better to ask the eunuch to teach some practice skills so that His Highness can do more with less. "

The fifth prince's eyes lit up: "That's right, his legs are better than the first-rank guards, he must have some knack for practicing!"

Thinking that he had been practicing martial arts for so many years, he actually wanted to ask an eunuch for advice. The fifth prince's expression darkened, and he complained to himself, "Is there any shortcut to practice? After all, it's because I've been negligent in practicing, alas!"

Thinking of falling from the rockery in front of a bunch of attendants, the Fifth Prince was ashamed and annoyed, sighed, and buried his face in his hands depressedly, sighing again and again.

It just so happened that the crown princess came back at this time, and asked the fifth prince who was holding his head and sighing in surprise: "What's wrong, Your Highness?"

The Seventh Prince seized the right time, hugged Fifth Brother who was in pain, and complained to the princess with a serious expression: "It's really hard to swallow, Fifth Brother needs barbecue!"

The fifth prince slowly raised his face, squinting at the seventh brother who wanted to eat barbecue.

The princess was stunned, and the five princes collapsed after eating a vegetarian feast!

"Sister-in-law, don't listen to him," the sixth prince hurriedly smoothed things over, "Seventh brother is just joking with you."

The prince returned to the palace in the afternoon.

Xue Yao looked for an opportunity to say hello to the prince, and after a few pleasantries, he got straight to the point: "In the past two days, I suddenly remembered that when I went to Pingrong County to visit relatives, I heard that several families in the village had the same strange disease. In the wilderness, the local villagers said that the evil spirits who died of starvation would turn into plague gods and come to the village to harm people.”

Hearing the words, the prince looked at Xue Yao suspiciously: "It's okay to say what you have to say, don't have too many scruples."

Xue Yao nodded and said: "The villain is worried that the plague will really spread after the disaster. I hope His Highness will find some experienced and famous doctors to station in the disaster-stricken county for a year or so to prevent it from happening."

The prince nodded without thinking too much and said, "It's better if you think carefully, I'll make arrangements tomorrow."

Xue Yao breathed a sigh of relief.

After the prince returned to the palace to rest, the fifth prince immediately called his brothers to find the expert eunuch in the office.

"Have you thought about it? Eldest brother has already returned to the palace. If you don't tell the truth, we will let elder brother deal with you!"

"What does Your Highness want this slave to explain?"

"Who sent you to Brother!"

"No one." The eunuch's gaze was like a pool of stagnant water.

"You are not honest!"

Xue Yao hurriedly said to the eunuch: "Your Highness appreciates your martial arts, so I gave you this opportunity. You must have experienced a lot of sacrifices and sacrifices when you entered the palace as a slave. Why do you have to be stubborn at this critical moment of life? What's the use of keeping a secret? Tell me your difficulties, and His Highness may be able to forgive you."

The eunuch bowed his head with a wry smile, but still didn't answer.

Seeing his death-like expression, Xue Yao was very puzzled.

If this person has a backer behind him, it is impossible for him to take the risk of stealing in the Prince's Palace for some money, and if he sneaks into the palace to steal money, it is impossible for him to put his life and death on the line.

He refused to confess, probably in order not to implicate someone.

Xue Yao used his brain and imagination...

Could this chivalrous man be the prince's little fanboy, he specially concealed his name and came to the prince's side as a shadow guard!

"Your Highness, let me talk to him one more time. If he still refuses to confess, we will hand him over to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince." Xue Yao requested.

The Fifth Prince nodded in agreement.

Xue Yao led the eunuch to the corner of the office, stared at him with insightful eyes, and said firmly, "You entered the palace to protect him, right?"

The eunuch raised his eyes, and a trace of panic flashed in his lifeless black pupils.

"Sure enough." Xue Yao pretended to understand everything.

"It's none of her business!" The eunuch finally showed normal emotions on his numb face.

Is it really to protect the prince?

Xue Yao stared at the eunuch calmly: "You entered the palace to protect him, and you didn't intend to harm him. Why didn't you confess?"

The eunuch thought that Xue Yao had already asked the old eunuch the secret, and his face gradually became bewildered and desperate.

Turning his head to look at the three princes sitting in the distance, he turned around and explained in a low voice to Xue Yao: "She doesn't know at all! It's me who wants to enter the palace to be her guard, because the guards can't get close to the concubine, I can only use eunuchs to protect her." With her status, maids and eunuchs are not good things, she has never been treated so harshly in the mansion, I just want to take good care of her by her side!"

Xue Yao: "..."

This mysterious eunuch actually sneaked into the palace for the emperor's concubine!

No wonder he refused to confess to the princes, this eunuch wanted to cuckold the emperor!

"Don't get excited, I know this matter has nothing to do with your empress." Xue Yao continued to say: "You stole to give these properties to that empress?"

"Of course not, how could she collect such dirty money!" The eunuch looked at Xue Yao, and felt that there was nothing to hide, so he told the truth: "I work in the harem, and I can only listen to the orders of the chief manager. I was assigned to the Prince's Palace. For two months, every time I went to visit the girl, I might get her into trouble.

So I asked my father-in-law Qiu to help me bribe the head of the Eighth Bureau, and let me be transferred to Zhongcui Palace to serve her with peace of mind.

If you don't give me some filial piety, how can the superiors help me?The old man said that he needed 300 taels of silver in total, and I gave it to him. It was already done, but he was discovered by the head of the internal officials, and he had to do it. My father-in-law asked me to raise another 200 taels, but I brought the money from the palace. Tickets have been used up, now only 60 taels short! "

Xue Yao felt that the mysterious master might have been tricked by the old eunuch, and asked him gently: "Which father-in-law did it for you?"

"What are you going to do?" The eunuch looked vigilant, worried that Xue Yao would spoil his good deeds.

"Let me tell you this." Xue Yao looked at the mysterious master sympathetically: "500 taels of silver is enough for you to get the position of deputy manager of the sixth rank, but you just want to be transferred from the Prince's Palace to the Concubine's Palace as an errand. , 50 taels is enough, if you can’t spend 500 taels, you must be cheated.”

Mysterious master: "..."

"Don't worry, just tell me who took your money, and I'll help you get it back." Xue Yao looked calm.

The eunuch smiled wryly: "I'm about to lose my life, so what do I need money for?"

"Who wants to kill you?" Xue Yao pursed his lips and smiled: "Not only can I get your money back, but I can also transfer you to work with Concubine Hui."

The eunuch opened his eyes wide in surprise: "Don't try to tease me."

"You are so strange." Xue Yao complained: "Don't blame the person who lied to you for teasing you, but I am a real person!"

The eunuch was stunned for a long time, and asked uncertainly, "What do you want me to do for you?"

Xue Yao almost laughed. This mysterious expert probably had never received help from others without greed in his life, so he would rather believe the old eunuch who asked him for 500 taels of silver than Xue Yao's inexplicable kindness.

"If you must exchange conditions, then I will make two requests: first, you must promise that you will never steal and harm others in the future, and second," Xue Yao narrowed his eyes at him, "make me your friend."

The mysterious master glanced at Xue Yao's gentle smile, lowered his head uncomfortably, and muttered a few words in a low voice, his eyes still full of suspicion.

He is like a stray dog ​​who has been abandoned and betrayed by his master too many times. He is completely disappointed in human nature, but he still can't help but want to trust again.

"I'm not a good person. This kung fu is all practiced by doing bad things." He lowered his head and warned Xue Yao.

"If you are given a chance to be a good person in the future." Xue Yao asked him, "Would you like to try?"

The eunuch looked up at him.

Xue Yao's eyes were firm and trusting.

The eunuch lowered his pitch-black eyes in embarrassment, and nodded his head imperceptibly.

After the interrogation, Xue Yao told the three little princes everything about the eunuch.

If you don't tell the truth, then the eunuch's life will definitely not be saved, and if you tell the truth, the eunuch will not be able to make any troubles.

An infatuated man who entered the palace to protect the concubine in the cold palace, and a demented master who was cheated of 500 taels of silver and counted the money for the scammer, really didn't seem like a person who could do big things.

"Does he like Concubine Hui?" The sixth prince asked the fifth prince very straightforwardly.

The fifth prince replied with some embarrassment: "Maybe."

The sixth prince was a little emotional: "He entered the palace as a eunuch just to protect the woman he likes."

The fifth prince didn't speak.

The Seventh Prince gave a careful analysis: "Let the father marry Concubine Hui to him."

"Hush! Don't talk nonsense!" The sixth prince warned the seventh brother.

"Father's concubine is a woman who has already married father, and she cannot remarry." The fifth prince told the seventh brother: "What's more...he is already a eunuch, so he can't marry a wife."

"Why?" The Seventh Prince tilted the little bun's face.

The sixth prince looked at the fifth brother in embarrassment, because the seventh brother was born different from other children, and he didn't understand these things at all, and he didn't know how to explain them to him.

"Because the eunuch doesn't have that thing." The Fifth Prince replied vaguely.

"Nothing?" It was the first time that the Seventh Prince had formally faced such a sensitive issue.

The fifth prince and the sixth prince looked at each other in embarrassment, and felt that the fat brother had grown up and could not understand everything.

Therefore, the fifth prince gently reminded: "Do you know the difference between men and women?"

The Seventh Prince thought for a while: "Men don't put rouge on their faces."

"Ahem...what else is different..."

The fifth prince coughed twice with his fist on his lips, then raised his index finger and pointed down, reminding him: "Be a little lower..."

The Seventh Prince thought for a while, cleared his throat, and asked in a low voice, "Don't men put rouge on their faces?"

"I didn't ask you to lower your voice!" The fifth prince broke down: "I mean the bottom, what's the difference!"

Xue Yao couldn't take it anymore!Covering the chubby boy's ears, he protested to the Fifth Prince: "Your Highness is still young!"