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“It won’t.” After a moment of silence, Shi Ying whispered, “I know what I’m doing.”

“No,” the emperor fired back, revealing a rare harshness in his weakened tone, retorting assertively, “You don’t know what you’re doing.”

Shi Ying’s brows knitted together and couldn’t help but stand up tall, stiffening to suppress his anger and simply saying, “There is no need to discuss this matter further – I have already chosen the Crown Prince’s consort.”

“No.” The emperor frowned and coughed violently.

Hearing that word, Shi Ying turned around in consternation and sneered, “What, you’ve been sitting on the sidelines all these years without giving me a second thought, and now you’re suddenly stepping forward to show your dual authority as emperor and father in regards to my marriage? Now that the world is in a precarious situation, this marriage between the royal family of Kongsang and the White Clan is of great significance, as you should be well aware of.”

“But… cough, a lifelong commitment is just as important.” The emperor coughed and whispered, “In any case… you cannot be too impatient.”

Not wanting to continue the conversation with him about this matter, Shi Ying only said with a faint grimace, “Just take care of your recovery.”

He stretched out his hand and tried to take back the Jade Bone from his father’s hand, however, the emperor clutched it in his palm with a deadly grip and actually refused to hand it back to his son, coughing dramatically, “No! This Jade Bone cough, this Jade Bone cannot be given back to you. Otherwise… the person to whom it has to be entrusted will not be the right one.”

“Then you can keep it to yourself!” Shi Ying sneered, and a hint of temper stirred in his voice.

Before the words left his mouth, a sudden rush of footsteps could be heard outside the door, and the chamberlain prostrated himself outside the curtain, his voice tinged with a bit of trepidation, “Your Majesty, the Imperial Envoy has urgent business to seek an audience for!”

The Imperial Envoy? Wasn’t he just being dispatched to the White King’s residence this morning to officially install the new Crown Princess? The enthronement rituals were complicated and would take at least a day, so how come he returned so soon to report for duty?

The emperor was stunned for a moment, coughing, “Send him in.”

At the order, the curtain outside the door was lifted and the Imperial Envoy stumbled in, staggering and crawling, kneeling down in front of the sickbed, kowtowing like a dog, that even Shi Ying on the other side couldn’t help but be alarmed.

“Rise your head and speak.” The emperor said weakly, “What happened…?”

“I deserve to die for my sins! Today I was ordered to go to the White King’s Palace, but I was unexpectedly robbed along the way!” The usually graceful Imperial Envoy was somewhat incoherent, his hat was missing, his hair was disheveled, and he was obviously in a great state of shock, muttering, “Under the feet of the Son of Heaven… how, how dare a lunatic have the audacity to do this!”

“A robbery?” The emperor looked confused for a moment, “Robbed of what?”

“The jade scroll used for the enthronement of the Crown Princess!” The Royal Envoy’s face turned a shade of blue and his voice trembled, “In broad daylight… it’s really… really…”

Once he finished speaking, not only the emperor, even Shi Ying’s expression standing on one side turned a bit pale.

“Exactly how did that happen?” The emperor coughed, and beside him, Shi Ying raised his hand without making a sound to assist him, while frowning and turning his head to look at the person on the floor.

The Imperial Envoy could feel the invisible pressure under such a gaze, and his voice shook in a confused manner, saying, “I was ordered to leave the forbidden city, and the entire journey seemed to proceed normally, but just before the entrance of the White King’s Palace, the carriage suddenly stopped on its own! No matter how hard they were beaten, the horses refused to move! It was as if they were possessed!”

Hearing this, Shi Ying’s eyebrows furrowed again. This was clearly the use of a magic spell. Who was the one so daring?

“Ahem… Precisely how did it happen?” The emperor coughed impatiently, “What happened after that?”

The Imperial Envoy of the Inner Palace hurriedly bowed his head and said, “I could only order someone to go down to check what was happening. But as soon as the curtain was lifted, a gust of wind swept in! I didn’t see anyone coming, I only felt that my hand was suddenly empty and the jade scroll was unexpectedly snatched away by a swift hand!”

“What?” The emperor was also stunned, unable to believe that such a thing could happen: “Who could have been so bold and presumptuous? In broad daylight… cough, why would they snatch away the jade scroll?”

“I deserve to die for my sins! I didn’t even see the person!” The Imperial Envoy prostrated himself on the ground and kept bowing, trembling, “That person was so skilled and moved around like the wind that not only did the imperial steed refuse to move, but even the attendants to his left and right were unable to defend it! At that time, I tried to protect the jade scroll with my life, but I ended up being… pushed away by that someone.”

At this point, the Imperial Envoy covered his face, not daring to say more.

On his chubby white face, there was a clear mark of a slap – the fingers were so thin that it appeared to be the hand of a woman. Yet the strength was comparable to that of a strong man, almost swelling half of his face.

When Shi Ying heard this he finally frowned and spoke, “Did that person mentioned anything?”

“No… not at all.” The Imperial Envoy covered his face in shame and hesitated, “I… was protecting the jade scroll with all my strength, refusing to let go, when I was smacked by that person, my ears buzzed and I fell to the ground.

I only vaguely heard a sneer as she grabbed the item with a swift hand and left… Hearing the voice, she seemed to be a young woman.”

“A young woman?” Shi Ying looked at the palm imprint on the Imperial Envoy’s face and his expression turned a little strange.

“Yes… it was.” The Royal Envoy covered his face, not very certain and hesitating added, “Well… on a second thought, she also seemed to be wearing a red dress? I… was so dizzy from the blow that I only caught a flash of a red silhouette before the person disappeared.”

When the emperor heard this, a strange light suddenly appeared in his eyes and he turned his head to look at his son. Shi Ying remained silent, but his face expression mutated in a mixture of emotions.

“I deserve to die for my offense!” The Imperial Envoy hastily prostrated himself, “I beg His Majesty to punish me!”

However, as the ashen-faced Imperial Envoy knelt on the ground, panicking distressed about the shock and abuse he had suffered, the ill Emperor, who had been bedridden for a long time, listening and now understanding what had happened, couldn’t help but to burst out into laughter, “Hahaha… very interesting!”

“Your Majesty?” The Imperial Envoy was stunned for a moment, shocked by the emperor’s abnormal attitude.

“That was funny… very funny!” The frail and seriously ill old man let out a loud laugh on his sickbed, actually coughing from laughter as if he had heard something extremely amusing, “What an interesting young girl!”

“…” The Imperial Envoy fell to his knees and froze in confusion.

What’s wrong with the emperor? In the Imperial Capital, at the feet of the Son of Heaven, the jade scroll for the enthronement of the Crown Prince Consort was intercepted and robbed, and he actually found it funny? The emperor… is not so sick that he has become delirious, isn’t he?

“Alright, the matter has been acknowledged.” Not waiting for him to have the chance to express his doubts, the Crown Prince sitting beside the emperor spoke coldly and dismissed him, “The Emperor is not in good health and is already tired, so you may now retire and recuperate yourself! This matter will be discussed later.”

“But…” the Imperial Envoy retreated, perplexed.

The disappearance of the jade scroll was a major incident. Shouldn’t the cavalry be immediately dispatched to capture the culprit?

When the Imperial Envoy retired, the two men were left alone in the deep, quiet palace, facing each other. The emperor laughed for a long time before he subsided and began to cough, but his mouth was still curled in a smile.

“It’s her, isn’t it?” The emperor murmured, looking at his firstborn son.

Shi Ying didn’t answer, but didn’t deny it either, wearing a stern expression of discomfort.

“That girl… is really bold.” The emperor coughed and glanced at his son, “How dare she rob the Imperial Envoy and snatch the Jade Scroll in broad daylight? A major crime punishable by… beheading!”

“I’ll go and get the jade scroll back now.” Shi Ying did not answer his father’s question, but simply said briefly, “It’s beyond insolence.”

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