IHOEAYSTTTIW Chapter 78

Chapter 78: The so-called win-win is when both parties get what they want.

Yun Qi opened the box, and the familiar hairpin inside made his pupils shrink.

Yun Qi picked up the hairpin, touched the inexplicable crack on it, and barely steadied his mind, “Why is this hairpin still with you?”

“I gave the hairpin to Imperial Sister-in-law, and she accepted it. Seeing how deeply she loves my brother, I said a few more words, but I didn’t expect her to get angry.” The new Emperor shrugged innocently, patted Yun Qi’s shoulder, “Forcing things doesn’t bring happiness, and I didn’t want to force her, so I could only send her away.”

Knowing that Lin Yan was sent away by the new Emperor, Yun Qi was relieved instead. If someone was looking after his brother, his days wouldn’t be too difficult, and he wouldn’t encounter any danger.

This way, it would be much easier to find him, but… with his brother’s kind nature, what did Yun Song say to make him refuse to even see him, and leave in a fit of pique?

Yun Qi had a vague suspicion in his heart. He wanted to avoid this suspicion as usual, but he couldn’t continue to be an ostrich in the current situation.

Yun Qi’s hand holding the hairpin tightened unconsciously. He looked up at the new Emperor and asked with difficulty, “What… what did you say?”

“I didn’t say anything, just mentioned the Empress Dowager in passing, and chatted about the stories my brother used to tell me.”

The new Emperor’s nonchalant words sounded like a bolt from the blue to Yun Qi. Yun Qi couldn’t control his trembling body, and his voice also trembled, “What… what stories?”

“How could Imperial Brother forget? Those stories that Imperial Brother made up after listening to the Empress Dowager’s nonsense.” The new Emperor raised the corners of his mouth, repeating the fairy tales that Yun Qi used to amuse him, “I transmigrated, came to a strange dynasty, and I can only pretend to have amnesia…”

The time bomb finally exploded.

Yun Qi felt like there was an iron hoop in his head, and every time his heart beat, the iron hoop tightened a circle. His temples throbbed, and thousands of steel needles were piercing into them.

Guilt, fear, self-blame… various emotions intertwined into a storm, rampaging 生unrestrainedly in his mind.

Pain devoured Yun Qi’s reason, and the new Emperor’s face gradually became twisted.

He stood up abruptly, drew the sword from the rack with his backhand, and pointed it at the new Emperor, “Just say directly what you want, why tell him all this.”

“What is Imperial Brother doing? Imperial Sister-in-law said she wanted to leave with you, so how could I make things difficult for him? I just wanted her to treat Imperial Brother well, and reminiscing about the past was quite emotional, wasn’t it?” The new Emperor didn’t dodge or evade, and even took two steps forward until his chest touched the tip of the sword. He narrowed his eyes slightly, and a faint glint of cold light flashed in his eyes, “Imperial Brother, as long as I shout now, your crime of assassinating the Emperor will be set in stone.”

These words were like a bucket of cold water, pouring down on him and extinguishing the fire in Yun Qi’s head. He took two steps back, and with a “clang,” the long sword fell heavily to the ground.

Judge actions, not intentions; by intentions, no one is perfect.

Yun Song didn’t say anything wrong, it was his fault.

If he hadn’t told that lie, and then added bricks and tiles to the lie day after day, how could his brother have been so utterly disappointed that he refused to even see him and left directly?

Yun Qi turned around dejectedly, staggering towards the door.

His head was splitting, but compared to the guilt and self-blame in his heart, the pain in his body was not worth mentioning. In Yun Qi’s eyes at this moment, the headache was more like a self-punishment, the comfort he deserved.

Yun Qi opened the door a crack, and the cold wind blowing in from outside gradually cleared his mind.

There were still things that hadn’t been resolved.

Yun Qi took a deep breath, slowly closed the door, turned around, and bowed respectfully to the new Emperor, his voice hoarse, “What identity has Your Majesty arranged for my brother? My brother’s nature is simple, I’m afraid…”

“He certainly can’t be an official with that personality.” The new Emperor bent down, unhurriedly picked up the long sword from the ground, and put it back on the sword rack, as if the tension just now had never happened, “I made him the second son of the Minister of Public Works, and sent him to Changning.”

A prominent family background, yet being a second son who doesn’t have to worry about anything, was indeed a good identity, but the place he was going…

“Your Majesty sent my brother to Changning?”

The new Emperor nodded, looking at Yun Qi with a half-smile.

Yun Qi walked to the desk in two steps, casually picked up a memorial from the Ministry of Public Works, and opened it to reveal the locust plague in Changning, with no harvest.

Yun Qi held the memorial in front of the new Emperor, his voice filled with anger, “There’s just been a locust plague there, and it’s the time when the old and new crops are not yet available, you…”

The new Emperor snatched the memorial, took a quick look, and threw it on the desk casually, “Since he can produce seeds, he naturally has a way to control the locust plague, right? If he doesn’t… the silver I gave him is enough.”

Yun Qi understood this younger brother. When he said that the silver was enough, it was definitely enough.

But all this was on the premise that Lin Yan knew how to write the words “take care of yourself.”

If he gave out thirty taels today and fifty taels tomorrow, it would be useless even if the Emperor handed the treasury over to Lin Yan.

So, did Lin Yan know?

Yun Qi raised his hand to touch the scar on his face and smiled bitterly.

If his brother knew, he wouldn’t be standing here now.

Thinking this way, whether his brother could deal with the locust plague or not, he was probably going to leave and never return.

Yun Qi touched the waist Cardtoken symbolizing the identity of a prince, and took it off without hesitation, “Send me to Changning.”

The new Emperor raised his eyebrows, and didn’t stop Yun Qi from doing this, as if everything was within his expectations.

The new Emperor reminded him in a flat tone, “Imperial Brother should think carefully, if you go to Changning…”

“I can give up royal power and wealth.” Yun Qi put the waist Cardtoken on the table and pushed it towards the new Emperor, “Whether Your Majesty wants to make the Prince of An disappear or die of illness, I don’t care, I just want him.”

“Imperial Brother’s temperament… is the same as before.” The new Emperor twirled the tassel on the waist Cardtoken, and threw the waist Cardtoken back to Yun Qi, “It’s too late today, Imperial Brother should go back and rest early.”

Yun Qi put the waist Cardtoken he took from his arms back on the table, without taking a step back, “Prepare a car, I’m leaving now.”

“Brother is really impatient, wanting to chase out of the city overnight.” The new Emperor waved his hand at Yun Qi, his voice also showing fatigue, “There are so many things to prepare for a prince’s inspection tour. Changning is a long way away, Imperial Brother should go back and carefully check the things you need to bring. Once you leave, you don’t know when you’ll be able to come back.”

These words were basically a clear hint.

Yun Qi still didn’t take the waist Cardtoken, but instead asked, “Then… when will we depart?”

The new Emperor pondered slightly, and made a conclusion, “If Imperial Brother doesn’t regret it, then go with the people from the Ministry of Public Works the day after tomorrow.”

In two days, people didn’t know where they would run off to.

Yun Qi wanted to argue again, but then he thought.

The person was sent over by the new Emperor, and there must be the new Emperor’s spies around his brother. It would be easy to find him, and nothing major could happen in two days.

Besides, the words had already been spoken, and Yun Qi didn’t quite know how to face Lin Yan either. For the time being… let’s delay it for two days first.

Yun Qi took the waist Cardtoken back and fastened it again.

This waist Cardtoken must be protected. When the Prince of An exits the stage one day, this will be an important prop.

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