Chapter 56 Heartbeat
When they arrived at the tavern, they found a seat in the lobby and sat down.
"Do you have Fu Yuchun here?" asked Princess Wu Jing.
The waiter was a little hesitant when he saw a girl asking for such strong liquor.
Chen Yi nodded to him: "Go ahead and warm up a pot."
"One pot is not enough, bring a jar."
"Can you finish a whole jar?"
"What do you care about me? This princess is unhappy today, so I can drink whatever I want."
"This wine is expensive, and I don't have that much money."
Hearing this, Princess Wu Jing looked him up and down carefully, and suddenly asked, "Master Shen, you don't have a wife, do you?"
Chen Yi was puzzled: "What does this have to do with drinking?"
"Of course." Princess Wu Jing said, "Women all like to marry generous men. Since you are so stingy, it is normal that you can't get married."
“…”
Shen Yi smiled and counterattacked: "Princess Wu Jing, do you know why Master Pei doesn't like you?"
Wu Jing glared at him with a deathly glare: "You'd better give me a convincing reason, otherwise I will beat you."
"Look, look..." Chen Yi pointed at her and said seriously, "It's because the princess is too aggressive that no man is willing to marry you."
After saying this, Princess Wu Jing rolled up her sleeves angrily.
Seeing that the situation was not good, Shen Yi ran away.
"I'll go and settle the bill," he said.
In the end, the waiter didn't bring Wu Jing a jar of wine, because one jar was too much for her to drink. At Shen Yi's suggestion, he only warmed two pots of wine.
"Stingy!" Wu Jing sneered and poured the wine to drink.
She drank one glass after another, counting her own advantages as she drank.
"Actually, I'm fine..."
She counted on her fingers: "I am good-looking and known as the most beautiful woman in Lu State."
Shen Yi: "You people of Lu are really not picky."
"What?" Wu Jing glared at him drunkenly and continued counting on her fingers: "My singing is also beautiful, with a melodious voice that lingers in my ears for three days."
Shen Yi nodded in cooperation.
"I am also very good at archery. I am the best among the women in our Lu State. I am definitely better than the women in your Da Zhao."
"And... and..." Princess Wu Jing tilted her head and thought for a long time, distressed: "What else?"
Chen Yi laughed: "Princess, you only counted three fingers and it's gone?"
Princess Wu Jing glared at him and said, "There are just too many. I can't remember which one is at the front."
"Okay, okay, you take your time counting, I'll go and do the rest."
He stood up and went straight to the guest room in the back.
Princess Wu Jing thought seriously for a long time and suddenly felt lost.
“I don’t seem to have any advantages anymore.”
Born a princess of wealthy parents, she was doted on from a young age, with all the best things in the world delivered to her without her even having to ask. She didn't have to inherit the throne, so she didn't have to study the classics like her brothers.
For over a decade, she had lived a happy and carefree life. Her beauty was exceptional, and all the noble men were captivated by her. But she preferred strong men, and Pei Xingju was the first one she chose. Unfortunately, he had no taste and didn't choose her.
Thinking of this, Princess Wu Jing sighed and continued to pour herself wine.
At this moment, a few people came down from upstairs. They were dressed richly and seemed to have just finished drinking. They stumbled down the stairs.
Seeing a drunk woman sitting in the lobby, several people looked at each other and walked forward.
A man, fanning himself, asked frivolously, "Young lady, why are you drinking here alone? If you're feeling down, how about I drink with you?"
Princess Wu Jing opened her drunken eyes and said, "Who are you? I don't recognize you."
"It's okay if you don't recognize me. We'll recognize me after two drinks."
"Humph! How dare you!"
"Wow!" Jiang Sui said excitedly, "She's actually quite spicy. I like that kind of temperament."
After he finished speaking, his companions all laughed.
Someone noticed something was wrong and asked cautiously, "Mr. Jiang, I don't think he looks like a Dazhao person. What is his identity? Should we..."
"Tsk! So what if it's not Dazhao? Aren't there enough foreigners in the capital? Don't worry," Jiang Sui patted his chest, "As long as I like someone, no one dares to say anything."
"Yes, yes, yes."
Princess Wu Jing certainly realized that these people were not good people. She was still somewhat sober and immediately stood up and prepared to leave.
"Hey, don't go, have a few drinks with me."
Jiang Sui came forward and pulled her.
Wu Jing was unwilling: "Let me go! If you dare to touch me again, don't blame me for being rude!"
"Hey, beauty, you're exactly what I want. How are you going to be rude to me?" Jiang Sui, drunken, grabbed Wu Jing's wrist and rubbed it against his body: "Are you being rude here, or... Ouch——"
Before he could finish his words, he felt a pain in his butt and was kicked out of the tavern.
When Shen Yi returned and saw Princess Wu Jing being molested by a man, he was horrified. If the embarrassing incident of Princess Lu being humiliated in the capital was exposed at this critical moment, it would ruin the emperor's plan.
Without even looking at who the other person was, he kicked him hard.
Jiang Sui was kicked so hard that he tripped over the door sill and fell down the stairs, his face hitting the ground heavily.
This time, the knock finally sobered him up.
“Who dares to…” Seeing that Shen Yi was wearing the official uniform of the fourth rank of the imperial court, he paused and asked, “Who are you?”
Chen Yi did recognize him. He was the son of Marquis Cheng'en's second wife. Although legitimate, he wasn't crowned heir. Marquis Cheng'en's wife doted on her son, intent on having him usurp the title of heir from his first wife's son. Consequently, the palace had seemed prosperous for years, but in reality, it was a chaotic place.
No wonder two people like Jiang Sui and Jiang Shan came into being.
First, Jiang Shan made a fool of herself in the martial arts arena, and then Jiang Sui caused trouble in the tavern.
"It doesn't matter who I am. Do you know who you have offended?" Shen Yi said.
Seeing that he didn't even dare to say his name, Jiang Sui's aura grew even stronger. He was already arrogant and domineering, and after drinking a little, he was even more fearless.
"I've offended someone?" He said as if he had heard a joke. "Do you know who I am? You dare to hit me today. I think you are tired of living."
"All of you," he ordered his guards, "beat him to death!"
How could the guards dare to take action? This was an official appointed by the imperial court. After hearing Jiang Sui's words, they all obeyed in a submissive manner and dared not move forward.
Jiang Sui spat: "Useless thing, I'll do it myself!"
He is just a fourth-rank official. His cousin is the prince of Duke Xin, the empress dowager is his aunt, and his father is the Marquis of Cheng'en. Who is he afraid of?
So he pushed the guards away and staggered forward.
Chen Yi is a gentleman. He usually talks to people based on reason and facts, but he is helpless when he encounters a rude and unreasonable drunkard.
After thinking about it, he rolled up his sleeves and went forward to wrestle with Jiang Sui.
It's really unpleasant to watch two men who have never practiced martial arts fighting. They throw punches at each other, pull arms and tug at belts, it really affects their image.
The guards were so anxious that they were spinning around, and no one dared to step forward to help.
Jiang Sui was quickly defeated. He had drunk too much today and his hands and feet were not under his control. In a few seconds, he was pinned to the ground and beaten by Shen Yi.
Chen Yi had been busy with the Ministry of Justice's affairs these days while receiving the Lu State delegation. He had been feeling aggrieved for a long time, and today he caught Jiang Sui, the idiot, and vented his anger completely.
Anyway, it was Jiang Sui who started it first, and the Princess of Lu was involved. Even if the matter was reported to the court, the Cheng'en Marquisate would have no choice but to accept the defeat.
Convinced of this, he attacked without mercy, punching Jiang Sui in the face one after another, leaving him with a bruised face and crying out for his parents.
In the end, it was Jiang Sui's cronies. One of them recognized Shen Yi and stepped forward to stop the fight: "Master Shen, calm down! Master Shen, calm down! If this fight continues, Master Jiang will be ruined."
Shen Yi stopped, still unsatisfied.
"Alright," he waved his hand. "Take him away and report today's events to your Lordship."
The guards rushed forward to help Jiang Sui, and the group carried him away in a panic.
After the fight, Chen Yi felt refreshed and lowered his head to straighten his disheveled official robes. When he looked up again, he saw Princess Wu Jing leaning against the door, staring blankly at him.
"What are you looking at?" Chen Yi said angrily: "I told you, it's dangerous for a beautiful girl like you to go shopping."
Princess Wu Jing's cheeks turned red and her heartbeat inexplicably quickened.
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