Transformed into a heartthrob's simp, every day is a battleground.

Chapter 393 The Framed Little White Flower

"I don't quite understand what Master is saying," Li Wu said, feigning confusion. He then looked at the trembling steward who remained silent, seemingly afraid of shifting blame, and asked, "Steward, do you understand what Master is saying?"

The manager wished he could transform into the Earth God and disappear into the ground.

"Huh...?" The steward looked at Li Wu in confusion. "Madam, you spoke?"

He pretended to touch his ear, saying, "I'm getting old, my hearing isn't very good."

"I didn't realize you treated the Gao family's servants like this." Gao Ruiyun pressed his advantage, then looked at Yan Xun, "He didn't mistreat you, did he?"

"If I had known he would treat his servants like this, I would never have entrusted him with managing the Gao family's backyard." Gao Ruiyun coughed a few times, covering his mouth.

As he spoke, he held Yan Xun's hand with concern, looking as if he was worried that Yan Xun had really been wronged.

Disgusting, Li Wu thought, "Doesn't the master know how I've treated the Gao family?"

Li Wu looked at Yan Xun again and said, "I knew that the master would forget the old for the new, but I never expected him to be so heartless."

“I usually do a lot of work for the Gao family, but in the master’s mouth, it becomes that I am scheming and mistreating the servants.”

Yan Xun: "..."

He suspected that Li Wu had also studied palace intrigue dramas.

At this moment, Yan Xun's live stream was also bustling with activity—

[Hehehe, I came to the live stream just to see this!]

[Wait, is that really Li Wu next to him? How did he learn this kind of palace intrigue too? Did someone in his livestream give him lines?]

[Breaking news! I just checked out the live stream next door, and everyone there was stunned. The chat was full of ellipses. I never expected this kid to be so fluent in those palace intrigue lines (shocked)]

[Hehe, His Majesty's charm (sticks out tongue)]

What about Lou Yanchuan?

What else can we do? Of course, we'll take advantage of our friend's wife (insidious).

[I can't stand you guys anymore! Am I the only one here to watch the streamer solve cases and clear levels? Can't you guys talk about something useful??]

[Get out if you're not going to watch! This is what we love talking about in our livestream!]

[...I never said I didn't like watching it. Are you all eunuchs serving the emperor? Why are you even helping the streamer to kick people out?]

I'm not a eunuch, I'm a lackey~

If His Majesty really wanted me to become a eunuch, it's not that I couldn't bring myself to do it...

[Hehe, you guys are joking again, as if you guys won't grow back after you cut them off (disdain). Do you think His Majesty doesn't understand your racial forms?]

[Why are you being so talkative? What are you pretending to be, the empress? It's like the emperor isn't worried, but the eunuch is.]

I'll strangle you!!!

Yan Xun didn't read the live stream chat and was unaware that it had become a noisy place. He simply asked Gao Ruiyun and Li Wu, "Aren't you cold?"

"If you're not cold, I'll go in first."

Upon hearing this, Gao Ruiyun coughed a few times. "Then let's hurry inside."

Without even looking at Li Wu, he led Yan Xun straight into the courtyard.

The steward pretended not to see anything, sighing and saying things like people are old and useless, until Li Wu also entered the courtyard, at which point he finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Gao Ruiyun didn't seem to like being served by servants. As soon as Yan Xun entered the courtyard, he could clearly feel that the temperature had dropped a bit.

Although saying that he was a little cold was just an excuse, he really felt a chill after entering Gao Ruiyun's courtyard.

"Don't you feel cold?" Yan Xun asked, looking at Master Gao, who was leading her into the courtyard.

"Cold?" Master Gao turned around. "It is a bit cold."

He gestured for Yan Xun to look at his attire, saying, "I'm in poor health right now, so I need to wear more layers."

Li Wu didn't respond, but simply observed the Gao family's courtyard, which he had never been to before—the courtyard was ordinary, and apart from being larger than their own, there was nothing particularly special about it.

If there's anything different, it's probably that this courtyard is a bit cold, with a temperature much lower than other parts of the Gao family's residence.

"Master is not in good health, and the place he lives in is so gloomy." Li Wu was too lazy to pretend to be virtuous and gentle, since Gao Ruiyun didn't mind anyway.

Gao Ruiyun ignored him and simply led Yan Xun to the room he had visited before.

Li Wu followed behind the two. He had already seen the room in Yan Xun's description, but after entering, he found that the temperature inside was not high.

Gao Ruiyun was in poor health. As soon as he entered the room, he leaned against the couch as if he had no bones. He gestured for Yan Xun to make himself at home, and then looked at Li Wu, "I heard..."

"Are you investigating what happened at the previous banquet?"

Li Wu was not surprised by Gao Ruiyun's sudden attack.

They had previously discovered that Master Gao would deliberately prevent players from investigating the Gao family's secrets. Gao Wen was only trying to escape by climbing over the wall when he was imprisoned by Master Gao's scheme.

As a result, Chi Yuan was placed under surveillance by the maids.

"Yes," Li Wu readily admitted.

"I've been at the Gao family's place for so long, and the thought of this banquet failing again makes me restless and unable to eat or sleep," he said to Gao Ruiyun, half-jokingly. "That's why I wanted to take a look at the records of banquets the Gao family has held in the past."

Gao Ruiyun's face was ashen, and he looked emaciated. The way he looked at Li Wu was hard to tell whether it was kind or malicious. "Well, you've got a good heart," he said indifferently.

It sounded like he was going to let the matter drop, but soon Li Wu and Yan Xun knew that this was not the end of it.

"But why do I feel like you have other plans?"

“I heard that Gao Wen and Yan Xun both went to that courtyard after paying their respects to you in the morning.”

Yan Xun wasn't surprised that Gao Ruiyun knew about this—the entire Gao family was his informant—he was just wondering if this NPC was a little too intelligent.

"What courtyard?" Li Wu asked, looking very surprised.

"Where did they go that made the master so angry?"

“Naturally, it’s a forbidden area for sinners.” Gao Ruiyun’s tone was calm. “Don’t you know that?”

"The courtyard at the deepest part behind the ancestral hall."

"No one from the Gao family is allowed to go over there."

"But how could things be so coincidental?" Gao Ruiyun glanced at Yan Xun. "Seventh Concubine has only been married into the family for a short time, so it's normal that she doesn't know how dangerous that place is."

"But you've been in the Gao family for so many years..."

“Gao Wen is another brainless idiot,” Gao Ruiyun said mercilessly. “How could it be such a coincidence that after greeting you, we both avoided the maids and went to that courtyard where no one else is allowed?”

"I think you're just jealous of Yan Xun." Gao Ruiyun looked at Li Wu and angrily rebuked him, "You deliberately lured him to the forbidden area just so I would punish him."

"Poor Yan Xun just entered the Gao family and didn't know that the Gao family had such a forbidden area, which gave you the opportunity to succeed."

Li Wu: "…………Huh?"

He never expected that Master Gao would explain everything using the mindset of palace intrigue!

Yan Xun was also stunned, "...Me?"

He pointed hesitantly at himself, still somewhat incredulous.

In Master Gao's words, he had actually become a naive and innocent girl framed by the power struggles within the household?!