Chapter 72

Facts have proved that it is not easy to be a playboy or a corrupt official.

As Bai Zhang expected, Jiang Yan came to invite him to stay at the Jiang Mansion for a while.

The Jiang family servant went upstairs directly, knocked on the door, and took Lin Nanjie to open the door and explained the purpose of their visit. He also said: "It happens to be the master's birthday banquet, and the master sent me to invite you to stay for a while. The master has instructed that this inn is simple and inconvenient to live in, so he specially prepared a courtyard for you, and I guarantee that you will not want to leave after staying here."

Lin Nanjie pretended to be hesitant: "This is not good. Since it is Mr. Jiang's birthday banquet, I am an outsider with nothing. If I make trouble, wouldn't it be a spoilsport?"

The servant was also very clever: "You are joking. There is no reason for you to spend money. You will be a guest of honor if you go. And the master said that if I can't invite you, I will not go back."

Lin Nanjie finally nodded: "Okay, I'll pack up and go with you."

After closing the door, Lin Nanqi showed a shocked expression.

[This is incredible. No wonder everyone wants to climb up the social ladder. I am just a former eunuch, but I can become a guest of honor of the richest man in Hangzhou.]

[It is said that the chief eunuch in the previous emperor's time was always surrounded by his followers wherever he went, and his presence was no less impressive than that of the emperor.]

[If the dog emperor wasn't here, I would feel like a corrupt eunuch. ]

Li Chenghuan came out from the blind spot and said, "Now you know the benefits of being in front of Yu."

Lin Nanqi was startled: "What did you say?"

Li Chenghuan's face flashed with a hint of panic, and he said cleverly: "Everything is written on your face, how can others not guess it?"

The doubt in Lin Nanjie's mind only flashed by.

After all, observing people's words and expressions and grasping people's hearts are the emperor's specialties.

He saw a piece of clothing draped over Li Chenghuan's arm again, and Lin Nanjie recognized with his sharp eyes that this piece of clothing was the one whose jade button could not be unfastened no matter how hard he tried.

Li Chenghuan spread out his clothes for him to change into: "Your clothes are old, change them."

Lin Nanqi let him do what he wanted, muttering to himself:

[Hey, this dress...]

[It feels like the dog emperor has ulterior motives. ]

With a "click", the jade button was fastened. Lin Nanjie tried it, but it couldn't be unfastened.

Li Chengqian lowered his head, bringing the two of them very close. Lin Nanqi raised her eyes uncomfortably, and met Li Chengqian's unfathomable dark eyes.

"Only I can unlock the jade buckle."

Lin Nanjie's eyes wandered, his white fingers couldn't help but rest on the jade button, and his heart trembled for no reason.

[Okay, okay, you can solve it, you are amazing. ]

[Do I have to wear it to sleep? ]

[Why not find a pair of scissors and cut the belt? This jade buckle can still be sold for a few taels of silver.]

Li Chengqian looked down at Lin Nanjie with a sidelong glance, his aura full of pressure: "If you dare to cut it, you will pay ten times the compensation."

Lin Nanqi, who was trying hard to save money for his old age, was afraid to move and said dryly, "I didn't say I wanted to cut it."

Li Chenghuan poked his cheek expressionlessly. His touch was delicate and made him reluctant to part with it. "Anyway, I say no."

Lin Nanjie covered his face and tried to protest with his eyes.

【Stupid ruler! 】

"Then I'm going to sleep and take a shower."

Li Chengqian crossed his arms and said, "I will help you solve it every night."

Lin Nanjie's eyes widened: [This is simply shameful! We still have to check on the guard every night! ]

Li Chengqian said calmly, "No?"

Under Li Chenghuan's gaze, Lin Nanjie gritted his teeth and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty."

Li Chengqian showed a satisfied look.

Great, now I have a reason to visit every night.

You can even stay the night.

After Lin Nanjie packed up his things, he followed the servant out of the inn, holding an umbrella over his head. The servant said, "It's raining too hard. Be careful."

Just as I was about to lift my feet, the stool was already placed.

Lin Nanjie was flattered and stepped onto the luxurious carriage at the door of the inn.

"Just sit still, it will be here in a stick of incense."

Following the servant's order, the whip hit the horse's buttocks, and the carriage slowly drove away from the inn. Lin Nanqi opened the curtain and looked upstairs, and saw Li Chenghuan standing at the window, looking down at the carriage.

Their eyes met and Lin Nanqi pulled the curtain shut.

A low laugh came from upstairs, and Li Chenghuan rolled his fingertips.

When they arrived at Chiang's house, they found it to be truly magnificent. Chiang Yan personally led the way, and the two of them went to meet Chiang Mingde first.

Jiang Mingde's courtyard was very quiet. The servants all lowered their heads and worked carefully, not daring to make a big noise. The two entered the house and saw Jiang Mingde sitting in the hall, reading an ancient text in his hand.

Lin Nanjie glanced at the cover of the ancient text with curiosity. The Jiang family's ancestors were also scholars, and Jiang Mingde inherited some of this.

Seeing the two men coming in, Jiang Mingde put down the book in his hand and said, "Eunuch Lin has come from a long way, and I am sorry for not welcoming you in person."

Having said this, Jiang Mingde did not stand up.

Lin Nanjie looked calm and composed: "I heard that the Jiang family is quite famous in Jiangnan. Seeing them today, I can see that they are indeed worthy of their reputation."

Jiang Mingde glanced at Lin Nanjie slowly and said, "Eunuch Lin, you are too kind."

Jiang Yan interrupted and said, "Dad, I'm inviting Eunuch Lin to attend your birthday celebration this time."

Jiang Mingde: "Thank you very much."

Lin Nan said: "I would like to congratulate Mr. Jiang first."

Jiang Mingde said with a smile: "Thank you for your concern, father-in-law."

After a few pleasantries, Jiang Yan took his leave and took Lin Nanqi to a magnificent courtyard: "Eunuch, do you think this place is satisfactory?"

The yard is extremely spacious, and even has a rockery and a fish pond, which is elegant and grand.

Lin Nanqi nodded: "This place is nice. I like this yard. It's rare that you have such a thoughtful attitude."

Jiang Yan saw Lin Nanqi's obsessed look, and a hint of disdain flashed in his eyes, but he was still respectful on the surface: "If you think there is something missing, just tell me directly."

Lin Nanjie glanced at him, put his hands behind his back, and looked calm and composed: "That day in Yuhua Pavilion, the girls played a pretty good little song."

"This yard is nice and quiet after all."

"The idiots still like to be lively."

A strange look flashed in Jiang Yan's eyes, and he immediately said, "Eunuch, please take a rest. The girls will be here soon."

Lin Nanqi rested in the courtyard.

The Jiang family was a very wealthy family in Jiangnan. Not only that, their ancestors were also officials. However, when it came to the generation of the Jiang family's father, he was banned from taking the imperial examinations due to a crime, which led to the decline of his official career. Despite this, his influence in Jiangnan was still very strong, and not only that, his wealth was increasing steadily.

Well, he might as well be a bad guy for now.

Soon, the girls arrived and the sound of piano could be heard in the courtyard.

It was raining heavily outside, as if the sky had cracked open a button, and endless rain poured down, washing the earth madly. In the sound of the rain, there were bursts of piano sounds, with a faint sense of iron bones clanging.

Lin Nanqi saw a woman in white sitting in a pavilion under the corridor.

Not long after, Jiang Yan came in with a few girls and winked at Lin Nanjie mysteriously.

"Normally my father hates this the most and scolds me for not studying hard. Fortunately, this time, under the pretext of a birthday party, I was finally able to bring my beloved daughter in."

"Chun Tao, go and serve Eunuch Lin." Jiang Yan held a girl in his arms and pointed at a woman in pink clothes next to him.

Chuntao was full of trepidation, and was stunned for a moment when she saw Lin Nanjie. Hearing that he was a eunuch in the palace, she subconsciously thought he was a pervert, but she didn't expect that this eunuch Lin was handsome, gentle and clean. In contrast, Jiang Yan was like a pig in the mud.

Chuntao poured Lin Nanzhen a cup of tea and said, "Father, I am here to serve you."

Lin Nanjie took the tea and took a sip.

Jiang Yan embraced the beauty and winked at the woman.

Chuntao suppressed her shyness and pretended to fall into Lin Nanjie's arms. Her slender hands pressed the jade button on Lin Nanjie's waist.

The jade button pattern does not move.

Lin Nanjie was caught off guard by someone's embrace and felt a pair of hands groping around her waist.

Chuntao pulled hard but still couldn't open it.

Lin Nanjie couldn't help but admire Li Chengqian for his foresight.

Chun Tao was angry: "This jade button is really hard to untie, father-in-law."

I lowered my head and tried silently, but still couldn't solve it.

Lin Nanjie said awkwardly, "Miss, please don't waste your energy. This jade buckle is not easy to fasten or unfasten."

Chuntao's eyes were full of tears and her voice was sobbing.

Jiang Yan watched from the side and said: "Why not just cut it with a pair of scissors?"

Lin Nan sighed: "Mr. Jiang, you don't know that this jade button belongs to some idiot. If I cut it off, I don't know what he will do. It's better to keep it."

Jiang Yan's eyes rolled and he knew who Lin Nanjie was talking about.

"so it is."

Lin Nanqi looked at the girl playing the zither in the pavilion outside the house and said to Jiang Yan, "Master Jiang's house is really full of hidden talents. This girl's zither playing is extraordinary. I wonder where she came from?"

Jiang Yan put down his wine glass and looked outside: "My father-in-law, you are wrong. She is dumb, but her piano playing is pleasant."

Lin Nanjie was surprised and said, "How pitiful."

As night fell, the rain still did not stop. Everyone dispersed and Lin Nanjie sat on the bed wrapped in a quilt.

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Lin Nanqi was so sleepy that tears welled up in his eyes and he couldn't help but yawn again.

[You said you would untie your belt, why haven't you done it yet? 】

Eunuch Lin was sleepy and needed sleep urgently.

Why hasn’t the dog emperor come yet?

I let Chiang Yan fool around all day and didn't eat anything properly. I felt sleepy and hungry.

Eunuch Lin fell directly onto the bed.

【Whether you like it or not, I will cut the belt tomorrow. 】

Lin Nanqi was in a daze and scolded Li Chengqian dozens of times.

Outside, the sound of rain continued. Lin Nanjie suddenly moved his nose. A fragrance went straight into his nose. It was so tempting in the rainy night when he was sleepy and hungry that it made the glutton in his stomach scratch his heart and lungs.

[What’s that smell…it smells so good…]

Lin Nanqi couldn't help but move closer to the source of the fragrance, licked his dry lips, and opened his eyes.

As soon as he opened his eyes, he saw Li Chenghuan's enlarged face and a crispy, golden, fragrant roasted chicken. Lin Nanjie's eyes lit up, and his dark pupils were filled with only the fragrant chicken.

Li Chengzhen held up the roasted chicken and shook it left and right. Looking at Lin Nanzhen's sleepy eyes moving back and forth, he couldn't help but laugh.

Tear off a piece of chicken leg and hand it to Lin Nanjie.

Lin Nanjie took it very unceremoniously.

The chicken is roasted to a crispy outside and tender inside. The skin and meat fall off the bones with a light bite. The meat is tender and melts in your mouth. The fat and spices of the chicken are perfectly blended.

After finishing the chicken leg, Lin Nanjie's stomach was still full, and when he was about to continue, the roast chicken was taken away by Li Chengqian.

Lin Nanqi: [? ]

Li Chenghuan felt a slight sour taste in his mouth as he looked at Lin Nanzhen's eager eyes looking at the roast chicken.

He had been here for such a long time, but Lin Nanjie didn't even look at him.

"I am worse than a roast chicken."

Lin Nanjie finally looked at Li Chengqian, swallowed hard, and nodded.

[Isn't this... just asking for trouble? ]

[You can’t eat it.]

Lin Nanqi said lightly: "Your Majesty is lowering yourself too much."

Li Chenghuan curled the corner of his mouth, pulled off the other chicken leg, stuffed it into Lin Nanjie's hand, and continued his feeding business.

The two of them showed an extraordinary tacit understanding when it came to eating. Li Chenghuan only cared about delivery, while Lin Nanjie only cared about eating.

After eating a roast chicken, Lin Nanqi burped lightly.

"I want to sleep."

Lin Nan wiped his greasy hands on his robe and pretended to be innocent: "My clothes are dirty. I can't wear them tomorrow."

Then he put his fingers on the jade button and signaled wildly with his eyes.

Li Chengqian smiled meaningfully, finally raised his hand, and deftly unbuttoned his clothes.

"You shouldn't wear it because it smells like makeup. Change into something clean tomorrow."

Lin Nanjie: …

[I can't win. I can't win at all.]

Lin Nanjie quickly took off his outer robe, got on the bed in his inner clothes, and wrapped himself tightly in the quilt, revealing only a pair of dark eyes: "It's getting late, I want to go to bed, and Your Majesty should go back and rest."

Eunuch Lin ate everything clean and started to chase people away.

Who knew that Li Chenghuan also began to take off his outer robe: "It's raining heavily outside, I'll rest here."

Lin Nanjie's eyes widened: "This... bed is not big enough for two people to sleep in."

Li Chenghuan looked at the bed, which could have accommodated four or five people, with a questioning look in his eyes.

A certain father-in-law didn't want to share the same bed with his wife, but things didn't go as he wished.

"It's raining heavily, the roads are slippery, and safety comes first."

Li Chengqian raised his hand inadvertently, revealing the wound that was soaked by rain and slightly oozing blood.

Lin Nanjie immediately regretted it: "Okay, for the sake of the roast chicken."

Lin Nanqi yawned continuously as he took off the gauze from Li Chenghuan's hand, returned to the bed, and used the pillow to draw a line between the two of them.

Li Chenghuan looked at Lin Nanjie with amusement, blew out the candle, and the two of them lay on the bed with a quilt between them.

After an incense stick of time passed, no one was asleep.

Lin Nanjie opened his eyes with tears in his eyes.

[Oops, I accidentally ate too much and got stung. ]

Lin Nanqi turned over restlessly and was about to hold it in when he suddenly heard the sound of a pillow falling to the ground. Then he was pulled into a warm embrace. Before he could push away, a warm hand covered his abdomen, rubbing his belly gently and slowly.

Lin Nan drew his hands back and squinted his eyes comfortably, like a well-fed cat.

【It feels a bit comfortable...】

[The dog emperor's massage technique for digestion is really good, this eunuch can't be blamed. 】

As he began to feel sleepy, Lin Nanqi suddenly opened his eyes alertly: "How did the emperor know that I had overeating?"

Li Chengqian did not stop, his expression remained unchanged, and his deep voice was faintly smiling: "You ate two servings."

Lin Nanjie: [……]

"I blame you. I won't feed you so much next time."

Lin Nanjie simply closed his eyes, not wanting to look at Li Chengqi's teasing expression.

The next day, Lin Nanjie slept until noon and felt extremely comfortable.

The bedside was empty, and the pillows that had been thrown on the floor last night were all neatly placed on the bed, as if no one had been there.

When he got up from the bed, he found that he was already dressed in a moon-white robe. Although he had changed his clothes, he still had the same belt.

Lin Nanjie had no idea when Li Chenghuan changed his clothes.

He pressed his fingers on the jade button, complaining angrily in his heart:

[The means are too scheming! ]