Is the emperor seriously ill?

What's wrong with just smiling and not talking?

"..."

"The Lin Ruhai you are talking about is not the same person as the one I know. However, there is one thing that is beyond doubt." The emperor suddenly stopped smiling and said solemnly, "Your father Lin Ruhai is indeed a rare good official."

"That's what I think too."

The emperor was stunned for a moment, then came back to his senses, smiled kindly again, and said to Zimu: "You are indeed father and daughter. The way you speak is exactly the same, so impolite."

Zi Mu lowered his head slightly, but muttered to himself that the emperor's mood was truly unpredictable and difficult to guess.

However, she still maintained a respectful attitude on the surface and said softly: "Your Majesty, please forgive me. I did not mean to offend you. It's just that in my mind, my father's image is like this, so I spoke frankly."

"Forget it, forget it. I am not blaming you. I just feel that there are very few people around me who dare to speak like this. Your father has always been honest, which is really rare in this officialdom."

Zi Mu raised his head and looked at the emperor with a firm gaze: "Your Majesty, I believe that there must be many officials like my father in this court, but they...may not have been discovered by Your Majesty yet."

"You are a very sensible girl, but aren't you afraid that I will get angry if you say that?"

"When the emperor gets angry, millions of people will die. Naturally, I am afraid, but I don't think the emperor is such a person who cannot bear to hear the truth."

The emperor was slightly stunned. He never expected that such words could come out of the mouth of a little baby.

Then, a gratified smile appeared on his face: "Girl, you are quite similar to your father. However, what you said does make sense. I should pay more attention to those officials who truly work for the people."

"Even your father rarely talks to me about these things these years."

The emperor missed Lin Ruhai and himself when they were young and energetic.

"Well, is there a possibility... that my father is suddenly afraid of death?"

"Oh? Then tell me why your father is afraid of death?"

“No one is afraid of death.”

"Your father is an honest official, which is why I trusted him to serve as the Imperial Censor of Lianghuai Salt Inspection for many years in a row. How can you say that you are afraid of death?"

The emperor suddenly felt that he was really boring, otherwise he would not chat about these things with a little kid.

"Your Majesty, the reason why you can't find the wise ministers is that you are blinded, so they can't appear in front of your Majesty?"

Looking at the short and stocky Zimu in front of him, the emperor suddenly found Lin Ruhai's daughter very interesting: "You are really brave, but you are right."

The emperor looked at Zimu with curiosity in his eyes. He also wanted to know what was going on in the mind of this little kid in front of him. "Then according to your opinion, how can I clear this fog and find those wise ministers?"

Zi Mu tilted his head and thought for a while, then said seriously: "Your Majesty, you can go on a private visit in disguise! Just like what is sung in the opera, go among the people, maybe you can meet those good officials who are buried. The most important thing is that you can eat some delicious food, why not do it?"

The emperor laughed out loud at her words, thinking that she was still a child. No matter how smart she was, her only goal was to eat and drink. "You have a novel idea, girl. But it's not easy to go on a secret visit."

Zi Mu lowered his head and his eyes darkened. When he looked up again, he blinked. Anyone who saw him would say he was innocent and ignorant: "Then Your Majesty, you can also hold a selection and let those officials show their abilities. Whoever is the most capable will be the wise minister."

The emperor smiled and shook his head: "What are you thinking about in your little head all day? Selecting officials in the court is not that simple."

Zi Mu snorted unconvincedly and said naively: "Then Your Majesty, please listen more to the voices of the people. The people will definitely know who is a good official."

The emperor was amused by her words again: "You are really a clever girl. Well, let's stop here today. I need to think carefully about what you said."

Zi Mu quickly bowed and said, "I will take my leave."

"Wang Cheng, you go and send this girl off. If anything happens to her, I'm afraid Lin Ruhai will risk his life to ask me for her."

Zi Mu: The emperor is not kind at all, speaking ill of someone's father in front of his daughter.

"Yes"

As they were walking, Zimu suddenly stopped, turned to Wang Cheng and asked, "Eunuch, does the emperor often say bad things about my father like this?"

Wang Cheng smiled awkwardly and said, "Miss, please don't misunderstand me. The emperor thinks highly of Lord Lin. What he said just now was just a joke to tease you."

Zi Mu pouted and muttered, "Humph, I don't believe it. If the emperor valued my father, he wouldn't say those words in front of me."

Wang Cheng shook his head helplessly and said, "Miss, you don't know that the emperor has a close relationship with Lord Lin, and sometimes he speaks casually."

"Then tell me, sir, why is the relationship between my father and the emperor so good?"

Wang Cheng looked embarrassed, but after thinking for a moment, he spoke: "When Lord Lin entered the capital for the imperial examination, he met the emperor. At that time, the emperor had not yet ascended the throne... When Lord Lin was young, we drank and hunted together...

"Didn't the emperor just say that he saved my father? Okay, I get it."

It's just a trick for kids to play.

Wang Cheng smiled and said, "The girl is smart."

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"girl."

"Nanny, Xueyan, let's go home first."

"it is good"

Not long after returning to the Lin Mansion, rewards from the palace were delivered. Most of them were nourishing medicinal herbs, which was enough to show that the relationship between the emperor and Lin Ruhai was indeed good.

However, Zimu has no use for these things now. He can use them to replenish his father's body when he returns to Beijing to report on his work.

"Miss, Rongguo Mansion has sent someone to invite you."

Zimu felt uncomfortable when he heard about Rongguo Mansion. He could not escape or hide, after all, Old Lady Shi was Lin Daiyu's maternal grandmother.

Now Old Lady Shi truly loves her granddaughter.

But except for a few young ones, none of the other women in Rongguo Mansion are easy to get along with.

Each of them has eight hundred thoughts in mind, and Zi Mu's trypophobia comes out when he sees them.

Seeing Zimu's embarrassment, the nurse Li said distressedly, "If the young lady doesn't want to go, just find an excuse to refuse."

The wet nurse beside Zimu is a servant of the Lin family in Suzhou. Three generations of her ancestors have worked in the Lin mansion, so naturally she is loyal to the Lin family.

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