My eunuch An is a yandere

Concubine Xian looked forward to it day and night, hoping that the emperor would release her from house arrest as soon as possible. Unexpectedly, Wang Xi arrived at her Yunxian Palace just after she received the news of the second prince's death.

When she saw Wang Xi, she realized that she had sneaked out of the palace yesterday and had indeed fallen into a trap.

In the Shenlong Palace, Concubine Xian knelt in front of Xiao Duo and cried without saying a word.

Xiao Duo waved everyone away, even Wang Xi, leaving only the two of them in the imperial study.

"why are you crying?"

"I heard that the Second Prince passed away, and I am very sad."

Xiao Duo lowered his eyes and looked at the Shishi Ruyi glass paperweight beside him with a calm expression.

However, Concubine Xian knew that this was the prelude to Xiao Duo's thundering rage, and her body shook unconsciously.

"How could you be sad that the second child isn't yours?"

Hearing this mocking tone, Concubine Xian's tears fell one by one like beads from a broken string.

"As a mother, I can empathize with you when I hear this. After all, I watched the Second Prince grow up. I have some affection for him."

"Yes, there should be some mercy. You were confined to the palace and didn't go to the enclosure, so you didn't see it. The second son was bitten by a venomous snake and was spitting out blood in large mouthfuls, as if he was spitting out every last drop of blood in his body. It was so pitiful. In the end, he didn't even call out "Father" and died in my arms."

Xiao Duo fell into memories, stroking the paperweight in his hand, and spoke again after a while.

"Where were you last night?"

The flesh on Concubine Xian's cheeks twitched, she swallowed and answered with difficulty.

"Yesterday I received a note saying it was about my son's funeral and that I should go there alone late at night. But when I got there, there was no one..."

"Where's the note?"

"The note... is lost."

As soon as she finished speaking, the glass paperweight hit Concubine Xian's forehead.

"Qi Shu! Are you back too? So you knew Fu'er would get hurt during this autumn hunt, so you took action in advance?"

The virtuous concubine held her red and swollen forehead and shook her head helplessly. She didn't understand a word Xiao Duo said.

"Your Majesty is not me! I was framed."

Xiao Duo stood up, took two steps at a time and came to the front of Concubine Xian, squatted down, clamped her shoulders, and questioned her harshly.

"Qi Shu, tell me the truth. Are you back too? Otherwise, why is it such a coincidence? In my previous life, during this autumn hunt, my son fell off his horse and bit his tongue. I made all the arrangements for this life. It was obvious that nothing would happen, but a poisonous snake entered the camp in the middle of the night. Do you know what kind of snake it is? It's only poisonous snakes in the south!"

After Xiao Duo finished speaking, he pushed the person back hard. Concubine Xian fell to the ground, but when she heard that her son had bitten his tongue, she crawled back in a hurry and asked Xiao Duo while holding his legs.

"Your Majesty! Your Majesty! What happened to Fu'er? Did he bite his tongue? Is it serious?"

Seeing the panicked expression on Concubine Xian's face, which didn't seem fake, Xiao Duo's heart sank. It wasn't Concubine Xian. Concubine Xian hadn't been reborn.

But some things that shouldn't have been said have already been said. Even as an emperor, some secrets cannot be revealed. Xiao Duo's face quickly turned cold and he spoke in disappointment.

"Xianfei, you have greatly disappointed me. I will not kill you, but I cannot let you go either."

When Concubine Xian heard that she was in great danger, she broke down and cried.

"Your Majesty, why do you insist that I was the one who did the Second Prince's crime? Hui Zhaoyi is the most powerful woman in the harem now, so why couldn't she have done it?"

Xiao Duo ignored Concubine Xian's nagging. He didn't need to explain anything to a fool who was about to become stupid. Although he had given Bai Ningwei the title of concubine, he had never rewarded her family. To this day, Bai Ningwei's father was still only a fifth-rank official stationed in the northeast.

No matter how capable Bai Ningwei is, she cannot reach outside the palace.

Soon, Wang Xi brought a bowl of medicine into the imperial study. Late that night, the unconscious Concubine Xian was carefully escorted back to Yunxian Palace by the palace servants. From then on, she was constantly taking medicine and never regained consciousness.

A young eunuch came to report that when the virtuous concubine was brought to the emperor for questioning, An Jiu was burning a piece of paper by candlelight. He nodded only after watching the piece of paper burn out.

He turned around and took a porcelain jar from the table and said to the young eunuch.

"This is a new goat's milk cream made by the Imperial Household Department. They say that since the demand for our wool has increased, the barbarians in the north have extracted this cream from the wool, which is particularly nourishing to the skin. The palace chefs have added beeswax, jasmine, rose, and milk to it. From now on, you should use this on the body of the Empress who sleeps with you."

An Jiu was the deputy chief steward of the Imperial Household Department, and he had the final say on the ointment replacement. The young eunuch took the goat's milk ointment and smelled it. It was indeed filled with the fragrance of milk, and a light blend of flowers, which made people unable to resist smelling it again and again.

"I think the ladies in high positions will like this ointment too."

High-ranking empresses were the main concubines of a palace. If the emperor chose one, she would not be sent to the emperor's bedroom. Instead, after the emperor finished his official duties, he would come to the harem to be intimate with the empress.

The concubines in each palace had their own ways to maintain their favor and rarely took a fancy to the things in the Jingshifang.

But this goat's milk cream is new, and it's not available anywhere else. Maybe if word gets out, someone will buy a bottle and try it out.

An Jiu nodded and set a price indifferently.

"If anyone wants to buy it, it's two hundred taels of silver per jar."

"So expensive!"

The young eunuch was astonished. He could only save three or four taels of silver a year. If this jar fell, he wouldn't be able to compensate for it even if he sold it.

"How can it be expensive? One can be used several times. Behind these ladies, how many of them don't have big families to support them? Are they afraid of being short of this little money?"

Anjiu was in a good mood today and rarely said a few words.

The young eunuch took his advice and respectfully stepped back a few steps with the goat's milk cream before turning back. He was determined to spread the word about this goat's milk cream. If it sold, these young eunuchs could also make some money.

In the imperial study, Xiao Duo stood beside the imperial desk, drawing with a red brush.

The matter of the second prince made Xiao Duo certain of one thing: the virtuous concubine was not reborn, but there must be someone who was reborn like him.

Xiao Duo now wants to find this reborn person.

The rice paper on the imperial desk was filled with names, including ministers from the previous dynasty, royal relatives, and concubines.

In short, he wrote down everything that might be related to the Second Prince.

Even Bai Ningwei's name was on it.

But there was no peace for long.

An Jiu was too young when he was reborn. Except for showing his face in front of Xiao Duo at the beginning, he never came close to him again.

Especially not long after Xiao Duo fell into the water, An Jiu guessed that he was reborn, so he stayed away from him even more.

Even though he is now a deputy general manager, he does not have to do tasks such as turning over cards, keeping watch and recording files personally.

Xiao Duo had to meet so many people every day. There were more than 2,000 eunuchs in the palace, and besides Wang Xi, he could only remember a few who served in the imperial study.

People like Anjiu who never show their faces have long been eliminated from his mind.

After a night of searching, Xiao Duo still had no clue. He simply circled the people whose life trajectories had changed the most after their rebirth. This circle revealed seven or eight suspected reborn people, including Bai Ningwei.