Part 2
How could they know that playing behind the Emperor’s back would actually startle the Emperor with his glass-like constitution!
The eunuchs and maids were about to kneel to ask for punishment.
Ying Xi shook his head, picking up the shuttlecock before they could and kicking it toward one of them.
Since the Emperor had the intention to play, he naturally didn’t plan to blame anyone.
The Emperor served the shuttlecock. The little eunuch caught it. But that little eunuch had a brain fart and actually treated the Emperor as a playmate, habitually serving the shuttlecock back to the Emperor.
So the grey-brown streamline slashed toward Ying Xi again.
Ying Xi hurriedly tried to receive it, but alas, he really wasn’t skilled at this.
His shuttlecock didn’t land steadily by his foot before he kicked it out hastily.
He ran after it. The shuttlecock hung in the air; he kicked it up into the sky, chased it to take the second step, the third step…
The shuttlecock completely disobeyed his control, leading Ying Xi through half a small path, followed by countless attendants.
Ying Xi was moving from the inner hall outward, while someone was coming from the outer hall inward.
When he reached the door frame, Ying Xi twisted his ankle. His body pitched forward, flying into the newcomer like hitting a white wall. Ying Xi’s nose soured, and stars appeared in his eyes. The shuttlecock hit the ground at the same time.
Ying Xi looked up, panting!
His foot hurt. He held on strong not to fall. Ying Xi’s shoulder was supported by someone’s single hand, but the person who was hit remained motionless. Looking down, he saw a snow-white sleeve with magnificent patterns on the cuff.
His brows narrowed slightly. “Su Xueyi?”
Sweet Tub happened to hear this name: “Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhā”
Foot hurt, head hurt too. Sweet Tub’s screaming made his brain throb.
It felt like needles were stabbing Ying Xi’s ankle. Forcing himself to rally, he met Su Xueyi’s eyes and saw Su Xueyi holding about several dozen memorial folders under one arm.
Ying Xi guessed these were official documents backlogged at the Department of State Affairs, or perhaps newly delivered ones.
He didn’t know Su Xueyi had waited outside for a night and half a day, finally hijacking the duties of some unlucky fellow from the Department of State Affairs to find an excuse to personally deliver memorials to the Emperor.
Ying Xi guessed this was Su Xueyi showing weakness. After all, he had left the Right Prime Minister hanging for several days.
The reason he hadn’t replaced Feng Yong yet was that Ying Xi indeed still cherished Su Xueyi’s talent.
If the other party could realize his mistakes and continue to serve, the plan to protect the country would be icing on the cake.
Considering the country, expectations were triggered in Ying Xi, so enduring the pain, he lifted the corners of his mouth.
But Su Xueyi caught Ying Xi’s expression, and his face grew cold.
The familiar feeling returned between the two, instantly triggering Ying Xi’s revulsion. Ying Xi’s face sank suddenly. “Isn’t Prime Minister Su sick?ę (I) have approved a two-month sick leave for you. What are you doing here?”
According to common sense, Su Xueyi should apologize for his crime.
He should take responsibility for deceiving the Sovereign and his arrogance, then pay the price. If he put his posture to the lowest, Ying Xi would get off the high horse, and ruler and subject could reconcile.
But because of that smile just now, Su Xueyi grew bold and said, “This subject fell ill from overwork on state affairs, regrettably without receiving the Emperor’s care.” He looked at the memorials under his arm, arrogantly putting on a weary look. “Although this subject is sick, court administration cannot be neglected.”
“Therefore, seeing these folders, I immediately rose from the sickbed to find Your Majesty, not even caring about being sick.”
“Throughout history, which wise ruler has ever been so cruel?”
Su Xueyi… actually positioned himself as the victim.
Ying Xi’s mouth twitched. If he didn’t respond, he would be mistreating a court official, making Su Xueyi feel justified instead.
In the past, Ying Xi certainly wouldn’t have the heart to let Su Xueyi feel wronged, but now was different.
The other party making false countercharges made Ying Xi even angrier.
The heart that had just wanted to let him off and continue using him turned entirely into a fire nestled in his chest. Connecting with every event of the past, the fire burned hotter and hotter. It became a prairie fire.
Ying Xi roared in fury: “Insolence!”
Maids and eunuchs knelt in droves.
Since his rebirth, Ying Xi had been pleasant, seeing past things and never getting angry at anyone.
This was the first time in two lifetimes he had lost his temper at Su Xueyi.
Ying Xi couldn’t control his temper.
He was never less articulate than Su Xueyi; he just hadn’t been willing to shame him.
Now that he had no scruples, naturally, the words came out as harsh as possible. Even the thought of testing a replacement turned into wanting to change him right now.
“Su Xueyi.” That tone was like ice in deep winter.
Su Xueyi suddenly encountered such an attitude. Unaccustomed, he lost some of his calm confidence.
Yu Jing had followed the Emperor when he was kicking the shuttlecock. He sensed the mood and cleverly said, “Guards.”
Weiyang Palace guards instantly surrounded them, swords and halberds dense and menacing. The afternoon sun found the surface of the weapons, dazzling Su Xueyi into closing his eyes.
Su Xueyi bowed down. He looked up, seeing Ying Xi’s chin, sizing up Ying Xi’s expression from the bottom up.
He had once secretly mocked Ying Xi’s noble features for feigning gentleness.
Now that Ying Xi had completely unloaded his tenderness toward him, he thoroughly discovered that when Ying Xi was consistent inside and out, his whole body radiated an intimidating majesty.
He was startled and moved by this power.
Su Xueyi looked up at Ying Xi.
Sunlight shone down from Ying Xi’s silhouette, making him even more dazzling.
Ying Xi said sternly, “I have never heard of anyone gravely ill recovering immediately due to court politics. If there is such a miraculous cure, the Department of State Affairs should be renamed the Imperial Academy of Medicine. I see your helping hand can bring the dead back to lifeāyou can save the thousands of subjects of my Great Qin with just your babbling nonsense!”
Su Xueyi froze. When had he ever been scolded like this?
He was suddenly doused with a basin of cold water by the Emperor, feeling a biting freshness and clarity.
He didn’t know where the Little Emperor got the audacity.
Daring to get angry at him meant the Little Emperor held strong cards. An overly rich imagination made Su Xueyi dare not act rashly, brainstorming many answers.
And the Emperor’s rebuke descended again from above: “Arrogant, pretentiousāfor you, this has not been just a day or two.”
“You pride yourself on your talent. Indeed, you have done a few practical things, but you offend court officials, put on airs, and are wasteful. Which of these did I not clean up after you!?”
“You are right. I am not a wise ruler. I couldn’t distinguish right from wrong, which is why I indulged your hurtful words, allowing you to dare bark madly in front of Me!”
“The world is Mine, and you are Mine too. I should have ordered you around as a matter of course. Why was I ever blind enough to give preferential treatment to an ingrate like you!”
The eunuchs and maids were so scared they dared not even breathe.
The guards had never seen it either. The noble Emperor’s words of rebuke to Prime Minister Su were extremely heavy, even inconsistent with the Emperor’s noble status, completely different from the Emperor’s usual style.
Ying Xi unleashed the anger of two lifetimes at Su Xueyi. inside his sleeves, his hands were trembling. He hid his slightly shaking fingertips.
Was he really not worried about Su Xueyi resigning?
Absolutely not!
There was no possibility of Su Xueyi resigning.
In the past life, he only gathered his family and quit to run away when he was ready. Now, there was still some distance before the country fell.
His time hadn’t come.
Ying Xi taking his anger out on him carried no cost.
The Emperor’s Dragon Wrath shook Su Xueyi, and he belatedly felt fear.
In Su Xueyi’s eyes, the Emperor’s brows and eyes were sharp. The real Ying Xi was no lamb, but an unattainable iceberg.
His beauty was so dazzling, and Su Xueyi inexplicably became obsessed with the other’s temper. His mind twisted and turned, entangled with the Emperor’s phrase: “The world is Mine, and you are Mine too.”
Hot currents surged in Su Xueyi’s chest. By nature, he admired power. Succumbing to instinct, he bowed his head and kneeled forward: “Your Majesty, quell your anger. This humble official knows his mistake.”
But seeing him trying to get close, Ying Xi retreated backward in an instinctive reaction. His right foot suddenly aggravated the injury; unable to support himself, he sat on the ground!
So painful, the ankle feels like it’s about to break…
Severe pain made his face pale.
Since ascending the throne, he had never lost composure in front of his subjects. He couldn’t tolerate that he had actually fallen backward!
But Su Xueyi reached out to help, and Ying Xi pushed harder.
Beads of sweat the size of beans rolled down the Emperor’s forehead. The Emperor gritted his teeth fiercely, blaming the accident before his eyes on Su Xueyi’s fake illness and disobedience.
Ying Xi grabbed the shuttlecock on the ground and smashed it at him.
“Get out! Don’t touch Me, you bastardā”
Unexpectedly, Su Xueyi didn’t dodge at all, taking the hit solidly.
When hit, Su Xueyi’s gaze fell on the flush rising on Ying Xi’s distant face. Su Xueyi understood medicine; he squatted down to check the Emperor’s injury, only to be kicked fiercely in the chest by the Emperor’s uninjured left foot. The beautiful Emperor didn’t have much strength; the toe landed right on his heart, causing Su Xueyi a moment of stasis.
“Let go of My ankle!”
The Emperor was injured. The scene turned upside down; everywhere was chaos. Sweet Tub was still screaming madly in Ying Xi’s mind.
The chaotic scene fueled Ying Xi’s humiliation and rage. With so many people around, the Emperor still wanted face. He gritted his teeth; he wanted to kill Su Xueyi.
The Dating System chose this exact moment to release the latest mission. A line of small text floated into view.
[Act coquettishly towards Prime Minister Su (0/1)]
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