Chapter 41 – Three Hot Pots of Pancakes

Su Yan woke up in the room of Chong Qi Hall and found himself lying on a loose mattress, cleaned from head to toe, and the wounds on his arms and thighs had been re-sanitized and bandaged, with good gold sore medicine applied, and were aching hot and dull.

King Yu sat on the edge of the bed, playing with the gold silk soft armor that had been unwrapped from his body, and when he saw him waking up, he casually rested the soft armor on the pillow and said, “This is a rare treasure for body protection, keep it safe, and put it on in advance of critical moments.”

Although the body armor was precious, King Yu thought that the best defense was offense, so he didn’t take it to heart and didn’t ask Su Yan where he got it from.

Su Yan moved to try to get up, rolled over to the left and crushed his injured arm, rolled over to the right and crushed his injured leg, and lay back on his back in annoyance.

King Yu deliberately asked, “Why don’t you summon me to help?”

“I don’t dare to make a nobleman, for fear of committing a crime.” Su Yan’s residual anger towards him had not yet subsided.

King Yu lost his smile, “Then when you smashed my king’s face with the chessboard in the first place, so you weren’t afraid?”

“Your Highness still has the nerve to mention it! Obviously good hands, but pretending to avoid nearly beaten, but also pretending to knock to the waist, also do not know to do the show to whom to see.” Su Yan white eyes to see the bed is not psychological, involved in the part of the Yu Wang, Su Yan did not ink too much, but a word to bring over.

Rarely, Jinglong emperor still face as heavy as water, to Yu Wang put down words: “since today, let me hear one more sentence you intimate officials rumors, you will go to kneel in the temple, three days and three nights may not get up, may not enter the water and rice. The mother of these years is dedicated to the Buddha believe in Taoism, you are negligent of discipline, I come to teach you. If the tube does not move, there is the golden mace left by the late emperor, and the high wall of Fengyang!”

King Yu was forced to fall to the ground and beg for forgiveness in front of Su Yan, and performed a five-body salute, “My younger brother knows that he is wrong, and in the future, he will definitely clean up his heart and change his ways.”

The emperor eyed Su Yan, as if to say, I promised that I would order him to make amends to you, this big gift is to compensate you, take it.

Su Yan heart mixed feelings, on the one hand feel relieved, especially by the belt tied to the bed surround that time, he had sworn to let the king of Yu hard to plant a heel; on the one hand, but also for the king of Yu embarrassed, very empathetic thought, if it is their own, in front of outsiders face by their own brother to be forced to kneel down to compensate for their sins, will certainly be ashamed and angry, to make a big fight.

But the Emperor and King Yu were not only brothers, but also kings and subjects. When the emperor is angry, the rest of the people can do nothing but bow and scrape. Not to mention quarrels, the slightest disrespect in attitude is a great offense.

There is a difference between the king and the minister, even if it is the bloodline of compatriots, still have to be divided into inferiority and superiority, not to mention that Yu Wang is indeed wrong in the first place, and now even if the emperor to give him even greater chastisement, he can only be subjected to it.

Su Yan tried to convince himself to follow the customs of the countryside, at least superficially accepting the rules of the game of feudal society, bowing down towards the emperor to thank him for his kindness.

The emperor gave a false support, “You have injuries on your body, so there is no need to be polite, sit down.”

And to Yu Wang said: “This time to spare you, hope you really can reform, the future more for the people of the country to do something practical, for me to share the worry.” Said he also gave him a seat.

Atmosphere slightly eased, Yu Wang will show a face of lethargy and diffidence, leaning lazily on the circle chair, asked: “When is your brother going to start driving back to the palace? If you want to live for a while, can you let my brother go back to the house first, this East Garden is really tired of staying.”

The emperor said: “The eunuchs said that your consort is no longer in any serious trouble, and that she can leave today. ChongQiTemple in a few innocent officials, I have sent people to pass the order to release them out. As for Feng An Marquis …… this case since he has nothing to do with him, the grounding order is also withdrawn, hope that he will be good in the future.”

Mentioning Wei Joon, Su Yan couldn’t help but think of Wu Ming who still hadn’t given up his assassination revenge, and was again worried, reminding himself that the eradication plan for Wei Joon and Feng Deiye should speed up the process, or else even if Wu Ming could endure for a while, Shen Qi’s side was afraid that it would be hard for him to escape from the poisonous hand.

In the midst of his calculations, he heard a series of straggling, hurried footsteps approaching from a distance, and stopping with a flourish outside the temple doors, as if he himself had the sense to skim over the agitation in them, and add a few more moments of patience.

Lan Xi entered the hall and reported, “Your Majesty, the young master seeks an audience.”

The Emperor nodded.

Lan Xi raised his voice and said, “Declare”, before Crown Prince Zhu He Lin entered the hall with big strides, first greeted the emperor, and then turned to Su Yan, asking like a series of questions: “I heard that you were assassinated by an assassin, and you were seriously injured? How is your condition? Can you call a doctor to look at it? Have you used any medicine?”

Su Yan lost his smile and arched his hand, ”Thank you, Your Highness the Crown Prince, for caring. If I were really seriously injured, where would I still be able to sit here. But it’s just a few superficial wounds, after applying medicine, I’m already fine.”

The Crown Prince was furious: “What kind of villain, ate the bear heart and leopard gall, how dare to assassinate in another palace! Have you found out who they are?”

Su Yan said, “It’s already being checked.”

He wanted to say directly that it was the people sent by Feng Deiye, but then he thought that the crown prince was still young and his character was not calm enough, in case he had a seizure regardless, he was afraid that he would spoil the emperor’s business.

Before he will Shen Qi’s secret fold when presented, the emperor’s face green, look at him in the eyes, seems to contain a trace of fear. Perhaps it is because Yu Wang rescue in time to make a merit, the emperor only to its misdemeanor high up gently fall, just reprimand a few sentences, thank a sin thing.

Su Yan so think, suddenly feel that although the emperor always love to knock him, in fact, he is still quite heart? Can’t help but be a little self-congratulatory, before being forced to pick up the dragon’s knee crying aggression also eliminated a lot.

However, the emperor only spit out a sentence after reading the secret fold: “father of evil reform, will eat their own evil!” But he did not immediately order the arrest. Su Yan guessed that his tolerance of Feng’s evil has reached its limit, and he only lacks an opportunity to eliminate it.

–The entire Jinyiwei, I’m afraid that there will be a big reshuffle! Su Yan thought.

The Prince is still angry: “Then let them investigate thoroughly, be sure to find the culprit, I would like to see, this guy has a few heads to cut!”

“Thank you, Your Majesty and young master, for taking the lead for my servant.” Su Yan glanced at King Yu and added, “I also thank you for arriving in time and saving my servant’s life.”

Although the prince is not happy Yu Wang molested his readers, but also hide in the closet to catch adultery, face to face drums, but now also had to accept this love, nose is not a nose eyes are not eyes, said: “I have to thank the fourth king’s uncle for the trouble.”

King Yu smiled and said, “Don’t bother, the lone king’s heart is very comfortable.”

Prince by his words have the meaning of a flirtation, cold grunt gave a beautiful counterattack: “If I am the king uncle, but how can not be comfortable up. It is said that the sheep to mend the prison, this is only left with an empty sheep pen, and then how to mend, but also can create something out of nothing?”

King Yu was unimpressed: “Some things will not only create something out of nothing, but will also be contrary to the extreme. The crown prince will understand when he gets a little older.”

Seeing that he was again taking about his age, which he minded the most, the crown prince couldn’t help but see the fire in his eyes.

The emperor heard something strange, and felt that it was very uncharacteristic for uncle and nephew to fight in public, so he hit each of them with 50 strokes: “Fourth, is it a shame to argue with your nephew over his words? And you, He Lin, as the Crown Prince, have no elegance, how can you convince all the ministers in the future?”

King Yu rose and bowed, saying, “My younger brother’s temperament is insufficient, so he will go back to cultivate his body.”

The emperor laughed and scolded: “Pili Yangqiu’s, say to whom to listen! I did not say to close your confinement. Ye Donglou’s case, you and Su Yan did a good job, three days time to find the real culprits solved the case, the follow-up matters, also handed over to you to deal with, do not want to go back to the King’s House to hide lazy.”

When King Yu walked in front of Su Yan, he turned his head and asked, “Does Servant Su want to go to the Ministry of Penalty with this king?”

The crown prince immediately said, “No go! He’s still injured and has to return to the Eastern Palace with Little Master to recuperate.”

“To recuperate is also to return to their own residence, a foreign minister, three days twice to stay in the East Palace, unseemly!”

The emperor hit the crown prince with a blow to the head, hit the crown prince a little shriveled, but did not dare to resist, flattened his mouth and did not say anything.

Su Yan consciously seems to be three hot pans clamped pancakes, not only the front and back, even the inner core to be fried, and quickly take this wind to leave: “I bow to thank you for the grace of this will go home to recuperate for a few days, the case follow-up His Highness the King of Yu can be determined. If there is something you need to assist the next official, send someone to inform a is.”

“You’d better rest in peace!” King Yu and the Crown Prince said at the same time, slanting another glance at each other, as if sparks were flying when their eyes met.

Feeling that his headache was back, the Emperor waved his hand and signaled his brother and son to roll along with him, summoning Lan Xi to come up and massage his head acupoints.

The hall finally cleared up, the emperor enjoyed the light and heavy massage techniques while sighing softly, “I am sometimes quite envious of them, one is young and vigorous, and the other is rising in the morning sun.”

Lan Xi carefully replied, “The emperor is also in the prime of spring and autumn, the dragon spirit and tiger fierce ah. This is not, only a few visits to the Yongning Palace, will call your consort pregnant with the dragon heir, gave birth to a white and fat little prince.”

The emperor laughed and scolded, “You old eunuch slave, I lament is the mind, you pull into the room thing to do what!”

Blue Xi smiled and said: “The old slave is also tight with the emperor’s body, which should be relieved when it is necessary to relieve, in order to reconcile yin and yang is not.”

“Yin and Yang Reconciliation ……” The emperor closed his eyes and said faintly, “It has to be one yin and one yang?”

Lan Xi pondered the meaning of the words of the Son of Heaven, and answered in a roundabout way: “This, it does not necessarily have to be so hitched. The yellow and red way also has a pure yang and qi chapter, not to mention the emperor is the true dragon son of heaven, the true dragon driving yin and yang on the arbitrary, the emperor and why stick to common sense?”

The Emperor pondered for a moment, shaking his head and lightly rebuking, “Strong words.”

Lan Xi had a number in mind and smiled faintly.