Chapter 275 I hate whoever doesn’t like you!
By this time, the sky was gradually getting dark.

The lights in the west warm room are brightly on.

The military map woven from silk brocade was still spread out on the brick floor, with a pair of bright yellow satin boots placed beside it. Emperor Yongchang stood on the map with his hands behind his back, his feet standing on Guihua City, Suiyuan City and Daqing Mountain, his eyes slowly scanning the map.

Finally, Emperor Yongchang moved. He took a step forward, crossed the Yinshan Mountains, and stepped onto the territory of the Ulanqab League. Then he walked slowly from east to west, stepping on the Mongolian tribes south of the desert one by one, and finally his feet landed on the Shengjing City.

Emperor Yongchang was lost in thought as he stared at Shengjing City below him. He seemed to hear the sound of artillery fire and shouts of killing. Flags with the word “Shun” and “Li” flying by like a hurricane, and thousands of troops rushed into Shengjing City in the flames.
“Your Majesty!” A voice whispered in his ear. Emperor Yongchang came to his senses and saw that Dai Quan had returned.

Emperor Yongchang: “Li Hu left the palace?”

Dai Quan: “Yes.”

Emperor Yongchang: “Has everything been arranged at Huitong Hall?”

Dai Quan: “It’s all arranged.”

Emperor Yongchang: “Tell your adopted sons and grandsons, if anyone dares to ruin my strategy, I will kill him.”

Dai Quan responded loudly: “Yes.”

Emperor Yongchang paced back and forth again, saying as he walked: “With this achievement, I will be able to see my ancestors when I go down!”

Dai Quan smiled and said, “Your Majesty is comparable to Emperor Taizong of Tang.”

Emperor Yongchang waved his hand and said: “Tang Taizong swept away all the heroes. I am ashamed that I don’t have such talent.”

Emperor Taizong of Tang? Dai Quan suddenly realized what was going on. He wanted to slap himself twice. Why did he mention Emperor Taizong of Tang?
Emperor Yongchang also reacted, stopped, slowly turned around and looked at Dai Quan.

Dai Quan’s heart skipped a beat, but he did not kneel down. He knew the emperor’s temper well, and kneeling down would only cause trouble.

Emperor Yongchang was silent for a long time, and suddenly asked, “What’s Zhongshun’s reaction?”

Dai Quan felt relieved when he heard this, and quickly replied: “I was just about to report to the emperor that Prince Zhongshun got drunk and said a few words of complaint.”

Emperor Yongchang sneered, “He still dares to complain! I haven’t settled the score with the fourth brother yet!”

Before he could finish his words, the voice of the eunuch on duty came from outside: “Your Majesty, I have been ordered to accompany the Imperial Physician Wang from the Imperial Hospital to diagnose the pulse of the Jurchen Deputy Envoy.”

Emperor Yongchang: “Come in.”

The eunuch on duty came in holding a thin medical record in his hand, and Doctor Wang followed him to the door of the warm room.

Doctor Wang stopped walking, and the eunuch on duty walked up to the map holding a thin medical record, knelt down and raised his hands high.

Emperor Yongchang took the thin medical record and looked at it, then looked at Doctor Wang: “Are you sure there is no problem?”

Doctor Wang: “In reply to your Majesty, the Jurchen deputy envoy only suffered some superficial injuries, and no injuries to his bones or muscles.”

Emperor Yongchang nodded.

Doctor Wang continued, “I’m afraid Bai Hongzhi’s injuries are serious.”

Emperor Yongchang: “What are you afraid of?”

Doctor Wang: “Bai Hongzhi’s legs were severely injured before, and this time his right leg was severely injured. Even if he recovers, he will still be lame.”

Emperor Yongchang raised his eyebrows: “Lame?”

Doctor Wang: “Yes.”

Emperor Yongchang suppressed his laughter and said, “Go down.”

Doctor Wang: “Yes.” He bowed and walked out.

The eunuch on duty also retreated.

Emperor Yongchang laughed: “My left eye is blind and my right leg is lame, that’s just right!”

Dai Quan also laughed: “This is retribution.” After a moment’s pause, he quickly said: “This is the fate of going against the court!”

Emperor Yongchang rolled his eyes and said, “It was because Li Hu broke his leg.”

Dai Quan: “Yes.”

Emperor Yongchang suddenly frowned: “It seems that Li Hu is involved in everything.”

Dai Quan’s heart skipped a beat. What did this mean?
Emperor Yongchang slowly looked at Dai Quan: “What do you think?”

Dai Quan hesitated and replied, “Well, Li Hu’s involvement was either by imperial order or by requesting an imperial order in advance. The Imperial Household Department has all the records.”

Emperor Yongchang looked at him: “Really?”

Seeing him like this, Dai Quan felt uneasy and didn’t dare to say anything. He waited quietly for Emperor Yongchang to speak.

“How long has it been since I last visited the Queen?” Emperor Yongchang suddenly asked.

Dai Quan replied: “More than a month.”

Emperor Yongchang pretended to be surprised: “It’s been so long. Go tell the queen that I will come over when I’m done. Well, make me a bowl of jujube kernel porridge.”

Dai Quan: “Yes.” He bowed and walked out.

Hearing the sound of the palace door closing outside, Emperor Yongchang walked straight to the bookcase in the corner without putting on his shoes, took off the key ring from his waist, and opened the door in the middle.

Emperor Yongchang’s eyes searched among the boxes with labels, and finally stopped on a large box. The label on the box clearly showed Li Hu’s name.

He took out the box, walked back to the imperial desk, and pulled out a thick stack of paper from it. He placed the pages on the desk one by one. On the first page, one could clearly see the words “the first year of Yongchang”, and on the next few pages, there were the words “the second year of Yongchang”, followed by “the third year of Yongchang”, “the fourth year of Yongchang”, and “the fifth year of Yongchang”. The number of pages varied, with the fourth year of Yongchang having the most.

If Dai Quan were here, he would definitely be shocked. The records on these pieces of paper are even more detailed than those in the Imperial Household Department!
The lights were bright here as well. Lin Daiyu was flipping through a collection of poems under the lamp, looking out the window from time to time, her pretty face full of unhappiness.

Zijuan, who was working silently at the side, smiled with her hand covering her mouth. Jia Yingchun and others left before dusk, and Li Hu was not at home. Lin Daiyu felt bored. She embroidered with her for a while, played nine-ring puzzle with Xueyan, and then read two chapters of a book by herself. Finally, she heard that Li Hu was back, and Lin Daiyu happily ran to the eaves outside the main hall to wait.

As a result, instead of waiting for the person, he received the news that Wang Ziteng came to visit him.

Lin Daiyu saw it and glared at her: “What are you laughing at!”

Zijuan held back her laughter: “I, I’m not laughing.”

Lin Daiyu rolled her eyes at her and said, “Why don’t you go pour some tea?”

“Hey.” Zijuan smiled and walked out.

Lin Daiyu stood up and subconsciously glanced out the window again. She still didn’t see the man. She snorted unhappily, turned around and walked to the bookshelf, flipping through the books on the shelf half-heartedly.

She heard footsteps and thought Zijuan had returned, so she waved her hand and said, “Put it on the table.”

After hearing no sound for a long while, Lin Daiyu turned around, was startled at first, and then a sweet smile blossomed on her pretty face.

Li Hu smiled, then clapped his hands and opened his arms!
Lin Daiyu rolled her eyes, but still walked over and leaned her head on Li Hu’s chest.

Li Hu’s eyes lit up. This was the first time this girl was so proactive. He picked her up and walked to the chair and sat down.

Lin Daiyu lay on top of Li Hu and sniffed him, wrinkling her nose in disgust: “It stinks.”

Li Hu hugged her and said with a smile: “Stinky man, stinky man! How can you be a man if you don’t stink?!”

Lin Daiyu was stunned, and punched him with a smile: “Nonsense again!”

Li Hu smiled and said, “The sisters finally left. I was so depressed for the past half month!”

Lin Daiyu was puzzled.

Li Hu held her hand tightly and said, “I eat alone, drink tea alone, sit in the study alone and daydream alone, count the stars in the sky alone in the yard.”

Lin Daiyu laughed out loud after hearing this: “What a pitiful thing to say.”

“Should you comfort me?”

“Bah! Not serious!”

“Hey, I asked you to say a few words to comfort me, why are you so dishonest?”

Lin Daiyu’s face turned red: “Go out, I want to rest.” She pushed Li Hu’s hand away and walked towards the bedroom.

Li Hu hugged her back and said with a smile, “Then kiss me.” Then he moved his face closer.

Lin Daiyu looked in the direction of the warm room, blushed and kissed Li Hu on the face very lightly, and drew her hand back as soon as it touched his face.

Li Hu smiled smugly. He would not go out and tightened his hold on Lin Daiyu’s hand.

Lin Daiyu was so angry that she twisted Li Hu’s waist with her little hand: “I knew you were lying to me!”

Li Hu smiled and said, “That was also a trick I did with my own ability.”

Lin Daiyu pointed at Li Hu and smiled, unable to speak.

Li Hu was worried that she would choke from laughing, so he gently rubbed her belly.

Lin Daiyu finally recovered her breath and slapped Li Hu with a smile: “You are becoming more and more shameless.”

Li Hu held her with one hand and gently rubbed her belly with the other hand, saying, “Stop laughing. Be careful not to get a stitch in the side.”

Lin Daiyu said angrily: “It’s all your fault! Hey, what does Wang Ziteng do?”

Li Hu: “What else can I do? Ask for information and ask me if I have a good way to make my life miserable! Don’t say no. Even if I do, I won’t tell him.”

Lin Daiyu: “Why?”

Li Hu: “This old guy just wants to use me, and he doesn’t want to pay anything in return. The main reason is that he is the second wife’s backer.”

Lin Daiyu: “What do you mean?”

Li Hu: “If the Second Madam doesn’t like you, I hate her.” At this point, he looked deeply at Lin Daiyu: “Whoever doesn’t like you, I hate him!”

Lin Daiyu also raised her head slightly to look at Li Hu, then buried her head in his chest and rubbed it, muttering, “It’s great to have you!”

Li Hu was amused by her, “You and I are husband and wife, if I don’t protect you, who will?”

Lin Daiyu hummed, raised her head, leaned against his chest quietly, and asked softly, “How is your work going? Are you tired?”

Li Hu smiled and said, “I am the commander-in-chief here, and the charge into battle will be left to Jia Yucun.” Then he whispered a few words in her ear.

Lin Daiyu laughed again: “You are so bad!” and hit him again.

Li Hu grabbed her hand, kneading it while saying, “If everything goes well, the effect will be seen in two or three days. With this great achievement, I will definitely be able to promote you to a higher rank before the wedding, and make you a marquise of the highest rank!”

Lin Daiyu smiled.

Li Hu suddenly remembered, “I asked the kitchen to prepare some midnight snacks.” He then shouted to the outside, “Who’s outside? Has the midnight snack been delivered?”

Zijuan: “It’s delivered.”

Li Hu: “Come on, have some midnight snack with me.”

(End of this chapter)