klisemfg Chapter 78 Hey! You lustful brat!
Chapter 78 Hey! You lustful brat!
This single sentence in pinyin shattered Lin Shiming's defenses.
He said, "Even if a Taoist priest keeps up with the times, he shouldn't be so fluent in English that he can't forget it even after not using it for over twenty years, right?"
Only something like Pinyin is an encrypted text that Chinese people have been able to understand for decades. It's reliable!
After struggling to calm his somewhat broken state of mind, Lin Shiming concentrated and continued reading.
"Let me introduce myself. I am a patriotic Taoist priest, and one of my life goals is to make the whole world speak Chinese."
Lin Shih-ming: One World, One Dream.
"Damn it, can you believe that a Taoist priest like me was once called in by my teacher because I failed English! This foreign thing can't even give the right answer through divination, so I can't use any special methods!"
In real life, the choice was between doing the test and cheating.
Lin Shih-ming: Don't make things difficult for the Three Pure Ones, they don't speak English either.
“Writing this pinyin is quite troublesome, let’s keep it short.”
Lin Shiming read on intently.
Go to bed early tonight, I'll visit you in your dreams.
What is that?!
Lin Shiming was greatly puzzled and hurriedly turned to the next page.
Gone? ?
Lin Shiming was speechless.
What kind of Taoist priest could do something so outrageous!
He incredulously flipped through the book again and again, and finally found some more pinyin in an illustration numbered ten on page 25.
"Remember the incantation and recite it silently in your mind before going to sleep."
"Balala Energy, summon my most handsome ancestor Lin You!"
Lin Shiming: "... ..."
That's it, I don't really want to see him anyway.
Lin Shiming calmly closed the book, got up and walked out.
The eunuchs had already been orderly bringing the prepared dishes to the table one by one, and the squirrel-shaped mandarin fish that Lin Shiming had ordered was placed in front of his usual seat.
Lu Yuxi happened to be carrying Lu Tingsong, who had just finished washing up, when she ran into Lin Shiming, who had an indifferent expression on his face.
"What's going on here?"
Lu Tingsong blinked his big eyes at him and asked, "What's wrong, Uncle?"
Lin Shiming, looking as if he had taken life and death lightly and was about to become a monk, said, "It's nothing, I was just mentally corrupted by my ancestor, whose mental state is worrying."
"What kind of strange things are these?" Lu Yuxi raised her eyebrows in confusion and placed Lu Tingsong on the chair.
"Why does Senior Lin You seem unwell...?"
Lin Shiming said sarcastically, "Could a person with a sound mind write such scribbling nonsense?"
"Shi Ming!" Lu Yuxi quickly covered Lu Tingsong's ears and said helplessly, "How can you talk about your own ancestor like that? I suppose Senior Lin You has his own reasons, which we just can't figure out for the time being."
Lin Shiming also realized what was happening.
Regardless of whether he was dragged here by that young Taoist priest in his past life, he has now been in this world for nearly twenty years, and he is indeed a descendant of Lin You in terms of bloodline. Moreover, this is not the modern world, so he cannot speak carelessly about filial piety and etiquette here.
It was because he subconsciously regarded Lin You as the little Taoist priest from his previous life that he habitually treated Lin You like an ordinary person.
But we can't do that anymore.
"I was just saying it offhand, I won't do it again!"
Lu Yuxi had only meant to remind him and hadn't intended to hold it against him. Now that she saw he had realized his mistake, she naturally wouldn't dwell on it anymore.
"Alright, just remember not to say things carelessly in the future. Let's eat quickly. I've already asked for leave from Father. Let's pack our things early and go to bed early tonight. We'll leave at dawn tomorrow."
Lin Shiming sat down, raised his hand to pick up a piece of meat for the eagerly waiting Lu Tingsong, and then took a bite himself.
"Which estate should we go to, and how many days will we stay? I remember my sister-in-law mentioning to me that there are several nice estates in my dowry. Should I ask Yuanye to come and ask about them later?"
"No need, let's go to the imperial palace."
"A temporary palace?"
Just got back, are we going to the hunting grounds again?
“It’s not the hunting ground palace.” Lu Yuxi knew what Lin Shiming was thinking without even having to guess. “It’s the summer palace, also in the suburbs of the capital, but in the north, and much closer. In the hot summer, Father usually takes people to the summer palace to escape the heat.”
"Oh, you have quite a few palaces!"
Lu Yuxi tapped Lin Shiming's forehead in an annoyed tone, "It's our family."
Lin Shiming casually stuffed food into his mouth and nodded nonchalantly, "Mmm! Our family!"
"..."
Lu Yuxi was exasperated by his stubbornness and finally understood how Lin Shihe had been so angry that he had resorted to using a ruler.
No rush, he reassured himself, let's talk business first, and deal with this person properly tonight!
Lu Yuxi swallowed her anger for the time being. "Let's go to the summer palace. The scenery there is picturesque, with beautiful views at every turn. The three of us can travel around as we please, stay for about ten days, and come back before April."
The time spent there was not short, but this palace sounded quite like the Yuanmingyuan, a place whose name I could only hear about in my previous life.
Lin Shiming wondered if this summer palace of the Changping Dynasty could serve as a substitute for the legendary "Garden of Gardens," and he was filled with anticipation.
Is it big? Are there many gardens there?
“It’s huge, and there are gardens everywhere. The size of the place is comparable to that of the palace.” Lu Yuxi poured him a bowl of soup. “If you like, we can stay in a different garden every day. But it probably won’t be enough to stay in them all in a month or two.”
Lu Tingsong swallowed the food in his mouth and excitedly joined in, "Uncle! I've been there, I've been there! I stayed at 'Spring Breeze' with my grandmother last time, it's so beautiful! I'll show you around tomorrow!"
"Alright! Xiao Tingsong will take Uncle out to play!"
*
Having finalized the itinerary, Lin Shiming spent the entire afternoon arranging palace affairs in advance, and finally managed to finish everything before dinner.
Fortunately, Bai Qiongzhu hadn't returned the person he lent him yet, so it wouldn't be a problem to cover things for half a month. However, just in case, Lin Shiming left Yu Sheng in the palace, so he could go directly to the temporary palace to find him if anything happened. The temporary palace wasn't far from here, and with his excellent lightness skill, he returned in half an hour.
Lin Shiming had taken care of everything, and Lu Yuxi had also arranged her current administrative affairs.
The two of them led Lu Tingsong to dinner, then accompanied him for a walk to digest his food before returning to the main hall together.
Then Lin Shiming was forced onto the bed by Lu Yuxi, who had been holding back for a long time.
"What are you doing! Aren't we supposed to get up early tomorrow?"
Lu Yuxi's meaningful look made Lin Shiming feel uneasy, and he had a feeling that something bad was about to happen.
“Whether you get up early or not, you can continue sleeping in the carriage.” Lu Yuxi began to slowly undress Lin Shiming. “Let’s talk about what happened at ‘your home’ today.”
"Do not--"
…
Lin Shiming's shout was muffled.
*
As the hour of Chou approached, Lin Shiming, who had been thoroughly lectured by Lu Yuxi, finally had his mercy and was allowed to go into a deep sleep after begging for mercy for who knows how many times.
The lights in the main hall were extinguished, and the East Palace finally fell silent.
The stars in the sky twinkled, and a spring breeze rose, seeping into the room through the cracks in the window.
In a daze, the exhausted Lin Shiming seemed to have returned to the Taoist temple from his previous life.
A spirited young Taoist priest walked towards him, his smile pure and innocent.
"Hey! You lustful brat, I told you to go to bed early, look at the time! Your ancestors have been waiting for four or five hours!"
Lin Shih-ming: I really want to poison his mouth and make him mute.