novelden Chapter 138 Ji Wan
Chapter 138 Ji Wan
While undercurrents surged in Nanli Kingdom, Fengming Kingdom was festively decorated.
April 27th is the Taijun's birthday.
As a fourth-rank official, Lin Shu was naturally allowed to enter the palace to offer birthday greetings, but she only brought the seventh prince, Feng Yu, with her.
Originally, Su Mu, as the principal husband, was also supposed to go, but firstly, it was to take care of the pregnant Song Yun and Xiao Ansi, and secondly, today was also the day Feng Yu returned to her parents' home, so it would be inappropriate to bring other husbands along.
Xue Wen was picked up by Ling Huanan early in the morning, presumably to enter the palace with Ling Huanan as his official consort.
Fengqi Palace.
Empress Xiao had been waiting at the Phoenix Palace since early morning.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, the Seventh Prince and Lord Lin have arrived..."
As soon as Lin Shu and Feng Yu entered the gate of Fengqi Palace, the dowry servants who were attending to Empress Xiao hurriedly came to report.
After the two entered the hall, Feng Yu followed Lin Shu in bowing respectfully and then sat down in her seat.
Empress Xiao sighed inwardly, thinking that her child had indeed become sensible once she got married. At this moment, she was more and more satisfied with Lin Shu.
Not long after Lin Shu sat down, she was called away by the aunt beside the Empress, who said that the Empress had important matters to discuss with her.
After Lin Shu left, Feng Yu immediately revealed her true colors, dragging her round little body and "whoosh..." crashing into Xiao Junhou's arms, clinging and acting spoiled:
"Father, I miss you so much! I've even lost weight from missing you so much."
As she spoke, she also took a piece of pastry from the small table next to Empress Xiao, thinking to herself: "Indeed, the pastries in Father's palace are the best."
"You! I can tell you're only thinking about the food here. You're getting so fat you're practically a little dumpling. Aren't you afraid your wife will get tired of you?"
While laughing and scolding, Xiao Junhou moved the plate of peach blossom pastries closer to the chubby boy.
"Lin Shu wouldn't do that, she said I'm not fat." Upon hearing this, Feng Yu pouted and got up from Xiao Junhou's arms, her mouth and hands never idle.
Empress Xiao smiled even more genuinely, then suddenly remembered something and asked, "Did you go to pay your respects to your imperial grandfather earlier?"
"No, Lin Shu and I arrived too early. Grandfather hadn't even gotten up yet when he told us to come back, saying we'd see him tonight," Feng Yu said nonchalantly as she ate.
A maidservant standing nearby said indignantly, "Your Majesty, the Dowager is clearly..."
Empress Xiao raised her hand to interrupt, then looked at the little stone who only knew how to eat, and tenderly touched the hair ornament tied up by him.
He knew perfectly well that the Japanese officer wanted to use the small stone to give him a warning.
……
Lin Shu was led to the Imperial Study, her first visit since her promotion, and the layout was exactly the same as before.
"Your Majesty, Lord Lin has arrived." The imperial maidservant walked quickly to the table and bowed respectfully.
"Your Majesty, Your Highness the Crown Princess," Lin Shu bowed to Feng Han and Feng Zhao.
Actually, there was another woman in the hall, but she didn't recognize her. However, seeing that the other person was dressed in military uniform, she knew that he must be a military general. But she didn't know why this person looked travel-worn and had a few straws stuck in his hair.
After Feng Han told her to stand up, she pointed to the woman in military uniform and introduced her:
"Lord Lin, this is the granddaughter of Grand Tutor Ji, General Ji Wan of Andong."
Lin Shu bowed to the other party and greeted him, "General Andong, I have long admired you."
General Andong was a prominent figure in the capital in his early years.
Of course, it wasn't that she was particularly outstanding, but rather that as the granddaughter of the late Grand Tutor Ji, she had loved martial arts since childhood, knew nothing about poetry, books, or etiquette, and was quite dissolute, the complete opposite of her brother Ji Heng.
Later, her parents passed away early, and Grand Tutor Ji gradually grew old. For the sake of her family, she resolutely joined the army and rose step by step from an unknown soldier to the current third-rank General of Andong.
Lin Shu secretly sized up this General Andong. He wasn't particularly burly, but his chest was voluptuous and his skin was bronze.
Although his hair was messy at the moment, with a face that bore a slight resemblance to Ji Heng, he did have some qualities that would make him a playboy...
but,
As soon as this person spoke, Lin Shu wanted to take back her previous thought:
"Haha, you pretty boy, you're Lin Shu, who defeated the number one warrior of the Northern Wilderness?"
After saying that, he patted Lin Shu's back hard, making the Empress and Feng Zhao, who were sitting down, feel sorry for Lin Shu.
"Wow! You're quite a big girl, with the same style as your sister Ji back in the day." Ji Wan said, and then, as if they were old friends, she put her arm around Lin Shu's neck.
Lin Shu: "..."
Lin Shu remained silent for a moment, calming her still slightly numb chest from the slap, and forcefully pulled the other person's hand away. Ji Wan, however, reached out again, and Lin Shu pulled her hand away once more, but Ji Wan continued to reach out…
She was already shorter than Lin Shu, so it was quite strenuous for both of them to hook their arms around Lin Shu's neck.
"Please let go!" If it weren't for the Empress's presence, Lin Shu probably would have already kicked the person to the ground.
Seeing Lin Shu frown, Ji Wan specially comforted her, "Sister Lin, don't worry, my hand isn't sore!"
Lin Shu: "..." She glanced at the Empress and the Crown Princess, thinking to herself, "How could such a dim-witted person become a general? If it wasn't through back channels, who would believe it?"
Feng Han: ...Why do you think she was chosen to guard the eastern coast, which is bordered by the sea and has no external enemies?
"Ahem, haha, General Ji, let's talk business first," Feng Zhao said in time, helping Lin Shu out of the predicament.
When it came to serious matters, Ji Wan became serious and recounted the whole story of her return.
It turned out that a month ago, a group of cargo ships suddenly appeared on the once calm East Sea of Fengming Kingdom. More than a hundred short men with straw hats, wide noses, small eyes, dark yellow skin, and accents disembarked.
As soon as these people disembarked, they began burning, killing, and looting. The unsuspecting fishermen on the coast suffered massacres in three villages in succession. Finally, upon learning the news, Ji Wan immediately organized an army to resist.
However, the other party only resorted to underhanded tactics, resulting in the escape of a cargo ship and two men blending into the crowd. That's why Ji Wan chased them all the way to the capital, suffering many losses along the way at the hands of those two.
"If I ever run into those two scoundrels again, I will definitely use the long-handled double hammers bestowed by His Majesty to beat them to death!" Ji Wan said, his face full of resentment.
Feng Han sighed and rubbed his forehead, then turned to ask Feng Zhao and Lin Shu, "What are your thoughts?"
Feng Zhao cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, we must capture these two. Currently, the four kingdoms are in a tripartite balance of power, and only my Fengming Kingdom is located by the sea. If the other three kingdoms were to cross the East China Sea, they would certainly pose a threat."
Feng Han nodded, then looked at Lin Shu, who had remained silent, and asked, "What do you think, Lin Aiqing?"
Lin Shu was still pondering why Ji Wan's description sounded so much like that of Japanese pirates, those low-class moves—could they be ninjutsu?—when Feng Zhao nudged her with his elbow, bringing her back to her senses. She immediately said:
"Your Majesty, I also believe that the two people who infiltrated Fengming should be arrested."
Just as the Crown Princess said, of the four known kingdoms, only Phoenix Cry is located by the sea. It is almost impossible for the other three kingdoms to cross the sea to come. Moreover, according to General Ji's description, those people do not seem to be from the four kingdoms..."
Before she finished speaking, everyone understood the meaning behind her words, except for the simple-minded Ji Wan.
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