Chapter 428: The Reason for the Confinemen (1/2)
The old emperor knew that Pei Qingfeng had gone to the Desolate Region but he wasn’t about to announce it to the entire world. There were already some who caught on but the old emperor wasn’t going to explain himself to them. As for the imperial censor, he was on Pei Rumo’s side. Despite the fact that he should be denouncing the other princes the moment they committed a mistake, Pei Rumo had not passed down any instructions and he wasn’t able to run rampant. After his long service in the imperial court, the imperial censor felt that the old emperor’s thought process was extremely complicated and he wasn’t willing to make any reckless moves. The imperial censor might seem to be sullen and incompetent, but he was still able to continue holding his post.
As for Honored Tian Yun, he took drastically different actions. In order to prevent the fact that Pei Qingfeng had sneaked into the Desolate Region, he confined Ling Xian’er in the Stargazing Pavilion. He wouldn’t leave his room if he could and he pretended to be stuck in secluded meditation. Every time a carriage passed on the outside, he would perk up his ears and listen closely, hoping that it wasn’t the old emperor who paid him a visit. He, who originally had a well-built body, was now looking a little haggard. How could he not be worried? He was so worried someone would find out about this little ‘secret’ and he was hopping about like a startled rabbit.
”Sigh.”
The disciple by the side raised his head slightly and his finger twitched. It was as though he was counting the number of sighs Honored Tian Yun let out the entire time. No longer able to control himself, he said, ”Honored Sir, you have sighed 38 times today and it isn't even noon yet. If you are feeling sorry for Young Lady Xian'er, why not just let her out of confinement?”
”What do you know?!” Honored Tian Yun turned around and yelled at the disciple before turning back to sigh again, ”I am doing this to protect her! She messed up real bad and now, she thinks that I’m trying to punish her! I watched her grow up! Why will I want any harm to befall her? I’m blaming myself for spoiling her and allowing her to do anything she wants! I hope this will be a lesson for her…”
As Honored Tian Yun spoke of his thoughts out loud, the disciple by his side was dumbstruck. He was right. Ling Xian’er was like a little princess and everyone in their faction had pampered her. None of them ever saw Honored Tian Yun so angry before and they knew that she messed up really badly. Sigh… I wonder when Junior Sister can be released...
Ling Xian'er was hopping mad. She never expected that Honored Tian Yun, who doted on her more than her biological father, to give her such a harsh punishment.
”That's right, Honored Tian Yun dotes on you the most. It is just an apology, right?”
Ling Xian’er was too angry to listen to any advice and she snapped, ”I didn't do anything wrong, why should I apologize? He can punish me all he wants!!!”
The two of them shook their heads helplessly. A moment later, one of them spoke up again, ”Xian'er, why don't you tell me what you did to anger Honored Tian Yun?”
Just as Ling Xian’er was about to tell her the entire story, she realized that the lesser people who knew about it the better. She clamped her mouth shut and refused to say anything. When the two of them saw that they weren’t about to persuade her, they gave up and decided to allow her to calm herself down.
As the two of them left, Ling Xian’er was left alone in the massive Stargazing Pavilion. Since she had nothing better to do, she took out her newly bought folk stories and started to flip through them.
”Hmph, I asked you to reflect yourself but here you are reading your books again.” Honored Tian Yun finally couldn't bear the guilt and he came over to look for Ling Xian’er. He never expected her to be enjoying herself instead of reflecting on her actions.