Joy of Life: Starting from Teacher Fan Xian

Chapter 72 His Majesty summons
"Can't wait any longer."

It was already noon, only three quarters to go. Chen Pingping's plan seemed to have failed, and Lin Ruo had no intention of waiting patiently any longer.

Shadow's hand blocked his way.

"The dean will not fail. Please wait a little longer. You still have a chance to save people at the last moment."

Seeing that Gong Dian showed signs of waking up, Shadow punched him back.

……

The vegetable market in Qing State was already crowded with people. A group of executed criminals knelt on the execution platform. Behind them, the tall and strong executioner stood straight, holding the machete on his waist, looking very arrogant. What awaited the criminals was the fate of having their heads and bodies separated.

A total of fifteen people were beheaded this time, including fourteen officials from the Ministry of Rites headed by Wei An, and a pitiful girl.

The people waved their hands and rotten eggs and cabbages rushed up and smashed them on the corrupt officials. The people, still not feeling relieved, even approached the execution platform and cursed their parents.

The officials of the Ministry of Rites could never have imagined that they would have to endure such an inhumane humiliation before their death.

The girl who was at the end had a pale face and was as weak as a bamboo pole. The people couldn’t imagine how she managed to survive in prison.

People who knew the situation lamented that this woman had actually been abused at home, and might be living a better life in the Ministry of Justice.

The people cursed loudly, but only in front of the woman did they show their utmost pity and sadness.

As the time of execution approached, the executioner sharpened his knife.

"I never thought that I could kill a few high-ranking officials from the six ministries in my lifetime." An executioner rubbed his hands together in excitement. With one cut, he could be considered to have eliminated harm to the people.

"Please spare my life, Your Majesty."

"His Majesty."

The officials who were about to be beheaded cried and shouted, hoping that the emperor in the deep palace would spare them.

The main criminal Wei An, who had a head full of white hair, was unusually calm. He had already put the matter of life and death aside. Having been in official circles for decades, perhaps he had guessed that this moment would come.

"The time has come. Who of you will come first?" The executioner asked and threatened them one by one.

Wei An raised his eyes, which were almost unable to open, and smiled bitterly: "Give me a quick death."

"That's great." The executioner pulled Wei An out first and dragged him to the middle of the execution platform. He took a big gulp of water and spit it on the knife. Under the sunlight, the shiny knife came down head-on.

A moment later, the bloody head rolled to the ground, and half of the execution platform was dyed red.

Seeing this, the other officials of the Ministry of Rites were frightened out of their wits.

"next."

The officials of the Ministry of Rites were dragged out one by one, the wailing stopped abruptly, and blood flowed nakedly in the middle of the stage.

In a blink of an eye, the fourteen culprits of cheating in the Spring Examination were brought to the ground one by one, and the people cheered.

But when the last prisoner was dragged out, the originally excited meeting place suddenly became quiet.

The executioner looked at the suffering girl coldly and said, "I hope you will be reborn into a good family in your next life."

The machete dripping with blood was raised high again. Just as it was about to fall, a stone suddenly hit his hand, and the butcher fell to the ground with his machete in his hand.

"There's an assassin!" someone screamed, and the execution platform was in chaos. The officers drew their swords, surrounded the girl, and watched the changes around them with a fierce look.

"Spare his life." A palace guard came galloping over, dismounted from his horse, and breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that the execution had not yet taken place.

"Your Majesty has ordered that the prisoner Aliang be temporarily detained."

The officials and constables knelt on the ground to receive the order. The executioner wiped the sweat from his face, feeling thankful that the imperial guard was very skilled and was able to stop the incident quickly.

The commander of the imperial guards also breathed a sigh of relief, praising the officers for their quick reaction. They stopped as soon as they saw him, and he had no way to stop them out of thin air.

……

In the imperial study, Gong Dian, who came back to report, was injured.

Emperor Qing looked at him and said incredulously, "Is there really an assassin who kidnapped the prisoner?"

Gong Dian, who had survived the disaster, lowered his head and said, "I have failed to do my job well. Your Majesty, please punish me."

"Is the assassin who can defeat you that child?" A dual look of curiosity and fear appeared in Emperor Qing's eyes.

Gong Dian denied it and said in a disappointed tone, "Your Majesty, I don't know his identity, but I guess the assassin should be a ninth-rank master."

"A ninth-rank master, then it can't be this child." Emperor Qing calmed down and ordered, "Go and check. There are only a handful of ninth-rank masters in the world. There must be some clues."

After Chen Pingping walked out of the palace, a man in the official uniform of the Supervisory Yuan pushed him toward Zhuque Street.

"President, the carriage is just ahead." The official who spoke was Yan Ruohai, the newly appointed head of the Supervisory Yuan.

"No, let's go." Chen Pingping waved his hand to refuse. "Your Majesty has frightened me a lot today. I need some cool breeze to relax."

Yan Ruohai said in a deep voice: "Dean shouldn't gamble like this."

"I shouldn't have done that. There won't be a next time. If there is a next time, Your Majesty will punish me for deceiving the king." Chen Pingping smiled slightly.

"Your Majesty is quite tolerant of the dean."

Chen Pingping hesitated for a moment and said, "It's not that you are lenient with me, but what I say and what I do are never useless nonsense. Do you know why I was not punished for deceiving the emperor?"

Yan Ruohai nodded and accepted the instruction.

Chen Pingping took a breath and continued, "Last time in the Northern Qi assassination case, His Majesty promised to give me a reward, but I didn't want it at the time, and he said to keep it for later. Fortunately, I remembered it, and fortunately, His Majesty also remembered it."

Yan Ruohai suddenly realized: "So the dean is making up for his mistakes with his merits."

Chen Pingping said calmly, "Not only that, but more importantly, His Majesty also believes in that child."

"By the way, did that kid really go to jailbreak?" Chen Pingping suddenly asked behind him.

Yan Ruohai was startled and turned around. The shadow appeared in front of him at some point and answered, "He easily defeated your Majesty's personal guard Gong Dian by himself."

Chen Pingping didn't expect this and said in surprise: "It turns out that His Majesty is also watching this matter."

With a glance, Chen Pingping realized that he had overlooked the most important point, and whispered, "You mean, he has already entered the eighth rank?"

"Not just the eighth grade, it should be the ninth grade." Shadow had a cold face. He could not accept this fact even more than Chen Pingping.

For this reason, he fought with Lin Ruo, but unfortunately he failed to test out his true level.

"He has been hiding. He must have just entered the ninth level and is not as strong as me." Shadow guessed.

Chen Pingping closed his eyes, as if thinking about something, and did not respond.

Yan Ruohai listened to the conversation between the two and his heart was filled with shock and he couldn't calm down for a long time.

……

When a new day came, Lin Ruo completely forgot what he had done yesterday. He went to Hanguang Hall to teach under the guidance of the young eunuch as if nothing had happened.

After entering the Hanguang Palace, Lin Ruo first greeted the Queen Mother and the Empress. Unexpectedly, he met a third person there.

"So you are the talented new top scholar Lin Ruo. You are so beautiful. It would be great if I had someone like you in my palace." The woman in palace dress teased him, teasing him.

Lin Ruo bowed politely: "I pay my respects to the Princess."

The Empress Dowager blinked her kind eyes in an uncoordinated manner, as if she could see through everything, and waved at Lin Ruo: "Go and teach quickly."

Lin Ruo stepped back.

"Can he teach Chen'er as well?" The eldest princess turned around happily and looked at the queen mother.

The Queen Mother did not look at her, and said slowly, "Your Majesty will make the final decision on all matters."

"That's a pity." The eldest princess' pretty face showed disappointment, "Your Majesty, brother will definitely not agree."

The Queen Mother's expression remained unchanged, but she suddenly said sternly: "Don't think about winning him over or getting close to him. He is your Majesty's man."

In the small study room of Hanguang Hall, Li Chengqian was timid and didn't dare to say a word, just buried in his study.

Xiao Wan'er came forward to befriend her, and Lin Ruo kept his promise and brought a lot of candies to the greedy little girl.

Xiao Wan'er was wearing a white dress, her eyes were full of smiles, her smile was as beautiful as a flower.

Li Chengqian raised his head, with a look of resentment on his face, and trembled, "Teacher..."

"You want candy, right?"

Li Chengqian nodded actively.

Lin Ruo smiled evilly and said, "Write one more page and I'll give you a candy."

Li Chengqian immediately gave up the idea.

No matter how novel your educational ideas are, they cannot be used on the Crown Prince, otherwise you will be accused of misleading the Crown Prince.

Lin Ruo had a clear idea. All he had to do was to make sure the kid didn't fall behind in his studies. He didn't want to think too much about other things.

After leaving Hanguang Palace, Lin Ruo saw Eunuch Hou coming at an inopportune time again.

"Why is my father-in-law always a step behind?"

"This time it's not slow. His Majesty wants to summon you."

When he arrived at the imperial study, Lin Ruo felt a pair of hostile eyes staring at him.

"Who is this?"

"This is the deputy commander of the Imperial Guard, Lord Gong Dian, the imperial guard." Eunuch Hou introduced.

"Young man, have we met before?" Gong Dian asked with a sinister look.

What an old-fashioned way to pick up a girl. Although I hit you yesterday, I've never seen you before. I was wearing a black scarf... Lin Ruo smiled gently at Gong Dian: "Really? I don't remember."

Lin Ruo walked over and Gong Dian put his hand on his shoulder: "Let me lead you in, young man."

"Your Majesty, the people are here."

Entering the imperial study, Gong Dian bowed and shook his head implicitly.

"Go down." Emperor Qing said expressionlessly.

"Your Majesty, I am your humble servant." Lin Ruo knelt down and kowtowed.

Emperor Qing's eyes, like deep pools, looked straight at him: "Did I ask you to kneel?"

"As a subject, I don't even have this much foresight. I am unworthy of your majesty's cultivation." Lin Ruo said loudly.

"As an editor in the Hanlin Academy, I heard that you haven't been to the Hanlin Academy for several days. Why are you so idle all day?" Emperor Qing walked to Lin Ruo and questioned him condescendingly. His tone was full of doubt, not dissatisfaction.

"Really? I just went to the Hanlin Academy yesterday." He really went there yesterday, but he didn't go the day before yesterday, Lin Ruo thought with a smile.

Emperor Qing snorted and didn't continue the topic.

"Since you are so free, then do something for me. Go to the border and deal with the issue of the envoy from Northern Qi."

Lin Ruo kowtowed again: "I will not fail in my mission."

"If you do a good job, there will be no reward. If you do not do a good job, you will be dismissed from your position as an editor in the Hanlin Academy." Emperor Qing waved his sleeves and glared at Lin Ruo.

I was tricked again. It was Chen Pingping's fault... Lin Ruo hesitated for a moment, unable to refuse, and said, "I obey your order."

(End of this chapter)