boyutpedia Chapter 142 Your subordinates are your legs, Your Highness.
Chapter 142 Your subordinates are your legs, Your Highness.
"Oh, you mean we shouldn't tell the General's parents that your daughter forced my apprentice?"
"Yeah."
The Minister of Rites smiled apologetically.
The Minister of Rites, who was enjoying great success in his official career, was now extremely worried about his daughter.
"Don't worry, the General's parents will be overjoyed when they hear this news."
"Huh? What do you mean by that?"
Now it was the General of the Cavalry's turn to feel embarrassed.
"It's not like the General of the Central Army is over twenty and still unmarried; it's making his parents very anxious."
"Besides, I am the mentor of the Lieutenant General, so you know my situation."
The Minister of Rites suddenly realized: "So the General of the Household's parents thought he was like you."
"Ahem, yes, so over the years they've gotten annoyed with me too, and they've gotten annoyed with the General. But now that your daughter has appeared, they can finally put down that big weight on their hearts."
The Minister of Rites nodded.
The General of the Cavalry continued, "I think we don't need to look for those two children anymore. You go back and wait for the General of the Central Army to come and propose marriage."
After a tender moment, the General of the Palace Guard embraced the daughter of the Minister of Rites and said he would go back to propose marriage.
Minister of Rites and General of the Cavalry: No, Shen Zhiyi, you couldn't go by yourself, so you went to see it directly?
[Unexpectedly, the youngest daughter of the Minister of Rites immediately pushed away the Lieutenant General, saying that she did not need him to take responsibility.]
The general returned and once again embraced the daughter of the Minister of Rites, declaring his love for her.
Great, the two of them are off making a baby again. Looks like we'll be having a wedding banquet in a few days.
The Minister of Rites and the General of the Cavalry closed their eyes simultaneously.
It's too disgusting to watch. It's simply too disgusting to watch.
This matter must remain a secret between the two of them.
The two exchanged a glance, then looked at the city gatekeeper.
The city gatekeeper, quite astutely, closed his eyes.
He doesn't know; he knows nothing.
next day
Shen Zhiyi's gaze fell on the returning Lieutenant General, her expression subtle.
Wow, people are always in high spirits when they have good news!
Leaving behind a heartfelt message, Shen Zhiyi hurriedly departed.
The others, unaware of the situation, swarmed around the general, jeering and asking what the joyous occasion was.
The lieutenant general remained silent.
After a while.
Shen Zhiyi passed by again.
Oh, this is the nourishment of love.
Lieutenant General: ...
After a while...
Shen Zhiyi passed by again.
Wow, these marks are almost impossible to conceal.
The general looked down at his neck in fear.
He finally couldn't hold back any longer: "Shen Lang, shouldn't you be by the Emperor's side?"
"Reporting to the General, that is indeed the case, but I also need to do you a favor."
General of the Central Army: I really thank you. You kept telling the old emperor you needed to go to the toilet just to see me have some fun.
The Minister of Rites, who had been anxious for almost the entire morning, could no longer contain himself.
Shen Zhiyi reveals things every time she comes. If she keeps doing this, she'll expose everything that happened yesterday.
He hurriedly went to find the old emperor, intending to find something for Shen Zhiyi to do.
"Your Majesty, the Minister of Rites is requesting an audience."
After reviewing a memorial, the old emperor said in a deep voice, "Let him in."
"Your Majesty, I have recently received some news."
"explain."
"A fortune teller in the capital city has disappeared."
The old emperor raised his eyelids to look at the Minister of Rites, the meaning in his eyes was very clear.
Believe it or not, he'll beat him with a board.
The Minister of Rites, pretending not to see, continued, "Your Majesty, this fortune teller once told the fortunes of a wealthy merchant, saying that the man had..."
I know that; it means the other person has the countenance of an emperor.
The wealthy merchant was overjoyed and gave the fortune teller a full five hundred taels of silver.
[Later, the wealthy businessman set up a small-scale cosplay event in his courtyard, with someone dressed as the emperor.]
[Hahaha, this matter was eventually discovered by the Dragon Scale Guards, who reported it to the old emperor, and the wealthy merchant's property was confiscated by the old emperor.]
The old emperor looked at the Minister of Rites.
That's it?
He knows.
So what's wrong with this Minister of Rites coming here to say this?
[I never expected the Minister of Rites to value that fortune teller so much; he even knew he'd been missing for so long.]
[There are many wealthy people in the capital, and many who are superstitious. It's impossible for a fortune teller to have left the capital for so long. The reason he's been gone for so long is because he's no longer in Daye.]
The Minister of Rites was also taken aback.
He had only come up with a pretext to educate the old emperor about the drawbacks of having too many fortune tellers in the capital, and then suggested that the emperor discipline the fortune tellers. He didn't expect that something so serious would happen.
How did a mere fortune teller end up leaving Da Ye?
The person who asked the fortune teller to leave Daye was from Goguryeo; more specifically, she was a queen of Goguryeo.
The queen of Goguryeo told the king that the fortune teller was the most famous and skilled fortune teller in Daye, extremely adept at physiognomy. The fortune teller then told the king that he possessed the countenance of an emperor.
The Minister of Rites had a sudden inspiration and simply repeated what Shen Zhiyi had said to the old emperor.
Finally, I shared my thoughts.
"Your Majesty, I believe that Goguryeo, as a vassal state of Daye, has shown signs of disloyalty through these actions."
The old emperor pondered for a moment, then leaned back on the dragon throne.
"What's the situation with the Crown Prince now?"
The old emperor turned his head and glanced at Chen Decai.
Chen Decai said, "Your Majesty, it has been three months already, the Crown Prince should be back by now."
That probably means they still don't want to come back.
This enraged the old emperor.
"Send men over there and bring the Crown Prince back to me, whether he likes it or not."
"Here."
[A hard approach is not good; I suggest using both soft and hard approaches.]
[For example, it might start by saying that the Crown Prince's grandson fell into a latrine and drowned, and that the Crown Prince needed to return to handle the funeral arrangements.]
Everyone: You're too tough.
If the soft approach doesn't work, we can try the hard approach: say that the old emperor has passed away and the crown prince needs to return to inherit the throne.
"Boom!"
"Wow."
Another group knelt down, and Shen Zhiyi knelt down a beat later.
Everyone: It was a misunderstanding. It turns out that the tough guy was waiting here all along.
The old emperor immediately gave Shen Zhiyi a displeased look.
They keep coming up with terrible ideas.
His idea of kidnapping people was better, so we decided to do it that way.
The surveillance footage was then transferred to Jiangnan.
After spending several months farming with the local people, the prince now looks more than just approachable and down-to-earth; he seems to be one of the locals.
"Your Highness, His Majesty has issued a decree that you should return."
The prince scratched his back and shook his head, saying, "No, no, I'm not going back yet. I haven't finished working here."
The next second, a sack was put directly over the prince's body.
"Aaaaaah! How dare you! What are you doing?!"
"I am truly sorry, Your Highness, but His Majesty has decreed that if you are unwilling to grow your own legs to return to the capital, then your subordinates will be your legs."