freenovelworld Chapter 91 Repairing the secret passage will make it easier for secret meetings.
Chapter 91 Repairing the secret passage will make it easier for secret meetings.
It would have been better if I hadn't looked; once I did, I almost vomited from the dark, sticky stuff.
"Please trouble Your Majesty to prepare a basin of water."
Wen Yuening closed the hidden door, went out and gave Qingque an order, then picked up a silk handkerchief to wipe away the filth from Shen Sangwan.
"No, I don't even know what this thing is, it's really filthy."
Shen Sangwan took several steps back; it seemed a waste to use such a beautiful silk handkerchief to wipe this thing.
"Doesn't Your Highness feel uncomfortable?"
Seeing the other party retreat, Wen Yuening pressed forward, saying, "This is fish glue mixed with the corpses of a large number of insects. If it is not wiped off in time, it will damage the skin."
Shen Sangwan didn't know what fish maw was made of, but when she heard the word "glue," she knew it couldn't be anything good.
Obediently stretched out his hand.
Wen Yuening carefully cleaned up the filth. Fortunately, Shen Sangwan was wearing a tight-fitting outfit; if it had been a wide-sleeved dress, it would probably have been ruined today.
When Qingque, who was waiting outside, heard Wen Yuening ask for warm water, she was curious. Her mistress had just washed up, so why did she need to fetch water again?
Now that he had entered the hall and found Shen Sangwan there, he understood.
However, there was one thing she couldn't understand: she had been guarding the outer room the whole time, so how did the princess get in?
After washing her hands and drying them with a clean, soft cloth, Wen Yuening threw the silk handkerchief into the basin and instructed Qingque to bury the things somewhere.
"Can't this fish maw be shown to others?"
"This was used in the previous dynasty. Does Your Highness intend to use this to frame my Wen family?"
Ben quickly withdrew his hand from Qingque's and coughed lightly twice.
This empress is like an encyclopedia; she knows everything.
"Your Majesty has misunderstood. I did not mean that."
Wen Yuening gestured for him to enter, "I suppose Your Highness has already obtained the construction plans for the Princess's residence, otherwise you wouldn't have visited my Phoenix Palace so late at night."
"It seems I wasn't wrong during the day; you were indeed looking for this thing as well."
Shen Sangwan took out the blueprints and placed them on the low table on the soft couch.
Based on previous reports from informants, Wen Yuening guessed that the people who assassinated the princess's residence that day might have sneaked in through a secret passage in the palace.
Because of her memories from her past life, she knew that the blueprints were in Prince Sheng's mansion. So she took advantage of the lively flower-viewing banquet held by Princess Sheng to sneak in, but unexpectedly, Shuyun intercepted them.
She had considered many possibilities, but she never expected the entrance to be inside her own palace.
For a moment, she couldn't help but wonder if there was a traitor among her accomplices.
"I wonder what the Empress wants this painting for?"
Wen Yuening naturally sat down on the other side of Shen Sangwan, picked up the drawing and moved closer to the oil lamp.
"Your Highness invited Yue Ning to join the pirate ship in Wuzhou, and now you're turning your back on her. It's truly an ugly sight."
She glanced sideways at Shen Sangwan, deliberately drawing out her words with a mischievous tone.
Shen Sangwan felt her ears burning, her eyes darting around, and she glanced around in a panic, only to find that nothing she looked at felt right.
"Xiaotong, could you dig a hole for me so I can crawl into it?"
[My lord, what are you panicking for? Show your power and subdue the Empress until she never dares to be presumptuous again.]
"Xiao Tong, what nonsense are you spouting? Me, deal with the Empress? She'd be lucky if she didn't eat me alive. Look at her eyes, they could kill me a thousand times over."
Shen Sangwan's words brought Xiaotong back to her senses.
Finished!
His mind was filled with thoughts of quickly repairing the secret passage so that his master could secretly meet with the Empress.
In his excitement, he forgot that the Empress could hear their conversation.
Now he wants to find a crack in the ground to crawl into.
"Completely obedient? Daring not to be presumptuous?"
Wen Yuening silently repeated it twice in her mind, her eyes slightly moving as she scanned Shen Sangwan up and down.
Suddenly, a half-smile appeared in his deep eyes. "Your Highness?"
"Ahem! Your Majesty is joking. I originally only wanted to follow this secret passage to find out where the exit was, but I never expected it to be here with Your Majesty. How about we make an agreement tonight?"
"Your Highness has not yet fulfilled the three promises made at the desolate garden that day, so Yue Ning dares not sign any more agreements with Your Highness."
Shen Sangwan blinked shyly, trying hard to recall what the other person had said.
Is that true?
[My lord, I remember you said back then, in order to complete the mission, that you would let the Empress ask you even thirty questions.]
"Huh?!"
Pretending to be calm, Shen Sangwan got up and paced back and forth on the ground. "Since returning from Wuzhou, I have been busy with affairs and for a moment forgot about the promise I made that day. Now that we have some free time, if there is anything the Empress wants to ask, she can ask it tonight."
Wen Yuening got up and pressed Shen Sangwan down in a chair not far from the two of them.
Before Shen Sangwan could react, the other person had already leaned forward slightly.
His well-defined hand rested on her shoulder, slowly and deliberately rubbing the fabric of her dress, before he leaned down and said, "Your Highness, you still remember what happened that day when you were drunk in the pavilion, don't you?"
The firelight flickered inside the hall, and Shen Sangwan was completely enveloped in Wen Yuening's shadow, her hands at a loss, not knowing where to put them.
Seeing the other person come over, their lips followed.
Shen Sangwan thought Wen Yuening was crazy, even crazier than her.
She tried to push the person away, but the other person grabbed her hands first, clasped them together, and held them over her head.
"You...you're being insolent."
"If Your Highness finds Yue Ning presumptuous, then let her be presumptuous this once."
His lips brushed against Shen Sangwan's ear, and his intermittent breaths fell on her neck as he spoke.
"Xiao Tong, save me, save me! The Empress has gone mad!"
Xiao Tong, the expert, was so happy she was practically beside herself.
He made a bet with the main system about who would go up and who would go down, and now that the situation was obvious, he was happy to think that he would be able to level up again soon.
He ignored Shen Sangwan's cries for help, his mind preoccupied with his own experience.
"Your Highness, why are you lost in thought? Yue Ning is still waiting for Your Highness's answer."
Shen Sangwan didn't dare to look at Wen Yuening, and turned her head to look at the screen next to her, "That...that day it was my fault, I apologize to you, you...you don't have to take it to heart."
"Is it true, as the rumors say, that Your Highness and the young lady in your household are deeply in love and mutually attracted?"
His breath lingered on Shen Sangwan's fair neck, heavy and rapid.
Shen Sangwan wasn't so flustered about this issue. "Those are just tricks to lull outsiders into a false sense of security. She's not a pawn; she's someone very important to me. Don't touch her."
"Does Your Highness—like women?"
The other person bent down again, their nose almost touching his cheek.
"Ahhh, Hitomi, what does the Empress mean by this?"
"Xiaotong, is she testing me, or is she trying to make something clear?"
But...I don't think I've spent much time with the Empress, have I?
In just a few seconds, Shen Sangwan's eyes had already changed several emotions.