Chapter 103 Don’t Be My Lover, Be My Concubine (Thirty)

Yu Huo glanced at him and pointed at the wine jug on the table with his chin: "Together?"

Wu Renyao was overjoyed when he heard this. He asked someone to bring new wine cups and jugs, and the two of them started drinking together.

Yu Huo's alcohol tolerance was really good. Wu Renyao felt pain on his forehead before he finally staggered and got drunk.

He immediately reached out and grabbed the other person's wrist, and asked with concern: "Is Mr. Yu drunk?"

The person next to him looked at his pinched wrist and pulled it back hard.

The already loose clothes were pulled askew, revealing half of the shoulders and a large area of ​​fair skin.

The boy had a thin frame, and the thin muscles on it made him look particularly beautiful. His delicate half-collarbone had a deep sunken bone socket, casting a shadow.

Wu Renyao's eyes paused slightly, staring at him intently.

The person in front of him was unaware and picked up the wine jug on the table and poured it into his mouth. The wine stains slid down his thin lips to his chin, then along his Adam's apple and gathered in the clavicle groove, attracting the attention of most people in the restaurant.

Wu Renyao swallowed his saliva and went forward to get his wine pot: "Master Yu, you are drunk. Can I take you back to rest?"

Yu Huo narrowed his eyes at him, his gaze passing over his limp right hand, and sneered, "I just invited you for a drink, who do you think you are? Are you worthy enough to take me away?"

Wu Renyao was stung by his contemptuous look. He stepped forward to grab the man and whispered, "Who do you think you are? I'm giving you face by liking you."

"I'm the consort!" Yu Huo held his neck high, more proud than a peacock. He stumbled back a step to avoid it, leaning against the window and sneering, "You dare to touch me? Be careful, the Eighth Princess will kill you!"

Wu Renyao was also a little drunk. His family, relieved by his broken hand, had let him run amok. He retorted, "What's wrong with the Eighth Princess? My cousin is still the Crown Prince! If you obey me today, it'll be fine. But if you don't...when my cousin ascends the throne, do you think you, the Prince Consort, can still act so arrogantly?"

Yu Huo was speechless as he held the wine jug. He hadn't even set the trap yet, but this guy was already acting recklessly!

There were many people in the restaurant, and it was too late for his servant to stop him. After Wu Renyao finished speaking, he realized that he had said the wrong thing. Just as he was about to threaten him, he saw a middle-aged man walking out of the private room on the second floor.

The other person had a serious face and walked down from upstairs. He was actually the most upright Left Censor-in-Chief in the court.

He sneered, "I heard earlier that the Crown Prince was under house arrest for his unruly behavior, and I even considered trying to persuade His Majesty. It seems that Your Majesty is still wise and powerful. Today, I have witnessed the Crown Prince's virtue. The descendants of the Wu family are truly audacious!"

Wu Renyao was completely confused. How could he be so unlucky that his outrageous words were heard by the Left Censor-in-Chief?

These censors do nothing all day long. They just keep an eye on the trivial matters in the capital and report them everywhere. If he adds fuel to the fire, won't he be beaten to death when my cousin comes out?

Without caring about these, Wu Renyao hurried to chase after the Left Censor-in-Chief, hoping to make amends.

Yu Huo, who stayed where he was, stood up straight. His eyes had already regained clarity. He then lazily straightened his collar and looked across at the person in the teahouse opposite who was silently watching all this.

Unexpectedly, Jiang Ye turned away and left.

“…”

Yu Huo rubbed his eyebrows and thought, who is he doing this for?

Wu Renyao was chasing after the Left Censor-in-Chief, but the old man became more and more excited the more he tried to persuade him. He actually got in a carriage and entered the palace without waiting for a moment, without giving him a moment to breathe.

Wu Renyao sobered up instantly. He looked at the figure walking quickly towards the imperial study, gritted his teeth, turned around and went to the East Palace, and asked someone to pass a message to his cousin who was under house arrest so that he could be mentally prepared.

After doing all this, he ran away and hid himself, but he was not that stupid.

The emperor was naturally furious when he heard this. When he was about to summon the prince, the sound of the drum came into his ears again.

Not everyone can strike the drum to report crimes. It used to be sounded for several years, but this was the second time it was struck this year.

The young eunuch who was waiting outside ran in and presented a thin piece of paper: "Your Majesty, someone outside is complaining about the former Luoyang Tongpan, saying that Minister Wu embezzled disaster relief funds and is trying to get the former Luoyang Tongpan to take the blame!"

"Who is it?" The veins on the emperor's forehead twitched slightly as he asked loudly.

"The former son of Luoyang—He Hanyin."

The emperor frowned and asked, "The descendants of the criminal officials were all sentenced to exile. How did he escape?"

The young eunuch lowered his head and said, "I didn't know. It was the Eighth Princess who brought him to beat the drum to report the incident."

The emperor's expression paused for a moment, and he exchanged a glance with the Left Censor-in-Chief standing in the imperial study, and began to understand a little.

He hesitated for a few seconds and said, "Bring the person in."

The Left Censor-in-Chief thought for a moment, then bowed and said, "This concerns the Emperor's family affairs. May I take my leave first?"

There's no point in saying goodbye. The trouble was caused by him, and I can't leave now.

The emperor closed his eyes and said, "This is not a family matter. You should stay and listen together."

Left Censor-in-Chief: “…”

The Eighth Princess led Yin Xian, who was weak and had been nailed to the ground, into the room. When he presented the account book, the emperor's eyes turned red with anger. He ordered his personal eunuch, "Go and bring that bastard to me!"

After saying this, he looked at the red-eyed Eighth Princess and comforted her, "I know you and your husband have been wronged. I will punish that bastard."

The Eighth Princess raised her head, tears welling up in her eyes. "Father, I know I'm not liked by my brothers, but I've never felt wronged. Not long ago, my husband took me to the Nanfeng Pavilion..."

The emperor looked at him in astonishment, and even the Left Censor-in-Chief was confused.

There is such a thing?

The emperor coughed quickly and thought to himself that he should have kicked this big mouth out earlier. If he knew that the prince consort and the princess visited a brothel together, it would spread throughout the capital by tomorrow. How embarrassing!

"Just talk about your own things, why are you talking about all this nonsense?"

Jiang Ye responded, but pretended to obey. "Not long ago, the prince consort took me to the Nanfeng Pavilion and I met this Mr. Yin Xian. Later, I found out that he was the son of the former Luoyang Tongpan who was recently sentenced to death for corruption..."

Jiang Ye was wearing a goose yellow dress, with tears on his pale face, as if he had suffered a lot of grievances and pain.

In a trance, the daughter in front of him and the dead queen became infinitely similar at this moment.

Whatever, it's just Nanpukan, right? Go ahead and visit if you want!

"He was suspected by Minister Wu of hiding the account books, so he was sent to the Nanfeng Pavilion to force him to reveal the whereabouts of the account books. However, my father was so wise and powerful that he imprisoned him first, which allowed me to meet him.

After all, we are siblings. I always thought he would be considerate of me, so I kept it to myself. Who would have thought that the idiot from the Wu family would dare to covet my son-in-law by relying on the crown prince? Who the hell does he think he is? If I can't even protect my son-in-law, how can I have the dignity to stay in the capital?

Jiang Ye seemed to want to vent all the grievances he had suffered since he grew up, which also made the emperor's pity for him reach its peak.

When the prince arrived, he had already planned to bow to the Eighth Princess. However, he was kicked by the emperor as soon as he entered the door, and a lawsuit was dropped on his head. Without even a chance to explain himself, he was demoted to Prince Li and told to report to his fiefdom early.

Concubine Wu came to plead for mercy, and then she lost her position as a concubine and became an idle concubine.

Yes, I have free time.