After having sex with a fake eunuch, I became the queen

That day in the "Unjust Bamboo Forest", although Ji Yin spared no effort to help Qiao Wan'er with various plans, he was also doing his utmost to sideline himself... As the mastermind behind the scenes, he must not leave any clues to prevent future troubles.

No matter what the final result is, as long as this woman does not want to implicate him as she said, then he, the person hiding behind the scenes, will be safe.

Through the brief contact with Qiao Wan'er, Ji Yin felt that although this woman was a little "dull", she was still reliable - she said that she didn't want to implicate him, and she must have really not wanted to implicate him, even though he, her "concubine", was timid, irresponsible and loved to brag.

Prince Ying Geng had his own insights into this - for women, a man with only a good-looking appearance, even if he is a eunuch, is very useful to them.

Therefore, Ji Ying felt that he could rest assured.

However, the mastermind who thought he could rest easy did not sleep well that night. He could not fall asleep at first, probably because he was a little excited at the thought that Xu Shixin might be assassinated. Later, when he finally fell asleep, he began to have nightmares constantly - in the dream, three female ghosts in white clothes and disheveled hair took turns to "visit", all of them had pale faces, but their facial features were blurred, as if each of them was wearing a white paper mask on their face.

Whenever a ghost appeared in front of him, Ji Ying would open his eyes wide, trying to see the other person's face clearly, but he could not recognize it clearly.

When he finally decided to close his eyes and not look, the three ghost faces suddenly enlarged, and then flashed before his eyes one by one again, and this time he saw them all clearly. When the last ghost's pale face appeared before his eyes, he suddenly woke up.

These three ghosts were people he knew. The first one was Li Shuxiu, the second one was Qiao Wan'er, and the third one was actually his own mother. They all had a look of resentment on their faces.

Ji Yu was a brave man. He was not scared by the female ghosts whose faces he could not see clearly, nor by the ghostly appearances of Li Shuxiu and Qiao Wan'er. He was awakened after seeing his mother's face clearly because his mother had never appeared in his dreams as a ghost before. In the past, when he dreamed of his mother, whether it was the loving look when she played with him as a child or the tears when they separated, they were all living people. But this time, the mother who appeared in his dream turned out to be a ghost with a face full of resentment, which really scared him.

And the fear after being awakened has not yet subsided. Those three resentful ghost faces keep shaking in front of my eyes and in my mind even when I close my eyes.

In the second half of the night, he could not fall asleep no matter what. In desperation, he interpreted the dream in a fanciful way: two of the three women in the dream were no longer alive, and only Qiao Wan'er was still alive. If there was any connection between these three people, they could all be linked to Xu Shixin. The death of Li Shuxiu and her mother was related to Xu Shixin, and Qiao Wan'er was willing to die to kill Xu Shixin.

However, Qiao Wan'er was clearly a living person, but in the dream she had become a ghost. Was this a sign of something? Was it a sign that her attempt to assassinate Xu Shixin would fail and she would surely die?
Ji Ying had not been very confident about the chances of success in assassinating Qiao Wan'er, and he had actually made two preparations in his mind. However, this dream foretold that he had no chance of success. Moreover, his own mother was one of the people who sent him the dream, which made him feel very uneasy. As a result, he was a little distracted when he got up early in the morning to work, and was scolded several times by the eunuch.

But Prince Ying Geng had a level of determination that was beyond the reach of ordinary people. After carefully analyzing the importance of the matter, he decided to let it go completely no matter what the final outcome would be.

Anyway, he had done what he should have done. He told her how to find and control the timing to take action, and also taught her how to kill people. He had already done his utmost.

Besides, even if he really found an opportunity to run to her and told her that she had to cancel the operation because he had an unlucky dream, he knew with a heel that Qiao Wan'er would definitely not listen to him. What's the difference between this and him advising her in person not to do stupid things? Isn't it just the words of a "lover" who is afraid of death and thinks that others are afraid of death too, advising his lover to live on.

Thinking this way, Ji Yin completely let it go, and even interpreted the dream in different ways - isn't it normal for Qiao Wan'er to become a ghost? Whether the assassination was successful or not, she would become a ghost... If she killed Xu Shixin, she would be caught and beheaded; if she failed to kill Xu Shixin, she would either be killed by Xu Shixin or still be caught and beheaded, either way it would be death. So, this dream was completely nonsense.

After reinterpreting the dream, Ji Yin felt relaxed again.

After the morning, the Horticulture Bureau arranged several eunuchs to prune the laurel trees in Longchang Palace, including Ji Yu. Several people were assigned tasks by the chief eunuch, and they went to prune in their respective areas. Somehow, by coincidence, he was assigned to prune several osmanthus trees outside the backyard wall of the Inner Court Office. The Inner Court Office is commonly known as the Inner Class, where Qiao Wan'er was transferred to. Other bureaus outside the Inner Class are commonly known as the Outer Class. The Inner Class Garden is not big, and only some of the Inner Court officials and their servants live there. The food, clothing, housing and transportation here are better than those in other bureaus, so it is said that entering here will bring you wealth and honor.

Ji Yu carried a bamboo basket with pruning tools on his back and climbed up a tall osmanthus tree, standing firmly on a thick branch. The height was just right for him to look over the courtyard wall and see the buildings in the inner class - the inner class was indeed a place that people from the outer class wanted to get into, and even the residences of the palace servants and eunuchs inside looked more luxurious and grand.

When Ji Ying thought that Qiao Wan'er should have come here early this morning to report, he shuddered involuntarily, because the Qiao Wan'er that flashed in his mind was the image of the female ghost he dreamed of last night. So he shook his head vigorously, trying to shake off the sequelae of the nightmare.

At this moment, he suddenly heard rustling footsteps. He instinctively crouched down and remained motionless, trying not to make any sound, just pricked up his ears and continued to listen to the noise.

The footsteps were getting closer and closer. Following the sound, he saw two eunuchs from the inner shift, each holding a broom, walking from not far away. When they were several feet away from him, they began to sweep the fallen leaves on the ground.

Ji Yin was a martial artist, and his five senses were sharper than those of ordinary people. So when he heard the sudden noise, he alertly reacted and hid himself.

So the two eunuchs who were sweeping the floor did not notice that there was a person hiding on the osmanthus tree outside the wall.

Realizing that it was two eunuchs who came to do the cleaning, Ji Wei's tense body immediately relaxed. He was thinking whether he should greet the two men before pruning, so as to avoid making a sudden noise on the tree and scaring the two men.

Before I could open my mouth, I heard the two of them start chatting in low voices.

"Hey, let me tell you something. This morning when I went to Eunuch Xu's place, I saw that Liu Baihe had sent him a new bride."

"Ah! From the Clothing Bureau? Another one? Why is Liu Baihe acting like a brothel owner? She's sending this girl into the fire pit!"

"Of course, it's to curry favor with Eunuch Xu and get into the inner class!"

"By the way, is that girl pretty? How does she compare to the one who jumped into the lake?"

"Of course she's beautiful. Eunuch Xu couldn't take his eyes off that woman. The one who jumped into the lake was too thin. This one is just the right size, not too fat or too thin. And this one is older than the other one and looks more mature. Anyway, you'll know when you see her!"

"Then I guess Eunuch Xu is eagerly waiting for his wedding night!"

(End of this chapter)