Chapter 538: Falling out

The continuous coughing made Jiang Lin look up at the Ninth Prince. As expected, a triumphant smile appeared on his face.

Jiang Lin stared at it, then smiled nonchalantly.

The person outside was obviously the emperor. He didn't know how long he had been listening outside the door, but it didn't matter. He just felt that it was a bit strange that the ninth prince appeared in the study with him.

It turned out that she was waiting for him here.

"Jiang Lin, don't you think he is miserable now?" asked the Ninth Prince with a smile.

Jiang Lin raised his eyebrows. The Ninth Prince really just wanted to entertain himself. He wanted the Emperor to understand one thing: no one around him treated him sincerely.

So what if he is the emperor and has so many sons? Now that he is in trouble, is there anyone who can come out to help him?

The coughing outside the door did not stop for a long time, and it seemed that it was not intentional to make noise to stop the people inside from talking.

The emperor was really angry. It was one thing to have guessed it, but it was another to hear it with his own ears.

"Your Majesty, let's go back and take our medicine?" Fan Zhengde consoled the emperor.

The emperor felt that his cough would not stop for a while, but fortunately it was gradually subsiding, giving him some time to speak.

"Zhengde, help me in." The emperor said while catching his breath.

Fan Zhengde looked embarrassed, but did nothing and the emperor turned his head to look at him.

"Zhengde, now even you don't listen to me? I am still sitting on this dragon throne, do you also want to..."

"Your Majesty!" Fan Zhengde interrupted the emperor boldly, "I have been by your side for so many years, how could I betray you now?"

Fan Zhengde was grievance-ridden, and the emperor was also irritated by the two people in the room. In addition, he was indeed too sensitive recently, so he sighed at this moment.

"Forget it, Zhengde." The emperor waved his hand, as if too tired to argue with Fan Zhengde about whether he would betray him. "Help me in."

"Yes." Fan Zhengde no longer dared to say no.

Then the emperor and Fan Zhengde appeared in front of Jiang Lin and the ninth prince.

Fan Zhengde saluted the two men respectfully, and the other two also accepted it, but no one saluted the emperor.

The Ninth Prince was used to being arrogant in front of the Emperor, so it was not surprising that he did not salute. However, Jiang Lin's action was indeed surprising, and the Ninth Prince was no exception. He looked at him with raised eyebrows in surprise, and there seemed to be a curve at the corner of his mouth.

"Jiang Lin! What do you mean?" Thinking of Jiang Lin's silence outside the door, the emperor's breath, which had just been relieved, was once again blocked in his throat.

"Your Majesty, please calm down!" Fan Zhengde quickly helped the emperor calm down.

The emperor was able to endure it better this time and stopped coughing. After he let out the blocked breath, he questioned Jiang Lin again.

In the past, Jiang Lin would lower his head to show a little respect to the emperor, but now he looked straight at the emperor.

In his heart, Jiang Lin sneered. It was this person who made him never see his biological mother after he was born and gave him a life.

But Jiang Lin had never felt love from him, and this man always treated him as a pawn.

Now that all his true colors have been revealed, Jiang Lin is unwilling to show any respect to his subjects in front of this man. If possible, Jiang Lin doesn't even want to see him.

"Ninth Prince, please tell us what else you have to say today." Jiang Lin ignored the emperor's question and turned to the Ninth Prince.

When the Ninth Prince saw the Emperor's expression, he couldn't help but reveal a bit of joy. Jiang Lin's behavior made him satisfied, and he was no longer so hostile when speaking to him.

"Jiang Lin, look at him, he is already old now." In front of the emperor, the ninth prince spoke ill of the emperor without any scruples.

How could the emperor not take action when he suffered such a great humiliation?

"You still want to hit me?" The ninth prince raised his hand and grabbed the emperor's wrist.

Fan Zhengde cried out in surprise, "Ninth Prince, let go quickly, this is the emperor."

The expression on the emperor's face changed again and again, but no matter what it became, it was extremely embarrassing.

Jiang Lin frowned and said to the Ninth Prince, "That's enough, keep talking."

The Ninth Prince glanced at him, then pushed the emperor away with one hand.

It has to be admitted that the emperor is indeed old, and the ninth prince, who is the new wave, can beat him, the old wave, with just one hand.

"Jiang Lin, you should also know that he is not a good emperor." The Ninth Prince thought about it. Didn't Jiang Lin always say that he wanted the people to live in peace? So the Ninth Prince would start from this point.

Jiang Lin naturally knew that the emperor was not a good emperor, but looking at the entire court, or even the entire world, who could bear the heavy responsibility of being the emperor?

Keeping this emperor in the position, at least everything is familiar. If there are some things that Jiang Lin feels are unreasonable, he can use threats or force to make him change them.

Seeing Jiang Lin's expression soften, the Ninth Prince continued, "I asked him to leave the throne for his own good. I believe that if you were to take this position, you would surely allow the people to live a stable life."

The loosening that the Ninth Prince thought was just an illusion. After hearing what he said, Jiang Lin immediately shook his head.

This was a result that the Ninth Prince had not expected, and his brows were tightly furrowed.

The emperor standing by breathed a sigh of relief. He was afraid that Jiang Lin had the same idea, and then he would not live long.

The Ninth Prince no longer foolishly asked Jiang Lin why. Since the other party did not cooperate with him, he would sit on the throne.

It's better to be in his hands than to let the eunuch's son take advantage of him. No one takes him seriously, so he wants to let everyone see who will win in the end.

"Jiang Lin, you'd better stay by his side at all times. Otherwise, if I seize the opportunity, he will die immediately!" The Ninth Prince left this sentence before he left.

After he left, Jiang Lin was about to leave without thinking, but was stopped by the emperor.

"Lin'er."

Jiang Lin was not familiar with the strange name, but he couldn't help but stop at that moment.

Jiang Lin only found it funny after he stopped and was about to continue moving forward.

But the emperor continued to say behind him: "You know everything, right?"

Jiang Lin knew what he was talking about. Both of them were thousand-year-old foxes. They had just been pretending to be nice before. It was obvious that they knew the relationship between them, but it was only at this moment that they made things clear.

"Lin'er is the nickname your mother gave you."

Jiang Lin found it ridiculous that he could actually hear a hint of tenderness from the emperor's mouth.

"What do you want to say?" Jiang Lin didn't know anything about his mother, but he... wanted to know.