Chapter 16

His Majesty decreed: "From today on, Crown Prince Li Yin will begin to manage the government on my behalf. I will hand over all power except military authority to Crown Prince Li Yin."

Li Yin knelt down and was about to receive the order: "Your Majesty..." Before he could utter the word "receive the order", he was interrupted by the prime minister.

"Your Majesty, I have something to report."

His Majesty saw that the Prime Minister was hesitant to speak, and he knew that this old fox would not let the Crown Prince govern so smoothly. He could only suppress his inner anger and said, "Prime Minister, please speak."

"Your Majesty, ten years ago, our Xia'an State suffered a heavy blow. Since then, our relationship with Qiping State is no longer that of brothers, but that of monarch and subject. Now, Xia'an State is much weaker than before, and it is only with the protection of Qiping State that Xia'an State has achieved its current status. For such a major matter as the Crown Prince's administration, I believe that Qiping State's consent should be sought. Please understand."

Ten years ago, and ten years ago again...

After hearing what the prime minister said, the court officials all said in unison, "Please understand."

Li Yin looked at the emperor in distress in the court, clenched his fists, but quickly unclenched them. With a nonchalant smile, he said to the prime minister, "Prime Minister, you are truly very clever. Even if I want to share my father's worries as before, as you said, this matter also requires the consent of Qi Pingguo."

The prime minister had already heard Li Yin's sarcasm.

Even if Li Yin was just an acting governor like before, he would not allow the imperial power to be transferred so smoothly before the queen's child was born. So he thought of using Qi Pingguo to stop him, because he knew that Qi Pingguo wanted a weak monarch to rule more than a young prince.

Li Yin turned to His Majesty and said, "Your Majesty's fiftieth birthday is approaching, and envoys from Qiping State are on their way. To avoid disappointing these loyal ministers, and to ensure that Qiping State agrees to let me take over the government, please postpone this matter."

His Majesty looked at Li Yin with a puzzled look, and Li Yin gave His Majesty a comforting look.

The minister, who was adaptable to the situation, successfully agreed with Li Yin's proposal: "Your Majesty, please postpone this matter."

"Your Majesty, please postpone this matter."

When His Majesty saw this scene, he took a step back. Nowadays, treacherous ministers are in power in the court!

*

Luo Sanrong looked at the magnificent palace in front of him, wandered in front of it, and bit his nails reflexively.

She recalled what Eunuch Ma had said to her today when he came to Jingren Palace: "It's all right now! Because you didn't work hard in Jingren Palace, you will be sent to the devil's lair."

The "devil's cave" mentioned by Ma Gonggong is the palace in front of him, the "Eastern Palace".

"Why don't you go in?" Eunuch Ma had been looking at Luo Sanrong for a long time, a smile on his face, thinking, "It seems that he took my unintentional threats to heart!"

Luo Sanrong was startled by the sound coming from behind him.

“I…I…I…”

Eunuch Ma looked at the stuttering Luo Sanrong and said nothing more. He threw the books in his arms to her and instructed, "Put these books in the library in the backyard of the East Palace first."

He specifically instructed Luo Sanrong: "His Highness is reading now, please be quiet."

"Yes," Luo Sanrong said flatteringly while holding a dozen books.

Suddenly, Luo Sanrong reacted and said to Eunuch Ma's back, "Is Your Highness here too? I...I...I can't go."

But Eunuch Ma had already left, so Luo Sanrong could only walk slowly towards the library with a pile of books in his arms.

After arriving at the library, Luo Sanrong found that there were many books here. Luo Sanrong had no choice but to put the books back to their original places according to the book numbers.

At this moment, Luo Sanrong saw a familiar figure. Thinking he had seen it wrongly, he slowed down his pace to take a closer look. When he got closer, it was indeed him. He stepped forward in surprise and greeted him, "Master Li, why are you here?"

Li Yin was just beginning to read when the voice interrupted his thoughts. He looked across the bookshelf and panicked, using the book in his hand to cover the dragon pattern on his clothes. He asked, "Why are you here?"

Luo Sanrong answered obediently, "It was Eunuch Ma who asked me to put the prince's books back to their original place in the library. However, Eunuch Ma said the prince is here. Did you see it?"

Li Yin showed a half-smile: "Guess."

Luo Sanrong breathed a sigh of relief, "I'm so glad I'm not here."

A rebuke came from behind Luo Sanrong: "Who are you? Why are you here? This is the Crown Prince's private library. Get out when you are done." Li Yin and Luo Sanrong were separated by a bookshelf, and all the eunuchs did not see Li Yin.

Luo Sanrong: "Yes, I understand."

After the eunuch left, Luo Sanying turned to Li Yin who was standing on the other side of the bookshelf and said, "Let's go quickly. Isn't it said that this is the library that only belongs to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince?" After saying that, he wanted to leave.

Li Yin seemed to be lost in thought.

He followed Luo Sanrong behind him, his face hesitant, but suddenly he seemed to have made up his mind: "Luo Sanrong, didn't you ask my name before?"

Luo Sanrong had a bad feeling in his heart. As he watched Li Yin walk forward step by step, his feet seemed unable to move at all and were fixed in place.

"Li Yin, my name is Li Yin."

Luo Sanrong widened his eyes. Li Yin, isn’t that the name of the current crown prince?

"Hahaha..." Luo Sanrong burst into laughter.

"What are you laughing at?" Li Yin looked puzzled.

"Li Yin, do you know who he is? That's the prince. He should wear a Manglong robe, you know? Look at yourself." Luo Sanying surrounded Li Yin and laughed at his clothes.

Luo Sanrong suddenly discovered that what he was wearing seemed to be the Manglong robe.

Luo Sanrong suddenly knelt down and said in a trembling voice, "Your Highness, I was blind and did not recognize Mount Tai. Please forgive me."

Li Yin squatted down, raised an eyebrow, lifted Luo Sanrong's chin, and said, "Do you want me to kill you or let you go? Are these the only two options? Aren't we friends?"

Luo Sanrong looked up at him with a confused look in her eyes. She didn't understand what Li Yin said at all. Did Li Yin mean that they were friends?

"Okay, I won't kill you. Come to the East Palace tomorrow! Little pet." After saying that, he stood up and left, leaving Luo Sanrong with a dazed look on his face.

*

Luo Sanrong looked at the candlelight with a painful expression on her face. She wanted to die now.

Weidao was still wiping his sword on the beam, looking at the suffering Luo Sanrong with a puzzled look: "Didn't His Royal Highness the Crown Prince already forgive you?"

"What do you know? Do you know what the prince says about me behind my back? Stingy, mean-spirited... It's over. My future in the East Palace will not be easy." After saying that, he kept banging his head against the table.

"Stop it, the table is going to break if you hit your head on it."

“.....”

Luo Sanrong suddenly looked up and said, "Are you hiding something from me?"

Weidao paused as he wiped the knife, and said, "No." Then he jumped down from the beam and turned to leave.

Luo Sanrong looked at Wei Dao's back with sharp eyes, "There's a problem."