HLnovel Chapter 54 Lin Shihe felt annoyed and had a headache when he saw his gloating and smug look.
Chapter 54 Lin Shihe felt annoyed and had a headache when he saw his gloating and smug look.
Xuanzheng Hall.
"My son, I will meet my father."
"Well, sit down."
Emperor Longyun's hands never stopped reviewing memorials. He had gotten used to Lin Shiming helping him in the past few days, but today Lin Shiming was not there, and Lu Yuxi had also gone to the Ministry of Personnel to grade papers, so he had to rely on himself and didn't even have time to drink water.
Lin Shiming wasn't in a hurry. He casually found a chair, sat down, and picked up an orange to eat.
Before entering, he assumed that the matter of the ministers being taken to the Military Commandery the previous night had been exposed, and that Emperor Longyun had summoned him for questioning. However, he didn't see any other ministers upon entering. So it seemed that wasn't the case.
While constantly picking up oranges to eat, Lin Shiming pondered why Emperor Longyun had summoned him.
When Emperor Longyun finally put down the memorial in his hand and looked up, Lin Shiming had piled up a small mountain of orange peels beside him.
"Eat less oranges, or your skin will turn yellow."
"Oh!"
Emperor Longyun, seeing that he obediently put down the oranges, turned to look at Li An beside him. Li An understood and led the palace eunuchs out, making sure to close the doors and windows properly.
Lin Shiming watched the scene with curiosity while taking a pear from another plate.
"Father, is there something important you want to tell me?"
Crunch, crunch! This pear is truly sweet, no wonder it was meant for Father Emperor!
Emperor Longyun glanced helplessly at Lin Shiming, who treated Xuanzheng Hall as his own home, shook his head, and picked up his teacup.
"Did you send someone to Buddha Mountain today?"
So that's what happened? Lin Shiming stopped eating the pear. Was he scolding me because he thought I shouldn't have done that?
Let them scold me, it's just a scolding. Getting my anger out is more important than anything else!
"Your Majesty, I did indeed send someone to deliver a message."
Be confident.
Emperor Longyun snorted lightly, "You think I called you here to scold you?"
Otherwise, why did you call me?
"A message just arrived from Mount Fotuo. The Empress Dowager was so angry after hearing what you said that she didn't even eat lunch."
Then I didn't eat! I won't starve to death if I skip a meal.
"Old people will have problems if they don't eat regularly."
Get out, get out, hurry up and get out! I'm planning to drive her crazy!
“She has a problem; she has fallen ill and cannot return to the palace as planned.”
Huh? Lin Shiming looked up. What does that mean?
"If she cannot return to the palace as she wishes, my plans will have to be postponed."
A plan? Lin Shiming stopped eating the pear in his hand. He had said that Emperor Longyun could not possibly tolerate such a great injustice as the matter of Crown Prince Hua Min. It turned out that there was another plan behind it!
"So she can't get sick before she returns to the capital. If you're really angry, take out your anger on Prince An and the group of ministers you arrested last night. Once the Empress Dowager returns to the palace as planned in early April, it won't be too late for you to say anything."
Okay, okay! I'll go vent my anger tomorrow!
"Also, don't spread what happened today, understand?"
"Father, rest assured, I understand!"
I will certainly not disrupt your revenge plan!
"But today's lunch—"
Emperor Longyun's voice was cold and stern. "Don't worry about her. She won't get sick from missing a meal or two. Besides, she cares about her health more than anyone else. Skipping a meal is already her limit, and she ate tonight. I called you here just to remind you not to upset her for the next month or so. As for today's matter, there's nothing to worry about."
Emperor Longyun only remembered this matter after seeing Lin Shiming suddenly provoke the Empress Dowager today, so he summoned someone to remind him. He wanted to prevent Lin Shiming from losing control and accidentally causing the Empress Dowager's death. That would truly ruin everything.
Lin Shiming naturally had no objection to such a simple matter. "Alright! If Father has nothing else to attend to, I will take my leave now."
Emperor Longyun nodded in satisfaction. "That's all. You may go back now."
Lin Shiming happily left the palace and walked towards Li An, who was guarding the door.
"Eunuch Li, where's my roast duck? Bring it here quickly, I need to go back to the East Palace to have dinner with His Highness the Crown Prince!"
Li An looked at Lin Shiming blankly, "Your Highness, what roast duck?"
"These are the two roast ducks I brought back! Didn't I leave them with you before bringing them into the palace?"
Li An looked sincere and puzzled. "Your Highness must be mistaken. This old servant has never seen him before."
The smile on Lin Shiming's face gradually disappeared.
*
Chenshi, Taiji Hall.
The morning court session had begun, and people were coming out one after another to present their reports on trivial matters.
But Lin Shiming was still angry about the two roast ducks that had mysteriously disappeared yesterday.
He queued for half an hour to buy the last two roast ducks! He went into the Xuanzheng Hall, and when he came out, they were gone. Everyone in the Xuanzheng Hall told him he didn't bring any roast ducks back at all. His acting was so convincing, Lin Shiming felt he couldn't catch up even if he lived ten lifetimes!
Thinking about this made his teeth itch. His father was a grown man, yet he did such a childish thing for two roast ducks!
Lin Shiming grew angrier the more he thought about it, and couldn't help but look up. At the head of the table, Emperor Longyun was listening to the arguing among the people below with great pleasure. He even tapped the table twice and took a sip of strong tea.
That was so exhilarating!
The delighted Emperor Longyun casually flipped through the memorials on his desk. "Those two roast ducks the Crown Princess made yesterday were truly excellent! So fragrant and tender, and Zitong loved them too! It was worth it for me to have Li An and the entire Xuanzheng Hall put on this act after hearing the news. I'll have someone buy two more at noon!"
"Your Majesty! Your humble servant, Yin Hao, Prefect of the Capital, has a memorial to present."
Yin Hao presented a memorial, stating, "Yesterday at 7 PM, the son of Huang Renxuan, the Left Vice Censor-in-Chief of the Censorate, came to report a case. Huang Renxuan, the Left Vice Censor-in-Chief, has not been heard from since he left home at 5 PM the day before yesterday."
"Yesterday, his family searched everywhere but could not find any trace of Lord Huang. In desperation, they reported the matter to the Prefectural Governor's Office and requested assistance in the search. However, although I dispatched yamen runners to search in all directions, they were unable to find Lord Huang's whereabouts."
Finally, they arrived! Lin Shiming couldn't even care less about his two roast ducks anymore. He immediately grabbed Lu Yuxi's arm and peeked out.
Lu Yuxi reluctantly took a step back, raised her hand to support the person who was about to lean into her arms, and gave him a view of the middle of the hall so that the person could clearly and enjoyably watch the show.
Emperor Longyun, sitting at the head of the table, naturally saw the two of them trying to stick together. He twitched his lips and silently looked away, preferring to ignore them.
"Who were the officials on duty at the Censorate yesterday?"
The Right Vice Censor-in-Chief of the Censorate stepped forward and said, “Your Majesty, I, the Right Vice Censor-in-Chief of the Censorate, was on duty yesterday. Huang Renxuan did not ask for leave and did not go on duty.”
Emperor Longyun pressed on, "My lords, did Huang Renxuan go to someone's house as a guest and forget to go home?"
The crowd whispered amongst themselves, but no one came forward.
It would be strange if anyone got out! Everyone's locked up in jail. Lin Shiming had half his face hidden in Lu Yuxi's arms, only his bright eyes showing, and he was smiling so brightly.
Although Lin Shiming tried his best to hide his expression, due to the angle, Emperor Longyun at the head of the table and Lin Shihe, the first military officer, could still see it clearly.
Lin Shihe felt annoyed and had a headache when he saw his brother's gloating and smug look. Well, this was most likely the work of his good younger brother again.
By the grace of the Three Pure Ones, my younger brother is already married. Please don't let this mess fall on my head today. Let his good husband clean it up!
Lin Shihe had already guessed it, and Emperor Longyun, who knew what had happened from beginning to end, naturally knew it as well.
Moreover, not only was he fully aware of the situation, he also feigned anger and slammed his hand on the imperial desk.
"Good! How could a dignified fourth-rank official disappear from the capital overnight? What about the dignity of our dynasty?"
hiss--
Oops, I bumped my little finger! Ouch!