Inlaid With Jade - Chapter 95

Chapter 95
“You’ve lost weight.”

“I heard that Zhu Ming planned to leave the palace last night after learning about the rumors outside the palace. Guo Fang led a team of people outside the palace to meet him. But as soon as they met, they were surrounded by the guards led by the Second Prince. No one dared to touch Zhu Ming, but Zhu Xi killed Guo Fang on the spot. Zhu Ming was furious, grabbed the long sword, and stabbed Zhu Xi in the chest. Fortunately, the guards behind him blocked it quickly. I heard that he hurt his heart and lungs. He is still lying in the palace…”

In the carriage heading to the imperial prison, Lin Jing sat upright and spoke every word seriously, as if he were a storyteller in front of thousands of listeners in a teahouse. However, the only listener in front of him, Lin Yu, didn’t seem to listen.

He slowly stopped, staring expressionlessly at Lin Yu, who kept opening the window and looking at the street through it. He kicked her embroidered shoes: “I’m talking to you. Did you listen?”

Of course, Lin Yu didn’t hear him. She turned her head and said, “Ah?” blankly, as if she didn’t see Lin Jing’s ugly expression, and asked him anxiously, “Brother, how far is it?”

After asking, she wanted to look through the window to see where the carriage was going. She didn’t know the way to the imperial prison, so what was the point of looking?

Lin Jing pressed her hand on the window, pulled her back, and pushed her to sit on the couch: “No matter how anxious you are, the carriage won’t fly. Sit down peacefully. What’s the point of rocking back and forth? You’re like a child, not like a married person.”

After being scolded by him, Lin Yu immediately kept silent. She touched the bag she wanted to give to Li Heming on her knees, looking worried.

Lin Jing was really annoyed to see her like this. When Lin Yu married Li Heming, Lin Jing worried that Li Heming would not treat her well, but now he was afraid that Li Heming had raised Lin Yu too delicately. He couldn’t say a harsh word to her. She would be silent if he said a word to her as if she had suffered a great injustice.

Lin Jing shook his head and thought: It was precisely the same as the pregnant Mei’an: a delicate bag.

But after all, she was his sister, the one he raised, and he still needed to coax her. He sighed and softened his voice: “Don’t worry about him. A man is considered to be living a good life as long as he is not dead. Look at yourself. You have become so thin in just half a month. If our parents see you, how distressed they will be.”

Lin Jing’s words were pure nonsense. He had nothing to do during this period and often ran to Li Mansion. He did nothing, only staring at Lin Yu to eat three meals a day. If Lin Yu hadn’t stuffed two bowls of rice into her stomach, he wouldn’t told her about Li Heming’s situation in prison. Thus, after eating these days, her figure was plumper.

After hearing Lin Jing’s words, Lin Yu looked down at her waist and frowned, “Am I lost weight? But why do I feel fatter?”

Because Lin Yu was weak, no matter how fat or thin, she was always a meatless skin and bones in Lin Jing’s eyes. He followed her line of sight, raised his fan to poke her belly, and lied with his eyes open: “Yes, you have lost weight.”

Lin Yu brushed away his fan and didn’t let him poke her. She thought awhile and asked Lin Jing: “How is my sister-in-law in the palace?”

Speaking of Qin Mei’an, Lin Jing straightened his expression slightly: “Eldest Sister wrote to me, saying that Mei’an is doing well in the palace, but the Emperor is unwilling to let her go.”

Lin Yu asked: “Is the Emperor keeping my sister-in-law in the palace to contain our Lin family?”

Lin Jing heard the words “our Lin family” and sighed: “So you still remember that you are a member of the Lin family. I thought you only had room for Li Heming in your heart.”

Lin Yu kicked him lightly: “You are teasing me again. I am talking to you about business.”

“Didn’t I just talk to you about business?” Lin Jing asked back: “You just kept looking out the window. Did you hear what I said? “

Lin Jing saw that Lin Yu was guilty and didn’t say anything, so he snorted coldly and continued: “When Mei’an entered the palace, I felt that something was wrong, but I didn’t know the reason. Later, Emperor Chong’an put the Sixth Prince under house arrest, and I suddenly understood. The Emperor is old and needs to establish a crown prince to stabilize the country, but he has few children. Apart from the Sixth Prince, only the child in my sister’s belly may enter the East Palace.”

Lin Yu continued, “But Father is in a high position and has many disciples. If the Eldest Sister gave birth to a prince, the Emperor wouldn’t allow his grandfather to become the Grand Chancellor. Therefore, the Emperor is forcing Father to retire?”

Lin Jing nodded: “Yes, but Father has already anticipated the current situation of the Second Prince and the Sixth Prince. The situation is uncertain, and Li Heming is still in prison. He can’t retire from his position for the time being. After everything is settled, Mei’an may be able to come out of the palace.”

After Lin Jing finished speaking, he saw Lin Yu looking at him worriedly. He didn’t understand why and touched his face suspiciously: “What’s wrong? Did I look haggard or have wrinkles because I’m too busy?”

Lin Yu shook her head slowly: “Brother, although you were at the top of the list in the imperial examination, you couldn’t have come this far without Father’s help. If Father retires, what will you do?”

She seemed to be thinking about him sincerely, but Lin Jing heard it with gritted teeth: “Why? In your eyes, Li Heming is the only one who has climbed to the position of a fourth-rank military officer with real talent and knowledge, while I, the Minister of Revenue, am just cheating and buying an official position?”

Lin Yu said innocently: “I’m only worried about you. I didn’t say that. Why do you always wrongly accuse me, Brother?”

Only Li Heming would be fooled by her appearance, and Lin Jing didn’t buy it. He pushed her angrily and said with a frown, “Get off. This carriage is mine, the minister who is just a figurehead. You can walk to see your good lover by yourself.”

Lin Yu refused, stretched out her hands to grab the carriage wall, shrank into the corner without moving, and finally muttered: “Brother, you are so stingy.”