Chapter 2290: Chapter 2290: Selfish Motives
It took over a Shichen to travel from the Capital to here. Xuexue initially didn’t want to make the round trip, lest it waste time. But then she thought, the matter of the Insect Person is top secret and absolutely cannot be known by others. After all, The Emperor is still sending people everywhere to search, right?
So, she decided to temporarily leave with the servants, planning to solve the Gu for the Insect Person in the evening.
On the way back, while Xuexue was resting her eyes, she suddenly heard the Little Tiger inside the space calling her...
"Master, Master."
"What’s up?"
Xuexue kept her eyes closed, but was actually chatting with the Little Tiger.
The nearby Zi Xia didn’t notice a thing, believing the lady was resting her eyes. She thoughtfully instructed the Palanquin Porter outside to move lightly, so as not to disturb the lady’s rest.
Little Tiger: "Master, I heard that tonight you are going to solve the Gu for the Insect Person?"
Xuexue: "That’s right! Haven’t you been clamoring every day about when the Insect Person can be freed from the Gu and leave the space? Now it’s as you wish, are you happy?"
Xiao Taohong’s heart is very soft. Every time she sees the Insect Person open his mouth and it’s full of bugs, she feels very uncomfortable, plus their bulging bellies that keep moving inside, filled with little Gu insects.
Every time Xiao Taohong sees a Little Bug Man, she cries loudly, so the Little Tiger keeps complaining in front of Xuexue, saying it can’t bear Xiao Taohong’s crying and often asking Xuexue when the Insect Person will be sent away.
Surprisingly, the Little Tiger said, "Not happy."
Xuexue was puzzled; she’d waited so long for the Insect Person to be freed from the Gu and leave the space, so why is the Little Tiger unhappy?
Xuexue: "Why? Haven’t you always wanted them to leave the space soon, so Xiao Taohong can return to normal?"
Little Tiger: "Master, it’s not because of that that I’m unhappy."
Xuexue asked puzzledly: "Then why?"
Little Tiger said indignantly: "The Emperor and Zhao Yin did such heinous things, just letting them off like that doesn’t sit well with me."
Xuexue didn’t want to let the hypocritical Emperor off either, but couldn’t think of a way for now, and she couldn’t sacrifice the lives of a dozen Insect Persons just for revenge on the Emperor, so she could only save the Insect Person first before thinking further.
Xuexue: "What can we do if we feel uncomfortable? Who told him to be The Emperor? We can’t do anything, can we?"
Little Tiger: "What about The Emperor? Master, you should let the common people know the truth about what kind of person their noble Emperor really is."
Xuexue was still worried: "If we make it clear that we’re going against The Emperor, it might be bad for the Prince."
Indeed, The Emperor has always been wary of the War Prince. If the matter of the Insect Person is brought to light under the name of the War Prince’s Mansion, The Emperor will surely blame Long Rui, and fear that from then on, the War Prince’s Mansion will find it even harder to move.
The Little Tiger said disdainfully: "Master, are you stupid?"
Xuexue was not happy: "You’re the one who’s stupid!"
In her excitement, she spoke out loud.
The nearby Zi Xia was curious, looking down at Xuexue for a moment, thinking, could the lady be dreaming? So, she gently shook her and called, "Lady, Lady."
Xuexue opened her eyes, glanced at Zi Xia, and asked: "What’s wrong?"
Zi Xia said softly: "Lady, you were speaking in your sleep just now."
Only then did Xuexue realize that in her excitement while speaking with the Little Tiger, she had inadvertently spoken aloud.
Xuexue reached up to massage her temples, saying: "Hmm, perhaps I’m a bit tired lately."
Zi Xia said with concern: "Lady, you should really rest well. Every day, you’re either busy with business or worried about the Prince, even the maidservants looking at you feel tired."
Xuexue reluctantly said: "With so much happening in the Capital right now, and the Prince investigating day and night, how can I sleep?"
Zi Xia: "It’s all that damned Fourth Prince’s fault for stirring up so much trouble for his own selfish ends."
