Chapter 30 Reflection

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Chapter 30: Chapter 30 ReflectionDo you know how Marquis Dongxiang angered the Emperor? Su Jin felt powerless. However, since he was left in the palace to reflect, it meant that the problem wasn’t serious. She had saved the Emperor before; if she went to plead, the Emperor would definitely release her father. Su Jin felt slightly relieved. The result— Xingxing comforted Xie Jingchen, "Son-in-law, don’t worry, the Emperor is kind-hearted, the Marquis will be fine." Su Jin was speechless. "You’re not comforting me, you’re comforting him?" Su Jin tapped Xingxing’s forehead and said. "The son-in-law seems a bit more worried about the Marquis than you, Miss," Xingxing replied. "...." Could this be possible? The one being punished is her own father, not Xie Jingchen’s father. Xie Jingchen was provoked by her father to the point of spitting blood; he should be secretly glad that her father was being punished if he had any conscience. Su Jin turned her head slightly. She saw Xie Jingchen’s face looking grim, raising his hand to his forehead, appearing utterly exhausted. This expression— Doesn’t seem like he’s worried about her father, more like he’s concerned about himself. Strange though, it was her father who made the mistake, why did the Emperor specifically ask Xie Jingchen to enter the palace to save him? Compared to Xie Jingchen, she, the biological daughter, seemed like she was just there to tag along. Seeing Su Jin staring at him, Xie Jingchen slightly frowned. "Why are you staring at me?" he asked. "Did something happen that I don’t know about?" Su Jin was curious. After a moment of silence, Xie Jingchen said, "Now you can feel free to annoy me." Su Jin raised an eyebrow, "You want to vomit blood and faint, huh?" Xie Jingchen didn’t respond, which was a silent agreement. Su Jin said, "Take a deep breath, calm down, my father is still waiting for you to save him from the Emperor, if you really want to faint, let’s do it after we leave the palace." Xie Jingchen, "...." Once out of the palace, would he even need to faint? He didn’t want to see the Emperor. He had a strong premonition. This trip to the palace felt like jumping into a fire pit. His intention was revealed, so Su Jin resolutely refused to upset him. All the way there, no words were spoken. Straight to the Imperial Study. Then Su Jin was stopped outside the door. The eunuch spoke gently, "The Emperor is very angry. Wait until he’s finished reprimanding the eldest young master, then you can go in." Su Jin, "...." Xie Jingchen, "...." "Alright!" Su Jin readily agreed. Xie Jingchen, "...." He braced himself and stepped into the Imperial Study, while Su Jin wandered outside the door. She noticed the gatekeeper eunuch was very accommodating to her, smiling and ingratiating, so Su Jin openly leaned against the door to eavesdrop. Inside the Imperial Study. Xie Jingchen maintained a salute posture. The Emperor didn’t tell him to rise. S~eaʀᴄh the Novёlƒire.n(e)t website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality. "I heard people on the street are praising you as an unparalleled good husband?" The Emperor asked sternly. Xie Jingchen, "...." He really didn’t want to answer this question. But the Emperor asked, so he couldn’t not reply. "Exaggerated praise, this minister doesn’t dare to accept it," he said. The Emperor laughed. His laugh made Xie Jingchen’s scalp tingle. Bam! The Emperor slammed the table, "In my opinion, ’unparalleled good husband’ doesn’t even begin to describe you, there should be another title, ’unparalleled good son-in-law!’ Certain unparalleled good son-in-law remained silent. Outside the Imperial Study. Su Jin was shocked. An unparalleled good son-in-law— The praise was too high, wasn’t it? Not deserved at all. But the Emperor couldn’t possibly lose his temper for no reason; did Xie Jingchen and her father conspire together without her knowing? Su Jin continued leaning on the door to eavesdrop. Inside the Imperial Study, the eunuch urged the Emperor to calm down. The Emperor’s anger didn’t subside, and he threw the reflection memorial submitted by Marquis Dongxiang to Xie Jingchen. Along came his berating— "This eloquent and impressively composed yet infuriating hidden message memorial was written by you on behalf of Marquis Dongxiang?!" Hidden message memorial? Xie Jingchen frowned. He opened the memorial, and eight characters came into view. "I am not wrong, no need for reflection." Xie Jingchen, "...." Looking at the memorial. Xie Jingchen was speechless. This memorial was written by him, with not a single word added or removed by Marquis Dongxiang. But after Marquis Dongxiang copied it, the hidden message "I am not guilty" was turned into an acrostic poem, and an additional phrase "no need for reflection" was added. Blatant provocation! Xie Jingchen held his forehead. Like father, like daughter. Both equally infuriating. The almost-identical eyes suddenly started to twitch, reminding him not to forget about Su Chong. Xie Jingchen, "...." The Emperor was huffing in anger. Given this attitude of reflection, plus fainting an Imperial Censor today in the Political Discussion Hall, it was clearly unrepentant, escalating the situation. The Emperor questioned Marquis Dongxiang on who wrote the memorial. Marquis Dongxiang claimed he wrote it. The Emperor ordered him to rewrite it in the side hall, failing which, he would receive twenty beatings. Marquis Dongxiang didn’t plead, and almost said something that could have cost him his head. "Emperor, why not just give me the twenty beatings and let me out of the palace sooner? I have someone to meet," said Marquis Dongxiang. His skin is thick, twenty beatings to him were just scratching an itch. Unless they beat him to death. Otherwise, before others had cooled down, he’d already be lively again. Once it was known that Xie Jingchen wrote the reflection memorial for Marquis Dongxiang, did the Emperor spare him? He had never seen such a father-in-law and son-in-law! When he granted the marriage, the Emperor hoped that Su Jin would change once she entered Duke Zhen Country Mansion, becoming a dignified and graceful Eldest Young Madam to influence Marquis Dongxiang— And the result! Su Jin hadn’t changed much, and the eldest young master of Duke Zhen was led astray! They’ve been married just a few days, and already one’s gone astray, who knows if one day the entire Duke Zhen Country Mansion will become a bandit’s lair! Taking a deep breath, the Emperor asked, "Did Marquis Dongxiang hold a knife to your neck and force you to write it?" Xie Jingchen, "...." "No." The Emperor laughed angrily, and even more furiously. "You’ve never been a bandit, yet your self-reflection is so profound, it seems like you, the filial son-in-law, intend to inherit your father-in-law’s banditry career?!" Xie Jingchen, "...." "Why are you still standing here? Your good father-in-law is waiting for you in the side hall, write another head-to-tail hidden message memorial for me. If I’m not satisfied, fifty beatings each for you and your father-in-law!" Xie Jingchen, "...." The eunuch led him to the side hall. Marquis Dongxiang sat there, looking serious. But Xie Jingchen could see at a glance that he was still in the first stage of reflection— Thinking about where exactly he went wrong. He so wanted to vomit blood. The worst was yet to come. Marquis Dongxiang patted the table, stood up and said, "The heads and tails, I’ve written them, the rest is up to you." Xie Jingchen frowned. He looked at the table. Heads— "I deserve death!" Tails— "I will definitely reform thoroughly!" The middle was left blank. Xie Jingchen, "....!!!" Writing acrostic poems was difficult enough, let alone with both heads and tails. Rather than helping, his father-in-law made it harder, directly fixing his heads and tails, making it ten times more difficult; was he trying to push him to the brink? You think this is the most frustrating part? It isn’t! Marquis Dongxiang couldn’t go out, so he wandered in the side hall, asking the eunuch, "Where’s my daughter? Why hasn’t she come yet?" The eunuch replied, "The Emperor had the Imperial Kitchen prepare some delicacies, the Eldest Young Madam and maid are having lunch." Xie Jingchen, "....!!!"

Chapter 30 Reflection

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