Discussing The Correct Posture To Enjoy Dog Food论食用狗粮的正确姿势[快穿]

Ch56 - Honey Tangerine Flavored Shadow Guard Gong (14)

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Translator: KunLin

Editors: Vez. Blarghette 

*Mild nsfw

As Gou Liang was about to reach Yangzhou prefecture, King An was bidding an emotional farewell to the citizens as he set out on the road to return to the capital.

The sea of citizens kneeling to send him off stretched for ten miles.

A report describing the scene of King An’s send-off was sent to the Emperor. As he read the report in the flickering candlelight, the Emperor’s brows gradually furrowed. 

The eyes in the court were observing King An closely. Everyone knew that once he returned to the capital, the capital would undergo a change.

In the East Palace.

Li Yan’s complexion was sallow and his expression was anxious. He had lost a lot of weight, as though he really had fallen to a bout of illness.

“Chong Hui, things are already like this, do you have a way?”

All his channels of information had been blocked off. As the Crown Prince of the East Palace, not only was he confined by the Emperor, but the servants around him had also been replaced with the Emperor’s people. Right now other than Zhong Yue, there wasn’t a single person he could trust.

It had almost been a month. At this point, he didn’t even know how many of his men were still left.

Or perhaps, they had all already betrayed him.

As he considered this possibility, Li Yan felt like he was being fried alive. His eyes grew full of malice. 

Before Zhong Yue spoke, he started to cough, and only after a long while did he manage to suppress his coughing to say: “Dear Yan, there’s no need to be anxious, when things haven’t reached the most dire point, the more anxious you are, the more you’ll mess up.”

Compared to Li Yan, Zhong Yue’s complexion was even worse—on the first night he had moved into the East Palace, the secret medicine he always carried on him had been stolen.

He knew it must’ve been that damned Emperor, but nowadays he didn’t even have the permission to leave this palace, not to mention finding anyone for an explanation, so he could only endure this loss. Without the clan’s secret medicine, his weakened body couldn’t receive any supplements to get better, making the injury in his heart hard to endure, putting him through sleepless nights as he suffered silently.

However, Li Yan was unable to calm down, “If this situation isn’t dire, then what is? Chong Hui, I know you must have a method of retreat in your hands, just when are you going to take it out to help me!” 

Zhong Yue heard this and was angered, but before he could retort, he began to cough violently again.

Impatience flashed through Li Yan’s eyes, however, he still got up and walked to Zhong Yue’s side, absentmindedly helping pat his back, before pouring some water for him.

He said: “Chong Hui, I know my words touch a taboo of the Zhong Clan, but King An is about to return. This time he had led the Zhang Clan’s soldiers to perform disaster relief and his achievements are outstanding. Do you really want to stand by and watch as their careers rise?”

If Li Yan was still the powerful Prince from when he had exposed the identity of the fake Crown Prince, then he wouldn’t be as impatient as he was now. But the higher one climbed, the harder one fell. To lose prestige and power after tasting it was far more tormenting than never having it.