Chapter 1170 Less Talk, More Action
Lin Yuesha's face was flushed. She was so engrossed in being kissed by Qi Heng that she didn't even notice when someone called her. She was still squinting and hugging Qi Heng's waist.
Qi Heng calmly turned around and looked at the person coming towards him.
"How outrageous! To be here in the dead of night..."
Xu Da's men saw through the true nature of the scoundrel and couldn't continue speaking. Their legs went weak, and they knelt on the ground with a thud.
"Hey boss, what happened to you? You've become a spineless coward?"
The men from the Five Cities Garrison clapped and laughed, saying, "You're so scared of seeing the adulterer, you're disgracing Lord Xu!"
Before leaving the capital on official business, Lord Xu and Prince Luo specifically instructed that they should not give face to anyone in the capital. No matter how high-ranking an official was, if they committed a crime, they would be arrested and imprisoned. As long as they acted impartially, Xu Da would be their backer.
"Adulterer, you dog of a man?"
Qi Heng narrowed his eyes; this form of address was not quite appropriate for him.
"What respectable couple would come to a haunted house for an affair in the middle of the night? Are they just looking for some fun?"
The patrolmen from the Five Cities Garrison were still shouting and provoking. Xu Da's men wished they could die on the spot. What a bunch of idiots! How could they be so clueless? He had already knelt down, couldn't they see that?
"Your Majesty... Your Majesty."
Xu Da's subordinate felt a chill on his neck, and he suspected that his head would be ripped off at any moment.
Insulting the new emperor is a capital offense.
That's it, he's going to die here tonight.
"Yellow? It's very yellow."
It was dark, and Qi Heng's face was not clearly visible. His other subordinates, not having seen him clearly, were still joking about it.
"My lord, have we been discovered?"
Lin Yuesha pinched Qi Heng's waist, saying that it would be very unseemly if someone saw them in the alley.
"They found out. They called me a dog of a man, an adulterer."
Qi Heng spoke coldly, clearly displeased with the form of address.
"Your Majesty the Empress..."
Lin Yuesha was a frequent visitor to the Five Cities Military Command. She often went to see Xu Da. There might be people in the Five Cities Military Command who had never seen Qi Heng, but they must have seen Lin Yuesha.
Lin Yuesha and a man kissed passionately, and that man was...
With a series of thuds, like dumplings being dropped into a pot, a large number of the soldiers from the Five Cities Garrison knelt down instantly, condemning their leader for knowing the truth but not reporting it.
Now look what's happened! Everyone's insulting the Emperor, and these two unfortunate brothers are all going to meet their maker together.
"Your Majesty, I have such a loose tongue!"
Xu Da's men slapped themselves twice, their survival instincts driving them to plead with Lin Yuesha.
The two had met a few years ago; he once helped Lin Yuesha deliver a letter to Xu Da.
Everyone in the Five Cities Garrison knows that Lin Yuesha has a particularly good temper, is generous, and doesn't hold grudges.
Although times have changed and Lin Yuesha is no longer the cousin she once was, they ask for nothing more than to save their lives.
"My wife, let me remind you, the best way to keep these people from telling anyone is to silence them."
With each word Qi Heng uttered, the soldiers of the Five Cities Garrison collectively shuddered, in perfect unison.
Lin Yuesha was conflicted. She couldn't bring herself to kill someone over a few inappropriate words, but she also didn't want to let these people get away with it. After all, by calling Qi Heng a dog and an adulterer, they were essentially insulting Lin Yuesha herself.
How about this?
Lin Yuesha glanced at the haunted house behind her and said, "A small punishment will serve as a warning. You will come here to do hard labor for three months, and this matter will be over."
Of course, if she hears any rumors...
"No, no!"
The soldiers of the Five Cities Garrison looked at each other, puzzled as to what kind of hard labor they were to be assigned next, and why they had to choose a haunted house.
"This place was transformed into the first women's clinic in the capital."
Lin Yuesha expressed her thoughts and made an appointment with these people.
She walked for a quarter of an hour before Xu Da's subordinate stood up, wiped his sweat with a handkerchief, and took a deep breath.
"Her Majesty the Empress is merciful."
There was no risk to life, no broken arms or legs, and not even a deduction of salary. It was just a project that benefited the people, and it was a project that did them a great service.
"Let us remember the Empress's great kindness."
After a moment of silence, Xu Da's subordinate spoke.
"But eldest son, why does the Emperor listen to the Empress so much?"
Some of the soldiers in the Five Cities Garrison were transferred from other cities to the capital and were not very familiar with this.
I heard that the emperor refuses to hold a selection of concubines, disdains women, and only has eyes for one woman.
They also suspected that the emperor had homosexual tendencies and wanted to use a woman to cover it up. Today, they just happened to witness the passion between them, but it seems that this is not the case.
"It's a long story."
Xu Da's men, having learned the whole story, didn't want to say anything, but fearing that others might cause more trouble, they said, "The Emperor has been eyeing the Empress for years before finally marrying her, and he used all sorts of methods. How can you say he's not henpecked?"
In the prestigious families of Daqi, almost everyone knew that even if someone asked for the stars, they wouldn't dare give them the moon.
"What kind of women doesn't the Emperor have? Why does he need to please others?"
For some reason, it sounds kind of cool.
Imagine this: the highest-ranking person in the Great Qi, above all others, can't even handle a woman, being summoned and dismissed at will. He's no different from them.
"Her Majesty the Empress is different. She is beautiful, kind-hearted, and shrewd. Never speak ill of her cousin in front of Lord Xu. Lord Xu's methods of persecuting people are extremely despicable. He often steals toilet paper from the outhouse, leaving everyone in an embarrassing situation without it."
Xu Da's subordinates instructed everyone to remember the Empress's kindness, and to speak less and do more in the future.
If you happen to see a man and woman entangled at night, don't look too long, because you don't know who they are. They might be the emperor and empress.
...
Before we knew it, it was the Ghost Festival, the fifteenth day of the seventh lunar month, just one month away from the Mid-Autumn Festival.
Lin Yuesha's adherence to rules was a complete mess. It wasn't that she wasn't willing to try, but rather that she was constantly drowsy and only wanted to sleep.
"Tonight, the Lord will take you to pay respects to the Qi family. You should wear this white gauze dress, shall you?"
This was the first formal memorial service the couple had held in the capital since their marriage. Lin Yuesha had prepared two sets of clothes in advance, one cotton dress and one gauze dress.
She's been very sensitive to heat lately, and her body is much more delicate than before. She spends the day resting in a room with an ice basin, and only goes out for a walk after sunset.
Even on a night in the seventh month of the lunar calendar, there is hardly any coolness; a gauze skirt is still more comfortable.
"good."
Lin Yuesha leaned lazily against the bed, lamenting that she had developed a lazy habit.
"How's the flooding in the south? Any news lately?"
After Xu Da and the Prince of Luo returned to the capital, they reconciled. Xu Da remained tight-lipped about what had happened on the way.
This made Lin Yuesha even more curious.
"It's not that I want to pry into my cousin's privacy, but last time he was extremely resolute in severing ties and making a big fuss, as if he meant he would never see me again. How come he suddenly changed his mind?"
Xu Da repeatedly sent people to deliver gifts to the Prince of Luo, and the two drank together, their brotherly bond growing even stronger than before.
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