SBCEJM -Chapter 26 Your Majesty, Please Respect Yourself — This Servant Is a Eunuch!

The door burst open with a loud bang. The steward, Wangcai, stumbled in, practically crawling as he gasped for breath.

“Y-Young Master… someone from the palace has arrived! His Majesty summons you—immediately!”

The eyebrow pencil trembled in Feng Zexuan’s hand, leaving a thick black streak across Feng Zekai’s smooth forehead.

Her heart skipped a beat.

What was going on?

Dawn had only just begun to break. It was still far too early for court.

Why was the emperor in such a hurry?

【After taking the medicine last night, shouldn’t the old emperor be surrounded by beauties, enjoying a night of passion and sleeping till noon?】

【Calling me in this urgently… don’t tell me the medicine was too strong and sent him straight to the afterlife?!】

She muttered inwardly, 【That shouldn’t happen! Products from the system shouldn’t be lethal, right?】

【Relax, Host.】

The system sounded oddly unconcerned.

【The emperor’s dragon body is sturdier than you think.】

Feng Zexuan had no time to think further. She hurriedly wiped the black mark from Feng Zekai’s forehead and quickly instructed, “Brother, I have to enter the palace right now. Stay inside my space for the moment!”

Though doubtful, Feng Zekai understood the urgency of the situation and nodded immediately.

With a flicker of thought, the tall man vanished into thin air.

Feng Zexuan swiftly straightened her robes, opened the door, and bowed toward the waiting palace eunuch.

“Sorry to keep you waiting, Eunuch.”

The young eunuch was drenched in sweat from anxiety. The moment he saw her, he cried out, “Oh, Lord Feng, you’re finally here! Hurry! Her Majesty the Empress is nearly frantic!”

The Empress?

Feng Zexuan’s heart sank.

She dared not delay and followed the eunuch at once.

The morning wind cut sharply through the palace corridors, whipping their sleeves into the air.

All around them echoed the hurried footsteps and ragged breathing of the eunuch. The towering palace walls stretched layer upon layer, heavy with countless hidden secrets.

After passing through numerous palace gates, they finally arrived at the Empress’s residence—the Kunning Palace.

She was led into a side hall.

A woman clad in a brilliant phoenix robe sat upon the main seat. It was none other than the reigning Empress, Liu Mengli.

Born into a military family, Empress Liu possessed a straight-backed, imposing bearing. At this moment, however, her face was covered in frost.

The instant Feng Zexuan entered, the Empress shot up from her seat and strode down the steps.

Her voice trembled with fury and urgency.

“Lord Feng! What kind of monstrous aphrodisiac did you give His Majesty?! How could he… how could he become like this?!”

The accusation caught Feng Zexuan completely off guard.

“Th-this minister does not understand what Your Majesty means…” she replied cautiously.

“You still dare to deny it?!”

The Empress’s chest heaved with anger. She grabbed Feng Zexuan’s wrist and dragged her toward the inner chamber.

“Come with me and see for yourself!”

The moment Feng Zexuan stepped inside, the scene before her nearly shattered her sanity.

The Son of Heaven himself, Xiao Juechen, was tightly hugging the leg of Chief Eunuch Laifu.

The emperor’s handsome face was flushed bright red, his eyes unfocused and dreamy, a suspicious glimmer of drool hanging from the corner of his lips.

“My beloved consort! My precious darling! Don’t run away!”

His voice overflowed with grievance and obsession.

“Why are you ignoring me? Did I upset you? You can hit me or scold me if you want, just don’t ignore me!”

Eunuch Laifu’s old face had scrunched into a bitter melon. He was crying miserably while desperately trying to yank his leg free from the emperor’s embrace.

Sweating profusely, tears and snot smeared across his face, he wailed endlessly:

“Your Majesty! Please wake up! This old servant is Laifu! I’m a eunuch!”

“No, you’re not a eunuch. You are my beloved consort!”

As Xiao Juechen spoke, he actually lowered his head, preparing to kiss Laifu’s foot still clad in official boots.

“AHHH—!”

Laifu let out a shriek like a cat whose tail had been stepped on.

The surrounding maids and eunuchs all rushed forward to help, yet none dared use too much force for fear of injuring the emperor.

The entire hall had descended into utter chaos.

Feng Zexuan stood frozen in shock.

The impact of this scene was simply too overwhelming.

It was truly the drama of the year.

【HOLY SHIT! What kind of earth-shattering spectacle is this?!】

【The emperor’s hugging a eunuch and calling him beloved consort?!】

She hurriedly screamed inwardly at the system:

【System! Get out here right now! What the hell is going on?!】

【Uh…】

For the first time, the system sounded guilty.

【Host, I forgot to mention this. The medicine you exchanged for was cheap, so it comes with a tiny, harmless side effect…】

【THIS is harmless?!】

Feng Zexuan roared internally.

【You call hugging a eunuch and calling him “beloved consort” a tiny side effect?! Do you have a misunderstanding about the word “tiny”?!】

The system coughed awkwardly.

【Ahem… the side effect is that…】

【During the medicine’s active period, the user will automatically identify the first living creature they see upon waking as the love of their life.】

【Commonly known as imprinting. And their mind becomes just a tiny little bit… unclear.】

Feng Zexuan nearly coughed up blood.

How could such an important detail not be mentioned earlier?!

【Host, you were too excited at the time and never asked…】 the system replied weakly, sounding strangely justified.

While Feng Zexuan and the system argued furiously in her mind, Empress Liu beside her had gone completely rigid.

She had heard it.

Every single word of Lord Feng’s inner thoughts rang crystal clear in her ears.

System?

Side effects?

Imprinting?

The amount of information was staggering. Even someone as composed as her felt her mind buzzing from overload.

But she quickly grasped the key point—

The emperor’s current condition was entirely caused by Feng Zexuan’s medicine!

And the side effect made the emperor fall in love with the first person he saw upon waking.

The Empress abruptly turned to look at the sobbing Laifu, then at the emperor clinging desperately to his leg.

Everything suddenly made sense.

When the emperor woke this morning, the first person he saw had been Laifu!

Suppressing the storm raging in her heart, Empress Liu fixed her sharp phoenix eyes on Feng Zexuan.

“Lord Feng, this palace does not care what method you use. Immediately. At once. Restore His Majesty to normal!”

Her tone carried unquestionable authority.

【Restore him? I want to as well!】

【System, is there any other solution? My head won’t stay attached for three days at this rate!】

【If the emperor goes to court looking like this lovestruck idiot, the entire Great Xia dynasty will lose face!】

【Host, there is one other method…】

the system replied ominously.

【As long as he sleeps with someone once, balancing yin and yang, the medicine’s effects will immediately disappear.】

【…】

Feng Zexuan fell silent.

What kind of ridiculous setting was this?!

【If I say this out loud… will the Empress even believe me?】

【And this early in the morning too…】

Listening to these thoughts, the Empress’s ears instantly turned crimson red.

Yet her expression remained composed, though her breathing had subtly quickened.

Feng Zexuan steeled herself, cleared her throat, and bowed.

“Replying to Your Majesty the Empress: His Majesty’s condition will naturally disappear after three days.

“Additionally… there is another method. If His Majesty shares a bed with someone once… he will recover immediately.”