Chapter 71

Lin Nanqi's face flushed and he tucked back into the quilt: "Your Majesty... I can explain."

Li Chengqian was shocked.

In a flash, everything was connected.

The fact that he wanted to leave and move to another palace was fake, but he was really afraid that his secret would be exposed.

It's not true that she admires him, but she is really afraid that the truth will be exposed.

Resistance and evasion are fake, but having something to hide is real.

Li Chenghuan dug Lin Nanjie out from under the quilt, his eyes narrowed slightly: "How dare you to deceive me all this time. Do you know what crime this is?"

Lin Nan's hair was disheveled and her eyes were filled with tears.

"The crime of deceiving...deceiving the king."

【The dog emperor still scolds people. 】

Li Chengqian felt particularly wronged, how could this be considered scolding him?

Li Chengqian leaned forward again and asked, "Are you feeling uncomfortable?"

Lin Nanjie's eyes were full of tears.

【Isn’t this nonsense? 】

Lin Nanjie was strong on the outside but weak on the inside. He forced himself to say, "You just mentioned the antidote..."

The last sound disappeared at the point where their lips and tongues touched. Li Chengqian slightly moved away and said in a low, hoarse voice full of temptation: "I'm right here, what other antidote do you need..."

The moment their bodies touched, Lin Nanjie felt a tingling sensation extending from his heels to the back of his head, the warmth touching the cold stone, ironing him so well that he sighed heavily. However, his mind was still struggling, and his fingertips rested on Li Chenghuan's shoulders and hesitantly rubbed the patterns on them.

[It wasn't my initiative... so it shouldn't be considered as blasphemy against the dragon's body, right?]

While he was struggling between conscience and desire, his restless claws were grabbed by a pair of big hands and groped downwards.

"Hmm..." Lin Nanjie's eyes turned red, his gaze lost focus in an instant, and his breath became chaotic and hot.

Lin Nan hesitated for a moment: "Your Majesty... the king should be dignified and prudent."

This makes him look too hungry, which is so embarrassing.

Li Chengqian looked at him strangely, without any thought, and asked bluntly: "Are you telling the truth, or are you seducing me?"

Lin Nan's face flushed red, and his wet eyes suddenly widened.

The only words left in my mind were "wanting to live and want to die".

Outside the window, on the eaves, Liao Baifan quietly moved to the side.

As a member of the Imperial Guard who protects the emperor, Liao Baifan felt for the first time that the night was really long.

In Yuhua Pavilion, sunlight shone in. The building was empty as if no one lived there. No one was disturbing it, and the upstairs was unusually quiet.

Lin Nanjie didn't remember how he fell asleep. He only remembered that the sex was abnormal and he didn't know how to wake up. He only remembered that he fainted from exhaustion.

The spring willows in the back garden were graceful and beautiful. Lin Nanjin was sleeping unconsciously, with her legs spread out. Her eyebrows and eyes were like ink, her eyelashes were thick and long, and her cheeks were still stained with wet tears. However, the person was sleeping soundly, and even turned over. Her left foot kicked unconsciously and almost kicked Li Chengqian off the bed.

Li Chenghuan held the restless person tightly in his arms. He looked so energetic. Was it because he didn't work hard enough last night?

Lin Nanjie stretched comfortably, his handsome face was fair and rosy, looking like a fairy who was full of yang energy. His brows moved slightly and he opened his eyes.

The memory of last night suddenly came back to Lin Nanjie, and she subconsciously looked at Li Chenghuan's left hand. At this moment, the left hand trembled, and Lin Nanjie's gaze suddenly began to wander.

[Ah, that's not the case. Are you so tired that you're shaking? ]

Li Chengqian looked at Lin Nanqi with a smile: "Awake?"

Lin Nanqie uttered a vague "hmm" and looked down at herself. She had already changed into a set of clean clothes. Needless to say, she knew who had changed them. She then looked at Li Chenghuan. He was still wearing the same clothes as yesterday, and they were even very neat.

Lin Nanjie looked around randomly, but didn't look at Li Chenghuan. Lin Nanjie had never experienced such a chaotic night before, and didn't know how to deal with it when he woke up the next day.

[If I had known this earlier, I would have pretended to be dead...]

Li Chengqian mistakenly thought that Lin Nanjie was shy: "Last night..."

Lin Nanqi immediately took over the conversation and said with all his courage: "Thank you, Your Majesty, for saving me last night. I will definitely repay you by apologizing to you."

The words "Your Majesty, I am your servant" instantly pulled the distance between the two people back to the relationship between monarch and subject.

If I had known this, I would have taken it a step further last night!

Why bother thinking about Lin Nan's desire to be a gentleman.

"What a shameless person!" Li Chengzhen was furious.

Lin Nanjie looked at Li Chenghuan strangely. Isn't that the case?

[As the son of heaven, the dog emperor bears the heavy responsibility of being the ruler of a country. Can he still get involved with a eunuch? ...Oh, I am a fake eunuch now. That doesn't change anything. Besides, there are three thousand beauties in the harem, and there will only be more in the future. I would be stupid to get entangled. ]

Li Chengqian felt very annoyed and took a deep breath.

It's incredible.

How could he, a supreme ruler, be despised one day?

No, you can't force it.

He got up from the bed and walked out, feeling cold and irritable.

Lin Nan sniffed, wrapped himself up like a silkworm cocoon and continued to shrink.

Suddenly, a cry of pain came from outside the screen. Lin Nanqi hurriedly opened his eyes and said, "Your Majesty, what happened?"

No one replied.

Lin Nan's heartstrings suddenly tightened. He sat up abruptly, lifted the quilt and walked around the screen to check. He saw that Li Chenghuan's left hand accidentally broke a porcelain vase, and blood was oozing from his hand.

Li Chengqian put his left hand behind his back and said, "It's nothing, I just knocked it over because of my shaking hand."

Lin Nanqi looked at the emperor with a gloomy look in his eyes and thin clothes: "It's all my fault. I made you tired."

Li Chengqian clenched his fingers and said, "From now on, you and I don't have to call ourselves slaves."

Lin Nan nodded: "Okay."

Back at the inn, Lin Nanjie asked the shopkeeper for some medicine for bruises and applied it to Li Chenghuan. The scratches were neither deep nor shallow, but they looked a little scary. Lin Nanjie blew on them carefully and wrapped them with layers of clean cotton gauze.

"Don't get wet these days."

Li Chengqian breathed a sigh of relief, his lips curled up slightly. Lin Nanjie looked gentle, flattering him when there was nothing wrong, and was quick to admit his mistakes when he made a mistake, but he knew that if he really touched the bottom line, this guy would probably run away without looking back.

Despite this, they prefer soft things to hard things.

Li Chengqian said softly, "Okay."

The room was very quiet. The two sat facing each other. Lin Nanjie tied a big bow with gauze. Li Chengqian didn't care either. He picked up his tea and drank it. He didn't show any intention of leaving.

At this moment, the sound of rain suddenly came from outside the window. Li Chenghuan stood up with his bandaged hand and opened the window. Lin Nanqi also came over. The raindrops fell on the stone pavement of the market, creating a layer of mist.

The rain suddenly got heavier and the vendors along the street packed up their goods. In a blink of an eye, the bustling street was deserted.

Lin Nanqi reached out to catch a drop of rain, and his body was stained with water.

"The rain is getting heavier." Lin Nanjie looked at his wet palms. "I heard that there are floods in the Jiangnan area every year. I wonder if this time will be serious."

Li Chenghuan stood with his hands behind his back, looking at the vast rain. "Fang Wenjue and Wang Hui have already inspected the dike. It should be fine if they rest and reinforce it in advance."

Lin Nanjie looked worried.

[Even so, man-made damage cannot be prevented. ]

[The most important thing is that the number of pirates along the coast has increased sharply, and the Japanese pirates are also eyeing them covetously, all wanting to take this opportunity to attack Hangzhou City and plunder money and food. Although the dikes along the coast have been inspected, there is one place that is remote and easily overlooked, and it will be troublesome if it is destroyed. ]

【Not to mention the internal and external collaboration. 】

Lin Nanjie pondered, "Yesterday at Yuhua Pavilion, Jiang Yan gave me three boxes of treasures, most of which were produced in Japan. I remember that trade along the coast has been banned for many years, and Jiang Yan may have more than this. Maybe I am overthinking it. I always feel that if Hangzhou is forced to break into the city by force during this flood, the people will suffer."

Li Chengqian immediately showed admiration, and he linked many things together: "Last night in the back garden of Yuhua Pavilion, I saw a female zither player, playing Japanese tunes and pretending to be mute. I'm afraid the Jiang family has something to do with this."

Lin Nanjie: [Oh, I went to watch the human-bomb song. ]

Li Chengqian coughed softly and covered up by saying, "The Jiang family is too bold to act so recklessly."

A small country that has been coveting Daqi for a long time. Li Chenghuan's eyes flashed with murderous intent.

Lin Nan retracted his hand: "I'll go find Brother Bai and come over."

As soon as Lin Nanjie took a step forward, Li Chengqian grabbed her wrist and said in a low voice with an ambiguous warning: "Don't shout like that."

Before Lin Nanjie could finish his words, Li Chenghuan said, "I know what you are thinking, but I have made up my mind. Resistance is futile."

Lin Nanjie looked at Li Chenghuan as if he was looking at a tyrant.

Li Chengxuan snorted softly: "I have never slacked off in government affairs, and now I am alone. What do you have to be afraid of?"

Lin Nanjie took a deep breath, stood on tiptoe and kissed him on the side of the cheek, then slipped out while Li Chengqian was distracted.

Bai Zhang arrived not long after.

Bai Zhang knew that the two of them had gone to a brothel last night, and he looked back and forth between Li Chenghuan and Lin Nanjie. Lin Nanjie felt that his gossipy eyes were particularly familiar.

Lin Nanjie stood aside with a straight gaze, but her earlobes turned red.

"Your Majesty, Eunuch Lin."

Li Chengqian explained the matter again, and Bai Zhang's expression became more and more serious: "This matter is of great importance, and we need to dispatch troops to guard it in advance."

Li Chengqian nodded and took out a token from his pocket: "I will write a handwritten letter. You take the token and the letter and go to the nearest garrison to mobilize troops."

Bai Zhang took it respectfully, his eyes showing hidden worry: "This place is dangerous, it is not suitable to stay for long, Your Majesty should move to a safe place."

Li Chengzhen immediately rejected the proposal: "The people's survival is in danger, I cannot leave."

Bai Zhang added: "By the way, Eunuch Lin can help with this matter."

Lin Nanqi was slightly stunned: "Master Bai, please speak."

Bai Zhang coughed lightly and said, "Since Jiang Yan seems to be interested in making friends, why not take advantage of him and get some information out of him."

Li Chengqian frowned and said subconsciously: "No, this is too dangerous."

Bai Zhang was stunned, and tried to persuade him: "Your Majesty..."

Lin Nanjie's eyes lit up: "I'll go!"

Lin Nanjie saw Li Chenghuan's doubts and said calmly, "Jiang Yan will not touch me for the time being. He wants to avenge Jiang Hanwen, and he is sending me beauties and treasures. He wants me to be disgraced and executed by the court. This will arouse public anger, manipulate public opinion, and clear Jiang Hanwen of the charges. If I die in Hangzhou, it will inevitably be suspected of killing to vent anger."

"So I go."

Li Chengqian was annoyed. He stared at Lin Nanjie for a while. Seeing that he had no hesitation at all, he rubbed his head helplessly and said, "I'll send someone to protect you."

Bo Zhang was petrified as he watched the two people's intimate actions.

This intimate behavior took Zhang a long time to come back to his senses.

He seemed to understand why his father-in-law asked him to drink that night!