His Rui

Chapter 419 – The Naïve Eunuch Zhang

That night, Xi Ying send a letter to Zhao Zhang Wei again.

Sitting inside his study room, when Zhao Zhang Wei read the letter brought by Xi Ying's shadow guard, he first frowned and then couldn't stop himself from chuckling.

He understood very well what he needed to do.

Zhao Zhuang Chen would investigate whether Zhao Wang Lei had really promised to give him the throne or not. 

And for that, he could put his shadow guard on his tail only. 

Sure enough, from that midnight till the next morning, Zhao Zhang Wei felt a presence around him. He was a capable martial artist and hence he could feel the presence of a shadow guard who was less capable than him.

However, Zhao Zhuang Chen didn't know this.

That morning before going to the Imperial Court, Zhao Zhang Wei decided to get rid of this shadow guard. He didn't want the shadow guard to find anything more than he should know otherwise it could create trouble for him as he would not be able to kill the shadow guard lest he wanted to increase Zhao Zhuang Chen's suspicion of himself.

That's why he called Eunuch Zhang inside the study room.

"Does Your Highness need something?"

Zhao Zhang Wei heard the young Eunuch asking. His phoenix eyes stayed on the young Eunuch a little longer than usual as if he was contemplating something.

He was contemplating whether he could really trust the young Eunuch or not. However, Zhao Zhang Wei knew that the other servants in Xinhe Palace will be less trustworthy than Eunuch Zhang.

In the end, he sighed and decided to go ahead with what he had thought.

"Eunuch Zhang, Benwang needs some suggestion from you. Benwang thinks that the wise Eunuch Zhang can help Benwang in solving this matter. Will Eunuch Zhang help Benwang?"

Eunuch Zhang was flattered and instantly said with a smile.

"Sure, Your Highness. This servant will try my best to help Your Highness."

"Come closer."

Zhao Zhang Wei smiled and said to Eunuch Zhang.

The young Eunuch who was very happy to help his master stepped forward completely unaware that he will regret his words very much in the future.

When Eunuch Zhang was closer to the table, Zhao Zhang Wei signed him to bent down, and then he started to speak.

"His Majesty promised Benwang that Benwang will be the next Emperor of Xin if Benwang thought of something that would destroy Li and Yi Clan."

Zhao Zhang Wei said casually.

Eunuch's Zhang eyes went wide with shock and he stared at his master unable to comprehend as to how he could tell such a deep secret to him who was merely a servant.

Did His Highness trust him so much?

The young Eunuch felt so emotional at this thought that his eyes started to go teary and he was about to open his mouth when Zhao Zhang Wei suddenly signed him to look at the rice paper on the table.

"Does Your Highness have a plan?"   

Eunuch Zhang read the words on the rice paper with a frown on his forehead. He was really confused but as soon as he finished, he heard Zhao Zhang Wei speaking again. 

"I have but I am afraid that His Majesty is just trying to trap me. Maybe it is some kind of test by which he is trying to check if I am really capable or not. Maybe he is just seeing if I will really agree to do this but in fact, that is something I should not do to clear this test."

Eunuch Zhang only felt his head spinning with everything his master told him.

He didn't even know if he could really suggest something in this because what his master could really be true. The naïve Eunuch however didn't know that his master never needed his suggestion.

Zhao Zhang Wei looked towards a direction. His eyes flickered and he knew that the shadow guard was now looking inside the room.

He couldn't sign Eunuch Zhang like before.

Zhao Zhang Wei tapped his finger continuously in a very casual manner near the rice paper as if he was in deep thought. He wished that Eunuch Zhang would see what he had to say next otherwise he would have done it all over again in some other way.

He didn't want to keep this shadow guard on his tail the whole day.

Eunuch Zhang was however lost in his own melancholy now. 

The young Eunuch found himself incapable of solving this problem and was very disappointed in himself. Sighing heavily, he lowered his head to bow down and apologize to the prince.

However, just at this moment, his eyes fell on the paper on the table and he saw how his master was constantly tapping his finger on its edge.

Eunuch Zhang's eyes flickered with confusion and he read the words out loud thinking that his master wanted him to read it just like the last time.

"Your Highness should go ahead with it. Destroying Li and Yi Clan will be in benefit of Your Highness also if Your Highness became the next Emperor. Li and Yi Clan are powerful but Your Highness doesn't have both the clan on his side. It is wise not to leave any powerful clan for the first prince so that he can befriend them and then make his battle for the throne easy."

Eunuch Zhang looked confused even after he finished the reading. He wanted to look at the rice paper again to read the words and repeat them to understand them.

However, Zhao Zhang Wei had pulled the rice paper from his front to his side and said to him with a very gentle smile on his lips.

"Eunuch Zhang is so wise. Such a good suggestion…"

Eunuch Zhang was again left confused and wanted to ask just how did he help his master. However, Zhao Zhang Wei spoke before he could speak.

"Benwang feels so lucky to have Eunuch Zhang on his side."

Eunuch Zhang's eyes brightened and he was flattered by his master's words. 

"Ah…this servant is also very grateful and blessed to have Your Highness as my master."

Zhao Zhang Wei had however stopped paying attention to the young Eunuch long ago as he saw the shadow near the window disappearing.

Zhao Zhuang Chen's shadow guard was as stupid as him!

He left!

Zhao Zhang Wei smirked while Eunuch Zhang felt goosebumps on seeing his evil smile.