The Devoted Second Male Lead Decided to Favor Someone Else - Chapter 75.4

I’m a Professional at Inner Palace Fights (4)

Not only did his husband become this short-lived emperor, he couldn’t OOC, that was terrible!

Wait! Lu Shijin suddenly remembered what Wang Xi just said.

“Stop!” Lu Shijin stopped and motioned for Wang Xi to stop, “Did you just say that emperor-gege just got a new beauty and flipped her tablet?”

“Yes! My lord, why are you asking this? It’s just something they do as adults, you shouldn’t pay attention to it. The palace gate is about to close, let’s hurry, or else we won’t be able to leave here.”

“What’s that beauty-jiejie’s name?” Lu Shijin didn’t move and kept asking.

Wang Xi thought for a bit, “Her surname should be Liu, but this servant doesn’t remember her name. I just heard those gossipy palace maids say that the emperor even fought with the empress because of this! Ai! My lord, where are you going? That’s not the way out!”

Go out? His husband was about to sleep with some woman, why would he want to go out!

Lu Shijin rushed towards the emperor’s quarters according to his memory. Wang Xi caught up to him before he could reach there and blocked him with his body.

“My lord, where are you going?” Wang Xi asked, panting.

“Move! I’m going to play chess with emperor-gege.”

Wang Xi anxiously urged, “My lord, it’s already so late, you mustn’t bother the emperor. You might be fine, but this servant won’t be able to keep his head!”

Lu Shijin felt very anxious and couldn’t care less about Wang Xi. He pushed past him, ignoring everything Wang Xi cried out.

At Yong’an Palace, bright lights lit everything up. The guards saw that it was Lu Shijin and, knowing how much the emperor valued him, didn’t dare block the way and hurriedly reported it.

Although the emperor flipped Liu Zhenhuan’s tablet today, it took some time for her to get there, so the emperor was currently looking over memorials.

Hearing that Lu Shijin was here so late, Li Chong was afraid that there was something urgent, so he allowed Lu Shijin in.

Lu Shijin rushed in and saw Li Chong sitting behind the desk, using a brush to diligently write on the memorials.

Li Chong had already taken off his dragon robe and was only wearing a light yellow robe. The chest area was embroidered with a majestic dragon holding a pearl, displaying the emperor’s heroic spirit.

His hair was put up high, with sharp features. His appearance was the standard beauty in ancient times.

Due to the fact that he didn’t see much sun in the cold palace, Li Chong’s skin was very pale. Under the candlelight, his skin seemed to flicker with light.

“Why did you come visit Zhen so late?”

Hearing Lu Shijin’s steps, Li Chong put down his brush and looked up with a smile. This made Lu Shijin think of a line that described a handsome, otherworldly prince.

Then, he thought about another poem, “There is our elegant and accomplished prince, – As from the knife and the file, As from the chisel and the polisher!” (From The Book of Poetry – The Odes of Wei – Qi Yu)

His husband was too hot in hanfu!

Was this how it felt to fall in love at first sight?

“What is it?” Li Chong saw how Lu Shijin was staring at him dumbfoundedly and smiled, “Do you not recognize Zhen?”

“Don’t smile.” Lu Shijin accidently said his thoughts out loud.

Li Chong was shocked, “Pardon?”

“No.” Lu Shijin finally came back to his senses and coughed, clearing his throat, “I meant.”

“Didn’t I tell you before?” Li Chong stood up and walked to Lu Shijin, smilingly patting his shoulder, “Shijin can’t refer to yourself as ‘I’ or ‘me,’ you have to say ‘this younger brother’ in front of me. If you mess up again, Zhen will have to punish you.”

Li Chong’s voice was really nice to listen to, especially when his tone was so happy and casual. Lu Shijin felt like he was going to collapse.

Looking at his husband’s handsome face, Lu Shijin sighed in his heart, with an appearance like that, shouldn’t he be the main character?

“This younger brother misstepped.” Lu Shijin said, “This younger brother couldn’t sleep, and wanted emperor-gege to accompany me, no this younger brother, to accompany this younger brother for a game of chess.”

Li Chong laughed and stroked Lu Shijin’s nose, “It’s so late, what chess, let’s do it tomorrow, Zhen will play with you tomorrow.”

“Emperor-gege won’t play with this younger brother.” Lu Shijin widened his eyes, looking at Li Chong pitifully, “Is it because there’s a new sister-in-law, so emperor-gege won’t play with this younger brother anymore?”

“Where did you hear that from?” Li Chong lowered his head and stopped smiling, saying helplessly, “How could that be? Don’t make assumptions. No matter what, you’ll always be Zhen’s most important one.”

“Then even if emperor-gege has a new wife, you’ll still love this younger brother like before, right?” Lu Shijin tilted his chin up, acting coquettishly.

Li Chong nodded, “Of course.”

Lu Shijin acted mischeivous, “Is she pretty?”

Li Chong thought for a bit, “More or less.”

“More than this younger brother?” Lu Shijin put his face closer to Li Chong’s eyes for a clearer view.

Lu Shijin’s eyes were bright and his expression innocent. Although his mental state was behind, his appearance was very good.

Because of that, Li Chong would feel guilty every time he saw Lu Shijin. He should’ve been a promising young man, but was reduced to an idiot because of his family. That’s why he decided to do everything he could to repay Lu Shijin, to ensure that he’d live happily every day.”

Lu Shijin didn’t hear Li Chong say anything and poked at his chest, unhappily nagging, “Tell me.”

Li Chong looked at the finger Lu Shijin used to poke him with a complicated gaze. With his high standing right now, the childish Lu Shijin was probably the only one who would dare poke him.

“Of course our Jinjin is the prettiest.” Li Chong teased with a smile, since Lu Shijin was just a child.

Lu Shijin smiled happily, hugging Li Chong’s arm tightly, “Then emperor-gege, don’t spend the night with your new wife, I, no, this younger brother, can also do it!”

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