Lin Ke was amused.
Someone who lived for entertainment really did get to see plenty of it.
He knew it. With Bai Zhantang's personality, how could he possibly want to be Crown Prince?
Bai Zhantang had told him before that what he wanted most was to have a hundred children with Cuihua next door, then retreat into the mountains and forests.
Lin Ke could not remember the name of the woman Bai Zhantang thought was in love with him. All he remembered was that she looked a lot like Ruhua.
And so, those two goofballs, Wang Lin and Bai Zhantang, once again stunned all the officials into silence.
"All right, then don't."
Utterly speechless, Wang Lin stopped looking at the foolish-faced Bai Zhantang and turned to Lin Ke instead.
"Lin Ke, I support you."
"So do I!" Zhang Zhanmie chimed in, then reiterated, "I'm not becoming Crown Prince! Just don't turn your nose up at me, brother."
At that moment, as though to punish Zhang Zhanmie, his princely robes and crown fell away piece by piece into nothingness.
At the same time, the Sage Emperor's voice echoed through the space once more.
"A small punishment to serve as a greater warning."
"As you command." Yet Zhang Zhanmie looked delighted at those words.
You really are something... Lin Ke almost laughed.
Who could have guessed that Wang Lin would also wave her sleeve, making her Crown Tassels, ceremonial robes, and headdress vanish?
"I, Wang Lin, a humble woman, support you." Princess Tian had become Wang Lin again.
Seeing this, Lin Ke bowed to the two of them with his hands clasped.
They had not done it for his sake, but they had supported him all the same.
Li Chungang, Butcher Zhang, Matchmaker, Shopkeeper Tong, Bai Zhantang, Wang Lin, and Chen An.