The eunuch in the cold palace: You get the Nine Yang Divine Skill right from the start!

Listening to the Rain Pavilion.

This mansion is located in the southeast of the imperial city. It nominally belongs to a wealthy merchant, but in reality, it is the Bronze Sparrow Terrace where the crown prince kept his mistress.

There are no guards here on weekdays, nor are there servants or maids to serve you. The women living here are not allowed to step out, and their living expenses are secretly delivered by a special person every month.

Shen Mo climbed over the wall and entered the courtyard.

After some searching, they quickly found the dormitory and carefully pushed open the door.

He was stunned, his expression somewhat dazed.

Everything here is almost a one-to-one replica of the inner palace of Fengyi Palace, from the tables and chairs to the phoenix bed and the woman on it.

Her appearance is already 70% similar to Xiao Yishu's!

If he were drunk, he would never be able to tell whether the woman was Xiao Yishu or not.

"Um?"

The woman seemed to sense something and opened her eyes. Seeing a stranger standing in the doorway, she exclaimed in surprise, "Who are you, and why are you in my room?"

The voice, movements, and expressions are incredibly lifelike!

Shen Mo took a deep breath and said, "My name is Shen Mo, and I am the Empress's personal chief eunuch! Chu Tian may be planning something against you, so I will take you to a safe place."

In order to get them to cooperate, I had no choice but to reveal my identity.

The woman fell into deep thought, then her brow relaxed, and she nodded, replying, "Please follow me, sir!"

Shen Mo followed her to the other two rooms and found the remaining two women.

Although these two women also resemble Xiao Yishu, they are not as lifelike as the first one.

Shen Mo asked, "What's your name?"

"Reporting to Father-in-law, the name that man gave me is Xiao Yishu. My real name is He Cailian, a fisherwoman from Jiangnan," He Cailian replied respectfully.

She knew that Shen Mo had led her to escape from the cage.

However, the other two thought differently.

"Sister Cailian, you believe this person without any proof?"

"The Crown Prince has been so good to us, are you really willing to leave like this?"

The two have been brainwashed and not only do they not appreciate it, they also want to stay.

He Cailian said in a deep voice, "Have you forgotten what happened to the others?"

In recent years, more than twenty women with similar appearances have entered the Tingyu Pavilion. They were all secretly sent to Tingyu Pavilion by Chu Tian after he searched the world for them.

At first, everyone thought this was the Crown Prince choosing a wife, a chance to rise to a high social status!

Until an old eunuch came every now and then and taught them to imitate the voice, movements and expressions of a woman, the woman who was the mother of the nation—Xiao Yishu.

What happened next was rather cruel.

Chu Tian would come every now and then, kill the worst imitator in front of everyone, and then take away the next best one. The one who was taken away never returned to Tingyuxuan, and his fate was not hard to guess.

This process repeated until only the three of them remained.

"But we made it through, didn't we? I'm not willing to give up such a promising future now!"

"Yes, the Crown Prince hasn't killed anyone in a long time."

The two women are still refuting the claims.

They are like tamed canaries, accustomed to this life, unable to return to the free sky.

"In that case, you may stay."

Shen Mo stopped trying to persuade her, said something indifferently, and left with He Cailian.

The two women finally started to panic.

But by then the person had already gone far away, and they couldn't catch up even if they wanted to, and they kept wondering about it.

After a while.

A group of masked men in black burst into Tingyuxuan, and the two people hugged each other tightly in fright.

"Spare me...spare me!"

"We...we are the Crown Prince's women, what do you intend to do?"

Without a word, they stepped forward and beheaded the two women with a single stroke each, then covered the bodies with dry firewood and burned them to destroy the evidence.

Then, after a search, they still couldn't find the third person.

The group exchanged glances and said in unison, "Chase them!"

........

Shen Mo rode the horse while He Cailian sat behind him. To avoid being thrown off the horse, she had to hug Shen Mo intimately, her face flushing red.

"In this respect, the scale is almost the same as Xiao Yishu's."

Feeling the sensation on his back, he couldn't help but make a comparison in his mind. He was the most qualified to speak on this matter, after all, he had personally measured it before leaving the palace last night.

He Cailian asked, "Do I really look a lot like the Empress?"

"Very similar!"

Shen Mo nodded. If he were to train them further, even the emperor might not be able to tell the difference between the two.

He Cailian said with a wry smile, "But I'd rather be myself!"

She didn't want to be anyone else, but she was born with a similar appearance. In order to survive, she studied hard, but deep down she hated it and just wanted to be the original He Cailian again.

It was for this reason that she chose to leave with Shen Mo without much consideration.

"You are very clear-headed."

Shen Mo shook his head and said to her, "Those two are different. Little do they know that there can only ever be one Empress. Even if Chu Tian doesn't kill them for now, the one who survives in the end will definitely be you."

If you want others to be saved, you must first save yourself!

They're still indulging in unrealistic fantasies, why bother helping them? After all, one witness is enough.

Shen Mo rode his horse and brought He Cailian to the foot of the mountain.

It was still dark, so he kept a close watch on his way, making sure that no one else would discover his whereabouts before heading up the mountain to Suxin Nunnery.

When we reached the summit, it was just beginning to get light.

thump—

thump—

Shen Mo knocked on the door, and a familiar voice yawning came from inside: "Who is it? Coming to worship Buddha so early?"

"what?"

Su Chan looked at Shen Mo and the attractive woman beside him, and frowned, saying, "Shen Mo, what's going on?"

Shen Mo had always come to worship Buddha around noon, so his early arrival with a woman clearly indicated that something was amiss.

Shen Mo explained, "I want her to stay at the nunnery temporarily, for as little as three to five days, or as long as..."

"Stop, stop, stop!"

Su Chan interrupted him, displeased, "You've gone too far. You've even hidden your mistress in the Suxin Nunnery."

"What are you thinking, you little brat?" Shen Mo laughed in exasperation, then explained helplessly, "She offended someone, so I told her to stay here for a while."

"Please come in, Benefactor Shen." The abbot behind Su Chan had already heard the conversation between the two.

"Thank you, Abbot!"

Shen Mo then led He Cailian into the nunnery. The abbess said with a deep look, "Amitabha! Benefactor Shen, please rest assured, this nun will take care of this lady if she stays in the nunnery."

"Master! Aren't you going to ask him why?" Su Chan was quite curious about He Cailian's background.

The abbot shook his head and said, "I trust Benefactor Shen's character; why inquire about the reasons?"

At this moment, Duan Chen, who was sweeping the floor, suddenly had a jolt in his pupils and his gaze was fixed on He Cailian, unable to look away.

"Thank you for your trust, Master. I'll be taking my leave now."

As soon as Shen Mo stepped out of the nunnery, Su Chan caught up with him, asking curiously, "Who did she offend?"

"The person she offended is even more powerful than the Minister of Rites we offended last time!"

"No way?"

Su Chan stared wide-eyed in disbelief. The Minister of Rites was one of the highest-ranking officials in the entire court, and there weren't many above him.

Shen Mo smiled faintly and asked, "Crown Prince, is he higher in rank than the Minister of Rites?"

"This...aren't you afraid?" Su Chan's mouth gaped open wide enough to fit an egg. It turned out that this woman had offended the Crown Prince, who was the future ruler of the country!

"You should ask the Crown Prince if he's afraid of me!"

After a loud, arrogant laugh, Shen Mo turned and headed down the mountain.

The prince has exhausted all his tricks.

Now it's my turn to make a move!