The Scheming Young Master - C46 "Who hasn'st got an old injury on them?!"
At the end of the month, it rained heavily on Li City.
The black clouds that covered the sky lowered the sky a bit. When he looked outside through the curtain of rain, he felt that the entire world was covered in a layer of dejection.
Fortunately, the rain came and went quickly. The next morning, he could see half of the face of the sun hidden behind the clouds.
However, thanks to the rain, Luo Yi didn’t feel any warmth even until noon. Lying on the soft chair with her eyes half closed, she listened to Qing Luo’s report on the expenses of Hall of Announcements, and she almost fell into a deep sleep the few times she heard it. It was as if she was listening to a lullaby.
She sat up and looked through the window at the sky. “Look at the time. Is the emperor coming over soon?”
Qing Luo finally extricated herself from this trivial matter. Following Luo Yi’s words, she turned her head around, and the first thing she saw was a kite hanging on the wall. However, she didn’t pay too much attention. Instead, she muttered to herself, “Yes, this servant will go prepare the snacks that the Emperor usually eats.”
Chen Jinyan had been coming to Hall of Announcements often recently, but he never stayed the night. He would play chess with Chen Jinyan most of the time, or maybe take a nap here before leaving. When she first arrived, the servants in her palace would be flustered, and he had already gotten used to it. Seeing how the sky was getting dark, the servants prepared all sorts of things in advance, to the point that even Chen Jinyan could not help but praise them, “Imperial Consort Yi sure has a good plan.”
Luo Yi poured him a cup of tea.
As usual, he did not come today, and just happened to be in time for the Hall of Announcements’s chef to prepare snacks for him. After taking two bites, he smiled to the person beside him, “The snacks here in Imperial Consort Yi suit my taste as usual … Taste it, beloved one? ”
The person named by him said with a cold expression, “Many thanks to Your Majesty for your good intentions. This subject doesn’t like to eat sweet things.”
“What a pity …” Chen Jinyan raised the dessert to his eyes and looked at it, then turned his gaze to Luo Yi who was standing opposite to him: “Among the entire palace, Imperial Consort Yi’s snack is the most delicious.”
He was talking to Luo Yi, so Luo Yi could only follow and say: “The sisters in the palace are all curious as to why the emperor keeps asking for chenqie’s presence. chenqie said that it was to make them stutter, so they would not believe it, but they should all be invited to the Hall of Announcements to take a seat, in order to prevent them from feeling that chenqie was lying.”
Luo Yi’s smile was half real and half fake, as sshe spoke, he casually picked up a piece of dessert and brought it in front of Mu Yizhou, squinting her eyes: “Lord Mu really doesn’t want to try it? “This is the emperor’s favorite snack …”
Initially, she did not expect Mu Yizhou to pay attention to her. But who would have thought that after hearing what she said, Mu Yizhou would give her a strange look, and then actually extend his hand to receive it.
Luo Yi was so shocked that she stopped her hand in midair for a long while, until she heard the “Your Majesty has good taste” evaluation.
Mu Yizhou said that he grew up together with the emperor, so when Chen Jinyan looked at him with a smile without feeling that there was anything amiss about the two of them ‘actions, Luo Yi did not feel anything strange either. He only felt that it was inevitable that he would be stunned for two seconds after retracting his hand, then he shifted to the side and quietly changed the topic.
At the very least, she could selectively ignore his existence. However, she had seen him a little too many times recently, so Luo Yi’s mental state was bound to be in a mess.
She smiled, intentionally or unintentionally passing by Mu Yizhou. When she spoke to Chen Jinyan, she also purposely spoke with a sense of intimacy, but even she couldn’t figure out why.
Mu Yizhou remained silent as usual.
Chen Jinyan still had national affairs to take care of in the afternoon, so he did not stay for long. He took the handkerchief that Luo Yi passed to him and wiped his hands before whispering a few instructions to her, intending to leave.
Luo Yi sent him out the door and coincidentally met with Commander of the Imperial Guard who was guarding the door.
When the two of them looked at each other, the man hurriedly lowered his eyelids in order to show his respect. At the same time, he took two steps back to the right, opening up a distance of half a foot.
Hesitantly, she followed him with her eyes and saw that the footprints his right foot had made on the ground after the rain were clearly shallower than his left.
However, his feet usually did not have these problems.
Luo Yi’s eyes drooped, as if she had thought of something, a tinge of blood quickly flashed past her eyes. However …
Forget it! She turned and walked back into the house, leaving behind her all the emotions that had leaked out of her.
After sending the emperor off, Luo Yi had originally planned to lie down and rest for a while, but who knew that after Chen Jinyan left, there would be an unexpected guest coming to visit.
They called him an uninvited guest because the expression on his face was not friendly at all.
Luo Yi took a sip of the teacup on the side of her lips, and her gaze landed on the face of the person below.
It was Shardbearer.
This was the first time Luo Yi had ever seen someone as beautiful as a Heavenly Immortal. It was unknown if the rumors were exaggerated or if she was asking for it too much, but in her opinion, this person was not worthy of the words “Heavenly Immortal”. At best, he could be considered to have some looks, but forget about Chen Jinyan, the enchanter, even his looks were a little more exquisite than hers.
He could tell that she was here to cause trouble, Luo Yi was too lazy to act out of brotherhood with her, and his tone became impatient: “Sister’s health is not good, why not just stay in your own palace, in case the wind and rain is too heavy, and harm your sister.”
Liang Ruolan turned a deaf ear: “Actually, little sister had already intended to pay a visit to big sister a long time ago, it’s just that the emperor pitied my weak body and allowed me to avoid all the formalities in the palace. But little sister thought that this would always be discordant, so today she turned slightly better and paid respects to big sister.
Oh, he was actually here to demonstrate his prowess.
“It’s naturally good for little sister to have such thoughts,” Luo Yi played with her hands, and didn’t even want to look at her. “Then you should go to the empress palace, what are you doing here?”
As he said this, he suddenly curled his lips and raised his eyes to look at the other party’s pale face. He said, “Since little sister is sincere, then I will just say a few words of warning.” She said, “Of all the sisters in the palace, your younger sister came the last. Since you’ve already left today to pay your respects to me, the other sisters definitely cannot be left behind … However, his sister’s body was weak, so it was hard to avoid being tired after walking down the hall one by one … Qing Luo, give my Ganoderma a stalk to your esteemed self. ”
She turned and instructed Qing Luo.
Qing Luo acted like she was intelligent, when he heard her words, he immediately frowned, then looked at Sir Shardbearer and at Luo Yi with a troubled look. “This was bestowed to the Empress by His Majesty, if the Empress were to hand it over to her and ask the Emperor, he would definitely blame the Empress.”
“What nonsense are you talking about!”
Luo Yi endured her laughter and scolded: “Little sister is one of the Emperor’s most trusted men. I pity little sister on her behalf, what’s wrong with that?”
“You and I are sisters in the palace, there’s no need to be so polite.”
When Luo Yi heard this, he smirked and climbed up quickly. She immediately turned around and lectured Qing Luo: “You can take the things I let you take, but next time if you say so much again, I’ll definitely treat you.”
It just so happened that the palace came to report that Empress Yao had arrived.
The smile on Luo Yi’s face widened for no reason, and the corners of her eyes slowly formed into a line. “How about you say that these sisters here in the palace like Yao Fei the most …”
She raised her hand and called Lin Yaoniao over: “I didn’t have to worry about that. I specifically went over to Yao Concubine’s place.”
“Hmm?” Lin Yaoniao blinked her eyes and looked at Luo Yi, taking into consideration that there were outsiders present, she immediately leaped into her embrace, and instead gave her a rare dignified salute, then sat down on a chair to the side.
Liang Ruolan’s face became even uglier.
But this Yao Concubine was just a silly little girl. A few days ago, I heard that she was punished by the Emperor to kneel outside the imperial study for a few hours, and it was really embarrassing for her to bow to such a person. However, Imperial Consort Yi was still sitting in the main seat, as if he was waiting to see her embarrassed.
Lin Yaoniao tilted his head, instinctively feeling that the atmosphere in the room was a little strange, but turned his head to the left, seeing that the big sister Imperial Consort Yi did not say anything, she kept her silence, thinking to show her her new embroidered handkerchief.
She had embroidered a lotus flower and even the moonlight praised her embroidery skills, so she couldn’t help but want to show off.
She was lost in her thoughts. Unexpectedly, the person opposite her suddenly stood up from his chair and bowed to her. His eyes were still bright, as if they contained Wang Qingquan.
“Ugh …” These eyes were quite nice.
Thinking about that, Luo Yi turned and nodded towards Lin Yaoniao, who was looking at her with an anxious look. Then, he saw that her face was flushed red, and she stopped being courteous to him.
She was young and unfavoured. Even if her position was not low, the concubine would often ignore her. Thus, this was the first time someone had bowed to her properly.
Lin Yaoniao was a little nervous, she had already peeked at Luo Yi a few times before she spoke.
Luo Yi laughed at her, “How come we don’t have the guts to eat?”
Being fiercely glared at by Lin Yaoniao.
When he left, his unyielding yet helpless and dejected look made Luo Yi want to laugh. But after laughing, he became more cautious, and got Qing Luo to send people to keep a close eye on the Shardbearer’s movements, afraid that she would become a demon again.
After Qing Luo left, the only thing left in the room was Lin Yaoniao’s flaunting of her embroidery skills.
“Good.” Luo Yi turned the handkerchief in her hand over and over again a few times, then answered seriously.
Lin Yaoniao would frequently run to her Hall of Announcements, and normally, she would bounce and jump here four hours after Chen Jinyan left, never stopping for dinner, and would always leave before the crown prince returned.
Luo Yi thought it was strange, she asked her why she did not say anything, but only pursed her lips and laughed, and Luo Yi, who had been waiting, did not ask further.
But what was so scary about Chen Liyi …
Luo Yi could not think of a reason.
Chen Liyi came back a little later than usual, even the stars on the horizon lit up before he saw the figure around the corner.
limping.
Luo Yi was shocked, when she saw that the person who walked forward and was limping was indeed Chen Liyi, her face changed, and she anxiously went forward to ask: “How did your leg become like this? Did you fall down on the way back? ”
Chen Liyi stuttered and did not dare to reply. His eyes also drifted back and forth, just not falling onto Luo Yi’s body.
Luo Yi glanced at Hong Xiang, and Hong Xiang immediately said, “The crown prince wanted to climb over the wall in Tutor Liang’s residence to play today, so he fell off the wall.”
Chen Liyi, “…”
“Didn’t I tell you not to! “Slap!” After a moment of silence, Chen Liyi shouted angrily.
Tutor Liang took into consideration that it was not good to keep the crown prince indoors all day, so he kindly changed the place where he would be lecturing today to the backyard of his residence. However, he only left for a short while, and upon returning, he discovered that Chen Liyi was leaning on the wall, probing with one foot.
He seemed to be hesitating on whether to stretch his right leg or his left. After hesitating all the way until Tutor Liang returned, he was unable to make a decision.
The wall under the rain had always been slippery, and there was still a small patch of moss on the ground under the support of his palm. With the addition of his guilty conscience, he fell off the wall before Tutor Liang could even reach him.
Fortunately, the wall in Tutor Liang’s house was not high, so when Chen Liyi fell, he consciously rolled on the ground, causing him to twist his left ankle slightly. However, it was not very serious, and his bones were not damaged, he had already been bandaged by the doctor that Tutor Liang had invited.
Chen Liyi felt that he was in the wrong, and carefully moved closer to Luo Yi: “Sister ~”
The ending beat was long and was his usual spoiled act. “I’m hungry …”
He said, “Tutor Liang said I am frivolous, so he won’t give me food.”
He was probably really hungry. As he spoke, his stomach let out an embarrassing growl. Following that, his face reddened and he looked even more wronged.
Luo Yi, “… You should be hungry for a day! ”
She glared at Chen Liyi, but she still couldn’t bear to starve him to death.
“Hee hee …” Chen Liyi advanced even further: “Then can I not go to Tutor Liang’s house tomorrow?”
After saying that, when she saw that Luo Yi was about to reject her without even raising her head, she hurriedly interrupted her before she could do anything: “Sister, my feet are in pain.”
He tapped his own thick ankle with his fingers, deliberately raised it with a “hiss”, and then pursed his lips and lowered his eyes in a pitiful manner.
“…” Alright, “seeing that he was so pitiful, Luo Yi couldn’t help but let go of his words,” But it’s only been a day!
“En!”
Chen Liyi instantly put on a smiling face and agreed, but his voice revealed a trace of undetectable cunning.