Defeat the system! Kiss my little monster!

The palace maid kneeling at the entrance of the inner palace answered with a trembling voice. She forced herself to speak and said, "Commander Mu is said to have received an imperial decree from the Emperor, and wants Your Highness to cooperate in investigating some matters."

After the palace maid finished speaking, she stopped in her tracks. She hadn't heard any sounds from inside the inner palace. She continued, "The commander has been waiting outside the palace since 3:00 AM. The Empress hadn't woken up yet, so he's been waiting ever since. He's been waiting for over an hour now."

Wen Yu sneered. He sat on the bed with his shirt half open, revealing his pale skin underneath.

The palace maid spoke intermittently, which Wen Yu listened to calmly. He slowly fastened the belt around his waist, but his eyes were inexplicably cold as he stared at Shen Yu.

Shen Yu: "..."

After the palace maid finished speaking, Wen Yu said in a calm tone, "I haven't done my makeup yet. Since Commander Mu is willing to wait, I'm afraid it won't make a difference if we wait for an hour or two."

The palace maid outside the door hesitated and said, "This..."

"Get out." Wen Yu frowned.

Hearing the anger in Wen Yu's words, the palace maid outside the door lowered her head and replied before quickly leaving the inner palace entrance.

The figure flashed through the crack in the door, followed by the sound of hurried footsteps outside.

Wen Yu's expression was uncertain. His belt was tied haphazardly around his waist, and his chest was open, revealing the clear outline of his chest.

Seeing that he showed no sign of restraint, Shen Yu stepped forward and untied the belt that he had just haphazardly tied, then tied it back up and finally covered up the redness and swelling on his chest with his inner garment.

"Your Highness, Mu Yuyuan has only come here because she is suspicious of what happened in the well. She has no evidence. As long as you insist that you were not there at the time, she cannot do anything to you."

Shen Yu sensed that Wen Yu's breathing was unstable. He looked up at Wen Yu, whose eyes were unfocused, as if she was deep in thought.

Shen Yu frowned, then lightly pinched Wen Yu's lower back and whispered in his ear, "Your Majesty, do you think what I said is right?"

Wen Yu lifted his eyelashes and met Shen Yu's dark eyes. After a long while, he hummed in agreement.

Shen Yu smiled at him, "Then tell me, what did I just say to you?"

Wen Yu: "..."

"Your Majesty, are you ignoring what I said?" Seeing Wen Yu remain silent, Shen Yu hooked his belt and pulled him closer. "Are you so afraid of Mu Yuyuan that you lose your soul at the mere mention of his name?"

Wen Yu shifted his body to the side, and for some inexplicable reason, he grabbed the hem of Shen Yu's shirt. Hearing this, he sneered, "I'm afraid of him? I don't even consider him a threat."

Shen Yu narrowed his eyes: "Then what were you just now?"

Wen Yu's breathing suddenly became heavy again. He had said before that he didn't care about Shen Yu and Mu Yuyuan's matter, but if he really saw that damned Mu Yuyuan, Wen Yu still couldn't keep a good face.

"I'll go see him in a bit. You stay inside the inner palace and don't go out," Wen Yu said in a deep voice, closing her eyes.

Shen Yu frowned: "Why? There are so many guards outside. I'll have more protection if I stay by your side."

Wen Yu pursed his lips. He wasn't wearing any underwear on his lower body; he had simply covered his private parts with a blanket, revealing the purplish-blue bruises that spread from his calves to his knees.

Wen Yu remained silent for a long time, staring at Shen Yu with an inscrutable expression. After a long while, he finally asked, "Shen Yu, what will you do if Mu Yuyuan threatens you again this time?"

Shen Yu was taken aback.

Mu Yuyuan...threatening him?

Wen Yu's face showed sarcasm. He pinched Shen Yu's chin, the force of his fingers already causing Shen Yu some pain: "Are you still going to sleep with him? You were just with me..."

Wen Yu hesitated for a moment, finding it difficult to speak. He simply said fiercely, "You are not allowed to see him! I will go alone. You stay here and don't go out."

Shen Yu: "..."

He seemed to have vaguely grasped something hidden within.

After Wen Yu finished speaking, he quickly withdrew his hand, put on his underpants, and casually draped his long hair, which had become quite messy overnight, behind his back.

Shen Yu sat on the edge of the bed, watching Wen Yu put on the white jade robe she had worn before. After thinking for a moment, he carefully said, "Your Majesty, I don't know Commander Mu Yuyuan at all. I've only slept with you."

Wen Yu glanced at Shen Yu, then curled her lips into a mocking smile without saying a word.

Seeing that Wen Yu remained silent, Shen Yu felt somewhat helpless: "Your Majesty, I'm telling the truth. I only arrived in Yue Kingdom a month ago, and since entering Kunning Palace, I've rarely gone out. How could I possibly have had the opportunity to contact Mu Yuyuan? Where did you hear this rumor?"

“It’s not a rumor,” Wen Yu said to herself. “Mu Yuyuan told me this herself.”

Shen Yu: "...What?"

"You don't need to make excuses. I don't care about what happened before." Wen Yu had already changed his clothes. He walked to Shen Yu's side, lowered his head and bit his earlobe. "But you are mine now. If you dare to get entangled with Mu Yuyuan again, I will castrate you."

Shen Yu: "..."

He looked at Wen Yu, speechless for a moment.

After threatening Shen Yu, Wen Yu felt uneasy. Shen Yu was all alone and helpless, and constantly scaring him like this would inevitably make him feel uneasy.

Wen Yu sighed softly, as if intentionally reassuring Shen Yu, and whispered, "You should hide for now. I'll handle things outside. With me here, you don't need to be afraid of him. Understand?"

Shen Yu looked at Wen Yu silently for a few seconds, then hesitated before saying, "...Hmm."

Wen Yu finally felt a little better. After washing up, he casually took a long hairpin and inserted it into his hair before walking out of the inner palace.

Shen Yu was still sitting on the bed. He watched Wen Yu's figure disappear from the inner hall and unconsciously frowned.

He looked at Gouqie Tousisheng, still somewhat confused: "Gouqie Tousisheng, do you know what Wen Yu just said?"

It hovered in the air, barely surviving, bobbing up and down. It seemed to remember something, and clutching its purple token, it pretended not to know: "I don't know, this commander is really strange."

Shen Yu frowned. He sat silently on the bed for a few seconds, then picked up his clothes, put them on, and stood up after tidying himself up.

Wen Yu had been gone for some time. Shen Yu looked through the window to make sure he couldn't see him anymore before quietly following the procession of maids passing by.

The place where Mu Yuyuan arranged to meet Wen Yu was a small pavilion where Wen Yu had breakfast earlier. On his way there, Shen Yu saw the large pond on one side again. Perhaps because it was too early, a thin mist was floating above the pond, making the building in the center even more indistinct.

Shen Yu withdrew his gaze and continued to follow the group forward, where he saw two people sitting in the center of the small pavilion.

Shen Yu has never seen Mu Yuyuan's face yet. Every time Mu Yuyuan appears, she wears a full black mask that symbolizes her identity as a secret guard, completely concealing her face.

Shen Yu stopped on the right side below the pavilion, following the palace maids who had come all the way. As soon as he stood still, he heard another palace maid standing next to him cough.