Good Man Operation Guide

Chapter 131.2- Rebirth of the Black Lotus (8)

The Empress Dowager tensed up for a moment, and just as she was about to send all these palace servants away, Lin Shiheng smiled with satisfaction, “All right, Mother, I’ll go out now, and when I come back. I'll take a good look at them with my Third Eye for you.”

Right, it’s only the first time he's seen these palace maids, and he hasn't used his Third Eye yet.

The Empress Dowager sighed in relief and slightly relaxed her body while looking at the back of her youngest son, strutting off towards the entrance of the palace. Then, she looked at her own palace full of palace maids whose faces were clearly above average but were called ugly to their noses. Her heart was filled with mixed emotions.

Shiheng, what eyes are these?

I'm afraid it might be broken!

Lin Shiheng wandered outside for a while, and then re-entered the palace.

Again, as before, he walked down the front to the back of the line and pulled out seven palace maids.

On the way back, two more were pulled out.

The Empress Dowager had been watching nervously for a long while, and when she saw the results come out, she rushed to him, “Shiheng, how is it?”

Lin Shiheng pointed to the seven maids, “They are barely good looking.”

He pointed to the last two, “They’re extremely ugly.”

The Empress Dowager’s eyes glanced at the nine people kneeling on the floor, “What about the rest? “

“The rest?"

Lin Shiheng frowned with a look of disgust, “As ugly as they were before, they’re still ugly now.”

“And five beauties too, have turned ugly, just as ugly as most of the palace maids here.”

The Empress Dowager was confused.

Why are they still ugly after all this?

Is there no one of good character among all the people in my palace??

So the Emperor, who had just had an in-depth discussion with Master Yuan Tong about the origin, development, and care of the Third Eye, was again hastily called over by the Empress Dowager.

Master Yuan Tong was somewhat relaxed when he was told of the Empress Dowager’s urgent invitation.

For a moment he couldn’t get used to the fact that Emperor Anqing was clucking at him like a big rooster who was obsessing about why his child was born as an egg and not a chick, repeatedly chanting how Prince Linjiang, Lin Shiheng, was so well behaved and obedient, so it was only natural that he had a connection with Buddha.

Master Yuan Tong didn’t want to know how obedient the 5-year-old Prince Linjiang was, nor did he want to know why fate with Buddha depended on being well-behaved and obedient to get it.

He even wanted to give up his Master’s closed-mouth meditation and create his own closed-ear meditation so that he could get away from Emperor Anqing’s chatter.

When he arrived at the spot, knowing that Lin Shiheng had only found seven “good-looking” palace maids, the Emperor was in no mood to recite how good and understanding his brother was, and how pure and unpretentious he was among his ambitious younger brothers.

This was evident from the fact that, when he became the victor, he simply kicked out his brothers, who had lost their fight for the throne from the imperial family, leaving them imprisoned with commoner identities for the rest of their lives. He cut off his own brothers from scraping to the top position. He was an Emperor who planned ahead.

He immediately pictured a tragic image of his own Empress Mother, crouching in a grass nest like a white rabbit, being gawked at by a host of big wild wolves with very bad characters.

The Emperor’s eyes were red.

If he couldn’t even protect his mother, becoming Lord of the world was in vain, allowing her to be surrounded by so many wolves and ambitious people.

He opened his mouth and shouted, “Men! Drag them out and show them to me...”

“Your Majesty.”

As soon as Master Yuan Tong saw his face, he knew what he was going to do. He hastily called out to the man and chanted Buddha’s meditation with his palms together.

Lin Shiheng still didn’t pause for half a second. He opened his mouth and blathered on, “Princess Consort is considered the only woman I’ve seen in this period, that can rival the beauty of Empress Mother. Every night, I feel like I’m sleeping with a heavenly fairy in my arms, more than that...”

Speaking of that, Prince Linjiang gave a mysterious glance to his left and right, and approached the Empress Dowager, speaking in a voice that both the Emperor and Master Yuan Tong could hear, “Mother, I also saw a golden light around the Princess Consort. I accidentally touched a bit of it last time and massaged Emperor Brother’s shoulder when I entered the palace, the golden light went towards him.”

Saying so, he spoke into the Empress Dowager’s ear, quietly and whispering. Yet, the Emperor and Master Yuan Tong could hear him clearly, “Look, Mother. Doesn’t Emperor Brother look better?"

The Empress Dowager was surprised and delighted. She quickly looked over towards her eldest son.

It was only when she took a good look that she realized that her eldest son's frail countenance was indeed much lighter, and even his face was rosy and not as pale as before.

The Empress Dowager was immediately about to summon the eunuchs, but before she could call them, the Emperor’s eunuch outside urgently shouted at the door.

His voice, tinged with joy, was sharp enough to be heard by everyone in the room, “Your Majesty, rejoice! Imperial Consort Zhen is pregnant!!!”

Pregnant...

Pregnant...

The Empress Dowager was so overwhelmed with joy that she was momentarily dazed by the great surprise, and giddily joined her palms, “Amitabha Buddha, Buddha has blessed us, Buddha has blessed us.”

My son finally has a child!

It doesn’t matter if it’s a Princess. It’s good to have a baby, it's good to have a baby!

Even the Emperor, who had long been prepared to spend his life without being a father, was giddy with joy.

The only calm person among the Imperial people present was Lin Shiheng, Prince Linjiang.

He boldly came forward and pointed the way for his relatives.

“Empress Mother, Emperor Brother, you should be thanking my Princess Consort! If it wasn’t for that golden light gifted by the Princess Consort, Emperor Brother’s health wouldn’t have recovered so quickly.”

“Yes, yes.”

The Empress Dowager didn’t believe in Buddhism in her early years, but later, when the Emperor’s harem was always barren, she began to burn incense and worship Buddha. Upon hearing her youngest son’s words, she immediately said...

“The Princess Consort’s merit won’t be forgotten, and we must express our gratitude towards Buddha. Master Yuan Tong, I will build another thirty-three temples for Buddha as a token of appreciation for his grace.”

Master Yuan Tong placed his palms together, “Amitabha.”

Lin Shiheng scanned Emperor Anqing up and down from one side to the other and affirmed, “Emperor Brother, I’ve used my Third Eye to help you. It’s certain that Imperial Consort Zhen will give birth to an Imperial son for you.”

“Really?!"

The Empress Dowager became even more excited. Although she didn’t mind a Princess, as the Emperor, Emperor Anqing did need a son.

She couldn’t stop the corners of her happy lips from curling upwards, “I also have to thank Master for clearing up the confusion today. If it wasn't for you, we wouldn’t have known that Shiheng had such a powerful Third Eye.”

There was a momentary stiffness to the smile on Master Yuan Tong’s face.

He never knew that the Third Eye had the ability to see the gender of a child.

Master Yuan Tong felt helpless.

So, he placed his hands together and while doing so, silently chanted in his mind, Closed-mouth meditation, closed-mouth meditation, closed-mouth meditation.

While smiling and nodding, “Amitabha.”

He never wanted to come back to this palace in his life.