Chapter 3 Windfall
Lu Yi and Aiya stepped on the stone steps to Andersen Island. They saw that there were low hills and lush trees on the island, and some quaint European buildings were distributed between them.
Following a stone-paved path, Lu Yi and Aiya walked towards the nearest small town.
Aiya said: "I forgot to ask the little duck, who are living on the island?"
Lu Yi said: "I don't know if I charge a fee when entering the city."
"Yes, will there be guards in the city gate investigate?" Aiya said again.
As it turned out, they were thinking too much, the city gate was open, and there was no one nearby.
After entering the city, it was quiet inside and there was no one to see.
"Is it... an empty city?" Aiya observed the surroundings, feeling a little creepy, "Or, let's not go in, let's play in a different place, right?"
"What's wrong with the second senior brother, are you scared?" Lu Yixiao said, "Aren't you bold?"
"Who said I was afraid? Junior Brother Sha, come with me!" Aiya straightened her back and walked forward first.
In the small town, European-style houses were distributed in an orderly manner. Lu Yi and Aiya walked along the alley for a while and gradually heard the sound of talking. Following the sound, the noise became louder and louder. When they walked out of a small alley and came to a relatively wide street, they saw that people were all here.
The streets were crowded with people, and a canopy was moving forward in the middle. Someone was praising loudly: "The emperor's new clothes are so beautiful, so strange, and so fit!"
Many people echoed, "Yes, yes!"
Lu Yi and Aiya pushed forward curiously and stood on tiptoe to look inside. They saw a fat man walking naked, with his chest and belly erect under the canopy. Behind him was a large group of followers, some of whom were stretching their hands in the air, as if he was holding his skirt.
"The emperor's new outfit!" Lu Yi said.
"It should be." Aiya nodded. Although neither of them loves reading very much, they still know the story of "The Emperor's New Clothing". This situation reminded them of this story immediately.
"Yes, yes, you can see it too? Look, how beautiful the emperor's new outfit is!" the person next to him said quickly.
Lu Yi and Ai Ya smiled helplessly. These people were afraid that others would find their stupidity, but they were all performing stupidly.
According to the plot in Andersen's story, some children should expose them.
Sure enough, a little boy suddenly shouted, "Hey! He is not wearing any clothes, nothing!"
"Dad, he really has no clothes, he is bare on his butt!" another child said.
Children's words spread to ten, ten to hundreds, and people whispered to each other.
The emperor also heard it, and it seemed that he believed that these words were true. However, for the sake of face, he still raised his chest and looked supreme. The servants behind him were still carefully dragging their non-existent skirts, and the parade continued to walk forward.
Lu Yi and Ai Ya couldn't hold back their laughter, and the live performance was much more comical than the ones written in the book!
Aiya even laughed out loud and said, "It's so fun, this stupid emperor!"
Seeing the onlookers watching him, they hurriedly shut up.
"It's this naked emperor who is too ugly." Lu Yi whispered to Ai Ya.
Aiya had a sudden inspiration and said, "Why don't we find a way to get the stupid emperor to put on his clothes?"
"Good idea!" Lu Yi's eyes lit up, "There is a challenge, I like it!"
Aiya said: "Hehe, if this matter is successful, I can play with Zhu Kaihuai and the others for a semester when I go back."
"Come on, let's discuss what to do." Lu Yi pulled Aiya and squatted in the corner, "This matter can only be taken away by wisdom, not forcefully."
The two of them squatted in the corner and conspired to design an action plan. But Aiya had a little disagreement: "Why do you want me to play a stupid servant?"
"Who made you darker than me, thinner than me, and not wearing glasses?" Lu Yi said with a wicked smile.
"Okay." Aiya snatched Lu Yi's schoolbag, hung it around her neck, stood up and shouted: "Emperor! Emperor!"
"Bang!" Lu Yi quickly slapped him and said, "You are so stupid, don't shout, close your eyes and follow me."
Lu Yi led Aiya, separated the crowd with force, squeezed in, and shouted loudly: "Your Majesty! Your Majesty!"
The procession stopped.
"Who?" asked the emperor.
"Your Majesty, I am a traveler from afar." Lu Yixiang bowed the emperor and continued, "For the respect of your Majesty, I will report something to Your Majesty. My servant is a very stupid man, but he is very loyal and honest. He said that he could not see your magical new clothes, but only your naked body. He thought it was a blasphemy against you, so he closed his eyes and dared not open it."
"Yeah, yeah." Aiya nodded vigorously with her eyes closed.
"Your Majesty," Lu Yi pointed around and continued, "How many stupid people are there in this world. They obviously can't see your new clothes but dare not admit it. They stare at your noble body. I think this is a detriment to your emperor's dignity, so I suggest that you should wear an ordinary dress now so that those stupid people can see your body."
"Uh," the emperor thought for a while and said, "You are too right to let those stupid people see my body!"
"Come on, put on my clothes!" the emperor almost roared.
The entourage quickly brought a robe for the emperor to put on and tied a strap.
The emperor breathed a sigh of relief and said to Lu Yi: "Thank you, the guest from afar. You helped me to restore the dignity of the royal family, so I must reward you and your honest servant. What reward do you want?"
There is also a reward? This is an unexpected gain.
Lu Yi thought for a while and said, "His Majesty the Emperor, we come from afar and have to travel to many countries. I found that all the cities here have to use such silver coins," Lu Yi took out a paradise coin and handed it to the emperor and said, "But our silver coins are not enough."
The emperor immediately said to the entourage: "Hurry, reward this guest with a plate of silver coins!"
"Thank you very much, Your Majesty!" Lu Yi bowed and said.
Soon, the follower brought a plate of silver coins, Lu Yi took it and fell into the schoolbag that Ai Ya was carrying.
"Go back to the palace!" said the emperor. After taking two steps, he said again: "Catch those two tailors, liar!"
The crowd dispersed, and Lu Yi and Ai Ya also turned around and left. After walking not far away, they left the city through another city gate. Seeing that there was no one around, the two immediately lay on the grass by the roadside and laughed.
"Haha, I'm so happy," said Aiya, "Lu Yi, I didn't realize that you are so good at fooling people!"
"Actually, I was a little nervous at the time. What if the stupid emperor was so angry that he arrested us? Fortunately, it was successful, yes!" Lu Yi lay down and waved his fist.
"Just like dreaming, look, are silver coins real?" Aiya said.
The two hurriedly took out the silver coins rewarded by the stupid emperor, and compared them with the paradise coins exchanged in the supermarket. The result was exactly the same, throwing them on the stone road and making a tingling sound.
"It's true." Lu Yi said.
The two counted and found that there were two hundred silver coins.
Aiya said: "With so much money, how can we spend it? This kind of small silver coins must not be spent outside Qishuhai Paradise."
Lu Yi thought for a while and said, "Or why don't we buy all the money for the duck to help it realize its dream as soon as possible."
"Okay," said Aiya, "we can also take a boat to sail with the ducklings!"
Chapter completed!