Rootless Man Seeks to Marry Pure Quiet Woman

Finished at midnight

Was this stupidity, or some deliberate scheme?

Either way, it was best to stay out of the murky waters of the palace!

Sun Shaozong's thoughts raced. Before the Guiding Eunuch could speak, he hurriedly reminded him, "Eunuch, we shouldn't keep Chief Steward Li waiting too long. Whatever needs dealing with can be put off for now."

Hearing Sun Shaozong say this, the Guiding Eunuch feared that he might complain about his petty behavior to Li Shuncheng. He shot the young eunuch a vicious glare, then led Sun Shaozong out of Jingren Palace.

Not to mention how overjoyed that young eunuch was to have escaped disaster.

After leaving Jingren Palace, and seeing no one nearby, the Guiding Eunuch immediately lowered his voice. "Lord Sun, that fellow just now serves at Consort Rong's side."

Seeing the implication in his words, Sun Shaozong immediately understood.

So the man had not been meddling for no reason. He had wanted to use Consort Rong as a stepping stone to curry favor with the now vastly different Jia Yuanchun.

As for Sun Shaozong, perhaps because of his close ties with Rongguo Mansion, he had been honored with the role of "backdrop."

Of course, the eunuch probably believed he had been sharing the credit with Sun Shaozong, only for Sun Shaozong's "lack of sense" to ruin it.

Having figured out the crux of it, Sun Shaozong secretly snorted. Those castrated bastards really did love to gamble. They did not even know whether Jia Yuanchun was carrying a boy or a girl, yet they were already scrambling to pick a side and bare their asses.

In any case, after that minor episode, the two set off again, one before the other. Before long, they arrived at a small courtyard.

"Lord Sun."

Li Shuncheng, the chief