Chapter 11
If I am guilty, please let the gods punish me instead of letting me see these. Although I don't know what the so-called "Xiao Qiang" is, Xiao Huan can already imagine how explosive the scene is just by looking at the crawling all over the ground.
In the middle of the night, Xiao Huan felt for the first time a little regretful for why he had come to watch this.
Xie Ling had no idea of the emperor's thoughts behind the scenes. He became more and more excited as he wrote. After all, who doesn't have a crazy dream? Although he couldn't crawl around now, he could let the "medical officer" crawl around for him in the novel.
Xiao Huan, who was hit by a scam for the first time in the novel, was also confused.
"The host crawled in front of His Majesty, and saw that some imperial guards seemed to be rushing up, so he immediately changed his target and jumped to another place using all four limbs."
"Don't mention it, walking on four legs is a breeze."
"It feels so good. If it weren't for Sen's late cleaning, I would have almost forgotten what I was supposed to do."
"After crawling around for a long time, the host passed by and was extremely excited. Finally, he bumped into a pillar in front of His Majesty. With a "bang", hahahaha, the host fainted!"
Emperor Wu, who witnessed such a crazy scene for the first time, said:
It was so dizzy. After thinking about it, it seems that this is the only sentence that can describe the scene just now.
Xie Ling took a deep breath, thinking: "Good news, maybe the host's performance was too shocking. In the inner court of the imperial palace, if you are suspicious, you may die. If you are extremely suspicious and crazy beyond the human brain capacity, you may arouse people's curiosity. After all, how could someone be so disrespectful in front of the emperor that he would risk his life? The host must have discovered something and got stimulated!"
"Very good, the host successfully saw His Majesty Emperor Wu in doubt before he hit the pillar."
Xiao Huan thought he would say something important, but who knew the last sentence of this chapter would be:
"It's worth it. Seeing this scene before I fainted, it's really worth it!"
Xiao Huan: ...choked with breath, you're crawling all over the floor, making me uneasy, just for this?
No matter how hard he tried to explain it, the golden page in front of him disappeared, and today's update was over.
I have to say that this medical officer has learned to read my mind again. After what happened just now, it is hard for him not to doubt the pulse diagnosis he made.
Besides, who would treat a madman crawling on the ground as a chess piece? Maybe this medical officer can really find another way to survive.
After all... Xiao Huan had a complicated expression, he had sacrificed so much.
This was really too advanced for the ancients.
Xie Ling finished writing with great satisfaction, feeling that it was worthy of him to come up with such a unique method.
All conspiracies and schemes, all human calculations, are no match for madness.
The only real thing in this world is madness!
All! All go crazy!
Madness is invincible, long live madness!
Staring at the text that had just been uploaded, Xie Ling excitedly gurgled in his bed like a little bug. Just after gurgling, his body suddenly froze and he thought: Wait, wasn't he pretending to sleep?
The noise seemed... a little loud?
Xie Ling prepared himself mentally and quietly turned around to see if His Majesty was still there. However, when he opened his eyes, he saw Emperor Wu looking at him with a speechless look.
"Hey, Your Majesty, why are you here just now?"
Xie Ling almost revealed that he had known about Xiao Huan's arrival, so he immediately changed his greeting.
Xiao Huan: ...
Tsk, so fake.
However, facing Xie Ling's cautious gaze, Xiao Huan also strangely wanted to experience the feeling of going crazy, perhaps because he was affected by the novel that just exploded.
So when Xie Ling blinked and looked at him, Xiao Huan just said lightly: "I like sleepwalking recently, and I came here while walking."
"You continue, no need to greet."
In one word, Xie Ling walked out naturally while Emperor Wu was still confused, as if he had just sleepwalked in.
Xie Ling: …
"Do you think what he said is true?"
He paused for a moment before asking casually, "Will he be like Boss Cao, killing people in his dreams?"
The system said faintly: "Who can know this?"
This sentence made Xie Ling silent, and he didn't fall asleep until the sky was about to light up. You know, he was so excited that he wanted to sleep immediately after the update.
Now... Xie Ling felt horrified. He was so alert that he didn't dare to close his eyes the whole night, for fear that he would disappear in his dream.
When the palace maid came in to wash and dress, she saw Master Xie curled up in the quilt with dark circles under his eyes. She was a little surprised.
"Mr. Xie, what happened?"
"Didn't you sleep well last night?"
Didn’t His Majesty leave early yesterday? Why does Mr. Xie look like he didn’t get enough rest?
Don't mention it.
Xie Ling pulled down the quilt and turned to look at the eunuch next to him. He subconsciously wanted to ask His Majesty if he had the habit of sleepwalking. But when the words came to his lips, he suddenly remembered that this seemed to be speculating about the emperor without authorization, which was a crime nowadays.
He swallowed the words he was about to say.
The eunuch only saw Master Xie's facial expression changing from time to time, and after a while he wiped his face in pain.
"It's okay. Maybe I slept too much during the day. I'll be awake after washing up."
The eunuch nodded, asked no more questions, and brought the robe for Xie Ling to change into.
With a hot towel on his face, Xie Ling finally got rid of the painful feeling of insomnia. He thought he would have to accompany the emperor today, so the eunuch came so early. Who knew that the eunuch hesitated for a moment.
"Thank you, Master. You don't need to accompany me today. His Majesty asked you to get up and go to the library to study."
After what happened last night, Xiao Huan didn't want to see Xie Ling during the day, for he was afraid that seeing this person would remind him of the crawling on the ground last night.
So he asked someone to take Xie Ling to the library to study early in the morning.
Xie Ling also breathed a sigh of relief, as he didn't have to see the boss. God knows what came to his mind when he thought of the boss was - killing people in dreams!
Damn, I’m still traumatized by last night.
With the strange tacit understanding between the two parties, Xie Ling rarely felt drowsy and followed the eunuch to the library.
Several scholars from the nearby Hanlin Academy were curious when they saw another eunuch who was highly valued besides Chief Eunuch Wang leading a young man over.
"Eunuch Qian, who is this?"
The leading Hanlin scholar asked.
Qian Ming smiled warmly: "Mr. Wang, Mr. Zhou."
"This is Mr. Xie, whom Your Majesty has valued recently. The imperial examination is approaching, so Your Majesty has specially ordered me to take Mr. Xie to the library to review."
Um?
Mr. Xie?
The surname is Xie. Could it be related to the Dingyi Marquis Mansion?
Several Hanlin scholars did not know about the disappearance of the third son of the Dingyi Marquis's family. At this time, looking at Xie Ling who was following Qian Ming, their eyes could not help but become a little critical.
He is valued by His Majesty and specially kept in the inner court... Is this person doing something to curry favor with the emperor?
Because His Majesty had never kept anyone in the palace before, even for the most appreciated ministers, there was no precedent, so everyone looked at this unknown Mr. Xie with scrutiny.
When I saw this, I was shocked - I was shocked by the man's appearance.
Xie Ling's face was really too good-looking. He looked in the mirror every day and didn't notice it, but after traveling through time, his original body's temperament was infinitely close to his previous one, as if the dust on his body had been wiped off, and he was radiant and beautiful. The same palace gown, on Xie Ling, showed a sense of splendor and stunning beauty like a peony.
Very beautiful and attractive.
——It’s easy to lead people astray.
Although Your Majesty has always been pure and has few desires, but what if?
Isn’t the person who is staying in the palace now an example?
Scholar Wang and Scholar Zhou had never expected that Xie Ling actually looked like this. Their hearts were in ups and downs. Thinking of the recent obscure rumors outside the palace, they became more suspicious of Mei Shang's guess just now, and the look in their eyes when they looked at the opposite side became more and more wrong.
Xie Ling was completely open and aboveboard.
Who among modern people has not been looked at a few times? He has received many more excessive looks than this when walking on the street.
As he watched, he noticed that the expressions of those middle-aged men suddenly became strange.
Veins popped up on his forehead and he took a step back, looking at him as if he were some evil concubine bringing disaster to the country.
Xie Ling: …
Wait, did he misunderstand something?
Lord Wang, who was in the lead, felt that his guess was correct. He couldn't stand this kind of people the most. At this time, he looked at Xie Ling who was holding his breath for a long time and scolded him harshly.
"At such a young age, instead of thinking about the right path, you are thinking about the crooked and evil ways."
“This is outrageous!”
Huh? Why did the topic end here?
The eunuch Qian who was following was also stunned for a moment and didn't understand.
Xie Ling: …
How could he not think in the right direction?
He thinks about the right path every day, okay?!
Good guy, he won’t take the blame for this.
Although he didn't know what they were imagining, Xie Ling was also heartbroken. The next moment, he pointed at them and said:
"Sir, I see that you are already old and read the books of sages every day, but how come your thoughts are still so dirty?"
"I am ashamed to be associated with you!"
This one sentence choked the other Hanlin scholars.
"You, you, you..." Lord Wang reacted and was so angry that he fell backwards. Before he could say anything, Eunuch Qian stepped forward immediately.
"Thank you, Master Wang, the library is about to open. His Majesty has ordered that we cannot delay any further. Let's go."
"Excuse me, my Lords."
He smiled at Wang Zhu and the others, then turned around and left with Xie Ling.
Xie Ling, who retorted, of course thought it was nothing, but Wang Zhu, who stayed behind, became angrier and angrier. Although he was not in a high position of power, he was also an honest civil servant and had a good reputation in the court. When had he ever been said like this before?
Dirty?
Is he dirty?
This is outrageous!
Wang Hanlin was so angry that his face turned red along the way, and he was still unable to recover when he arrived at Wannian Pavilion.
It just so happened that he had just written half of the draft when His Majesty happened to come over today. Wang Zhu subconsciously wanted to report that ignorant boy named Xie.
Xiao Huan didn't expect that even though he didn't meet Xie Ling today, he still couldn't escape the other party's shadow. When he saw Wang Zhu blushing and kneeling down with a plop, he pressed his forehead.
Originally, he thought that Xie Ling had done something, but when he heard the first sentence, Xiao Huan stopped moving.
"——I want to sue Mr. Xie for flattering the emperor and causing chaos in the palace."
Normally he wouldn't dare say this, and Wang Zhu was so angry that he lost his mind and spoke without restraint.
There was silence in the air.
Wang Bao: …
Wang Bao was scared to death!
Is Lord Wang a fool?
Can the word "fawning" be said casually? Even though everyone had some speculations about Master Xie staying in the inner court, no one would say it so aggressively as soon as they met.
And he even complained to His Majesty... As expected.
After a moment of silence, Xiao Huan said calmly: "Meishang?"
He pondered the word playfully.
"Does your Majesty think that I am the one being flattered?"
Is he a fool who hurriedly keeps someone in the palace just because she is pretty?
This one sentence made Wang Zhu, who was angry, suddenly calm down. He realized what he had just said and the sweat on his head dripped down.
Xiao Huan sneered and threw the memorial away. Seeing Wang Zhu's frightened look, he thought that Wang Hanlin, who was known for his good reputation, was very fearless.
That's the result.
If you dare to mock me, you must be prepared to anger me. If you are not even prepared for this, why are you pretending to be a minister who is devoted to the country?
Without saying anything, someone pulled Wang Zhu out.
Although no specific decree was issued, everyone knew that Lord Wang would not be able to enter the palace in the future. He would probably be assigned outside the capital... to earn official achievements.
Xiao Huan had a blank expression on his face. Now no one dared to speak nonsense in front of His Majesty.
After a while of silence, he lowered his head and flipped through two pages of documents. As the Hanlin scholars below were trembling with fear as they picked up their pens, he suddenly asked, "What did Wang Zhu, that old man, say when he talked about Xie Ling?"
Of course Wang Bao knew what His Majesty was asking. Thinking of the conversation in the Imperial Garden that had just been transmitted, his expression was strange.
"After Lord Wang spoke, Master Xie was immediately distressed that Lord Wang was so old, but his thoughts were still so dirty?"
"He is a disgrace to be associated with!"
Well, that's very righteous.
Xiao Huan couldn't help but curl the corners of his lips. He didn't expect that Xie Ling was always timid in front of him, but wasn't he still a coward?
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