Chapter 31.1
Wen Chi was raised out of the quilt by Shi Ye and he suddenly broke into a bright light, causing him to narrow his eyes.
And his hands that felt his way up all the way from Shi Ye's thighs, felt hot as if they were about to burn.
At this moment, Wen Chi's body practically understood the meaning of rubbing.
Wen Chi struggled with the word "rubbing" for a long time before he realized that his hands were still holding Shi Ye's face.
Sh*t…
He felt that the dog prince would chop his hands off.
Wen Chi, who was frightened by his own thoughts, was cowering his shoulders and carefully gauging Shi Ye's expression.
However, Shi Ye was expressionless, he stared at Wen Chi coldly and soon closed his eyes again.
Wen Chi: "…"
He suspected that he was hallucinating or that Shi Ye didn't wake up at all and he just opened his eyes because he was sleepwalking.
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Wen Chi didn't dare to move and didn't even dare to say anything. He even breathed very slowly, for fear of disturbing Shi Ye in front of him.
However, Shi Ye seemed to be sleeping soundly, breathing evenly and never open his eyes again.
Wen Chi's body was already stiffened into wood. He looked at Shi Ye's sleeping face for a moment and slowly, the tight string in his mind relaxed.
Then he began to look at Shi Ye's face.
Shi Ye turned to face him, the half of his face covered with burn marks was pressed against the pillow, revealing the remaining half of his face that was flawless.
If you ignore the scars on his face, you will find that the bones of his entire face were very well formed, no matter what kind of facial features you matched with, it can make his outline appear deep and sharp, just like a thick and colorful painting. Just looking at it from a distance is so pleasing to the eye.
What a pity…
If Shi Ye hadn't been disfigured, what a perfect face this face would have been. It's not an exaggeration to say that it would have charmed girls in the whole capital.
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But then again, Shi Ye used his own blood to heal the wound on his body last night, does it mean that Shi Ye can also use his own blood to remove the scar on his face…
It doesn't seem to be impossible.
Wen Chi thought deeply but suddenly heard an unpleasant voice: "Have you seen enough?"
Wen Chi: "…"
Shit, didn't Shi Ye close his eyes? How did he know I was looking at him!
Wen Chi was startled and quickly closed his eyes.
He thought that Shi Ye would say something but after waiting for a long time, he did hear anything from Shi Ye.
Wen Chi quietly opened his eyes.
The next moment, he ran into a pair of bottomless dark eyes.
When Shi Ye had his eyes open and was staring at Wen Chi.
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Wen Chi was caught peeping and cold sweat broke out from his palms. Just when he thought that Shi Ye was going to punish him, he suddenly heard Shi Ye say, "Speak."
Wen Chi was stunned for a moment: "What?"
Shi Ye said, "Say what you want to say."
Wen Chi did not expect that Shi Ye could see through the doubts in his heart at a glance, he swallowed nervously. After some hesitation, in the end, curiosity overcame reason. He summoned the courage and said, "Last night, Your Royal Highness saved me with your blood. I am grateful but also just a little confused, why Your Royal Highness used your own blood to heal my wounds."
Shi Ye didn't rush to answer Wen Chi's question, but instead asked, "Do you know the Hua family?"
Wen Chi nodded: "I have heard a little."
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The Hua family is the maiden family of Empress Hua and it is also the most wealthy family in the entire capital.
It is strange to say that the Hua family has been in business for generations and no one has ever stepped into the officialdom but instead they have been inextricably linked with the imperial court for hundreds of years and even had an Empress in the previous generation.
And this Hua family is extremely mysterious, especially the head of the Hua family rarely shows up in front of outsiders and many people still don't know what the head of the family looks like.
Of course, all of this information came from the original owner's memory. When Wen Chi read the novel, he never saw the word "Hua Family" at all.
It is really strange …
Wen Chi was thinking about it when he heard Shi Ye say, "The reason why the Hua Family has been able to stand for a hundred years is precisely because of this innate ability."
"Your Royal Highness is referring to…" Wen Chi suppressed his surprise and said softly, "The healing ability of blood?"
Shi Ye did not deny it.
Wen Chi opened his eyes in disbelief and fell silent.
He inexplicably remembered the words the eldest princess said – the Hua family hadn't seen any extraordinary babies for a long time.
That is to say, people with this kind of bloodline in the entire Hua family are getting rarer and rarer. If measures are not taken in time, perhaps people with this kind of bloodline will disappear completely in the near future.
No wonder the emperor is so afraid of Shi Ye, no wonder the eldest princess is so afraid of Shi Ye, no wonder so many people covet Shi Ye in the dark…
Unexpectedly, there are so many settings behind this dog blood novel.
At this moment, Wen Chi couldn't help but be shocked.
He was silent for a moment and then asked: "Your Royal Highness, can the blood in your body heal any injuries?"
If so, Shi Ye should also be able to heal the burn marks on his face.
After listening to him, Shi Ye suddenly gave a weird laugh. He raised the corner of his mouth and stared at Wen Chi with a half-smile: "Since you are so curious, let's do an experiment."
Seeing Shi Ye smiling, Wen Chi felt cold all over: "What test?"
As soon as he finished speaking, Wen Chi felt Shi Ye's cold fingertips touch his throat and his deep voice sounded close at hand: "I will cut your throat with my hand first and then use my blood to save you, what do you say?"
Wen Chi: "…"
Shi Ye's fingertips gradually pressed harder and heavier on Wen Chi's throat.
Even though it didn't hurt when Shi Ye pressed, it still scared Wen Chi into a cold sweat.
Wen Chi's entire face was so white that there was no trace of blood and he subconsciously widened his almond eyes.
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Shi Ye saw his reflection in Wen Chi's clear eyes and suddenly chuckled, "What do you say?"
Wen Chi had a strong desire to survive and immediately shook his head like a rattle.
The smile on the corner of Shi Ye's mouth became deeper and deeper. His smile wasn't fake, rather it seemed like he was happy from the bottom of his heart. His eyes narrowed into the shape of a crescent moon, he asked, "Aren't you very curious?"
"No no no…" Wen Chi didn't know whether Shi Ye was really smiling or pretending to smile. Anyway, every kind of laughter made him feel creepy, he hurriedly said, "I'm not curious at all. I don't have brains, I don't think, I don't know anything, I'm a simple plankton."
Shi Ye was a little puzzled: "What is a plankton?"
Wen Chi replied sadly: "It's an animal as humble and weak as me."
Shi Ye suddenly snorted: "Maybe even as stupid as you."
Wen Chi: "…"
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This dog prince really is like a dog that can't spit out ivory1.
At this moment, a sudden knock on the door broke the awkward atmosphere.
Before Wen Chi could respond, the person outside pushed the door open directly and hurriedly walked in.
"Young Master Wen! Have you seen His Royal Highness?" Eunuch Zhu's footsteps gradually sounded closer. Perhaps because he was too anxious, his voice was much sharper than usual, "Good gracious! His Royal Highness is gone. This servant searched everywhere but I still couldn't find His Royal Highness."
While speaking, Eunuch Zhu arrived at Wen Chi's bedroom.
Wen Chi was still lying on the bed, tightly wrapped in the quilt and said embarrassedly, "Eunuch Zhu…"
It's a pity that Eunuch Zhu didn't listen to him at all, he didn't even turn his eyes to his side and hurried around the bedroom like an ant in a hot pot: "What can I do about this? It's all my fault that this servant was so sloppy that I didn't even know where His Royal Highness was going …
"That…" Wen Chi stretched out his hand from under the quilt, "Eunuch Zhu, listen to me…"
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"Your Royal Highness, where did you go? How can you leave this servant like this!" Eunuch Zhu became more and more sad as he spoke, holding his forehead with despair on his face, as if the sky was about to collapse, "It's this servant's dereliction of duty, this servant should die …"
Wen Chi shouted from the top of his lung "Eunuch Zhu!"
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Eunuch Zhu, who was caught off guard, was scared to the point of shivering and only then did he recover from the fear that His Highness was missing and confusedly turned his head to look at Wen Chi on the bed.
He saw that Wen Chi had sat up at some point and was leaning on the head of the bed. He then lifted the quilt off his body.
This time, Eunuch Zhu finally saw clearly that there was a person lying on the other side of the bed and took a closer look- was it not the Crown Prince he had been looking for for so long?
Eunuch Zhu was both surprised and delighted: "Your Royal Highness, this servant finally found you!"
However, Eunuch Zhu's joy did not affect Shi Ye, not only that but Shi Ye's face was so black that it seemed like he had been stuck on the bottom of the pot for two hours. He looked at Eunuch Zhu with cold eyes and said, "Zhu Xian."
The two words icy cold are like a basin of cold water falling from the sky which instantly chilled Eunuch Zhu.
Eunuch Zhu trembled.
Shi Ye said, "Who allowed you to come in?"
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Eunuch Zhu bowed his waist and lowered his head and his whole person's posture was humbled into the dust: "This servant couldn't find His Royal Highness and was eager to find you, so this servant dared to come in and ask Young Master Wen…"
Shi Ye's voice was extremely cold: "Roll out."
"Yes."
After that, Eunuch Zhu, who almost pissed his pants, rolled out.
After Eunuch Zhu left, he closed the door behind him.
The bedroom fell quiet again.
Wen Chi didn't expect that Shi Ye would suddenly attack Eunuch Zhu. For fear of stirring up fire, he hesitated for a while with a pale face, then quietly picked up the quilt that had been lifted and carefully covered it over Shi Ye.
Due to his carelessness, he also covered Shi Ye's head along with it.
At first glance, it was like putting a white cloth on a dead person.
Wen Chi froze for a moment but was suddenly struck by this scene and laughed.
After laughing out loud, he suddenly realized what had happened and quickly covered his mouth with both hands.
But it was already too late …
That "pu chi2" sounded like an echo and it lingered in Wen Chi's ears for a long time.
There was a deadly silence in the air.
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Sound of laughter
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Wen Chi panicked: "Your.. Your Royal Highness…"
Shi Ye froze for a moment, then reached out and grabbed the quilt covering his face, trying to pull it off.
Seeing this, Wen Chi immediately felt like he had seen a ghost. Before his brain could react, his body had already crawled out of bed with his hands and feet as if it was a conditioned reflex.
Because he was in a hurry, he accidentally stepped on the air when he got out of bed and his body slammed backwards and rolled several times on the ground.
When he stopped, he found himself lying on the ground in an extremely embarrassing position and there was a dull pain in the place where he fell just now.
Wen Chi couldn't help hissing and drew two breaths of cold air
Then, there was some sound of movement directly in front of him.
He looked up and saw that Shi Ye had sat up from the bed with an expressionless face. He had changed into a white dress with a slightly open neckline, revealing a large chest and the muscle lines that were hidden between the lapels.
He has to admit that even though this crown prince's face is ruined, his figure is still so good that it makes people blush.
Ah!
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Envious…
Somehow, Wen Chi felt that his cheeks were a little hot and even the breath that he exhaled was also a certain degree higher.
He hurriedly lowered his head, forcing himself to forget the picture he just saw, only then did he feel that the heat around him had dropped a little.
Just as Wen Chi breathed a sigh of relief, out of the corner of the eye, he caught sight of Shi Ye raising his hand.
The next moment, the quilt on the bed flew over, then falling and envelop Wen Chi tightly.
Wen Chi's vision was once again plunged into darkness.
Wen Chi: "…"
This dog prince is too childish!
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They are not elementary school students, how come it's still a universal thing for you to hit me and I'll hit you back?
Although Wen Chi was very speechless, he naturally didn't dare to say anything and he didn't even dare to move. All he could do was keep hypnotizing himself that he was a wooden stake, lying silently on the ground under the quilt.
After a while, he heard Shi Ye's cold and indifferent voice: "Zhu Xian."
Eunuch Zhu, who was guarding outside, trotted in immediately: "Your Royal Highness."
Shi Ye said: "Prepare clothes."
Eunuch Zhu hurriedly said, "Yes."
Next was the sound of Shi Ye getting out of bed. Eunuch Zhu hurriedly waited on Shi Ye and after sending Shi Ye out, he gently came to Wen Chi's side.
"Young Master Wen, we're going back to the palace, so hurry and pack up."
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Wen Chi's voice came from underneath the quilt and it sounded a little dull: "Has His Royal Highness the Crown Prince gone?"
"His Royal Highness went downstairs for breakfast."
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After Eunuch Zhu left, Wen Chi lifted the quilt on his body and started to get dressed in a hurry.
He checked his ankles and knees and they looked the same as usual, there were no scratches, even the small bloody scrape on his knee was gone without even the slightest trace.
Wen Chi touched his knee. For a moment, it was like a dream. He wondered if he had transmigrated into a fantasy novel to encounter such an unimaginable thing.
But then he thought that Wen Liang even had a system and Shi Ye, as the biggest villain in the novel, it seems that it is not uncommon to have a golden finger…
In comparison, what makes him feel more embarrassed is that he actually slept with Shi Ye last night.
But he couldn't remember when he fell asleep at all. The only thing he remembered was that he drank Shi Ye's blood while half asleep and then the wounds on his body healed very quickly.
As for the latter…
Wen Chi suspected that Shi Ye was coveting his body, so he deliberately made an excuse to stay in his room.
When Wen Chi went downstairs for breakfast, Shi Ye had disappeared.
Wen Chi sat alone at the table and finished eating. He saw Eunuch Zhu push out Shi Ye's wheelchair from the inside and wiped the wheelchair inside and out with a handkerchief.
Just when Eunuch Zhu was about to finish cleaning, he suddenly found something hanging behind the wheelchair.
"What is this?" Eunuch Zhu said in surprise, then reached out and picked up those things.
Unfortunately, after looking carefully for a while, Eunuch Zhu still couldn't figure out what it was.
On the other hand, Wen Chi, who was sitting, looked up and his expression suddenly became embarrassed.
Shit…
The dumplings he bought, the clay balls he bought…
Why is it still hanging on Shi Ye's wheelchair?
Wen Chi was embarrassed.
He wanted to go forward to claim it but then he remembered that he only made Shi Ye angry this morning, what if Eunuch Zhu told Shi Ye about this…
He was scared and quietly took a step back, pretending not to know anything.
Who knew that Eunuch Zhu didn't intend to throw those things away immediately but went to the table and opened the dumplings and clay balls wrapped in lotus leaves to take a look.
Wen Chi was startled and said quickly, "Eunuch Zhu, I think you should throw these things away. After all, the origin is unknown. If it's something bad it will be terrible."
Eunuch Zhu said righteously, "If it's something bad, then I have to open it and take a look. It's about His Highness, so I can't take it lightly."
Wen Chi scratched his head: "The market was so lively last night, maybe someone accidentally hung something he bought on it."
Eunuch Zhu turned his head and saw Wen Chi's worried face and thought he was afraid of what was in the lotus leaf, so he comforted: "Young Master Wen, it is this servant's duty to protect His Royal Highness. Even if there is poison in it, for safety's sake this servant must open it. Young Master Wen should go outside and wait."
Wen Chi: "…"
Eunuch Zhu's movements were extremely quick and while he was speaking, he had already opened the lotus leaves.
Looking closely, it turned out to be a few dumplings and a lump of clay.
Seeing Eunuch Zhu's confused look, Wen Chi was thinking about whether to tell Eunuch Zhu the truth.
Who knew that before he had the chance to say anything, he saw Eunuch Zhu's expression suddenly change, frowning in anger and saying, "Who on earth has the audacity to hang these dirty things on His Highness's seat?"
Wen Chi: "…"
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Eunuch Zhu pointed at the dumplings and clay balls on the table: "Although these look like just rice dumplings and clay balls, there may be some secret devices hidden in them."
Wen Chi said weakly, "Eunuch Zhu, you really think too much…"
They are just ordinary dumplings and clay balls!
Yesterday, the crown prince of your family had a great time playing with these clay balls, xiu.. xiu.. xiu …1 beating those people up.
It's a pity that Eunuch Zhu didn't listen to Wen Chi's words at all and hurriedly wrapped the dumplings and mud balls again with lotus leaves: "This servant should report this matter to His Highness. Now that there are so many demons and monsters eyeing in the dark eye, this servant can't let even the smallest matter slide, in case something goes wrong."
Seeing this, Wen Chi became anxious and hurriedly stepped forward to hold the thing in Eunuch Zhu's hand: "Right, I remembered!"
Eunuch Zhu said blankly, "What did Young Master Wen remember?"
"Hai, I bought these dumplings and clay balls." Wen Chi patted his forehead and said suddenly, "Last night I went to the market with His Royal Highness and His Royal Highness wanted to eat dumplings, so I went to buy some. After that episode last night, I forgot about it."
Eunuch Zhu was stunned for a moment and then said, "What about this clay balls?"
"I bought them too." Wen Chi said nonsense in a serious manner, "His Royal Highness suddenly felt bored and wanted to play with mud, so I bought this lump of clay for His Royal Highness to play with."
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But he wasn't exactly lying. Shi Ye was really playing with clay last night, even though he just flicked the clay into the killers' bodies to kill them.
After Eunuch Zhu heard Wen Chi's words, there was still a hint of suspicion in his expression and he looked at Wen Chi up and down.
Wen Chi didn't dodge his gaze and looked at Eunuch Zhu with a sincere expression.
After a long while, Eunuch Zhu still compromised, put the things in his hand back on the table and at the same time did not forget to instruct Wen Chi: "Young Master Wen, there are some things that this servant has to say. That seat is for the convenience of His Royal Highness, not for you to hang things, even if it is something His Highness asked you to buy, hanging on top of the seat is not appropriate."
Wen Chi breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly hugged the dumplings and clay balls in his arms. He bowed his head and said gratefully, "Eunuch Zhu is right, I will remember it next time."
After Eunuch Zhu finished speaking, he turned around and walked out of the room, presumably to find the unpredictable crown prince again.
Wen Chi wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and wanted to sit on a chair to rest. But as soon as he turned around, he saw a tall figure leaning against the window sill from the corner of his eye.
Wen Chi froze suddenly as he reached for the chair.
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After a while, he slowly raised his head.
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Isn't this person in front of the windowsill the crown prince Eunuch Zhu has been worried about?
When did Shi Ye come?
How come there was no sound at all!
With the light falling on his back, Shi Ye walked over from the window sill. He looked tall but in fact very thin, but not the kind of ugly thin, his limbs were long and his body proportions were perfect.
Wen Chi watched as Shi Ye walked in front of him, raised his hand and pinched his chin.
"It seems that you know Bengong better than Bengong." Shi Ye said, "You even know that Bengong likes to eat dumplings and play with clay."
Wen Chi: "…"
He really hate his stupid mouth.
In just a moment, Wen Chi's eyes turned red with fear from all the messy thoughts in his head and he said with trepidation, "Your Highness, I am aware of my mistake."
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Shi Ye asked casually, "What did you do wrong?"
Wen Chi replied with a strong desire to survive: "I was wrong about everything!"
Shi Ye squeezed Wen Chi's chin.
Wen Chi was so scared that he looked at Shi Ye with round eyes, a layer of watery mist spreading out in those almond eyes.
Shi Ye looked at these eyes, and didn't know what to think but he was a little distracted. When he came back to his senses, he found that Wen Chi was so frightened that his body was trembling. He pursed the corners of his mouth and let go of his chin: "Bengong will give you the opportunity to redeem yourself."
Hearing this, Wen Chi, who seemed to have died, came back to life in an instant: "If Your Royal Highness ordered me to do anything, I will go through fire and water to do it without hesitation!"
Shi Ye sat in a wheelchair and glanced at Wen Chi with a half-smiley smile: "You don't have to go through fire and water. You can record this account first and calculate it later."
Wen Chi: "…"
Why does he feel like he jumped into a huge pit …
Eunuch Zhu searched outside for a long time and finally found His Royal Highness in the private room. He walked in cautiously, hunched over and saw Shi Ye sitting lazily in a wheelchair, playing with something in his hand.
After approaching, Eunuch Zhu could see clearly – what His Royal Highness was holding was actually a very ugly clay figurine.
Seeing this, Eunuch Zhu was extremely surprised.
He just heard Wen Chi say that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince likes to play with clay but he didn't take it seriously, thinking that Wen Chi was talking nonsense.
But right now, it turns out that His Royal Highness really likes to play with clay…
When he realized that he did not know His Highness as well as Wen Chi, Eunuch Zhu fell into a bad mood.
On the way back to the palace, only Shi Ye was in a happy mood and the faces of Wen Chi and Eunuch Zhu were both gloomy and miserable.
When getting off the carriage, Wen Chi and Eunuch Zhu collided head-on.
When the two saw each other, they thought of the lump of clay in unison and sighed in unison.
After entering the palace, Wen Chi went directly back to the Bamboo Flute Residence.
As soon as he stepped into the courtyard, Ping An, who like Shenlong2 sees its head but not its tail3, greeted him enthusiastically: "Young Master Wen, you are back."
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神龙见首不见尾 [shén lóng jiàn shǒu bú jiàn wěi] move in and out with wizardly elusiveness; appear and disappear in quick succession; be secretive in one's movement and trace; The person is quite mysterious at his whereabouts, appearing at one moment and disappearing the next
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Ping An had just finished weeding the grass and was so tired that he was out of breath. His face and neck were covered in sweat. With a reluctant smile on his face, he said to Wen Chi quite earnestly, "This servant has already fulfilled Young Master Wen's orders."
Wen Chi was confused for a moment and then said, "What order?"
"Didn't Young Master Wen instruct this servants to pluck up all the weeds in the courtyard a few days ago?" Ping An said happily, "This servant has pulled them all, does Young Master Wen want to check them?"
Wen Chi waved his hand perfunctorily: "No, it's fine if it's done."
After saying that, Wen Chi prepared to go inside.
After tossing around since last night and this morning, he was really tired and now he just wanted to find a chair to lie down for a while and sort out his thoughts.
Too many things were crammed in his mind that he felt like his head was about to explode.
So Wen Chi walked ahead when Ping An jogged up from behind.
"Young Master Wen, where did you go yesterday?"
Wen Chi kept walking while glancing at Ping Ping suspiciously.
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He saw Ping An's eyes widened and he said cautiously, "Yesterday this servant heard from Ruo Fang that Young Master Wen was leaving the palace with His Royal Highness. This servant thought that Young Master Wen was coming back at night, so I waited all night but Young Master Wen didn't come back."
Wen Chi was really curious: "Why were you waiting for me? Were you looking for me for something?"
"That's not…" Seeing Wen Chi asking like this, Ping An seemed to think that Wen Chi was suspicious of him. His face blushed and he hurriedly explained, "These days, in order to fulfill Young Master Wen orders, this servant had been pulling weeds in the courtyard day and night. Since I didn't see Young Master Wen come back yesterday, I was just a little worried."
Hearing this, Wen Chi suddenly stopped.
Ping An, who was following Wen Chi, almost bumped into Wen Chi but he turned on his toes and pulled himself back, standing firmly in place.
"Young Master Wen?"
Wen Chi calmly glanced at Ping An's feet and then turned his gaze to Ping An's face.
Ping An was puzzled by his look and couldn't help but touch his face: "Is there something dirty on this servant's face?"
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Wen Chi said, "No."
Ping An retracted his hand and asked nervously, "Why does Young Master Wen looking at this slave like that?"
Wen Chi was silent for a moment but did not answer Ping An's question. Instead, he said, "You have finished pulling the weeds in the courtyard right? I see you seem to be quite idle, how about this, you trim the branches and leaves of those small trees again, otherwise they will grow too messy and affect the scenery."
Ping An let out a long sigh: "…"
Wen Chi noticed Ping An's difficult expression: "Not willing?"
"This servant is willing." Ping An lowered his head and said, "This servant will do his best to fulfill Young Master Wen's instructions."
Wen Chi smiled, beckoned to call Ruo Tao, who was passing by and instructed: "You go and check the results of Ping An's weeding. If there is something that is not right, let him pull it out again."
Hearing this, Ping An's face went pale but he didn't dare to say a word.
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Ruo Tao also seemed to think Wen Chi's attitude was a bit strange, she quietly glanced at Ping An and replied softly before walking away.
Wen Chi saw that Ping An was still standing in the same place and said, "Go and do it. After you finish this work, I still have some things for you to complete here. You will have to make up for the things you missed before."
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Ping An's eyes were red and he didn't know if it was because he was angry or aggrieved. He raised his head and looked at Wen Chi with meaningful eyes.
Wen Chi looked back at him calmly.
Ping An didn't expect that his gaze would be caught by Wen Chi and he quickly retracted his gaze as if a mouse seeing a cat, then turned around and walked into the yard without saying a word.
Wenchi looked at his back and pondered for a while before continuing to walk into the house
Although pulling weeds and pruning branches were both physical tasks, in comparison, pruning branches is much harder than weeding.
There were palace maids and eunuchs who specialize in this kind of errands in the palace but they don't come to the Bamboo Flute Residence to do it.
Ping An, who had no one to guide him and had never done this work before, was stumped at first. He found a small pair of shears from somewhere and struggled to trim the messy branches and leaves on the tree.
Ping An's movements are not skilled, and even accidentally poked the small scissors into his hand and bright red blood immediately emerged along the wound.
However, Ping An looked like he was used to it and calmly found gauze to bandage the injured finger.
If you look closely, you can also find that there are large and small wounds on Ping An's hands, which should have been made during weeding.
Wen Chi sat on the stone bench and watched all this with his chin propped up.
At this time, Ruo Fang came over and put a few letters on the stone table in front of Wen Chi: "Young Master Wen, the Wen residence has sent someone to deliver a letter again."
Wen Chi glanced at it, his expression unchanged: "Just put it away."
Ruo Fang said hesitantly, "Young Master Wen, the person who delivered the letter said it was an emergency. Please open the letter and take a look at it."
Wen Chi thought it was funny and snorted: "Which time did that person not say that?"
"…" Only then did Ruo Fang react, her cheeks were hot and she reached out to pick up the letters, "Yes."
Now that the reputation of the Wen family has fallen to a low point, Wen Changqing and the Xu family will naturally try their best to contact Wen Chi in the palace, not to mention sending letters twice in three days, they even came to visit personally several times, only to be blocked by the guards outside the palace every time – without the permission of the crown prince, they cannot enter the East Palace at will.
This was just as Wen Chi intended.
He didn't want to be confronted by that family and it was a good choice to use the crown prince as a shield.
Before leaving, Ruo Fang was still a little worried and asked in a low voice, "Young Master Wen, are you in a bad mood?"
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Wen Chi was stunned for a moment.
Ruo Fang glanced at Ping An who was pruning the branches and leaves in a bitter way not far away: "Or did Ping An make you angry?"
Wen Chi suddenly realized that Ruo Fang thought that he was angry with the crown prince, so he came back and regarded Ping An as a punching bag.
After realizing this, he really didn't know whether to laugh or cry but he didn't explain anything to Ruo Fang.
He used to think that Ping An's behavior was very strange, not only wanting him to have a foothold in the East Palace but also not wanting him to get too close to the crown prince.
After that incident last night, he suddenly figured it out.
If he guessed correctly, Ping An should have been arranged by the henchmen of the Fourth Prince, who wanted to help him build a sense of presence in front of the crown prince but not let him have real feelings for the crown prince.
In short, the mastermind wanted to make him an obedient puppet.
It's a pity that Ping An's rank is too low, so he discovered the flaws so quickly.
But from another point of view, maybe those people didn't put really powerful people around him. After all, the Wen family is not an influential family and the identity of "Wen Liang" he used before is just a nobody among the many golden boys.
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Although Ping An's rank is not very high, Wen Chi still did not dare to tear his mask completely. So he could only use this method to consume Ping An's energy and make him less of a demon.
Wen Chi thought about it and found that he was really smart to come up with such an excellent idea – he will never admit that he is a wimp!
On the other hand, Zhang Cai Hui had also set a date for the tea banquet, in the afternoon after the fifth day, at the lake where Wen Chi visited once.
Zhang Cai Hui seemed to be very worried about being rejected by Wen Chi, so she no longer came to the door to inform him as before but sent a palace maid over to tell the news to Wen Chi. After relaying the news she slipped away in a hurry, so that Wen Chi did not even have the opportunity to refuse.
As soon as Wen Chi remembered the so-called admiring calligraphy and painting, he had a headache.
Where can he get the calligraphy and painting to show for others to appreciate!
It's not that Wen Chi has not thought about writing and painting for a moment but he only had the memory of the original owner but not the skills of the original owner. The original owner's skills in qin, chess, calligraphy and painting are all empty talks here.
And he himself can't even write well with a brush, so how can he use a brush to write and paint.
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As the time approached, Wen Chi became more and more restless.
That afternoon, he was brought to the crown prince's study by Eunuch Zhu as usual. The crown prince had nothing to do after dealing with a bunch of affairs, so he asked Eunuch Zhu to prepare a brush, ink, paper and ink stone.
Wen Chi sat on the couch, staring blankly at the crown prince holding a brush to wrote on paper and could not help but wander off.
Then he felt a little strange, a cold touch came from the tip of his nose.
Wen Chi suddenly came back to his senses and saw a hand appear in front of him. And that hand was holding a brush, the tip of which just landed on the tip of his nose.
Wen Chi stared blankly at the hand that was so close at hand, unable to realize what was going on for a while.
Until Shi Ye's deep and cold voice sounded: "What are you thinking about? Thinking so seriously, even daring to ignore Bengong."
After saying that, that hand deviated to the side.
The next moment, the tip of the pen landed on Wen Chi's left cheek—another cold touch.
It was only then that Wen Chi realized that this dog prince was scribbling on his face with a brush?!
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He took a closer look and sure enough, he saw the tip of the brush dipped in black ink.
"…" Wen Chi was so angry that his mouth became dishonest and a curse word blurted out, "F*ck!"
Shi Ye stopped scribbling on his face and squinted at him: "What did you say?"
Wen Chi was taken aback by the sudden change in the dog prince's face and the desire to survive suddenly sprang up. He hurriedly bowed his head in shame: "Your Royal Highness, I am a little unwell today, so I accidentally wandered off. I hope Your Highness forgives me."
Who knew that just after the words fell, Shi Ye's other hand reached out and directly pinched Wen Chi's chin.
Wen Chi had become accustomed to Shi Ye's domineering CEO style and without waiting for Shi Ye to exert force, he raised his head obediently and looked at Shi Ye with a pair of sincere Carslan1 eyes.
Unfortunately, Shi Ye didn't buy his bullshit this time. He lowered his eyes and looked down at him coldly: "What does "F*ck" mean?"2
Wen Chi: "…"
When Shi Ye saw that he was silent, his eyes became colder and colder.
Wen Chi felt the low air pressure emanating from Shi Ye's body. He opened his mouth and said, "I once read in a wild book, the word f*ck has a beautiful meaning."
Shi Ye's face was expressionless and the brush in his hand touched Wen Chi's cheek intentionally or unintentionally: "What does it mean?"
Wen Chi swallowed quietly: "It means yearning, worship and a form of deepest respect."
Shi Ye narrowed his long and narrow eyes again and swept Wen Chi's face with a slightly suspicious look, as if to confirm the authenticity of Wen Chi's words.
"That is to say…" Wen Chi suddenly lost his mind and said, "The reason why I said the word "f*ck" to Your Royal Highness is because I admire Your Royal Highness so much. If His Highness could let me f*ck you once, then I will have no regrets in this life."
T/N – LOL someone is sooooo dead tonight. 😂😂😂
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LOL Carslan is a makeup brand apparently. Wen Chi is referring to those model's eyes in the brand
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FYI F*ck is Cao in chinese
Chapter 34.1
Unfortunately, just as Wen Chi spat out the illicit words, Shi Ye's hand holding his chin suddenly increased in strength.
"Ah…" Wen Chi was so frightened that his shoulders shook violently and he immediately confessed and apologized out of conditioned reflex, "Your Highness, forgive me! I know my mistake!"
Shi Ye seemed to have seen through Wen Chi's miserable performance. He approached Wen Chi expressionlessly and the warm breath fell on Wen Chi's face: "Bengong will give you another chance, if you dare to fool Bengong again, Bengong will ask someone to pull out your sharp teeth one by one."
Wen Chi was so frightened that he could not even breathe, he gasped hard a few times and suddenly had an idea: "Answering back to His Royal Highness, what I meant was flowering grass1."
Before he finished speaking, Shi Ye increased the strength in his hands again.
Wen Chi hissed in pain, his round almond eyes instantly turned red and even tears started flowing from the corners of his eyes. He was so frightened that he was forced to raise his chin high and his body trembled as Shi Ye pressed down with his heavy aura.
"Well, that's just a word for exclamation." At this time, Wen Chi's brain had become a mess and he said in an incoherent manner "I was exclaiming."
Hearing this, Shi Ye finally didn't continue to increase his strength but said calmly: "Why were you exclaiming?"
Wen Chi's eyes were red and after holding back for a long time, he finally managed to say: "Men who are serious are the most attractive, just now I looked at how Your Royal Highness was seriously writing something and unknowingly deeply attracted to Your Royal Highness, so I could not help but sigh."
It must be said that Wen Chi has a special talent, that is, even when he is talking nonsense with his eyes open, he speaks with unparalleled sincerity, as if those words were pressed into his heart for a long time and until today he had no choice but to say them.
Even Wen Chi himself was almost convinced by this reason.
However, Shi Ye had long known what kind of niao xing2 Wen Chi was and while frowning, he almost pressed the tip of his nose against Wen Chi's nose: "Do you think Bengong is a fool?"
Wen Chi: "…"
Shi Ye's eyes were so cold that Wen Chi was about to freeze, he laughed coldly: "Do you think Bengong can't see that you are cursing Bengong?"
Wen Chi stammered: "I… I wouldn't dare"
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"What else do you not dare? You dare to do anything!" Although Shi Ye hid it well, still Wen Chi smelled a hint of anger. He pinched Wen Chi's chin and looked left and right, and laughed angrily, "Look at your sly face like a thief. I thought you have less guts than the tip of a needle. But I didn't think that you would be such a pleasant surprise to Bengong, who challenged Bengong's bottom line again and again, you really are audacious in the extreme!"
The more Shi Ye talked, the more serious he became. At the end, he was quite ready to strangle Wen Chi to death.
Wen Chi's face turned red to blue and blue to white. He was so frightened that he forgot to beg for mercy. He looked at Shi Ye dumbfounded, as if he was about to faint from fright.
This is definitely the end …
With Shi Ye's violent temper, even if he didn't strangle him to death, he would probably have him half beaten to death just like he treated Yue Gui.
And when Shi Ye scolded, why did he have to use personal attacks? Where does he look like a thief!
Thinking like this, Wen Chi was still a little indignant.
Just when Wen Chi thought that Shi Ye was really going to do something to him, he saw that Shi Ye suddenly let go of the hand that was pinching his chin and turned around in his wheelchair and went to the desk.
Seeing this, Wen Chi was about to breathe a sigh of relief when he saw Shi Ye in front of the desk beckoning to him.
So Wen Chi drew in his breath.
He didn't dare to delay and quickly got up and walked over: "What can I do for your highness?"
There was a brush, ink, paper, and inkstone on the desk. Even though Shi Ye and Wen Chi made such a scene just now, Eunuch Zhu was still doing his best to grind the ink, just like treating himself as a lifeless backdrop.
Just now, Shi Ye used several sheets of paper to practice writing. These sheets of paper were placed by Eunuch Zhu in front of the desk to dry. The writing was clear and distinct.
Wen Chi couldn't help but read Shi Ye's handwriting a few more times.
He has to admit that Shi Ye's handwriting was very beautiful. At first glance, it looked majestic and the connection between the beginning and the end was natural and smooth. Just a few strokes were enough to be pleasing to the eye.
If he had this skill, he would not worry about the tea banquet tomorrow.
Wen Chi sighed in his heart, thinking that this dog prince's temper is a little eccentric but he had some special talents.
Wen Chi retracted his thoughts and saw a little eunuch come up and spread out a white piece of paper in front of him.
Afterwards, Eunuch Zhu handed over a writing brush: "Young Master Wen, please."
Wen Chi: "…"
Please what?
Confused, Wen Chi could only cast a puzzled gaze on Shi Ye.
Shi Ye supported his chin and leaned lazily on the wheelchair. His slender fingertips lightly tapped twice on his cheek and said in a very light tone, "Write the word you just said, a hundred times."
Wen Chi: "…"
"Didn't you say that you worship Bengong? I can only see your sincerity if you write down all your worship for Bengong on this paper." Shi Ye raised his chin and said, "Write, Bengong will watch you write."
Wen Chi finally realized what it means "if God commits evil, you can still violate it but you can't live if you do the evil yourself3". If he knew that a single word could trigger so many follow-ups, he would have sewed his own mouth at that time.
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The word F*ck means cao (操) in Chinese, while grass is also pronounced as cao (草). But they are two different characters. Here Wen Chi says Hua Cao (花草) meaning small grass like plants that bloom flowers
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niao xing 尿性 means urinary sex in english. This is a Northeast dialect, which describes a person who is very individual, does things very special, and has abilities different from ordinary people. In the Northeast, when expressing extreme incomprehension or surprise at other people's actions or attitudes, they often say "this person is really peeing". It has a complimentary meaning but also a derogatory meaning.
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(Proverb) It refers to the disasters that nature brings to people, and people can still escape and survive; but people cannot escape punishment for their own sins.
Chapter 34.2
The only good thing is that Shi Ye only let him write and didn't kill him on the spot.
Thinking of this, Wen Chi felt that he was very lucky. Compared to losing his life, what is writing a hundred "f*ck" words?
So Wen Chi picked up a writing brush, dipped the tip of the brush in the inkstone, covered the long sleeve of his right hand with his left hand, bent his waist, lowered his head and began to write attentively.
He wrote it willingly and very seriously.
On a piece of paper, he could only write thirty "f*ck" characters but for Wen Chi, who had hardly ever written calligraphy, was undoubtedly a physical task and his right hand felt a faint soreness.
Wen Chi put down the brush and gently rubbed the wrist of his right hand before picking up the paper full of "F*ck".
After blowing the ink cry off the paper, he held it up to check.
However, after a glance, Wen Chi's expression suddenly changed from a sense of accomplishment to embarrassment and shame.
His handwriting is so ugly!
It was like a dog crawling, so ugly that he couldn't bear to look at it directly.
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Wen Chi looked at Shi Ye's words and then looked at his own words and instantly felt deeply that he was not worthy of this dog prince. For the first time ever, he had an inferiority complex, just because of these ugly words.
Wen Chi hurriedly put the paper down and asked Eunuch Zhu to give him another piece of paper in extreme embarrassment.
But before Eunuch Zhu brought the paper, Shi Ye suddenly said, "This is the one."
Wen Chi looked at Shi Ye blankly, obviously he didn't understand what Shi Ye meant.
At this moment, Shi Ye was quite patient. He raised one eyebrow and explained without smiling: "Bengong heard from Zhu Xian that you are going to a tea banquet tomorrow and will have to show your calligraphy and painting. Bengong thinks it looks good and it is better to take this to appreciate at the banquet."
After a long silence, Wen Chi said with shame: "Your Royal Highness, I'm afraid this is not appropriate…"
"What's not appropriate?" Shi Ye said justifiably, "Didn't you say that the word 'fuck' contains your admiration and longing for Bengong and Bengong is giving you the opportunity to show your admiration and longing for Bengong. Why don't you want to cherish this opportunity?"
When the dog prince said such sophomoric reasoning, it actually made Wen Chi speechless.
AD
But how could he possibly show those people this paper?
He'd be crazy to do this!
Ahhhhhhhhh!
The dog prince is really sick! It's not enough to punish but he even asked him to take this paper to the tea banquet to make a fool of himself but he couldn't refuse the dog prince's request directly.
Wen Chi felt so wronged but he didn't dare to say it.
"Your Highness forgive me, it's really because my handwriting is ugly, far less than the one or two strokes drawn by Your Highness. I really do not want to lose face." Wen Chi simply kneeled to the ground and said stiffly, "If I could write such beautiful characters as your highness, I would not have to be so worried."
There was a hint of a smile in Shi Ye's voice: "Do you think my Bengong's calligraphy is good?"
This time, Wen Chi praised sincerely: "It's quite good, I'm afraid that if I practiced for another eight lifetimes, I wouldn't be able to match Your Highness's."
This sentence seemed to please Shi Ye, only to hear Shi Ye laugh out loud. His laughter was not as low as when he was speaking, it sounded hearty and clean and even showed an arrogant youthful air.
After laughing, Shi Ye squinted his eyes and said, "Since you like it, then Bengong will send you a painting so that you can show it at the tea banquet tomorrow. What do you think?"
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Wen Chi raised his head from the ground. flattered: "Really?"
"How can the words of Bengong be false?" Shi Ye asked Eunuch Zhu to prepare the brush and paper again and immediately picked up the brush. The brush danced on the clean paper, the action was neat and beautiful.
Wen Chi next to him was stunned and stared in awe.
But after half a stick of incense1, Shi Ye put away the brush and handed it to Eunuch Zhu, who was waiting beside him.
Eunuch Zhu didn't dare to glance at the paper, he hunched over and stretched out his hands to receive the brush, then quietly retreated to his original position.
Only Wen Chi tilted his head with interest and glanced at the paper.
Who knew with just one glance, his whole body froze.
Just, just this?
Wen Chi couldn't believe his eyes, he even suspected that the painting was drawn by Shi Ye as a joke.
This is too ugly!
It's so ugly that it's comparable to those dog crawling words he just wrote!
He saw a small animal painted on the large white paper, the small animal has a long pointed mouth, and four legs, dragging a ball of rag-like things behind the butt …
Wenchi's expression changed again and again and he stubbornly suppressed the impulse to tease.
However, Shi Ye was admiring his own paintings and he didn't see Wen Chi's expression as if he had eaten a fly. After he finished admiring it, he asked Wen Chi, "How is it?"
Wen Chi looked at the painting with indescribable eyes and tried very hard to distinguish the animals in the painting: "Your Highness's painting skills are really excellent, to draw this chicken vividly."
The smile on Shi Ye's face paused: "Bengong painted a phoenix."
Wen Chi: "…"
Shi Ye stared coldly at Wen Chi's gradually stiffened face and said, "This painting is called Phoenix Seeking a Mate.."
Wen Chi: "…"
Shi Ye frowned: "Do you think the painting of Bengong is not beautiful?"
"No no no…" Wen Chi hurriedly shook his head like a rattle, "Your Royal Highness painted it too well, in ancient times the phoenix composed by the predecessors have been passed down through the ages and the phoenix drawn by Your Royal Highness can move your soul. No matter who takes a look at it, he will have to sigh in admiration at the talent of Your Royal Highness."
Eunuch Zhu silently listened to Wen Chi's words and couldn't help but raise his eyes to glance at Wen Chi and there was a lot of emotion mixed in that look.
Wen Chi didn't notice Eunuch Zhu's gaze and just stared at Shi Ye eagerly.
Shi Ye's clenched brows slowly loosened. He waved to Eunuch Zhu to wrap the picture and said naturally, "This painting is rewarded to you, tomorrow you will take it to the tea banquet."
Wen Chi: "…"
He felt like he couldn't speak anymore.
T/N – Imagine an otaku behind a laptop, munching on a snickers, giggling all by herself while translating this. Yes that otaku is me. This is one of my favorite episodes in the novel. I call it the chicken episode.😂
P.S – SPOILERS!
The chicken is gonna make a cameo again in the second half of the novel. LOL
Chapter 35.1
In the end, Wen Chi took away the painting that was rewarded by Shi Ye.
When returning to Bamboo Flute Residence, Wen Chi happened to meet Ruo Tao who was passing by after finishing his work. Seeing Wen Chi walking in in a state of embarrassment, Ruo Tao was surprised for a moment and then, not knowing what she saw, she actually let out a giggle.
"Young Master Wen, you…"
Wen Chi looked confused: "What's wrong with me?"
"Aiya, your face is full of ink." Ruo Tao hurriedly stifled laughter but the corners of her mouth twitched a few times, before saying,"Young Master Wen, let's go in quickly, this servant will fetch some water to wipe your face ."
Wen Chi: "…"
Oh, he remembered—
Don't know what got into the dog prince's head today that he took a brush and smeared it on his face several times.
What's even more exasperating is that Prince Dog watched him walk out of the study just now and didn't even mean to remind him at all, including Eunuch Zhu who sent him back…
Forget it, they are both a nest of snakes and rats1. Who made Eunuch Zhu be on the side of the dog prince?
After comforting himself like that, Wen Chi finally felt a lot better and he waved to Ruo Tao exhaustedly: "Bring it quickly."
Ruo Tao responded and hurried away.
Wen Chi sighed and squeezed the golden storage tube in his hand.
This storage cylinder was brought by Eunuch Zhu. It was engraved with exquisite patterns and every plant and tree felt so lifelike. Even a person like Wen Chi who has never seen the world can see that it is very valuable. It is a pity that Eunuch Zhu brought it to put the chicken picture that Shi Ye drew.
Wen Chi withdrew his thoughts and continued walking inside.
Not far away, he saw Ping An standing under a small tree pruning the branches diligently. After a period of tempering, Ping An's pruning skills have made great progress and he no longer pokes his own hands like before.
It's just that so much work was weighing on Ping An's body, bending his back, and making him silent all of a sudden. The Ping An who used to huddle and chatter around Wen Chi has disappeared and now he is a Ping – quiet as a chicken – An.
Ever since Wen Chi began to force Ping An to work, Ping An has lost his previous enthusiasm and sometimes he can even catch the vague resentment in his eyes.
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But Wen Chi never cared about these things and he just pretended not to see them.
While Ping An was buried in pruning branches, he accidentally caught a glimpse of Wen Chi from the corner of his eye. He immediately put away the scissors, turned around, hunched over and greeted in a low voice, "Young Master Wen."
When Wen Chi was called by this dying tone, he turned his head and saw Ping An's head almost buried in his collar. He nodded and couldn't help but quicken his pace and walked in.
After sleeping, most of the sorrow that lingered in Wen Chi's heart finally dissipated.
He also worked it out – anyway, he could not get a suitable painting or calligraphy, so instead of going empty-handed, it's better to take the chicken picture drawn by Shi Ye.
In this way, even if he was ridiculed by those people, those people will only be laughing at the painting he brought and Shi Ye who painted it and had little to do with him.
Of course, the most important thing is… If Shi Ye asks on a whim, he will be easy to deal with, otherwise, he doesn't know what method Shi Ye will come up with to trick him and maybe even make him ascend to heaven if he was unhappy .
To put it bluntly, he was a coward.
What is losing face at the tea banquet compared to saving your life around the dog prince?
Thinking of this, Wen Chi shed humble and helpless tears.
However, even though he had made a decision in his heart, when he was about to set off, he still subconsciously resisted going out. He lingered in front of the door with his drawing storage tube in his arms for a long time but he couldn't get the courage to step out.
When Ruo Tao saw this, she came over to comfort him and said, "Young Master Wen, the tea banquet held by Madam Zhang invited almost all the young masters and madams in the East Palace. "A hundred flowers contending for beauty", there must be a lot of people over there trying their best to present their best work, so maybe no one will notice your work, you do not have to worry so much. "
Wen Chi: "…"
If he didn't understand Ruo Tao's temperament, he would suspect that Ruo Tao was belittling him by comforting him.
But thinking about it carefully, he found that what Ruo Tao said was not unreasonable.
There were so many capable people on the scene, almost everyone wanted to be the center of attention, so maybe if he arrived a little late, those people wouldn't even know if he had taken out the paintings, so he would be able to muddle through.
After thinking twice, Wen Chi decided to wait until the tea banquet was halfway through.
Ruo Tao was still a little uneasy: "Young Master Wen, why don't this servants and Ruo Fang accompany you? You always go out without a maid and there is no one to serve you."
Wen Chi shook his head: "No."
This is going to turn into an embarrassing episode. Why the hell should I bring maid servants for? So that the three of them can make a fool of themselves together?
Since Wen Chi has said so, Ruo Tao wanted to say something but in the end she hesitated.
Wen Chi stayed for a long time, seeing that it was almost time, he went to the lake where the tea banquet was held.
Although Wen Chi often walks in the East Palace, he mostly walks between the two points between Bamboo Flute Residence and the Crown Prince's study. If he wants to go to the Crown Prince's study, he can even walk there with his eyes closed. Unfortunately, this time he is going to the lake. Along the way, Wen Chi asked several court ladies and eunuchs before he could find the place.
Unexpectedly, Zhang Cai Hui deliberately set up a special venue with not only tables and chairs, tea and snacks but also arranged for a few maids to shuttle carefully among the crowd to serve them.
When Wen Chi approached, the tea banquet was already full of excitement.
The people who came were not only the concubines but also their maidservants and eunuchs, all of them following their masters closely.
In comparison, Wen Chi, who was outside the crowd, seemed extremely lonely and miserable.
But this was not the point, the point was that there were too many people coming to the tea banquet today!
Even if those maidservants and eunuchs were removed, there were more than thirty concubines, both handsome men and beautiful women, dressed in distinctive robes, gathering in twos and threes to chat.
Looking at the faces of those people, Wen Chi suddenly understood what Ruo Tao said about "a hundred flowers contending for beauty". Together, these men and women can hold an election contest in East Palace 101.
Wen Chi knew that Shi Ye's harem was huge before, but only had an idea, now that he saw these people with his own eyes, he really wanted to sigh – the dog prince is very lucky!
It's a pity that Shi Ye stayed in his study all day long, never leaving the room and seemed to have no interest in pampering the harem at all.
While thinking about it, Wen Chi chose the most remote place to sit down. Who knew that before the chair under his buttocks hadn't warmed up yet when Zhang Cai Hui, who was clustered among the crowd, spotted him with her sharp eyes.
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Chapter 35.2
Zhang Cai Hui took one extra look at him in the crowd and then left the crowd to walk towards him.
Wen Chi: "…"
Zhang Cai Hui said happily: "Young Master Wen, you are here. I thought that Young Master Wen had not yet recovered from the wind chill and would not come."
Wen Chi watched as Zhang Cai Hui, who was dressed in red and purple but still beautiful, walked up to him. So he squeezed out a polite but awkward smile, "My wind chill has been cured, thank you for your concern."
"It's good that you have recovered." As she spoke, Zhang Cai Hui's gaze turned and the next moment fell on the storage tube that Wen Chi was cupping in his hand and couldn't help but wonder, "This is?"
Wen Chi clenched the painting tube subconsciously: "Oh, this is a painting I brought with me."
Zhang Cai Hui nodded in understanding, her eyes lingered on the tube for a long time before she complimented, "This tube is really beautiful."
Wen Chi: "…"
This is from the crown prince's study, how can it not look good?
"Right, there are many people here today, I'll lead you to meet them." Zhang Cai Hui smiled and took Wen Chi's hand and whether Wen Chi was willing or not, she pulled Wen Chi into the crowd.
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Those people were standing by the lake talking, when they suddenly saw Zhang Cai Hui bringing a person over, they stopped talking at the same time and turned their heads to look over.
At the same time, other people around also turned their attention to their side.
They instantly became the focus of the crowd, Wen Chi felt a little embarrassed but Zhang Cai Hui didn't take it seriously, as if she had already gotten used to the gaze of the crowd.
Zhang Cai Hui introduced the identities of those people to Wen Chi and then said to them: "You should have heard of his name, he is the eldest son of the Wen family… oh no, it's the second son, Wen Chi."
After finishing speaking, she finally felt a little embarrassed, turned her head to look at Wen Chi and said slightly apologetically, "I'm sorry, Young Master Wen…"
"It's okay, it's okay." Wen Chi waved his hand quickly. Seeing that the other people didn't look very surprised, he realized that these people already knew his real identity. He didn't expect that the Wen family's affairs would turn out to be such a big deal. No wonder Wen Changqing and Madam Xu looked for him so eagerly…
Since Wen Chi really had nothing in common with these people, he listened quietly while they talked.
At first, these people wanted to throw the topic to him, but he was a topic terminator. He would answer whatever others asked and he would answer in a rigid and serious manner. After many times, these people silently avoided him every time they spoke.
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Wen Chi was also happy and at ease. He sat on the edge and had a snack for a while, then thought about going back.
He has to admit that Zhang Cai Hui organized this tea banquet quite wonderfully. Not only did she design a few small games, she also prepared some small prizes in advance. She ordered the maids to line up those small prizes. If someone's calligraphy or painting can win her favor, she will give those small prizes out.
Zhang Cai Hui came from a good family background and was not short of money. The small prizes she prepared were all attractive gadgets, which made many people eager to show their works.
There was also a person who showed his skills on the spot, asking the maids to prepare brushes and ink and drew a landscape picture in full swing under the eyes of everyone else.
After that person finished his last stroke, there was a burst of exclamation at the scene.
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"I have long heard that Young Master Li, the number one talented man in the capital, has excellent painting skills. I was lucky enough to see it today. His name really lives up to his reputation."
"Young Master Li made this painting in less than half a stick of incense, which really impresses this little girl."
"Seeing is better than hearing…"
Everyone gathered around the table, talking with each other.
Wen Chi saw Zhang Cai Hui walking over and out of curiosity also followed over to take a look.
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He saw that the painting was really beautiful, with only a few strokes it was vividly drawn, especially the birds on the branches that looked as if they would jump out of the paper.
In awe, Wen Chi raised his eyes to look at Young Master Li and found that Young Master Li was also staring straight at him.
Young Master Li was very beautiful. To be precise, everyone who can enter the East Palace should have good looks. Moreover, Young Master Li looks young, with a pair of peach blossom eyes similar to those of Yue Gui. Even the proud smile on his face resembled Yue Gui, he raised his chin towards Wen Chi.
"Are you Wen Chi?"
As soon as these words came out, the conversations around suddenly weakened and everyone's heads turned to Wen Chi one by one.
Wen Chi really didn't expect to bring trouble unto himself while coming into look at the excitement. He regretted that he came along just now but now he had to bite the bullet and answer, "Yes."
"I've heard of you a long time ago." Young Master Li laughed and walked towards Wen Chi, "I heard that His Royal Highness calls you to read and write every day. You have been serving His Highness for so long, so your skills must be improved by now. I hope you will open our eyes today."
Wen Chi: "…"
If he said he was just going to eat, I wonder how these people would feel.
When Wen Chi was thinking about how to refuse, Young Master Li quickly caught sight of the storage tube in Wen Chi's hand. He was slightly taken aback and immediately showed the same expression as Zhang Cai Hui not long ago, before saying: "This is not from His Royal Highness… …Heh, it seems that you are quite capable, come on, show everyone your painting."
After Young Master Li finished speaking, everyone also looked at Wen Chi eagerly.
Wen Chi was speechless. He found that the ladies in the East Palace were quite polite, but each of these young masters was more arrogant than the other. There was Yue Gui in the front and Young Master Li in the back.
But he didn't dare to provoke wuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu…
Wen Chi was cowardly, really cowardly. When he remembered that these concubines were from influential families and have backgrounds that he can't afford to offend, he became even more cowardly.
After hesitating for a moment, he awkwardly opened the storage tube and handed the rolled up painting.
Young Master Li glanced resolutely at Wen Chi's guilty expression, as if he sensed something, and let out a sneer of unknown meaning, he took the painting and opened it to see –
The people next to him, including Zhang Cai Hui, poked their heads to look at it.
The next moment, the audience fell silent.
After an unknown amount of time, Young Master Li suddenly burst out laughing: "Hahahahahahahahaha did you draw a chicken?"