Chapter 2

In the room on the back hill of Taiqing Temple, the walls were all white, like a snow cave, and in the middle was a copper brazier. The charcoal fire had gone out, leaving only a wisp of smoke rising straight up.

Xu Lanyin sat at the table, writing with a pen in hand. She was wearing a loose green Taoist robe, which made her look thin and her skin was whiter than snow.

Suddenly there was a rustling noise outside the window. Xu Lan was startled and turned around to see that the window had been pushed open from the outside and an unexpected person climbed in.

"Liu Yuanji?" Xu Lanyin calmly put away the rice paper with the ink still on it.

When Liu Yuanji saw the beauty, tears welled up in his eyes and he hugged her: "Lan Yin, I'm here to save you!"

Xu Lanyin said sadly, "I will be entering the palace soon and will be the emperor's woman. I will live a life of glory and wealth. Don't look for me anymore."

Liu Yuanji was heartbroken: "I'm taking you away now! Let's elope!"

Xu Lanyin: "I can't leave."

"Why?"

Xu Lanyin gritted her teeth and said, "Since I have been chosen by the emperor, I will be his person in life and his ghost in death."

Liu Yuanji was stunned, his expression was shaky and he looked crazy: "But, he can't give you happiness! The emperor is impotent!"

Minister Liu rode in a carriage and rushed to Taiqing Temple, heading straight for Xu Lanyin's residence, his feet were running so fast that sparks were flying. As soon as he ran to the gate of the courtyard, he saw a bright yellow figure, and then heard a loud shout -

"The Emperor is not a man!!!"

The lingering sound lingered in the air, and the entire sky above Taiqing Temple was silent for a second.

Minister Liu's feet went soft and he fell directly in front of Li Chenghuan, feeling dizzy.

His career as an official, his nine clans!

Liu Yuanji was so angry that he didn't notice what was happening outside. He grabbed Xu Lanyin's shoulders excitedly and said, "You'll waste your life if you enter the palace. Do you know that? Even the little prince is not the emperor's son!!!"

Minister Liu's blood kept surging, and with a "pu" sound, he spurted out a mouthful of blood.

"You evil creature! Shut up!"

Liu Yuanji only heard a familiar roar, followed by a loud bang, and the door was suddenly kicked open. The bright yellow dragon robe illuminated the snow cave-like room. The robe was embroidered with a five-clawed golden dragon, which made the visitor's face even colder and his eyes even more frosty.

Liu Yuanji still held Xu Lanyin's hands, but his expression was blank.

Minister Liu rushed in and slapped Liu Yuanji twice: "You evil creature! You still don't kneel down when you see the emperor!"

Li Chengqian looked at the Liu family father and son, his eyes slightly raised: "What a courage!"

Lin Nanjie stood at the back and poked his head out fearlessly, and saw the bright red slap marks on Liu Yuanji's face: [Hiss, Minister Liu was really ruthless, but it's a pity that Brother Shi is not a person who can be easily taken care of.]

As expected, Liu Yuanji trembled and touched the painful slap mark on his face. He suddenly found the courage and hugged Li Chenghuan's thigh: "Lan Yin and I are in love with each other. Please grant our blessing, Your Majesty!"

There was deathly silence in the room.

Even Wang Dehai couldn't help but close his eyes.

Minister Liu's face was gloomy, and he suddenly pointed the finger at Xu Lanyin: "It was this brothel girl who deceived the people with her lies, and deceived the emperor and this evil beast. Please understand, Your Majesty!"

Liu Yuanji's eyes widened: "Dad! How can you say that! I did it willingly!"

Minister Liu glared at Liu Yuanji with a look of dismay: "You evil creature! You are possessed by a demon!"

Minister Liu: "This brothel girl sells her skills but not her body in public, but she is extremely unscrupulous in private, having affairs with many people, which is extremely despicable. Now she still dreams of becoming a phoenix. Your Majesty must not be deceived by this witch!"

Lin Nanjie was so angry that he almost burst into tears: [What a scumbag! He was just greedy for beauty. He knew that Liu Yuanji had taken Miss Xu as his girlfriend, but he didn't stop her and turned a blind eye to her.]

【Not only that, he also revealed his son's hiring of a courtesan to Mrs. Liu, causing Liu Yuanji to be confined to his home for two months.】

[In the past two months, he has been sneaking to Chunfeng Mingyue Tower to have fun! ]

[Mrs. Liu scolded Liu Yuanji every day for being useless and hanging out with prostitutes. She never thought that her husband was the most hateful person! ]

【What a shameless scumbag! 】

Li Chengqian's pupils flashed with shock, and he glared at Minister Liu with disgust, then looked at Xu Lanyin: "What do you want to say?"

Xu Lanyin knelt on the spot, her face pale, and her tone respectful: "I have nothing to say, I will obey the emperor."

Lin Nanjie: [Ah, I didn't expect Miss Xu to trust the dog emperor so much.]

Li Chenghuan twitched his lips. Could he be a villain without any credibility?

Liu Yuanji's face turned pale. He completely ignored the emperor and his father who were present, and grabbed Xu Lanyin's hand: "Tell me you were forced!"

Xu Lanyin looked distressed: "Mr. Liu, no one forced me to do this. I did it voluntarily."

Liu Yuanji collapsed: "I don't believe it!"

Minister Liu was extremely worried. He covered Liu Yuanji's mouth with his hand, knelt on the ground and kowtowed three times: "Your Majesty, this evil beast is sick and talking nonsense. I beg Your Majesty to punish him!"

Lin Nanjie: [Oh, Minister Liu is really bold. If he is really convicted, Liu Yuanji will probably die.]

[Alas, what a pity! It would have been better if the imperial physician had been summoned at this time.]

Li Chenghuan looked at the three people kneeling at his feet, and heard Lin Nanjie's heartbeat. Suddenly, an idea came to his mind, and he sneered: "I think you will not cry until you see the coffin, Wang Dehai, Xuan Imperial Doctor!"

[Eh?]

[Eh? ? ?]

[Could it be that the dog emperor knew that Minister Liu had drunkenly barged into Xu Lanyin's room with the intention of committing evil? ]

Li Chenghuan was distracted and gave Wang Dehai a few instructions.

Wang Dehai hurried out to summon the imperial physician.

Taiqing Temple was a royal Taoist temple not far from the palace. Soon, an imperial physician with half-white hair hurried over.

Li Chengqian sat on the only chair and sipped his tea politely: "Take my pulse."

The imperial physician bowed to the emperor, motioned for Xu Lanyin to stretch out her hand, and carefully placed her meridians.

Everyone present looked at each other in bewilderment.

Why did they suddenly summon the imperial physician to take my pulse? Liu Yuanji looked at his father in confusion, but the latter seemed absent-minded.

Minister Liu looked at Xu Lanyin's slender wrist, and countless guesses flashed through his mind.

No way, that's impossible.

He was so drunk that time that he passed out.

Wang Dehai asked the doctor: "How is it?"

The doctor said solemnly, "She is more than three months pregnant."

Lin Nanqi's eyes widened: [Fuck! ]

Liu Yuanji was stunned and murmured, "Impossible, this is impossible. Lan Yin sells her art but not her body, how could she be pregnant?"

Li Chenghuan sneered: "I'm afraid you'll have to ask your father Liu Bingde about this."

Liu Yuanji looked at the emperor in disbelief: "What does this mean?"

Li Chengqian kindly reminded: "During the two months you were under house arrest, did your father often go out? And when he came back, he still smelled like powder?"

Liu Yuanji: "That was a private gathering of officials."

Li Chenghuan mocked and said in a cold voice: "What kind of official gathering requires going to Chunfeng Mingyue Tower every day?"

Liu Yuanji was stunned for a few seconds, as if he suddenly understood something. He looked at Minister Liu in disbelief: "Dad? It's you..."

Liu Bingde was struck by lightning, his face pale and he sat paralyzed on the ground.

He closed his eyes, thinking that he could not survive this disaster. If so, his name would go down in history!

Suddenly, Liu Bingde opened his eyes, straightened his back, his eyes turned red, and took a deep breath:

"Although I linger in brothels, I have not done anything that would cause the emperor to be struck by lightning or offend my ancestors. If Your Majesty wants me to die, I have to die. But even if I die, I will risk my life to make direct appeals. The bloodline of our ancestors cannot be disturbed. Your Majesty, please do not be deceived by this evil woman!"

Every word sounds like tearful words, the sound of reverberating beams, awakening the ears and awakening the mind.

After saying that, he ran towards the pillar.

Lin Nanqi was quick to act and grabbed him.

The expected pain did not come, and Minister Liu faced Lin Nanjie: ...

He was soon tied up by several eunuchs.

Lin Nanjie rubbed his wrist: [Huh——It was a close call. This damn scumbag almost went down in history.]

“Pah!”

Two loud slaps echoed throughout the house.

Everyone was still immersed in the shock of Minister Liu being nearly killed on the spot, when suddenly a figure appeared in front of Minister Liu and slapped him twice with extremely loud slaps.

Lin Nanjie: [Hey hey hey! ]

【Wow! What a loud slap! 】

[Minister Liu's face swelled up so quickly and turned red! No way, no way, Minister Liu is actually thinner-skinned than Liu Yuanji? How come it swelled up like a pig's head so quickly? ]

[Miss Xu, you are really strong! ]

After Xu Lanyin finished slapping him, she turned around and knelt in front of Li Chenghuan, and took out a letter from her arms:

"I have a grievance and I would like to appeal to the Emperor!"

"In the 18th year of Tiancheng, Liu Bingde teamed up with a group of people from the Ministry of Revenue and the Ministry of War to embezzle 2 million taels of military pay, deducted the border defense military supplies, and pushed all the blame on my father Xu Huaitao, causing my father to die unjustly and his entire clan to be exiled!"

Liu Bingde looked at Xu Lanyin in horror and cried out, "You are Xu Huaitao's daughter!"

Xu Lanyin's eyes were burning with hatred: "That's right!"

Liu Yuanji's face turned pale: "Lan Yin, you..."

Xu Lanyin's eyes were cold: "Don't call my name, I find it disgusting!"

Li Chengqian took the letter and said, "Come here, put the man in the imperial prison. I will personally supervise the case. No one is allowed to leak the news."

Liu Bingde and Liu Yuanji were imprisoned in the imperial prison, while Xu Lanyin remained in Taiqing Temple.

When leaving, Lin Nanqi couldn't help but look back at the woman in the deserted Taoist temple.

Xu Lanyin stood by the window, her expression as cold as ice and snow.

[Miss Xu was sold to a brothel when she was young. She was alone and helpless, surrounded by wolves. Fortunately, she had natural supernatural powers, so she survived. It was not easy.]

[Hey, three months ago, when Minister Liu was drunk and tried to force himself on her, he was knocked unconscious by Miss Xu.]

[She is not pregnant? ]

Li Chenghuan almost stumbled, and his face showed a wonderful expression.

He never dreamed that the truth would be like this.

It's all the fault of this little eunuch. He only spoke half of his words, which was so misleading!

Lin Nan's expression was bitter, and her eyes suddenly widened as she looked at Li Chenghuan's back in disbelief.

[Fuck! The dog emperor actually came up with this method to make it difficult for Liu Bingde to escape. Is the father and son at odds? ]

[Hiss——How insidious.]