latelenovela Chapter 147 Why isn't Father showing off anymore? Continue, Your Majesty. I love to hear it, Yo
Chapter 147 Why isn't Father showing off anymore? Continue, Your Majesty. I love to hear it, Yo
Half an hour later, Lin Shiming, looking dazed and with a flushed face, walked out of Fengyi Palace with the imperial edict he had obtained.
Just then, they bumped into Emperor Longyun, who was returning to Fengyi Palace after handling some matters at Xuanzheng Hall. Emperor Longyun, sitting on his imperial carriage, looked Lin Shiming up and down with great interest for a moment, then raised his hand to signal the guards to put him down.
The two exchanged a glance, their familiar hostility crackling in the air. Emperor Longyun sneered and beckoned Lin Shiming back into the Phoenix Palace. The two tacitly found a quiet, secluded spot under a tree and began their verbal sparring.
Emperor Longyun rolled up his sleeves and was the first to attack, "Oh, isn't this our famous Crown Princess? Instead of going to the Ministry of Justice to show your supporters and boost their morale, what are you doing in my Phoenix Palace?"
Although Lin Shiming was in a daze, he would immediately regain his fighting spirit if someone came to provoke him. He rolled his eyes at Emperor Longyun in a rather unseemly manner.
"Father, aren't you being a bit presumptuous? This is Mother's Phoenix Palace, not yours." It was still Lin Shiming's familiar sarcastic tone. "Your subject is different from someone like you who shamelessly comes here! Mother loves her juniors and is happy to see your subject. She welcomes you very much!"
Emperor Longyun was furious, his beard bristling and eyes wide with rage. But he quickly found an opportunity to retaliate, "So what! I can stay overnight, can you?"
"Hilarious. So there are people who are proud to stay overnight in their spouse's room (this term existed in ancient times)!" Lin Shiming scoffed. "Father, you finally have something to talk about, so show off a bit. After all, I have no experience of trying every possible way to sneak into my spouse's room."
He and Lu Yuxi lived together, sharing the same space.
These words were extremely malicious, striking Emperor Longyun squarely at his heart. Knowing full well the situation, Emperor Longyun immediately broke down. His finger, pointing at Lin Shiming, trembled.
"you you you you!"
"Why isn't Father showing off anymore? Please continue, Your Majesty. I'm all ears."
"Get out of my sight!!"
Having won a great victory in this battle, Lin Shiming smugly straightened his collar and strode past Emperor Longyun, not forgetting to leave a contemptuous "humph".
Emperor Longyun snapped on the spot, his mind buzzing with rage.
"Stop for me!"
Emperor Longyun's tone revealed his barely concealed rage, clearly indicating that he intended to teach Lin Shiming a lesson.
Lin Shiming, who had been experienced since childhood, would certainly not walk into a trap. He immediately changed from walking to running, and disappeared outside the gate of Fengyi Palace without looking back, leaving Emperor Longyun with an empty space.
Suddenly, the whole world seemed to quiet down.
Until a leaf was blown down by the wind, the dark green leaf, the same color as Lin Shiming's clothes today, swayed and brushed past Emperor Longyun's nose before falling to the ground.
"Li An!"
As expected, Li An, who had been hiding for a long time, finally couldn't escape.
He came in with a long face, but when he looked up, he skillfully switched to a fawning smile.
"Your Majesty, the servant is here."
"Go, go and send a message to the Crown Prince's palace. Tell him that I plan to go to the summer palace on the first day of June this year. Tell the Crown Prince to go to the summer palace to make arrangements for me in advance! He will return after the court examination!"
Li An bowed and scraped, then retreated with a wry smile, going off to the Eastern Palace as an excellent messenger.
*
To avoid Emperor Longyun, Lin Shiming even had to use his light-body skills.
Lin Shiming only breathed a sigh of relief after running all the way to the Imperial Garden and confirming that Emperor Longyun could not catch up. He then took out a handkerchief to wipe his sweat.
This stingy old man's temper is getting worse and worse. He almost ran away. Lin Shiming crumpled up his handkerchief and was about to throw it to the eunuch beside him when he suddenly realized something was wrong.
It seems he not only shrugged off Emperor Longyun, but also abandoned his imperial carriage and ceremonial regalia.
It's over.
Lin Shiming inwardly groaned and slapped himself on the forehead. It's easy to go from frugality to extravagance, but difficult to go from extravagance to frugality. Fine, he'd better walk back himself.
*
It was mid-summer afternoon, and the sun was blazing.
Since it was not safe to scale walls and roofs in the palace, Lin Shiming had no choice but to walk back to the East Palace step by step under the scorching sun.
Coincidentally, when he reached the gate of the East Palace, he ran into Lu Yuxi, who was returning from the Ministry of Personnel in another direction.
Lu Yuxi saw his Crown Princess walking alone on the palace road from afar and thought something had happened, so he urged the guards to hurry up. Then the two met at the gate of the East Palace.
Given that Lu Yuxi's speed in the imperial carriage is 1.5 times that of Lin Shiming's walking speed, and Lin Shiming's distance to the East Palace gate is 100 meters, how far apart were Lu Yuxi and Lin Shiming when Lu Yuxi saw each other?
Far away.
Lin Shiming had naturally seen Lu Yuxi early on, so when the two arrived at the door, he didn't rush inside. Instead, he waited for the imperial carriage to slowly stop, and Lu Yuxi walked over quickly.
"Aren't you hot? How did you walk back by yourself? Where are your attendants and guards?"
Lin Shiming wasn't in a hurry and answered each question slowly, "They have internal energy and don't get hot. When they were escaping, they pulled down the ceremonial guards. I guess they might have been detained by the Emperor, or they might have secretly slipped away and are on their way back."
Lu Yuxi breathed a sigh of relief, pulled the person into the East Palace, and hurried towards the main hall. She did not forget to instruct Zhao Lei to prepare an ice bowl for Lin Shiming to cool off.
Upon entering the main hall, Lu Yuxi asked everyone to sit down first, then quickly poured a cup of room-temperature tea for them, watching Lin Shiming gulp it down.
Lu Yuxi took the empty glass and poured him half a glass more. "Did you quarrel with Father again?"
"Yup!"
"What's the reason this time?"
"I've already forgotten, anyway, we just started arguing without realizing it." Lin Shiming finished his second cup of tea and let out a long sigh. "Although the process was a bit confusing, the outcome was very clear. Today, I won completely."
It's always like this. Lu Yuxi sighed helplessly. Every time, this mother-in-law and daughter-in-law would clearly have something to say, but after only a couple of sentences about the important matter, they would start arguing and completely forget about the important matter.
Lu Yuxi sighed, "Do you remember what Father Emperor said in his first sentence?"
"emm..."
Lin Shiming tried hard to recall for a long time, and it wasn't until Zhao Lei brought over the ice bowl that he finally remembered the beginning of today's fight.
"It seems that Father Emperor mentioned the Ministry of Justice."
Lu Yuxi understood. He had come back from the Ministry of Personnel to talk to Lin Shiming about this.
"I was just about to tell you this, today..."
"Your Highness!"
Zhao Lei's voice came from the doorway, interrupting Lu Yuxi. Lu Yuxi frowned. "Come in."
"Your Highness," Zhao Lei strode in, "Chief Steward Li has arrived, saying he has an imperial decree to convey."
The imperial decree?
Lin Shiming stopped eating his iced bowl and immediately jumped up, "What's going on? Is Father such a sore loser? He even sent people to the East Palace to take revenge!"
"No! This decree can't be good." Lin Shiming paced back and forth anxiously, completely ignoring Lu Yuxi's hesitant expression. "You, you go and tell Li An that I'm sick and I won't accept this decree!"