HCB Chapter 430 Reward
Chapter 430 Reward
The news of Song Chunlin's return had already been passed back to the Marquis' Mansion, but Su Fuqing didn't wait until the evening for this kid to come back. He specifically waited at the door and caught Song Chunlin as soon as he stepped into the house.
"Stop." Su Fuqing said coldly. Song Chunlin immediately felt his hair stand on end. It took him less than a second to stand at attention with a flattering smile on his face.
"Hey, sister-in-law is here too."
"Huh? You still remember to come back?" Su Fuqing glared at him fiercely. "I heard you were back a long time ago. I even specially prepared your favorite dishes for lunch. But you went out to fool around again. Where did you go? It took you all day to get home?"
Song Chunlin quickly begged for mercy: "Hey, sister-in-law, you are a kind-hearted person, please don't bother with this little problem."
Seeing him pulling her arm and acting like a spoiled child, Su Fuqing could only warn him fiercely: "Don't hang out outside all day. Your brother is not home, and you are not home either. If you don't come back soon, the food will be cold."
Song Chunlin pulled Su Fuqing like a pug, mumbling what he wanted to eat, which made Su Fuqing laugh out of anger.
"You still remember to order food. What were you doing earlier? If you wanted to eat, you should have come back earlier so I could have told the kitchen to prepare it."
After a while, the two began to talk and laugh again. Not long after Song Chunlin came back, Gu Fengyun also came back. During the meal, he couldn't help but criticize Song Chunlin. It was only with Su Fuqing's help to interrupt that the topic was completely over.
After dinner, Gu Fengyun kept him in the hall and began to ask Song Chunlin about his experiences on the journey. After hearing that Song Chunlin actually killed the king of Jin, Gu Fengyun began to reflect on himself for the first time. Was there something wrong in the direction of Song Chunlin's education? How did this child develop the habit of killing the kings of other countries at every turn?
Gu Fengyun heard his own voice and asked him with difficulty: "Is this... your idea or..."
Song Chunlin immediately answered loudly: "Of course it's my idea. Didn't you ask me to go over there and cause some trouble? Isn't this chaotic enough?"
It’s a mess. It’s really a mess.
Gu Fengyun could imagine what would happen if this happened in Dajing... No, he didn't want to, he absolutely didn't want to.
Fortunately, this child is from their Dajing, not the Jin people. If he was from another country, the consequences would be unimaginable.
When the emperor heard Song Chunlin say that he had killed the king of Jin, his thoughts were exactly the same as Gu Fengyun's. Fortunately, this child was his, Dajing's. The emperor wiped away the non-existent sweat and thought about how to reward Song Chunlin without being too obvious.
Seeing that the emperor didn't say anything, Song Chunlin thought he had gone too far and cautiously glanced at the emperor several times.
Gu Fengyun couldn't help but remind the emperor that you have been thinking for too long.
The emperor reacted after being reminded, but he still didn't know what reason to find to reward Song Chunlin. After all, it was better not to let anyone know about what they had done.
"Uh, how about, Chunlin, tell me what you want."
Song Chunlin was dumbfounded. No, what did the emperor mean by this? Was it a test or a real reward? Song Chunlin secretly looked at Gu Fengyun. Gu Fengyun nodded at him, indicating that he should be more generous and take whatever he wanted.
Song Chunlin, who received the secret signal, immediately understood. He rubbed his hands excitedly and asked the emperor for a favor.
"Well, Your Majesty, I'm not going to be polite. There's road construction going on around the capital recently. Could you please let them start from my home first?"
The emperor waited for a long time, and this is all he asked for?
"Build a road? Are you sure you want this? This isn't much of a reward."
Of course Song Chunlin knew that it didn't count, but if he really asked for some reward, that would be the most foolish thing to do. Few people knew about his trip to the Kingdom of Jin. Even Song Song and the steward Shu Mo were kept silent and given mental hints not to tell anyone. Only Gu Fengyun knew about it at home. If Song Chunlin was offered a big reward for such a secret mission, he would not dare to accept it.
The King of the Jin Kingdom had just died not long ago, and Song Chunlin was rewarded by the emperor for no reason. Even if no one would connect the two for a while, everyone could tell that there was something wrong when someone was rewarded for no reason.
So Song Chunlin didn't ask for anything else, but just wanted the emperor to let the road builders start from his doorstep. This was a disguised way of currying favor with the emperor. The emperor was not a stingy person. He believed that if there was a suitable reason later, what belonged to him would not be lost a penny.
Song Chunlin happily left the palace after receiving the grace. Gu Fengyun stayed in the imperial study, and the emperor finally showed a huge smile on his face.
"This kid really knows how to give me surprises, hahahahaha."
Gu Fengyun reminded him, "Your Majesty, stop laughing. Although the King of Jin is dead, the Queen Mother of Jin is no pushover. It is said that the King of Jin originally planned to lead the troops to the Quemeng Mountains, but it was the Queen Mother of Jin who single-handedly kept them in the capital. Although she is old and cannot lead troops in battle, her ability to govern the country is no less than that of the King of Jin."
Of course the emperor knew that the Queen Mother of Jin was a powerful figure, but her country might be in civil strife now, so couldn't he be happy for a while?
"Lord Gu is such a spoilsport! Alright, alright, quickly send the word down and have the construction team start repairing from... right at the entrance to their village."