Chapter 141 I Have an Idea
Jiang Lin opened his mouth but didn't answer, nor did he know how to answer.
He could only nod, and then look at the two practitioners who dared not move.
"Please inform the Emperor."
Jiang Lin raised his hand, took back the Zhenwu sword and the thunder bead, and said, "Jiang Xuan should bear all the blame. If he is angry with the Liu family, don't say I didn't warn you."
After saying that, a sword flashed and slashed on the ground, and the scarlet thunder did not dissipate.
The two practitioners felt as if they had been pardoned. They did not dare to say a word and hurriedly turned around and left.
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"Don't tell me you didn't predict what you said?"
The harem, the bedroom of Concubine Mei.
The emperor held the teacup in his hand and took a sip seemingly casually, as if he didn't care.
But if you look closely, you will find that the emperor's knuckles are turning white.
"Yes, hurray, that's what he said."
The black-robed practitioner bowed his head, not daring to look at the emperor's expression.
"Yes, I understand."
The emperor put down his teacup with a smile and said, "You two have worked hard. This is not your fault. Go down and have a rest."
"We are ashamed and grateful for the emperor's grace."
The two practitioners bowed and hurriedly retreated.
The smile on the emperor's face slowly faded.
Concubine Mei, who was standing by, saw this but had no intention of speaking. She just sat there with her head lowered. If you look closely, you will find that this concubine, who had been the emperor's bedmate for thirty years, acted like she was facing a flood or a beast in front of the emperor.
The emperor looked at Concubine Mei and said with a smile, "My beloved concubine, why don't you speak?"
"His Majesty……"
Imperial Concubine Mei trembled for a moment, raised her head, and said with a forced smile: "I am just a woman, I don't understand these things..."
"Don't you understand, or don't want to say it?"
The emperor asked with a smile, his hands on the table, tapping gently.
With every strike from the emperor, Concubine Mei's body trembled more violently.
Imperial Concubine Mei opened her mouth and said, "Your Majesty..."
"You've always been a reasonable person."
The emperor interrupted Concubine Mei, stood up, walked in front of Concubine Mei, raised his hand and lifted her chin.
"My beloved concubine, I have three thousand beauties in my harem, but you are still my favorite. Do you know why?"
Without waiting for Concubine Mei to answer, the emperor said, "Because you are the most obedient and understand my thoughts the best."
"Moreover, you are standing on my side wholeheartedly."
As the emperor spoke, he held Concubine Mei's shoulders with both hands. This action made Concubine Mei's body tremble.
"Even if I asked you to harm your own son, you didn't hesitate."
Hearing this, Imperial Concubine Mei stopped trembling. She raised her head with courage and said in a trembling voice, "Your Majesty, what are you going to do?"
She finally spoke a complete sentence, and as if she had gained the courage, she continued, "You asked me to ask for General Wang's granddaughter to marry the Crown Prince at the birthday banquet."
"You never thought that General Wang would agree. You even knew the relationship between the Wang family girl and the demon..."
"All of this is to give the Crown Prince more constraints..."
"I really don't understand what you are going to do!"
At the end of her speech, Concubine Mei even unconsciously raised a question, but she was immediately defeated by the emperor's cold eyes.
The courage that I had finally mustered up dissipated like the spring rain.
"Whatever I decide to do, I will have my own reasons behind it."
The emperor smiled and raised his hand to touch Concubine Mei's face. She was obviously a fifty-year-old woman, but her skin was as white as cooked egg.
"A pregnant woman's fetal blood is refined into a pot of 100 kilograms of blood, and then the blood is refined again and again, and it is boiled and simmered again."
"Boiled into powder, it is more valuable than precious stones and treasures. If you often use it to wash your body, the fairies in heaven will be ashamed of their appearance."
The emperor spoke slowly, and with every word, Concubine Mei's face turned paler.
"Do you know that there are countless methods of maintaining beauty in this world? Why do I want you to use only this method?"
Concubine Mei didn't say anything, but her face was extremely pale.
The emperor didn't mind and continued to speak: "Because only if you use this method can I fully trust you."
"And you have not let me down."
The emperor stroked Concubine Mei's cheek and said with a smile, "Next, do something for me."
"Please... Your Majesty, please give your instructions."
Concubine Mei spoke with difficulty. Facing the emperor's eyes, which were smiling but extremely cold, she did not have the courage to refuse.
"The Crown Prince's marriage will be postponed, but you must send a maid to the Crown Prince."
The emperor said this and clapped his hands.
The next moment, a figure emerged from behind the screen.
When Concubine Mei saw this, her eyes widened immediately.
"Zhou...Zhou Mei!"
She covered her mouth in surprise. The woman wearing a maid's dress and with her hair combed like a maid was Zhou Mei who had been beheaded in the hall before!
Apart from the clothes, they are almost identical!
"Your Highness is mistaken. This servant is not Princess Mei."
The maid smiled and bowed, saying, "It is because the Majesty saw that I am kind that she sent me to the Crown Prince as his personal maid."
"Did your Majesty remember it?"
Imperial Concubine Mei widened her eyes, not knowing what to say for a moment, and had no intention of pursuing the maid's disrespectful words.
He just watched the maid come to the emperor, hug him intimately, and give him a kiss.
"I will take good care of the prince."
"Ah."
The emperor smiled and nodded, and the two of them completely ignored the dazed Concubine Mei.
Imperial Concubine Mei came to her senses, stood up abruptly, looked at the emperor, and said with difficulty: "Your Majesty... can't you even let your own grandson go?!"
"Ah."
The emperor sneered when he heard this, turned his back and said, "Just do whatever I ask you to do."
Imperial Concubine Mei trembled, knelt down slowly, and after struggling for a long time, she finally said, "Your Highness, I obey your command..."
"But, I have something to ask Your Majesty!"
The emperor said nothing, his indifferent eyes fell on Concubine Mei.
Concubine Mei raised her head and stared at the emperor.
"That demon is now in the Prince of Qin's mansion. Your Majesty really has no idea what the Prince of Qin is thinking?"
"King Qin?"
The emperor seemed to have heard some great joke.
"Just a clown."
"As long as my plan can succeed, the King of Qin will be nothing more than a mustard seed."
"I have long ordered the Imperial Observatory to keep an eye on the King of Qin. He doesn't have the aura of an emperor at all! Even if he wants to rebel, so what? He can be destroyed in a snap of the hand!"
The look of having everything under control made the maid, who looked 80% like Zhou Mei, look at her in admiration.
This scene made the emperor even more proud.
"The destiny lies with me, not with others!"
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"The destiny is with the King of Qin, and it won't change, my nephew said so."
In the Prince of Qin's mansion, Liu Yunxiu looked up at the Prince of Qin and said with a smile.
"Oh?"
Upon hearing this, the King of Qin immediately stood up and bowed three times in the direction of Mount Qiyun.
"I am truly flattered to receive such praise from Lord Dongmingxing."
Of course, he knew who the nephew Liu Yunxiu was talking about, or rather, after learning about the prince's concubine, the King of Qin ordered Mr. Baihua to ask Taoist Master Jiang for a consultation. But he didn't expect that Taoist Master Jiang actually knew Liu Yunxiu and was a friend.
As a result, some of his arrangements would be useless.
King Qin and Jiang Lin were in agreement on the matter of Liu Yunxiu, that is, it was best not to let this person enter the palace, let alone have any relationship with the prince or the emperor.
After the King of Qin stood up, he sat back down and said with a smile, "Miss, you came at the right time. Tomorrow is my daughter's birthday. I am not going to have a big celebration. I will just have a family dinner."
"I wonder if the young lady has anything she likes to eat so I can prepare it for her."
Hearing this, Liu Yunxiu smiled, glanced at Jiang Lin, and said with a smile: "Thank you for your trouble, Your Highness. I have always longed for the beauty of West Lake, and I want to taste the famous West Lake vinegar fish in Hangzhou..."
"Ok?"
Jiang Lin suddenly raised his head and stared at Liu Yunxiu blankly, as if he was looking at a warrior.
"better not."
Finally, Jiang Lin decided to give some advice. Even Jiang Lin didn’t really want to eat that thing, which shows its “power”.
"No, I want to eat."
Liu Yunxiu chuckled and said, "I just want to try it and see what it is that makes you so resistant."
"Back then, you were so arrogant just for a few big cakes."
Miaoqing on the side also quietly raised her hand.
"Actually, I want to try it, too."
Liu Yunxiu glanced at Miao Qing and said with a smile: "It seems that this Taoist priest thinks the same as I do."
As she spoke, she quietly looked Miaoqing up and down.
Well, it can be seen that he is not a "rival in love".
After all, what bad intentions could such a cute little foodie have?
"Hahahaha!"
King Qin laughed loudly, looked at Jiang Lin, and said, "Master, it seems that this dish will definitely appear on the dinner table."
"Master Miaoqing and Miss Liu both want to try it. Your and my opinions are not important at all."
After that, the King of Qin stood up, bowed, and said, "Master, young lady, my daughter has never had many friends. Now, with great difficulty, there are two girls of the same age in the palace."
"If you two have nothing to do, please make friends with my daughter so that she won't be so lonely."
"I beg you with all my heart."
Liu Yunxiu stood up upon hearing this, bowed and saluted, saying, "Your Highness, what are you talking about? I'm also very bored and just want someone to talk to."
"The princess is a very good person."
Miaoqing thought of the largest piece of venison, nodded firmly, and agreed.
"Then I'll trouble you two."
King Qin smiled and nodded.
Then, he watched Liu Yunxiu and Miaoqing walk towards the attic in the backyard.
"Jiji!"
At this time, accompanied by a cry, the little green phoenix came out from Jiang Lin's chest, turned into a stream of light, and landed on Liu Yunxiu's head.
"Ah! It's you again!"
Liu Yunxiu was surprised and exclaimed.
"Is this Qingluan?"
Miaoqing also looked over with some surprise.
"This bird is very fierce."
"Chichi!!"
"Ah! I didn't say anything bad about you, you are just mean!"
"Jiji!"
Xiao Qingluan and Liu Yunxiu were arguing, Miaoqing was watching curiously from the side, and they left the main hall together.
For a moment, Jiang Lin and King Qin were the only ones left in the main hall.
"Your Majesty, please send these two away. What's the matter?"
Jiang Lin asked with a smile.
"Something...personal."
King Qin moved closer with a smile on his face, raised his hand to put his arm around Jiang Lin's shoulders, and a smile that all men understands appeared on his face.
"Well, my Taoist priest, after all these years, I dare not say how accurate my eyes are in judging people, but I am also an old hand who has experienced the flowers in my early years."
"That Miss Liu's eyes when she looked at the Taoist priest were not right."
King Qin laughed and said jokingly, "You can say that I have no intention of hiding my feelings for you, Taoist priest. You can't see that at all?"
"Your Majesty..."
Jiang Lin blinked helplessly and said, "As the saying goes, it is the hardest to accept the favor of a beautiful woman..."
Jiang Lin sighed and said, "I don't know how to deal with this now."
"understand."
King Qin patted Jiang Lin on the shoulder and said, "Although the Taoist priest is extremely powerful, he is only a teenager after all. This is his first time encountering such a thing, so it is inevitable that he will be nervous."
"If you say you don't have any thoughts, you'd be lying."
"But, Taoist Priest, you don't know what you are thinking, and how you should face it, right?"
Hearing this, Jiang Lin nodded and said, "Does the prince have a solution?"
In Jiang Lin's expectant eyes, King Qin smiled and shook his head, saying: "I am not a Taoist priest, how can I help you?"
"How can anyone else have a say in this matter?"
Jiang Lin couldn't help but roll his eyes. Are you teasing me?
"Ahem, I said this just because I wanted to..."
King Qin looked around and after making sure that no one was around, he smiled and whispered, "If the Taoist priest is planning to marry, I think he wouldn't mind marrying one more. What do you think of my Rou'er?"
"It's not impossible to be a co-wife... Of course, it's better not to be a concubine, otherwise I really can't bear it."
Jiang Lin almost couldn't catch his breath.
It turns out that what the prince meant was that if Jiang Lin was going to "break the precepts", there would be no difference between breaking it once and breaking it twice, so it would be better to just kill him with one spoonful.
"Your Majesty, has anyone ever told you that you are a bit irritating?"
Jiang Lin rolled his eyes again.
"Hahahahaha!"
The King of Qin laughed and said with a sly look in his eyes, "Actually, I do have an idea, but it's a bad idea..."
"What kind of bad idea?"
Jiang Lin couldn't help but ask.
King Qin smiled mysteriously and said nothing. He just took Jiang Lin to the back door of the palace.
There, Mr. Baihua had been waiting for some time, with a very low-key carriage behind him.
Jiang Lin blinked in confusion and was taken to the carriage by King Qin.
.........
Not long after.
"I say, this is what you call a bad idea?"
Jiang Lin looked at the group of gorgeously dressed dancers in front of him, each of them with seductive eyes and flirtatious glances.
The King of Qin sat on the other side, with a charming woman sitting on each side.
The prince was enjoying himself very much at the moment, taking a sip of wine on the left and tasting a bite of food on the right, being served comfortably by the two beauties.
Jiang Lin's side had the same configuration, but seeing that Jiang Lin had no such intention, the two beauties on his side were also very considerate and did not come over to make things uncomfortable.
At this moment, Jiang Lin and King Qin were in Wangyou Pavilion.
This place is none other than the largest, most expensive, most luxurious, and most extravagant... brothel in the entire Kyoto.
I am not feeling well today. I have low blood sugar due to sugar control. My mind is confused. I can only update once. I will try to make up for it tomorrow. I am very sorry.
(End of this chapter)
