Lan Yan looked at the astonished butler, her lips curling upwards. "Butler, you can't say I was wrong this time!" She thought of last time and felt indignant that she had been framed.
The butler felt as if he had been struck by lightning. He shouldn't have underestimated Lan Yan. She was clearly a woman from the countryside, yet she had so many schemes and could even incite the Eunuch.
Seeing the butler staring at Lan Yan, Jun Yelan pulled her behind him. "Butler, you'd better explain yourself. What did you do!" His fingertips held a piece of paper, the very one the butler had passed earlier.
The butler trembled all over, rubbing his palms nervously. "Eunuch, I, I..."
"If you can't say it, then let this Eunuch say it." Jun Yelan looked at the butler coldly, unfolded the paper, and read, "Evidence exposed, eliminate quickly."
"You are good at judging, but you judged wrongly. Did you ever think about why the news appeared at this time, why it appeared so conveniently."
The butler had been anxious since Lan Yan discovered him, which had made him reckless. "Eunuch, I've been by your side for five years, and you've never truly trusted me. But Lan Yan only appeared by your side for three months, and you believe her so much."
He had abandoned Jin Sanniang before and was unwilling to be defeated by a country girl like Lan Yan.
Jun Yelan said, "Her eyes are different from yours." They were eyes he had never seen in his life, without a trace of impurity, always looking at him.
"Butler, you've passed on a lot of messages over these five years. Did you think I truly knew nothing?"
The butler was stunned. He looked up at Jun Yelan's cold expression and suddenly understood. Everything had been arranged by Jun Yelan. He was a pawn of someone else, and at the same time, he had been used by Jun Yelan.
No wonder that over the years, even when Jun Yelan was reprimanded, demoted, and cursed by everyone, he was still the Emperor's most trusted man. "Eunuch, my master underestimated you."
Jun Yelan let out a cold snort. "Since we're talking about your master, tell me who he is." He had offended too many people, but only a few could achieve this level of manipulation.
"I can't say." The butler gritted his teeth, unwilling to speak.
Jun Yelan chuckled coldly. "You're loyal at this point. Don't worry, my Eastern Bureau's punishments await you. Perhaps you'll even witness the ashes of Jin Sanniang being scattered."
When he was kind, he was bullied by everyone, but these people should not have touched Lan Yan.
The butler's legs went weak, and he collapsed to the ground. "I'll tell you, it's that person in the palace and Lord Yan." After speaking, he bit his tongue fiercely, not wanting to endure the torture.
No one who entered the Eastern Bureau ever came out, not even in one piece. Therefore, those who offended the Eastern Bureau would rather die than live a half-dead life.
But with a look from Jun Yelan, Song Cheng stepped forward and dislocated the butler's jaw, making it impossible for him to even die. "Take him to the Eastern Bureau and lock him up. He'll be useful later."
This was a move that could affect everything; it wasn't the time to make a move.
Song Cheng dragged away the butler, whose mouth hung agape, not wanting to disturb the Eunuch and Miss Lan Yan. "You dare to harm our Eunuch? You'll pay dearly later." He intended to inflict the harshest punishment on the butler.
As the butler was taken away, he stared fiercely at Lan Yan and Jun Yelan. Although he had failed, his master behind him would not let Jun Yelan go. His master would use others; these two would not have an easy time.
But he thought of the Eastern Bureau's methods and knew he would suffer first.
Lan Yan had been watching from the side, feeling that being the Eunuch was truly not easy for Jun Yelan. Even when he did well, no one was grateful, and when he made mistakes, there were plenty of people to cause trouble.
She walked to Jun Yelan's side, tugged at his sleeve, and murmured, "Eunuch, if they don't thank you, I will. And as for those slanderous words, just treat them like a rabid dog and ignore them."
Jun Yelan looked at Lan Yan's worried expression, his lips curving slightly. "I didn't do all this for them, but for what I should protect. I do my duty in my position."
He then took Lan Yan's hand and smiled, "It's too cold, let's go back." He knew he shouldn't hold Lan Yan's hand, but he was very cold now, and only by doing so could his body feel warm.
Lan Yan didn't mind; instead, her palm felt warm. She followed Jun Yelan forward, leaving a trail of footprints behind them.
On the clean snow, a large and a small footprint were side by side.
After returning to the room, Lan Yan immediately sat on the soft couch and covered her feet with a quilt. She held a hot water bottle and turned to look at Jun Yelan opposite her, murmuring, "Eunuch, I'm right here. Call me if you need anything."
Jun Yelan leaned against the head of the bed, holding several pieces of paper, all evidence from the current corruption case. Seeing Lan Yan only peeking her head out, he smiled faintly and said, "Okay."
Then he lowered his head and added new evidence to the papers.
Lan Yan wrapped herself tightly, staring at Jun Yelan. If Jun Yelan called her, she would go out to work. But she waited and waited, and Jun Yelan never spoke. Her eyelids began to droop, and she fell asleep holding a pillow.
Seeing this, Jun Yelan just smiled, his heart warm as he continued his work.
Before, he always stayed alone, unaware of the cold. But now that Lan Yan was by his side, like a light, she always warmed him, making him no longer able to withstand the cold. His heart began to waver.
At this moment, outside the manor, Wuming stood on a tree branch, looking at the brightly lit courtyard within the manor. He had just received instructions that the informant in the manor had run into trouble and ordered him to act and retrieve the evidence from Jun Yelan.
He looked at the moon, which had already been obscured, and flew towards the manor.
The manor was silent. He smoothly reached the courtyard entrance and saw two figures inside, so he rushed in.
Jun Yelan quickly put away the papers and grabbed a hidden weapon from the bedside, shooting it towards Wuming at the door. "As expected of the number one assassin, recovering so quickly and arriving. The Kuaishu Pavilion."
Wuming dodged and turned, wanting to advance but blocked by the hidden weapon, unable to move at all. He looked to the right, where a sleepy woman was. He intended to绕 past from this side.
Jun Yelan's eyes immediately darkened. He took out three short arrows from under his pillow and shot them at Wuming. "You cannot approach her!" Of all his calculations, he had forgotten that Lan Yan was by his side now.
He propped himself up and got out of bed, his wounds aching. He moved towards Lan Yan.
Lan Yan, who was almost asleep, was jolted awake by the clanging sounds. She opened her eyes and saw a man in black in the room. She then looked at Jun Yelan; wasn't this an assassin!
Jun Yelan was still injured and would be no match for the assassin!
Without thinking, she stood in front of Jun Yelan, staring at Wuming. "If you want to kill him, you'll have to kill me first!" At the same time, she tightly clutched a life-saving pill, thinking it might be useful later.