Chapter 32

Lin Nanjie was amazed: [It turns out that the Su family had more than one concubine. During the time of the previous emperor, the Su family was still a marquis in Beijing, and they married their eldest daughter to the previous emperor. Unfortunately, the eldest daughter entered the unfathomable harem and stood on the wrong side. She was regarded as a thorn in the eyes of the then favorite concubine, Empress Xiao. Empress Xiao made a complaint to the previous emperor, and not only was the eldest daughter of the Su family banished to the cold palace, but even the Marquis Su was stripped of his title and sent to the distant Dengzhou to be a small county magistrate.]

【Su County Magistrate was unwilling to accept this and blamed his eldest daughter for not knowing how to seize the great opportunity. He wrote to her repeatedly asking her to capture the emperor and bring him back to the capital.】

[The eldest daughter was originally a cautious person. Under great pressure, she fell ill and passed away.]

【After the late emperor ascended the throne, the Empress Dowager insisted on holding a beauty pageant, and any woman of the appropriate age could participate. County Magistrate Su then had the idea of ​​sending his youngest daughter, Su Yinian, to the palace.】

[Su Yinian was still grieving over her elder sister's tragic death, and was determined to learn martial arts since she was young. During a talent show, she even asked the painter to draw a random picture just to avoid being selected.]

[Unexpectedly, by some strange coincidence, I hit the Queen Mother's preferences accurately and was chosen! ]

【6. 】

Lin Nanjie admired this.

[The Emperor and the Queen Mother found out that the portrait was fake, which was deceiving the Emperor. The goods sent to the palace were not the same as the ones in the order, which was also deceiving the Emperor. So the Su family decided to take a risk and send their childhood sweetheart dressed as a woman into the palace! ]

[The most incredible thing is that my childhood sweetheart actually agreed! ]

【？ ？ ？】

[But you have to undergo a physical examination to enter the palace, and a man dressed as a woman is not a real woman. ]

【Oh! The palace was being cleaned up at the time, and the staff was replaced. The new medical examiner and doctor had received favors from the eldest daughter of the Su family, so they risked the world's disapproval to help the Su family this time. They just happened to take advantage of the opportunity.】

Li Chenghuan's chest rose and fell. Even the nanny and the imperial physician who examined him had missed it! Besides this, what other mistakes were there?

He suddenly felt the need to search the entire palace.

The look he gave Su Yinian and the fake Yipin was filled with anger.

Lin Nanjie didn't know what he had discovered, and his heart was suddenly very excited.

[This childhood sweetheart! It’s not easy! ]

[Zhu Ma's real name is Xi Jing, and he is the adopted son of the Su family. He has been weak and sickly since childhood, and he was able to grow up well thanks to Su Yinian's protection. So when the imperial palace issued an order, Xi Jing agreed without hesitation.]

[Not only that, before and after entering the palace, he also worked hard to learn the manners of a woman, walking with a bowl on his head every day, pinching his orchid fingers and waving his handkerchief. He was a very elegant man, and he also practiced his lip syncopation to perfection.]

[…I’m so touched by this friendship that moves heaven and earth! ]

【Su Yinian broke into the palace just to take Xi Jing away.】

Li Chenghuan looked at the two people coldly: "Do you know that deceiving the emperor is a capital crime?"

Xi Jing fell to his knees with a plop: "Your Majesty, spare my life!"

Su Yi was so angry that he drew his sword: "You killed my elder sister, and now you want to kill us? I am responsible for my own actions, come at me if you want to kill me!"

Li Chenghuan's face darkened: "You really can't escape the death penalty."

Xi Jing looked at the emperor and Su Yinian, one was the emperor, the other didn't even want her life, she was helpless and cried miserably: "Your Majesty! It is said that a husband and wife for a day will have a hundred days of grace, for the sake of sleeping in the same bed--"

Su Yinian's eyes suddenly became fierce, as if she was going to stab Li Chengqian: "What did you do to him?"

Li Chenghuan's expression showed some cracks: "I didn't touch you!"

Xi Jing said shyly, "We can sleep on the same bed."

Su Yinian breathed a sigh of relief.

Li Chengqian's face was as black as the bottom of a pot.

Xi Jing turned around, approached Li Chenghuan, and tried to plead for mercy.

Li Chenghuan stepped back repeatedly: "Don't come over here!"

Lin Nanjie: [Ah! Is it reasonable for a man like you to be so twisted? ]

Li Chengzhen was furious: "Let the Jinyi Guard handle this!"

Lin Nanqi hurriedly said, "Your Majesty... calm down. If this matter gets out, wouldn't it be a disgrace to your reputation?"

[No matter what, the late emperor owed someone his life, so it makes sense for the son to pay the father's debt.]

Li Chengxuan was so angry that he felt dizzy. "From now on, no one in Yifang Palace is allowed to enter or leave. I will handle it myself!"

Li Chenghuan came out of Yifang Palace, and the commander of the imperial guards, Ao Jingchuan, stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, I will lead my men in and capture all the thieves in one fell swoop!"

Li Chengqian gritted his teeth and said, "No need for that! Take the troops and guard this place. No one is allowed to enter or leave!"

Ao Jingchuan was stunned. Should he allow the thief and Concubine Yi to live together?

He hesitated and said, "Your Majesty, this is probably inappropriate, isn't it?"

Li Chengqian glanced at him coldly and said, "Do as I command."

Ao Jingchuan immediately said: "Yes!"

Li Chenghuan strode away with an aura that was so fierce that the imperial guards lowered their heads one after another, not daring to face the emperor's wrath.

After the emperor walked away, Ao Jingchuan quickly grabbed Lin Nanqi and asked in a low voice, "Eunuch Lin, what happened here?"

Lin Nanjie looked at Ao Jingchuan with a profound expression, raised his index finger and made a "huh" gesture to his lips, then put his hand next to his neck and made a "click" gesture.

Ao Jingchuan nodded solemnly: "I understand. Thank you, Eunuch Lin, for your advice."

Next to the withered willow tree outside the Yifang Palace, Li Chengqian turned around impatiently, his face full of irritability: "Lin Nanjie, what are you dithering for!"

Lin Nanjie gave Ao Jingchuan a look that showed his understanding, and trotted behind Li Chenghuan.

Ao Jingchuan rubbed the back of his head and said, "Oh my goodness, the emperor is still waiting for someone?"

Lin Nanjie followed Li Chenghuan in silence all the way back to the Zichen Palace. Li Chenghuan was sitting on the dragon chair in the warm pavilion, with a sullen look on his face, and his whole body was emitting black air.

Lin Nanjie sighed inwardly: [For things like this, only the parties involved can look at it more positively. ]

[So excited, so excited! I really want to find a good brother to cut the melon together! ]

[If you are hungry, why not use Bagua to make up for it? 】

Lin Nanjie was thinking with shining eyes when he suddenly felt that the atmosphere was a little strange. He looked up and met Li Chenghuan's gaze.

The abbreviation is…the gaze that wants to kill someone.

Lin Nanjie knelt down with a thump: "Your Majesty, I will keep my mouth shut and will not reveal a single thing about tonight!"

Li Chengxuan looked at him fiercely.

Just now I was still thinking about how to cut the melon with my good brother, but now my words are not credible at all.

This little liar!

Li Chengqian leaned forward and looked down at Lin Nanjie from above: "Don't tell anyone."

Lin Nanjie only felt a sense of oppression coming, and couldn't help shrinking his neck: "I obey your order!"

"Forget it, just go out." Li Chenghuan leaned back on the dragon chair exhausted, feeling like he was going to die.

Lin Nanqi breathed a sigh of relief and quickly took his leave.

In the second half of the night, Li Chenghuan lay on the large and luxurious dragon bed, with his eyes closed and his brows tightly wrinkled, and fell into a deep sleep in an extremely uncomfortable posture.

The dream was full of strange things. First, he saw a woman walking slowly towards him. She was tall and slender, and her clothes were too thin to cover her body. Her face was very familiar, as if she had seen her before. He was about to call her, but suddenly the woman smiled at him, bent down, and lifted the hem of her skirt.

She was not wearing any underwear under her skirt, revealing two white thighs.

The thighs were covered with lush, curly black hair, and from a distance they looked like crawling black earthworms.

The woman lifted her skirt and laughed at him, her voice was androgynous: "Your Majesty, do you think I am beautiful——"

Li Chenghuan was so frightened by the situation that his soul flew away. He screamed in his sleep and woke up in a cold sweat.

In the bedroom, the windows were open, and the sashes were swaying left and right in the cold wind. The heat had all dissipated, the charcoal fire had gone out, and the cold moonlight shone in, making the entire bedroom look like a snow house.

Li Chenghuan was about to call the eunuch to come in to close the window and add more charcoal when he suddenly saw a silent figure standing outside the tent.

The cold wind made the tent flutter, and when a corner was lifted occasionally, the slender figure of the person could be vaguely seen.

Li Chengqian asked in a deep voice: "Who is standing there?"

The figure seemed to move, and there was a rustling sound.

Li Chengqian's patience ran out: "Don't play tricks here, who are you?"

An androgynous voice came: "Your Majesty, it's me——"

Then, a pair of slender and pure hands lifted the curtain, slowly revealing a handsome head with a respectful and ingratiating smile on his face. A pair of clear and large eyes stared at him straight.

"Lin Nanli!"

Li Chenghuan was about to rebuke when he suddenly felt dizzy. He woke up gasping for breath and covered in cold sweat. He had actually had a series of dreams.

How abominable!

In his dream, Lin Nanjie was trying to trick him.

Li Chengqian sat up from the bed in shock, frowning as he pondered. After thinking for a long time, he finally gritted his teeth and spat out three words: "Lin Nanjie!"

Ever since I heard Lin Nanjie's thoughts, strange things have been happening around me recently.

The most important thing is that every time Lin Nanjie can take things in an unexpected direction, just like a horse running wildly without reins.

Li Chengqian sighed quietly, a look of love and hate appearing in his eyes.

After thinking for a long time without any result, Li Chenghuan threw off the quilt, got out of bed, put on his clothes and went to the ancestral hall.

In the middle of the ancestral hall, there is a portrait of Taizu hanging, and on the high table below is a sword that Taizu always carried with him.

Li Chengqian lit three incense sticks, then knelt down and kowtowed devoutly, silently reciting in his heart:

With the blessing of Taizu, Sun, who has committed many sins, no longer wishes to be involved in bizarre affairs between men and women. From now on, he wishes to follow Taizu's example and be a good emperor who is pure-hearted, has few desires and is dedicated to serving the people.

The sky was already getting light, and the gentle light of dawn shone on Li Chenghuan.

After making the wish, Li Chengqian finally felt a little better in his chest, and then he went back to bed to sleep.

The next day, court meeting.

After all the civil and military officials finished paying their respects, they looked up and were stunned.

Li Chenghuan was seen sitting on the dragon chair, his face was pale, dark circles under his eyes, his lips were dry, and his handsome face was filled with deep haggardness.

The ministers looked at each other in confusion. What had happened? Why did the emperor look so haggard after not seeing him for just one day?

Feng Ge stepped out worriedly and said, "The government affairs are very busy, Your Majesty must take good care of your health."

Li Chengqian was in a state of confusion and nodded wearily.

Minister of War Xu Guangchuan said: "Your Majesty, the Prince of Beichang was supposed to return to the capital from the northwest before the New Year, but he encountered the invasion of the Tatars and his return to the capital was delayed again and again until today, when he finally arrived."

Li Chengqian was in high spirits: "When will the Prince of Beichang arrive in the capital?"

Xu Guangchuan said: "According to reports, they have reached the Yongding River and will reach the city gate in about half an hour."

The dark clouds in Li Chengqian's eyes suddenly cleared up, and he stood up from the dragon chair: "All of you follow me to welcome him!"

The imperial guards cleared the way, and the officials of the capital marched in a mighty procession from the Hall of Supreme Harmony to the city gate.

Li Chenghuan looked at the end of the road outside the city gate, his eyes slightly moist. After three years, the King of Beichang finally returned.

Lin Nanjie followed beside him, standing behind Wang Dehai, excited, looking into the distance with eyes wide open: [The heroine is finally back!!!]