Chapter 47

Lin Nanjie raised his head cautiously, and met Li Chengqian's ugly expression.

Li Chenghuan sat on the dragon chair, staring at Lin Nanjie without blinking, his face looked unhappy, with dark clouds covering it, as if a storm was about to come.

This kind of expression was last seen in the court when Guo Zixu was being tried.

Lin Nanqi's heart suddenly skipped a beat.

Something bad is happening!

[Is the Dog Emperor angry? ]

[Does he think I am angry because I want to go to the Princess's Mansion? ]

Lin Nanqi lowered his head and didn't dare to say anything. It seemed inappropriate to say anything at this moment.

An awkward silence spread between the two of them, one kneeling and the other sitting. The one kneeling was at a loss, while the one sitting looked at him at a loss, feeling inexplicably angry.

After an unknown amount of time, Li Chengqian finally condescended to speak.

"Want to work at the Princess's Mansion?"

"The eldest princess has just divorced her husband, and the palace is in need of new staff. If you are willing to share the princess' worries, it would be a good thing."

Lin Nanjie didn't dare to respond, as he felt that Li Chengqian had something else to say.

Sure enough, the next second, Li Chengqian changed the subject: "You have been working for Yuqian for quite some time, and you agreed so straightforwardly..."

Li Chenghuan narrowed his eyes and said, "You don't want to serve me anymore? Do you dislike serving in the palace, or do you dislike serving in front of me?"

Lin Nanjie broke out in a cold sweat. He couldn't answer any of the three questions and didn't dare to answer a single one.

He pretended to be calm on the outside, but felt so aggrieved that he complained:

[Can I choose? ]

[This body was sent to the palace when I was three years old. I wonder who would be the eunuch if I could choose one. ]

Li Chengqian was stunned. Listening to the heartbeat was like a bucket of cold water poured over his head. He felt heavy and depressed, with an inconsolable grievance.

[It's my fault for not thinking it through. I thought that since the princess had asked for it, the dog emperor might agree.]

[In fact, the dog emperor is a nice person, but living with the emperor is like living with a tiger. I don’t know when my secret will be discovered if I stay in the palace.]

[When your brain moves away, you will have nothing left.]

【I want to live well, I don’t want to die. 】

Most of Li Chenghuan's anger was dissipated. He didn't expect that Lin Nanjie's heart was so complicated.

I wonder what secret makes him so scared?

He thought he was not a tyrant, so as long as it wasn't murder or arson, why would he want to kill Lin Nanjie?

Li Chenghuan said calmly, "But is there anything you cannot tell me?"

Lin Nanjie's heartbeat paused for a moment, and his eyes widened slightly: [How did he know! ]

Li Chengqian raised his eyebrows slightly.

Lin Nanjie's heartbeat was stagnant, probably because he subconsciously felt that the three words "fake eunuch" were too dangerous, so he subconsciously blocked them. In a flash, another idea emerged in his mind.

Lin Nanjie took a deep breath, slowly raised his head and looked at Li Chenghuan, his tone evasive: "Your Majesty, I have my own difficulties."

Li Chengqian pretended to be surprised: "Difficulties? What difficulties?"

Lin Nanjie's eyes gradually became moist: "Your servant... Your servant has admired the emperor for a long time, and I am afraid that if I stay by his side for too long... I will not be able to control myself!"

"Your Majesty is a man of heaven, wise and powerful. I, a humble servant, know that I dare not offend you."

"But I am also afraid that I may lose control at any time and offend the emperor, committing a crime of disrespect!"

[If I lose control and blaspheme the emperor, my head will move. ]

[Anyway, stay here. We are all in danger! ]

Li Chengqian was shocked.

He was so shocked that he was speechless for a while.

As he is the emperor, it is not surprising that he is admired by others.

But the strange thing is that Lin Nanjie is a eunuch!

He actually didn’t realize that Lin Nanjie had... special feelings for him?

I've admired you for so long... I can't help myself?!

The heartbeat also matched, which showed that she was not lying to him.

But he is a eunuch.

Li Chenghuan's expression went blank, and he stood up subconsciously.

Yes, he is a eunuch... and has some abnormal thoughts, but that's not strange?

Li Chenghuan's words were suddenly choked in his throat. He thought about how Lin Nanjie was unwilling to accompany the emperor like a tiger, how his elder sister promised him many benefits, and even whether Lin Nanjie felt that the princess's mansion was freer than the imperial palace.

Or maybe Lin Nanqi would rather covet the temporary glory and wealth of the Princess's Mansion than the future he could offer her.

But he never expected to hear Lin Nanjie say these words.

What I didn’t expect was——

He should have been angry, annoyed, disgusted.

He should have immediately handed the man over to the Royal Guard for torture to cleanse him of these blasphemous thoughts.

He is the emperor, but he is being targeted by a mere eunuch. What an offense!

But he had none of them.

Lin Nanqi didn't hear anything for a long time and his heart was beating fast.

【Was what I just said too straightforward?】

[Will the Emperor be frightened? ]

Li Chenghuan looked at Lin Nanjie with complicated eyes, trying to find all the unreasonable explanations.

Because this guy is good-looking?

At the ancestral worship ceremony, several ministers stared at Lin Nanjie's face in a daze. When Xue Yunlai met him for the first time, he pleaded for him.

Or is it because of that nickname "Xiangrui"?

Who would be angry because "Xiangrui" admires him?

After a while, Li Chengqian finally found his voice, and his eyes flashed with shock and turmoil: "You, when did you have this idea?"

Lin Nanqi looked away and said aggrievedly, "I didn't know either. By the time I realized what was happening, it was already like this."

Li Chengqian's expression became empty again.

I don't know where love comes from, but it goes on forever...

Stop!

Li Chengqian pinched his thigh hard and tried to speak to Lin Nanqian in a normal tone, "Let me think about going to the Princess's Mansion again."

Seeing that Li Chengqian's tone softened, Lin Nanjie breathed a sigh of relief and did not dare to mention the matter of going to the Princess's Mansion anymore. He quickly said, "I have thought about it. As long as the emperor does not give up, I am still willing to serve him."

Li Chenghuan was so shocked that he didn't express his opinion immediately: "You go down first."

"yes."

After Lin Nanjie left, Li Chengqian still felt uncomfortable. This matter was too shocking, and Lin Nanjie's attitude was too sincere. He didn't know how to react.

After sitting there for a long time, Li Chengqian picked up the tea and was surprised. When he put it to his mouth, he found it was empty.

He looked at the empty teacup and put it heavily on the table.

"It's poisonous!"

I learned this sentence from Lin Nanjie.

After meeting Lin Nanjie, he felt that he was becoming more and more abnormal. Li Chengqian raised his head and looked into the void, sulking.

Then he tried to pick up a book beside him to distract himself, but accidentally knocked over the cabinet. The things in the cabinet were scattered all over the floor, and a box rolled out. Li Chengqian thought it looked familiar, so he picked it up, opened it, and his face darkened again.

It turned out to be the music box that Lin Nan had given to him earlier.

Because the content was too unethical, I hastily put it aside last time, so I didn't finish reading the story inside.

As if possessed by some mysterious force, Li Chenghuan opened the music box again, gripped the handle with his slender fingers, and looked back at the pictures one by one.

Liu Mengke slept on the same bed with the young man from a noble family. Their clothes were scattered all over the floor, the quilt was arched in an imaginative arc, and they slept on the same bed.

In the next photo, the clouds cleared and the rain stopped. The two of them were reading together at the desk again.

The difference is that the two of them snuggled together tightly, and Liu Mengke looked up at the noble young man: I have admired you for a long time...

Li Chenghuan closed the music box expressionlessly.

He can't bear to hear the word "admire" now.

After half an incense stick of time, he couldn't help but open it again, and finally read it to the end in one go.

Liu Mengke and the young man from a noble family were in love with each other every day, reading in the study, reading in the suburbs, and reading in bed. In the end, everything would develop in an unspeakable direction. In the end, they both passed the imperial examination and became officials in the court.

Li Chengqian couldn't help but say, "Ridiculous... It's really too ridiculous. How can you pass the imperial examination if you do this every day?"

Li Chenghuan calmly put away the opera box and put it in the cabinet.

It's fake, all fake. It must have been casually drawn by some bored painter. It can't stand scrutiny!

On the other side, Lin Nanjie breathed a sigh of relief only after he walked out of the Zichen Palace.

The move just now was a risky one.

He didn't dare to directly mention the matter of going to the Princess's Mansion, but it suddenly occurred to him that any man, especially a straight man, would definitely avoid the attempt if someone of the same sex around him showed interest in him!

Li Chengqian's reaction just now explained everything.

Lin Nanjie thought as he walked that Li Chengqian must think he was extremely disgusting now, and maybe he would send someone to inform him later: it’s time to pack up and get out!

Lin Nanjie walked all the way back to the outer room, waiting for news from the palace.

The next day, Li Chengqian gave him a day off and did not let him go on duty.

Lin Nanjie was expecting this. It seemed that the move he made yesterday was too fierce, and Li Chengqian wanted to avoid seeing it.

On the third day, another day off was granted. Even Wang Dehai was puzzled, and Yu Qian was not idle either.

Lin Nanjie felt that he had it almost certain, and he even went outside the palace to have dinner with Si Nanhao and Lu Chengzhou. Lu Chengzhou also asked him to mention him more in front of the eldest princess after entering the princess's mansion to make his presence felt.

On the fourth day, Wang Dehai came.

Lin Nanqi quickly opened the door and welcomed the person in.

The past two days it was Ren Hexiu who came, but today it was Wang Dehai who came. Could it be that Li Chenghuan has already agreed?

Lin Nanjie felt a moment of loss in his heart, but when he thought that his identity as a fake eunuch could not be exposed, he drove the loss from his mind.

"Eunuch Wang? Why are you here?"

Wang Dehai looked at Lin Nanjie with a complicated expression. He did not directly tell her the purpose of his visit, but asked indirectly, "What did you say to the emperor in the warm pavilion that day?"

Lin Nanjie played dumb: "I didn't say anything, I just explained some things related to the Princess's Mansion."

Wang Dehai did not investigate further: "The emperor ordered you to stay in the Purple Palace every night and serve him closely at night."

As soon as Wang Dehai finished speaking, Lin Nanjie was dumbfounded.

It took me a long time to come back to my senses.

Live in Zichen Palace and serve?

Lin Nanjie's eyes widened.

No, is the dog emperor sick?

He said that, but Li Chenghuan didn't care?

And let him serve closely? !

Lin Nanjie suddenly felt like he had just dropped a rock on his foot. Now he had to play the role of a perverted eunuch day and night?

That night, Lin Nanjie stayed in the Zichen Palace.

After helping Li Chenghuan wash and change his clothes, the eunuchs left one by one. As the chief eunuch, Wang Dehai had a residence in the palace, not far from the Purple Palace, and could walk there in a few steps.

Wang Dehai was old and would not be in good spirits when keeping watch at night, so the task was handed over to the young eunuch.

Two of them would guard outside the hall, and there would be an eunuch sleeping on a low couch outside the hall, ready to respond to calls from the bedroom at any time.

At the moment, Lin Nanqi was lying on the low couch, lying very obediently.

The key to the night watch job is to keep watch. You can't sleep at night. Lin Nanjie stared at the dark roof, blinking from time to time to refresh himself.

[Strange, even though I said that, the emperor assigned me to guard the night. Isn't he afraid that I might offend him?]

[This mission... is too dangerous. ]

Lin Nanjie pinched her thigh hard, afraid of being exposed, so she tried her best to brainwash herself.

[The emperor is extremely handsome, no one can compare to him. ]

[The dog emperor even sent Ao Jingchuan to lead the entire capital to search for me, and even gave me a reward... There is really no better boss than the dog emperor. ]

【With such a great winner, what else can I ask for? 】

After being brainwashed for a long time, Lin Nanjie sighed softly.

[Some things are too dangerous, I really don’t even dare to think about them. ]

Li Chenghuan, who was sleeping in the bedroom, listened to Lin Nanjie's mumbling heartbeat, especially when he heard that it was midnight and Lin Nanjie was still thinking about his kindness in her heart, Li Chenghuan... couldn't help but have his eyes tremble.

Didn't Lin Nanjie always call him a dog emperor? Why was he suddenly... so unable to extricate himself?

Oh, the title of Dog Emperor has not changed.

But the sound of the heart does not lie.

Li Chengqian also sighed and looked at the ceiling, all desire to sleep gone.

After he realized that he was influenced by Lin Nanjie, his first reaction was to transfer the person away from Yuqian.

But he immediately gave up the idea.

First of all, Lin Nanjie did not make any mistakes. Not only did he not make any mistakes, he even made some contributions.

Secondly, as the emperor, he should not escape, let alone be influenced by a little eunuch, so Li Chenghuan simply transferred Lin Nanjie to serve him closely.

But right now, Li Chengqian couldn't sleep.

Even until the heartbeats outside completely disappeared, the moon reached its zenith, and the Purple Palace was completely silent, Li Chenghuan still stared with eyes wide open, unable to fall asleep.

Thinking about having to attend the morning court tomorrow, Li Chengqian couldn't help but grit his teeth.

He opened the quilt, dropped his long legs to the ground, and quietly left the bedroom and walked outside. In the darkness, he saw a slender figure lying on the narrow couch.

Li Chenghuan slowly approached and stopped in front of the couch.

Lin Nanjie's face was clearly visible in the silvery moonlight.

Elegant, handsome, such a refined and noble appearance was born on a eunuch.

"What a pity." Li Chengqian whispered.

If he were a normal man, Li Chengqian would be able to find him a good marriage right now.

What a pity he is a eunuch.

During the twenty years that Li Chenghuan spent as a prince and then as an emperor, eunuchs were almost the type of people he hated the most.

They were insidious, cunning, and good at using cold and subtle voices to offer advice to the emperor.

They decide life and death, and in the blink of an eye, many lives are wiped out.

However, in essence, they are nothing more than dodder vines on towering trees. Without the trees, they are like boneless snakes, with only dry skin left.

However, at this moment, he sincerely felt sorry for a little eunuch.

Li Chengqian felt like he was going crazy.

Lin Nanjie fell asleep peacefully. The eunuch who was on night watch fell asleep first. He was really incompetent for his job.

However, he slept peacefully, his brows relaxed, the moonlight falling on his calm eyelids. His nose flickered slightly, and he exhaled a long breath. Further down were his tightly closed lips, which were light red in color, and occasionally opened slightly, as if he was talking in his sleep.

Li Chenghuan bent down, wanting to hear what he was talking about in his sleep.

The voice of the dream talk was faint, Li Chenghuan could only bend down further, his loose hair fell on Lin Nanjie, and it was difficult to distinguish them in the darkness. The distance between the two was a little close, Li Chenghuan listened attentively, and Lin Nanjie's breath sprayed on his cheek, hot and itchy.

"Dog emperor...pervert...slave...A-choo!"

A sneeze sprayed Li Chenghuan all over his head and face. Li Chenghuan straightened up instantly and wiped his face expressionlessly.

What admiration!

It causes trouble for him every day!