zChapter 1020 - Nothing Was Found (1/2)
Ever since Wu Ying was promoted to Head Eunuch, he forcefully occupied Zhang Yuan’s house and called it his own. For the furnishings, valuables and silver notes Zhang Yuan left behind, he naturally considered them as part of his own assets. Therefore, Wu Ying had good dreams for a few nights because of this fortune which flew into his lap. It should be made known that the past him would not have earned all of this even if he worked his whole life! It could be seen how much the Emperor doted and trusted Zhang Yuan.
However, in the end, he was someone who lived in the palace and could not leave the palace easily, and even more so, he could not simply ask someone to take out any valuables from the palace, all of this was against the palace rules. He could use these items and money within the palace. It was not as if he could not transport anything out at all if he wanted to, but he had to at least wait until he established a firm foundation and had everyone acknowledge his position before doing it to smoothen the process. Therefore, with a glance, everything Zhang Yuan received was still within the house, and nothing was missing.
Feng Yu Heng did not hold back at all, and was also not afraid of being suspected, emptying the house directly. If not for the fact that she found it troublesome, she even wanted to take away those tables and chairs. But even without doing so, the current scene was guaranteed to scare Wu Ying half to death when he returned. This would definitely be investigated, but it’ll just be a case without any clues, and the investigation would yield no results.
She was very satisfied with her own achievements, clapped her hands and left, but she followed Zhang Yuan, going to the Department of Guilty Servants. Only when she saw Zhang Yuan get handed over to the palace staff of the Department of Guilty Servants by the Eunuch who led him there, and saw the person-in-charge of the Palace of Guilty Servants snobbishly throw him into a four person room in the northmost house did she sneakily follow him in.
At this hour, other than Zhang Yuan who had just came, the other guilty servants were working outside, even Zhang Yuan was only allowed to come in to change into the uniform clothes for the guilty servants and had to go out and work immediately after. She heard that more than 200 clothes were waiting for him as well as five large vats which had to be filled with water. Feng Yu Heng saw those large vats when she came in and felt that if one worked as a whole day without rest, only a maximum of two vats could be filled, having five vats was just intentionally making things difficult for others.
Zhang Yuan appeared to be in despair, staring at this dirty, cold room with a foul smell while in a daze, then he sighed heavily and started to change. Feng Yu Heng rushed to appear before he changed, covered his mouth lightly and said: “Be quiet, it’s me.”
Zhang Yuan felt that this Princess Yu was a goddess, entering without any sound. It was to be known that there were many people watching the Department of Guilty Servants and there were many palace staff who were currently working in the yard he was in, how the heck did Princess Yu come in?
Of course, he knew that the secret matters of the Master could not be asked, and he should not try to figure it out either, so he just nodded to express that he knew the identity of the other party and that he would not make any loud sounds, only then did Feng Yu Heng let him go and a small bag of silver and a few silver notes were stuffed into his hands. He listened to Feng Yu Heng say: “These were stolen from the house Wu Ying lived in, and should be what you saved up in the past, right? Don’t worry, I had stolen everything which belonged to you before and put them in a safe place. If you want them, I can pass them to you at any time and any place. Or if you are freed from this predicament one day, I can also furnish the house the exact same way as before. However, from what I can see, it’s currently not convenient to have too much money on you, leave these with you first for emergencies, give the person-in-charge of the Department of Guilty Servants one silver note with large denomination, then you can at least do away with the five vats of water.”
Zhang Yuan saw these things and his tears fell pitifully, he wanted to kneel down and kowtow to Feng Yu Heng, but was stopped by her. Feng Yu Heng shook her head and said: “This is not the time for courtesies, it’s more important to preserve your life. Including the people in this house, you need to give them some as small favours. As much as possible, make your life easier. Father Emperor is down is a strange illness, causing a huge change in temperament. We are all thinking of a way to have him recover as soon as possible, if you die during this period, then Father Emperor comes to his senses one day, I’m afraid he would flare up again because of you.”
Zhang Yuan wiped his tears. As he thought about that merciless old Emperor, his tears flowed in large amounts.
Feng Yu Heng did not intend to speak too much to this Eunuch, leaving the valuables behind, her figure flickered once and she left. Zhang Yuan felt his vision blur and as he rubbed his eyes, Princess Yu could not be seen. He mentally praised that the other party’s martial arts was really too good, it was just like the hidden guards around the Emperor, going around like a shadow the whole day. Thinking about what Feng Yu Heng said about the old Emperor being like that because he was inflicted with a strange illness, he could not help but worry.
Leaving the Department of Guilty Servants, Feng Yu Heng did not leave the palace immediately. She saw that the sky was already bright and heard the palace staff say that the Emperor had started the morning court session at Qian Kun Hall, which meant that he did not tire out after last night and still had energy to go to court. Therefore she changed her direction and ran towards Cun Shan Palace.
She had checked Concubine Li’s place and must also check Concubine Yuan Shu’s place. If there was really someone who raised Gu, she felt that there was a huge change that they would be hidden in Cun Shan Palace. She did not know how to deal with a Gu Master yet, so if she really found one, she would not be able to do anything to the other party and might not even be able to capture the person on the spot. But at least she needed to do as much to be adequately mentally prepared and leave to think of another plan.
However, her thoughts were still a little native. The matter she was 90% confident in, after reaching Cun Shan Palace, it fell to the last 10% percent.
There were no outsiders in Cun Shan Palace!
On other words, she searched the whole palace grounds of Cun Shan Palace, including the main hall and side halls, inside and out in a large circle, but did not discover any suspicious things at all. This Cun Shan Palace was so clean that no one could pick out anything strange. All the palace staff were normal and were all originally the ones who worked in the palace, and she could confirm that there was nothing suspicious. But this was strange! The Emperor was inflicted with Gu and had a huge change in temperament, the ones who benefited were Concubine Yuan Shu and the Eighth Prince, if Concubine Yuan Shu’s place was clean, could be it that the person was at Sheng Palace?