sbdcsierra Chapter 10: His Majesty the Emperor's Substitute (9)
Chapter 10: His Majesty the Emperor's Substitute (9)
"Back then, a little boy gave my brother a white jade hairpin. My brother was very happy and wore it every day. One day, Qin Cang saw the hairpin and thought that my brother was not worthy of such a good hairpin, so he brought a few people and surrounded my brother by a small pond.
Qin Qiang asked him for a hairpin, but my brother refused to give it to him, so he…he asked someone to knock him to the ground, and he stepped on my brother’s hand.
But my brother, this fool, just refused to let go, so Qin Qiang had no choice but to order his men to bring sticks and hit him on the hand one after another.
When I saw this, I yelled at them to stop. They then noticed me and walked towards me. My brother told me to run and he would hold them back.
I went back to find my parents. At that time, Qin Kang had just taken that group of people away, and my brother was the only one still struggling in the water.
Later, his father fished him out. He was still running a fever at that time, which lasted for five days intermittently. Although he recovered later, his health was not very good and he was often sick.
My father nursed him for many years before he got a little better, but my brother's hand could not be healed (liǎo) (lē), and he had a root cause of the disease, so he couldn't use his strength when it rained...
Jiang Qi started crying as she spoke, and Gu Yun patted her on the back to calm her down.
"Don't cry, dear. If your eyes get swollen, how will you go to see your brother later? Don't cry, dear."
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Gu Yun first took Jiang Qi to see Jiang Ye, and then went to find Lin Xian and told Lin Xian exactly what Jiang Qi had said.
Lin Xian frowned, not knowing what he was thinking about, when Qin Cang came.
As soon as she came in, she held Lin Xian's hand and said, "Ah Xian, the hairpin you gave me was broken by my maid. Go and chop her to pieces!"
Lin Xian pulled his hand out and sneered, "Really? Then send that maid up here so I can ask her carefully."
Qin Cang shuddered, "Ah Xian... don't ask about such trivial matters in person!"
Lin Xian ignored him and shouted to himself, "Gu Yun——"
Gu Yun understood and immediately brought up the maid that Qin Kang had brought here to punish.
As soon as the maid saw Lin Xian, she kowtowed and begged for mercy, "Your Majesty, please understand! I just said a nice word about the imperial concubine, and Master Qin threw the hairpin! Your Majesty, spare my life!"
"Okay, you go down first!"
"Thank you, Your Majesty, thank you, Your Majesty!"
Lin Xian turned to look at Qin Cang, "Mr. Qin, why don't you bring the hairpin over to me?"
Qin Kang didn't understand Lin Xian's change of attitude, and still handed the hairpin to him. After Lin Xian took the hairpin, he glanced at Gu Yun.
Gu Yun walked up to Qin Cang and said, "Mr. Qin, please go back!"
Qin Kang ignored Gu Yun and continued to look at Lin Xian eagerly, talking to him, "Xian, why are we so distant today? Did that little bitch Jiang Ye say something to you?"
Lin Xian glanced at him and said slowly, "You insulted the concubines in the harem. You should be punished; you called my name directly, which is an even greater crime. Gu Yun, take Qin Gang away and punish him with eighty strokes of the cane."
"Yes."
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"elder brother--"
Jiang Ye looked in the direction of the voice and saw Jiang Qi coming. "Aqi? Why are you here?"
Jiang Qi sat directly next to Jiang Ye, "I'm just worried about you! Brother, why are you so stupid? Why didn't you think about me and mother when you committed suicide? Mother must have been scared by you this time."
Jiang Ye smiled and said, "Okay, Ah Qi, I know. I will never let you worry about me again. I was just angry for a moment but I couldn't do anything about it. After all, he is the person I have loved since childhood."
Jiang Qi's eyes widened with shock, "What! Your Majesty is that little brother?"
Jiang Ye looked at his shocked expression and sighed helplessly, "Yes!"
Jiang Qi seemed to have thought of something again, revealing a distressed expression, "Brother, what does it feel like to like someone?"
Jiang Ye raised his eyebrows, "Why are you asking this, Aqi?"
Jiang Qi's face instantly turned red when he said this, "I'm just... just curious, asking, yes, asking."
“When you like someone, you often show your best side to them, including your strengths and your behavior.
Unable to share with others and may even feel jealous of their behavior.
You want to know everything about him, whether it is his interests, life details or his emotional changes, you will start to care about every little thing about him.
Willing to give everything for him, no matter whether it is a task given to him by His Majesty or trivial matters in life, he is willing to share the burden with him and let him enjoy the warmth of being cared for.
So, who did Aqi really like? "
Jiang Qi's face was as red as a peach blossom, and her slightly flushed cheeks revealed an inexplicable shyness.
"Okay, okay, brother, you have a good rest, I'm leaving first."
As soon as Jiang Qi left, Bai Yan came out.
"Host, your sister is so cute. Who does she like?"
Jiang Ye smiled, "It's obvious that it's Gu Yun. Are you the system or am I the system?"
Bai Yan: Woo woo woo, it seems like the host dislikes me again.
"Alright, alright, go help me make it rain. I want to go and gain some favor."
"Got it!"
The sky suddenly turned gloomy, and the wind blew violently, making the leaves rustle. Then, the big raindrops poured down, and the sound of hitting the ground was as rapid as drumbeats.
"The Emperor has arrived——"
Jiang Ye forced himself to salute Lin Xian, "Greetings, Your Majesty, Your Majesty..."
"That's enough! Get up!"
Jiang Ye's words were interrupted by Lin Xian. He trembled with fear, "Your Majesty... Your Majesty..."
Lin Xian really doesn't like Jiang Ye's cautious look, but Jiang Ye is not like that. He is now a little white rabbit who is easily frightened and has a fragile mind.
At this time, Gu Yun came in with Jiang Ye's medicine. Lin Xian took the medicine and called Jiang Ye, "Ye Ye, come here."
Jiang Ye looked at the medicine in Lin Xian's hand and said to him, "Your Majesty, I will do it myself."
Jiang Ye stretched out his right hand to take the bowl, but the bowl fell to the ground as soon as he picked it up.
Jiang Ye fell to his knees with a plop in panic.
"Your Majesty, I...I didn't mean it, I just..."
Lin Xian was already annoyed by how cautious he was, and became even more annoyed when he saw him like this, so he pulled out his right hand.
"Jiang Ye, what are you doing every day? Don't think about leaving me. If you die, think about your sister. I can take her as a concubine. So, for your sister, don't think about leaving me."
Jiang Ye's hands were shaking, but Lin Xian, who was angry, didn't notice.
"Your Majesty, it hurts..."
Lin Xian snorted and shook off his hand.
"Hurt? I saw you didn't feel any pain at all when you dropped the bowl just now?"
Jiang Ye held his trembling hands under his sleeves, his eyes a little out of focus.
"Your Majesty, I didn't mean it. I really didn't mean it. No, no..."
As he was talking, his eyes went dark and he fainted.