Chapter 7
Zi Li’s decided time-frame of escaping after three days isn’t an impossibility anymore. It’s because he have heard of an important piece of information from palace servants converstations. That emperor, Hong Xu, will be going out of palace to attend a ceremony that lasts a whole day.
They mentioned that there’s a ceremony of cultural importance, and that the emperor before Hong Xu’s father and their grandfather up to their earliest family lineage was strictly upholding that tradition. The emperor will offer a prayer to the heavens and dedicate it to the hardship the people of the empire had gone through, so that the blessings and good fortune will spread cordially amongst all.
Zi Li despises hearing those emperor being depicted as holier-than-thou. That ceremony sounded so dignified, but its actually nothing more than another way for emperor to fatten themselves up with food and drinks during the celebration two days time!
Though he abhors it, Zi Li was still thankful for the great opportunity it gave. Once that pervert leaves the palace, he’ll take the lucky break and make a run for it! Just as he was about to prepare all the things he will take, Zi Li didn’t expect that he’ll be visited out of the blue.
“What?!” After hearing what the palace servant said, Zi Li abruptly stood up from his chair, causing the tea cup from the table to be knocked down and the contents spilled on the table, “Why do I have to go? Tell me why do I have to?”
Being banned from going out of the palace was already too upsetting, now he’s asking me to attend? Fuck that! I’m not his son, nor his subject. I’m even a captive prince so why is he forcing me to attend with him and pray for his kingdom’s blessing?
Even though he is not An Jin Yu, but as the current occupant of his body, he has the obligation to stand up for An Jin Yu’s rights! Besides, if he went as well, how could he successfully escape under the watchful eyes of that pervert?
Zi Li blew up and throw his crown off his head and thrashes some of the furniture. After a while, he stopped and stared at the palace servants bowing at him and asked: “Can I refuse?”
That palace servant stared dumbstruck at his question, then bowed and replied with composure: “Your highness, this lowly servant is only sent to pass his majesty’s orders. Please see his majesty if you have any objections.”
Zi Li withered at once the moment he heard that. It’s better to kill himself as his protest than go to where that pervert is.
“Your highness, since its his majesty’s decree, its better for you to obey! You shouldn’t squabble with his majesty about it or they may be punishments that’s going to be issued.” Ming Yue quietly whispered by his shoulder.
As far as Zi Li’s current standing goes, Ming Yue was both happy and worried for him. She really don’t know what relationship does Zi Li and the emperor have, nor if they have any disagreement between them. Even though she knows that Zi Li isn’t happy about it, but when she remembered the emperors grave methods and his cold and eerie eyes that makes people cower in fear, even if its his highness, he shouldn’t push it and invite disaster upon himself unless he is looking for trouble?
Furthermore, he’s entangled deep into the web of politics in the palace. A powerless and no title duckweed may get stomped on by social climbing officials. It’s not easy to find a powerful ally that could protect him, and there’s no other man as mighty as the aloof emperor who holds the ultimate power. Those people are nothing but ants in the pool of the snake if he could get the emperor’s support!
Though its clear that Zi Li is thousand times displeased by this situation, but he understands that what Ming Yue said is not wrong. If he disobeyed that perverted emperor and provoke his ire, he definitely won’t like the fruit it will bear. Luckily his eyes had been opened before that happened!
Zi Li can only sink in his chair depressingly and glare at the messenger. Soon after, he waved his hand in defeat and said: “Fine, fine! I get the message so quickly get lost!”
“Yes, yes, this servant shall be leaving first.”
Two days had pass very quickly, and the day for the ceremony have arrived. The emperor Hong Xu took with him six imperial concubines, court and millitary officials, royal family members, and battalions of imperial soldiers. They formed a grandiose procession as they marched out of the capital city towards the outskirts heading to the ceremonial temple.
Zi Li sat in a small palanquin situated at the back of the line amongst the low tiered court officials with a gloomy expression. He was spouting trash talks to himself: “Shit! This is obviously discrimination. I was dragged here just to be placed as a prop.” Zi Li lifted his curtains open and shouted, “You shitty people thought you all are just carrying the wooden pole, are you? You all don’t care if its wobbling too much?” But his yelling voice was quickly drowned by the cheers of ‘long live the emperor’ of the crowd.
Zi Li contained his boiling fury and flung the curtains close. He then spouted barrages of curses: “Damn this palanquin, damn these palanquin carriers, and damn the emperor! “——
Bonbon wanted to say:
Instead of love, hate is what growing in Zi Li’s heart for our S emperor and he’s getting crankier and crankier by the chapter…
Now I can’t imagine now how these two will be love dovey ? But I do hope its HE as well like VRP, I haven’t read far so we’re all in it for the surprise ?
