Lin Ruhai wept incessantly in the main hall, in front of the Emperor.
The Emperor sighed, looking disgusted, and threatened, "If you don't tell me, I won't give you that lotus root."
"Thank you for your grace, Your Majesty!"
Your Majesty... I don't believe you for a second!
Lin Ruhai wiped away his tears before saying, "I had no other choice. I consulted the abbot of Baoxiang Temple, who said... that my wife needs something imbued with dragon energy to consume, which will stabilize her spirit..."
Your Majesty, "I have so many things to attend to, why do you specifically want that lotus root shred?"
Lin Ruhai clenched his hands and said, "I believe that the lotus root was personally nurtured by His Majesty, thus carrying even more of His Majesty's expectations... and the lotus root itself contains fibers... making it even more effective..."
Even though it wasn't explicitly stated, the Emperor understood that the connection remained, and the thread was naturally important. Since Lin Ruhai's wife's pulse was normal and medical treatments had been ineffective, he naturally turned to superstition.
"Ha...what a good excuse..." The Emperor couldn't bear to look at him. He was powerless to refute what he said. He couldn't very well say that he had lent Lin Ruhai a piece of clothing and asked him to cook it.
"Your Majesty, you are the Son of Heaven, protected by true gods and bodhisattvas..."
The Emperor waved his hand, "Hurry up, my eyes hurt."
Lin Ruhai kowtowed, ran out of the main hall, and went straight to the Imperial Garden to have someone dig lotus roots for him.
Enraged, the emperor smashed three memorials in a row, shouting, "Dig them up for him!"
Tell him to get lost!
"This is infuriating!"
...
Lin Ruhai personally supervised the work, ordering people to dig up a pile of lotus roots. He then brought in workers to extract the lotus root fibers on the spot, and only stopped digging the lotus roots after they had extracted a bowl of lotus root fibers.
Afterwards, when the emperor looked at the desolate lotus pond, his smile was more like a grimace than a cry.
I thought all the lotus flowers in the pond had died this year, but unexpectedly, when the height of summer arrived, the Emperor carefully nurtured them and five lotus flowers bloomed, filling the entire pond.
The Emperor then forgave Lin Ruhai, who was still at home.
Lin Ruhai, carrying a bowl of freshly pulled lotus root shreds in his arms, returned home and immediately began to manipulate it in front of Shen Ajiao and Lin Daiyu.
They set up a small boiler, put some talisman paper with some unknown design inside, and boiled it for three hours before they could boil a bowl of water. They watched as Shen Ajiao drank it all without leaving a drop.
He breathed a sigh of relief and knelt down beside Shen Ajiao's bed, saying, "Madam, please get well soon. I would have risked my life for you."
Lin Ruhai recounted what had happened in the palace in fits and starts. Thinking about the way the Emperor looked at him, he feared that the next time he entered the palace, he might be beheaded for entering with his left foot first.
Faced with Lin Ruhai's tearful complaint, Shen Ajiao was taken aback at first, and then belatedly said, "What did you just say? You brought lotus root shreds from the Imperial Garden to boil water for me to drink?"
Lin Ruhai nodded. "So how are you feeling now?"
Shen Ajiao slapped her forehead, collapsed onto the bed, and sighed deeply. What was wrong with her?
Oh my god, let me go!
Shen Ajiao really wanted to confess to Lin Ruhai that she wasn't sick, she was just leaving.
But in Lin Ruhai's ears, it became that his wife said she had had enough of the torment and couldn't go on living... and wanted him to prepare for her funeral.
Lin Ruhai: Waaaaaah
He pulled Shen Ajiao's hand, held it tightly in his own, and turned his face away so that Shen Ajiao wouldn't see his tear-filled eyes.
"Madam, it's alright, there must be a way. I'm already looking for Huineng, he... he must have a way."
Shen Ajiao, on the verge of death again, sat up in shock. "Huineng? What do you want with him?"
You wouldn't be asking him to take a look at it for me, would you?
Shen Ajiao sighed again. Recently, Lin Ruhai and Lin Daiyu thought she was ill, and the two were very worried.
Lin Daiyu stopped going to school and stayed by her side. Lin Ruhai went everywhere to find doctors for her.
We were friends, and I couldn't leave without telling her, as that would be too hurtful.
Lin Daiyu and Lin Ruhai have gone to such lengths; it would be inhuman for her to remain silent. She can't just watch Lin Ruhai get beheaded, can she? What's she doing here then?
After thinking it over, Shen Ajiao decided she should be honest. "There's no need to look for him anymore, it's useless."
Lin Ruhai said, "How could it be useless? Back then, back then..." Back then, he was the one who said he would have a miraculous encounter, that he would definitely have a way.
"Go and find Daiyu, I have something to say to her."
Seeing Shen Ajiao in this state, Lin Ruhai felt heartbroken. Nothing he did was of any use, not even the lotus root shreds. His wife was about to give her last words.
Not daring to delay, he ordered someone to summon Lin Daiyu.
Shen Ajiao had someone prepare chairs for the father and daughter in advance and dismissed everyone inside and outside the house.
"What I'm about to tell you might seem unbelievable or unreal, but it's true."
Lin Ruhai and Lin Daiyu both had red eyes. "Madam should focus on taking care of her health. Why think about such useless things?"
The next second, Shen Ajiao's cold words brushed past her ear, "You all have to be able to hear what I'm thinking!"
Lin Ruhai and Lin Daiyu trembled, exchanged a glance, and asked, "You two?"
So they can all hear...
Hehehe
Looking at the father and daughter who dared not meet her gaze, Shen Ajiao continued, "Stop trying to fool me. Do you think I don't know?"
"You guys really put on an act for a long time, and you've really gone through a lot of trouble!"
Lin Ruhai said, "You've worked hard, Madam."
It's tough where we live, but not for us.
Lin Daiyu even tried to sneak up and run away, but Shen Ajiao glared at her and made her sit back down.
"Hmph, I won't hold this against you, but don't you think this is illogical?"
Why didn't any of you have any doubts?
Lin Ruhai rubbed his hands together. "Before I met my wife, Huineng said I would have some extraordinary encounters, so..."
"So you agreed to it after you heard it?"
Shen Ajiao really wanted to find a block of tofu and smash her head against it to die. Then she looked at Lin Daiyu and asked, "What about you!"
Lin Daiyu poked her little hand and stammered, "I...I...don't know, I just felt that Madam wasn't a bad person."
Not a bad person?
Haha, no wonder this father and daughter trust her so much!
"I am not really Chen Ajiao."
After Shen Ajiao finished speaking, she wanted to see the father and daughter's reaction, but they didn't react at all, just staring at her as if to say, "And then..."
"No, I'm not really!!"
Lin Ruhai nodded. "What's your wife's name?"
"Shen Ajiao".
Lin Daiyu: "We understand, Madam."
Shen Ajiao...
It seems like I said it, but then again, I didn't.
You're forcing me to unleash my ultimate move!
"I am a wandering ghost! The kind that has been roaming for five hundred years, a hanged ghost! Ugh~"
Shen Ajiao grabbed her neck with both hands, stuck out her tongue, and rolled her eyes, trying to scare them.
But she saw the expressionless father and daughter blinking at her.
...
Lin Ruhai: Do you think I'm easy to fool?
Lin Daiyu: I haven't grown up, but I'm not stupid.
Shen Ajiao: Okay, okay, I give up on you two.
You live in a book.
They're just fictional characters depicted in the book.
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