Spring in the East Palace

Chapter 201 Too Perfect

"Yes. I was bought in the West Market, and now I have signed a life-long contract with the Embroidery House." Changfu responded.

The death contract is for this lifetime. Changfu only belongs to the embroidery room and it is impossible for him to go anywhere else. Even compared with the long-term worker, the death contract is more cruel.

Unless the Embroidery Room takes the initiative to terminate the contract with Changfu, Changfu will not be able to leave.

Death will also happen here.

This life has been explained clearly.

Unless they are left with no other options, few people would choose a death contract. Shen Muyin also knows this.

"Why did you sign a death contract?" Shen Muyin asked calmly while drinking tea.

Changfu responded: "I have nowhere else to go. I have no one to turn to and no place to stay. That's why I want to sign a death contract. In this way, at least I will have a place to live."

Shen Muyin nodded: "Where are your family members?"

"I have no family left. They all died in the previous war." Changfu said calmly.

Shen Muyin was a little surprised. She calculated that the most chaotic time for Yan State was when the current crown prince was 14 years old and led his troops to war. That was fifteen years ago.

Changfu is about 30 years old this year. Indeed, at that time, Changfu was just a teenager with all the necessary memories.

Losing family members in the war or watching them leave with your own eyes is extremely cruel for anyone. It was probably a time of despair.

"I understand." Shen Muyin responded, "You will live here from now on. As long as I am here, you will belong to this embroidery room. Everyone in the embroidery room is my family. I will never let anything happen to you again."

Shen Muyin said this very calmly.

She would never let her people make any mistakes again, and the tragedy that happened to the Xu family would never happen again.

So she would guard the embroidery room carefully. Now Shen Muyin is no longer just a person. Everyone here is connected to her and nothing can go wrong.

Shen Muyin's words made Changfu look at Shen Muyin with some surprise. He probably didn't expect to hear such words.

It seemed as if no one had ever told him these things over the years. Changfu's eyes were slightly red, and then Changfu stood there calmly, looking at Shen Muyin.

"I thank you, Miss. I will definitely be loyal to you." Changfu said calmly.

Shen Muyin nodded, asked some more questions about daily matters, and then let Changfu leave.

After Changfu left, Shen Muyin looked at the housekeeper and asked, "How is Changfu doing here?"

"Nothing unusual." Butler Wang responded, "He usually does rough work in the embroidery room and works hard without complaint. Changfu is also very clean. I have tried several times and Changfu never thinks about these gold and silver treasures. He is a person who can be trusted."

Shen Muyin nodded. She naturally trusted what Butler Wang said.

"Let Changfu do some of the things, but find someone to watch him and see if there is anything abnormal about him." Shen Muyin whispered.

These things are all matters of life and death, so letting Changfu go also means Shen Muyin's trust in him.

But at the beginning, Shen Muyin would naturally not be unscrupulous, and would only look for things that would allow them to escape.

In case anything happened to Changfu, she had to make sure everyone in the embroidery room was safe.

Butler Wang naturally knew this.

"I understand. Don't worry." Butler Wang nodded.

Shen Muyin didn't say anything. She lowered her head and drank tea, as if she was thinking. Butler Wang was standing beside her, but he didn't say anything.

Until Shen Muyin put down the teacup, his sharp eyes fell on Butler Wang.

"I have one more thing I want you to do, but it involves certain risks." Shen Muyin said directly.

Butler Wang was calm: "Miss, please give me your orders. I will do whatever I want."

All in all, Shen Muyin was the lifesaver of Butler Wang, although he was introduced by Qiao Sheng.

But if Shen Muyin hadn't helped, Butler Wang might have been beheaded by now.

Shen Muyin was reborn and, choosing the right time, asked Qiao Sheng to rescue Butler Wang safely. The person he wanted to use was Butler Wang.

So now Butler Wang is loyal to Shen Muyin.

"Okay." Shen Muyin nodded, and the teacup was put aside. "I want you to check the prince consort of Xuanhe Palace."

"Lord Nangong?" The butler was stunned for a moment. He was really surprised.

Probably because he didn't expect that Shen Muyin would actually investigate Nangong Sheng.

After all, in Yan State, everyone knows Nangong Sheng. Nangong Sheng only has Princess Xuanhe in his eyes and is loyal to Prince Xuan's Mansion.

To some extent, Nangong Sheng is the adopted son of Prince Xuan's Mansion, and the Prince Xuan's Mansion has only one daughter, Princess Xuanhe.

After Prince Xuan left, Nangong Sheng would be the future Prince Xuan, not the prince consort.

Under such circumstances, it is impossible for anyone to do anything detrimental to Prince Xuan's Palace.

So this time, the butler really didn’t understand what Shen Muyin meant.

"What do you want me to investigate Lord Nangong?" Butler Wang asked seriously.

"Butler Wang, what do you know about Lord Nangong?" Shen Muyin asked calmly and unhurriedly.

Butler Wang did not hesitate and expressed his impression of Nangong Sheng, which was exactly the same as the evaluation of the Yan people.

It can be said that Nangong Sheng's image of being affectionate and loyal is deeply rooted in people's hearts.

"In order to avoid suspicion, Lord Nangong has never held an important position in the court. It seems that he is just guarding Prince Xuan's Mansion and Princess Xuanhe, and they have a deep affection for each other." Butler Wang responded.

Shen Muyin nodded. She did not deny this point. At least everything Shen Muyin saw now was true.

But Shen Muyin couldn't tell why, he always felt that something was wrong with Nangong Sheng.

An overly perfect person is like acting, not revealing his or her shortcomings at all.

Take Donggong for example. Donggong is unscrupulous, like an emotional person. He can be described as cruel, heartless, and a madman.

But Nangong Sheng is different. It seems that there is no label on him. Apart from being related to Prince Xuan's Palace, Nangong Sheng has no relationship with anyone else.

To Shen Muyin, this feeling was like trying to minimize one's own presence and not getting oneself into trouble.

And the other side of not getting into trouble is to wait for the opportunity, right?

So what opportunity is Nangong Sheng waiting for?

The most important thing is that although she had never had any contact with Nangong Sheng during this period, it was completely an intuition.

I intuitively felt that something was wrong with Nangong Sheng.

The deeper you go, the more so.

She shouldn't have investigated, but now, this intuition was becoming more and more obvious, so she had this idea.

"Butler Wang, do you think there is nothing wrong with a person being too perfect?" Shen Muyin asked Butler Wang, "For example, if you know someone and you can't find any flaws, do you think such a person exists? I think everyone makes mistakes. If someone lives too cautiously, they either have a purpose or are waiting for the right opportunity."