Chapter 743: A Hasty Ending



The white jade wine glass that Emperor Jingming was holding tightly shook, and amber wine spilled out.

The aroma of wine filled his nose, but he was numb.

What is Lao Ba doing?

If he is not blind, is Lao Ba running naked?

Thinking he was dreaming, Emperor Jingming raised his hands and rubbed his eyes.

"Your Majesty—" The Queen's voice stopped him from falling back a step.

The wine splashed onto the back of his hand and rubbed into his eyes. Emperor Jingming immediately felt a burning pain and groaned in agony.

The queen was shocked: "Your Majesty, are you okay?"

Emperor Jingming covered his red eyes, pointed his finger downwards, and said in a sharp voice: "Throw the Prince of Xiang out for me!"

He was in so much pain that he couldn't open his eyes and couldn't see what was happening below. But he didn't need to see it clearly. He just wanted to throw that embarrassing thing away.

When the Prince of Xiang was dragged out by the guards, he seemed to be still unconscious, crying and shouting: "Let me go, I want to find my father, I want to find my mother, wuwuwu, I want to find my mother——"

The empress, who was busy caring about Emperor Jingming, had a stiff expression and was embarrassed for a moment.

Is the Prince of Xiang drunk and crazy?

But even if he was drunk and crazy, why did the King of Xiang cry and yell at her? People who didn't know would think that she had cruelly lost the baby.

When Emperor Jingming heard the King of Xiang's cries, he was so angry that he shook all over and said in a hoarse voice: "Are you all dead? Hurry up!"

Finally, the cries of Prince Xiang could no longer be heard, and although Emperor Jingming's eyes were still uncomfortable, he finally recovered his sight.

There were countless dazed faces beneath the platform. The hall was completely silent except for the sounds of bowls, chopsticks, and wine glasses falling to the ground.

Emperor Jingming had only one thought: shame!

Such a shameful thing, it was his son...

The Queen Mother's voice rang out: "Your Majesty, I am a little tired, I will go back to Ci Ning Palace to rest."

Emperor Jingming said subconsciously: "Mother, your son will take you——"

"No need. The Emperor still has many things to deal with. It is enough to let Fuqing and Shisi accompany me back."

Princess Fuqing and the Fourteenth Princess both blushed slightly, bowed to the emperor and empress, and hurried away supporting the empress dowager.

Although the King of Xiang did not take off all his clothes just now, it was still embarrassing enough.

As soon as the Queen Mother left, Emperor Jingming regained some of his composure. He looked down with gloomy eyes and asked angrily, "What happened just now?"

No one responded for a while.

The Prince of Xiang was running naked for no reason, who knows what was going on.

Prince Lu was a foolish and bold man. Seeing that no one responded to Emperor Jingming's words, he thought it was a good opportunity to show off, so he stood up and said, "Father, I remember that my eighth brother was sitting with my fourth brother just now—"

As soon as these words were spoken, countless eyes, whether on the platform or below, fell on King Qi.

King Qi's face turned pale. He stood up and bowed towards the platform. The silver chopsticks that had fallen from his feet at some point reflected a cold light.

Emperor Jingming took a deep breath and asked, "Old Fourth, tell me what happened just now?"

Under the gaze of countless people, King Qi's palms were wet with sweat.

He tried his best to control the urge to look at Yu Jin, and said loudly: "Reporting to the emperor, my eighth brother may have drunk too much--"

"Are you saying that Old Eight is drunk and crazy?" Emperor Jingming's face turned even darker.

King Qi nodded slightly: "Eighth brother is in high spirits today and drank a lot of wine..."

It was he who gave the medicine to Lao Ba, and it was Lao Ba who drugged Lao Qi. Although he couldn't understand why Lao Ba drank the glass of drugged wine while Lao Qi was fine, he now had no choice but to blame Lao Ba's embarrassment on being drunk.

If it was said that Lao Ba was drugged, things would have become a big deal, and it was only when the source of the drugs was found that he was in trouble.

Yu Jin held the white jade wine glass between her slender fingers and looked at King Qi with curved lips, deep contempt in her eyes.

This idiot really doesn't dare to make a fuss.

But it doesn't matter. Old Eight has made such a big fool of himself. No matter what the reason is, the emperor will not show any mercy to him.

After hearing Prince Qi's reply, Emperor Jingming closed his eyes and thought about Prince Xiang's behavior of taking off his clothes and running away. There seemed to be no other explanation except that he was drunk.

Even if there is, it is not convenient to conduct a thorough investigation under public viewing.

Emperor Jingming stood up with a cold face: "Let's all go."

What are you doing with your butts glued to the chairs? Do you want the palace to take care of your dinner?

Seeing Emperor Jingming walking inside, the Empress hurriedly followed.

The people in the palace watched the emperor and empress leave, and were reluctant to leave for a moment.

The Emperor hasn't said how to deal with the Prince of Xiang yet, and now, they're just going to disperse like this?

Xiao Lezi, who stayed behind, looked around and said loudly, "Everyone, please leave quickly."

Yu Jin was the first to make a move.

"Let's go back home."

Jiang Si walked to Yu Jin's side, and the two walked out side by side.

There was finally a reaction in the palace.

Princess Lu walked up to Prince Lu, and while she was messing with him, she whispered, "You are the one who talks too much."

After getting on the carriage, Princess Lu didn't look at Prince Lu well.

King Lu snorted in dissatisfaction: "I didn't say anything."

Princess Lu rolled her eyes at him and said, "No one else said anything, but you insisted on dragging Prince Qi into this. Aren't you hated by others?"

Prince Lu curled his lips and said, "The relationship between me and the fourth brother has always been like that. Do you think he likes me? Well, there is a happy event today. Princess, go back and have a drink with me."

Princess Lu blushed with anger: "You still want to drink a little? Didn't you see that Prince Xiang has drunk so much——"

King Lu chuckled and said, "That's why we have a few drinks to celebrate."

The Eighth Brother has made such a fool of himself that my father must be very angry and might even die with him soon.

In the carriage with green curtains, Jiang Si pulled Yu Jin's sleeve and said, "Ah Jin, is the King of Xiang drunk and crazy?"

Yu Jin sneered: "Of course not. He drugged me by offering me a toast, and I just returned the glass of wine. I just didn't expect him to run naked after drinking it!"

If he had known that this would offend Asi, he would have used other means to deal with the idiot.

"How did you return it?" Jiang Si asked curiously.

Yu Jin smiled and pointed at his wide sleeves: "When I was drinking, I used my sleeves to cover the wine and poured it into the wine glass hidden in my sleeves. Then, when I was pouring wine for him, I poured the wine back into the glass in my sleeves."

At that time, people would hold the cup with their right hand when drinking, with their left hand hanging in front of them, and the left sleeve hanging down naturally.

Yu Jin demonstrated using the teaworms on the table.

His left hand was held out with the remaining four fingers clasped together, and his thumb was pressed inwards on the edge of the tea pigeon. Because of the sleeve blocking the view, it was difficult for others to find the hidden tea pigeon, and they could only see his standard drinking movements.

Of course, it was easy for Yu Jin to say it, but he wanted to quietly return the spiked wine by pouring it, but he was too slow.

Fortunately, he has practiced martial arts for many years and has extraordinary skills that are unmatched by ordinary people.

"Ah Zhen, the Prince of Xiang made a fool of himself today. How do you think the Emperor will deal with him?"

After returning to Yangxin Palace, Emperor Jingming slammed the table fiercely and said, "This shameful thing really pissed me off!"


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