Chapter 86

The purpose of Li Mingjin and Luo Shuyu's return to the capital was to attend Emperor Tiansheng's 60th birthday banquet.

The time for them to come back was neither early nor late. Three days later, there would be a birthday banquet. On that day, Emperor Tiansheng would receive birthday celebration gifts from all parties, and it was also a good opportunity for various countries to conduct diplomacy.

Although Li Mingjin and Luo Shuyu just returned, both of them were well aware of the movements in the court.

After they made some inquiries, during the lunch banquet with the ministers, someone might mention the establishment of a new crown prince to Emperor Tiansheng, which must be implying the establishment of the fourth prince as the new crown prince, however this matter couldn't be mentioned explicitly.

Li Mingjin was not busy with socializing right now. If he started to act now, he would definitely be targeted by the fourth prince. For now, the fourth prince still had a good face in front of Emperor Tiansheng, and Emperor Tiansheng still trusted him in major matters.

After all, they joined hands to solve the former crown prince and Yan family. Emperor Tiansheng couldn't immediately play the trick of destroying the bridge after crossing the river, and threw the fourth prince aside after using him.

[联手 lián shǒu: lit. to join hands; to act together]

[过河拆桥 guò hé chāi qiáo: lit. to destroy the bridge after crossing the river (idiom); fig. to abandon one's benefactor upon achieving one's goal]

Furthermore, it was impossible for him to do such a thing now. He couldn't pull the fourth prince down again, unless he could live for another ten years, and then trained another capable new crown prince.

The only sons that Emperor Tiansheng could afford now were the fourth prince and the third prince, and he felt that he was also fortunate since he still had two good sons.

Although he still had other princes who had just grown up, in terms of ability and merit, they were naturally inferior to these two princes, so Emperor Tiansheng wouldn't take them into consideration.

Before Li Mingjin went to Gucheng, the "father-son relationship" between Emperor Tiansheng and him was not deep, and at that time he still had the first prince and crown prince beside him. So naturally, he didn't have time to take Li Mingjin into consideration, and he also didn't understand his military talent.

However today was different from the past. In his eyes, the third child was also very good. Now he was one of the candidates he could consider for the new crown prince. He was a good seed. He also heard that he he hadn't been sick for a long time.

However, Emperor Tiansheng wouldn't mention these matters to others. Establishing the crown prince was a major event.

In the eyes of the officials below, it was too difficult to guess the emperor's thoughts.

Having experienced the matter of the First Prince and the Crown Prince, most of the officials didn't dare to stand in line casually, for fear that a wrong guess would bring disaster to the whole family. Some officials were even afraid of being implicated in royal matters, so their children's marriages should be kept as far away as possible from the center of imperial power. For the officials of Daxia, survival was really too difficult.

Li Mingjin didn't go to the court the second day after he came back, he was not in a hurry to express himself.

He listened to Emperor Tiansheng's arrangement and stayed at his mansion for a day or two, and he even wanted to rest for two more days. In the end, he decided to wait until Emperor Tiansheng's birthday before going to the court to show his face, not sooner or later.

Before he came back, he discussed with Chen Rong about the following matters. He had to have a reason to stay in the capital, and he had to operate well. He could do something secretly during the days when he was not in the court.

Compared to Li Mingjin who was busy secretly, Luo Shuyu was busy in the bright side.

Before he packed his luggage, he received a lot of invitations inviting him to the banquet, and these official wives acted with undue haste.

[操之过急 cāo zhī guò jí: to act with undue haste (idiom); eager and impatient; over-hasty]

Among them was invitation from Shen Mingyun. Unexpectedly he actually wanted to hold a banquet. As a matter of fact, what kind of banquet was he going to hold?

The content inside was very Shen Mingyun's style, it was still the style from modern times. Although it was an invitation card, but the theme was the new product launch conference of a certain product.

If Luo Shuyu hadn't read the novel, he wouldn't have known what this new product launch conference was, and he would definitely make jokes when he arrived at the scene. It was also possible, Shen Mingyun who was so clueless, would laugh at him on the spot.

In the end, he still had to go. If he didn't go, it would be too disrespectful to Shen Mingyun. The most important thing was that Luo Shuyu needed an opportunity to appear in front of others. Since Shen Mingyun sent this opportunity to him, he would feel sorry for himself if he didn't grasp it well.

Luo Shuyu replied to the invitation the next day, he told Shen Mingyun that he would participate in the new product launch conference he held soon.

Li Mingjin was "staying idle" at home. He told Luo Shuyu that he didn't need to go if he didn't want to, but Luo Shuyu smiled and said: "Your Highness, I have been free in Gucheng for many years, and sooner or later I have to adapt to the atmosphere of the capital. At least at this time, I can't do things that are too unreasonable. I haven't attended the banquet held by Shen Mingyun before, but I still want to see what he can do. "

Li Mingjin had seen Shen Mingyun's ability to escape when he was in Gucheng. If Luo Shuyu didn't have the foresight to let him arrange the veterans with first-class responses in the battlefield to supervise Shen Mingyun, Shen Mingyun would have run away long ago, and his daughter in his womb might have been killed by him.

Li Mingjin: "Then you can pay attention to him more. After all, you are not familiar with those ladies. If he takes the opportunity to do something, you can take precautions. Why don't I give you a personal guard."

Luo Shuyu couldn't help but give Li Mingjin a supercilious look: "You're worrying a bit too much. They are all ladies who know how to be polite. Even if there is a conflict, Qingwang and the momo can handle it. It will be too exaggerated if there are so many people who follow me" Finally he changed the subject, "Why don't we talk whether the birthday gift for father is enough or not, it can't be too outstanding, however it also can't be inferior."

Li Mingjin: "Don't worry about this matter, we had prepared it properly when we were in Gucheng, and we definitely won't be in the limelight. I also have found out what the fourth brother will give to father."

Luo Shuyu became interested immediately: "What will he give?"

Li Mingjin pinched his chin: "Kiss me, and I'll tell you."

After many years of marriage, Luo Shuyu definitely wouldn't take his trick. He slapped his hand away and took a bite on his fingertip: "Do you want to say it now?"

Li Mingjin didn't feel any pain at all, but his fingertip was itchy, he held Luo Shuyu's waist tightly and said, "A screen embroidered with a picture of fairies playing music."

[屏风 píng fēng: screen]

Luo Shuyu: "Isn't that good?"

Li Mingjin said: "If you see the picture on that screen, you probably can't say anything."

Luo Shuyu: "What? Is there still big hidden meaning inside?"

Li Mingjin: "Anyway, I don't know if the fourth brother has noticed the face of a fairy inside the picture. Because, I think the face of that fairy resembles the empress. It's alright if father doesn't look at the picture on the screen carefully, but if he does and still minds, then the fourth brother may do bad things with good intentions. "

Luo Shuyu said curiously: "I want to see how the appearance of that screen."

Li Mingjin suddenly made a suggestion: "If you really want to see it, I'll take you to see it tonight. It may be included in father's internal treasury after tomorrow." Then he raised his chin, signaling Luo Shuyu to take the initiative.

Luo Shuyu was moved by what he said, and he offered to give him a kiss: "This kiss is my reward."

Li Mingjin: "Thank you, master." They should eat first and then talk again.

Compared with Gucheng, the night scene in the capital was a little different.

Gucheng would give people a taste of desolation. Gucheng in June was not very hot, and the people in Gucheng still needed quilts to cover at night, while in the capital, people lay on the beds covered with mats, opened the window a bit, fanned themselves with the cattail fans, and fell asleep slowly.

When Luo Shuyu and Li Mingjin were in Gucheng, when there was nothing to do at night, Li Mingjin would take Luo Shuyu to visit other people's rooftops.

The first time Luo Shuyu was on the roof of someone else's house, he was quite nervous. He was afraid that the owner of the courtyard would find out, so he rushed Li Mingjin to leave quickly. He only felt relieved when Li Mingjin told him that the courtyard was unoccupied.

The second time, he became more natural. It was easy to see if there were any traces of people living in the courtyard, but later Li Mingjin told him a horror story about a scholar and a goblin. He was so frightened that he almost kicked Li Mingjin off, however he accidentally kicked a tile. After the master's of the house woke up, the other party thought it was a thief, so Li Mingjin had to take Luo Shuyu to flee and hide, as if being hunted down, in the end they successfully sneaked back to their mansion.

The third time, they became familiar with jumping on other people's roofs, and Luo Shuyu also made an agreement with Li Mingjin, he was not allowed to tell horror stories, and he also not allowed to tease him! So this time they could enjoy the unique night scene in Gucheng. In the end, Luo Shuyu fell asleep leaning on Li Mingjin's shoulder. Staying up late was really not suitable for him.

Tonight, they were going to challenge the fourth prince's residence. In order to avoid the fourth prince's massive military force, Li Mingjin asked the hidden guards to explore the way in advance and find the most convenient way to get in.

The screen was not placed in the fourth prince's study room, but a room dedicated for storing treasures.

It was night, and Li Mingjin and Luo Shuyu neatly put on their special night clothes.

Li Mingjin and Luo Shuyu gently landed on the wall of the Fourth Prince's Mansion, and Ansan gave them a secret signal. If it was safe there would be gu gu, and gu gu gu if there was someone.

[咕 gū (onom.) for the sound of a bird]

gu gu.

Two sounds, it meant safe, so they could go in.

They had to say that the security of the Fourth Prince's Mansion needed to be strengthened. They walked around the rockery, around the pond, and through a long corridor. They didn't see a few guards along the way, and they came to the place where the screen was placed smoothly.

Opened the lock was the hidden guard's specialty, and the door opened with a click.

An San whispered: "Master, I will keep watch for you outside, take your time, if you want to take it away, I can also arrange more people."

Luo Shuyu: "..." We just came here to have a look, not to be a thief, so there is no need to take it away.

Li Mingjin kicked the long-winded An San out: "You're the one who talks too much."

The two lit a candle and found the screen standing in the center of the room. Luo Shuyu exclaimed: "I think two years is not enough to embroider the picture on this screen. It's so exquisite. Is this Suzhou embroidery?"

Li Mingjin: "It should be, it looks pretty good."

Luo Shuyu: "Your Highness only knows meat, these embroidery methods are rare." His fingertips lightly touched the embroidery surface, "It's so delicate, I want to keep this screen."

Li Mingjin: "Then let's find someone to embroider one later. The one that is more beautiful than this one. I always feel that this picture gives the feeling of pettiness."

Luo Shuyu: "It's okay, the implication is very good, and it will definitely come first in triennial palace examinations tomorrow." Holding a candle, he looked for the face that Li Mingjin mentioned was similar to the empress, which was on the upper left, "Your Highness, I found the face you mentioned before, it really looks alike."

[独占鳌头 dú zhàn áo tóu: to come first in triennial palace examinations (idiom, refers to the carved stone turtle head in front of the imperial palace, next to which the most successful candidate in the imperial examinations was entitled to stand); to be the champion; to be the very best in any field]

Li Mingjin said proudly: "Yes, I said that it's very similar. The empress always looks at other with anger. She is very fierce and not kind at all."

Luo Shuyu was amused by what he said: "She can't do anything about it, if she is too cheerful, it doesn't match with her identity as an empress. I'm done watching, let's go back?" He carefully blew out the candle.

Li Mingjin didn't want to stay longer in the Fourth Prince's Mansion either. He had just looked around at the treasures in this storage room, but none of them were attractive.

Three cuckoos sounded outside, and Li Mingjin hurriedly left the storage room with Luo Shuyu in his arms.

The two quickly hid in the rockery outside.

They didn't expect that they would hear what they shouldn't hear.

"Your Highness, will the Fourth Imperial Concubine find out if we do this here?"

"What are you afraid of him? As long as you are still in this mansion, sooner or later you will be given a title."

"I listen to Your Highness."

"Good."

Li Mingjin covered Luo Shuyu's ears, and then quietly led him back the same way.

It was only then that Luo Shuyu suddenly realized that this was the reason why the security measures in the Fourth Prince's Mansion were not strict.

This fourth prince appeared to be very affectionate towards Shen Mingyun, but in fact he had already betrayed their feelings.

It seemed that their plan to separate them was still very successful.

However, he suddenly felt that Shen Mingyun, who didn't know the truth, was a bit stupid.

Leaping down from the wall of the Fourth Prince's Mansion, Li Mingjin and Luo Shuyu returned to their carriage parked not far away.

Luo Shuyu pulled down the black mask on his face, and took a deep breath: "I'm suffocated."

Li Mingjin: "Is it exciting tonight?"

Luo Shuyu thought he was talking about going to the Fourth Prince's mansion to see the screen, so he nodded and said: "It's exciting, it's the first time I look at such beautiful screen."

Li Mingjin shook his head, leaned closer to his ear and said, "I mean, should we also try to do different things in other yards at night?" He didn't care about the fourth prince's betrayal of Shen Mingyun, it was someone else's housework after all.

Luo Shuyu gave him supercilious look: "..." He refused, there must be a lot of mosquitoes in summer!

The two of them ran around outside in the middle of the night, sweating all over, so they took a bath together before fell asleep.

There was no stimulation in the wild, but the bath was also very good, so Li Mingjin was quite satisfied. As for Luo Shuyu, he had already fallen asleep sweetly. However he dreamed that he was being chased by mosquitoes, because in the dream he was dragged outside by Li Mingjin to do some embarrassing things.

He hadn't come back for six years, but Luo Shuyu still felt comfortable at the home where he had lived for many years.

Housekeeper Sun was loyal to Li Mingjin. Even though they had been away for so many years, the house had been taken care of, and everything was still the same like before they left. The flowers were still the same flowers, and the trees were still the same trees. Luo Shuyu, who just came back to live for two days, already found a familiar feeling.

The home was still the same home, and it was different from the temporary home in Gucheng.

There was no need to pay respect to empress or empress dowager, Luo Shuyu woke up naturally after a long sleep.

Today was Emperor Tiansheng's birthday, Li Mingjin got up early to go to the court. At noon was the banquet between Emperor Tiansheng and his courtiers, Emperor Tiansheng would receive gifts from the common people and officials, and at night was the family banquet, it was the time for the royal children to show their talents.

Luo Shuyu sorted out a bunch of special products they brought back from Gucheng. He would bring them when he entered the palace in the afternoon. Some were for Concubine Mei and Concubine Wei, some were for other concubines of Emperor Tiansheng, all of them were gifts.

He had heard that Shen Mingyun was quite good at conducting himself. He sent dozens of rouges and face powder in his store to the palace. The concubines liked his generosity and were willing to speak for him in front of Emperor Tiansheng. Shen Mingyun took advantage of it and gained a lot of goodwill from Emperor Tiansheng.

Moreover, Shen Mingyun also had a son and a daughter, and he often brought his son and daughter into the palace to show his presence in front of Emperor Tiansheng. In this aspect, he had done a good job, which was probably the reason why the fourth prince could tolerate him so much.

Luo Shuyu ate alone at noon, and started to feel sleepy after reading for a while.

Li Mingjin came back in the afternoon reeking of alcohol. When he heard from Qingwang that Luo Shuyu was sleeping, he went to the study to rest alone and remove the smell of alcohol.

Luo Shuyu didn't wake up until shen shi, and Li Mingjin was cleaning his face after the smell of alcohol had almost dissipated.

[申时 shēn shí: 3-5 pm]

Luo Shuyu asked people to count the gifts that would be sent to the palace later. The royal family had a large population, so it was really difficult to take care of everything.

After the two tidied up, they went out.

It was also the first time they officially entered the palace since they came back. The welcome banquet that day was organized by Emperor Tiansheng so suddenly. Although it was rushed, it also showed that Emperor Tiansheng attached great importance to them.

There were still many members of the royal family on the way into the palace. Except for the elderly Houye, the carriage of Li Mingjin and Luo Shuyu didn't have to give way to other people, so they went straight into the palace.

[侯 Hóu: marquis, second of the five orders of ancient Chinese nobility ; nobleman or high official]

[爷 yé: grandpa; old gentleman]

Li Mingjin and Luo Shuyu went to see Concubine Mei first, and then went to the banquet. Of course, they arrived not too early, and the rest of the people had already arrived.

The fourth prince and Shen Mingyun arrived later than them. These two people had enjoyed being the center of attention and chased after by many people for half a year, so there would always be some stuck spots. According to Shen Mingyun, it was called the finale appearance. They had a position, so it was natural that they couldn't appear too early.

Ever since Emperor Tiansheng personally picked up Li Mingjin at the gate of the city, the fourth prince had some thoughts in his mind. He didn't want to go out late today, but he brought two children with him, and they peed a lot, therefore they took turns peeing before they went out. He wanted to arrive early, but in the end he came late.

Fortunately, they arrived before Emperor Tiansheng came.

Luo Shuyu looked at Emperor Tiansheng's eldest grandson who could walk on his own, he was carved out from the same mold as the fourth prince, no wonder he doted on this son so much.

Luo Shuyu was just about to praise the child for being cute and looking like his father, when the child suddenly said to the Fourth Prince: "Daddy, I want to pee!"

The fourth prince asked his servants to take his son to urinate, but the child was unwilling to do so. He clamored for the fourth prince to go with him, which caused the fourth prince a headache. He complained in his heart that Shen Mingyun gave the child so much water before going out, how many times did he urinate.

"Okay, okay, daddy will take you there, don't make any more noise."

The fourth prince was still a good father, and he took the child away, however Shen Mingyun didn't say a word from the beginning to the end.

Luo Shuyu didn't think there was anything wrong, but the wives next to him started to mutter, the fourth prince's imperial concubine didn't care about the child, this was what a ger should do, how could he let the fourth prince help the child to urinate?

"Isn't it not good for the fourth imperial concubine to be like this?"

"He doesn't look like a child's father at all. The Fourth Prince treats him too kindly."

"I think the fourth prince must be the one who takes care of the child on weekdays. Otherwise, why would the child be so attached to him? The fourth imperial concubine is so fat because he doesn't work."

Shen Mingyun was systematic, and his hearing range was not small. He was criticized just because he let the fourth prince take the child to pee, and immediately he became angry. He said to the two chattering Madam Houye: What's wrong with the fourth prince taking my son to the toilet? Is it bothering you? Can't my son cling to his father? Can't men do this kind of thing?"

Listening to his rebuttal, Luo Shuyu felt that there was nothing wrong with what he said. He felt that Shen Mingyun was quite reasonable. There was no rule that children shouldn't cling to their father, and there was no rule that fathers shouldn't help their children to urinate.

His voice was so loud that Luo Shuyu, who was sitting next to him and only separated by Li Mingjin, felt that his ears were about to be deafened.

Originally, Luo Shuyu wanted to support him on this point of view, but who knew that Shen Mingyun's next words made him swallow his thoughts back.

Shen Mingyun said: "Shouldn't you take a look at your own men first, don't be jealous of others if you don't have the skills yourself."

This Shen Mingyun was a bamboo pole overturned a boatman.

[一竿子打翻一船人 yī gānzi dǎfān yī chuán rén: one bamboo pole overturns one boatman (idiom); to unfairly categorize someone or something as being the same as another person or thing, usually in a negative manner]

One of the Madams who made small talk was also straightforward person, and she replied directly: "Fourth imperial concubine, we don't mean to be jealous of you, but we just think it will be more appropriate for you to do this kind of thing."

Shen Mingyun narrowed his eyes and said: "Are you teaching me how to conduct myself?"

The straight-tempered madam was afraid of his fierceness: "...I don't mean that."

Shen Mingyun: "It's not that I want to argue with you, however can you stop talking about people behind their backs, it shows that both of you have no manners."

At this point, the faces of the two madams were slightly stiff. Shen Mingyun said that they had no manners, which would greatly affect their character and friendship in the future, so they began to wipe their tears on the spot.

Luo Shuyu and Li Mingjin looked at each other, and he was the only one who was the most suitable for this scene, so he could only come to the rescue: "Today is a happy day, Mingyun, don't be self-willed, hurry up and see if the fourth brother and little nephew are back? It's just a small matter, there's nothing to bicker about."

Anger was written on Shen Mingyun's smooth and round face, however he always suffered losses from Luo Shuyu, and over time, he developed a habit of not having verbal arguments with Luo Shuyu, because he never gained the upper hand.

Shen Mingyun said in a low voice, "It's not that I talked to them first."

Luo Shuyu also said in low voice: "Then you can't argue with them like this, hurry up and go to see your son, or when the emperor comes over later, he will scold you first."

Although Shen Mingyun didn't like Luo Shuyu, what he said was never wrong, so he reluctantly listened to him this time, and went out to find the Fourth Prince and his son first.

After Shen Mingyun left, Luo Shuyu smiled slightly, and said to the two madams: "The fourth imperial concubine has such a quick temper. He is young and ignorant, so the two madams shouldn't take what he said before to heart." He turned his head and said to Qingwang, "Go and give a copy of the special products I brought back from Gucheng to the two madams, today is father's birthday, let's celebrate his birthday properly."

The two madams didn't dare to wipe their tears anymore, they kept thanking Luo Shuyu: "Thank you, Third imperial concubine."

He did this to appease both parties. It was very fair and just. It seemed that Shen Mingyun had suffered a little grievance, however he defined Shen Mingyun as young and ignorant, and he didn't say that Shen Mingyun didn't understand etiquette, it was just a petty quarrel. As for the two madams, he also gave them face, and they wouldn't be excluded when interacting with others in the future.

Of course, Luo Shuyu hoped that Shen Mingyun would make an embarrassment for himself and make everyone think that he was an uneducated and rude person. However he couldn't do this openly, he could only let others see his impartial and fairness, how to deal with it, he must hold a bowl of water level, and left a good impression.

[一碗水端平 yī wǎn shuǐ duān píng: lit. to hold a bowl of water level (idiom); fig. to be impartial.]

After this little incident, his good reputation naturally spread among the madams, the backyard was a terrifying place, although he didn't like to play tricks, but now he had no choice.

However, watching Shen Mingyun ate turtle, he could also get some pleasure from it.

[吃憋 chībiē : lit. Eat turtle; fig. to fail).

Li Mingjin gave Luo Shuyu a thumb up under the table, and whispered to Luo Shuyu, "Wife, you are much better than me."

Luo Shuyu said: "Then Your Highness needs to learn a little bit."

Li Mingjin: "Learn what?"

Luo Shuyu: "From now on you need to learn how to help when the child urinates."

Li Mingjin who was molested: "..." I still remember what happened last night.

While the two were talking, everyone assumed that what happened just now had never happened, and the fourth prince came back with Shen Mingyun and his son.

After a while, Emperor Tiansheng brought his concubines to the banquet.

When the banquet started, the first thing was to offer the gifts.

This time the finale was not the fourth prince and Shen Mingyun, but Li Mingjin.

Everyone gave Calligraphy, ancient paintings and other gifts according to Emperor Tiansheng's preferences, and the screen from the fourth prince was also praised by Emperor Tiansheng. Probably because the distance was a bit far, so he couldn't see the beautiful face who similar to empress, so the fourth prince could pass the test.

The eunuch shouted at this time: "The third prince has a gift!"

Li Mingjin patted his hem, and stepped forward to salute Emperor Tiansheng: "Father, this son's congratulatory gifts may be different from everyone's."

Emperor Tiansheng's eyes lit up, he had been waiting for this gift all night.

When he thought of the birthday banquet in the previous years, the third child never disappointed him.

The author has something to say: The Third Prince: Wife, today I'm the powerful A of the empire, and you are the weak O. You like me and confess to the strong me, but I refuse because I think you are too weak to be worthy of me.

Luo Shuyu: On the morning after you reject me, I switch soul with you, later I become you, and you become me. I can get the body I have dreamed of, and you ask me and want to get your body back, but I reject you and say I that I don't know you. Since then, I have been invincible on the battlefield, victorious in every battle, and I'm the idol of the whole planet. And you, you can only be an O all your life, and you can only keep regretting that you rejected me at the beginning. However, after there is no war, I'm free. In order to see your face full of regret, I raise you, watching you arrange flowers, cook, and do handicrafts everyday. If that body is not my body, I still want you to give birth to children for me.

The Third prince:! ! !

Chapter 87

In the previous years, Li Mingjin's birthday gifts to Emperor Tiansheng were sent to the capital in advance.

What kind of gifts did Li Mingjin give to Emperor Tiansheng?

Either it was a small object carved by himself, or it was a local delicacy he found when he went shopping on the street. Sometimes Li Mingjin was too perfunctory, he just went to get a tree root, planed it, changed the shape, and sent it to Emperor Tiansheng.

This kind of thing was actually regarded as a treasure by Emperor Tiansheng, and he looked forward to Li Mingjin's gift very much every day.

At that time, Li Mingjin didn't understand why Emperor Tiansheng liked his gift, so Luo Shuyu told him that eating too often culinary delicacies from mountains and seas, and occasionally eating plain porridge with side dishes could become a delicacy in the world.

The gifts he had given to Emperor Tiansheng in the previous years were all thought of by Luo Shuyu and him together, and it could be said that they racked their brains to win the favor of Emperor Tiansheng, so it was no wonder that Emperor Tiansheng was looking forward to his congratulatory gifts now.

[费尽心思 fèi jìn xīn si: to rack one's brains (idiom); to take great pains to think sth through]

As soon as Li Mingjin stood up, everyone's eyes fell on him. They wanted to know what kind of weird things he made for Emperor Tiansheng this year.

Other people would give either calligraphy and painting or ancient literature. Emperor Tiansheng also liked it, however there was no new ideas, it was difficult to escape from thousand articles, same rule, but there was no blunder.

[千篇一律 qiān piān yī lǜ: thousand articles, same rule (idiom); stereotyped and repetitive; once you've seen one, you've seen them all]

Emperor Tiansheng looked forward to it.

What kind of gift would he receive today?

Li Mingjin didn't think that he would be treated like this, but the more he was like this, the more he felt that his position was becoming more and more important, and his hard work these years was not in vain.

Li Mingjin talked a little more now than before: "Father, what I bring today is actually a special local product from Gucheng. When you see it later, don't think that I'm poverty-stricken."

Emperor Tiansheng beaming with smile, and he became less patient with him: "All right, other people are quick and easy, but you are the most verbose, let me take a look quickly."

Li Mingjin: "Father, what are you in a hurry for? My gift is not as precious as everyone's."

Emperor Tiansheng became more impatient with him: "Hurry up."

Li Mingjin clapped his hands, and someone behind him began to bring the gift to the front.

Before Emperor Tiansheng could see it, the people who sat near the gate snickered.

More than a dozen plates were presented, and each plate there was a familiar crop!

Rice, wheat, red dates...

Emperor Tiansheng saw the gift, and then he asked Li Mingjin what he meant: "The third child, what is this?"

Li Mingjin: "This is the birthday gift I want to give to my father."

Emperor Tiansheng was very puzzled: "Say something," Soon he knew that Li Mingjin was keeping listeners in suspense.

[卖关子 mài guān zi: to keep listeners in suspense (in storytelling); to keep people on tenterhooks]

Li Mingjin didn't care about other people's laughs at all, because what he said next would make them ashamed.

Li Mingjin pointed to the first plate with the new rice that had just been pounded, he said, "Father, this is the new rice grown in the south area of Gucheng, and this rice is also a new variety. The yield per mu is 300 catties."

Emperor Tiansheng stood up straight away, he wanted to order the eunuch to bring the rice to him, however he decided to go down and have a look, it was faster: "Can it really produce 300 catties per mu?"

The land in Gucheng lacked water, but rice could still be grown, which was already amazing. However he didn't expect the yield to be even better than that in the south!

Li Mingjin said: "Yes, I dare not lie to my father, but this was the yield from last year, and this year's hasn't been harvested yet, so I don't know the latest yield yet."

Emperor Tiansheng exclaimed: "Is there a special method?"

Li Mingjin: "Over the years, the officials who are familiar with farming have developed a new method."

Emperor Tiansheng kept nodding his head. The increase in rice yield was really shocking. He used to be a person who cared about the common people. However, over the years, he was often made to forget his original intention by those people who wanted to seize power. Now he was brought back to the past by Li Mingjin. He felt that his blood boiled. The common people of Daxia finally could eat their fill.

[热血沸腾 rè xuè fèi téng: one's blood boils (idiom); burning with righteous indig-nation]

There were other crops left. Emperor Tiansheng asked about them one by one, and Li Mingjin answered them one by one. Everything was based on numbers. Emperor Tiansheng really listened to what he said carefully. This was a very direct achievement.

The people who were still ridiculing and laughing before, now they didn't dare to show their faces. No matter how bizarre the ancient literature other people presented before, still couldn't get a sincere smile from Emperor Tiansheng, however Li Mingjin could make Tiansheng Emperor Tianhuai laugh heartily with his intuitive achievements.

Li Mingjin had the opportunity to bring this matter up alone in the court, and if he did this he could win the support of the officials below, but he didn't do it. He put these in front of Emperor Tiansheng and gave him as a gift.

Wasn't this also a strategy? It was a strategy for him to put these in front of Emperor Tiansheng as a gift, so it seemed that he was indisputable, and he would rather use these to curry favor with Emperor Tiansheng than to increase his weight in the competition in the court.

By doing so, he won the heart of Emperor Tiansheng. This strategy was really good.

Li Mingjin really didn't care about anything in the previous years, however if Emperor Tiansheng realized why this year he was so different, he still could come up with a reasonable explanation. He could tell Emperor Tiansheng like this: In the previous years, he didn't have to present his clumsy carving skills in person, but this year was different, he couldn't make his father lose face by offering gifts in front of people, so he could only give these gifts that he thought were the best to Emperor Tiansheng.

As for why he didn't send something expensive? That was because he was poor!

He always mentioned in his letter to Emperor Tiansheng that Gucheng was very poor, he was so poor that he almost had no money to buy wine, and because of this he had received a lot of private money from Emperor Tiansheng in the past few years, he had won the sympathy of Emperor Tiansheng.

Li Mingjin had embarked on an extraordinary road to prosperity today. However he still maintained the strategy of letting Emperor Tiansheng "eat plain porridge with side dishes", and Emperor Tiansheng really liked this gifts.

In his birthday banquet, Emperor Tiansheng received many things, however nothing could surpass Li Mingjin's gift that the most suited his mood.

If the common people's food and clothing problems could be solved, it was not only the credit of Li Mingjin, but also the achievements of Emperor Tiansheng, and when he reigned in the future, his reputation would go down in history forever.

[名垂青史 míng chuí qīng shǐ: lit. reputation will go down in history (idiom); fig. achievements will earn eternal glory]

Which emperor didn't want to leave a good reputation for future generations, and Emperor Tiansheng was no exception.

The dinner was peaceful, and everyone kept praising Li Mingjin and his wife. Everyone knew more or less, the other party hit on something new as his congratulatory gifts. Compared with them, their gifts looked vulgar.

[别出心裁 bié chū xīn cái: to hit on sth new (idiom); to display originality; to adopt an original approach]

On the other hand, the fourth prince kept smiling the whole time, and he himself knew that his smile was a little stiff.

Originally he thought that his congratulatory gift was outstanding enough, but he didn't expect to be compared with Li Mingjin's common crops, but he couldn't have any dissatisfaction. If the other party also sent something like a vase, a calligraphy and painting, or even a pet, he could still be picky and said a few more words.

However Li Mingjin did thing and not one drop of water could leak out, no matter how picky he was, anyone with eyes could see how good Gucheng was now. He couldn't make mistakes, and he also couldn't directly stab the rib cartilage of his father. The fourth prince saw that Emperor Tiansheng used all the kindness and pleasantness towards him in the past on Li Mingjin, he felt very uncomfortable.

[滴水不漏 dī shuǐ bù lòu: lit. not one drop of water can leak out; fig. watertight; rigorous (argument)]

[有目共睹yǒu mù gòng dǔ: anyone with eyes can see it (idiom); obvious to all; sth speaks for itself; is there for all to see]

[软肋 ruǎn lèi: lit. rib cartilage; (fig.) weak spot; soft underbelly]

Although Li Mingjin was praised by Emperor Tiansheng, he didn't show any pride. Fortunately, the expression on his face had never been very rich, and anyone who came to talk to him could only get a three or two-word response, without the eloquent talk in front of Emperor Tiansheng before.

The children of the royal family guessed that the third prince probably thought that talking to people like them who didn't do anything productive was not worth doing.

However, they also didn't want to say too much, because the third prince's aura was terrifying, and his eyes as if could kill people.

Emperor Tiansheng's birthday banquet ended successfully.

Li Mingjin and Luo Shuyu could finally rest after a tiring day.

When they returned to the mansion, Luo Shuyu thumped his waist, and said to Li Mingjin with great regret: "It's a pity, father didn't see the face on the screen of the fourth prince clearly."

Li Mingjin untied the hairpin on Luo Shuyu's head for him: "Don't worry, Father will see it soon."

Sure enough, after they returned to the mansion, Emperor Tiansheng couldn't sleep because he was too happy today, so he got up to appreciate the gift he received today.

The old eunuch beside him pointed to the figure embroidered on the screen and said, "Your Majesty, look at how beautiful this lifelike figure is embroidered."

Emperor Tiansheng smiled and said: "it's as if you haven't seen anything before, it's just a screen." But he still took a second look, and followed the old eunuch's finger he could see a familiar face, "Stop."

"Your Majesty, what's the matter?" The old eunuch looked at Emperor Tiansheng's suddenly stiff face.

"Can't you see that this face is very similar to the Empress'?" Emperor Tiansheng pointed to the place where the old eunuch's fingers stopped.

The old eunuch looked surprised, he said: "This, this old slave has dull eyes." Of course he wouldn't admit it.

Regardless of whether the old eunuch admitted what he saw it not, Emperor Tiansheng's face was filled with gloom: "Put away this screen, and don't let it appear in front of me in the future. What kind of gift is this, did the fourth child send this deliberately to make me unhappy? "

The old eunuch didn't dare to say anything, and hurriedly asked someone to put away the screen.

Within an hour, the fourth prince who was coaxing his son to sleep tonight heard that the screen he gave was put away by Emperor Tiansheng. It hadn't even passed the night. What's going on?

After inquiring, he found out that there was a figure in the screen whose face was very similar to the Empress'!

The fourth prince was in a complicated mood. Why didn't he notice it when he was looking at it, and now he couldn't even see the screen, so he really couldn't explain anything.

At present he couldn't find a way to remedy, he could only eat this suffocation and hold back. It was his own problem, it had nothing to do with anything, this screen was prepared a long time ago, if only he was more careful before, at least he could order the embroiderer to change it, and no one could harm him.

Apparently he was too confident.

However, at present he could only pretend that he didn't know about this matter. What he had done in front of his father before, was what he did now.

Father wouldn't blame him too much for these trivial matters.

Li Mingjin's congratulatory gift won the heart of Emperor Tiansheng, and since father and son hadn't seen each other for six years, Emperor Tiansheng granted him permission to stay for a while before returning to Gucheng.

Li Mingjin said that he still wanted to go back to see this year's harvest. Emperor Tiansheng laughed and said that he had learned Concubine Mei's hobby of farming, and Li Mingjin turned back to Emperor Sheng with a straight face.

Finally, Emperor Tiansheng said: "You are kind."

Later, Li Mingjin stopped talking.

With Emperor Tiansheng's permission, Li Mingjin was allowed to stay in the capital for one more month. Originally, he and Luo Shuyu would return to Gucheng after they stayed in the capital for one month, but now Emperor Tiansheng was in a good mood, so he was not very willing to let Li Mingjin go back to Gucheng.

So they had two months in total.

Li Mingjin also said that it would be more comfortable to go back to Gucheng, instead of going to the court early in the morning when he stayed in the capital. Emperor Tiansheng told him to curb his laziness and work hard in the court, even so Li Mingjin was still reluctant to go to the court, so he didn't go to the court every day.

Emperor Tiansheng couldn't help scolding him, however Li Mingjin lazily said that the habit wasn't easy to be changed, and he could only change it slowly.

The interaction between Emperor Tiansheng and the third prince was seen and remembered by others.

On the surface, Emperor Tiansheng seemed to reprimand Li Mingjin for being lazy, but in fact he was not angry at all. Every day, he even showed off the gift from his son to the old general Wei. The Old General Wei said in his heart that he knew it a long time ago, and his sons also participated in it. How could he not know? It was you who didn't know.

Monarch, oh my monarch.

After attending Emperor Tiansheng's birthday banquet, Li Mingjin's network of contacts had expanded, and many people invited him to drink everyday. However, these people had learned from the general that the third prince was afraid of his wife, so they didn't dare to invite him to the flower building, they seriously went to a restaurant to drink, listen to music, eat dishes and brag.

After going to Gucheng for many years, Li Mingjin's drinking capacity had grown to the point where they couldn't predict. Although he often went out to drink, he was basically never really drunk.

Li Mingjin was very busy on this side, and Luo Shuyu also didn't necessarily feel relaxed.

First of all, he was going to participate in Shen Mingyun's "New Product Launch Banquet".

It was natural for him to give a gift when he came to someone else's house. Luo Shuyu chose the gift according to standard, presumably Shen Mingyun wouldn't care about his gift, as long as people couldn't find fault about him in terms of etiquette.

Although the current Shen Mingyun was not as respected as he was in the previous life, he still wore the hat of the Fourth Prince's imperial Concubine, and there were many people who would come to his mansion, which was similar to the lively level of the banquet held by the Crown Princess.

As soon as Luo Shuyu arrived, someone went to report to Shen Mingyun, and Shen Mingyun dragged his fat body out to greet him.

His feelings towards Luo Shuyu were very complicated, he didn't like him, and he was a little bit disobedient to him. Shen Mingyun himself wondered whether he was a bit masochist, because he still tolerated him until now.

Shen Mingyun asked the system: "System, Luo Shuyu is so poisonous, how can he always continuously persevere with the dogma of the feudal society."

The system: "Because he is a character in the book, he is a person of this era, and he has received this kind of education since he was a child."

Shen Mingyun: "Every time he tells me about the compass and set square, I disobey him."

[规矩guī ju: lit. compass and set square; fig. established standard; rule; customs; practices; fig. upright and honest; well-behaved]

The system: "Probably sometimes what you do is too out of the ordinary."

What Shen Mingyun hated the most was other people talked about himself: "What do you think if I emancipate the women and gers here. Their thinking needs fresh blood from an avant-garde person like me."

The system: "Yes." The system was the one who knew the best what he wanted to do.

Back to the new product launch banquet held by Shen Mingyun.

As expected, there was a modern singing and dancing performance. Not only that, but there was also weird house dance. After watching it for a long time, Luo Shuyu couldn't figure out what kind of dance this house dance was. On the contrary, he felt that there was no need to have skill at all, as long as you could jump.

[宅舞: house dance, niconico dance]

There were many food and drinks. Shen Mingyun also used a buffet mode this time. Everyone could carry their own plates and pick up the food they want.

It was said that this was not the first time, therefore the wives who came to his new product launch banquet this time were used to it, and all of them let go of their reservations to grab food for themselves.

Of course, those who came to this banquet were all the wives who were familiar with Shen Mingyun, so they were naturally on the side of Shen Mingyun, they were all waiting to see Luo Shuyu's jokes.

Luo Shuyu knew Shen Mingyun's tricks in the previous life, so he was not surprised at all. He was not hungry, so he just ordered Qingwang to get him some snacks.

Shen Mingyun came over with a glass of fruit wine: "Cousin, are you used to this kind of banquet?"

Today's Shen Mingyun was obviously very polite, but Luo Shuyu only thought that he was doing it for face.

Luo Shuyu said: "It's not bad, it's quite interesting."

Shen Mingyun: "I still have a lot of interesting things that will open your eyes in the future. You probably haven't seen them in that small place like Gucheng."

Luo Shuyu thought that Shen Mingyun was waiting for him here, so he just smiled.

He remembered that Shen Mingyun held a similar new product launch banquet in the previous life. When he thought about the season and time, he guessed: "Are you going to release an elegant fairy dress later?"

Shen Mingyun's expression froze, he asked: "How do you know?"

Luo Shuyu raised his voice and asked him back: "Are there only new products for women? Are there any new products for gers?"

Shen Mingyun: "..." Damn, I'm choked by his question.

He really didn't have time to prepare products for gers, he had always respected women, so all the clothes he produced were clothes for women.

Luo Shuyu clinked his glass with his: "I hope your new product will sell well."

Shen Mingyun was choked by Luo Shuyu, so he had no choice but to sneak off to the stage under the pretext that the new product launch banquet was about to start.

If he wanted to be famous today, he must compare Luo Shuyu.

According to the procedure, Shen Mingyun took the stage with his self-made microphone.

Just as Shen Mingyun opened his mouth to say: "Today,

clear and refreshing autumn weather, the wind is gentle, and the clouds are light in color, everything is so beautiful, we are gathered here..."

Suddenly, there was commotion.

Someone shouted: "It's not good, it's not good, the third imperial concubine has passed out!"

The author has something to say:

The third prince: ah ah ah ah

Luo Shuyu: ...

Chapter 88

Shen Mingyun's passionate speech was stuck in his throat.

Who the servant said just fainted?

Did the servant say the third imperial concubine? He didn't have auditory hallucinations!

The one who had relationship with the third imperial concubine was naturally the third prince Li Mingjin.

The face of the third prince that looked like anyone owed him hundreds of millions immediately appeared in Shen Mingyun's mind. He immediately dropped the self-made microphone in his hand and asked in a panic, "Where is he? Where is he?"

Shen Mingyun really panicked. For many years, no one had ever had an accident with him. He thought in his heart, anyone can have an accident, but Luo Shuyu can't!

The ones who reacted faster than Shen Mingyun were Qingwang and the momos beside Luo Shuyu, they were always on standby. Li Mingjin had told them to take good care of Luo Shuyu before, and they couldn't make the slightest mistake, otherwise they couldn't raise their heads to see him later, so when Shen Mingyun called someone, there was nobody three meters away from Luo Shuyu.

Qingwang immediately ordered people to invite the imperial doctor and the third prince to the fourth prince's mansion!

He followed the whole process, so he knew that Luo Shuyu only drank a glass of fruit wine, and hadn't had time to eat anything else. It might be that glass of wine that caused him to pass out!

All the arrangements were in order. When Shen Mingyun stepped forward, he ordered someone to give directions to Qingwang and the others, and sent Luo Shuyu to the side hall to rest first. The doctor would come over to take a look at the specific situation.

Shen Mingyun felt that it was really unlucky. Why did this Luo Shuyu faint suddenlyin his banquet? Why didn't he faint on the way here or the third prince's mansion, and he just waited halfway through his speech before he fainted. He couldn't explain the reason, he could only hope that nothing happened to Luo Shuyu. He didn't want to face the terrifying Third Prince!

Two waves of people left the Fourth Prince's Mansion and ran towards two directions. One was the imperial hospital, and the other was the training place where the Third Prince was. During the day, he would go to train the soldiers he brought back from Gucheng.

Now it depended on whether Li Mingjin would arrive first or the imperial doctor from the Imperial Hospital would arrive first.

Li Mingjin was still talking to the general below, and when he heard the people around him say that someone from the mansion came to look for him for an urgent matter, he immediately became nervous.

What happened in the mansion?

Didn't Luo Shuyu go to the Fourth Prince's Mansion?

The guard who rushed over hurriedly told Li Mingjin that Luo Shuyu suddenly passed out in the fourth prince's mansion, and the reason was currently unknown.

Li Mingjin immediately became restless, he took a horse and rushed towards the Fourth Prince's Mansion.

Halfway through the run, he asked the guard: "Have you invited the imperial doctor?"

The guard: "Yes, I just sent someone to invite him."

Li Mingjin was so anxious that he almost forgot the direction of the imperial hospital: "Go to the imperial hospital and bring the imperial doctor there."

These imperial doctors in the capital were all very old, and all of them could walk with difficulty. What should he do if something happened to his wife.

Sure enough, when Li Mingjin rushed to the imperial hospital, the imperial doctor they invited was about to get into the carriage with a medical box on his back.

Li Mingjin "invited" the imperial doctor to come down, and threw him directly on the guard's horse, scaring the imperial doctor half to death.

Oh my god, the third prince actually robs people in the street, he is going to kill him!

The imperial doctor still had a bit of professional ethics: "The Third prince, the third prince, I'm going to see a patient in the fourth prince's mansion, where are you going to take me?"

Li Mingjin gave him a fierce look: "I'm going to take you to the Fourth Prince's Mansion."

In the end, Li Mingjin and the imperial doctor arrived in the fourth prince's mansion. As soon as the third prince rushed in, he saw Shen Mingyun who was standing in the hall, he didn't forget to give him a warning: "If something happens to Yu'er, I will not let you go!"

Shen Mingyun pointed to himself: "...I didn't do anything!" He subconsciously shirked responsibility, "Didn't he pass out because he couldn't drink?"

Li Mingjin dragged the imperial doctor into the side hall, and saw that the people inside and outside were all from the Third Prince's Mansion, without any unfamiliar faces, so Li Mingjin felt relieved.

"Doctor, hurry up and look at him him, what's going on!"

The imperial doctor was bumped all the way on the horseback, and then he was dragged over just after getting off the horse. His old bones were about to fall apart.

He took a breath and said: "Okay, please don't worry Your Highness, I will immediately take the pulse of the third imperial concubine."

Originally, he wanted to take a breath first, but when Li Mingjin glared at him, the imperial doctor had no choice but to start taking the pulse immediately, and his movements were faster than usual.

The waiting time was actually not long, however the imperial doctor seemed not sure with the result so he took the pulse again. After repeating it three times, the imperial doctor got up and made a congratulatory gesture.

The imperial doctor said: "Congratulation to the third prince, congratulation to the third prince, the third imperial concubine is pregnant."

Li Mingjin thought that what he heard was the words spoken during sleep, so he shook the imperial doctor with a very serious expression: "Say it again."

[梦话 mèng huà: talking in one's sleep; words spoken during sleep; fig. speech bearing no relation to reality; delusions]

The imperial doctor was frightened again by Li Mingjin's evil spirit, he said: "Reply, reply to the third prince, the third imperial concubine is pregnant."

Li Mingjin digested his words for a while, then he asked: "Really? But why hasn't he woke up yet?"

The imperial doctor said: "There is nothing serious about the third imperial concubine's body, however drinking wine stimulated his body a lot, so he passed out. I will prescribe fetal medicine for the third imperial prince."

Li Mingjin immediately came out of the excitement: "Drinking wine?"

Shen Mingyun who was standing on the side said weakly: "It seems that he drank a little fruit wine, but the wine is not strong, I didn't know that he is pregnant."

The imperial doctor also knew Shen Mingyun, and he would naturally be willing to help him if he was in the normal circumstance, but after being jolted on horseback until he felt like vomiting, he decided to shut up.

Li Mingjin glared at Shen Mingyun, but he didn't blame Shen Mingyun. He himself also didn't know, let alone someone else, the most urgent thing was to move Luo Shuyu back to their mansion.

Since Luo Shuyu was fine, so he carried him back directly.

The imperial doctor didn't say no.

Luo Shuyu came here by carriage, so Li Mingjin carried the unconscious Luo Shuyu into the carriage.

Before leaving, Li Mingjin reminded Shen Mingyun: "Don't say anything about Yu'er's pregnancy."

As for Shen Mingyun's guests today, they were not allowed to approach the side hall where Luo Shuyu was resting before. However, after Li Mingjin took Luo Shuyu away, Shen Mingyun, who survived the catastrophe, decided to cover his mouth tightly. Li Mingjin was too scary.

But, Shen Mingyun was a person who couldn't hide secret, the more he was not allowed to do thing, the more he wanted to do it.

If he said it now, then Li Mingjin would definitely be the first to trouble him.

But he couldn't hold back anymore, and suddenly he heard his servant told him that the fourth prince rushed back immediately when he heard that the third imperial concubine passed out in the mansion. Shen Mingyun was overjoyed and rushed to find the fourth prince. He must tell the fourth prince about this matter, and everything would definitely work well later.

The third prince told him not to tell other people, however since they invited the imperial doctor, there must be record in the imperial hospital, so they could tell Emperor Tiansheng!

After listening to Shen Mingyun's suggestion, the fourth prince felt that he finally became smart.

The Third Prince's Mansion.

When Luo Shuyu woke up, he was in good spirits, and there was no major problem.

As soon as he opened his eyes, he saw Li Mingjin who was sitting on the edge of the bed and staring at him closely.

"Your Highness, what's the matter with me?" He remembered that his eyes suddenly went dark, and he fell unconscious, and when he opened his eyes, he was already at his own room.

Seeing Li Mingjin's nervous appearance, he knew that Li Mingjin must have been frightened by his fainting.

Li Mingjin touched his forehead and said: "Finally woke up, fortunately you are fine."

Luo Shuyu propped himself up, but Li Mingjin directly reached out to support him, without letting him exert any strength.

Luo Shuyu saw that Li Mingjin was really nervous, and felt that something was wrong with him: "What's wrong with me? Why are you so abnormal, you are so nervous when I get up, what disease do I have?"

Li Mingjin shook his head: "You're not sick, guess what, it's a good thing, but in the future you can't drink like today again."

Luo Shuyu thought for a while, and said casually: "So I'm not sick, then it must be pregnancy."

Li Mingjin wanted to hold back for a while before telling him, but he guessed right away: "Well, you're pregnant."

Luo Shuyu was taken aback, ah, am I really pregnant?

After so many years, he couldn't get pregnant, gradually he didn't think about it anymore, he thought just let nature take its course.

Luo Shuyu asked Li Mingjin softly again: "Really?"

Li Mingjin put his hands lightly on Luo Shuyu's shoulders, and looked directly at him: "It's true."

Luo Shuyu patted his cheeks with both hands: "Then why do you look unhappy?"

"I don't, I'm very happy." He pressed Luo Shuyu's hand on his face: "I saw you pass out today, and I was frightened."

It was really the first time Li Mingjin heard that Luo Shuyu passed out, and he was still in the fourth prince's mansion. He thought that what he was most worried about had happened, and he was almost frightened, but fortunately nothing happened, fortunately.

"It's possible because I drank fruit wine before, what did the imperial doctor say?" Luo Shuyu calmly accepted the fact that he had a child in his stomach. Although it was a year later than in the previous life, his child still came, and the timing of his arrival was also very coincidental.

Li Mingjin repeated the results of the imperial doctor's examination: "It's nothing serious, but it's a little bit affected by drinking. He will prescribe some fetal medicine for you to drink first."

Luo Shuyu took Li Mingjin's hand and put it on his stomach: "Your Highness, don't worry, he will come to this world safe and sound."

Luo Shuyu could see that Li Mingjin's whole body was tense, which was the embodiment of being a father for the first time.

What did Li Mingjin think in the previous life when he found out that he was pregnant? Was he also cautious when touching himself like now? Afraid that something would go wrong with him.

Luo Shuyu felt extremely regretful when he thought that he missed these rich emotions of Li Mingjin in the previous life.

Of course, it was okay to experience it now.

Li Mingjin affirmed: "I will definitely let him come into this world."

Luo Shuyu smiled. After all, he had experienced it before, and his emotions didn't fluctuate much. He quickly shifted from the matter of pregnancy to the matter after he passed out.

Luo Shuyu: "How did you bring me back? Shen Mingyun didn't do anything, did he?"

Li Mingjin: "No, he might have seen you pass out, and he was also frightened, so he didn't do anything. I brought you back after the imperial doctor's diagnosis and treatment."

Luo Shuyu: "Then, don't they all know that I'm pregnant?"

Li Mingjin: "That's right, there's a medical record from the imperial doctor, and after Shen Mingyun knows about this matter, the fourth brother will definitely know about it."

Luo Shuyu: "Your Highness, it's not too late. Go and tell father and the concubine mother now, you can't let the fourth prince and Shen Mingyun enter the palace and tell them about my pregnancy"

Li Mingjin: "Why?"

Luo Shuyu: "We have to explain this matter to them in person. If they learn about this matter from others, then its value will be less than we anticipated. Also, the relationship between us and father these years will be taken advantage of by the other party."

Li Mingjin sighed and said: "You still think about these things at this time."

Luo Shuyu smiled and said: "Naturally, Your Highness, just go, anyway, I'm fine, I just need to take care of myself at home these days."

Li Mingjin glanced at him: "Got it." To be driven out to work by his wife, he could only reluctantly send someone to tell Emperor Tiansheng and Concubine Mei the good news.

In the evening, the Fourth Prince happened to have something to report to Emperor Tiansheng. He originally wanted to take this opportunity to "accidentally" bring up the matter of Luo Shuyu's pregnancy, but when he arrived, Emperor Tiansheng's face was already full of joy.

The fourth prince was smart, so he took advantage of the opportunity to ask Emperor Tiansheng the reason why he was so happy.

Emperor Tiansheng said: "There is finally a happy event in the third child's house, it's really not easy for him. It took so many years for his wife to conceive their first child. I heard that the third daughter-in-law passed out in your mansion?"

The fourth prince nodded: "Yes, yesterday Mingyun held a banquet and invited the third sister-in-law over. No one knew that he is pregnant, including himself, but luckily the mother and child are safe."

Emperor Tiansheng nodded thoughtfully: "Fortunately, mother and child are safe."

The Fourth Prince saw Emperor Tiansheng's happy expression as if he was going to have grandson for the first time, and his heart skipped a beat.

Did father pay too much attention to the third brother?

However he felt that he might be too sensitive and anxious. After a while, the third brother would return to Gucheng, so he wouldn't hang around in front of father again. It should be fine.

Although he was thinking about one, two, three, four, five, six in his heart, the fourth prince still had a gentle look on his face. Then he reported to Emperor Tiansheng about the investigation of a recent case without any surprises.

After becoming pregnant, Li Mingjin and Luo Shuyu's thoughts changed. They originally made a plan to let them stay in the capital, but now it was easier for them to stay in the capital.

After finally pregnant with a child, the road back to Gucheng was far and dangerous, Li Mingjin must not let his wife take this risk. Not to mention, his feelings for Luo Shuyu couldn't be faked, they had been married for many years and he never took a concubine. If he proposed to Emperor Tiansheng to stay in the capital for a year in order to save his child, there would be nothing wrong!

For now, Emperor Tiansheng was also very concerned about the fact that they finally had a child. Before, he also sent an imperial doctor to Gucheng to treat the couple. Of course, this imperial doctor was later kidnapped by Li Mingjin to do practical work, however that was another story.

However, Li Mingjin couldn't directly mention to Emperor Tiansheng that he wouldn't return to Gucheng for the time being. He could still stay in the capital for more than a month, and the imperial doctor had to diagnose that Luo Shuyu couldn't travel far.

The baby in Luo Shuyu's womb was only over a month old, and after another month or so, it would only be less than three months, which was still an unstable period.

At that time, there was no need for Li Mingjin to mention it, Emperor Tiansheng would take the initiative to let Luo Shuyu stay in the capital to wait for delivery, and Li Mingjin would also find a way to keep himself in the capital.

His wife was in the capital, and he couldn't go back to Gucheng with peace of mind. Besides, Gucheng's now was not afraid of Guiyan Kingdom coming to attack, and Li Mingjin wouldn't lose his backbone even if he was not in Gucheng.

Li Mingjin made up his mind, whether he should go to the court or not, and he should do whatever he needed to do.

Emperor Tiansheng asked him about Luo Shuyu's pregnancy several times, and Li Mingjin made a sad expression every time, but insisted that everything was okay.

Emperor Tiansheng felt that Luo Shuyu's child was going to be lost. Therefore he sent people to send supplements the third prince's mansion continuously, and he hoped that there would be good news from the third prince's mansion. He had been looking forward to this for so many years, and he hoped that he could embrace the third prince's child in his lifetime.

Emperor Tiansheng was not only worried, but he also asked Concubine Mei to go to the Third Prince's Mansion to see Luo Shuyu, who was conceived in the mansion.

It was the first time for Concubine Mei to go to the Third Prince's Mansion, she felt good everywhere she looked, and she could smell the free air. She understood better than Emperor Tiansheng that Luo Shuyu's body was not feeling well due to drinking before, but now he was in a state of eating ma ma xiang.

[吃麻麻香 chī má má xiāng: eating grass is delicious, which means that everything you eat feels delicious, and it's used to describe a good appetite]

But in order to appear weak, Luo Shuyu still locked himself in the room and didn't go anywhere, even when Shen Mingyun came to inquire about it personally couldn't find out the reason. Of course, it might be because he was also careless, so he couldn't tell if Luo Shuyu was good or bad. As long as Luo Shuyu acted like he wasn't in good health, Shen Mingyun would feel that it was true. He always believed in what he saw.

Hearing Shen Mingyun's feedback, the fourth prince's mood became more and more comfortable. It would be great if the third sister-in-law couldn't keep the child, so that they could return to Gucheng early.

Half a month later, the fourth prince and Shen Mingyun were having dinner, and the people who watched the movement of the third prince's mansion came back to report the situation.

"Fourth prince, this subordinate has an emergency report!"

"Let's talk." If it was about the Third Prince's Mansion, Shen Mingyun could also listen.

"I just heard from the servants of the Third Prince's Mansion that the child in the third prince's imperial concubine's womb may be lost."

Shen Mingyun was gnawing on a big steamed bun, and after swallowing, he asked, "Isn't their mansion under strict control? Luo Shuyu doesn't leave the gate of the mansion everyday, and there are people around him who are on standby for twelve hours everyday, how could he not be able to keep it?"

"The subordinate inquired and got the news that the third prince's imperial concubine felt that it was too hot, so he drank a bowl of mung bean porridge, and then he started to have abdominal pain. The subordinate also heard that he was bleeding, so the third prince hurried to arrest the imperial doctor. It was very strict up and down, no one was allowed to enter, and the subordinate guess that the third imperial concubine is going to have miscarriage."

A slight smile appeared on the lips of the fourth prince: "It seems that this child can't be kept anymore. Taking tonic every day goes beyond the limit is as bad as falling short. Mingyun, go find out the truth tomorrow."

[过犹不及 guò yóu bù jí: lit. Going beyond the limit is as bad as falling short; fig. Too much is as bad as too little]

Shen Mingyun nodded: "OK."

He was the best at spying on the enemy!

The author has something to say: The Third Prince: Wife, today I'm the Great Heavenly Master, you are a devil, you always pestered me, so I decided to accept you!

Luo Shuyu: After you the Holy Mother heavenly master took me in, you planned to purify me, but I'm a devil, and I used your Holy Mother to occupy your body. From then on, I'm you, and your soul has been suppressed by me in my body until your body rots and can no longer be used. I abandoned this body and took your soul for another body. This time, you have a body, I put your soul into a black cat, you become my pet, we live happily.

Chapter 89

It was not easy for the third prince to have a child. In just a few days, the third prince's imperial concubine almost had miscarriage. Of course, the people who knew about this matter now were limited to the royal family, and people outside could only guess through the nervous behavior of the third prince.

Shen Mingyun really listened to the fourth prince's words. He pretended that he didn't know anything and went directly to the third prince's mansion.

The fourth prince's imperial concubine came to look for the third prince's imperial concubine. Housekeeper Sun greeted him thoughtfully, but he didn't mention letting him see Luo Shuyu.

Shen Mingyun deliberately asked housekeeper Sun: "Why doesn't my cousin come out? Is it not convenient for him to come out and have a few words with me now?"

Housekeeper Sun showed no disrespect to Shen Mingyun, and said: "Back to the fourth imperial concubine, our master may have something to do right now, let me go and invite our master again."

Shen Mingyun got up suddenly: "Forget it, how about it, I'm going to walk around your mansion and have a look, I haven't been here much yet."

Housekeeper Sun: "The master said, you can do whatever you want, please, the fourth imperial Concubine."

Shen Mingyun just wanted to find out what Luo Shuyu was trying to do, and whether he really had failed to save his child. What if he really lost the child, however he didn't want to lose the current preferential treatment given to the Third Prince's Mansion by Emperor Tiansheng, therefore he didn't want to tell outsiders his true situation, so he just hid himself and didn't meet people?

The more Shen Mingyun thought about it, the more he felt that he was like the famous detective Conan, there was always only one truth. He suddenly became excited and wanted to find out what was going on.

If he accidentally went to Luo Shuyu's main courtyard while the third prince was still outside, it shouldn't be a big problem. If he was not careful, it was possible for such a thing to happen.

Shen Mingyun, who felt that he was very thoughtful, swaggered around the Third Prince's Mansion. Even though the weather was still so hot, and Shen Mingyun even wanted to take off his outer clothes and only wore his underwear, he still had to investigate the enemy's situation.

He could use the system, however the props in the system became more expensive in the later stages. He was still very short on points, so he had to use them sparingly.

The Third Prince's Mansion had a very large garden with many flowers planted in it. Shen Mingyun wandered there for a while, and then made an excuse to distract the guards who were blocking the way to the main courtyard.

Shen Mingyun thought he could get into the main courtyard easily, and used his previous experience of playing chicken games to dodge left and right.

He hid behind the rockery, then behind the pillars, and then when a maid came, he pretended to be a tree and hid in the bushes, while thinking, "You can't see me, you can't see me."

Sure enough, everyone in the Third Prince's Mansion seemed to be blind, they couldn't see the relatively huge Shen Mingyun at all.

After a round of dodging, Shen Mingyun finally arrived at the main courtyard.

The protection in the main courtyard was even tighter. Shen Mingyun deliberately threw stones outside to attract the attention of the guards and then made a sound like a cat.

The two guards who were standing at the gate of the main courtyard were successfully "attracted".

"Ah, there seems to be some movements over there. Could it be someone? I'll go and see!"

"I also heard a cat meowing, which can disturb the master's rest. I will go this way and chase it away."

The two guards finished their conversation in a decent manner and left their post one after another.

Shen Mingyun thought that his plan was indeed successful. These ancient people were really stupid. They were exactly like those in the TV series. They would leave their posts because of the slightest sign of movement.

After entering the main courtyard smoothly, Shen Mingyun went left and right, and finally found Luo Shuyu's bedroom. When he saw a group of old women were talking in low voices, he knew that it was the place where Luo Shuyu lived. He really disliked these damn bitches, who had forced him to kneel down before. One day, he would definitely make them look good, haha.

Shen Mingyun was thinking of ways to attract the attention of the old women and let them leave quickly.

While he was struggling, the women who were guarding the room suddenly started to be lazy in an upright manner.

Tsk tsk tsk, the servants in the third prince's mansion were too lazy, just like the palace dramas he had watched before.

"I just got a jug of good wine yesterday. Would you like to have a drink, anyway, the master must be sleeping now."

"Okay, let's go, you'd be a fool if you don't drink when you have wine."

The two old women looked at each other, smiled, and then quietly slipped away.

Shen Mingyun had passed the test again. He thought that it wouldn't be a problem to act in a spy movie in the future. He was really lucky.

He quietly opened the door of the master room. The servant who usually served Luo Shuyu was sitting on a chair outside and taking a nap. Shen Mingyun thought for a moment and then walked into the room lightly. He bypassed Qingwang, not daring to make a single sound. There was a lot of sweat on his forehead, and his back was already wet from nervous sweat.

The strong smell of Chinese medicine in the room stimulated Shen Mingyun's nose. The wheel of fortune really changed to take turns. When he was in Gucheng before, Luo Shuyu would give him fetal medicine every day. Now that he was better, he didn't know whether he really took fetal medicine or tonic for post-abortion. Thinking about it, he felt a little happy about Luo Shuyu's misfortune and wished he would disappear from this world. Recently he was sure that Luo Shuyu and Li Mingjin were the villains in the book, otherwise they wouldn't be opposing him and the fourth prince all day long.

It was not easy to drag the former crown prince and the Yan family down. The fourth prince was still waiting to become the crown prince and inherit the throne in the future. However, now the third prince and Luo Shuyu who were in Gucheng suddenly came to the capital. If someone told him that it was just a coincidence, then Shen Mingyun didn't believe it. He thought that this was God's arrangement, and with this he was sure that both of them were the villains like the plot in the book, and they were the big BOSS that the fourth prince must face to ascend the throne.

If the fourth prince could solve them, then he would be able to ascend the throne smoothly, and he would be able to rise above ten thousand people, and he will have supreme power. If he had supreme power in the future, was he still afraid that he wouldn't able to complete all the tasks required by the system in the future?

However, the most important thing now was to find out whether Luo Shuyu had miscarriage or not.

Shen Mingyun entered the room and saw the person who was lying on the bed. His face was pale and his breath was weak. There was a wet handkerchief and a bowl of unfinished medicine on the small table next to him.

He used the system to check what kind of medicine it was, and the result given by the system was a medicine for replenishing blood and qi (vital energy) after miscarriage. Shen Mingyun also drank this medicine when he had miscarriage before, and it was astringent and bitter.

Luo Shuyu frowned and turned over. Shen Mingyun was so frightened that he squatted on the ground and lowered his head like an ostrich.

Feeling that Luo Shuyu was about to wake up, Shen Mingyun was afraid of being discovered by others, so he retreated quietly. Fortunately, he reacted quickly and slipped out the door before Qingwang woke up.

The old women from before were probably still drinking and didn't come back, so Shen Mingyun stuck to the door and listened to Qing Wang and Luo Shuyu who were talking inside.

There were Luo Shuyu's crying and Qingwang's comforting voice came from inside.

Qingwang: "Master, don't be too sad, there will definitely be little masters in the future."

Luo Shuyu: "However after so many years, I took medicine everyday to recuperate my body, and finally I could have His Highness's child, but I couldn't keep the child. I don't have the face to see His Highness. Why did my poor child disappear like this?"

Qingwang: "Maybe it's not the time yet. You are still young, and His Highness is still young, so there is no problem."

Luo Shuyu: "But what if His Highness changes his mind? He will look for a younger and more beautiful woman who can have children to be his concubine. I don't want to be the third prince's imperial concubine anymore."

Qingwang: "His Highness won't, don't you know how he treats you?"

Luo Shuyu: "But since the child was gone, he started ignoring me and blaming me for not paying attention to my health. What should I do? Sigh!"

Shen Mingyun seemed to have heard some big news, and the corner of his mouth curled up. It turned out that Luo Shuyu looked calm and indifferent on the surface only. It turned out that the third prince was getting tired of him.

This was really good news. He would ask the fourth prince to send some beauties to the third prince. If they could find a few more beauties for the third prince as concubine, were they still needed to be afraid that Luo Shuyu and Li Mingjin wouldn't separate?

It was not easy for the gers of Daxia to conceive a child, especially after a miscarriage. Of course, he was an exception, after all, he took the script of the protagonist.

He had long been convinced that he was the protagonist.

Today's harvest was quite good.

Shen Mingyun returned to the garden without others knowing. He pretended to continue admiring the scenery in the garden.

After a while, he said that he just remembered that there was something else to do at home, after all, he came uninvited, so he didn't want to bother his cousin, and he still had to go back to work immediately.

As Shakespeare said, he was an unbidden guests who were often welcomest when they were gone.

Although it was a derogatory saying, he was in a good mood today, so he just used it like this.

Hahahahaha, he must bring this good news to the fourth prince immediately, so he had to return home as soon as possible.

However, Shen Mingyun didn't see the fourth prince after returning to the mansion. Instead, a woman sent by the previous officials suddenly ran up to him and burst into tears.

Shen Mingyun saw the beautiful woman weeping sadly, it was very endearing like raindrops on a pear blossom, so he asked, "Why are you crying?"

[梨花带雨 lí huā dài yǔ: lit. like raindrops on a pear blossom (idiom); fig. tear-stained face of a beauty]

Shen Mingyun resented the fact that others often gave beautiful women to the Fourth Prince, however he believed that the Fourth Prince wouldn't touch these women, so he didn't take any precautions. He treated them well, raised them with delicious food and drinks. He often asked them to come over and chat, and also let them be the testers of his new products.

After crying for a while, the woman kneeled softly on the ground and said: "Fourth imperial concubine, uh, I, I'm pregnant!"

Shen Mingyun's face froze: "Pregnant? Whose?"

The woman's eyes averted and she started crying again: "I was sleeping in the yard that night, and I didn't know who covered my mouth, so I was... and then I got pregnant!"

Shen Mingyun was shocked: "You mean you were forced? Who forced you? I will find him for you and castrate him! How dare someone did such a thing in the Fourth Prince's Mansion? It's really lawless."

The woman said again: "Fourth imperial concubine, I hope to give birth to this child, he is innocent after all."

Shen Mingyun: "..." It was also an eye-opener for him. This woman actually wanted to give birth to a child of random man.

But for beautiful women, Shen Mingyun always granted whatever they asked for, therefore the other party's choice was really very important.

The beautiful woman lowered her head with a scheming smile on her lips, and in the future she would discuss parenting matters with Shen Mingyun openly.

It was really a harmonious picture, but that was a story for another day.

[This Shen Mingyun is really stupid, stupid and pitiful]

After Shen Mingyun left, Luo Shuyu sat up, washed off the thick layer of white powder on his face, and restored his original rosy face. Recently, he had been taking supplements, and his skin became more rosy than before.

Shen Mingyun didn't know that Luo Shuyu had arranged all this for him until he left.

Who were the people in the third prince's mansion? How could the guards be lured away so easily? He didn't even think about this kind of thing carefully.

This was Luo Shuyu and Li Mingjin's plan. Yesterday after they learned that Shen Mingyun was going to visit the Third Prince's Mansion the next day, they thought of this plan on the spur of the moment. In fact, it was a spur-of-the-moment idea. However if Shen Mingyun didn't come over today, they wouldn't have been able to "confirm" the rumors of his "miscarriage".

The third prince's mansion naturally said that Luo Shuyu was taking good care of the fetus, but Shen Mingyun would definitely spread the "fact" that he had miscarriage. Shen Mingyun definitely believed what he saw with his own eyes. Luo Shuyu, who was pale, his breath was weak, as if he was about to die, really had miscarriage. As far as his brain was concerned, he probably never expected that Luo Shuyu would put on a show in front of him.

If Shen Mingyun thought about it carefully, he might be able to find many flaws. Unfortunately, Shen Mingyun was really not smart, however he always flaunted himself as a smart person.

Arrogant people were most likely to make mistakes. Shen Mingyun now was like a mirror in front of Luo Shuyu, always told him that he should never become such a selfish and arrogant person, who would kill himself one day without knowing it.

After Shen Mingyun left, everyone returned to their jobs, and Luo Shuyu had to eat and drink.

Shen Mingyun and the fourth prince naturally would use public opinion to attack the third prince's mansion, however they didn't know the truth, so they wanted to use Luo Shuyu's "miscarriage" to attack them, in order to force them to leave the capital.

Why didn't they leave after Luo Shuyu had miscarriage? There was no reason for them to continue to stay in the capital.

Not only the people in their royal family would know about this matter, but everyone in the capital must know about it.

If there was no reason that Luo Shuyu was still pregnant and waiting for delivery, then Li Mingjin must have evil intentions if he continued to stay in the capital.

The rumors outside quickly reached the ears of Luo Shuyu and Li Mingjin, and they were proceeding step by step according to their plan.

Similarly, the discussions from outside also reached Emperor Tiansheng.

Emperor Tiansheng immediately called Li Mingjin into the palace for questioning. Who didn't know how much Emperor Tiansheng cared about Li Mingjin's first child.

Emperor Tiansheng asked: "Why are there people saying that your wife's child couldn't be saved? What is going on? Is the child really gone?"

Li Mingjin said angrily: "Father, the son and his wife really take good care of the fetus, son of a b*tch, whoever made the rumor, I will kill him immediately!"

Emperor Tiansheng was stunned for a moment, and then he wanted to laugh a little. It was rare to see the third child so emotionally open: "You have stayed in Gucheng for a few years, and you have learned a lot of swearing."

Emperor Tiansheng confirmed again, " Is your wife really alright?"

Li Mingjin frowned: "He is really alright. Why doesn't father go to the son's house and have a look? If the imperial doctor didn't say not to let him wander around, the son will ask him to come into the palace to pay his respects to father and mother concubine."

Emperor Tiansheng knew that Li Mingjin never lied to him, so he said one thing at a time: "It's alright, it's alright. You don't have to bother your wife, if his husband controls him strictly, he probably won't be able to bear it. As long as everything is alright, I just heard that the rumors are very noisy outside. Later, I'll have someone clean up those nonsense later. "Of course he quickly figured out who did this.

The fourth child was too anxious, it was time to wake him up!

That afternoon, the fourth prince was called into the palace, and he was scolded by Emperor Tiansheng.

The fourth prince who went home with a dark face saw Shen Mingyun who was talking and laughing with his secret lover again, and his heart was panicked.

Shen Mingyun was so stupid!

The author has something to say: The Third prince: Wife, look at this thirty-sixth pregnancy pose, it's really good, and now I'm only short of a small bench!

Luo Shuyu:...

Chapter 90

It turned out that the third prince's imperial concubine didn't have miscarriage, but someone maliciously slandered him. He was just raising the fetus in the third prince's mansion, however the bad rumors about him were spread inexplicably. The third prince was so angry that even the current emperor sent people to punish the rumor mongers.

When the matter had reached this point, no one would continue to slander Luo Shuyu, and the child in his belly was also highly anticipated.

However if he really suffered some injuries at this time, it would really offend the Third Prince's inverse scale.

Now that Luo Shuyu had the protective umbrella of Emperor Tiansheng, if anyone made any noise again, Emperor Tiansheng would immediately think of the fourth prince. No matter if he really did it not, he would eventually put the blame on his head.

[保护伞 bǎo hù sǎn: protective umbrella; fig. person affording protection]

This was the first time that the fourth prince held back since he defeated the former crown prince and the Yan family. He inevitably felt very uncomfortable, as if his good days were coming to an end.

However, he was quite optimistic, since his third brother and his third sister-in-law must give birth to this child, so let them be. His son was the eldest grandson of the emperor, and also the most beloved grandson of Emperor Tiansheng.

Shen Mingyun was also very angry after being tricked by Luo Shuyu. What he heard that day was that Luo Shuyu had miscarriage, and he also had checked the medicine he drank. Who would have imagined that it was a trap? No matter how stupid he was, he still understood that this was a trap designed for him, however he still had nowhere to say it.

That day, he quietly broke into the master bedroom and eavesdropped. There was no evidence or witnesses. He had no way to say that Luo Shuyu had played tricks on him. Instead, he even got a scolding from the fourth prince, and he could only swallow the bitter fruit alone.

[苦果 kǔ guǒ: lit. bitter fruit; fig. painful consequence]

This Luo Shuyu was really bad!

When Shen Mingyun complained about Luo Shuyu to the system, the system only sighed, Li Mingjin and Luo Shuyu were indeed smart.

The purpose of the system and the fourth prince were consistent. The first task now was to drive Li Mingjin and Luo Shuyu back to Gucheng until the fourth prince successfully obtained the position of the crown prince and inherited the throne before considering dealing with them. For now, Li Mingjin still had a lot of troops, and the fourth prince really couldn't confront him directly.

The fourth prince never expected that the biggest threat to him in the end was Li Mingjin, who had gone to Gucheng, and now he had become a major problem on his mind. At this moment his father's opposition to the appointment of the new crown prince was ambiguous, and he still hadn't mentioned whether to establish him or Li Mingjin.

According to the experience of the first prince and crown prince before, competing for imperial power was the same as opposing Emperor Tiansheng. If anyone had this idea, Emperor Tiansheng would immediately throw this man and his supporters into a place of eternal destruction. The fourth prince had already studied and grasped Emperor Tiansheng's temperament.

However, the person that Emperor Tiansheng loved now was Concubine Mei, and it was still a bit difficult for the fourth prince to know what Emperor Tiansheng thought about his future heir.

The old eunuch beside Emperor Tiansheng was also a veteran and wouldn't agree to his request at all. As for the Left Prime Minister, he was willing to guide the fourth prince, however when it came to the throne matter, he didn't want to talk to him about this matter.

Now that Li Mingjin had returned to the capital, the chance of his ascension to the throne was even more unclear. The people on the military general's side generally had favorable affection for the fourth prince.

The generals who suppressed the rebels of the Yan family with the fourth prince last time, almost all of them were the old General Wei's subordinates, and the old General Wei's sons were in Gucheng. Their relationship with Li Mingjin must be good, otherwise Li Mingjin wouldn't be able to control the inside and outside power in Gucheng.

The fourth prince now realized that after giving his third brother six years to develop, his third brother, who seemed to have no choice but military, now he became his biggest competitor.

Li Mingjin had no ambitions, it was impossible, however he could hide it very well.

He was imitating King Gou Jian of Yue and Wang Mang, The emperor of the Western Han Dynasty. They were really powerful people. Moreover, after leaving the capital for many years, Emperor Tiansheng actually doted on his third brother and didn't disregard him at all. Even the Fourth prince who kept raking his brain to win over Emperor Tiansheng's favor by fawning on him couldn't achieve that kind of result.

[越王勾践 Yuè Wáng Gōu Jiàn: King Gou Jian of Yue (c. 470 BC), sometimes considered one of the Five Hegemons]

[王莽 Wáng Mǎng: Wang Mang (45 BC-23 AD), usurped power and reigned 9-23 between the former and later Han]

[费尽心思 fèi jìn xīn si: to rack one's brain (idiom); to take great pains to think sth through]

The fourth prince, who realized that Li Mingjin was a great threat to him no matter he was in Gucheng or in the capital, became even more anxious. For several days, his hair kept falling out.

On this day, it was rare for the fourth prince to go back to the main room to sleep.

The next morning, Shen Mingyun was woken up by his daughter, therefore he had to get up with the fourth prince.

After coaxing his daughter for a while, he handed his daughter over to the momo. Shen Mingyun intended to make peace with the fourth prince and planned to comb the fourth prince's hair as a sign of goodwill.

However, after he picked up the comb, and then the fourth prince raised his head to let him comb his hair, Shen Mingyun's hand froze, a little dumbfounded.

The fourth prince who was waiting for him to comb his hair and wanted to stand up to change his clothes urged him: "Don't you want to comb my hair?"

Shen Mingyun was holding the comb in one hand and the other hand covering his mouth, he was very surprised and said, "Your Highness, have you lost your hair recently! Why did your hairline move back so much?"

Shen Mingyun thought that the fourth prince was almost half bald, and his handsome image in the past was greatly reduced!

Shen Mingyun couldn't believe that his lover actually became bald before he was thirty. He was the protagonist, and the fourth prince was also the protagonist. How could the protagonist have severe hair loss? His hair should be dark and thick like him, even if he stayed up late every day, his hair wouldn't be bald. Wasn't his hair shiny and thick?

How could it happen, they must be the protagonists, and now they were only one step away from the throne!

The fourth prince looked in the mirror and then touched his forehead. His hairline had indeed moved back and his hair volume had decreased a lot!

He had always been very confident about his appearance and never thought that one day he would be troubled by hair loss.

Could he still be handsome even if he lost his hair? No, he would definitely be removed from the list of handsome men!

"Mingyun, is there any way to regrow my hair?" The fourth prince thought of Shen Mingyun's magical methods immediately.

However, Shen Mingyun thought of himself in his previous life. In his previous life, he was more bald than the fourth prince, almost like Mediterranean sea.

He touched his current thick hair, looked at the hair tonic in the mall, and then he thought about him being with the fourth prince for many years. Seeing the same fourth prince for many years, he felt almost tired, therefore he took the matter of the fourth prince becoming bald very lightly.

"Why don't I go to the imperial hospital and see if the imperial doctors can get some hair growth cream. I remember that the emperors of Western countries would use pigeon feces to rub on their heads, and then add some herbs to cure hair loss. Do you want to try it?"

Shen Mingyun thought that hair loss was just a small problem for men, so it wasn't that important to let him use his points, he still had to use those points to save his life.

"Pigeon feces?" The fourth prince's lips trembled. The prescription that Shen Mingyun knew wasn't really suitable for him. "Let's see the imperial doctors first." He would never smear bird poop on his head, how disgusting .

Shen Mingyun looked at the hair that had fallen out all over the floor and thought, among the men he knew, Ha Chi seemed to have the most amazing hair volume, which was really enviable.

The fourth prince touched the top of his head, and he felt a bit cold, therefore he went to the court with worry.

In the next few days, Shen Mingyun began to look for ways to cure the fourth prince's hair loss with great fanfare.

For a time, it was widely known that the fourth prince was troubled by hair loss.

On this day, Li Mingjin went to the court and couldn't help but look at the fourth prince. The fourth prince thought that he was dissatisfied with his recent achievements, however he was happy when the other party wasn't happy, so he asked his third brother: "Third brother, do you have something to talk about?"

Li Mingjin shook his head: "No, but I have a question for you."

The Fourth Prince: "Oh, you ask."

Li Mingjin stared at the top of the fourth prince's head where the hair was getting thinner: "Aren't you using various prescriptions to treat your hair loss recently? However, no matter how I look at it, it looks even more bald."

The fourth prince almost couldn't stand up anymore and fainted: "..."

You are more bald!

Annoying! Really annoying!

The fourth prince would usually be annoyed by Shen Mingyun, however he was used to it. He knew that Shen Mingyun was that kind of person, and he was in the backyard everyday, so he wouldn't be embarrassed outside. However, now Li Mingjin mocked him for being bald openly.

This time the fourth prince was really angry because he was humiliated outside, therefore he had no choice but to find someone to impeach the soldiers Li Mingjin's brought back from Gucheng for misbehaving in the city, so as to divert Li Mingjin's attention from his head.

It was obvious to all how strict Li Mingjin's military rule was. The few soldiers who were captured had nothing to do with Li Mingjin's soldiers. Moreover, these captured soldiers "hanged themselves" the same night they were arrested. There was no evidence of their death. Obviously, this was used to frame Li Mingjin and splash dirty water on him.

[泼脏水 pō zāng shuǐ: lit. Splash dirty water; fig. Slander]

Fortunately, all of Li Mingjin's soldiers were on the roster, and after they were checked one by one, there was no problem at all. On the day when the few dead soldiers made trouble, all of them were rehearsing tactics in the camp, and no one went out. The matter was investigated. After it became clear, Li Mingjin was indeed wronged.

The direction of this matter was too obvious. Although this matter wasn't brought in front of Emperor Tiansheng directly, he still paid close attention to this matter throughout the whole process, and the final outcome of the investigation satisfied him. The third child was indeed the upright third child in his mind, and never got involved or played tricks with others. Fortunately he always rigorous in his work, otherwise it would be difficult to explain.

The more anxious the fourth prince was, the more he failed to handle things. Li Mingjin seemed to know all his moves. No matter what or how he framed him, the other party would always have a way to solve everything, which really made him feel frightened.

He must calm down and think about countermeasures slowly. He couldn't continue like this, he would be defeated every time. Gradually his father would definitely guess that the mastermind was him.

Indeed, Now Emperor Tiansheng disliked the fourth prince's attitude more and more. He was too purposeful, and had showed vaguely the style of fighting between the first and second princes in the past. It was the fighting drama between brothers that he hated the most.

Although he didn't expect to see they brothers to be kind and love one another, but at least he didn't want to see one of his child died in front of him because of the other child.

[相亲相爱 xiāng qīn xiāng ài: to be kind and love one another (idiom); bound by deep emotions]

Emperor Tiansheng now just wanted to be a father who wanted his family to be happy and healthy. However the fourth prince who was completely immersed in palace fighting, failed to understand his father's needs.

Li Mingjin already knew what Emperor Tiansheng wanted six years ago. Therefore he continued to meet the needs of this "customer", so that the old man could find "father-son love" and spiritual needs from him.

What Emperor Tiansheng showed to Li Mingjin now was the care an "ordinary" father had for his son, not only in terms of clothing, food, housing and transport, but also his future heirs and so on.

[衣食住行 yī shí zhù xíng: clothing, food, housing and transport (idiom); people's basic needs]

Playing this kind of character, he could get happiness and had always wanted to immerse himself in the atmosphere Li Mingjin created for him, isn't that a joy?

[不亦乐乎 bù yì lè hū: lit. isn't that a joy? (quote from Confucius); fig. (jocularly) extremely; awfully]

Compared with the disputes in the court, Luo Shuyu had fewer things to worry about recently. Li Mingjin always tried to take care of his emotions and wouldn't put messy things in front of him, so as to prevent him from overthinking and causing physical problem. The imperial doctor said that he must take good care of the pregnant fulang's body at this moment.

After Luo Shuyu pregnant with a child, Li Mingjin immediately wrote a letter and sent it to Gucheng to give to Chen Rong. The front line indeed needed Chen Rong more, however now was a critical period for Li Mingjin and Luo Shuyu. There were not many people Li Mingjin could trust, so he called Chen Rong back to the capital. The most important thing was that Chen Rong would bring Lin Yuan with him. Because he knew, where Chen Rong was, there would be Lin Yuan.

When the two arrived in the capital before the Mid-Autumn Festival, they entered the Third Prince's Mansion directly.

Although the Chen family's affairs were vindicated due to the crown prince's incident, Chen Rong's identity hadn't been exposed yet. The enemy who framed their family had been executed for three clans. His wish had been fulfilled, and his image wouldn't necessarily be improved. He thought that now he was doing the most meaningful things. After getting to know his only relative, his mood and illness had improved.

[Regarding the specific designation of the three clans, there are many explanations in history: one is the father's clan, the mother's clan, and the son's clan; the other is 三族 sān zú: three generations (father, self and sons); three clans (your own, your mother's, your wife's).]

After hearing that he would have a nephew, he immediately packed his things and returned to the capital immediately, naturally he didn't forget to take his senior brother Lin Yuan with him.

As soon as Lin Yuan arrived at the Third Prince's Mansion, he immediately took Luo Shuyu's pulse.

Indeed, as the imperial doctor said, Luo Shuyu shouldn't think too much, he needed to have a good rest.

As for nervousness, Li Mingjin was the most nervous.

In June and July, just like in the previous life, he ordered people to plant Luo Shuyu's favorite bayberry tree in the mansion.

Luo Shuyu ate it until he didn't want to eat anymore.

The mid autumn Festival was coming soon, and Luo Shuyu couldn't sit still. After nearly three months of nurishing his body, he felt that his whole body had become round. He was very afraid of developing his body into Shen Mingyun's figure, so he now tried to eat less, and couldn't eat too much. He insisted on walking around the mansion every day, and didn't want to be treated like a pig by Li Mingjin.

After all, Li Mingjin always felt that Luo Shuyu hadn't eaten enough.

At this moment, they just finished their lunch and Li Mingjin asked Luo Shuyu if he was hungry again.

Luo Shuyu pushed away an apple he handed over: "Your Highness, I'm really not hungry. I'll get fat if I eat like this every day. I'm much heavier now."

Li Mingjin seemed not to notice his rounder face and said, "I don't think you are fat at all. It must be because the little guy in your belly has grown up and is taking up the weight. Are you really not hungry? Then, is the child hungry?"

Luo Shuyu got up and prepared to go out for a walk: "If I'm not hungry, then the child is also not hungry. I'll go to the garden to feed the fish, will Your Highness go with me?"

Luo Shuyu could only change the subject, otherwise Li Mingjin would meddle with him as soon as he entered the room. If he said anything inappropriate, he would be criticized, because he thought that children needed prenatal education, which was too annoying.

He didn't even think about who had stored those improper books. He was seldom interested in reading many books. After all, pregnancy was a boring process.

Everyone regarded him as delicate and fragile thing. Luo Shuyu really had no choice. In order not to make him think too much, they didn't even want to tell him the bad things, lest he worry too much.

But this would make him even more worried.

After entering August, the weather began to turn cold, however it was still a little warm at noon. Luo Shuyu was sitting in the gazebo, which was fine.

In this life, except for Li Mingjin and Chen Rong who were close to him, he didn't have other friends. Perhaps this was the key to Li Mingjin's worry, he had too few friends.

Luo Shuyu thought about this matter, however after experiencing the things in the previous life, he couldn't trust others at will, and he thought it didn't matter whether he had friends or not. He didn't even know his own future very clearly, and he didn't want to hurt others if he could.

Li Mingjin accompanied Luo Shuyu to feed the fish in the middle of the pavilion.

They happened to meet Chen Rong and Lin Yuan who were setting up tea sets in the pavilion. They were playing chess, and Luo Shuyu and Li Mingjin walked over.

The two played quite casually, and put away the chessboard when they saw someone coming.

After mentioning a few words about the child, they turned to the affairs of the court and dismissed the servants.

Luo Shuyu asked them: "Why are you so serious?"

Chen Rong looked at Li Mingjin and said: "You didn't tell him?"

Li Mingjin turned away: "Ahem, I didn't say anything."

Luo Shuyu: "What are you talking about? He only told me to eat this and drink that. I'm so annoyed recently. Cousin, tell me what's going on?"

Chen Rong said: "I don't know if it's a big deal or not, but it's related to both of you."

Luo Shuyu became even more curious: "What is it?"

Chen Rong: "Someone has built a long life monument for you."

Luo Shuyu: "In the capital?"

Chen Rong nodded: "Yes, in the capital."

Luo Shuyu immediately thought of the crux of the problem: "I can understand if the monument was built in Gucheng, but in the capital, is someone trying to harm His Highness?"

Li Mingjin sat down and poured tea for Luo Shuyu: "It's not obvious yet, however it must be the fourth brother who did it. He is impatient now."

Luo Shuyu didn't understand. What did the fourth prince do?

Chen Rong shook his head and said: "This time it's really not the fourth prince who instigated this matter, but the fourth prince's imperial concubine."

Luo Shuyu was a little surprised that Shen Mingyun actually had the brain to think about this: "Shen Mingyun? Why did he build a monument for us?"

Chen Rong: "If His Majesty could still be prejudiced against you before, now he has given you a push. "

Luo Shuyu thought about it, and said with a smile: "Then I have to thank him." Wouldn't it be nice if someone publicized what they did in Gucheng for free?

On the morning of the second day, when Shen Mingyun just woke up, the servant said that he received a thank you gift from Luo Shuyu. Then he said to the system with a perplexed face: "Is this Luo Shuyu really stupid? I ordered people to ruin them, and he is still grateful to me?"

The system: "..." It really didn't want to talk.

If Luo Shuyu didn't know that you had done something stupid, how could he give you a gift!

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