NFBE Chapter 2911 I think I've seen you somewhere
Chapter 2911 I think I've seen you somewhere
After Shi Li was sent to be with Concubine Chen, she had not returned to the Yangxin Palace for a long time.
Now he followed the emperor back, which surprised the steward, but he immediately put on a fake smile.
Shi Li stood in the Yangxin Palace very obediently, but found that the eunuchs around her had been replaced by unfamiliar faces that she did not recognize at all.
Before he could figure out the reason, Shi Li heard the emperor calling his name in the hall and hurried in.
In the Hall of Mental Cultivation, besides the emperor sitting at the desk, there was only a steward serving beside him.
Seeing Shi Li walk in at this moment, his fake and kind smile seemed a little forced.
Shi Li didn't know what was going on, she just stood respectfully in front of the emperor with her head bowed. Even without looking up, she could feel the emperor's scrutiny and assessment.
After an unknown amount of time, Shi Li felt that her clothes on her back were soaked with cold sweat. Then she heard the emperor chuckle softly, and then said in a very casual manner: "From now on, just follow your master and watch and learn well."
Such an ordinary sentence, coming from the emperor's mouth, of course, could not be understood in an ordinary way. Shi Li looked up in surprise, met the emperor's sharp gaze, and quickly lowered his head again.
The emperor meant to let her follow the steward in the future, or even... take over?
She didn't dare to think too much. In this deep palace, there were many people who could kill her openly, and even more people who could kill her secretly.
For example... the steward.
Shi Li had always known that the steward was also quietly building up his own power, and had unobtrusively introduced his confidants to the emperor, but without exception, none of them caught the emperor's eye.
Now, the emperor said this to her in front of the chief steward.
What Shi Li felt was not joy, but fear.
Being the chief eunuch is certainly glorious, but if something goes wrong, you will be the first to bear the brunt.
She never thought of being glorious in this deep palace, but things were never up to her.
Even without Concubine Chen, the smoke of war in the palace still did not dissipate, and the prince did not come out of the East Palace.
Shi Li spent more time in the Yangxin Palace and secretly looked around the palace. Almost nothing that once belonged to Concubine Chen was left, as if the woman who was once the most favored in the six palaces had never appeared.
There was only an ordinary paperweight placed in the most conspicuous position in front of the emperor's desk.
When Concubine Chen entered the palace, she brought this paperweight with her. After entering the palace, she presented it to the emperor and it remained in the Hall of Mental Cultivation.
Shi Li didn't dare to guess whether the emperor left this paperweight here because he remembered the friendship of Concubine Chen or he left it here on purpose for others to see.
Anyway, everyone who comes to the Hall of Mental Cultivation can see this shiny paperweight.
Moreover, the emperor's love for the tenth prince seemed to exceed everyone's imagination.
It was a first for a baby who was still in swaddling clothes to be directly named a prince when he was one month old.
Many ambitious ministers in the court were eager to take action against the infant Tenth Prince. Shi Li was now by the emperor's side, and she could unknowingly learn a lot of information.
But the emperor seemed unaware of this and continued to do as he pleased, visiting the tenth prince every day and staying in Concubine Chen's bedroom for a long time.
Everything tells everyone that the emperor treats Concubine Chen and the Tenth Prince differently.
Until Mid-Autumn Festival.
After several old ministers knelt on the bricks and stones in front of the Hall of Mental Cultivation for half a day, the emperor reluctantly nodded and agreed to allow the prince to lift his house arrest and leave the East Palace.
Mid-Autumn Festival is a day for family reunion, and the prince has not entered the palace for nearly four months. This time he can finally reappear in the palace and stand before the emperor again.
Compared to before, the prince seemed to be less high-spirited, but he did not show any obvious signs of dejection. He was just more calm and steady. He walked up to the emperor without looking around and knelt down to pay his respects.
In the past, if the prince had just bent his knees slightly, the emperor would immediately have someone help him to stand up. But today, he forced the prince to go through the full set of etiquette before he said lightly, "Stand up."
The prince, who was only thirty years old, experienced for the first time what it meant to be an emperor.
But the prince said nothing, nor did he show any dissatisfaction or disappointment. He just walked quietly to the side and sat down.
For the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet, all the civil and military officials were ordered to enter the palace. Naturally, everyone saw the prince's current situation.
In the past, no matter what kind of banquet it was, it would always be the center of attention. But today, the Prince's banquet seemed to be cleverly ignored, and there were very few people even chatting and toasting.
Some people were afraid that the emperor would see them being close to the prince and would be angry with them.
Yes, everyone felt that the emperor completely despised the prince.
But Shi Li didn't think so.
She glanced secretly at the eunuch chief standing on the other side of the emperor, then stepped aside and ordered the young eunuch under her to bring two bowls of hangover soup.
One bowl was presented to the emperor, and the other was quietly placed on the prince's table.
As a human being, sometimes you have to take a gamble.