Chapter 389: I’ll Help You Think
Translator: Dragon Boat Translation Editor: Dragon Boat Translation
Late at night, it started to drizzle.
In the fine rain, a figure was running quickly in the dark night.
His speed was extremely fast, like an arrow tearing through the clouds. In the blink of an eye, he arrived outside the city gate of the capital.
“Urgent report from Jing Prefecture. Open the city gates!”
The person showed a pure gold emergency token.
After the soldiers guarding the city confirmed that there was no problem, they immediately sent a team of people to follow the other party into the city on horseback.
The sound of horse hooves echoed through the streets and alleys of the capital.
Within Conjugal Phoenix Palace, Xiao Jin had already fallen asleep with Su Ying in his arms.
“Your Majesty, Your Majesty, there’s an urgent report from Jing Prefecture.”
The eunuch’s voice rang out outside the door. When he called for the second time, Xiao Jin had already opened his two eyes.
Xiao Jin carefully let go of Su Ying and got up. Then he put on his robe and walked out.
“Your Majesty, urgent report from Jing Prefecture.”
Xiao Jin walked through the night rain and arrived at the Imperial study. The messenger was already kneeling in the hall. “Greetings, Your Majesty.”
“What’s wrong?”
The person took out a letter wrapped tightly in kraft paper and handed it to Xiao Jin.
Xiao Jin opened it to read and his expression turned icy instantly.
“Your Majesty, this year’s flood season in Jing Prefecture came earlier than usual. The newly built dam was almost completed, but when the sluice gate was opened, there was a problem with the new dam. Now that the other side had lost the original blueprint of the dam, the dam could not be repaired in a short time. Lord Zhu immediately instructed me to send a letter back to Your Majesty. We would like Your Majesty to issue us instructions.”
After Su Yulun was seriously injured, Xiao Jin immediately sent Zhu Lin to Jing Prefecture to supervise the construction of the dam. According to the schedule, the new dam should be completed around the end of last month, so it could be put into use by the middle of the next month.
However, there were some problems during this period, and the workers who built the dam went on strike. It took the team nearly half a month to start working again. Now that the flood season had come early, they were even more unprepared.
“How’s the rain situation in Jing Prefecture now?”
“The rain is very heavy, but fortunately, it is intermittent and allows some slack for the flood to ease off. Right now, we are still able to use the old dam as a backup, but there are also some problems with the old dam. Lord Zhu has already brought people to repair it.”
“I understand. You may go.”
“Yes, Your Majesty.”
Xiao Jin clasped his hands behind his back and pondered deeply. “The original blueprints of the new dam are in Su Yulun’s hands.”
Zhang Shuming said, “Yes, the Prime Minister was in charge of this matter from the start.”
“Send someone to immediately get Su Yulun to send the original blueprints of the new dam to the palace.”
“Yes, Your Majesty.”
Xiao Jin waited in the Imperial study until dawn, but Su Yulun still did not send the original blueprints over.
When the eunuch who had gone to pass the message returned, he reported that Su Yulun had fainted and never regained consciousness.
Xiao Jin told asked him to bring the Imperial Physician to the Prime Minister’s Residence straightaway. The situation in Jing Prefecture could not be delayed at all.
Su Ying knew that Xiao Jin had gotten out of bed in the night, but she didn’t know why.
She only lamented that an Emperor really led a difficult life. It was bad enough that he had to get up early but now, he did not even have a good night’s sleep.
Xiao Jin returned during breakfast.
Su Ying noticed that his brows were very tightly knitted together. She rarely saw such an expression on his face.
“Did something happen?”
Xiao Jin raised his head when he heard this. He tried to make his expression look more relaxed, but his brows simply refused to relax.
“There’s a problem with the new dam in Jing Prefecture. The construction blueprints are missing. There’s only one set of original blueprints in Su Yulun’s hands, but he’s been unconscious since yesterday.”
Since he was unconscious, Xiao Jin could not ask where the blueprints were.
Su Ying frowned. “He is unconscious?”
“Mm-hmm.”
“What’s the reason?”
“The Imperial Physician said that it was due to deficiency of energy, but he can’t be sure that this was the cause of his being unconscious.”
Su Ying counted the days. It had already been a few days since she treated Su Yulun’s injuries. Scabs had already formed over his face. It was bullshit that he was suffering from deficiency of energy.
“I’ll go over later and give him a check-up.”
Xiao Jin nodded. “Mm-hmm.”
After eating her fill, Su Ying left the palace.
When she arrived at the Prime Minister’s Residence, everyone from the Su family came out to welcome her except for Su Yulun.
Su Ying ignored them and went straight to Su Yulun’s room.
“Greetings, Your Imperial Highness.”
“Where’s Su Yulun?”
“Your Imperial Highness, Master is still unconscious.”
Su Ying gave a sneer. “Is that so? Why didn’t you come to the palace to tell me that he was unconscious?”
Su Ying pushed the attendant aside and walked in.
Su Yulun was lying on the bed.
The wound on his face had already scabbed over. It looked very horrendous. It resembled a huge centipede lying on his face.
Su Ying extended her hand toward Su Yulun. Just when everyone thought she was going to check Su Yulun’s pulse, she suddenly grabbed Su Yulun’s elbow and pinched it hard.
“Argh!”
Su Yulun screamed in pain and jumped up from the bed. The pain made his face become even more contorted.
“Your Imperial Highness, what are you doing? You know very well that Father is seriously injured, but you still hurt him like this. You are too much.” Su Yuyan walked out with an indignant expression and stood in front of Su Yulun to shield him.
“His Majesty is worried about Prime Minister Su’s injuries and asked me to take a look. I am only giving Prime Minister Su medical treatment. Wasn’t he unconscious previously? See? Now, he has regained consciousness.”
Su Yulun’s arm shook in pain. He glared at Su Ying viciously as if he wanted to hammer her to death!
“All of you can leave.” Su Yulun didn’t want to lose face in front of so many members of the Su family. He only allowed Su Yuyan to remain behind while everyone else left.
Without anyone else around, Su Yulun revealed his true colors.
“We’re father and daughter after all. Do you have to treat your father and sister like enemies forever?” Su Yulun’s expression softened, and he looked at Su Ying with a hurt expression, like a helpless old father.
Su Ying calmly sat down on a chair. When she heard Su Yulun’s words, she laughed sarcastically. “Su Yulun, listen to yourself. Don’t you find it disgusting?”
Su Yulun’s face clouded over. “What do you mean by that? If it weren’t for me, you wouldn’t even exist in this world!”
“Don’t talk nonsense with me. Give me the original blueprints of the Aquarius River’s Dam.” Su Ying didn’t want to waste any more words on him.
When Su Yulun saw the soft approach didn’t work, he could only take a hard stance and said, “In the past, the person you liked the most was your younger sister. Now that you have entered the palace, she misses you every day and wants to enter the palace to be your companion. When you go back, tell the Emperor that her status in the palace does not need to be too high. She can start off as a concubine.”
Su Yuyan’s face turned red as she listened, “Father, I don’t want to be the Emperor’s concubine. 1 truly want to accompany Elder Sister.”
She then looked at Su Ying and said, “Elder Sister, please help your younger sister.”
“You mean, if I don’t bring her into the palace, you won’t give me the original blueprints?” The corners of Su Ying’s mouth slowly curved upwards. Those who were familiar with her knew that whenever she revealed such an expression, someone would be in trouble.
Su Yulun frowned. “After I was seriously injured, 1 couldn’t remember where the original blueprints were kept. Tell the Emperor to let me try to recall.”
“It’s okay. If you can’t remember, 1 can help you recall..”