Chapter 10

Li Chengxuan coughed lightly and said, "Something is missing from the palace. I cannot check it myself. Concubine, please go to General Qin's bed and check it for me."

Although Concubine Qin was puzzled, she still did as she was told.

Lin Nanjie: [! ]

【This is a great idea! 】

Concubine Qin stood up and opened Qin Fang's curtain, not noticing that Qin Fang's face suddenly became uneasy.

Qin Yilan lifted the quilt and found nothing. She was about to turn over the pillow when suddenly a gust of wind blew beside her. Qin Fang rushed forward immediately, snatched the things under the pillow and stuffed them into his arms.

Qin Yilan: "Brother, what are you doing?

Qin Fang's face flushed.

"Underwear is not convenient for your Majesty to review."

Although Qin Fang's movements were fast, they were fast enough for Qin Yilan to see clearly what it was.

When she first entered the palace, Qin Yilan, a proud and noble girl from a general's family, imitated the wives of ordinary families in making shoes and socks for their husbands in order to please Li Chenghuan. She specially made a pair of colorful embroidered stockings with a dragon flying in the sky.

The reason why Qin Yilan recognized it at a glance was because the socks were really... particularly ugly.

Qin Yilan stayed there for two seconds: "That's not..."

Lin Nanjie: [Oh wow! ]

He quickly looked at General Qin again and saw Qin Fang looking flustered. His jawline suddenly tensed and his eyes were erratic. Facing Qin Yilan's gaze, he licked his lower lip nervously: "Sister, this is what you made for me before you got married. Have you forgotten?"

As soon as he finished speaking, several eyes were focused on Qin Fang.

Qin Yilan had an expression that said, "Brother, are you crazy?"

Li Chengqian is even more unfathomable.

Lin Nanqi's inner voice was faint: [Which good girl is rusting gold dragons on her brother's socks? ]

[Do you think the position of noble concubine is not high enough? 】

[Do you think your position of power in the family is not high enough? ]

[Do you think the nine clans of relatives are too annoying? ]

Li Chengqian's eyes were filled with anger, and he pointed casually: "Go, take it out!"

Lin Nanqi, who was pointed at, had no choice but to step forward and said to Qin Fang, "I'm sorry, General."

The socks were right in front of Qin Fang’s chest.

But Lin Nan's cleanliness was violated.

[Ahhhhhhh! These socks haven’t been washed in such a long time, I really don’t want to touch them! ]

Lin Nanqi was struggling with his thoughts and didn't notice that Li Chengqian's eyes had changed behind him.

Li Chengqian felt it was ridiculous.

A little eunuch actually dared to dislike him. Although he didn't want to touch her, he was the emperor.

Li Chenghuan suddenly remembered that this young eunuch was indeed very clean on weekdays. His clothes were always neat and clean, and he liked to wipe his hands with a handkerchief after doing things.

Li Chengqian was a little unhappy. He stared at Lin Nanqi's back and urged, "What are you still standing there for?"

Lin Nanjie had no choice but to bite the bullet and pull the pair of socks out of Qin Fang's arms.

Although the socks are a bit old and the embroidery is a bit dazzling, you can still make out that the rusted pattern on them is a dragon.

It was a taboo for a minister to secretly keep items related to dragons in his house. Qin Fang knelt down with a "thump" and said, "Your Majesty, spare my life!"

Wang Dehai's old face turned red.

Ah, I never thought he was such a great general.

Lin Nanjie held the socks with disdain while looking at them secretly.

[Oh my god! How long have these socks been here? They haven’t even been washed!]

[It’s actually the dog emperor’s original socks! ]

Lin Nanjie couldn't help but be curious: [If I put it under my pillow every day, will it really not smell? I must have sweated a lot when hunting, right? ]

[A man of steely character, in the dead of night, when thousands of households are asleep, lights a dim candle, secretly takes out a pair of socks from under his pillow, and the sight of the socks reminds him of someone...]

Li Chenghuan's face turned pale and he waved his hand at Lin Nanjie, signaling her to stay away.

Lin Nanjie silently stood by the door holding her socks.

Li Chenghuan was silent for a while, veins popping out on the back of his hands.

He was born in the royal family, and even though he was not favored since childhood, outsiders had to show respect to him. After he ascended the throne, his ministers dared not overstep their boundaries.

I have never been offended like this before!

Still a man, still a man!

Li Chengqian gritted his teeth and said, "Qin Fang, I will spare you the pain of physical pain because I remember your meritorious service in protecting the emperor. From today on, I will punish you by confining you to the southwestern border for three months. After the new year, you will be stationed there. You are not allowed to return to the capital without my permission."

Qin Fang looked at the emperor in disbelief with resolute eyes.

The next second, Qin Fang rushed forward and hugged Li Chenghuan's thighs.

"Your Majesty, I am loyal to you forever, and the heavens and the earth can bear witness to that. Please revoke your order!"

"I am willing to endure the physical pain in the imperial prison, I only ask that Your Majesty please don't chase me away!"

"Uoooooooooooooooooooooo!"

Two lines of tears as big as beans flowed down Qin Fang's cheeks, soaking Li Chenghuan's pants.

Lin Nanjie was stunned. Who could have imagined that the general, a strong northern man who had killed countless enemies, would cry like a 200-pound child.

[…Ah, as expected of a general who gets scolded in court and cries while holding his socks when he returns.]

Li Chengqian was also stunned.

Why has it come to this!

Qin Yilan frowned.

So weird.

Especially the pair of socks, she had observed them for a long time. The emperor had never worn them since the autumn hunt, which made her sad for a long time.

I don’t know how I ended up here with my brother.

In a flash, the string in my mind suddenly connected.

Qin Yilan looked at her brother in disbelief, her face pale and she staggered two steps.

Qin Fang continued to chatter: "My sincerity to the emperor is evident to all!"

sincere?

Which kind of sincerity?

Qin Yilan suddenly had the answer in her heart.

She didn't say anything, turned around and left the room. When she came back, she had two kitchen knives in her hands.

"Ah——sister, what are you doing! Stop it——"

Qin Yilan grabbed two kitchen knives and chased after Qin Fang, running all over the house.

Li Chengqi was completely numb.

Lin Nanjie: [Wow! It is said that the Concubine's martial arts skills before entering the palace were no worse than those of a general. Today I finally saw it!]

[If women could go to the battlefield, I think the Imperial Concubine would be able to kill all the enemies! ]

Li Chenghuan was truly confused. What kind of people were included in his harem?

Qin Yilan's eyes were blazing with anger: "What on earth are you thinking about the Emperor? Tell me clearly!"

Qin Fang hesitated: "Anyway, that's it."

Qin Yilan threw a kitchen knife at the pillar next to Qin Fang: "Shame on you!"

"You have such intentions, but you want me to marry the emperor. What on earth are you thinking?"

Qin Fang dodged while explaining: "If you give birth to a prince, I will definitely do my best to help him ascend the throne. We will all be a family in the future."

Qin Yilan was so angry that she was shaking, her eyes red: "What do you think of me!"

A sense of absurdity arises spontaneously.

"Do you know that before I entered the palace, Yulang had already come to my house to propose marriage?"

"I have been in the palace for two years, and the emperor has only come to Chengqian Palace a few times. Brother, do you know how I managed to survive?"

Qin Fang slowly lowered his arms: "Brother, I'm sorry."

Qin Yilan threw another knife in front of Qin Fang: "Brother, take care of yourself. I will personally apologize to the emperor for the sins I have committed."

***

The next day, the ministers whispered to each other before going to court, and the way to court was extremely lively.

The Minister of Works and the Minister of Rites walked together and whispered, "I heard that the Emperor broke into the general's mansion yesterday and stole his most beloved concubine!"

Honglu Temple's eyes lit up: "Really?"

The doctor from the armory department squeezed in and said, "Impossible! General Qin doesn't even have a female bird in his mansion, so where did the concubine come from?"

The Minister of Works lowered his voice and said, "I heard that the concubine is a man, and very beautiful."

The doctor of the Armory said: "!!! I said there was something wrong with General Qin!"

"Also, yesterday General Qin was chased by the Imperial Concubine with a kitchen knife and fled everywhere. The Emperor couldn't stop him!"

"The Imperial Concubine has such martial arts skills?"

"How can a woman like you show off her swords and guns in front of the emperor?"

"It is said that she had a quarrel with the young prince. I heard that the noble concubine voluntarily asked for forgiveness and went to live in the cold palace."

"Did the emperor snatch it?"

"They snatched her, snatched her, changed her into eunuch's clothes and took her back to the palace. It is said that she was very beautiful!"

Soon, the gossip spread among the ministers, and by the time of the court meeting, most of the court officials knew about the emperor's ridiculous behavior yesterday.

The ministers had already lined up in the Hall of Supreme Harmony, but the person sitting on the dragon throne had not yet appeared.

Li Chenghuan got up late today because he had a dream.

In his dream, he saw that Qin Fang's secret possession of his personal belongings had been made public, and everyone in the world knew about it. In the court, the ministers pointed fingers at him, whispered to each other, and laughed at him from time to time.

Wang Zhongcheng and his gang led by Yu Shitai scolded him severely.

Li Chenghuan tossed and turned in his dream, and he saw Lin Nanjie recalling the time when he was a child and was lazy and didn't study hard and even drew a black turtle on the face of the tutor. The tutor was so angry that he pointed at his nose and scolded him.

Li Chenghuan suddenly woke up, sweating all over, and called Wang Dehai in a hoarse voice:

"Put Lin Nanli in jail."

Wang Dehai was stunned. What had this kid done wrong to deserve being thrown into prison?

Li Chengqian murmured, "It's too dangerous."