Late at night, Ying Yi returned to the Imperial Study Room with Ying Qi, only to find the young Emperor fast asleep.
[Beep beep beep, the host has successfully purchased a super intelligent security alarm monitor. 1 million Heavenly Bead Coins have been paid. The product has been delivered to the Imperial Study Room, please check for its arrival.]
Lin Yi placed the intelligent security alarm monitor ten ters away from the young Emperor. It could monitor the entire room for safety, alarming if anyone or any object approached, moved, or if unidentified gases were detected.
With this robust protection around the clock, Lin Yi finally felt at ease allowing the young Emperor to quietly sleep below the attic.
In the attic, Lin Yi focused on crafting seven Human Skin Masks resembling the young Emperor. Ying Yi then instructed Ying Qi on their forthcoming tasks.
The sight of this worldly affair left Ying Qi terrified and unsettled.
"Boss, let kill that old eunuch to eliminate future troubles!"
Ying Qi was ultimately too young and hot-headed, thinking that only violence could resolve issues.
After Lin Yi finished preparing the dicine ointnt, he arranged for Ying Yi to lie down and began to apply the Human Skin Mask.
Lin Yi’s movents were fluid, and in less than half an hour, the mask was successfully applied.
Looking at the identical "Your Majesty" across him, Ying Yi was astounded.
"Sir, your Human Skin Mask is incredibly lifelike. If I hadn’t known the truth beforehand, I would have mistaken Ying Qi for Your Majesty."
Lin Yi calmly observed his masterpiece, "His Majesty’s neck doesn’t have a mole, and Ying Qi’s neck is slightly shorter than His Majesty’s."
"But at a glance, it’s difficult to tell them apart."
Having said that, Lin Yi took the ointnt from his fingernail cover and applied it on the moled area of Ying Qi’s neck as camouflage.
"Since you are to be the double for the young Emperor, you must mimic him more convincingly."
"Alright, keep the mask on, and we will remove it tomorrow noon. Get so rest now."
Having said that, Lin Yi descended from the attic and crawled into the young Emperor’s bed to rest.
Upon waking up in the morning, as soon as the little eunuch pushed open the door of the Imperial Study Room, the security alarm started buzzing.
"What’s that noise?" The young Emperor woke up alard, and Lin Yi hurriedly turned off the device.
The little eunuch outside did not sense anything unusual and ca directly into the room.
"Your Majesty, the Empress requests an audience."
This early, the Empress has matters?
"Announce her!"
The young Emperor quickly got up, letting Lin Yi assist him in dressing, worried about exposing his stomach in front of the Empress.
"This servant pays respect to Your Majesty, wishing you abundant prosperity and safety."
After the Empress and Yu’er saluted the young Emperor, she then took out a delicate pastry box from behind her.
"Your Majesty, this is a pastry specially prepared for you. Please, have a taste."
Lin Yi eyed the smiling Empress, suspecting that her early morning visit with pastries was not as simple as it seed.
Considering the omnipresent sches of the old eunuch, Lin Yi scrutinized the pastry box and remarked,
"The Empress has really put in effort to prepare breakfast so early for Your Majesty, which is thoughtful, but His Majesty’s stomach has been upset these past few days and should only have so millet porridge."
The Empress was quite dissatisfied being refused, as the Emperor hadn’t even spoken yet.
Even so, the Empress maintained a forced smile.
Sensing sothing off about the Empress, the young Emperor turned around and scolded: "Lin Zi, who gave you the courage to speak to my Empress in such a manner, step back!"
"!"
Lin Yi felt bitterly wronged in his heart, as he was rely considering the safety of the young Emperor, yet he was misunderstood.
’Ah, my dear lovely wife, I am doing this for your own good. Don’t you find it strange that the Empress ca to deliver breakfast so early in the morning?’
’Good intentions misunderstood as donkey liver and lungs, no way, even if you want to beat , I must stop you! I cannot let you eat this breakfast!’
Just as Lin Yi was about to step forward and snatch the pastry box from the Empress’s hands, the young Emperor suddenly reached out and took the box from the Empress.
"Little Lin, go and bring an extra bowl of millet porridge. I want to have breakfast with the Empress."
The young Emperor clearly understood Lin Yi’s intentions; on one hand, he is his own husband, and on the other, he is also the husband of the Empress, which made the young Emperor very troubled.
Being able to have breakfast with Your Majesty, the Empress was very satisfied, and then, she explained her purpose.
It turned out, this batch of fresh, premium chestnuts was a tribute sent by White Horse Temple; wanting to let Your Majesty taste the freshness, the Empress had personally cooked the pastries and brought them over early.
Hearing it was from White Horse Temple, Lin Yi could not help but be startled.
He had t Abbot Shi Yi of White Horse Temple before and knew that Abbot Shi Yi was not the kind who cared about giving gifts.
Abbot Shi Yi, who does not even regard the position of State Preceptor highly, would certainly not do sothing like sending offerings to please the Empress.
Since it was not Abbot Shi Yi, it must be the intention of the four head leaders.
No need to think, there must be sothing wrong with this batch of pastries.
Before Lin Yi returned to the Imperial Kitchen, he hid the problematic pastries in his clothes, then swaggered into the Imperial Kitchen.
"How could you handle this, knowing that the Empress is pregnant and yet prepared so little breakfast, are you trying to starve our future Crown Prince?"
"Servants, prepare two more portions of pastries, this morning, Your Majesty and the Empress will have breakfast together."
Hearing this, the old Eunuch feigned panic and ca over. He scolded the servants.
"A bunch of useless things, can’t even handle the small task of preparing pastries for His Majesty and the Empress, what use are you! All of you, get out of our sight."
After saying that, the old eunuch personally handed over two boxes of pastries, his smile lingering.
Lin Yi cheerfully accepted the pastry boxes, laughing: "Thank you, Eunuch, His Majesty and the Empress are still hungry, I won’t delay further."
Watching Lin Yi carrying two boxes of pastries rushing out of the Imperial Kitchen, the old eunuch felt sothing was off but couldn’t quite put his finger on it.
"Sobody, follow Eunuch Lin and see what tricks he is playing!"
"Chirp!"
There is so distance from the Imperial Kitchen to the young Emperor’s Imperial Study Room. Just at the first turn, Lin Yi noticed two sneaky figures behind him.
’Hehe, daring to have soone follow in the Imperial Palace, old eunuch, I didn’t expect you to be so capable, you just want to see how I handle these two boxes of pastries? Well, I’ll eat them for you to see.’
Lin Yi intentionally found a secluded corner to stop, then quietly opened the pastry boxes to look. Both contained classic chestnut pastries.
[Beep, beep, beep, host has successfully purchased a box of chestnut pastries, paid
Heavenly Bead Coins, the system has delivered the product under the stone bench beside the host]
Taking advantage of the misplacent, Lin Yi swapped the pastries in the box with those he had bought, then started eating heartily.
The two figures hiding in the corner saw Lin Yi sneaking the pastries and started whispering among themselves.
After finishing a box of pastries, Lin Yi patted his "round and full" belly and swaggered towards the young Emperor’s Imperial Study Room.
Just as he stepped into the Imperial Study Room, Lin Yi placed another order in the Nine-Eyed Mall.
[Beep, beep, beep, host has successfully purchased two portions of slowly simred millet porridge, paid
Heavenly Bead Coins, the system has delivered the product behind the door of the Imperial Study Room.]
Only after Lin Yi entered the Imperial Study Room did the two dark figures slowly and sensibly leave.
Finally waiting for Lin Yi’s breakfast, the young Emperor was starving.
When only seeing two bowls of millet porridge, the Empress’s gaze flashed a hint of disappointnt.
...Chapter ends...
ps: Today’s fourth update! Ten thousand words delivered!
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