Chapter 31 Ling Rui Demoted
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"But I can write to Grandpa. If Grandpa knew you wanted to see him, he would be very happy." Liu Huaiyu ignored Madam Liu's gaze and told Ling Chan everything, "My grandfather has always liked your mother."
"Where is General Liu?" Ling Chan thought it would be best for her to go and see the old general herself. "I'll go see him."
"Grandpa had many old injuries and couldn't stand the severe cold, so the emperor sent him to Huafu Palace at the foot of Ebai Mountain to recuperate."
"You can't come back until spring."
Madam Liu nodded awkwardly, "Yes, that's what Huaiyu said."
"Then I will wait until the old general comes back and then I will pay my respects to him."
After separating from Madam Liu and Liu Huaiyu, Ling Chan got directly into the Ling Mansion's carriage and returned to the Ling Mansion without waiting for Ruan Yiyu and the others.
As for how Ruan Yiyu and the others came back, and how they complained to Ling Rui after coming back, she didn't care.
He ate and drank as usual, and after taking a bath, he snuggled in bed to check the surveillance equipment installed in the Empress Dowager's palace during the day.
The night in the deep palace is very quiet. Regardless of power or status, in the darkness... it seems that only loneliness remains.
Ling Chan switched the screens. She placed nine surveillance devices outside the Empress Dowager's Palace, watching the Ningshou Palace from all angles.
The scene was cutting...suddenly a bed appeared on the screen.
Ling Chan sat up in surprise. That was not right. The surveillance equipment was all focused on the corners of the palace, not in the room.
Just when she was feeling strange, a figure walked into the picture...and started taking off clothes the next second.
He moved quickly and in a few minutes he was left with only his underwear.
Then he slowly approached the camera and stood a few steps away from it.
At this position...his entire waist and abdomen just fill the entire surveillance screen.
Uh... she has a pretty good figure.
Ling Chan turned her eyes away awkwardly, wondering how the surveillance animal could appear in this person's room?
Could it be that he saw me pulling out and nailing the little beast?
Did he see her suddenly disappear...did he doubt himself?
"Your Highness, the hot water is ready." A voice came from outside the screen.
The waist and abdomen area slowly receded, and the whole person appeared on the screen.
Only then did Ling Chan see that he was wearing a mask, and underneath the mask were burns spreading to his chest.
So he wears a mask to hide his scars...
Ling Chan watched the person in the picture walk out of the picture, and soon the sound of bathing water was heard.
Just when he was about to enter the space to cancel the monitoring function of this little beast, he suddenly changed his mind.
What did the person off-screen call him just now? Prince?
Although I don’t know which prince it is, but... there will definitely be no bad things if I keep an eye on him. Maybe there will be some unexpected gains.
Just as this thought flashed through her mind, Ling Chan heard their conversation.
"Your Highness, I have inquired and the girl we saw today is the daughter of General Ling and the Marquis of Zhenbei. Her name is Ling Chan, and she was conferred the title of Princess Wanyue by the late Emperor."
"Her?" The prince's surprised tone made Ling Chan certain that he knew her.
"She can actually leave the Ling Mansion?"
The guard hummed.
After another burst of water sounds, the guard sighed, "Ah, the daughter of the Marquis of Zhenbei, she must be sixteen years old, and as thin as a monkey cub."
"If the Marquis of Zhenbei were still alive, he would definitely raise her to be plump and white."
What kind of adjective is that... Ling Chan frowned. Like a monkey cub? Is she as skinny as a monkey cub now? Plump and plump? She's not a piglet.
"..." Xiao Jin was also ashamed of what Guard Jiuzhen said.
"Jiuzhen, go and find out what has happened in the Ling Mansion recently."
"Yes." Guard Jiuzhen agreed.
When Xiao Jin appeared on the surveillance screen after taking a shower, he was still wearing a mask.
Jiu Zhen brought a clay pot and placed it beside the bed. When he opened the pot, he immediately covered his nose and said, "This medicine prescribed by the imperial physician is too smelly..."
Although he said it smelled bad, he still carefully applied the ointment to Xiao Jin's wound and then bandaged it with gauze.
"My Lord, it's time to put some paint on your face."
Hearing this, Ling Chan focused her attention on the screen, wanting to see the man's face.
But the man turned around, applied the medicine, tied gauze on it, and turned back... and turned into a "mummy".
Then the guard left, leaving the man lying on the bed, covered with a quilt. After a while, he could hear the sound of steady breathing.
Sleep so well...
Ling Chan turned off the surveillance camera and burrowed into bed...
The next day it suddenly snowed heavily and the temperature dropped sharply.
Ling Chan didn't feel anything because she was wearing clothes that regulated her body temperature.
But Hongdou, Gonglan, Gongyu and the other three huddled around the charcoal fire in tacit understanding.
"Miss, the roasted sweet potatoes are ready." Hongdou grabbed the roasted sweet potatoes and ran to Ling Chan with a grimace in her eyes because of the heat.
Ling Chan took it. It was crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, with a fragrant aroma. It is a very popular dish even in modern times.
It's a pity that she never had the chance to enjoy it before.
Hongdou ran back to the charcoal fire and continued roasting the sweet potatoes.
Suddenly Gong Lan raised her head, "Hongdou, someone is calling you outside."
Hongdou looked up blankly, "Really? Why didn't I hear anything?"
Gong Lan listened carefully and said, "Someone really is calling you."
She stood up and walked out, Anko following her.
Not long after they walked, they saw the gatehouse at the entrance of the courtyard.
"Miss Hongdou, the palace has sent something. Please go to the front yard to greet them."
It was only when Ling Chan arrived at the front yard that she realized that the people who delivered the gifts were two people, the emperor and the empress dowager.
The palace maids around the two men smiled very flatteringly, and the meaning they conveyed was similar.
Ling Chan's health has improved and she can go out and walk around. They are so happy that they specially gave her these things...
There are fabrics, jewelry, antiques, supplements, gold and silver...
Since it was delivered to her door, Ling Chan would of course accept it.
The palace servants who had delivered the gifts had not yet left when Ling Rui returned from court.
His eyes scanned the boxes and Ling Chan in the yard with a dull look... He didn't need to think about it, it must be a reward from the palace sent to Ling Chan.
Thinking about what he had just been... he really couldn't be happy.
Ling Chan also noticed his expression and felt that something was wrong.
"General Ling." The eunuch beside the emperor clasped his fists towards Ling Rui and then advised, "The emperor demoted you to the fourth rank of Wuwei General to appease the people. In fact, the emperor still values generals very much."
Ling Chan looked at Ling Rui in surprise. He was demoted!
But... I've been back in Beijing for more than a month, why was I suddenly demoted?
Demoted from the third rank Pingbei General to the fourth rank Wuwei General...
The so-called ninth grade and eighteen levels, Ling Rui was demoted two levels in a row, no wonder his face looked so bad.
But no matter how unhappy she was, she shouldn't show it in front of the palace maids around the emperor. Although the eunuch seemed polite to Ling Rui, Ling Chan was sure that the eunuch would say a few good words for Ling Rui in front of the emperor after returning.
Ling Rui also reacted at this time and forced a sincere smile, "My Lord is right, thunder and rain are all blessings from heaven. I have been reflecting on myself all the way and feel that I have failed the emperor's grace."
"It's great that General Ling thinks so." The eunuch smiled wryly.
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