Chapter 86 Don’t Be My Lover, Be My Concubine (Thirteen)
The boy was not ashamed but proud of it: "Face is for outsiders to see, what does it matter whether you want it or not?"
As he said this, he tried to stand up again, but his arm, which had just been freed, was grabbed again and stuck to him like a dog-skin plaster.
Yu Huo was completely numb from sitting on Jiang Ye's lap. He raised his head expressionlessly, his emotions teetering on the edge of anger: "Let me go!"
"no."
"You'll regret this."
"I don't believe it."
Facing the interested gaze of the man in front of him, he did not retreat but moved forward, reaching out and touching Jiang Ye's neck. Sure enough, he touched a tissue that felt quite different from flesh.
He pinched the edge and quickly peeled off the piece of leather made of unknown substance. His fingertips gently touched the man's exposed Adam's apple. "What should I do? I've discovered the Eighth Princess's secret! Or... should I call you His Royal Highness the Seventh Prince?"
The boy's breath carried a faint aroma of wine, and even the fingertips touching his Adam's apple had a seductive hint of drunkenness. Jiang Ye swallowed, his long eyelashes trembling, and the atmosphere was ambiguous and mysterious.
"Mr. Yu is indeed a master of lingering in brothels. My disguise will naturally not be able to hide from your experienced eyes."
The candlelight in the hall flickered, and the orange light fell on the delicate face in front of him, casting a light shadow of the eyelashes on his porcelain-white skin, which inexplicably made him feel a little lost and lonely.
I don't know when the wind started to rage outside the window, and sporadic snowflakes were sent into the half-open window. The winter that came silently seemed to have magnified this loneliness several times.
It is said that people with sharp tongues are often soft-hearted.
Yu Huo didn't believe it at first, but now he does.
He retracted his hand, seemingly mockingly but actually explaining, "If I hadn't been hanging around in those brothels, I might have been poisoned to death by your paranoid father!"
Jiang Ye raised his eyes, his thin eyelids opened into a harsh arc: "Really?"
Having said that, Yu Huo didn't hold back and shrugged his shoulders with a broken jar. "More real than Zhenzhu! Don't think I go to Qinlou or Nanfeng Pavilion when I have nothing to do, but I actually go there to watch talent shows and cultivate my sentiments. I am a very self-disciplined person. When I take a shower at home, I have to swat all the female mosquitoes in the bathroom before I can take off my clothes..."
"Don't be so exaggerated. I already knew you were pretending!" Jiang Ye said as he released his wrist and let him get up without trying to keep him.
Yu Huo bent down and pounded his numb legs. "You knew that, but you still deliberately made things difficult for me? You really have a terrible personality."
There were only the two of them in the room, and Jiang Ye heard every word of his mumbling. He just laughed it off and asked, "Aren't you curious about how I knew that?"
Yu Huo stood up and adjusted the headband on his head, then found a random chair and leaned back: "Not curious."
Just looking at it makes me feel drowsy and carefree.
Jiang Ye was choked. "You are pretending to be a hangout girl, so you are also pretending to be ignorant?"
Yu Huo's sleepiness disappeared. He blinked but was speechless.
"I heard that you took the imperial examination three times and didn't even pass the exam. Are you trying to confuse people?"
“…”
[Rage 945 pretends to be deep: He's overthinking it. You're really not good at studying, you're not pretending at all!]
It’s normal to have misunderstandings, because I have the face of a top student.
【You think too much! 】
"Why don't you speak? Are you mute?" Jiang Ye rested his elbows on the armrest of the wheelchair and looked at him with his chin supported.
At this time, sporadic snowflakes were blown into the hall by the wind, and Jiang Ye used his free hand to gather his clothes.
The young man, who was originally leaning on the chair, paused for a moment, stood up lazily from the chair, and closed the window to block out the wind and snow outside.
Jiang Ye's hand that was holding his collar trembled slightly, and the corners of his lips rose almost imperceptibly.
At this moment, the young man turned his back to him and sighed: "I hate all that nonsense in books. Forget about being a scholar. I'm not even a student."
Hearing this, Jiang Ye thought of the "masterpiece" called "The Legend of the Substitute", and a look of understanding flashed across his eyes.
No wonder the book is full of plain language and looks so noisy.
Just like this person, he is noisy but not annoying, and you even want to keep him by your side all the time.
If this is true, then these peaceful days will surely be a little more lively.
Before the young man turned around, he quietly suppressed the possessiveness that emerged in his eyes and asked in a serious tone, "Does your Yu family want to gradually wither away with your generation, or do you want to take a chance and make further progress?"
Yu Huo's breathing stopped.
Here he comes, the purpose of bringing him into the mansion today has finally come true!
He looked up at the figure shrouded in candlelight, raised an eyebrow and asked, "How do you say it's gradually withering? How do you say it's a step further?"
"Two options. The first option is to pretend you haven't been here today. After you leave, just keep your mouth shut. I won't tell you what the future holds, but at least I won't cause any trouble for your Yu family."
Yu Huo nodded and speculated, "But the Yu family will gradually fade out of the court after this, and may not even have a place in the capital."
"Yes, life can be saved, but wealth is not."
Yu Huo lowered his eyelids and asked, "What about the second way?"
Jiang Ye turned his wheelchair and walked to his side, spreading his palms: "I recruit you as my consort. From now on, you and I will be grasshoppers tied to the same rope. No one can escape."
Yu Huo raised his hand, but just as his palms were about to touch, he suddenly retracted his hand.
He opened his eyelids and caught a glimpse of the brief nervousness in the other person's eyes. He couldn't help but chuckle, "That's not right. You only said we share hardships, but didn't mention sharing happiness. What if you soar to the sky? Wouldn't I still be tied to a rope?"
"Who told you you'd stay tied to the rope?"
"That's possible. What if you turn against us like your father? A single charge of deceiving the emperor could tie up our Yu family. This deal wouldn't be worth it!"
Jiang Ye was silent for a moment: "In your eyes, am I this kind of person?"
Yu Huo sneered in his heart.
Isn't that the kind of person you are?
But he didn't say it. He just looked at the other person, hesitant to speak. "You're just talking nonsense, no one can tell... You have to come up with something tangible to reassure people, right?"
Jiang Ye looked over with a pair of dark eyes. After a long while, he withdrew his hand, turned the wheelchair and opened the door of the banquet hall.
The wind and snow outside the door blew in.
Jiang Ye's face was covered in frost, which seemed to be three times colder than the wind and snow in the sky. The palace maid was a little hesitant with an umbrella in her hand, not daring to get close.
Upon seeing this, Yu Huo stepped forward, snatched the oil-paper umbrella from the palace maid's hand, opened it over her head, and even reached out to brush away the snowflakes that had fallen on her shoulders. His movements were very natural.
Jiang Ye slowed down the rotation of his wheelchair, as if his emotions had been inexplicably soothed.
Then he took the boy to his study, took a black box from the shelf and handed it to him.
Yu Huo opened the lid and took a look, then snapped it shut and looked at the person in front of him in surprise.
Jiang Ye's eyes were calm and he spread out his palms again: "Is this okay?"
Yu Huo immediately hugged the box tightly and handed it over happily: "Alright, alright! Your Highness is so generous. I will definitely serve you wholeheartedly."
Jiang Ye looked at the mischievous look in the boy's eyes, and his anger seemed to be extinguished by cold water, while the strange possessiveness in his heart began to ripple again.
In the last second before losing control, he suddenly let go of the boy's soft hand and looked away: "Master Yu, I'll wait and see."
After saying this, he ordered someone to send the boy out through the back door.
Jiang Ye stood inside the door, staring at the footprints on the ground that were gradually covered by the wind and snow, and closed his eyes tightly.
Everything is not settled yet, so we still need to be patient... Then please wait and see.
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