The Ultimate Prodigal Son - Chapter 147

[Chapter 147: Kindness and Power]

But Lin Tian didn’t take the young man’s harsh words to heart at all. He was scared!

There were many people who said harsh words to him in Liangzhou City, but none of them ended up well.

“Don’t worry about this fool, continue eating.”

Lin Tian glanced at the young man’s back, regardless of anything, lowered his head and continued to eat.

“Tian’er, the people in this capital… are not simple.” Lin Zuhua said.

He hasn’t been back to this capital for a long time, and everything he sees is unfamiliar.

Moreover, in twenty years, there are too many things that can happen, and the situation has changed a lot.

Those old friends from the early years are now unknown.

“Who has I, Lin Tian, been afraid of? Dad, this is not like your style?”

Lin Tian didn’t care. Instead, he put down his bowl and chopsticks, raised his head and looked at Lin Zuhua.

Lin Zuhua was stunned for a moment, and then he was in deep thought.

Indeed, he is a great general of the God of War. If he releases his name, half of the people in the capital will kneel down to salute him.

How come he has become so cautious after not coming to the capital for decades?

“I have been running around these days and I am really restless. Yes, who are we afraid of in the Lin family?” Lin Zuhua also said with a smile.

He faked his death to deceive everyone. People in the world only knew that the whereabouts of the general who protects the country were unknown.

But whether he died or not has not been determined.

It’s just that Lin Zuhua has not appeared for decades, so everyone assumes that he is dead.

“Okay, let’s eat!”

Lin Tian smiled and glanced at the confused Lei Ting and Lei Dian at the table. They didn’t know Lin Zuhua’s true identity yet.

So they just thought that the father and son were overconfident.

After a meal, Lin Tian asked them to go back to their rooms to rest.

Lei Ting and Lei Dian and Lin Kang were responsible for keeping watch.

Those workers were arranged by Lin Tian to another inn. The inn was not doing well, so Lin Tian directly booked it, but there were not many rooms.

After a simple wash, Lin Tian stretched his body and wanted to go to bed, but heard movement in the next room.

Opening the window, he saw Lin Zuhua was fully equipped and about to go out.

“Dad, it’s so late, where are you going?”

Lin Zuhua looked at the sky outside, and it was past curfew.

“I’m going to the palace for my father.”

Lin Zuhua put on a black cloak as a cover for him in the night.

Lin Tian nodded, thinking of the secret edict that Lin Zuhua received when he was in Liangzhou City, and thought that the emperor wanted to see Lin Zuhua for something.

“Be careful.”

Lin Tian reminded him.

Lin Zuhua nodded and told him to go back and rest quickly, and then he jumped and hid in the night.

As a general who protects the country, Lin Zuhua’s martial arts are naturally strong.

In a few jumps, he disappeared.

Lin Tian closed the window, took a deep breath, and sat down by the bed.

He felt uncomfortable all over when he arrived in the capital.

Although his words just now were very grand, he also knew that he was very dangerous when he first arrived.

Any young man in this capital might be the descendant of a high-ranking official in the court.

But even if he is the son of the old emperor, he cannot touch the people around him!

Lin Tian’s eyes turned cold. It seems that he has to gain a foothold in the capital as soon as possible.

On the other side, Lin Zuhua entered the imperial city from a remote corner.

But he was soon discovered by the imperial guards!

“Who is over there!”

A patrolling imperial guard said, and came to Lin Zuhua with a spear.

“It’s me.”

Lin Zuhua’s face was hidden in the darkness under the cloak, but he took out a token from his arms.

It was sent with the secret decree.

“It turns out to be a distinguished guest. Excuse me! Let’s go this way!”

After seeing the token, the captain of the imperial guards immediately changed his face and recognized that it was a token given by the emperor himself.

So after bowing slightly to Lin Zuhua, he led the team to another direction.

Lin Zuhua quietly breathed a sigh of relief and walked towards the imperial study.

He wanted to sneak into the imperial study, but he didn’t expect that the layout of the palace had also changed subtly over the years.

He miscalculated the patrol route of the imperial guards, so he was discovered.

“I, Lin Zuhua, pay my respects to His Majesty. Long live His Majesty, long live His Majesty!”

After Lin Zuhua entered the study, he knelt down and kowtowed without looking up at the emperor sitting in the main hall.

“Get up! You have traveled a long way, and you must have worked hard!”

Emperor Zhengde said in a deep voice, and raised his hand slightly, asking Lin Zuhua to stand up.

“Thank you, Your Majesty!”

Lin Zuhua lowered his head and stood up from the ground, but still did not look up, just standing quietly by the side.

Emperor Zhengde did not speak either. The old eunuch next to him quietly ground ink for him, and he slowly reviewed the memorials.

After waiting for about a quarter of an hour, he put down the red brush.

“Give General Lin a seat.”

“Yes!”

“Thank you, Your Majesty!”

Lin Zuhua bowed to Emperor Zhengde again, and then sat upright on the stool brought to him by the young eunuch.

At this time, he had already looked up at the emperor. Emperor Zhengde had not changed much compared to 20 years ago, but his eyebrows and eyes were a little older.

“Twenty years have passed, and there is a lot of estrangement between you and me.”

Emperor Zhengde said slowly, and his eagle eyes scanned Lin Zuhua sharply.

His eyes seemed to have substance, and Lin Zuhua felt that he had seen through him inside and out.

Over the years, the emperor has become more and more unfathomable!

“I dare not, I don’t know what the emperor suddenly ordered urgently, what is the matter?” Lin Zuhua answered neither humbly nor arrogantly.

He still has the tiger talisman that commands the army, and his position has not been removed, so he should call himself a humble minister.

In the past, he accompanied the previous emperor in his campaigns to conquer the vast land, and he and the current Emperor Zhengde can be regarded as brothers who grew up wearing the same pants.

However, there is a difference between the monarch and the minister. Since Zhengde ascended the throne, the two began to become estranged.

“If there is a change in Lingnan, the world will probably be in turmoil. I don’t know how many people are still loyal to me today.”

Emperor Zhengde did not answer Lin Zuhua’s words directly, but instead glanced at the vast night outside and said thoughtfully.

Upon hearing this, Lin Zuhua immediately stood up from his seat, walked in front of the emperor, and knelt down again with a plop.

“I swear to be loyal to the Great Chu until death. The Lin family is willing to work hard for the Great Chu until death!”

Lin Zuhua said in a deep voice. No matter how many years pass, the purpose of the Lin family will not change. This is the family motto of the Lin family.

The Lin family will always be loyal to the Great Chu and will always do their best for the prosperity of the Great Chu!

“You get up first. I will not mistreat any minister who is loyal to the Great Chu, nor will I easily forgive any traitor!”

Emperor Zhengde said with a hint of meaning. His words were also a warning to Lin Zuhua.

In twenty years, not only things can change, but also people’s hearts!

He didn’t know whether Lin Zuhua today was the same as he was twenty years ago.