klisemfg Chapter 247 Extra (6) Looking Back on the Road Ahead 04
Chapter 247 Extra (6) Looking Back on the Road Ahead 04
The master of mischief, Lin Shiming, has successfully achieved the feat of precisely angering his target to death across a century.
Lin Wanghui had never seen such a despicable person in his two lifetimes.
"Wang Hui, it's rare that our ancestors like you. From now on, you must remember to come and offer incense and kowtow to them every month!"
Lin Wanghui gave a fake, plastic smile.
The father and son left the ancestral hall one after the other, their faces showing peace and harmony, but their true feelings were quite different.
“Oh, and one more thing,” Lin Jingbiao, who was walking ahead, suddenly remembered something, stopped and turned to look at Lin Wanghui, “you should also study the letter that our ancestor wrote to you, just in case there are any instructions in it.”
Lin Wang replied, "Oh."
We'll tear it apart sooner or later!
Lin Jingbiao was very satisfied with his son's obedient behavior. He smiled gently and then gave a very thoughtful instruction, "Remember to tell your father when you're done studying it. This letter has been passed down for a hundred years, and its significance is far beyond that of ordinary letters. After you've finished reading it, we should still properly enshrine it in the ancestral hall so that future generations can kneel and commemorate it."
Lin Wanghui: "..."
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Life is a series of ups and downs.
Lin Wanghui suffered repeated defeats today and, after agreeing to a series of torturous and against his will, finally returned to his courtyard in frustration.
He dismissed all the servants before finally releasing his anger, slamming the letter onto the table with a loud bang.
What kind of bullshit life is this?
I'm so angry! I'm so angry! I wasn't even this angry when my junior colleague disposed of my research reagents as scrap in my past life!
…No, thinking about it makes me even angrier.
Adding insult to injury, Lin Wanghui cursed himself for being out of his mind, saying that he must have been so angry with Lin Shiming that he could have done something so stupid.
What's going on!
Lin Wanghui picked up the tea on the table and poured it into his mouth.
After drinking the herbal tea, a cool sensation rose from his stomach, finally calming Lin Wanghui's irritable state of mind.
Setting down his teacup, Lin Wanghui's gaze returned to the letter beside him.
What kind of garbage is worth this prince's attention!
What good things could Lin Shih-ming, this troublemaker, possibly write?
Aside from coming from the same world, what common language do they have in common?
……
Lin Wanghui coughed lightly, his eyes darting around, but his right hand, though seemingly reluctant, picked up the letter from the table.
I'm just curious... no! I just want to confirm that this person really can't write anything good!
Tossing the cringe-worthy first page behind him, Lin Wanghui focused intently on spelling out the pinyin.
"I am your ancestor."
Pooh.
"You must be wondering how you got here. Today, let me, your kind, beautiful, noble and intelligent ancestor, answer your questions."
Lin Wanghui opened his eyes wide.
"According to general relativity, the curvature of spacetime may be due to the effect of gravity."
Interesting. This person isn't completely ignorant after all! Lin Wanghui read on carefully.
"Actually, in that courtyard that day, it was because I am such an attractive person that the excessive gravity distorted spacetime, which brought the three of us to another world. Alas... I'm ashamed to say, it's all my fault for being too charming and dragging the two of you into this."
?
I'm &'￥@%!
I'm really sick today. I actually thought Lin Shiming was reliable for a moment, believed that a slacker who can't even speak English could explain the principle of time travel, and was successfully outsmarted by this idiot Lin Shiming five times in one day.
shame.
What a shame!
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Lin Wanghui locked himself in his room for a whole month before he recovered from the shame and indignation he felt that day.
Then, as soon as he stepped out, he bumped into Lin Jingbiao, who had come to find him.
"Oh, perfect timing, you're finally out. I was worried you'd miss the incense offering ceremony this month!"
"..."
Please, please, let a god erase Lin Shiming from history!
Clearly, a scourge like Lin Shiming was destined to live on for a thousand years and would never be erased. Therefore, for a long time afterward, Lin Wanghui had no choice but to endure the humiliation and go to the ancestral hall every month to pay respects and offer sacrifices to this ancestor.
Anxious.
Until news suddenly came from the palace that the emperor was seriously ill, Lin Jingbiao was busy with court affairs and finally had no time to keep an eye on Lin Wanghui every month. Lin Wanghui's life finally returned to peace and tranquility.
But soon, a new storm swept through the entire capital.
The emperor's illness worsened.
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Regarding this emperor whose reign title was Kangyuan, Lin Wanghui was willing to comment that he was "acceptable in ability, but weak in character, lacking any monarchical dignity, and unworthy of the title."
The close relationship between the Lin and Lu families was built on generations of growing up together. However, birth time is obviously beyond human control, and small errors accumulated until Lin Jingbiao's generation, resulting in the emperor being more than ten years older than the Duke of Zhenguo.
In other words, Lin Jingbiao, his contemporary, was only just born when the emperor's personality had almost fully formed. Consequently, the emperor's affection and trust for the Lin family were not as strong as before.
Fortunately, this emperor had studied Lin You's letter to the emperor and, given the existence of the curse, ultimately harbored no fear or suspicion towards the Lin family. It was just a pity that his personality was ultimately too conservative and weak.
To compensate for this deficiency, Emperor Kangyuan's father and mother chose a daughter of a military general with a relatively strong personality to be his crown princess, hoping to influence his temperament.
However, old habits die hard, and Emperor Kangyuan ultimately failed to live up to his father's expectations.
Weak people sometimes associate with even weaker people. Emperor Kangyuan disliked the carefully selected Crown Princess and preferred his own chosen "delicate" concubine, Wang Yanqing.
At first, Emperor Kangyuan did not dare to be too biased because of the restraint of his father and mother. However, after he ascended the throne a few years later, the two great mountains above his head finally passed away one after another, and Emperor Kangyuan no longer concealed his true colors.
Favoritism and blindness became the norm between the Empress and the Imperial Concubine. If the Empress hadn't been strong-willed and from a noble family, she might have become the first Empress in Changping's three-hundred-year history to be suppressed by a concubine.
This quickly fueled the concubine's ambition.
Relying on the emperor's favor, Consort Wang openly interfered with the empress's childbirth, delaying the imperial physicians and directly causing the empress's twins to have a difficult delivery. Ultimately, the younger son developed some leg problems, and the empress's health was damaged, making it difficult for her to conceive in the future.
Emperor Kangyuan immediately felt guilty.
He may have favored his son, but he wasn't stupid! How could he not know the importance of the eldest son?
No matter how much Consort Wang pleaded and begged in front of him, he still resolutely ordered her to be executed and confiscated the Wang family's property and exiled them for the crime of plotting against the Empress and the prince.
But this realization came too late.
After suffering a major setback, the strong-willed empress finally revealed her true, unyielding side. Women in Changping, when seeking revenge, tend to focus on the root cause. Female rivalry is unnecessary for a strong female protagonist.
Even without Consort Wang, there would be Consort Li, Consort Zhang… Emperor Kangyuan was the one who started all this tragedy.
Therefore, when Emperor Kangyuan came to visit, the empress, who came from a military family, seized the opportunity to pinch Emperor Kangyuan's chin and force-feed him a cup of tea that had been spiked.
The imperial physician was delayed for a while longer.
In conclusion, the final outcome was that what goes around comes around, and Emperor Kangyuan met the same fate as the Empress.
He can no longer have children.
When Lin Wanghui first heard about this from Lin Jingbiao, he spat out the tea he was drinking. The story was so absurd and fantastical that he wondered if he had transmigrated into some illogical, insane novel.
Art truly originates from life.
Lin Wanghui clicked his tongue in admiration.