The Scheming Young Master - C44

had not left the palace for a long time, so he was not too clear about the situation outside. Fortunately, the people of the palace were well-informed, Luo Yi could even hear the latest news about the Imperial Garden after dinner.

The gossiping ladies were hiding behind the rockery, so they did not see her. Luo Yi also did not make a sound, and even shook his head soundlessly to stop Qing Luo’s thoughts of going forward to denounce them, and so listened with interest to the corner of the wall.

Luo Yi listened with relish, she really wanted to send Qing Luo back to bring him a chair and some side dishes.

At this point, the topic was unavoidably askew. The gossip turned into a supernatural story. There was a place in the palace that was haunted, and every once in a while, a piece of white bone would be found inside.

Luo Yi focused and thought for a while, but did not manage to think of anything, so she simply shook her head and decided not to waste anymore time, and started thinking that it was probably because she happened to glance at the name while strolling around the palace.

She listened for a while longer, and discovered that after the topic of conversation started to revolve around the strange stories, she no longer had the desire to continue listening. She had invented this kind of stories quite a few times when she was young to frighten her friends, and the stories she told were even more interesting than the stories they told now, so when she realised that these people did not have any intentions to change the topic, Luo Yi could not help but be disappointed.

“Speaking of fox demon, don’t you guys think that this year’s freshmen are very similar to those white-clothed scholars written in the book that are rushing to the capital to take the examinations?”

Luo Yi was startled, her steps paused, and she was nailed to the ground.

“Mother …” “Mother?” Qing Luo did not understand the intention of her actions, and so she called out to her with some hesitation.

Luo Yi turned around and glanced at her, then shook her head, signalling her not to speak.

The palace maids who spoke did not notice anything at all, and upon hearing these words, they became restless again. Luo Yi could tell with her sharp ears that one of them had gone hoarse, and had even deliberately lowered his voice a bit, but he could still clearly hear the excitement in her voice. “I saw you in the distance the day of the Hall Competition …”

“So many people saw him with a single glance!”

She paused, not knowing how to describe this feeling. After a long while, she finally picked out a sentence that was not very satisfactory: “It’s him, standing there. One look and you can tell that he is the top scholar!”

This sentence was echoed by the rest of the people present. The palace maid who was speaking was a little pleased with herself, as she shook her head and revealed a pleased smile: “You know about the Young Eunuch Li who was serving the imperial palace, right? He was also present on the day of the Hall Competition! He told me that the Emperor was very satisfied with the top scholar, and even gave him two courtyards on the spot… He even said what the top scholar was called… Oh! I remember! ”

“Lin Ting.”

The same word came out of their mouths at the same time. The only difference was that one of them spoke in a boastful tone, while the other spoke with an understanding that was beyond their expectations.

“I knew it was you …” Luo Yi lowered her voice, and a slight smile appeared on her face.

Her voice was low, and Qing Luo did not hear her, but one of her voice sounded as if she had something to say. Then, she moved closer, with a confused look in her eyes, she asked: “What did the Empress say?”

“Nothing …” The smile on Luo Yi’s lips widened slightly: “Let’s go back.”

“Right!” She suddenly stopped, and Qing Luo followed suit.

This time, she heard it clearly. The person who spoke had a smile that couldn’t be hidden. “I’m in a good mood today. You don’t have to wait on me …”

Luo Yi walked forward while saying, “I’ll let you guys have a day off. If there’s anything you want to play with, go ahead and play with it as much as you want.”

The joy in her words was too obvious. Qing Luo could not help but laugh, “Looks like this trip was not in vain.

“Only your mouth is sweet!” Luo Yi glared at her perfunctorily, but the corner of her lips never left her lips.

This kind of good mood continued all the way to the next day. Luo Yi’s eyes even curved when she was tidying up Chen Liyi’s clothes in the morning. What was rare was, however, was that Chen Liyi seemed to be affected by her good mood as her round eyes brimmed with smiles.

Luo Yi laughed and teased him: “Before I left the palace, my face was calm, what’s wrong with me today? So happy? ”

“Because after today, I won’t need to go.”

“Why? Tutor Liang is finally annoyed that you’re not willing to teach me anymore? ”

Luo Yi replied with a smile, but did not take his words to heart, and instead patted the creases on his clothes to get up, and when she had completely stood straight, she raised his hand to gesture the height of the two, and realized that the other party’s head was almost at her chest.

“Ah!” Our crown prince has grown taller! ”

He tried his best to tiptoe a little, and only when his head was almost as flat as Luo Yi’s shoulder did he grin widely, satisfied.

“I’m about to surpass Sister!”

He stood unsteadily on his tiptoes and his body was swaying. Luo Yi hurriedly reached out to support him, then pressed him on the shoulder to get him to stand properly before she replied, “The crown prince is right. Hurry up and go, if you are late, the Tutor Liang will punish you with copying the books. ”

“…”

Because Chen Liyi was once late to the Palace, he had been punished by the Tutor Liang to plagiarize a book, and his entire arm became sore. After returning to the Palace, he took an hour to regain his strength, so the words “copy”, to him, was not even considered a memory of beauty.

Luo Yi waved at Chen Liyi, who had already walked far away and was still trying her best to turn her head and look at her, until they could not even see a shadow of him before she slowly returned to her own room.

Yesterday, she was still complaining about how boring the days in the palace were. Unexpectedly, not even a day had passed, but the heavens had heard her thoughts and swiftly arranged such a matter for her.

Qing Luo helped the person kneeling on the ground to stand up, but who would have thought that the person would kneel down towards Luo Yi, who was at the center of the room, and kowtow heavily on the ground, causing Luo Yi to unconsciously frown.

“What do you think happened to Yao Consort?”

The palace maid who knelt on the ground was none other than Lin Yaoniao’s personal palace maid. After that, Lin Yaoniao had brought her here a few more times, so they could be considered to be familiar with each other.

Seeing her kneeling on the ground, not wanting to get up, Luo Yi did not force her. With a frown, he repeated, “Didn’t Yao Concubine follow His Majesty to the imperial study? What do you mean by save him? ”

Lin Yaoniao had been doted upon by the emperor recently. Although she wasn’t qualified to sleep because of her young age, Chen Jinyan had always liked to tease her.

The palace maid was on the verge of tears as her eyes reddened. “Your Majesty said today that he wanted to take our esteemed Empress to the imperial study …” You also know that those places in the imperial study are filled with memorials, and our empress has a lively and careless attitude towards His Majesty … I accidentally knocked over the ink and am still kneeling outside the royal study! ”

“Empress!” She kowtowed on the ground, “Please save our mistress! “His Majesty has always doted on the Empress. If you were to go and make amends, His Majesty would definitely spare our mistress!”

“How can our esteemed wangfei withstand this noon sun …”

“Don’t cry …” Luo Yi pinched the center of her brows, she knew clearly that the most favored person in the palace right now was the Shardbearer that she had heard of yesterday. The reason she came to look for him was only because she was the only one on good terms with Lin Yaoniao in the palace.

She signalled with her eyes for Qing Luo to help the palace maid up: “Wait here for me, I’ll go take a look …”

“Do you have any more dessert made in the kitchenette at noon? Get someone to bring a portion to me and take it with you. ”

“Thank you, esteemed Empress!” “Thank you, esteemed mistress!” The person wanted to kowtow to Luo Yi as he spoke, but was stopped by Luo Yi with great difficulty. He raised his leg and actually wanted to follow her to the imperial study.

Luo Yi turned around and glanced at her: “What are you going to do? Afraid that your master wouldn’t be scared by the sun and pass out? ”

“Huh?” The palace maid was stunned.

Luo Yi didn’t pay any attention to her as she walked two steps forward before speaking, “Wipe the blood on your forehead and apply some medicine. Don’t turn your head around and faint from the blood on your face.”

She said, “In a while, the autumn moon in my palace will go and call the imperial physician. You just stay here and wait for her to come back. Let me take a look at her first …” If the imperial physician prescribes medicine, tell my palace’s people to cook it … Oh right, let the kitchen prepare an extra dessert. I’m afraid of the bitterness, and those that don’t have any sweetness would be unwilling to drink the medicine. ”

As she spoke, she walked out of the room.

As expected, Lin Yaoniao was still kneeling outside the imperial study. She stepped forward to take a look, and saw that her cheeks were frighteningly red, and was most likely sunburned.

Lin Yaoniao was originally kneeling on the ground, but even though her eyes were red, he did not cry.

Luo Yi felt so much pain that she half squatted on the ground and used a handkerchief to wipe the tears at the corner of his eyes. “Don’t be afraid, big sister will go and plead with the emperor right now.”

As he spoke, he patted her head in consolation.

The one guarding outside the imperial study was Mu Yizhou. Seeing that she had not shown any surprise on her face, she didn’t even wait for her to reveal her purpose before entering the study and pushing the door open. She then shouted inwards, “Your majesty, the Esteemed Empress Yi is here.”

No matter how much Luo Yi did not want to see him, he could do nothing about it. She nodded her head to express her thanks and called out to Qing Luo who was behind him to follow him in.

Chen Jinyan was in the middle of reading the imperial reports, and was a little surprised to see her here: “Why is Imperial Consort Yi here?”

“The chenqie’s kitchenette has recently been made with new dessert. I was wondering if the emperor has yet to taste it, so he specially sent it to the emperor for a taste.”

She turned her head and waved towards Qing Luo, who immediately placed the dessert on the table.

Chen Jinyan stood up from the desk. As he had been sitting there for too long and stretched his back, he felt a pair of hands gently pinching his shoulder before he could put his hands down.

He turned around and met Luo Yi’s smiling eyes.

Chen Jinyan raised his eyebrows, his lips curving into a smile that had an unknown meaning: “We have been cold towards you recently.”

“Your Majesty, where did you hear that …” Luo Yi used the fake smile skillfully, “Your Majesty is busy with country affairs, how can you take care of chenqie everyday … Do you still like this dessert? ”

“Ugh …” It melts in my mouth and tastes sweet and delicious … There’s a good chef in the Imperial Consort Yi Palace. ”

“As long as the Emperor likes it.” Luo Yi was still smiling merrily, and after a while, she pretended to unconsciously lift up Lin Yaoniao who was kneeling outside.

“When chenqie came in, she saw that little sister Yao was still kneeling outside …”

She didn’t ask about the reason for her punishment, but instead said that Yao Consort’s body was weak. After kneeling for a while, her face had already turned pale, and she looked pitifully tight.

“My sister is still young, why should we bother getting along with her?”

“Yao Concubine is still kneeling outside?” Chen Jinyan scooped up a spoonful of dessert and put it in his mouth, his words carried a bit of surprise.

Luo Yi rolled her eyes in his heart, “This concubine said why would the emperor treat my little sister like this. Presumably, her little sister is still dead in her heart, and without your understanding, the emperor wouldn’t want to get up. Next time, this concubine should properly advise her.”

“Hm.”

Chen Jinyan lowered his head, he did not have any objections to her words, so Luo Yi secretly shot Qing Luo a glance.

Qing Luo nodded, bowed and retreated, then went outside to help Lin Yaoniao up, and said with relief: “It’s alright, this servant will help the Empress return to Hall of Announcements first.”

“What about sister?” Lin Yaoniao sounded a little tearful.

“Don’t worry. The Empress is fine.”

After saying that, seeing that she was still looking back towards the imperial study, Qing Luo laughed again: “I know you like to eat sweet things, the Empress specially prepared some sweet things for you at Hall of Announcements, if you return late, it won’t taste good anymore … Yue Hua is also waiting for you at Hall of Announcements! ”

“Relax …” She promised Lin Yaoniao, “The Empress will definitely be fine.”