The prince longs for me every night after mastering thought-reading
Chapter 279 - 278: Poisoning Again, Discovering the Secret at Midnight

Chapter 279: Chapter 278: Poisoning Again, Discovering the Secret at Midnight

Xiao Jinyan glanced at the two men, "You guessed half right."

Weichi and Qin Xiao sighed with relief in their hearts, as guessing half right was still considered correct.

Thank goodness they guessed right, otherwise their master might have punished them in who knows what way.

Just as the two men were secretly rejoicing, Xiao Jinyan’s icy voice clearly enunciated into their ears, "So, stand guard for another hour."

Weichi and Qin Xiao’s handsome faces instantly fell, another hour could kill a man!

After standing the final hour, the two grown men simply collapsed to the ground.

In the past two days, Shen Chuwei had been running to Xiyun Pavilion quite often, mainly because the fruit had ripened, and seeing the trees laden with fruit, she felt as contented as if she was watching her own children grow up.

After checking on the fruits and passing by the chicken coop, she glanced inside and discovered a dead bird.

She called for Little Guizi, "There’s a dead sparrow inside."

Little Guizi peered in and indeed found a dead sparrow, he opened the coop door, went in, and picked up the dead bird.

Shen Chuwei instructed further: "Take some of the chicken feed out."

Little Guizi didn’t understand what Shen Chuwei wanted to do, but still obeyed and took some out, handing it to Shen Chuwei.

Shen Chuwei took out a disposable glove from her sleeve, which was actually retrieved from the Space, very convenient and not easily detected.

She put on the glove, pinched some feed with her fingertips, and sniffed it at her nose, her brows slightly frowning.

Little Guizi asked with curiosity, "Young Miss, what’s wrong?"

Shen Chuwei put the feed on her fingertip back, and said indifferently, "The chicken feed is poisoned."

"What?" Little Guizi immediately felt a throbbing headache, "Young Miss, can these chickens and ducks still survive?"

Shen Chuwei said, "It’s fine, I’ve put antidote powder in the water."

Ever since the last poisoning incident, which had caused Shen Chuwei great pain for a long time, from that day on, the daily drinking water for the chickens and ducks included Spiritual Spring Water, as a precaution.

The Spiritual Spring Water was delivered daily by Chun Xi.

Little Guizi breathed a sigh of relief, already half dead, if any more died, there would be none left.

Shen Chuwei was somewhat puzzled, who was bothering the chickens and ducks, poisoning them once and then again?

Evening

Shen Chuwei usually went to wash and then to sleep because Xiao Jinyan often climbed into bed in the middle of the night, and she never stayed up late.

Today, Shen Chuwei planned to wait until Xiao Jinyan was finished with his work and ask him if that little eunuch had come out again.

Waiting left and right, struggling not to fall asleep, Shen Chuwei simply decided to go out for a walk.

By the end of May, the weather was getting hotter and hotter.

In the pitch-darkness of the night, there always came a "ding dong, ding dong" sound, much like the noise of metal striking stone.

Shen Chuwei paused in her steps, why did it sound like someone was hammering on the wall?

Curiosity led her towards the source of the noise.

The closer she got, the clearer the "ding dong" sounds became.

She reached the backyard and saw firelight there, with sounds of stones being moved from time to time.

Impossible!

The place where the Crown Prince of the East Palace resided, someone dared to smash walls and steal things?

Where were the guards?

Had they not noticed?

So brazen, it must be a habitual criminal.

Before, when she watched TV dramas of people daring to steal from the Imperial Palace and felt it was fake, and now that she had encountered it herself, she couldn’t help but believe.

Shen Chuwei wandered around the yard, looking for a handy weapon, and saw a mop in the corner, which she had designed and taught Little Bunny to make.

It was because every time she saw Gui Xiang kneeling on the floor scrubbing, it was just too tiring, so the mop was created.

Shen Chuwei picked up the mop, weighed it in her palm, and felt it was quite handy.

Holding the mop, and in order not to spook the thief, she tiptoed towards the sound.

Seeing a pitch-black head poke out, she didn’t say a word and swung the mop right at it.

Weichi had just smashed a hole in the other wall when he felt a wave of killing intent as his head peeked through, and immediately retracted it.

Shen Chuwei, seeing her strike hit nothing, knew that the thief was skilled in kung fu, with very fast reflexes.

Now that she was discovered, the only option was to go get help.

Just as she turned around, a tall figure suddenly dropped down in front of her, more accurately, flew over from the other side of the wall.

Shen Chuwei was just about to swing her fist when a large red lantern appeared before her eyes.

A surprised voice came from above, "Lady Shen Chuwei?"

"Guard Qin?" Shen Chuwei was a bit surprised, then suddenly remembered something and asked, "Are you here to catch a thief?"

Qin Xiao was completely baffled.

Shen Chuwei pointed to the hole behind her and whispered, "Someone was smashing the wall."

Qin Xiao then realized what Shen Chuwei was pointing at and explained, "Lady Shen Chuwei, there’s no thief. That wall was Weichi and I smashing it."

This time it was Shen Chuwei’s turn to be baffled, "Why are you smashing the wall?"

Qin Xiao also whispered very softly, "To make a secret door, convenient for the master’s passage."

Shen Chuwei was stunned at first, then quickly caught on, Xiao Jinyan was planning to take the back door in the future~

Qin Xiao said, "Lady Shen Chuwei, you should go back and rest. We’ll continue our work."

"I’ll go find His Highness." Without waiting for Qin Xiao to speak, Shen Chuwei turned and ran towards the hole. Though the hole was small, Shen Chuwei’s petite figure allowed her to squeeze through without difficulty.

Qin Xiao: "..."

Weichi, seeing someone suddenly crawl through, shone the lantern and discovered it was Lady Shen Chuwei.

"Lady Shen Chuwei?"

"Keep up the good work, Guard Weichi," Shen Chuwei greeted and then trotted off towards the Study Room.

Qin Xiao came over and, watching the distant figure of Lady Shen Chuwei, commented, "Lady Shen Chuwei is quite bold."

Weichi asked, "How so?"

Qin Xiao replied, "You were nearly hit by the very mop she wielded."

The mop had come from Hehuan Hall, and the Crown Prince’s Bedchamber had mops too~

Weichi couldn’t help but ask, "That mop, it surely wasn’t used for sweeping the latrine, was it?"

Qin Xiao glanced at Weichi, "Maybe, maybe not."

Weichi: "..."

*

Shen Chuwei ran all the way to the Study Room. She gently pushed the door open, and the room was brightly lit.

Sitting in front of the desk, Xiao Jinyan wore a dark brocade robe, the flickering candlelight casting his handsome profile perfectly against the white wall.

His slender phoenix eyes were veiled under his hair.

Xiao Jinyan, who had been earnestly reviewing documents, suddenly looked up and saw Shen Chuwei. His gaze paused, and a barely noticeable smile appeared in his eyes.

Shen Chuwei smiled sheepishly.

Xiao Jinyan said, "Come in."

After Shen Chuwei entered and closed the door, she approached the desk with a cheerful stride.

Xiao Jinyan raised his eyes to Shen Chuwei, "Why haven’t you gone to bed yet?"

"Waiting for Your Highness, so I haven’t slept yet," Shen Chuwei glanced at the stack of documents on the desk, a whole pile of them, and couldn’t help but inwardly criticize that the Emperor was really too much; no wonder Xiao Jinyan was busy every night and couldn’t rest properly.

"Waiting for me?" Xiao Jinyan was a bit curious, "Is something wrong?"

Shen Chuwei said, "Your Highness, you should carry on with your work. I’m not in a hurry, it can wait until you’re finished."

Xiao Jinyan put down the document he was holding and looked at her intently, "If you’re not in a hurry, why come over at this hour?"

"I didn’t plan on coming over, but I discovered Weichi and Qin Xiao smashing a wall, so I just took the back way," Shen Chuwei explained.