Chapter 443: Unspeakable
A quarter of an hour later.
The iron gate rumbled again.
"Bad luck, it's really bad luck!"
It's still that familiar line.
The sour smell emanating from the secret room became stronger again.
Liu Luanwei's expression suddenly became a little subtle. He looked inside hesitantly for a few times, and then asked tentatively: " Sir , could it be that Li... vomited again?"
Sun Shaozong covered his nose and did not respond to Liu Luanwei's question. Instead, he cast his eyes on the eunuchs and asked suspiciously: "Is there something wrong with the food you gave her? Otherwise, why would she vomit one after another?"
"How is this possible!?"
His counter-attack immediately made the eunuchs cry out in injustice: "Before feeding the food to that slave, we have to taste it one by one! If something really happens, we should be the ones to suffer with her!"
"Besides, when we were guarding her just now, we didn't see anything wrong with her. But when your Lord Sun came twice, she..."
"What happens after I come?"
Sun Shaozong raised his eyebrows, stared at the eunuch, and asked, "Are you trying to pin this on me?!"
Under his fierce gaze, although the young eunuch was somewhat unwilling and indignant, he did not dare to voice out his doubts.
Sun Shaozong sneered a few more times, flicked his sleeves that looked like a black python, and without even bothering to tell east from west, south from north, or even asking Liu Luanwei who was standing beside him, he just chose a small path and walked away.
Liu Luanwei naturally followed quickly behind.
Several young eunuchs watched the two men walk away. The one who was "straightforward" could not help but rush forward a few steps and spat viciously: "Bah! You are just a bully who relies on others for power. What is there to be proud of!"
Turning back to see his companions still standing outside the door, he immediately puffed out his chest and shouted in a shrill voice, "Why are you all standing there like idiots? Go in quickly and clean up the filth that Li vomited out. I'll go to the kitchen first to see if there's anything light and tasty, so she won't cause us any more trouble."
Having said that, he left with a swagger.
"Bah~ You are just a bully!"
Little did he know that as soon as he left, the remaining three young eunuchs started cursing - the four of them were temporarily transferred from the palace, they were not subordinate to each other, but their ranks were equal, so naturally they could only be distinguished by their backgrounds.
And it was precisely because Cheng Jin had a good godfather that he stood out among the others.
The three young eunuchs who stayed behind cleaned up the filth with curses and swears, and lit some sandalwood to cover up the sour smell. After they had finally cleaned up everything, they saw Cheng Jin coming back with two cooks.
After the two cooks placed four dishes and two soups, along with a dozen steamed buns, on the table and respectfully left the secret room, Cheng Jin hugged his shoulders again and raised his chin: "Try the food."
The three young eunuchs cursed inwardly, but they did not dare to quarrel with him. So they each chose two dishes, tasted a few bites with silver chopsticks, and waited for about a quarter of an hour. Seeing that there was nothing unusual, they mixed the two vegetarian dishes with the clear soup and put them in a shallow wine jug.
Then two young eunuchs came on the left and the other on the right, one pinched Chen's nose and the other held up Chen's chin. Cheng Jin picked up the wine jar and was about to pour it into the gap between the chewing gum, but Chen's throat moved and with a "wow" sound he sprayed all over Cheng Jin's head and face!
"What a shameless slave!"
Although there was not much food residue in his stomach because he had vomited twice, the sticky liquid still made Cheng Jin furious, and he raised his hand to hit Chen in the face.
However, his hand was raised for a long time but never fell down, and the angry expression on his face was gradually replaced by a strange look.
"Eunuch Cheng."
Seeing that he seemed possessed, the only idle eunuch hurriedly handed him a towel and asked with pretended concern, "Are you okay?"
Cheng Jin stuffed the bottle of wine into his hand, grabbed the towel and wiped it on his face a few times, then led the three people out of the door in a serious tone, and said in a low voice: "The food we fed her at noon must be fine. You said that this bitch vomited repeatedly, could it be that she is already pregnant..."
Although he didn't say the word "pregnant" out loud, the three eunuchs couldn't guess the general idea from his strange expression.
Immediately, their expressions became different; some were enlightened, some were doubtful, and of course, some did not take it seriously.
The one who disapproved was the first to shake his head and said, "Eunuch Cheng is probably overthinking it, right? This slave bit off the prince's dragon root, and she got pregnant again... How could such a coincidence happen in this world!"
She suddenly realized something and immediately started to protest: "That's not impossible. I heard that the prince often visits this slave girl, and she has to water the plants every three to five days. It's possible that they were planted a few times before..."
As for the one who was half-believing and half-doubting, he pointed the finger directly at Sun Shaozong and said suspiciously: "Eunuch Cheng, do you think it was Lord Sun who did this? This slave was fine before he came, but it was after he came that all these problems happened!"
"It's not impossible." The eunuch suddenly realized and frowned, "But why did he do that?"
“Could it be…”
The eunuch swallowed his saliva, pointed his finger toward the sky, and said in a trembling voice, "Is this what the higher-ups mean?"
The three of them fell silent at the same time. If there really was another "dragon seed" now, it would undoubtedly be most beneficial to Emperor Guangde. Therefore, this speculation might not be untrue.
"But that doesn't make sense!"
But after a while, the half-believing and half-doubting person couldn't help but question again: "If this is really what the higher-ups want, why did they choose this lowly maid? You have to know that His Majesty and the Crown Prince both want to chop her into pieces - I'm afraid she herself is not willing to serve the Crown Prince..."
"Yes, he chose this lowly maid instead of the Crown Princess and all those concubines!"
"Could it be that she is really pregnant..."
"It's not such a coincidence, is it?"
"How do you know..."
The three of them talked one after another, but they didn't dare to say the word "pregnancy", nor did they dare to completely deny the possibility.
In the end, it was Cheng Jin who made the final decision, saying decisively: "That's enough! This matter is not something we can get involved in. We can just report this matter to the elder and let him make the decision himself."
When the three heard this, they all thought it should be so, so they drew lots to select an unlucky person and hurried to the front hall where Lord Xu was.
Let me explain this on two sides.
However, after Sun Shaozong left the secret room, he wandered around in the back garden like a headless fly. He stopped when he saw an open space with no one around.
Looking back at the lapdog-like Liu Luanwei, he sighed quietly, "As a close minister to the crown prince, Liu Fucheng originally had a promising future, but who would have thought that he would encounter such an unexpected disaster - oh ~ it's really fate that plays tricks on people."
Liu Luanwei's heart tightened when he heard this. He didn't believe that Sun Shaozong had deliberately chosen such a remote place just to say some useless nonsense.
Therefore, he quickly raised his vigilance and said with a cautious smile: "Perhaps this is Liu's fate."
Sun Shaozong shook his head and laughed: "Even if it is the fate destined by heaven, if you don't risk it, how can you know that there is no chance of survival and turning danger into safety in this destiny?"
This seems to be encouraging me to fight hard...
Liu Luanwei was speculating in his heart, but how could he dare to listen to the instigation of a stranger?
Just as he was hesitating about how to politely refuse, in case Sun Shaozong made any unreasonable demands, he saw Sun Shaozong take another big step and said without turning his head, "Come on, accompany me to have a meal with Lord Xu first, and then continue to investigate this case!"
