Chapter 283: Chapter 281: The Worries That Give a Headache
“Send out a group to keep a constant watch over the movents at the Fourth Imperial Uncle Mansion.
Additionally, plant so people among the barbarians, so if an opportunity arises, they can lend a hand to the Fourth Imperial Uncle.”
After saying this, the corners of the young Emperor’s mouth couldn’t help but curl up slightly.
At the sa ti, Lin Yi could naturally understand what “lending a hand” implied.
“How significant are the losses at the shop?
Is the aftermath serious for us?
Will it affect our earnings?”
After giving instructions to Ying Yi, the young Emperor’s gaze turned directly towards Lin Yi.
He hit Lin Yi with a series of three rapid questions.
Clearly, the daily inco from the glazed tile shop was a sum that could not be ignored.
It wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say that with the current turnover of the shop, the inco generated in a month could match the total inco of the National Treasury of the last two to three years.
Precisely for this reason, each day of cessation represented an imnse loss for the entire You Country.
Yet Lin Yi, hearing this, waved his hand dismissively:
“Your Majesty need not worry about this matter.
The shop was initially set up to deceive outsiders; our real trade happens at the Nanshan Base.
Although the front store was burned down, we can still transport our goods directly to the back.
Hence, this will not affect our actual trading operations.
Besides, the losses aren’t that great; aside from the decorations, there’s nothing else that was lost.
As for those glazed items that have been burned or blown apart, they can simply be remolded in the furnace. At most, we are only looking at so loss of labor.”
Hearing this, the young Emperor finally let out a long sigh of relief; as long as it didn’t affect his earnings, all was well.
Otherwise, the young Emperor really wished he could just slaughter all those barbarians on the spot.
Although the barbarians are currently strong and could be said to be on a completely different level than You Country,
the ti to challenge them directly has yet to co; at least, it is not the ti right now.
With the forces at the young Emperor’s disposal, he’s certainly no match for the barbarians.
The barbarians aren’t easy to provoke, and now You Country is in such disarray.
The vassal kings only care about their own territories and won’t help the court fight wars.
And since the young Emperor needs his forces to maintain order in the Capital City, there’s even less possibility of resisting the barbarians.
However, he believes dealing with a few minor barbarian rchants shouldn’t be an issue.
As long as matters are handled correctly on his side, there’s no way the news will reach the barbarians.
Moreover, he doesn’t believe the barbarians would go to war over a few rchants.
Even though he currently has no ans to deal with the barbarians,
and those vassal kings won’t send troops to aid him,
they would also not stand idly by and watch the barbarians invade the Central Plains.
In conclusion, the young Emperor doesn’t really take these barbarians seriously.
If it weren’t for the plan to set the Fourth Prince against them in a ‘dog-eat-dog’ fight, the young Emperor would probably have already ordered for the destruction of those barbarians’ glazed tile workshop.
After discussing the specific details of this matter, the affair was finally settled for the ti being.
But just as the serious business had been addressed, the young Emperor’s brows furrowed again, which left Lin Yi quite confused.
He had no idea why the girl was frowning again; he hadn’t done anything to make her angry recently, had he?
And considering how hard he worked last night, he really couldn’t understand why she’d be sporting such an expression now.
As a result, he found it difficult to ask to leave, so he could only move behind the young Emperor and began to gently massage his shoulders.
Yet, as Lin Yi kneaded his shoulders, the young Emperor’s brows furrowed even deeper:
“Can’t you properly learn so massage techniques from Xiao Xiao?
If soone else dared to massage my shoulders like this, I would have had them dragged away and beaten to death long ago.”
His words irritated Lin Yi, who let go and stopped the massage altogether.
And then he just casually plopped down next to the young Emperor:
“Hey, Your Majesty, that’s really unreasonable of you.
Here I am, kindly giving you a shoulder rub, and not only do you not appreciate it, but you also give a slap on the face.
Fine, fine, I definitely won’t massage your shoulders again in the future.”
But these words caused the young Emperor to suddenly open his eyes wide, and he spoke with a deliberate tone, word by word:
“You can try.”
Feeling the young Emperor’s tone, Lin Yi could only sheepishly chuckle and stand up again, walked back, and started to gently knead his shoulders once more.
At the sa ti, he thought to himself that a wise man knows better than to fight losing battles, and that a good man doesn’t argue with won.
You just wait; if I get the chance tonight, and if you don’t kneel and call ‘daddy,’ I’ll take your surna.
After Lin Yi’s commotion, the young Emperor’s mood improved quite a bit.
However, he couldn’t help but close his eyes, enjoying Lin Yi’s massage, while saying:
“Alas! The Empress has been coming to see more and more frequently lately, and it’s really starting to give a headache.
Plus, with all the business you have going on most of the ti, you’re not in the palace.
It’s really difficult for to cope.
Little Linzi, do you have any way to stop her from bothering ?”
Hearing this, Lin Yi suddenly had an epiphany – so the Emperor was troubled by this.
Part of him wanted to say, “Such an affected person you are, not knowing how fortunate you are.”
But recalling the young Emperor’s status, he swallowed the words back down.
And indeed, that was the case.
At this mont, only one phrase ca to Lin Yi’s mind: “Why should won make things difficult for other won?”
But it’s only right that the Empress cos to find the Emperor, isn’t it?
Never mind how often she cos by – according to common sense, the Emperor should be living over there, in her quarters.
What good solution could there possibly be?
Lin Yi couldn’t help but sigh deeply at the thought.
He had no better solution.
After all, in public, the Emperor is the True Dragon Emperor, and also the husband of the Empress.
For the Empress wanting closeness, it’s more than normal.
And moreover, even if he were to stay in the Imperial Palace all day, eventually the truth would co out – it’s impossible to keep things under wraps forever.
The best thod would be to sohow get her to calm down, to minimize contact with her.
Even if he was truly fond of the mature young lady, it would still be wise to reduce their interactions.
But what could he, an outsider, possibly do?
While Lin Yi was deep in thought, the young Emperor was also frowning, eyes closed, waiting for Lin Yi to continue the massage.
Just at that mont, when the atmosphere had once again beco quiet, Lin Yi suddenly slapped the young Emperor on the shoulder.
…End of Chapter…
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