"What are you staring at? You don't believe me?"
"..."
"You know your uncle values me a lot, right? I'll go in later and propose marriage to him, and I'll become your brother-in-law!"
"..."
"Brother-in-law hitting his brother-in-law? You can't just glare at me like that. From now on, if you bully your sister once, I'll beat you twice—once during the day and once at night, and each time I'll beat you for half a day!"
"..."
Yu Haixing grinned, almost bursting into tears.
Is it okay to take half a day's worth of injections at a time, or twice a day?
"You don't need to worry about whether I'm tired or not. If I get tired, I'll find someone to take over!"
After saying that, Jing Zhe strode away.
"No...don't hit me!"
After Jing Zhe had walked away, the security guard who had been standing next to him whispered something.
Enraged, Yu Haixing got up from the ground and kicked him in the shin: "Why didn't you say anything when he hit me? Now that he's gone, what are you still saying?"
Still feeling unsatisfied, he wanted to kick Jing Zhe's butt, but Jing Zhe had kicked him too hard, and before he could even lift his leg, he was in excruciating pain, crying out "Ouch, ouch!"
"Get out of here!"
The security guard ran away as soon as he heard this, thinking to himself as he ran: "You're so tough with me, but you didn't fight back at all!"
Yu Haixing stood up, clutching his back, cursing Jing Zhe for kicking him too hard. He instinctively wanted to go back inside and rest—perhaps even he himself admitted that Jing Zhe seemed to have a much better impression of him than he did in front of his uncle Yu Sheng, and that going there to complain would likely be a waste of time.
He took a few steps back, but then stopped. The more he thought about Jing Zhe saying he wanted to be his brother-in-law, the more panicked he became!
Although his cousin was naive and a little silly, her looks were undeniable. Even he, her younger brother, thought she could rival the "Twin Beauties of Yunjing"—though that was someone he could only dream of, which showed just how beautiful she was.
So it's not surprising that Jing Zhe would have feelings for his cousin. The most important thing is that Jing Zhe is good-looking and is favored by his uncle...
The thought of Jing Zhezhen becoming his brother-in-law made Yu Haixing feel aches all over his body. He originally wanted to go directly to the backyard, but then he stopped and thought that Yu Sheng might not help him, so he decided to pull his sister along instead, and then ran to the other side of the corridor.
...
As soon as Jing Zhe arrived in the backyard, Yu Zecheng came out to greet him.
It was already late afternoon, the sun had not yet set, but it was gradually sinking in the west.
"President Jing is here! Please invite him in!"
Jing Zhe nodded and, just like when they were outside the East Palace Gate, introduced Chen Jiannan and the others again. Compared to before, the three of them looked much more relaxed.
When Jing Zhe entered the room, Yu Sheng was sitting on a recliner, looking bored and very casual, which was consistent with his personality of often criticizing others.
"Your humble servant Jing Zhe pays his respects to Duke Yu!"
Yu Sheng turned his head, said "Oh" and then sat up from the recliner, then said with a forced smile, "President Jing, where have you come from?"
Before noon today, Yu Sheng returned from court and heard from Yu Zecheng that Jing Zhe had accepted the invitation. However, it wasn't just their family that accepted; Grand Tutor Hao and the Crown Prince also accepted.
Seeing that nearly two hours had passed since noon, and Jing Zhe had finally arrived late, he was already certain that Jing Zhe had visited the first two families and only came to the Duke of Huguo's mansion last. Therefore, he was a little annoyed and did not welcome Jing Zhe very much.
Seeing this, Jing Zhe felt somewhat helpless, but at the same time found it amusing. He actually thought it was quite good that the Duke of Yu had such a straightforward personality, like a child. He showed everything on his face, which was much better than those who were two-faced!
He then smiled and said, "Your Excellency, I just came from the Eastern Palace and rushed over here! I originally wanted to come directly here, but the newspaper office is closer to the Eastern Palace, so when I passed by there, my three men insisted on going to the Eastern Palace, so I had no choice but to go."
As he spoke, he pointed to Chen Jiannan and the other two "tools".
"..."
The tool was stunned for a second, then logged on.
"I thought I'd just stay at the East Palace for a short while and then come out to ask Duke Yu for advice on how to write the 'Life Section' content. But His Highness invited me to stay for dinner, and I couldn't refuse, so I had to stay, and that's how it got delayed until now. But as soon as I left the East Palace, I came here. If you don't believe me, you can ask my three subordinates if we came from the East Palace, right?"
"..."
The tool-like person nodded numbly.
Seeing this, Yu Sheng was delighted and said, "It's perfectly normal for you to refuse His Highness's invitation! I knew I hadn't misjudged you; you're much better than these three fools!"
"..."
Yu Sheng had some reservations about the fact that Jing Zhe had been persuaded to enter the Eastern Palace by these three men.
Jing Zhe glanced at Chen Jiannan and the others from the side and moved away to distance himself from the three simpletons. But Yu Sheng glanced at him and said, "Hey, there's another simpleton here? But this one knows a bit of martial arts, not bad!"
Hanhan: "..."
...
Next, Yu Zecheng instructed his servants to brew tea, and Jing Zhe and the others were all seated.
Yu Sheng wasn't one to beat around the bush; he went straight to the point.
"President Jing, tell me the truth, is the example you cited in court the day before yesterday actually true?"
"..."
“There are no outsiders here, so don’t hold back and just speak! The more I thought about your story the other day, the more I felt it didn’t seem like something you just made up—how could it sound so plausible without any basis in reality? So I found a doctor who has been working for Bai Qingyuan’s family for many years, and he said that Bai Qingyuan does indeed have some health problems and can’t have children! And Bai Qingyuan’s neighbor is indeed surnamed Wang!”
"..."
Jing Zhe knew Yu Sheng was a gossip, but he didn't expect him to be this gossipy!
I just wanted to annoy Bai Qingyuan, and I just gave an example on a whim!
Who would have thought that Yu Sheng not only believed it to be true, but also investigated it himself? If Bai Qingyuan knew that Yu Sheng was so interested in his private life, he would probably be so moved that he would curse him out.
Before he could speak, Yu Sheng continued, "But the later events don't add up! Bai Qingyuan's wife, Wu, was never pregnant... No, when they were young, there was a period when Bai Qingyuan lived in the Prince of Xiang's mansion every day, and he even said that Wu had gone back to her parents' home—could it be because after the affair was exposed, he beat Wu and caused her to lose the child?"
Yu Sheng became more and more excited as he spoke, almost to the point of losing himself in the conversation.
"Then he was afraid that things would escalate and get out, which would damage his reputation, so he deliberately sent Wu back to her hometown to recover from her injuries in order to cover his tracks. Is that right or wrong?"
"After doing such a thing, even if she didn't care about her reputation, she should have divorced Wu. But Bai Qingyuan himself has problems and doesn't dare let others know so they can laugh at him, so he swallowed his anger and let it go. Ha, now that you explain it, it all makes sense!"
"Hey, why are you all looking at me like that? Am I wrong?"
"..."
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