Chapter 475: Chapter 462: The Prisoner’s Handcuffs?
Seeing Lin Yi always mindful of his role, the young Emperor finally cooled his anger.
“Co here and give a shoulder rub quickly, there have been especially many morials to deal with these past few days, making my head swim and eyes blur.”
Lin Yi tenderly massaged the young Emperor, but felt quite guilty inside.
[Ah, it’s really hard on my darling, having to do such strenuous ntal work while pregnant. If it were any other kind of ntal labor, I could help share the load, but the morials concern state affairs. Would I not be ddling in politics from the harem if I interfered? If they beca suspicious and had my head chopped off, it wouldn’t be unreasonable. Ah, this is tough.]
Wow, you wouldn’t realize how ambitious this scoundrel is, daring to sche about the Emperor’s affairs. But if it were anyone else, I would definitely have their head chopped off.
But Lin Yi is different; he’s the father of the Prince inside my belly, and the only person in the world I can rely on, the most trustworthy one.
Maybe it’s ti to consider letting Lin Yi help share so of the workload; otherwise, it would be a disservice to our ancestors if the little Prince inside were hard from the strain.
“Little Lin Zi, my eyes are a bit tired, read these morials aloud to .”
This?!?
Lin Yi looked at the young Emperor in shock. Was he serious?
Seeing Lin Yi frozen in place without reacting, the young Emperor exerted his imperial authority.
“Little Lin Zi, would you dare to defy my order?”
“Not at all, not at all. I’ll read, I’ll read them right now.”
Unable to understand what the young Emperor was truly thinking, but seeing her genuinely angry, Lin Yi promptly caved in.
The wife is the most important above all else.
After half an hour, Lin Yi was still reading the morials at the top of his voice, but the young Emperor had fallen asleep on the table.
Ah, pregnant won do indeed tend to be very sleepy.
Fortunately, the pregnancy was still early, and with a light lift, Lin Yi could easily carry the young Emperor onto the Dragon Couch.
That night, Lin Yi simply stayed obediently by the bedside, pondering how to broach the subject of securing a General Mansion.
Unbeknownst to him, it was dawn, and before Lin Yi awoke, the old eunuch rushed over in a hurry.
“This humble one greets Great General Lin. I have sothing to report to Your Majesty.”
Having his sweet dreams disturbed early in the morning, Lin Yi felt the urge to get angry, but holding back upon seeing the old eunuch’s smile, deep enough to make dumplings in, he refrained.
“His Majesty has not woken up yet. Speak your piece, and I will report it to His Majesty later.”
“The Empress invites His Majesty to Anning Palace for a al.”
Lin Yi nodded, signaling the old eunuch to leave, thinking the Empress was quite proactive. Not only did she try to sway him with the Nine-Eyed Sky Bead, she must have also put so effort into winning over the old eunuch.
Soon after, the young Emperor woke up.
Carefully attending to the young Emperor as he dressed, Lin Yi then pulled out a health monitoring bracelet from his pocket.
“Here, put this on.”
“What’s this? Shackles for prisoners?”
The young Emperor curiously picked up the pink bracelet from the future world, which was very soft and adorned with two movable beads on the side, with a piece of shiny black jade in the middle.
The combination that completely lacked aesthetics didn’t look like an expensive bracelet at all, and the young Emperor’s eyes were full of wariness.
“Ptooey, ptooey, shackles for criminals? My dear, you are the Emperor of You Country; who would dare to shackle you? This is a health monitoring bracelet that can monitor your heart rhythm, heart rate, blood pressure, and so on at all tis. It will alert you if there’s any abnormality.”
“Wait, what are heart rate and blood pressure?”
Lin Yi looked embarrassed, having forgotten that this was ancient tis, where there was no concept of these terminologies. To explain them clearly would probably require a few months of tutoring for the young Emperor.
Let’s just go with the simplest explanation.
“This is a pink bracelet I made for you by hand. I worried that you might hurt yourself with a tallic one. Its function is similar to that of the silver bracelet and the ivory chopsticks; if you fall ill, the silver bracelet will change color, and the ivory chopsticks will as well, but this pink bracelet will emit an alarm sound, a ‘beep beep beep.'”
The young Emperor nodded in a manner that showed he didn’t quite understand; it was his first ti hearing that a bracelet could make noises, but he liked it nonetheless since it was a personal gift from Lin Yi.
So, the young Emperor carefully tucked the health monitoring bracelet into his sleeve, and Lin Yi felt much relieved seeing him gladly accept it.
In the Anning Palace, Han Pin and Dou Pin stood by the side of the Empress, with the three Consorts standing behind, all respectfully awaiting the arrival of the young Emperor.
If it were the past, the young Emperor could have easily declined the Empress’ invitation, but not today.
Having just filled the Harem with new mbers, it was only proper that the ruler of You Country, even if just for show, should co and check on his wives, lest he cooled the hearts of the Civil and Military Officials.
Or one could say, he used the alti to beco familiar with the Harem in preparation for deciding whom to visit next ti.
“Your Majesty, this is the special breakfast I’ve prepared for you.”
The young Emperor looked upon the luxurious breakfast arranged by the Empress, which included Crab Cake, Stewed Deer Tendon, honey cakes, bird’s nest with shark fin, and more.
“Ugh—”
The young Emperor couldn’t help but retch at the sight of the overly greasy dishes.
“Empress, could we have sothing lighter for breakfast? His Majesty’s stomach hasn’t been well recently.”
Lin Yi quickly supported the young Emperor, gently patting his back and offering a mint-scented handkerchief.
This morning sickness is too obvious, how can it be hidden?
“Quick, quick, quick, change all these dishes out.”
The Empress, like a child who had done sothing wrong, was restlessly eager to tend to the young Emperor but was helplessly refused by a wave of his hand.
It could only be Lin Yi who took care of His Majesty.
A few minutes later, a table of light breakfast dishes was served, and the young Emperor heaved a sigh of relief.
Seeing the young Emperor recovering a bit, the Empress imdiately knelt down, followed by the five newcors.
“We beseech Your Majesty to punish us. Your servant did not know of Your Majesty’s poor health and prepared a breakfast that was too greasy. It is my dereliction of duty.”
“It is my fault for eating too many cold foods last night, the Empress is blaless. Let everyone rise.”
The Empress slowly got to her feet, realizing her incompetence as she didn’t even know what the Emperor had eaten the night before, let alone understand why his stomach was upset. However, the young Emperor’s favoritism maintained her dignity as Empress.
Watching everyone behave so cautiously, the young Emperor asked them all to sit and start eating.
A lighter breakfast was indeed better; the young Emperor’s appetite was good, nearly double the usual amount. Lin Yi watched with so urgency.
[My dear Emperor, slow down, no one is competing with you. All the grains in the world are yours, and if you want to have an extra al or a snack, we can go back to the Imperial Study Room and have it slowly, can’t we?]
Sensing Lin Yi’s thoughts, the young Emperor then slowed down his pace.
“Today’s breakfast prepared by the cooks is quite good, I am very satisfied. I’ve eaten my fill, it’s ti for the court session.”
The young Emperor stood up with a rounded belly, wondering why he had such a good appetite today, but thankfully the Dragon Robe was loose enough so no one could see the rounded stomach.
“Farewell, Your Majesty.”
The Empress had wanted to curry favor with the young Emperor, but he never gave her the chance.
What could she do? After all, the Emperor of You Country is such a workaholic.
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