Chapter 295: Ending in Failure (II)

Translator: Storm in a Teacup

Long returned to Qiankun Palace. Seeing that s.h.i.+ was already there, Long immediately walked over.

“Oh? You came back so early today.”

s.h.i.+ smiled faintly. “Yes. I’ll have lunch with you. I don’t want you to wait for me.”

Long sneered, “You’re so nice.”

s.h.i.+ raised his eyebrows. “Huh? What did you say?”

Long coughed and said immediately, “Oh, I didn’t say anything!”

s.h.i.+ rolled his eyes. “Let’s have lunch.”

At this moment, a servant went to report that Lady Luo had arrived.

s.h.i.+ raised his eyebrows. “Lady Luo?”

Long said, “Why is she here again?”

“Again?” s.h.i.+ looked at Long. “What’s going on?”

Long curled his lips and told s.h.i.+ that the woman had gone to the imperial study earlier.

“I ordered Liu Xiangyang to ask her what the matter is. She could’ve spoken directly, but she said she wouldn’t say anything until she saw me.”

s.h.i.+ looked at Long and said calmly, “Perhaps there’s an emergency.”

“No matter what happens to her, it has nothing to do with me!” Long said at once.

s.h.i.+ sneered upon hearing this. “Really?”

“Of course, I mean it!” Long was absolutely sure and he almost swore to s.h.i.+.

In fact, s.h.i.+ was just teasing Long and he believed in Long very much.

“Well, do you want to meet her?”

“What do you think, Qingzhou?” Long asked immediately.

“Let’s do as you said. If there’s anything, she can just say directly. If she refuses, then ignore her.”

Long nodded after hearing that. “Right, that’s good. Let’s just do it.”

s.h.i.+ looked at him. “As long as you agree.”

Long chuckled. “Of course I agree. Qingzhou, how can I disagree with you?”

s.h.i.+ curled his lips and it was just decided like this.

When Liu Xiangyang went outside and asked Lady Luo again, the woman became very upset.

“His Majesty… still refuses to see me?”

Liu Xiangyang said indifferently, “Lady Luo, His Majesty is busy with very important things, so he just wants to know what you want. Can’t you just tell me first?”

Lady Luo pursed her lips. Then, she said nothing and left hopelessly…

Long asked when Liu Xiangyang returned, “She’s gone?”

Liu Xiangyang reported immediately, “Yes, Your Majesty. Lady Luo refused to say anything and left…”

Long waved his hand when he heard the words. “Just let her leave. That’s fine.”

The two of them began to have lunch.

Long waited on s.h.i.+ attentively, while s.h.i.+ enjoyed it with peace of mind.

After lunch, Long yawned and said, “I want to take a nap later. How about you?”

s.h.i.+ said, “I’m free.”

Long blinked and suddenly said, “Qingzhou, you’ve learned how to feel the pulse, right?”

s.h.i.+ looked at him. “Yes. What’s the matter?”

Long stretched out his hand. “Of course I’ll test you on that, Qingzhou.”

s.h.i.+ blinked. “What?”

Long held s.h.i.+’s hand and made him sit down. “Feel my pulse.”

s.h.i.+ didn’t say much and directly began to feel Long’s pulse. After a while, s.h.i.+ released Long’s arm.

“It’s alright. You’re fine.”

“Are you sure?” Long blinked. “I didn’t sleep well last night. I thought I was sick.”

s.h.i.+ thought Long’s words were ridiculous. “You think too much.”

“Qingzhou, are you sure you’re right? I really think… there’s something wrong with me. Is it possible that you haven’t mastered it?”

s.h.i.+ finally knew why Long asked him to do that. It turned out that Long doubted him and wanted to criticize him!

The corners of s.h.i.+’s mouth twitched. He stood up and said, “If you don’t believe me, go to see the imperial doctors.”

“What? Where are you going?” Long shouted from behind.

s.h.i.+ turned his head. “Didn’t you say that I haven’t mastered it? Of course I’m going to learn more! I won’t come back for dinner today. You can eat alone.”

“Oh no,” Long suddenly screamed, “No, Qingzhou, I was wrong.”

Long wailed as he rushed over and pulled his empress back.

“How could you be wrong?” s.h.i.+ looked at him with a sneer.

Long immediately said, “I was wrong. I was really wrong. Qingzhou, you’ve learned very well. Really. I’m the one who didn’t learn it well!”

s.h.i.+ rolled his eyes. “What did you learn?”

Long said sadly, “Internal strength. What else do you think…”

“Well…” s.h.i.+ responded, thinking that Long really wasn’t good at it…

Long said, “That’s so shameful. Well, let’s go to sleep. Qingzhou, come with me.”

s.h.i.+ didn’t think Long used the right word. “Shameful…”

“Yes.” Long took it for granted. “I didn’t want to admit this. It’s no big deal that a man can’t do martial arts. Don’t you think so?”

s.h.i.+ didn’t know what to say.

“But there are too many martial artists now, so it seems to be a serious matter. Look at me, I don’t have any talent. I’ve been studying for a long time, but I’m still like this…”

s.h.i.+ coughed. “Uh… well… restrain your grief.”

Long looked at s.h.i.+ sadly. “Qingzhou, how can you be like this?”

s.h.i.+ smiled faintly. “You just made fun of me for not studying medicine well.”

“So I apologized to you!”

s.h.i.+ lowered his head and t.i.ttered. “Well then, I forgive you.”

“It seems that you’re reluctant.”

s.h.i.+ blinked. “What else do you want?”

“Alright, as long as you’re happy.” Long muttered… and pulled his empress along.

Every time Long fought with his empress, he would end in failure. What a sad thing!

But never mind! If a man always lost to his wife… it wasn’t shameful at all, was it?

Was it? Absolutely not!