Although Shen Junyi was Jin Wenting's subordinate, their relationship was practically that of brothers.
He was an orphan among the refugees. In his youth, in order to have enough to eat, he lied about his age and joined the army. Because of his bravery in battle, he caught the eye of Jin Wenting, who took him in as a bodyguard.
Jin Wenting had a terrible relationship with his stepmother brothers. He was seriously injured several times, all because of their secret plots. Those people were not stupid. If Jin Wenting hadn't been even more cunning, they would probably be dead by now.
In comparison, Jin Wenting's relationship with Shen Junyi and other guards was more like that of brothers.
The former Prince Heng and the current Regent Prince have a lifelong passion for power, fine horses, and beautiful women. He may seem romantic, but he is actually quite cold-hearted.
He was quite a womanizer. His first wife died early, leaving behind only Jin Wenting as his legitimate son. Although the Prince of Heng had many children, the only one he truly cared about was Jin Wenting.
Those illegitimate sons—or rather, their illegitimate children—were basically born to women from the brothels where Prince Heng had his affairs.
After the child was born, it was taken to the Prince of Heng's residence. The Prince of Heng gave them a large sum of money, which was to tell them to sever all ties.
The Prince of Heng's attitude towards his illegitimate sons was less like raising sons and more like raising playthings. He indulged their hostility towards Jin Wenting, intending to use them as whetstones to sharpen Jin Wenting.
Therefore, when all the illegitimate sons were killed or injured in the palace coup, everyone suspected that Jin Wenting was responsible. However, the regent did not even ask him about it, but instead valued Jin Wenting even more.
Just as the county magistrate and his colleagues had expected, the capital was in a state of frenzy, with everyone wishing they could have two people at once, and praying that there would be forty-eight hours in a day so that they could do more work.
Everyone was busy, and the prince was indeed working. However, he would always get distracted while he was busy, his hand would stop in mid-air and his eyes would wander into the distance. He seemed to be thinking about something, a blush would flash across his earlobe, and then he would let out a low but sickeningly sweet laugh.
Even though it was winter, he acted like a wolf in heat during springtime, almost ready to climb onto the roof in the middle of the night and howl at the moon.
The new regent, formerly the Prince of Heng, found him even more annoying: "Get out, get out! If you don't want to work, go find me a daughter-in-law! You're already over twenty, people will laugh at you. You're shameless to be single, but I'm embarrassed!"
The regent had followed the old emperor to the battlefield since childhood, living and eating with the soldiers. He had a fierce and savage air about him, but he was also generous, magnanimous and unconcerned with trivial matters. When he scolded Jin Wenting, he showed no airs of a "regent" whatsoever.
At that time, the crown prince asked, "Do you really want a daughter-in-law?"
The Regent casually replied, "Of course! If you can find him for me, I'll agree to anything!"
“Alright,” Jin Wenting readily agreed, “then I’ll ask for half a month’s leave to go to Yunzhou. That magnificent Ferghana horse in your stable, the one I’ve been wanting to ask you about for a while but you’ve always refused, lend it to me. I’ll ride it and look impressive…”
Before he could finish speaking, the newly appointed regent, who was so obsessed with horses that he wouldn't even give up his son and was so busy that he wished he could pluck out all his hair and blow it into countless hands to help him handle state affairs, angrily threw an inkstone at him: "Get the hell out of here!"
The father is busy as a dog, while the son rides a horse to Yunzhou to show off and travel.
They also want to rob his horse?
Get lost!
Jin Wenting rolled away readily: "I will obey my father's orders. I will take the horse and roll to Yunzhou now."
The Regent was stunned: "When did I agree to let you go to Yunzhou?!"
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