"What?!" Xue Zhiyi was surprised: "What do you mean?"
Huo Wuyou said, "Our Majesty did something extremely disgraceful when he was young. This is a royal secret, and I only learned a little about it from my mother."
As he spoke, he gently pulled Xue Zhiyi closer.
"When Your Majesty was still a prince, he once fell in love with a woman, but his feelings faded and he remained unmoved. The woman married another man, who also served in the court. After Your Majesty ascended the throne, he unexpectedly did something—"
Xue Zhiyi held his breath and concentrated, only to hear Huo Wuyou's voice become even lower: "Kill me and take my wife."
Upon hearing such shocking news, Xue Zhiyi's eyes widened in an instant.
"My grandmother tried her best to stop it, but Your Majesty was determined. In the end, the woman finally gave in to protect her family. However, she was already pregnant with her late husband's child."
"The Fourth Prince?" Xue Zhiyi asked in a low voice.
Huo Wuyou nodded. "Later, after the Fourth Prince was born, the life of being imprisoned in the palace became too painful, and the woman's mind became increasingly unclear. Finally, one day, she chose to commit suicide by swallowing gold."
"Your Majesty actually chose to keep the Fourth Prince?" Xue Zhiyi was a little surprised. The emperor was not a magnanimous person, and was even more suspicious. If he knew that the Fourth Prince was not his own blood, would he still let him live?
"Well, that's strange," Huo Wuyou said. "Your Majesty didn't kill the Fourth Prince, but instead made him a king and sent him to guard the border. Now that I think about it, besides not wanting more people to know there's something wrong with the Fourth Prince's bloodline, perhaps he also felt a bit of guilt."
"Guilt?"
After a nod, Huo Wuyou said, "That woman's late husband, like the Ge family, was once a senior official who supported His Majesty in his bid for the throne. It can even be said that the three of them grew up together."
Xue Zhiyi couldn't help but sneer, "In the final analysis, he's just a cold-hearted and selfish person. His conscience is like a lamp, but the oil is so scarce that the flame can only flicker weakly in the wind. When it occasionally lights up, he uses that little light to see the ugliness of his own face, but in the end, it scares himself."
Huo Wuyou also chuckled: "Your mouth is still so poisonous. Why didn't you poison me to death when you kissed me?"
Glancing at him, Xue Zhiyi said, "You're too modest."
Stretching lazily, Huo Wuyou said, "It's a big holiday, let's talk about these things another day."
After all, this is still a teahouse, and even if you are whispering, it is best to stop at a certain point. Whispering for too long will inevitably arouse suspicion.
He picked up the wine pot on the table and said, "It seems to be osmanthus wine."
Xue Zhiyi also sniffed it, and sure enough, there was a clear sweet scent of osmanthus with a hint of sweetness, which was indeed very pleasant.
"I heard that it was the signboard of that restaurant. In order to attract business, the owner took it out and used it as a prize for the game of pitching pots." She said with a smile.
Huo Wuyou poured a glass for each of them: "This is the wine we won with our own hands. It is priceless."
Xue Zhiyi picked up a cup and took a sip. He felt the aroma of wine spreading in his throat, followed by the sweet fragrance of flowers. "It seems to be a sweet wine that is not intoxicating. It's okay to drink some outside."
…
On Huo Wuyou's back, Xue Zhiyi's cheeks were flushed, and she leaned her head on his shoulder. The colorful lanterns in front of her were just blurry spots of light in her eyes.
Her voice was vague: "Huo Wuyou, where are you going... to take me?"
Huo Wuyou weighed the person on his back and laughed: "He's so drunk, where else can he go except home?"
He also didn't expect that the osmanthus wine tasted mellow but had such a strong aftertaste. Awan's alcohol tolerance was average to begin with, and she passed out after just a few glasses.
Xue Zhiyi wrapped her arms around Huo Wuyou's neck tightly, and she moved her warm cheek closer to Huo Wuyou's face, slowly exhaling warm mist from her lips.
"You're talking nonsense... How could the dignified Marquis of Lin'an be so kind as to send me home?"
Huo Wuyou laughed so hard that his shoulders shook. "But you are the wife of the Marquis of Lin'an."
"who I am?"
"My wife."
"I am your wife?" Her voice was full of surprise. She curled up and tilted her head to look at Huo Wuyou's face.
She suddenly laughed foolishly: "Nonsense, how could such a handsome young man be my husband?"
At such a close distance, the warm breath brushed against his face, and Huo Wuyou was dazed for a moment.
He had never seen Xue Zhiyi like this before, especially when he was drunk in Jianzhang Palace last time, he still remained calm.
Huo Wuyou felt his heart sink, and he only regretted that he was not in their bedroom at this moment.
He sighed leisurely, "How is it? Are you happy?"
"Joy."
"Do you like it?"
"like."
Huo Wuyou looked up and watched the fireworks flickering in the night sky. In the dim light, his eyes were soft and he couldn't suppress a smile on his lips.
He said softly, "I like it too."
…
In the bedroom of Lin'an Marquis Mansion.
Xue Zhiyi had slept on Huo Wuyou's back for a while, but when he returned home, he was still drunk.
Her face was still red, but her makeup had smudged on Huo Wuyou's shoulders, and her hair was a little messy. As soon as she returned to the room, she sat in front of the mirror to put on her makeup.
Huo Wuyou advised her: "Why are you still getting dressed? It's getting late, why don't we go to bed early?"
Xue Zhiyi was busy drawing his eyebrows. Huo Wuyou's Adam's apple moved up and down uncomfortably, and his fingers involuntarily wanted to rub her face lightly, but Xue Zhiyi felt that he was in the way and pushed him away.
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