An Eight-year-old Princess

Chapter 1254 The Secret Relationship

Yun Shang chuckled. Knowing that Yun Shang was testing him, the steward deliberately indicating that

he was willing to hand over his authority of the Imperial Library to her people.

"Well, I'll think about it carefully,"

Yun Shang answered carelessly, "I believe you should know about Steward Wang's case."

"Yes, Steward Wang was taken away from the Imperial Library. I... was present then. "

"Oh?" Yun Shang raised her eyebrows and asked, "Do you know why Steward Wang committed such a

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Library then? You and she were both working here. Didn't you notice anything? "

Hearing this, Steward Zhou smiled bitterly, "Your Majesty, you may not believe me, but I really knew

nothing about it. There is a reason for this... "

"What is it?"

Steward Zhou lowered his eyes as if it was hard for him to speak it out, "I'm a eunuch, you know, so I

don't expect to get married. But the servants and maids in the palace... Sometimes, they build up their

secret relationship in private, which can be regarded as a nominal couple.

I'm working in the Imperial Library. There are a lot of servants coming to take books for their masters,

and I occasionally heard them talk about that relationship. From time to time, I came up with such an

idea. I wanted to find a maid as my companion. But I've been staying in the Imperial Library all day

long, and the people I know are the servants working here.

Steward Wang was really outstanding in the Imperial Library. Therefore, I was tempted. Later, I couldn't

help but propose it to Steward Wang secretly. "

The smile on Steward Zhou's face became more and more bitter. He went on, "Just because of this,

things were ruined. I didn't expect that Steward Wang disliked this kind of thing very much... I think it

should not be described as 'dislike', but it should be that she hated it very much.

"That day, I was severely scolded by Steward Wang. Since then, every time she saw me, she would try

to avoid me, as if I were a savage beast.

What's more, Steward Wang also gathered some people in the Imperial Library and formed a faction

against me. From then on, there has been a clear distinction between the people working here.

Although we were both in the same library, as others, we were on duty one person a day, so we seldom

met. So, as for things like what kind of situation Steward Wang was in, I... I really don't know. "

Yun Shang fixed her eyes on the face of Steward Zhou and then squinted slightly. She didn't know

whether what he said was true or not.

However, she couldn't help but feel a little depressed. She had thought that Steward Zhou would find

some excuses to deny that he knew something.

But she didn't expect that he would make himself clean with such an excuse.

Whether it was true or not, in order to keep herself away from the case, Steward Zhou should act this

way by telling her about such secret and dirty relationship among the servants in private. It was really a

little... awesome.

Obviously, his secret relationship with a maid was much less guilty compared with his suspected

responsibility of covering up Steward Wang's crime.

Steward Zhou bit his lip and said with a pale face, "I know I shouldn't use this kind of things to stain

your majesty's noble ears. But the truth is like this, and I don't dare to lie to your majesty. I also know

that this kind of thing shouldn't have happened, and I was slapped hard in the face by Steward Wang.

After seeing her strong reaction, I've never mentioned it to anyone else.

I'm guilty. Please punish me, your majesty."

Yun Shang took a deep look at him and said, "I will think about how to deal with your case."

After a pause, she continued, "After that matter, Steward Wang gathered some servants and formed a

faction without permission, which completely kept you away. Then tell me, who are the people following

Steward Wang?"

Steward Zhou nodded without hesitation and said, "I can write down the list for your majesty.

In fact, after the case of Steward Wang, I am also worried that there may be something wrong with the

servants who have usually followed her, so I only allowed them to do some chores such as cleaning

and pruning in the yard. I do not dare to let them get close to the books in the Imperial Library. These

days, I have been cleaning the books in the Imperial Library to see if there is any clue from it."

Yun Shang smiled and found this steward really interesting.

He was really very good at reading the situation.

"Oh?" Yun Shang smiled and said, "Steward Zhou is a meticulous man. Well, now write down the

names of those servants to me, and I'll find someone to interrogate them carefully. "

Qian Zhuo handed Steward Zhou the pen, paper and inkstone. Right away, he knelt on the ground,

spread the paper, and began to write.

Yun Shang stood aside and watched. He wrote so fast that it seemed that he didn't need to think about

it at all. Soon, several names fell on the paper.

"Your majesty, this is the list of all the maids following Steward Wang. I rank them according to the

degree of intimacy I know with Steward Wang. The two or three people in the front are closest to

Steward Wang, so they should know a lot. "

Yun Shang nodded and motioned the servants to put the paper away. Then she looked at Steward

Zhou and said, "I hope everything you said today is true. Otherwise...

I have thousands of ways to deal with you. I will make you beg for death."

Steward Zhou repeatedly kowtowed and said, "I promise, your majesty. I don't dare to tell a lie. You can

check as you like. If there is a lie, I will be at your disposal."

Yun Shang nodded and walked out of the room.

Steward Zhou pressed his forehead against the ground for a long time before he raised his head again.

At last, he found that there was no one in the yard outside. All his strength seemed to have been

suddenly taken away and he collapsed to the ground.

And after quite a while, he raised his hand and wiped the sweat on his forehead. Then he stood up.

Soon, a eunuch hurriedly turned around from the front yard and quickly walked into the room. He

looked up at Steward Zhou's pale face and carefully asked, "Steward, the Empress..."

Steward Zhou waved his hand and said, "Nothing. The Empress just wanted a few books, but the

servants she sent hadn't found them in the Imperial Library. She just walked over here and asked by

the way. I happened to be sorting out the books, so I told her that those books were all alone and were

badly damaged. Now they have been carefully preserved, and I don't dare to let others look through

them outside. "

Looking up at the eunuch, Steward Zhou stressed, "Whoever asks you what the Empress came for just

now, you should answer in this way."