Chapter 82: Stop Being a Lover and Be a Concubine (Part 9)
Time flies and the weeds turn to ashes.
It has been ten years since Yu Huo came to this world. The tender grass outside the window has turned yellow, the snowflakes have melted one by one, all things have revived and spring has come, but in the blink of an eye, the bleak wind has blown the branches back into a withered state.
He stood in the corridor and yawned, his body swaying slightly.
Wan Chengwei, who was standing with him as punishment, looked over and said curiously, "Brother Yu, I noticed that you haven't done any serious work all day. Why are you always sleepy?"
Yu Huo sneered, "Who doesn't have work to do all day? I have a lovely little sister at home waiting for me to take her out to play."
Wan Chengwei pointed at the little girl swinging on the swing not far away with a forced smile: "Master's sister is called Keai, and your sister..."
Yu Huo squinted at him and said, "Isn't my sister cute?"
Wan Chengwei sighed and said, "Your sister is terrifying!"
The young man wore a light blue headband three fingers wide on his forehead. His eyes, like obsidian, stared straight at him, a smile on his lips that didn't reach his eyes. "Say it again."
Wan Chengwei quickly shook his head and boasted with his eyes closed: “Your sister is pretty, cute, and smart!”
"That's more like it."
While chatting, the teacher walked out of the classroom, rolled his eyes at the two students who were standing in the wrong place, and then left.
Everyone was already used to seeing them being punished by standing, and they all walked out without stopping.
But one of the strange boys stopped and walked straight towards Yu Huo and Wan Chengwei.
The young man looked about the same age as them, dressed in luxurious clothes and with an arrogant look on his face. He first looked at Wan Chengwei with contempt, then set his sights on Yu Huo, his eyes roaming over his fair and handsome features. It was obvious that he had no good intentions.
Yu Huo felt a little uncomfortable being stared at, and signaled to Wan Chengwei with his eyes: Who is this person?
Wan Chengwei had known him for a long time and had a good understanding of his temperament. He took two steps forward and whispered, "The Wu family's legitimate son—Wu Renyao. He had been living with his maternal grandparents before and just transferred to Songshan Academy today. He has quite a bit of literary talent..."
The Wu family... Concubine Wu’s maternal family?
Yu Huo suppressed the thought in his heart and raised his eyebrows: "Isn't it that no one wants Wu Renyao?"
His frivolous gaze suddenly turned cold, and Wu Renyao sneered, "You are unlearned and incompetent."
Yu Huo was no longer sleepy at once, and looked up at him: "We can change if we are not well-educated, but your inability will last a lifetime."
Wan Chengwei's angry expression paused, and he glanced at the other person's lower body very tactfully.
Wu Renyao's face flushed red as he was stared at. His gaze drifted back to Yu Huo's face. His scholarly elegance faded away and he reached out to touch Yu Huo's face: "Do you know if I can do it? Why don't you try?"
Wan Chengwei stepped forward and pushed Wu Renyao's hand away, angrily scolding: "Brother Yu is the only son of Minister Yu. Don't have any shameful thoughts about him, or you'll get into trouble!"
Wu Renyao had come here intentionally to cause trouble. Compared to the Wan family, which was on the decline, and the Yu family, which had no successors, Wu Renyao was not afraid at all and still looked at Yu Huo with those sticky eyes.
Yu Huo, on the other hand, didn't get angry at all. Instead, he tilted his head and taunted, "Don't you even look in the mirror? Even if we're uneducated, we're still born by our parents. You look like this, are you just a bunch of neighbors?"
The classmates who were dawdling around to watch the fun couldn't help but burst out laughing when they heard this.
Wu Renyao was so angry that he was shaking all over. He pointed at him and shouted, "You idiot, how dare you make up stories about our Wu family?"
Yu Huo calmly looked at the finger that was about to poke his face: "Don't you realize that when you point your finger at others, the other four fingers are pointing at yourself?"
Wu Renyao quickly withdrew his hand upon hearing this, and stood there staring at him: "You have no manners."
Yu Huo pretended to scratch his ear and said, "I think you shouldn't call me Wu Renyao anymore. Why not call me 'Wu' Liqunao?"
"you....."
Yu Huo smiled: "Or... 'Wu' can say anything?"
Wu Renyao couldn't argue with him, so he turned and walked away: "I won't argue with you!"
Yu Huo looked at his back and shouted, "Where are you going? Wu, a vagrant."
“…”
Seeing that his opponent had returned empty-handed, Wan Chengwei couldn't help but give Yu Huo a thumbs-up: "Brother Yu, you are a famous talker."
"Don't come and go every day, aren't you annoying?"
Yu Huo complained, and from a distance he saw a classmate running up to him breathlessly, looking panicked: "Brother Yu, your sister is here!"
Yu Huo stood there in silence for a few seconds, then turned around and headed back to the classroom. Before leaving, he reminded Wan Chengwei, "Stop her quickly! Don't let her see me!"
Wan Chengwei grabbed him and said, "Didn't you just say your sister is cute? Why are you running away?"
"Let go!" He saw a woman in a sky blue dress running in, struggling to break free from Wan Chengwei's control, and whooshing back into the classroom.
Many of the servants who were sweeping and cleaning stopped what they were doing and started watching the fun.
"Yu Huo! Stop right there!!!"
Yu Miao, a bright and lively young lady, had a ferocious look on her face and a long whip on her waist. When she shouted, almost the whole academy could hear it!
She pushed Wan Chengwei, who was in the way, away and rushed into the classroom. She looked up at her brother standing on the table and squinted her eyes: "Yu Huo, come here. I promise not to hit you."
Yu Huo didn't believe it: "If you throw away the whip, I will come over."
Yu Miao sneered, stood still, and asked: "Do you remember what you promised me?"
"What did I promise you?" Yu Huo pretended to be stupid.
"You promised... to take me to Nanfeng Pavilion!"
Yu Huo shrugged: "It's just a drunken joke, how can you take it seriously?"
Yu Miao chuckled and grabbed Wan Chengwei with his backhand: "You don't admit it, right? If you don't take me with you today, I'll beat your brother into a pig's head!"
Yu Huo blinked his eyes and said righteously: "Yu Miao, I'm warning you! If you hit my brother today... you can't hit me~"
“.....!”
Wan Chengwei was so angry that he sat down on the ground with a plop: "Lady, spare my life! I'll go pull your brother down right now!"
Yu Miao smiled with relief: "Thank you for your hard work, Wei Ge."
Wan Chengwei smiled bitterly: "...Lady, could you please stop calling me by my nickname like an elder? You can call me Brother Wan or just call me by my first name like your brother does!"
Yu Miao looked at him sideways.
Wan Chengwei didn't dare to say anything more. He walked forward to pull Yu Huo while muttering to himself.
They are indeed siblings, not only do they look alike, but even their expressions are exactly the same... creepy!
As the three of them were pushing and shoving their way to Nanfeng Pavilion, a simple and low-key carriage slowly entered the city gate of the capital.
When the carriage reached the side street, it suddenly stopped.
The person inside the car lifted the curtain and asked, "What's going on?"
The hand holding the curtain was slender and white, and particularly beautiful. Even his voice was clear and pleasant. Although the tone was androgynous, it made people yearn for it and let their imagination run wild.
Upon hearing this, the maidservant following the carriage immediately walked towards the crowd to inquire. After a while, she returned to the carriage and whispered, "Eighth Princess, the Nanfeng Pavilion is ahead. The girl from the Yu family is clamoring to go in for entertainment, but the brothel owner doesn't dare let her in."
"The Yu family? But she's the daughter of the Minister of Revenue, Lord Yu?"
"It's her." The maid responded, and when the people in the car didn't say anything, she continued, "This Yu family is really a mess. When Master Yu was alive, he had many students all over the world, but who would have thought that the tree would produce such a pair of bitter melons. The man is uneducated and the woman is unruly. Madam Yu is so angry that she chases people with a broom in the mansion every day. Who in the whole of Shangjing doesn't know about this?
There's another thing. The girl from the Yu family has a bad reputation. Because of your Majesty's joke about wanting her to be your daughter-in-law in the palace, the Sixth Prince was so frightened that he got married as soon as he came of age, without any delay. Even the Ninth Prince, who was only twelve years old, was engaged early, fearing that your Majesty would remember this and marry a tigress.
The maid finished speaking, picking up the important points, but the person in the car suddenly changed the subject: "Did you buy the book I asked you to buy?"
The maid's expression froze, and then she reluctantly took out the book and handed it to the other party.
The cover of the book had three characters written on it: The Story of a Substitute (Also known as: The Story I Have to Tell My Father-in-Law)
The maid bit her lip and tried to dissuade her: "Eighth Princess, please don't look at such filth."
That beautiful hand took the book in without hesitation: "Don't disturb the people, let's take another route back to the palace."
The maidservant had no choice but to go forward and tell the driver to change the route.
Yu Huo, who was standing at the gate of Nanfeng Pavilion and watching his sister making fun of herself, suddenly looked up at the end of the street thoughtfully. His gaze swept around the turned carriage, and his dark eyes were filled with a light water color, and he couldn't look away for a long time.
Wan Chengwei followed his gaze and asked, "What are you looking at with such deep affection on your face?"
Yu Huo pursed his lips and asked something completely unrelated: "How long has the Queen been ill this time?"
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