Zhao Ying left in the ceremonial carriage.
Behind him, Wei Fu and Shangguan Shu followed on horseback...
Mainly staring at each other.
Fuchun followed outside the sedan chair, looking back from time to time. Finally, he couldn't help but move closer to the sedan chair and said to Zhao Ying, "Your Highness, Prince Shangguan and Marquis Xuanping are following behind!"
Zhao Ying frowned upon hearing this, then raised the corner of his lips and said to Fuchun, "Please invite Marquis Xuanping over."
“Hey!”
"Lord Xuanping, His Highness invites you!"
When Wei Fu heard this, he raised the corner of his mouth, said "Go!", rode to the sedan chair, and asked, "Sister Ying, what do you want to call me for?"
Zhao Ying: "Cousin..."
Behind him, Shangguan Shu stared at him intently, with the fire in his eyes that seemed to want to burn Wei Fu.
After a while, Wei Fu came back on horseback, not forgetting to provoke Shangguan Shu with his eyes.
Shangguan Shu clenched his fist, but when he was halfway through, Fuchun called out again, "Shangguan Prince, His Highness invites you!"
Shangguan Shu smiled triumphantly at Wei Fu and rode away on his horse.
"Ying'er, what's the matter?"
Zhao Ying: "Runlang..."
Half a cup of tea later, after watching Zhao Ying enter the palace gate, the peace maintained by Shangguan Shu and Wei Fu was completely torn apart.
They both asked in unison, "What did Yingmei (er) say to you?"
Then, their expressions darkened.
Wei Fu was the first to laugh: "Sister Ying told me...your face is swollen like a pig's head!"
Shangguan Shu was furious when he heard this, "You scolded me!"
He retorted, "That's nothing. Ying'er said you're obviously getting older!"
Wei Fu's defense broke, "You're only a month older than me, and you're only old!"
Shangguan Shu growled, "Wei Fu, do you want to fight?"
Wei Fu: "Hit me if you want! I'm afraid of you!"
As they talked, they dismounted and began to fight. Their skills were equally matched, and the fight grew more and more fierce, but neither could gain the upper hand. They continued to fight until dawn...
The young eunuch who delivered the toilet early in the morning saw it and went back to gossip, which spread from one person to ten, and from ten to a hundred... Early in the morning, Shangguan Zhu and Wei Yuan didn't even go to court, and went to persuade their brothers to stop fighting. They were both punched several times before they stopped.
On the way back to the Duke's Mansion, Shangguan Zhu applied medicine to Shangguan Shu. Seeing the bruises of varying sizes on his body, Shangguan Zhu sighed and couldn't help but say, "Brother, you're already so old, why are you still acting like a fool? Fighting in front of the palace gate is so embarrassing!"
As soon as Shangguan Shu closed his eyes, he could only see Wei Fu's disgusting face. The more he thought about it, the angrier he became. He said angrily, "What do you know?"
"Okay, okay, I don't understand!"
Shangguan Zhu pondered for a moment and asked tentatively, "Brother, are you really divorcing your sister-in-law?"
Shangguan Shu's brows furrowed when he heard this, thinking that Shangguan Zhu was really bringing up things that were not relevant to the topic. Didn't he see that Shangguan Zhu was already in a bad mood?
Shangguan Shu gritted his teeth and said, "So what if we're divorced? Your sister-in-law said that if I want to get back together, she'll come back. She only loves me!"
"Tsk...be gentle!"
Shangguan Shu scolded Shangguan Zhu.
Shangguan Zhu seemed to have just realized what was happening. He apologized to Shangguan Shu and sneered, "I originally thought my sister-in-law was kind and benevolent, but if it weren't for your alertness, we would have been caught in the secret room dragon robe incident. It shows that my sister-in-law is very cunning... How dare you believe her words?"
As soon as the words fell, the carriage fell silent for a moment.
After a while, Shangguan Shu muttered, "I know she's trying to trick me into a divorce, but if she says she has no feelings for me anymore, I don't believe her!"
"I think your mind has been confused by your sister-in-law and you are not thinking straight!"
Shangguan Shu retorted harshly, "What do you know? In this situation, forcing her to stay will only cause more trouble. It's better to let her go first. Besides, I also need to think about how to treat Huai'an..."
Shangguan Shu's tone dropped.
Shangguan Zhu's eyebrows jumped, and then he asked, "Aren't you afraid that if you get out of control, your sister-in-law won't come back?"
"Or maybe she could run away from the capital with her cousin Wei Fu and live out her days as a child?"
Shangguan Shu sneered, and his eyes showed some of his usual cunning calculations. He did not hide it from Shangguan Zhu, "Escape?"
"I've privately sent a message to General Huang to come to the capital. On a chosen day, I'll replace all the defenses in the capital with my own men. Does she want to escape? If she takes even one step outside the capital, I'll write the name Shangguan Shu backwards!"
Shangguan Zhu opened his mouth, and a hint of imperceptible worry flashed across his eyes.
"As for lying to me... haha," Shangguan Shu gritted his teeth and said, "I'll use her cousin Wei Fu as a sacrifice!"
Shangguan Zhu forced a smile and asked dryly, "Brother, how are you treating your sister-in-law...are you in love with her?"
Shangguan Shu suddenly turned around to look at him, his eyes urgent and dangerous, with a hint of amusement. He asked excitedly, "Is this love?"
Shangguan Zhu was stunned for a moment, then slowly shook his head, "Of course not..."
He lowered his brows so as not to let Shangguan Shu see his expression.
Upon hearing this, Shangguan Shu lowered his eyes in disappointment and confusion, as if wondering, if he treated Zhao Ying like this, doesn't that count as love?
Shangguan Zhu's pupils trembled, and he took a deep breath and said, "I was worrying too much. How could Big Brother be attracted to a woman like Big Sister-in-law?"
"I recently learned the truth about Princess Huaian's marriage to a foreign prince. It was Princess Chengqian who caused the incident!"
Shangguan Shu looked at him in surprise, then thought of Zhao Yao's words. He didn't believe Zhao Yao's words, but now Shangguan Zhu said the same thing...
Shangguan Shu said in a bad tone, "What do you mean? Tell the truth!"
Shangguan Zhu was embarrassed for a moment before hesitatingly saying, "Originally, I wanted to bury this matter in my grave and not reveal it to anyone, but doing so seems unfair to Princess Huai'an and to you, big brother."
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