The Ultimate Prodigal Son - Chapter 57

[Chapter 57: Seeking an Audience with King Jing]

The person inside is King Jing, not just any random person in Liangzhou City.

Even Lin Zuhua has to be respectful when meeting King Jing.

Lin Kang didn’t know why Lin Tian came to see King Jing, but he was uneasy.

At this time, Lin Tian had already entered the study.

“I, Lin Tian, greet His Royal Highness King Jing!” As soon as

Lin Tian entered, he knelt down to pay his respects without waiting to look up and see people.

He didn’t have any rules of kneeling to the sky, the earth, or his parents after traveling through time. He knew that he should make the best of it.

Every era has its own rules, which he couldn’t change, so he could only obey!

“Get up, but are you here to ask for tea?”

King Jing seemed very easy-going, and raised his hand to give Lin Tian a seat.

“I thank His Royal Highness King Jing. I came here today to ask for something important, how dare I take His Royal Highness King Jing’s tea?” Lin Tian said respectfully and humorously.

He thought about it for a long time yesterday, and finally decided to join King Jing.

Looking at King Jing’s movements in Liangzhou City, you can see that he is definitely not incompetent.

Facing the emperor’s obvious alienation, King Jing did not react at all, but was more relaxed.

His mentality alone was rare for a prince.

Not to mention the little kid Su Rui who always followed him.

If Lin Tian guessed correctly, the emperor should like Su Rui very much.

And Su Rui was with King Jing at this time.

“You have something to ask for? That’s really rare.”

King Jing raised his eyebrows and looked surprised.

He didn’t look surprised, as if he had expected to come to him tomorrow.

“Now that the situation is turbulent, ants naturally have to climb up the big tree to have a chance to survive.” Lin Tian meant something.

The two of them were like playing a riddle, going back and forth happily.

“Oh? The tree wants to be quiet but the wind doesn’t stop, how do you know which tree is worth climbing?” King Jing thought Lin Tian’s metaphor was interesting.

He heard from Xu Wenxuan that Lin Tian was a very interesting person.

“It’s not important whether you know or not, what’s important is whether you can climb!”

“Water can carry a boat, but it can also overturn it. Even ants can bite the heart of a tree.”

Lin Tian said calmly. Since he came today, he was naturally confident.

“What a great saying that water can carry a boat, but it can also overturn it! You are indeed someone Wenxuan finds interesting. Lin Tian, you really opened my eyes!”

King Jing clapped his hands with interest, and it can be seen that he was very satisfied with Lin Tian.

Lin Tian remained calm, just left his seat and knelt down again.

“Thank you King Jing for your praise.”

Even though he was saying thank you, Lin Tian’s tone was still neither humble nor arrogant.

It seemed that King Jing was not wrong about him.

This attitude made King Jing feel more satisfied, and a gleam of light flashed in his eyes.

“This king never helps unknown people. Do you know that the current court is in need of people? In order to train the next crown prince, my father is looking for talents everywhere.”

King Jing raised his hand to let Lin Tian sit back, and then he said slowly.

The meaning of his words was very clear. No matter who the emperor wanted to cultivate as the crown prince, it would be beneficial to him.

This seemed to reveal a certain political situation, but Lin Tian just pretended not to understand.

“I am incompetent, and I am not interested in the court, let alone officialdom.” Lin Tian pretended to be stupid.

He had already made up his mind not to get involved in this muddy water of the court.

Even if he wanted power, he would never get involved in this power struggle.

“Do you know that the tree wants to be quiet but the wind does not stop, there is another meaning?” King Jing ignored Lin Tian’s refusal and repeated what he had just said.

Lin Tian was stunned for a moment and sat there for a long time without being able to reply.

Since ancient times, there must be gains and losses. If he wants power, he must lose something.

And he wants status, but he doesn’t want to get involved in disputes. Is it a contradiction?

“This king can ensure that you get out of it, but you must also let this king see your ability.”

King Jing continued to increase the stakes.

He is very optimistic about Lin Tian, but it’s a pity that Lin Tian has no interest in officialdom.

But tomorrow, since he wants to carry forward the Lin family, he has to be involved in this vortex.

“I understand. Thank you, King Jing, for your hard work!”

After thinking for a long time, Lin Tian finally spoke, which was a concession.

Facts have proved that one must have enough courage to negotiate with King Jing. Although Lin Tian has been well prepared, he still did not achieve the effect he wanted.

Perhaps he had to take the road of scientific research.

“You go ahead. I believe in my own vision.”

King Jing stood up from his seat, no longer looking at Lin Tian, and turned back behind the screen.

“Then I’ll take my leave.”

Seeing this, Lin Tian bowed to the back of King Jing and slowly took his leave.

It was only after he followed the others out of King Jing’s mansion that he felt like a new life.

“Fuck, I was scared to death. King Jing is worthy of being King Jing!”

Lin Tian said exaggeratedly while patting his chest, breathing heavily.

“The prince shouldn’t have made things difficult for me, right?” Lin Kang was a little worried.

He knew that as a subordinate, he was not qualified to ask about Lin Tian’s affairs, so he consciously didn’t ask.

But he was still worried about Lin Tian.

“Don’t you see who I am? I will definitely not make things difficult for you. Everything is within my expectations!” Lin Tian said arrogantly.

But the smile was no longer so refreshing. Maybe he couldn’t walk on the street so wantonly in the future.

Lin Kang consciously shut up and stopped asking.

And Lin Tian didn’t speak again, thinking about the imperial examination.

The imperial examination here is similar to the ancient imperial examination in China. They are all passed layer by layer.

And the lowest level of the imperial examination will be in a month!

There was not much time left for him to prepare, but Lin Tian did not seem to be in a hurry.

He found that the database in his mind could find any information.

He had already started to look through the answer sheets of the top scorers in the imperial examinations in previous years that were preserved in the database.

“Master? Master, what are you thinking about?”

Lin Kang walked and found that Lin Tian was in a daze, and he almost bumped into others several times.

So Lin Kang couldn’t help but call Lin Tian.

“Ah? What’s wrong? Did something happen?” Lin Tian looked confused.

And Lin Kang couldn’t help but feel ashamed, how serious was his master’s distraction!

“Nothing, Master, are you going to eat outside or go back to the mansion today?” Lin Kang casually brought up a topic.

Since we are already out, why not walk around, and I’m too lazy to go back again.

Lin Tian thought about it and simply changed direction.

“Let’s go to the Gentle Country first!”

He hadn’t been to the Gentle Country for a while, so it would be nice to go and see how Tang Chuchu was doing.

Last time I sent Liu’er to the Gentle Country, I didn’t know how her pastries were doing!

The two walked to the street where the Gentle Town was located, and saw from afar that the store was crowded with people.