Chapter 81
After receiving the secret order, the fourth prince ordered his troops to set off quickly. Although there was not much movement, and there was a token given by Emperor Tiansheng, they still couldn't hide their movements from Prime Minister Yan's faction.
Although Emperor Tiansheng had removed the members of the Yan family in the court on the bright side, but it was difficult to find out those who cooperated with the Yan family secretly. If all the people who had been in contact with the Yan family were cleaned up, then the entire court would be deserted. However, because of this, the officials who secretly colluded with the Yan family could report to the Yan family as soon as they heard the news.
What would the soldiers do?
Naturally, it was to attack the city.
The city where the private soldiers of the Yan family were located, and the territories they were occupying.
Emperor Tiansheng was not carried away by a whim, he could let the fourth prince directly muster troops to set off immediately, the commander and generals were arranged in an orderly manner, even the generals brought back by the old general Wei were arranged. It could be seen that his determination to get rid of the Yan family was not a day or two .
When the fourth prince bid farewell to Emperor Tiansheng, Emperor Tiansheng was very excited.
The Yan family was finally about to lose, and was about to be overthrown by him.
From now on, he no longer needed to be restrained by the Yan family.
The so-called relatives were different in front of the imperial power.
The Li family ruled the world, but the Yan family was so powerful that no one who was in power from the Li family could accept it.
Everyone in the royal family was happy to see what Emperor Tiansheng had done today, including those who supported the imperial power faction.
A family was not like a family, and a country is not like a country. What if there was a strong faction who dared to speak? A country could have different voices, but it couldn't have many factions.
It wasn't a matter of a day or two for the Yan family to raise private soldiers. Back then, the Lin family only occupied Dong'an County, but the Yan family occupied more than one area.
The Yan family occupied three counties. The garrisons in these three counties had already been bought by the Yan family, which was equivalent to being occupied by the Yan family. If the fourth prince attacked them, they would definitely resist, so Emperor Tiansheng's purpose was to do it secretly.
Yan Cheng and the other members of the Yan family in the capital had been controlled by Emperor Tiansheng, but this was arranged quietly. Yan Cheng had no reason to hold up the banner of rebellion and let his people attack the capital, moreover, the crown prince, empress, and empress dowager were still in the palace. He had a lot of things to consider, unlike the Lin family who staked everything in one throw.
The Yan family's scale of operations were spread everywhere, in this critical juncture they had to consider their success or failure. If they succeed, they would be famous all over the world, but if they were defeated, it would be rivers of blood. Because it was impossible for Emperor Tiansheng to let one member of the Yan family go, even the eighty years old woman or the newborn baby.
But now, Emperor Tiansheng was going to attack the Yan family's lair, how could the Yan family not resist?
Resistance was inevitable, but of course they wouldn't be so stupid to use the banner of the Yan family, but if this continued, the Yan family would inevitably be swallowed up and disintegrated by Emperor Tiansheng little by little.
What would the Yan family do?
Still the primary issue was, in the matter of life and death, who would be removed and who would stay.
Prime Minister Yan urgently summoned his subordinates to discuss about this matter, what should they do in this situation?
The suggestion that was given by the subordinates was to see what kind of trick Emperor Tiansheng and the fourth prince were going to use, and whether they really knew all the military bases of the Yan family.
Now since that they knew that the opponent was coming, they had to be fully prepared.
The Yan family's private soldiers were also civilians, so if the soldiers they raised changed into civilians, when the fourth prince passed by, it was the same like using a wicker basket to draw water, all his hopes and efforts came to nothing.
[竹篮打水 zhú lán dǎ shuǐ: using a wicker basket to draw water (idiom); wasted effort]
The large troops definitely couldn't move as fast as the people who took the horse to tip off the news.
After the Yan family had a countermeasure, they went forward to implement it decisively. Since Emperor Tiansheng wanted to suppress them, they would stay low-key and dormant, and wait for the time to make other plans. Now they were being roasted on the fire, therefore the first thing they could do now was to guarantee that their people didn't get into trouble.
Emperor Tiansheng and the Fourth Prince's secret operation was done too well, the soldiers set off in two different directions. The Yan family was a little confused for a while, but they still had to notify what they should notify.
The fourth prince could become the protagonist in the previous life, and since he could ascend to the throne, of course he was not a vegetarian. Not to mention that Shen Mingyun's assistance came back too timely, and he could give him some suggestions, in a disguised form, he informed the Fourth Prince the whereabouts of the informant.
The fourth prince's spies closely followed the informant from the Yan family, and then the large army turned around and walked in the direction of the informant.
The Yan family thought that the fourth prince didn't know about this, but they still didn't know anything about Shen Mingyun's ability.
After returning to the capital and doing some tasks, Shen Mingyun got a lot of points. He gave up exchanging weight loss pills and exchanged some useful items for the Fourth Prince.
If the Fourth Prince, with Shen Mingyun's absolute help, still couldn't discover the Yan family's hidden private soldiers, then his points would be wasted.
The Fourth Prince was not stupid after all, his spies went to the Yan family's first military base very quickly. The informants of the Yan family never expected that when he had just arrived, and hadn't had time to let the private soldiers pretend to be farmers and other roles, the military base was attacked by the fourth prince.
The reason was to suppress bandits.
A group of people who didn't work, and a pile of weapons, what was this for?
The main point was that they resisted.
The fourth prince came without warning, and one of the hidden military base of the private soldiers of the Yan family was directly wiped out by the fourth prince, and it only took two days.
The other troop that was led by a General from the old general Wei's old troops also broke through. Because of the long distance and relatively high terrain, it was difficult to break through. In the end, it took seven days to wiped out the second military base of the Yan family. After the Yan family's private soldiers ran out of food and herbs, the soldiers rushed directly to the top of the mountain, and finally detained all the Yan soldiers who had surrendered.
After the Fourth Prince and Old General Wei got together, they discussed the strategy to capture the third military base. The first two were just full of trash, they were used to confuse people, and the real trouble was the third one.
Yan Cheng was almost out of breath after the two military bases connected to his family were destroyed. Although it was only two small military bases, but he was very surprised about how the fourth prince knew about their locations and quickly made arrangements, he didn't understand at all!
At this time, Gucheng, apart from the small fights between some neighboring tribes, was mostly peaceful.
There were also people who wanted to kidnap the third prince's imperial concubine, but they didn't seem to understand the importance of the third prince's imperial concubine to the third prince and Gucheng. Those people were caught and sent to prison before they got close to the city wall.
Li Mingjin and Luo Shuyu already knew about the conflict between Emperor Tiansheng and the Yan family.
As a military adviser, Chen Rong moved out of the Third Prince's Mansion when Shen Mingyun was about to give birth, but he didn't live far away. Li Mingjin purposely bought the house next door and gave it to Chen Rong. After all, he was Luo Shuyu's cousin, therefore he was also his family, and now he was still his military adviser, so the treatment must not be bad.
Chen Rong and Li Mingjin had just finished their meeting in the barracks, and then they came to Luo Shuyu's place for dinner in the afternoon when they were free.
When Li Mingjin saw him coming uninvited, he said, "Don't you have a cook at your own home?"
Chen Rong remembered his senior brother's half-trained cook, and said, "No, you have a lot of people in your mansion, why don't you share one of them with me."
Li Mingjin: "That won't work. Your cousin likes the cook's cooking so I can't give the cook to you."
Chen Rong: "What kind of food my cousin likes, obviously because you are not willing to give the cook to me."
Luo Shuyu found it interesting to hear them quarreling, and he didn't join the war between the two of them. Every time Chen Rong came over for a meal, Li Mingjin would inevitably say a few words. When it came to eating meat, Li Mingjin would occasionally become naive and stingy.
Li Mingjin: "I let you have a meal in my place and you still want to rob my cook. Be careful next time you won't even have a chance to have a meal."
Chen Rong: "The Third Prince, do you dare to be a little more childish?"
Li Mingjin: "You are the one childish."
Luo Shuyu couldn't listen anymore, so he asked Chen Rong: "Where is Doctor Lin, why did you come here alone today?"
When Lin Yuan was mentioned, Chen Rong's face was indescribable: "He is studying medicinal food recipes and I have to eat it everyday, I just came here for a change."
Luo Shuyu: "He is doing it for your health." He turned around and told Qing Wang, "Send someone to the next door to ask doctor Lin if Mr. Chen has any taboos, and then tell the kitchen to prepare dinner according to his taboos."
Chen Rong: "... Cousin, you are going too far."
Li Mingjin smiled triumphantly: "Now you know that your cousin still cares about you who ran away from home and came over to our place."
Chen Rong changed his mind and said: "Your Highness, don't laugh at me first, you have to follow me to eat whatever I eat tonight."
Li Mingjin was a little unsure about Luo Shuyu's arrangement: "...That can't be done." He looked at Luo Shuyu and said, "Yu'er, our menu should remain the same."
Luo Shuyu didn't give him a definite answer, but smiled and said, "You will know when the food is served."
Now in the mansion, it was really impossible without Luo Shuyu. He took care of all the big and small matters in the mansion. Even when Li Mingjin was in a bad mood, he still needed Luo Shuyu to enlighten him. Everyone in the third prince's mansion knew that the third prince's imperial concubine was the backbone, while the third prince was a mascot, most of the time he was used for decoration.
All the servants in the mansion knew, how could Chen Rong not know?
Li Mingjin was well-known for being strict fulang control. In the barracks, from the top to the bottom, didn't know which general who knew it first, but now everyone in the barracks felt very proud of being strict fulang/wife control. Because there was someone like Li Mingjin who took the lead in being strict fulang control, now if one of them didn't say that he was not strict fulang/wife control, he was ashamed to hang out in the barracks.
If you don't respect your wife, then you must disregard the family, and have no sense of responsibility!
If you can't look after a small family, how can you look after everyone.
Nowadays in Gucheng, which wife didn't take good care of her man. The third prince's imperial concubine could take care of everything by himself, so they naturally had to learn from him!
Stayed in the backyard and fought with concubines everyday? It was useless, why didn't they learn something and earn money to buy themselves some beautiful jewelry?
Nowadays, the training classes held by the third prince's imperial concubine were not only for children, but also for their women in the backyard. They could learn everything, and with a skill they could save their lives. The battlefield was changing rapidly, if one day their men couldn't come back from battlefield, and they didn't have any skills to go on, then they and their children wouldn't be able to survive after that day.
This was a very realistic problem.
The culture of Gucheng was more open than before, and everyone knew that the more they worked, the more they got, and it was useful to learn more knowledge.
Back to the dining table in the Third Prince's Mansion.
Li Mingjin managed to eat his own meat. Although Chen Rong ate light meals, he still could eat vegetable dishes with a bit meat flavor. Nevertheless, The Third Prince's Mansion was still more comfortable.
Everything was the fault of the fourth prince's imperial concubine, who ran away with other for nothing. In the end, he caused him to move out of the mansion for the sake of reputation, and it would be difficult to come back to live in the third prince's mansion again.
After all, this Li Mingjin was a penny-pincher. He knew that he and Luo Shuyu were relatives, but suddenly he became jealous and said that he always occupied Luo Shuyu's time.
The three of them were together, so there was no need to hide anything.
During the dinner, Chen Rong mentioned to Luo Shuyu about the fourth prince's "suppression of bandits". Leaving aside how he managed his troops, the fact that he wiped out the private soldiers of the first military base of the Yan family was enough to be a gimmick.
Chen Rong couldn't help but say a few more words: "Why didn't I find out that the fourth prince still has such an ability to look for people before? The Yan family has been hiding their military bases for so many years, but he could find it so easily."
Luo Shuyu knew that this might be related to the system's props used by Shen Mingyun: "Cousin, I think you should study De dao and Hua ben."
[得道 dé dào: to achieve the Dao; to become an immortal]
[话本 huà běn: Song and Yuan literary form based on vernacular folk stories]
Chen Rong: "I'll take a look when I have nothing to do."
Luo Shuyu told him: "Then do you know the son of luck written in Hua ben?"
Chen Rong: "I know, why, does this have anything to do with the matter of the Fourth Prince?"
Li Mingjin more or less knew that Shen Mingyun of the fourth prince's family was a bit strange, so he said, "What you said is true, this matter is indeed possible."
"The fourth prince is the son of luck?" Chen Rong was a little surprised, he couldn't understand how they came to this conclusion.
Luo Shuyu shook his head and said: "It's not him, it's the fourth prince's imperial concubine, my cousin."
Chen Rong: "I met him twice when he lived in your mansion before." The first time was the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet, and the second time was the New Year's Eve. Each time he was rounder than before, the change was quite big, "What's wrong with him? You don't think he is the son of luck, do you?"
Luo Shuyu retorted: "Why is it impossible?"
Chen Rong: "The contrast is a bit big." If it's really the fourth prince's imperial concubine, is the God's vision a little off?
While the two of them were talking, Li Mingjin almost finished eating the grilled lamb.
Whether Shen Mingyun was the son of luck or not, Luo Shuyu had no evidence.
However, it was true that the fourth prince was like getting a divine help in the matter of "suppressing bandits". He made a good start, and The left prime minister was very satisfied with the fourth prince.
Perhaps Emperor Tiansheng's dissatisfaction with the Yan family was already very obvious. Today's crown prince had long lost his original glory. After Prime Minister Yan was imprisoned in the mansion, he felt as if he was discouraged. He went to the court intermittently and completely lost his fighting spirit. Since the Empress told him the truth, his world collapsed and he couldn't stand up again.
If the Yan family could survive the hurdle of "suppressing bandits", the crown prince still had a chance, but the progress of suppressing bandits was incredible.
Where did the fourth prince know about the Yan family's secrets, and when did he start investigating the Yan family? Or, in fact, it was Emperor Tiansheng who had been secretly investigating the Yan family. He had been hiding for a long time!
After the military bases were taken down one by one, the Yan family began to feel scared. They had been rampant for too long, and they had long forgotten that the surname of the whole world was Li, not Yan.
Their military bases were destroyed, and the Yan family couldn't sit still anymore.
They had been planning for many years, they had to change the surname of the land under heaven became Yan!
The fourth prince, who thought that everything was going smoothly at first, suddenly encountered a bottleneck, because finally the Yan family resisted.
Fufeng County, Pengnan County, and Jiangxia County began to show their sharp claws.
Not long after, Emperor Tiansheng found out that Prime Minister Yan who had been staying in the Yan family's mansion, like a cicade shed it's carapace. He ran away from the capital to Fufeng County to join his large army.
[金蝉脱壳 jīn chán tuō qiào: lit. the cicada sheds its carapace (idiom); fig. to vanish leaving an empty shell; a crafty escape plan]
It was Yan Cheng's first confrontation with the fourth prince. Before the young fourth prince won too quickly, but this time, he couldn't help but restrained himself.
At this time, he kind of missed Shen Mingyun who could give him advice at any time, but it was a pity that he had to take care of the child at home!
However, he soon received a letter from the mansion, Shen Mingyun said that he wanted to help the fourth prince, so he took people to the south.
The fourth prince's heart skipped a beat, all the informants had arrived, but the fourth prince didn't see Shen Mingyun!
Damn it, was he going to run away secretly with a wild man again?
This time the fourth prince really misunderstood Shen Mingyun. He really sincerely led the people and the system to find the fourth prince. However, there was an accident on the way to the south. During the accident, he was rescued by the man who lost his memory before, however this time, the man didn't lose his memory anymore, but he almost didn't recognize Shen Mingyun.
The author has something to say: The Third prince: Wife, we are a cute pet story !
Luo Shuyu: Good.
The The third prince: I'm a human movie king, and you are a little black cat who has just grown up. You like my smell, and you want to have sex with me when you are in heat!
Luo Shuyu: Although I'm a cat that has become a spirit, the state stipulates not allowed to become a spirit, and I can't become a human being.
The third prince: ... [ ]
Chapter 82 Who are you?
After digesting the fact that Shen Mingyun had gained a lot of weight, the man revealed his identity to Shen Mingyun.
When Shen Mingyun heard that he still had a high status, he immediately said that they could form an alliance!
Enthronement was not a matter of one or two people, but was a major event for many countries. With one more friend and there would be one more way, he didn't save the wrong person.
The appearance of the second prince of the Zhou kingdom was simply a God's help, sending charcoal in snowy weather.
[雪中送炭 xuě zhōng sòng tàn: lit. to send charcoal in snowy weather (idiom); fig. to provide help in sb's hour of need]
Shen Mingyun circled around and took the second prince of Zhou kingdom to the place where the fourth prince was stationed at this time.
This was a great help.
Now when the Fourth Prince needed manpower the most, wouldn't it be perfect if he could make good use of the Second Prince of the Zhou kingdom?
As for what kind of request the second prince of Zhou kingdom would make, he believed that the fourth prince would solve it, and he was only responsible for making connections.
A few days later, the fourth prince and the second prince of Zhou kingdom stood inside the tent while looking at each other.
Shen Mingyun sat on the side with his round face propped up and watched the two men playing games with a smile on their faces. He didn't even know that the two men in front of him were showing their "hypocrisy" side.
The second prince of Zhou kingdom: "The fourth prince is really blessed to have this fulang. I wish the fourth prince and Mr. Shen a hundred years of love."
The Fourth Prince gritted his teeth and spat out two words: "...Thank you."
Although Shen Mingyun was in the middle to mediate, his effect was not great. He didn't use props such as "intimate close friends" on the two of them. The fourth prince and the second prince of Zhou kingdom looked close on the surface only.
Besides, Shen Mingyun was a married ger, he was rounder than before, and didn't have the previous eye-catching appearance. Even though he still had 'fair and beautiful' prop now, but his figure was still daunting.
At first, the second prince of Zhou kingdom still couldn't let go because of Shen Mingyun's unpretentious personality, but now he dismissed all his thoughts. After all, Shen Mingyun was the imperial concubine of another country who already gave birth to two children, he was someone else's fulang, how could he think so much? It was so immoral.
The nervous Shen Mingyun didn't see that the second prince of Zhou kingdom just wanted to know the fourth prince through his identity. So far, he still had no self-consciousness about being a parent and a fulang, and he still wanted to call the second prince of Zhou kingdom big brother, he completely forgot what kind of identity he had now.
The fourth prince wanted to remind Shen Mingyun not to be too close to wild man, but he changed his mind, because he knew that right now Shen Mingyun was trying to help him. The second prince of Zhou kingdom wanted to cooperate with him, but the two sides were still in the process of testing.
The fourth prince himself had to consider the future, if he could make good use of this cooperation without being discovered, naturally it couldn't be better, but if his father found out about the matter between him and the second prince of Zhou kingdom in the future, then he wouldn't be able to enjoy his current status.
It was possible that he would be imprisoned in the royal courtyard like the first prince, or his fate might be more miserable than the first prince. After all his father was very fierce, it was also possible to be demoted to a commoner.
But the second prince of Zhou kingdom had already come to his place, so why not take a gamble? As long as he didn't leave handle behind, who would know that he was cooperating with the Zhou people, right now the most important thing was to gain the trust of his father and pull down the crown prince and the Yan family.
As long as the crown prince was abolished, it was his chance. Now who else was suitable for the position of crown prince besides him?
Of course it was also possible for the third brother, but he was far away in the north. Father hadn't seen him for several years, how much sincere care could he have for the third brother. Perhaps father didn't even remember the third brother's appearance anymore.
Not to mention, in terms of heirs, at present he had a son and a daughter, they were very much loved by father, what did the third brother have? The third imperial concubine of his family didn't lay eggs. They had been married for more than five years and their children hadn't been seen yet.
It could be seen that heaven was helping him.
The more he thought about it in this way, the fourth prince felt that the round Shen Mingyun was very pleasing to the eye. Although Shen Mingyun was a bit lecherous and liked handsome men, at least he never made any mistakes in major matters, and he had been helping him.
Although he still had a little doubt about his daughter's life experience, as a daughter she would get married immediately after she grew up, but at least his son was confirmed to be his, and the other was not important.
If he could successfully ascend the throne, there would be no powerful wife's parents' home to influence any of his decisions. There was no need to give up the position of the crown prince to others, and there was no need to suffer this kind of humiliation. On this point, he really admired his father, Emperor Tiansheng, who could endure so much for the sake of the Li family.
The fourth prince had imagined a lot about the future. Combined with everything he had successfully obtained now, he was quite optimistic, and the plans for the future were almost in place.
Shen Mingyun brought the second prince of Zhou kingdom to help the fourth prince. The process was not unpleasant, however it made Shen Mingyun feel a little boring, because it went too smoothly, and there was no conflict related to him, and the system didn't give him a task.
Shen Mingyun, who wanted to lose weight by climbing a small hill, was very puzzled now, so he asked the system: "System, after I brought the second prince of Zhou kingdom to the fourth prince, why don't I have any other tasks, there is no points either, it's difficult for me to buy props, if I can't change my appearance, how can I be promoted to the Empress' road?"
He was used to relying on the system's props to achieve his goals, but now since he didn't have enough points, he couldn't afford any of the props he liked, and all he could buy were basic props, which didn't work at all.
However he had already determined his future now. He and the fourth prince had the same purpose, one wanted to be emperor and the other wanted to be Empress.
The system told him after five minutes: "Because the current development is going well, there is no need to issue frequent tasks for the time being."
Even if the task was issued, Shen Mingyun might not be able to complete it.
Shen Mingyun looked into the distance, suddenly he remembered to ask something to the system: "I have only read three chapters of the original novel. Can you tell me the original plot of this novel, who is the villain, and who will ascend the throne in the end?"
The system: "The system can't reveal to the host what you don't know. If it tells you all the development process, then there's no need for you to do tasks to earn points. This is the principle of balance."
Shen Mingyun: "Is that so?"
Shen Mingyun always felt like he was being fooled, but he quickly convinced himself to believe in the system. He was a big man, but after experiencing such things as miscarriage, childbirth, confinement, and giving birth to two children in three years, no matter what the truth was, he also didn't really care.
He didn't care, anyway, he was living a good life now, and the position of Empress was expected to be his, as for what kind of methods to achieve it, that was not important.
He firmly believed that he was the protagonist, and his growth path must stand out from the masses!
[与众不同 yǔ zhòng bù tóng: to stand out from the masses (idiom); unique, outstanding]
The system: "That's it, the host doesn't have to worry. After the matter about the crown prince is over, many tasks will be released for you soon."
Shen Mingyun: "Why do we need to wait until then?"
System: "Because right now the crown prince already has no place to stand. With the help of the second prince of Zhou kingdom, it will be a matter of time to solve the Yan family."
Shen Mingyun: "But now the fourth prince seems to be not very willing to ask for help to the second prince of Zhou kingdom."
The system: "Although I can't tell you the future direction of development, I can tell you that the second prince of Zhou kingdom will be the help of the fourth prince's future ascension to the throne. You have to work hard to make them form an alliance."
Shen Mingyun: "I see."
Wasn't it his specialty to form an alliance between two people?
If the second prince of Zhou kingdom could help the fourth prince now, then in the future, when the fourth prince ascended the throne, he would definitely gave back to the second prince of Zhou kingdom. He also knew that the royal family of Zhou kingdom was also very chaotic. The second prince of Zhou kingdom must want to ascend the throne, otherwise he wouldn't be like the little prince of Guiyan Kingdom, he went to the capital to seek help.
It was a pity for the little prince of Guiyan Kingdom, he was really unlucky. After arriving in Gucheng, his identity was exposed, in the end he was arrested immediately. Back then he said to make him dumb so he didn't need to talk, however he just refused to listen. Now he didn't know whether he was dead or alive. Anyway he was also his brother and his fate crossed with his, so he still felt uncomfortable for not being able to save him.
It was all the fault of the third prince and Luo Shuyu, they just didn't deal with him.
Thinking of these two people, Shen Mingyun asked the system again: "The third prince and Luo Shuyu are the villains of this book, right? Because as long as they are close to me, I always feel that they are against me everywhere. They never make me have an easy time, and the flesh on my whole body is also thanks to them."
The system timely promoted the weight loss pills in the mall: "The host can buy instant weight loss pills for 999 points, which will allow you to quickly return to your slim figure within a day."
Shen Mingyun looked at the pitiful remaining 500 points, he gritted his teeth and said, "Then quickly arrange tasks for me, the points are not enough!"
The system:"…"
It was the first time it heard Shen Mingyun urge it to issue a task.
The fourth prince came to look for Shen Mingyun, and the servants around him were about to tell Shen Mingyun about this matter, however when they saw Shen Mingyun who was lost in thought, it was not easy to talk. They often found the fourth prince's imperial concubine stared blankly like this, so they kept their calm in the face of the unexpected.
The fourth prince was secretly delighted. After many observations, as long as Shen Mingyun entered a state of trance like this, good things would definitely happen.
However, back then when his figure was not so round, he was a beauty who lost in thought in the quite place, but now he looked a little sluggish, and he also habitually opened his mouth, as if his saliva was about to flow out in the next moment.
The fourth prince felt that he couldn't continue to think about this matter, it was too damaging to his image.
After all, they were husband and wife who had slept together in the same bed for many years. Even if Shen Mingyun became a fat man, he could still accept it.
"Mingyun, Mingyun!"
After calling twice, Shen Mingyun heard the fourth prince's voice, he asked: "Why are you here?"
The fourth prince: "The servant said you came here to climb the mountain, so I came to look for you."
In fact, Shen Mingyun really didn't climb much, he was out of breath after walking for a while, and he kept sweating, the weather was really too hot.
He really liked the fourth prince, so he grabbed his hand to stand up: "It's too hot, just ask someone to come and call me."
The fourth prince finally experienced the feeling of being cared by his family: "It's okay, but you, is your body alright?"
It was rare for the two of them to have warm atmosphere like this.
Shen Mingyun: "I'm fine."
The fourth prince walked with Shen Mingyun to the stone beside them and sat down: "I miss my son a little bit."
Shen Mingyun: "I miss him too, he should be able to walk and call daddy now, I will definitely spend more time with him when I go back this time."
The Fourth Prince: "Naturally."
Originally, the two were quite affectionate, and the atmosphere was just right, but Shen Mingyun suddenly said, "Do you not want a daughter?"
The Fourth Prince always suspected his daughter's life experience, so when Shen Mingyun mentioned his daughter, his joy immediately dropped.
However, he still needed Shen Mingyun's help now, so he said without changing his face: "Of course I also want my daughter."
Shen Mingyun had a natural blocking ability to detect other people's emotions, so he didn't notice the slightly stiff corners of the fourth prince's mouth at all, and he was still excitedly talking about how cute their daughter was when he was away and something like that, he also mentioned that he wanted to have a daughter before.
The more Shen Mingyun talked about their daughter, the more impatient the fourth prince was. So he just dealt with it a few words casually, and the little warmth that just emerged seemed to be an illusion.
Of course, what Shen Mingyun said to the fourth prince was sincere, but sometimes, feelings would be mispaid.
Neither of them knew who paid whom by mistake.
The second prince of Zhou kingdom happened to come out of the tent, and when he saw the fourth prince and Shen Mingyun returning together, he felt a little sour.
During his amnesia period, he really liked Shen Mingyun, but the one he liked was the thin one, not the fat one now.
Luo Shuyu and Li Mingjin in the north were really not interested in the emotional entanglement between the princes of the two countries and a fat man.
What they cared about was the second prince of Zhou kingdom who finally allied with the fourth prince.
This person was really not simple. When Luo Shuyu and Li Mingjin were still in the capital, they started to look for a partner to cooperate. Now they had their wish fulfilled, they had found a suitable one under the help of Shen Mingyun, and they also followed the development of the previous generation.
If it wasn't for the erratic whereabouts of the second prince of Zhou kingdom, Li Mingjin would have kicked him out of Daxia long ago.
Luo Shuyu had to lament that the world in the book was still the world in the book. Although most of the plot had changed, but the general direction hadn't changed.
They could only accept the fact that the fourth prince formed an alliance with the second prince of Zhou kingdom, and they couldn't get rid of him for the time being. When the fourth prince and the second prince of Zhou kingdom used each other, why didn't Li Mingjin and Luo Shuyu used them to get rid of the crown prince.
At present, Li Mingjin was the one who hid the deepest. Since he couldn't expose himself, he could only pay attention quietly, instead of jumping out with great fanfare to drive the second prince of Zhou kingdom out of Daxia.
They could find out the movements of the fourth prince, how could Emperor Tiansheng not know.
On this matter, Li Mingjin really couldn't say anything. However if the fourth prince really colluded with the second prince of Zhou kingdom, it was impossible for him to ascend to the throne in the future.
The Fourth Prince knew that what he was doing must be concealed, but he didn't know that his whereabouts and movements had already been noticed by Li Mingjin.
However, Li Mingjin was also in trouble now, some spies had sneaked into Gucheng, and right now they were still investigating this matter. The whole city was under martial law. Anyone who was suspicious would be interrogated.
Luo Shuyu needed to go out today to pick up a set of harness he ordered for Li Mingjin, and he planned to give it to Li Mingjin as a gift for the Qiqiao Festival. In addition, he also wanted to go to the bookstore to see if there were any suitable books for him to buy.
[ 乞巧节: Qiqiao Festival is known as Chinese Valentine's Day, which is related to a beautiful love story between Niulang (cowherd) and Zhinv (weaving maid)]
The one who followed him to go out was Anshi, a dark guard who wouldn't be looked at twice when walking on the road, because he was far from being handsome.
After he went to pick up the harness, he led the people directly to the bookstore.
The bookstore he came to was the one with the most comprehensive books in Gucheng, but it was a bit too quiet today, and as soon as he entered the bookstore, he felt that the atmosphere inside was a bit strange. The people who came to buy books were not like scholars, all of them looked tense, and their eyes didn't look like they were looking at their favorite books, but as if looking at people.
The author has something to say: The Third Prince: Wife, you are the CEO's secret lover today, I'm the CEO, and you are my lover, you love me so much, but I only treat you as a bed partner. Today, I decide to give you a sum of money and let you leave, but you are not happy. You want to sleep with me for the last time, but later you run away with the ball.
Luo Shuyu: After I take the money, I leave and think I have a tumor in my stomach. I'm so scared that I go to the hospital to remove the tumor.
hapter 83
The shopkeeper stood stiffly behind the counter, his eyes kept wandering, and the flesh on his face was trembling.
An Shi noticed something was wrong earlier than Luo Shuyu, he whispered to Luo Shuyu: "Master, something is wrong here, I will protect you and leave."
Luo Shuyu said very calmly: "It's okay, just pretend nothing happened."
An Shi: "But I want to protect your safety!"
Luo Shuyu: "Don't worry, I have the measure." He pretended not to see everything, and picked up three books casually. Afterwards he went to the front desk to check out, "Shopkeeper, wrap it up for me, I want these three books."
The shopkeeper wiped the sweat from his forehead, his voice was trembling: "Yes, yes, the honored guest, please wait a moment."
Suddenly, all the people in the bookstore who were pretending to read the books drew out the knives hidden at the bottom of the books and pointed at Luo Shuyu: "The Third Prince's imperial concubine, please come with us!"
Luo Shuyu pretended to be exaggerated, and turned pale with shock: "My God, who are you? What do you want to do?"
The assassin: "You will know later."
Luo Shuyu gave An Shi a wink, telling him not to move.
The assassin pointed at them with a knife and dragged them to leave from the back door of the bookstore, and then directly tied them to the carriage.
A quarter of an hour later, Li Mingjin knew that Luo Shuyu had been kidnapped!
Who dared to kidnap his wife in broad daylight, and it was still in his territory!
Of course Luo Shuyu didn't make the decision to leave with the other party impulsively.
Firstly, he knew that apart from the dark guard beside him, Li Mingjin also sent people to follow him at any time, and they would regularly reported his movements to Li Mingjin; Secondly, the people in the bookstore had obvious intentions. They knew in advance that he was going to the bookstore. Even if An Shi could lead him to break through, both parties would suffer, and he might fall into a difficult situation. Therefore he would rather go with the other party than made wind and rain through the town.
[满城风雨mǎn chéng fēng yǔ: lit. wind and rain through the town (idiom); fig. a big scandal; an uproar; the talk of the town]
In the process of being sent to the carriage, Luo Shuyu calmly speculated who wanted to kidnap him.
The spies from neighboring countries, or the people sent by the crown prince or the fourth prince.
Luo Shuyu's eyes were blindfolded, so he deduced their position at the moment according to the direction of his body swing. They didn't go out of the city, but moved towards the south of the city.
The south of the city was a relatively affluent area in Gucheng, and the Third Prince's Mansion was also in this direction. It seemed that the other party had a clear mind and knew that the most dangerous place was the safest place.
The person who kidnapped him was not only high-profile, but also very smart.
No matter who it was, Luo Shuyu wanted to know what the other party's purpose was.
The carriage stopped, and Luo Shuyu was helped out of the carriage. The other party respected Luo Shuyu and used the word "please" throughout the process.
This was a newly built house in the south of the city.
After Li Mingjin and Luo Shuyu came to Gucheng, the population had been increasing every year, and many rich families from other places were also willing to come to Gucheng to develop.
When there were more people, the original houses were naturally not enough to live in, so some people bought land and build houses by themselves. The houses were all newly built, even the roads were newly repaired, and many previously uninhabited houses had been bought and renovated, and now there were people lived in these houses, full of life.
Probably because the little stories about Li Mingjin and Luo Shuyu in the capital had spread to Gucheng, so many people wanted to get closer to them, therefore they bought houses nearby. However, those who lived here were either rich or wealthy.
It might be assumed that the person who wanted to bring Luo Shuyu here was also the same.
Who is it?
Luo Shuyu couldn't understand it.
He was placed in the main hall, and a servant brought him high-quality new tea. Luo Shuyu smelled it, and it was very fragrant. However, in an unknown place, he chose not to drink.
After a while, a graceful figure appeared in front of Luo Shuyu.
He was a very beautiful young man, wearing the most popular summer clothes nowadays, using the most refreshing spices this summer, even the hairpins are the new styles from the best shop in Gucheng, and all of this made Luo Shuyu feel very familiar.
Because, he had them all.
The beautiful young man bowed to Luo Shuyu, "Zhou Ping has met the third prince's imperial concubine, and you are as calm as I imagined."
Luo Shuyu looked at him expressionlessly, he said: "I don't know you."
Zhou Ping nodded: "Of course, the third prince's imperial concubine has never met me, but I have known you for a long time."
Luo Shuyu thought about his surname, and suddenly said: "Your surname is Zhou, and you are from the Zhou kingdom."
Last time it was the fake princess of Zhou kingdom who kidnapped him, and this time it was also someone from Zhou kingdom who kidnapped him.
Zhou Ping's eyes were full of approval: "You are as smart as the rumors say, you must already know who my brother is."
Luo Shuyu: "Princess Jiayang is your brother."
Zhou Ping smiled and said: "Yes, his name is Zhou Jia. The name princess Jiayang was only used by my father to marry him off. I'm curious, how did you convince him to let you go? It's said that you were already held hostage by him. "
Luo Shuyu: "He didn't have a way out at that time, and only by letting me go he could survive."
Zhou Ping flicked a lock of hair that fell from his forehead: "But he was captured by you in the end."
Luo Shuyu said with reason and evidence: "He assassinated the current crown prince, whether it's an ordinary person or a prince of another country, he should be punished if he committed a crime in the Daxia Kingdom. Does Mr. Zhou think it's justified?"
Zhou Ping nodded: "There is indeed no contradiction in what you said, but after all, he is my brother. I want to take him back to Zhou kingdom. I think the third prince's imperial concubine can help me."
Luo Shuyu gave him a slight smile: "Mr. Zhou, I'm in Gucheng now, and Zhou Jia was arrested in the capital. You must also know that the distance between the capital and Gucheng is not short. How can I help you?"
Zhou Ping: "This I don't care, I know that you and the third prince are very affectionate. If you are imprisoned by me here, he will definitely find a way to rescue my brother. Moreover, I have news that even your Emperor Daxia doesn't know. I think if this news reaches his ears, how do you think he will deal with the third prince? "
Luo Shuyu asked him: "What news?"
Zhou Ping poured tea for himself and said, "We, Zhou kingdom people, have been in business with the jade mine business owned by Guiyan Kingdom, but in the past year, this jade mine business suddenly stopped, they can no longer supply us, the third prince's imperial concubine, you must know what's going on, right? "
Luo Shuyu asked him back: "The business between your two countries can't go on, so why do you ask me? Someone who only cares about the backyard?"
Zhou Ping: "Don't be modest, I have stayed in Gucheng for a while, and this place was not necessarily better than any city in Daxia. I have also inquired about your deeds. If people like you are called people who solely engrossed in the backyard, then there will be no one who really cares about the backyard. "
Luo Shuyu: "Oh?" It seemed that this Zhou Ping had paid a lot of attention to him, and after carefully sizing up the way he dressed up today, everything was tribute to him, "Thank you for your compliment."
Zhou Ping: "I admire you very much. If you are someone from Zhou kingdom, I think we would become very good friends."
Luo Shuyu: "I remember Princess Jiayang also told me that your Zhou kingdom is very tolerant to your gers, and I also appreciate the customs of your people."
Appreciation was appreciation, and good places could be learned from, but it didn't mean that they could join forces.
Zhou Ping realized that Luo Shuyu almost changed the topic: "I was almost taken away by you. The jade mine of Ha Chi's family was acquired by the third prince."
Naturally, Luo Shuyu wouldn't tell him the truth: "Young Master Zhou, if you want to discuss with me how to buy clothes, maybe I can still discuss this matter with you, but what you are asking now is about the matter between the two countries, and it's still a business between your Zhou kingdom and Guiyan Kingdom. I really don't know."
Zhou Ping: "It doesn't matter, I have already sent someone to send a letter to the third prince. Presumably he will tell me the truth, as long as you are here, he will definitely say it. I'm not in a hurry, but I'm going to cause the third prince's imperial concubine to feel wronged, because he must stay with me for a few days. "
Luo Shuyu had confidence in Li Mingjin, so he just looked at Zhou Ping calmly.
He had to say that the gers of the Zhou Kingdom were very courageous, they had the courage to act and dared to take the responsibility, but their methods were not right.
Using him to threaten Li Mingjin, the first step was already wrong.
Was kidnapping people a secret method passed on from ancestors of Zhou kingdom? Compared with the actions of the two young princes, the second prince of Zhou kingdom's method was more tactful, and he knew how to find the fourth prince in a roundabout way. Of course, if Shen Mingyun hadn't become fat and had given birth to two children for the fourth prince, presumably it was because his secret skill to hook up with a married man.
Zhou people's way of doing things was really different.
Zhou Ping acted rampantly, however he forgot whose territory Gucheng belonged to. Immediately after Luo Shuyu disappeared, someone followed the suspicious carriage. Just after Luo Shuyu said a few words to Zhou Ping, the new house was surrounded by soldiers brought by Li Mingjin, not even a mosquito could fly out.
Zhou Ping, who was about to talk to Luo Shuyu for a few more words, had just started when his guards ran over to report the situation outside to him.
Luo Shuyu knew what was going on when he saw the changes in their expressions.
Li Mingjin had already arrived.
Zhou Ping pretended to be calm and said: "As expected of the third prince who beat the Guiyan Kingdom to be in a sorry state, he could find this place so quickly."
Luo Shuyu said: "If you let me go back, he won't embarrass you."
Zhou Ping: "That's not necessarily true, but there is one thing I want to tell you. I'm quite envious of you. In addition to admiring you, I also admire the third prince. The man I want to marry in my dream is just like him."
Luo Shuyu didn't expect him to say this, this was the first ger who said that he admire Li Mingjin.
He didn't know whether to laugh or cry, this was to challenge him.
Zhou Ping ordered people to watch Luo Shuyu, while he went to the front to meet Li Mingjin, with an excitement on his face that Luo Shuyu had never seen before.
He showed his joy and anger, he was a sentimental person, but unfortunately, he was from the Zhou Kingdom.
As soon as Zhou Ping went out, Luo Shuyu heard a muffled sound coming from outside.
After a while, Li Mingjin's tall figure appeared in front of him.
Luo Shuyu ran towards him: "Your Highness."
Li Mingjin hugged him and looked him up and down: "Are you injured?"
Luo Shuyu was very happy to see him coming, and then Zhou Ping's excited expression just now flashed in his mind, he said to Li Mingjin: "No, let's go back quickly, don't go to see the person who kidnapped me."
After finally finding someone, Li Mingjin was willing to listen to Luo Shuyu: "Okay, let's go back now and let Lin Haiming tie the one who kidnapped you back and you can do whatever you want." He thought Luo Shuyu was afraid, after all, this was the second time something like this happened to him, " An Shi failed to protect you, punish him!"
An Shi who hid in the dark and protected Luo Shuyu: "..." It was the first time he experienced An San's pain.
At this time, Zhou Ping, who wanted to see Li Mingjin, ran to the gate, he walked all the way while planning the dialogue with Li Mingjin in his mind. However when he ran to the gate, he found that the person who was blocking the gate was not Li Mingjin at all.
He asked Lin Haiming who was holding a sword: "You are not the third prince Li Mingjin, what about him?"
Lin Haiming was too lazy to talk nonsense with him, so he said without the slightest pity: "Take him."
Zhou Ping: "..."
Although Luo Shuyu was not injured, however the kidnapping did indeed exsist, and Li Mingjin wouldn't let the mastermind go.
On the way back, Luo Shuyu explained to Li Mingjin about Zhou Ping's origin and his purpose of coming to Gucheng.
After returning, Li Mingjin said: "His purpose is not to retrieve Zhou Jia, but Guiyan's jade mine."
Luo Shuyu: "Those spies are his people?"
Li Mingjin shook his head: "Not necessarily, Zhou Ping's work is so high-profile, he is too evasive, and he doesn't seem to be a person who can do meticulous work."
Luo Shuyu: "In other words the mastermind of those spies haven't been found yet?"
Li Mingjin: "Well, but it should be those people." He looked at Luo Shuyu worriedly, "You will bring more people with you when you go out in the future."
Luo Shuyu smiled: "Your Highness, don't be nervous, this time was just an accident, and the city is still very safe."
Li Mingjin: "Yu'er, the city is not safe now, and the enemy's spies have already sneaked into the city."
Luo Shuyu: "Then we can't lose our lives because of these spies."
Li Mingjin was also concerned about this chaos: "Then let's arrange the security of the city properly."
Luo Shuyu: "Well, Your Highness, do you think Zhou Ping will really expose our acquisition of Guiyan's jade mine to the emperor?" He was a little worried about this matter now.
This time it was Luo Shuyu's turn to be upset.
Li Mingjin was not worried about this matter: "Firstly, he has no evidence, and secondly, Does the emperor not to know how to judge? Would he rather believe an unproven rumor than trust his own son who he felt is not scheming?"
Speaking of scheming, Luo Shuyu laughed, which child born in the royal family was not scheming.
However, in the eyes of Emperor Tiansheng, Li Mingjin and Luo Shuyu were indeed relatively simple. Their images were different from other princes, in other words they could be used. Before, Concubine Mei still hadn't joined them, but now she planned "scapegoat" and successfully won the trust of Emperor Tiansheng.
[替人受过 dài rén shòu guò: scapegoat, to take the blame for sb]
Even if Emperor Tiansheng had doubts, so what, there was no evidence. It was reasonable for any prince to hide something to save his life, and this jade mine belonged to Guiyan Kingdom, not Daxia, so Emperor Tiansheng had no reason to blame Li Mingjin.
However, Zhou Ping's appearance reminded Li Mingjin and Luo Shuyu.
It wasn't that no one knew what they did, as long as it was related to interests, it would be known to others.
Maybe they stayed in Gucheng for a long time, they felt a little too comfortable, therefore they forgot the dangers of the outsiders. They had to be prepared for danger in times of peace, they couldn't live too "secure" like this, they couldn't let themselves adapt to this kind of life, because the future would be more thrilling than the present.
Just as Luo Shuyu calmed down, he heard that Zhou Ping had been captured by Lin Haiming, and now he was being secretly imprisoned. The little prince Ha Chi from Guiyan Kingdom lived next door to him.
Li Mingjin didn't have to explain the disappearance of these two people to anyone.
They all sneaked into the Daxia Kingdom quietly, and he didn't know what would happen to them if they were released back, so it was better to lock them up, and there was no shortage of their bowl of food at present.
Ha Chi was already used to the current life. Zhou Ping had never seen Ha Chi before, therefore when he learned that his neighbor was Ha Chi, he was very surprised!
This fat man was actually the Prince of Guiyan Kingdom. Shouldn't he a handsome and strong man? Sure enough, he shouldn't believe in rumors!
Zhou Ping was successfully captured, but the spies in Gucheng were still there.
While Li Mingjin and Luo Shuyu were busy with the spies in Gucheng, the fourth prince who formed an alliance with the second prince of Zhou kingdom, he felt like receiving a godsend, and it took half a month to capture the first city.
Afterwards, Emperor Tiansheng sent more troops to the fourth prince. At this time, the reputation of the fourth prince was unprecedentedly high, and his deeds of suppressing bandits were spread everywhere.
In less than three months, all the occupied cities were taken back, and all the plans of the Yan family fell through. Prime Minister Yan was brought back to the capital to wait for his punishment.
In October of the twentieth year of Tiansheng, the fourth prince and Shen Mingyun returned to the capital with victory.
In November of the same year, the crown prince surpassed Emperor Tiansheng in terms of food and clothing. Not only was he extravagant and lustful, but he also formed a party for personal gain. He colluded with the Right Prime Minister's Mansion and many other officials in an attempt to poison Emperor Tiansheng, and the crown prince was directly abolished.
In December of the same year, the abolished crown prince hanged himself in the Royal Courtyard.
Since then, the empress and the empress dowager chanted scriptures every day and paid homage to Buddha.
Luo Shuyu and Li Mingjin, who were far away in Gucheng, were very sad. They all knew that the crown prince must not have hanged himself. He was a stain in Emperor Tiansheng's life. Therefore after the fall of the Yan family, the crown prince couldn't live on.
According to the information given by Concubine Mei secretly, the reason why Emperor Tiansheng didn't abolish the empress was because he already had his own plan. After a hundred years, Emperor Tiansheng would leave with the Empress.
As for the empress dowager, who also participated in all this, she didn't have a good life for a few years.
During the civil strife in Daxia, the civil strife in the Guiyan Kingdom was about to subside, and the first prince almost controlled the entire Guiyan Kingdom.
On New Year's Eve, Ha Chi, who had been imprisoned for nearly a year, returned to Guiyan Kingdom.
At this time, Luo Shuyu and Li Mingjin were writing couplets together in the study.
However They didn't know how long such days would last.
The author has something to say: The Third Prince: Wife~ Today you are a little police officer who locked up by the underworld prince. Later you will fall in love with me, so you expose your identity as an undercover agent. I have to lock you up, abuse your body and mind, you can't escape this time.
Luo Shuyu: I escape through the window, fall from the eighth floor, and then become paralyzed. You feel guilty all your life.
The Third Prince: ...
hapter 84 Returning to the capital
Ever since the Yan family, which had been standing in the court for many years, was suppressed, the Fourth Prince's Mansion became full of people, and invitations flew in like snowflakes, all of whom wanted to establish a relationship with the Fourth Prince.
Nowadays, the status of the fourth prince was rising, but many people couldn't find a way to establish a relationship, so they tried to think up every possible method. For example, they tried to establish a relationship with the fourth prince through Shen Mingyun.
[想方设法 xiǎng fāng shè fǎ: to think up every possible method (idiom); to devise ways and means; to try this, that and the other]
Shen Mingyun now had become a fragrant steamed bun, and everywhere he went everyone would praise him. Even with his figure, everyone would praise his figure for being plump and beautiful. He was the number one beauty in the capital, Yang Guifei in the contemporary era. Many people blindly imitated Shen Mingyun by eating more and gaining weight, trying to enter the fourth prince's mansion.
[Yang Yuhuan, often known as Yang Guifei, she was the beloved consort of Emperor Xuanzong of Tang during his later years. She is known as one of the Four Beauties of ancient China.]
The fourth prince looked at the extremely round girls and gers sent by the officials below, and all of them were returned.
After he got rid of those women and gers, some people believed that the fourth prince had a deep affection for the fourth prince's imperial concubine, and the fourth prince really had a special love for his imperial concubine. He was the representative of liking fat beauties.
The fourth prince sighed privately: Do you have any misunderstanding of my aesthetics?
As for Shen Mingyun, he lived in the flattery of others every day. He had a big heart and a fat body, and it was difficult for him to lose weight. The system kept urging him to lose weight. However, Shen Mingyun looked at the price of the pills to lose weight and found that they were too expensive, so he was still reluctant to buy them.
Everyone kept flattering him, and he also had successfully completed some small tasks, but the points were not high, so he still needed to save some points. As for the matter of him being fat, everyone said that being fat was beautiful, everything was good, even very good, so there was nothing wrong with it.
Shen Mingyun was now claiming to be Yang guifei in the contemporary era, so he was even more unwilling to spend this point to lose weight.
Everyone thought the fourth prince was the best candidate for the future crown prince and emperor. Now that the right prime minister had been pulled down, and the left prime minister had been supporting the fourth prince all the time. For a while, there was no one in the limelight, and no one could shake the fourth prince's position for the time being.
It was the 21th year of Tiansheng, and the 60th birthday of Emperor Tiansheng was about to come.
After Concubine Lin and the Empress were defeated, they never appeared in front of people again, and Emperor Tiansheng had no intention of pampering the new concubine anymore. The only ones around him who could talk now were Concubine Mei and Concubine Wei.
Concubine Mei had always been ignorant, even though Emperor Tiansheng respected her more now, but she still loved farming more, and Emperor Tiansheng was also willing to accompany her.
Now, the authority to manage the harem was in the hands of Concubine Wei. He had no children of his own. In terms of management of the harem, he was always clear about right and wrong. He was very fair, so the concubines in the harem had no complaints. The harem now was harmonious like never before.
The fourth prince had many supporters in the court, however the few big shots still hadn't made clear their feelings until now.
Although The Left Prime Minister supported the Fourth Prince, however when it came to the establishment of the Crown Prince, his mouth was like a clam shell, it couldn't be pried open. The fourth prince could understand his prudence, because the left prime minister always stood in Emperor Tian Sheng's sidw, this was well known
It must be because of Emperor Tiansheng's favor, therefore he supported the fourth prince against the Yan family and the crown prince before, however now his attitude towards the fourth prince was naturally good, but he was not too enthusiastic. The object of his service was still Emperor Tiansheng.
It was not without reason that he had been trusted by Emperor Tiansheng for many years.
Who would take the position of the crown prince was put on hold for the time being, the important thing was to make sure that Emperor Tiansheng's 60th birthday was properly arranged.
In the Daxia Kingdom, the big birthday begins at fifty years old, and Emperor Tiansheng still had the Empress Dowager, so it couldn't be called a big birthday for the time being, it could only be said celebrating a birthday (生辰).
[大寿 dà shòu: big birthday, birthday making the beginning of new decade of life for an older person, especially over 50 years old (e.g. 60th or 70th birthday)]
Celebrating the emperor's birthday was a big event, not only officials would go to the palace to have a feast with Emperor Tiansheng on the same day, even the neighboring countries would send envoys to give gifts.
Emperor Tiansheng's birthday was a big event.
The harem was also making preparations for Emperor Tiansheng's birthday, which was on June 6th.
It was the Qingming Festival, Emperor Tiansheng led a group of royal children to the cemetery to visit the grave, which was a rare outing for the royal family.
[清明节 Qīng míng jié: Qingming or Pure Brightness Festival or Tomb Sweeping Day, celebration for the dead (in early April]
Concubine Mei and Concubine Wei, who liked to stay in their own yard, were taken out of the palace. Ty settled in another courtyard to tread the green.
[踏青 tà qīng: lit. tread the green; go for a walk in the spring (when the grass has turned green); spring hike season around Qingming festival 清明, 4th-6th April]
Concubine Wei and concubine Mei rarely had the opportunity to go outside, the two stood by the river, staring at the sparkling river, then they looked at each other and smiled.
Concubine Wei asked Concubine Mei: "Concubine Mei, I haven't seen the Third Prince for a few years, do you ever miss him?"
Concubine Mei: "Which mother doesn't miss her son."
Concubine Wei: "Did you mention to His Majesty that the third prince should come back to celebrate his birthday?"
Concubine Mei picked up a pebble and threw it into the river: "Never."
Concubine Wei: "It's good not to mention it, someone will mention it for you, I guess His Majesty also misses the Third Prince."
Concubine Mei: "Actually, I don't want him to come back."
Concubine Wei: "If they don't come back, we won't even have the chance to watch the river flow like this in the future."
Concubine Mei remained silent, and continued to pick up pebbles and throw them into the river, making a thumping sound.
After a long while, Concubine Mei said: "There is a lake called Moon Lake in my hometown. When I stood above it at night and watched it, it feels like there is an extra moon on the ground. The moon is within my reach. When I was young, I especially liked to sit there while playing the flute."
Concubine Wei: "I heard that you were called the Moon Princess back then, so it came from here."
Concubine Mei: "It seems so, however I really hope to see the Moon Lake again in my lifetime."
Concubine Wei found a big stone and sat down: "When I was a child, I was very fond of martial arts, I liked swords and guns. I even beat my second brother until he begged for mercy. He even had no shame and reported to my mother.
If I hadn't been born as a ger, my brothers and the others would have nothing to do now. "
Concubine Mei asked him, "Is it still possible to raise a sword now?"
Concubine Wei laughed heartily: "That's natural, I'll dance for you."
Concubine Mei got up and said, "Wait a minute, I'll play a tune for you, and you will dance with a sword."
She found a leaf to use it as a flute, and Concubine Wei found a stick to use it as a sword. The two of them were by the river, one played music and the other danced with the stick, the two of them looked in harmony.
At the end of the song, Concubine Mei smiled a little. She hadn't been this happy for a long, long time.
Today's outing was a catharsis for Concubine Mei and Concubine Wei for many years. The two had opened up their hearts and talked a lot about their youth. Although they came from different countries and had different genders, both of them yearned the same thing, they yearned for freedom.
When Emperor Tiansheng brought a group of royal children back to the courtyard from the imperial mausoleum, Concubine Mei and Concubine Wei returned to their previous appearances. The first one was not interested in anything, and he acted like a gentleman, while the other was very interested in wild vegetables, and even intended to collect wild vegetables and bring them back to the palace to make qingtuan.
[青团 Qīngtuán or Tsingtuan: a form of dumpling that is green, originating from Jiangnan but common throughout China. It's made of glutinous rice mixed with Chinese mugwort or barley grass, usually filled with sweet red or black bean paste.]
Lunch was served in another courtyard. The fourth prince took the other younger princes to hunt, while Concubine Mei and Concubine Wei accompanied Emperor Tiansheng.
Emperor Tiansheng looked at a pile of prey waiting to be dealt with, and then said with emotion: "In terms of hunting, the third child won the first place in previous years. He likes hunting the most."
When the fourth prince heard Emperor Tiansheng mention the third prince who was almost forgotten, his heart skipped a beat, but he still agreed on his face: "Hunting without the third brother is a little less enjoyable."
Emperor Tiansheng couldn't help nodding: "Yes, he always hunted the most."
Now among his older sons, one was guarding the imperial mausoleum, and the other hanged himself to death. It was understandable that Emperor Tiansheng would sigh with sorrow. He almost watched the two grow up little by little. On the contrary, he was less involved in the childhood of the third and fourth princes.
The more stable his life was these days, the more Emperor Tiansheng needed the scene of family harmony. He even envied the life of ordinary people with three generations living under one roof.
Emperor Tiansheng took the initiative to mention the third prince. After the Qingming Festival, he still dreamed of the third prince who was sitting by the lake and crying when he was a child.
The next morning, Concubine Mei woke Emperor Tiansheng up and reminded him that it was time to go to the court.
Emperor Tiansheng suddenly remembered the dream he had last night, so he asked Concubine Mei: "I want to ask my third son to come back to spend this birthday with me, what do you think?"
Concubine Mei kept her cold face as usual: "You can call him back if you want, why do you still need to ask the concubine?"
Emperor Tiansheng nodded, and there was really no need to ask her: "My concubine is right, so let him come back, and let the imperial doctor take a good look at them. Why haven't they had a baby after all these years?"
Concubine Mei frowned and said: "The concubine doesn't want to take care of the grandson and affect the concubine's farming."
Emperor Tiansheng didn't know whether to laugh or cry when he heard her words: "You don't need to look after them, as long as they can give birth to one, I will send them a dozen momos to watch."
Concubine Mei: "Then listen to Your Majesty."
Seven days later, Li Mingjin and Luo Shuyu received the imperial decree from Emperor Tiansheng asking them to return to the capital to celebrate Emperor Tiansheng's birthdays.
They could finally go back to the capital.
Li Mingjin and Luo Shuyu had already prepared everything they would face next.
One mountain couldn't contain two tigers. The fourth prince and Shen Mingyun were now the ones occupying the capital's resources and connections. After many years of development, Li Mingjin had a large army in his hands, therefore he would also bring a thousand soldiers back this time.
[一山不容二虎 yī shān bùróng èr hǔ: One mountain cannot contain two tigers (idiom); Two strong people are incompatible and cannot coexist in the same place.]
There were still more than two months until June 6th, they had to leave in May, and they could only arrive in the capital a few days before Emperor Tiansheng's birthday.
Li Mingjin and Luo Shuyu packed their baggages very quickly. However, even though they left early, but they didn't want to rush back to the capital. Instead, they had to take a detour to their mining area and military training place first.
The military training had always been left to the third party, and now was the time to test them.
When Li Mingjin and Luo Shuyu returned to the capital, the affairs of Gucheng were handed over to other officials, and the heavy responsibility of defending the city was handed over to General Wei. Whether they could come back to Gucheng this year was another matter.
They left the capital at the end of the 15th year of Tiansheng, and they returned to the capital after six years.
No one could have imagined the changes in Li Mingjin and Luo Shuyu during the six years since they left the capital. There was no need to take the initiative to mention these to others, and those who could see would know the difference.
On the day they left Gucheng, neither Li Mingjin nor Luo Shuyu expected that so many people would walk to the gate of the city to see them off.
Although this was just returning to the capital to celebrate Emperor Tiansheng's 60th birthday, they felt that the third prince and third prince's imperial concubine, who could let them eat their fill, wear warm clothes, and avoid the wars, might not come back here for the time being.
Therefore they were really reluctant.
The people sent baskets containing eggs, vegetables and fruits to the guards one by one.
"The Third Prince's imperial Concubine, I wish you and the Third Prince a happy marriage for a hundred years!"
"The third prince, you must come back and continue organizing our ice cuju competition this year!"
"Why do you want to leave? Isn't our Gucheng good?"
"That's right, are you coming back?"
"What shall we do when you leave?"
Li Mingjin and Luo Shuyu were both sitting in the carriage. They didn't ride horse today. They poked their heads out of the carriage window and waved to the people who were seeing them off.
Luo Shuyu said: "Everyone go back, we will come back."
For some reason, Luo Shuyu's eyes were not red, but Li Mingjin's were a little red. He kept his head down and didn't speak. During these years in Gucheng, it turned out that the common people remembered everything he did.
Luo Shuyu looked at Li Mingjin with a smile: "Your Highness, why are you crying?"
Li Mingjin pulled down the curtain and turned his face away: "Who is crying?, a man will not shed his tears lightly."
Luo Shuyu handed him a handkerchief and asked: "Are you really not crying?"
Li Mingjin didn't look directly at Luo Shuyu, but Luo Shuyu put his arms around his shoulders: "Your Highness, everyone has their own weakness and will be touched, it's not something to be ashamed of. Morover, I'm the only one who sees it, are you still afraid that I see it?"
Li Mingjin took a breath: "I'm fine." When he looked up, he found that Luo Shuyu was still smiling, "What's so funny?"
Luo Shuyu said: "Why can't I smile, the common people have lived up to our help to them, I'm happy, and I'm also very happy that Your Highness can get the support of so many people. I didn't see the wrong person, I didn't choose the wrong person, and they also didn't follow the wrong person. "
Li Mingjin, who was so comforted by Luo Shuyu's few words, hugged Luo Shuyu tightly and said: "I also didn't choose the wrong person, we won't be so free after returning to the capital."
Luo Shuyu said: "I'm not afraid. No matter how hard it is, we must make it through. As long as I face it with Your Highness, every day will be sunny."
Luo Shuyu said: "I'm not afraid. No matter how hard it is, we must make it through. As long as I face it with Your Highness, every day will be sunny."
Li Mingjin: " In this life I will never let you down."
Seven days later, the two finally arrived at their place for raising soldiers.
The soldiers who finally saw the boss behind the scenes were very excited, and they shouted slogans very vigorously.
Although these years they had been training troops here, the generals who were guarding this place often mentioned what the third prince did in Gucheng. Most of them were soldiers selected from the North, and they all knew what kind of life their families were living now. Since the third prince arrived in Gucheng, their life had become better.
Some of them said that since the third prince summoned them here, not only treated them with delicious food and drink, there was also a lot of military bonus every month. They never dreamed of this kind of treatment before. Besides, they still used the most advanced weapons. They heard that no country had this kind of hand cannon yet.
They now had hand cannon army, and after many years of research, the hand cannon had improved a lot!
The generals and soldiers saw that there was not only the third prince behind the scenes, but also the third prince's imperial concubine who was walking with him. One was tall and handsome, and the other was valiant and formidable-looking, completely well-matched. The unmarried young soldiers secretly vowed in their hearts that they must find a wife who was frank and straigghtforward like the third prince's imperial concubine.
Li Mingjin and Luo Shuyu held a mobilization meeting. After giving the soldiers some encouragement, they immediately returned to the foot of the mountain and continued on their way to the capital.
The fact that they left quietly was kept a secret, and many people didn't know about it during the period.
The thousand people brought back to the capital this time were all Li Mingjin's pro-army. They all survived several life-and-death struggles with the enemy on the battlefield. They were all predators. Bringing them along, Li Mingjin and Luo Shuyu's return to the capital this time was really different.
When he left the capital, Li Mingjin was still a young man, but when he returned, he was a mature man who had experienced many battles.
Perhaps people in the capital had been chatting about the fourth prince's family after dinner recently, however there was no shortage of legends about the third prince and the third prince's imperial concubine in Gucheng.
"Have you heard?"
"What? What?"
"The third prince is going back to the capital to celebrate the emperor's 60th birthday."
"Is it the third prince in Gucheng?"
"That's right, that's him. It was him who went to Gucheng and replaced the general Wei a few years ago. I heard from my relatives who often run business, Gucheng's now is developing very well, and everyone wants to move to Gucheng!"
"Isn't Gucheng haunted by people from Guiyan Kingdom all year round? Why are you still running there? Not afraid of dying."
"You guys are really ignorant. Ever since the third prince went to Gucheng, he beat all those people from Guiyan Kingdom away, and those people hasn't committed any crimes again for many years. The people who live in Gucheng now can live happily."
"How good is this? Better than the capital?"
"Let me tell you, for the first three years, Gucheng was exempted from taxation. Every family in Gucheng is very rich. There has never been a famine. The soldiers there are still helping the common people with farm work, and they don't take a penny from the common people. Look at our capital city, the few soldiers who came to my shop didn't even pay a few copper coins, and they said they would pay on credit, how can it be so easy for small family like us to do business."
"With such comparison, I really feel that Gucheng is so good, I want to go and have a look."
"Come on, I heard that it's not easy to enter the household registration in Gucheng. The household registration is very strict, just to prevent those spies who hide deep. I heard that this method is very effective. Langcheng also learned from Gucheng. It's really true, later many fake accounts were found."
"Wow, Gucheng is well managed, who came up with the idea?"
"It is said that he is a military adviser under the third prince, and he is very smart."
"It's really good."
"Not only that, the third prince's imperial concubine has also opened several chain of Huimin schools. Everyone has books to read, and children from poor families can also read..."
When the people in the capital were discussing the achievements of Li Mingjin and Luo Shuyu in Gucheng, the old eunuch hurried into the hall.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, the Third Prince is only three miles away from the gate of the city!"
Emperor Tiansheng couldn't hide the expectation on his face, he got up and said, "Go, follow me to the gate of the city to meet them!"
The author has something to say: The third Prince: Wife, today I'm an immortal who time travel!
Luo Shuyu: Good.
The third prince: I'm the protagonist who is awesome. You are someone who transmigrated as the villain master. Your love is different. You treat me very harshly. You will punish me every time since the first time I came here, when I was fourteen years old.
Luo Shuyu: I'm a cold-blooded and ruthless book transmigrator. I'm stricter than your original master. I'm a top student with wolf nature. If you are not careful, you, the protagonist, will be exhausted to death. The whole book is over.
The Third Prince: ...
Chapter 85 Back to the capital
It was a big event for the emperor to go out of the palace. Not only a ceremonial weapon was arranged, but he also had to be escorted by the imperial guards.
With such a big battle, it was difficult for people not to pay attention. In the whole capital, and even in the whole Daxia, only the emperor had this kind of treatment.
The common people who were not sensitive to recent discussion were talking about why the emperor suddenly went out of the palace without any warning. According to the past experience, before the emperor went out of the palace, he must first send someone to clean up the pedestrians on the road he passed by, so as to prevent the common people from bumping into the nobleman.
But what happened this time?
The common people didn't understand, why didn't they clean up the common people on the road first, were they not afraid of collision?
What's the hurry?
The desire to gossip was always very strong, as long as someone paid attention, then someone would definitely seek gossip. Curiosity was a common feature of human beings.
At this time, Li Mingjin didn't know that Emperor Tiansheng was about to meet him at the gate of the city, and it was really unexpected that Emperor Tiansheng came out of the city to greet him suddenly.
Before Li Mingjin and Luo Shuyu reached the city gate, they saw the ceremonial weapon in front of them.
It was only after getting closer that they found out, it turned out that Emperor Tiansheng had come to meet them in the city gate suddenly.
Li Mingjin and Luo Shuyu didn't have deep feelings for Emperor Tiansheng, but this didn't mean that Emperor Tiansheng wouldn't unilaterally think that he had deep feelings for them.
Before approaching Emperor Tiansheng, Li Mingjin whispered to Luo Shuyu, "Yu'er, you must act very affectionately."
Luo Shuyu: "I know, Your Highness will also show the emotion you felt when you left Gucheng. It's better to hold back your tears if you can."
Li Mingjin paused: "I'll try my best." Facing his father, it was really too difficult for him to show the emotions when he was moved by the common people in Gucheng, because his father had never done anything to him.
When he was a child, he didn't hug him very much, he never covered him with a quilt even once, he didn't teach him how to write, he didn't teach him the principles of being a human being, so he really couldn't be moved.
Luo Shuyu was even more difficult than Li Mingjin. He had no relationship with Emperor Tiansheng, but no matter what, he still had to squeeze out two tears of homesickness when he returned to the capital.
Fortunately, Emperor Tiansheng came out of the palace on a whim today, and the Luo family didn't follow, otherwise he might want to kick Luo Renshou instead of crying because of him.
The carriage finally arrived in front of Emperor Tiansheng. After Li Mingjin helped Luo Shuyu get out of the carriage, the two walked hand in hand in front of Emperor Tiansheng.
Li Mingjin raised his voice a little to show that he was more excited than usual: "The son pays respect to father!"
Immediately afterwards Luo Shuyu also called Emperor Tiansheng and saluted.
Emperor Tiansheng was really excited. He looked at Li Mingjin and then looked at Luo Shuyu: "It's good, it's good, it looks like you haven't changed, but I feel like you have changed. "
Li Mingjin: "Father, didn't you feel that your son has become stronger?"
Emperor Tiansheng pinched his arm: "It's strong, but did you get injured on the battlefield?"
Li Mingjin said lightly: "It's just a skin trauma, father doesn't need to care about it."
Emperor Tiansheng: "You child, how can your father not care about it? Your parents are responsible for your body, hair and skin!"
Li Mingjin knew that today he had to perform a father-son relationship with Emperor Tiansheng. Although he was very unfamiliar, the training in Gucheng these years was not fake. After saying a few more words, his understanding of this "father-son relationship" became more and more in place.
Emperor Tiansheng was very satisfied. The third son of his family finally came back. He was not fat, but he became a little stronger, a little darker, more masculine, and more stable. He already had his own momentum.
Then he looked at at Luo Shuyu, his temperament had also become more unusual, he hadn't lost his etiquette because he was far away from the capital, and his way of handling things always paying attention to everything concerned, which made people feel very comfortable.
[面面俱到miàn miàn jù dào: pay attention to everything concerned (idiom), take care of everything; handle everything]
In comparison, the imperial concubine from the fourth child's family was a bit rude.
Just as they were performing the royal family's father's love in front of the common people, the fourth prince rushed out from the city.
The fourth prince excitedly said: "Father, I heard that you came out to pick up my third brother. I haven't seen my third brother for a long time, so the son also followed out."
Emperor Tiansheng not only wanted to see the harmonious relationship between father and son, but also wanted to see the harmonious relationship between brothers. He had been hit too hard these years, and now the behavior of the fourth prince was exactly what he wanted: "Get up quickly."
The fourth prince stood up, then looked at Li Mingjin. He hesitated whether to give him a hug or not, Li Mingjin saw his intention, so he hugged him actively, and tightened his hug tightly. The fourth prince's face was slightly stiff, the third brother must use too much strength!
However, the fourth prince also learned from the side that Li Mingjin's growing strength had something to do with him staying in Gucheng, and it was probably because of fighting on the battlefield.
Suddenly he noticed the difference in physical strength between him and the third prince. However, he relied on his brain to win, not physical strength. When he thought about it this way, he felt relieved. The third brother had been in Gucheng for so many years, so there was no need for him to be too powerful in the capital.
And this time the third brother came back because of the order of father, and his return to the capital wasn't because of his own initiative.
The thoughts in his heart just flashed in his mind, and the fourth prince immediately said with a smile on his face: "Third brother, you are finally back, and the journey is smooth."
Li Mingjin said expressionlessly: "The journey was smooth, but it was raining on the road, which delayed me for a while."
Li Mingjin didn't like to talk before, but now he was willing to talk, and the fourth prince was still feeling a little uncomfortable.
The Fourth Prince: "It's good to be back."
There must be nothing to say between the two brothers, so the fourth prince turned to Luo Shuyu and bowed to him, Luo Shuyu also bowed back.
This was a welcome ceremony full of falsehoods.
After showing the royal family affection to the common people, Emperor Tiansheng took Li Mingjin and Luo Shuyu back to the palace directly. Concubine Mei had been waiting for a long time.
Today was the day when Li Mingjin returned to the capital. No matter how much she wanted to maintain her cold image, she still needed to be a little warm occasionally. Moreover, she also missed her son very much, so today she didn't want to be hypocritical in front of Emperor Tiansheng.
Li Mingjin and Luo Shuyu's return to the capital was really a major event for the royal family. No one expected that Emperor Tiansheng would attach so much importance to the third prince. He not only went to the city gate to greet him, but also ordered someone to supervise the reception banquet, like a worried father.
There were Emperor Tiansheng, Concubine Mei, Concubine Wei, the Fourth Prince, Shen Mingyun and a group of royal children in the welcome banquet, which was no different from a family banquet.
As for the empress and empress dowager, they were tantamount to exile, and Li Mingjin and Luo Shuyu never asked about them.
Otherwise, it would destroy the current happy family atmosphere created by Emperor Tiansheng.
Among all the people, Shen Mingyun and Luo Shuyu had been away for the shortest time. When Luo Shuyu saw Shen Mingyun, he found that he was still a little rounder, and at the same time he was a little surprised. Didn't he have system? Why didn't he exchange some points to get rid of his fat body, did he not want to be beautiful?
He remembered that Shen Mingyun in his previous life paid great attention to his external image, now with this round face, how did he manage to handle a butcher's cleaver with ease when eating and not to be picky about food at all.
[游刃有余yóu rèn yǒu yú: handling a butcher's cleaver with ease (idiom); to do sth skillfully and easily]
Did he stop paying attention to body management after giving birth in this life?
The fourth prince seemed to treat him well, and he kept recommending him to eat the dishes in front of him. The meat was fatty, and he didn't even touch the vegetables at all.
Luo Shuyu was very surprised when he looked at the way the two of them got along. The fourth prince was too tolerant. He didn't doubt his daughter's life experience and he was so kind to Shen Mingyun. If he didn't have other intentions, then he was very good at forbearance, however Luo Shuyu was more inclined to the latter.
During the banquet, it was hosted by Emperor Tiansheng, Li Mingjin and Luo Shuyu were the protagonists, and they cooperated very well. Sometimes they were happy and sometimes moved, and later they talked about Gucheng with Emperor Tiansheng. The fourth prince also cooperated very well.
Concubine Mei and Concubine Wei talked relatively less.
The preparations for today's welcome banquet were a little hasty, but it was also enjoyable.
Emperor Tiansheng was getting older, so he drank two more glasses of wine today happily, and was sent back to his bedroom by Concubine Wei.
Li Mingjin and Luo Shuyu left the palace first because it was inconvenient to stay overnight in the palace.
The fourth prince and Shen Mingyun walked with them.
The fourth prince and Li Mingjin walked in the front, and the two gets chatted very harmoniously. Behind them, Luo Shuyu and Shen Mingyun also seemed to be quite harmonious. However, Shen Mingyun was still Shen Mingyun, and his image had always been stable, without any change, without any progress.
He mentioned the pot that didn't boil.
[哪壶不开提哪壶 nǎ hú bù kāi tí nǎ hú: lit. mention the pot that doesn't boil (idiom); to touch a sore spot; to talk about sb's weak point]
Shen Mingyun thought it was decent, so he said: "Cousin, uncle and old lady must miss you very much, I think you should go back and see the two of them when you are free."
Luo Shuyu asked him: "It seems that my cousin often returns to Luo Mansion to visit my father and the old lady?"
Luo Shuyu had long suspected that his mother's death was related to Luo Renshou. Although Luo Renshou had the protection of the fourth prince and he was lucky enough to get away in the crown prince's dispute before. However Luo Shuyu didn't think that he was clean, and the whole Luo Mansion was not clean.
As for the reason why Shen Mingyun being so nosy, he really didn't know the sinisterness and intentions inside, but he made Luo Shuyu feel sick.
Since Shen Mingyun was so straightforward, Luo Shuyu also poked him directly: "Cousin, you are panting while walking, and your head is covered in sweat after only two steps. Are you in poor health? I remember you were fine when you were in Gucheng last time."
Shen Mingyun was slightly stunned, he didn't expect Luo Shuyu to change the topic so quickly and bluntly, but he never paid much attention to details, so his attention was shifted immediately. The last thing he wanted to hear was the topic related to his figure, he only wanted to listen to words of praise, as for those suggestions, he couldn't listen to it at all.
Shen Mingyun became a little angry: "I'm in good health! Isn't it normal to sweat a little in this hot weather?"
Luo Shuyu immediately made a suggestion as a "family member": "I'm doing this for your own good, so why are you getting angry? With a healthy body, you can live until a hundred years old, and you can't do it with a fat body like this. "
If Shen Mingyun really compared Luo Shuyu's figure with his, now he was almost double of Luo Shuyu's figures. However, when he thought about the flattering and fawning of those noble ladies in the past, he felt better immediately.
[阿谀奉承 ē yú fèng chéng: flattering and fawning (idiom); sweet-talking]
He struggled and said, "I just have a little more meat, but you should eat more, you are so skinny."
Luo Shuyu chuckled and said: "That's true, I'm too thin."
The two talked about boring topics superficially.
Soon, the four of them arrived at the gate of the palace.
The fourth prince's superficial skills were in place, but Li Mingjin just dealt with it lazily and casually, and actually the two of them lived together in harmony.
However Shen Mingyun's complexion was somewhat not so good.
Li Mingjin and Luo Shuyu got into the carriage and were about to return to their mansion.
After getting into the carriage, Shen Mingyun, whose temper was rising, suddenly asked the fourth prince: "Your Highness, do you also think that I'm too fat?"
Since he gained weight, the fourth prince still cared for him as always, and the number of times he quarreled with him became less, but the number of times they slept together also became less, and they didn't even do it once in the past half a year. He wanted to do it, however the fourth prince would always say that the child was making noise again, so he had to coax him, and then he went next door to sleep with his son.
Shen Mingyun was not clear about it before, but now unexpectedly he thought about this matter. Before, he always thought that it was because of the child, but now he wondered if it might be because he gained weight.
The Fourth Prince was taken aback for a moment, wondering if Shen Mingyun had only discovered the problem now, whether he was a little too slow, but he firmly refused to admit the problem.
The fourth prince said against his will: "I think it's just right, you were too thin before, now you look better with more flesh."
Shen Mingyun: "Really? But just now my cousin actually said that it's not healthy for me if I don't try to lose my weight. Do you think he did it on purpose?"
The fourth prince immediately threw away the problem: "He must have said that on purpose, because he is jealous of you. The third sister-in-law is as thin as a bamboo pole, and he is not good-looking at all. Look, someone said that you are fat recently, and he mentioned it as soon as he came back, so he must have no good intentions."
Shen Mingyun deeply agreed with him: "I also think so, how could someone attacks someone else with their figure, he must want to deceive me. When I was in Gucheng, he was the one who delivered delicious food to me everyday, otherwise I wouldn't have become slightly fat." He was desperate and unwilling to admit that he was getting fatter!
The fourth prince thought in his heart that you were pregnant at that time, and there was nothing wrong for the third sister-in-law to bring you food and drinks.
On the matter of being fat or not being fat, the Fourth Prince didn't care anymore. Shen Mingyun's appearance right now was just right. Even if he wanted to hook up with other men, they might not like him, so he could bear it. Only in this way Shen Mingyun would think of him wholeheartedly.
The fourth prince decided to find something for Shen Mingyun to do so that he wouldn't be annoying: "You are not fat, if you don't believe me, you can hold a banquet in a few days and ask everyone if they think you are fat or not, and you will know."
Shen Mingyun: "That's good, I recently developed a new summer drink, and I'll promote it at the banquet."
"As long as you're happy." In the end, by earning a little more money, the Fourth Prince managed to trick Shen Mingyun to stop.
After Li Mingjin and Luo Shuyu returned to the third prince's mansion, they saw housekeeper Sun who still looked very kind.
They hadn't seen him for a few years, and housekeeper Sun's hair had turned gray.
The remaining servants in the mansion had been strictly screened.
A servant stood behind housekeeper Sun and shouted loudly: "Welcome the third prince and the third prince's imperial concubine back to the residence!"
Li Mingjin knew that the Housekeeper Sun must be the one who initiated this kind of welcoming, so he ordered them to rest.
Housekeeper Sun was ecstatic when he saw the two masters were coming back, and he sent the two masters to the main courtyard before leaving.
After knowing that they were coming back, he ordered the servants to clean up and down the mansion again, and nothing had changed since they left.
Li Mingjin and Luo Shuyu sat on their favorite couch.
Luo Shuyu also saw the scratches he had accidentally left on the small table, he stroked the table and said with emotion: "Your Highness, we are finally back."
Li Mingjin nodded: "Yes."
After returning this time, no one could drive them away.
However, there would be many dangers in the future.
The author has something to say: The Third prince: Wife, today I'm the marshal of the interstellar empire, and you are my fiancé. You live on a remote planet, and we have never met. Later my mission is failure, and I land on your broken planet. You save me when I'm amnesia, and you take a fancy to my handsomeness and figure.
Luo Shuyu: Actually, I know that you are the Marshal of the Empire. During your amnesia, I use your iris, your fingerprints, everything about you to transfer all your property to my name, and then use the most advanced medical equipment to prevent you from recovering your memory. I will spend my life in the planet, and you will work on my farm all your life, until you die of old age without knowing that you are the marshal of the empire who was once rich and invincible.
The Third Prince: ...
