Chapter 47: My Wife 47 "Do you want me or him?"...
Lu Huai didn't know that the poisonous snake that had been lurking for a long time had already set its sights on him.
However, given the current situation, even if I noticed it, I probably wouldn't be in the mood to think about how to deal with it.
His body was still trapped in this gathering, but his mind seemed to be in a world of its own, separated from the people around him by a clear space.
But he was drinking to drown his sorrows, trying to free himself from the endless cage of darkness.
But seeing his increasingly fiery eyes, the others didn't want to let him go easily and kept asking him to toast or chat with them, which became a bit of a bother.
Beauty has always been pursued by Dayong, who advocates elegance. Although they do not judge people by appearance, they still have some preferences.
Therefore, if a scholar not only has extraordinary talent in writing but also has a beautiful appearance and is a handsome man, he will be more favored and respected if he has both.
But usually the top scholar hides himself so well, being dignified and gentle, like a model gentleman.
Therefore, even though everyone knew that he had an angelic appearance, they could not easily transcend the common sense and develop those unconventional and beautiful fantasies about this elegant and gentle young man.
Even if inappropriate thoughts arise, they will be suppressed in time and buried deep in the heart.
Tell yourself: no matter your status or moral rules, you must never allow this predatory desire to possess to reach out.
This is a blasphemy and insult, and will be despised by the world once it is exposed to the light of day.
But how can desire be so easy to control?
Once the immortal removed his compassion as a defense against the world, his splendor, rarely revealed to others, began to prevail.
The two descriptions of laziness and decadence, which are often associated with the top scholar, also came in handy, becoming the flames that ignited unspeakable thoughts through the alcohol.
Shi Chongen prided himself on being a tough guy who was only interested in women, but now he couldn't help but waver.
But he saw that his good brother Lin Xu, with whom he was very close to, was like a person who had been bewitched. He was carrying a full glass of wine to the top scholar in the Qionghua Banquet, whom he had previously described as a "sour scholar with a good face", and he said in a high-sounding manner that he wanted to get to know him better.
That eager gesture immediately reminded him of someone who followed the scent of a girl he admired.
At this moment, the idiot has happily married the beauty, and he and his wife are the couple that people talk about at the Qionghua Banquet.
It is said that this number one scholar and Miss Shen San were destined to be together through poetry and painting, but unfortunately, things are unpredictable...
But this kid Lin Xu kept saying that he looked down on others, but his actions were just like that third place winner named Cheng, he just went up with eager eyes, like a... something.
Whatever, he had already been keeping a vigilant eye on the radiation source that was emitting such a tempting attitude.
Pei Yu and Cheng Ruochen finally managed to get rid of the social engagements with their colleagues, and then they pushed through the crowd and approached the top scholar, who had no idea how eye-catching he was in the room.
Their gazes met briefly, their gazes meeting for a moment, before they looked away with a hint of disdain. After all, they were already on bad terms, so there was no need to compromise and maintain a semblance of peace except in front of Lu Huai.
As I got closer, I saw the man's face, half bright and half dark under the light, and his expression didn't tell whether he was sad or happy.
The officials around him, who were unfamiliar with this Hanlin scholar in the past, didn't care about his lack of interest and reaction at all, as if they wanted to bring out his fiery passion.
It is such a contrasting situation.
It stands to reason that having such good relationships is not a bad thing. Sometimes, such opportunities are even eagerly desired by young officials like Lu Huai who have no strong support.
But who can blame them for having the same thoughts? They can recognize the covetousness and desire beneath their polite appearance at a glance.
Seeing that someone had taken advantage of Lu Huai's unconsciousness and got so close to him, there was no time to get into a fight.
The fact that the white crane soaring in his heart was touched was so frightening and infuriating that he just wanted to take him away from those ministers who were already feeling a little agitated and whose eyes looked at him with a strange look.
Instead, they achieved the "cooperation" that Cheng Ruochen had sincerely invited them to do in the past, which was brief but genuine.
Tanhua was responsible for smilingly striking out the civil officials who tried to get close to him to toast, while Pei Yu brought Lin Xu, who was the first to be attacked, and other military officers to his side, saying that they wanted to discuss a matter that was neither big nor small.
Asking the area around him to be cleared made the trapped Lu Huai feel more at ease and worry-free.
It is certainly a blessing to get to know colleagues on a daily basis, but if the mind is occupied by other things, even a gentleman cannot avoid wanting to concentrate.
He met the worried looks from Cheng Ruochen and Pei Yu. He knew that they were the ones who "arranged" these people to leave, but he said nothing. He just shook his head at them, indicating that he did not want to talk to his friends at the moment.
The good gentleman finally stopped being so polite and respectful that it made people feel distressed, and spoke his true feelings, which showed that he had trust in them. However, the two people who "artificially" became the center of attention did not feel happy at all. They just obediently did not get close, but dealt with the person in front of them on the surface, with their peripheral vision fixed on him.
Lu Huai felt that his feelings and the grief he had felt in his dreams countless times in the middle of the night were all a joke. After all, he was a mortal man with flesh and blood and a heart.
Now he knew that his "deceased wife" was not only alive, but was also involved with the monarch he was loyal to.
Would it be too cruel to tell him the truth now?
Although he would rather have believed this was all a conspiracy than for Ah Sheng to leave completely, once this thick barrier of self-deception was truly torn apart, he sadly realized that he wasn't the pure-hearted saint he longed to be, and ultimately he wasn't that magnanimous or open-minded.
In the end, he couldn't help but feel the pain of being abandoned, and the bitterness boiling over. He blamed his wife for treating him so closely, as if she wanted to completely envelop him from the inside out with her aura, but then she could easily withdraw and leave him, leaving him in a pitiful situation.
So, did Ah Sheng really fall in love with His Majesty... or was His Majesty forcing him to submit... He would rather be forced than reconcile, but if forced, how could she be so heartless and not tell him once, and yet he is so obedient now?
At this moment, his mind was finally not working well, and he had no time to think about anything else. What remained in his heart was only the surprise of seeing his wife "resurrected from the dead" and the sadness of being trapped in love.
Lu Huai felt that his vision began to blur, the light and shadows were mottled, and the figures were vague. He couldn't help but stare blankly at the ceiling, which looked empty at the moment, thinking that he would finally immerse himself in Du Kang and fade away with the consciousness of being away from the pain.
But someone insisted on calling him, forcibly pulling him back from his trance. After he gave the other person a sullen look, the young official leaned over and, blushing, mumbled in a low voice, explaining his purpose: "Master Lu, my master would like to invite you over for a chat."
"Who is your master?"
"Commander Bai."
Lu Huai finally managed to match the man's name from his messy thoughts, but after realizing that he was an enemy rather than a friend, he had no intention of paying any attention to him.
But he was a polite person after all, so he finally declined the strange official's request.
But he still had no intention of leaving. Reluctantly, he whispered, "My master wants to talk to you about the beautiful lady that Prince Rui presented to His Majesty."
As soon as these words were spoken, even the most confused consciousness was awakened.
Lu Huai clenched his hands under his sleeves until his fingertips turned white. Finally, he decided to follow and find out what was going on.
He said to the man in a polite and distant tone, "Then I'll have to trouble you to lead the way."
However, he regained some of his usual formality and seriousness, which made the young official, who was already a little nervous because of his proximity to him, feel guilty for having such thoughts when the adult was drunk, and even slowed down his pace.
When Bai Wenjing, who was standing with his hands behind his back, heard footsteps coming from the empty corridor of the side hall, he knew that his goal had been achieved and turned back with satisfaction.
After Lu Huai stepped over the low threshold, he signaled the young official who was still reluctant to leave to leave, leaving him alone in the same room with the beautiful scholar who had so much interest in him.
He saw a look of vigilance in Lu Huai's misty clear eyes. He said nothing but just smiled, grasped the handle of a pot of wine he had brought from the banquet, and filled the two glasses on the table.
Before the words came out, Bai Wenjing handed him a glass of wine.
"I have long admired Lord Lu. Today, I am truly honored to have you here. I am truly delighted."
"This cup is in your honor!"
He picked up the wine and looked at Lu Huai, who hesitated for a long time without making any move. Knowing that the flower seemed to have thorns to protect itself, he did not get angry but instead found it quite interesting. He naturally swallowed his glass in the other's sight and finished it all.
Bai Wenjing's expression showed innocence and loneliness: "Your Excellency also saw that Jing drank it all. Please rest assured that Jing Ke has no intention of harming you."
"Otherwise... I wouldn't let Mo Wei go looking for you."
Seeing that man's eyes were searching between him and the untouched wine cup, and he stopped talking, obviously wanting him to accept the gift, Lu Huai pondered for a moment, and finally picked up the cup and let the wine flow into his stomach. However, he moved it in a hurry, so some of it flowed out.
But he didn't notice that Bai Wenjing was staring at the wine flowing freely like ink on the jade-like skin of the snow-capped mountains. The temperature was so hot that it made him sweat uncomfortably.
It was true that he was trying to get involved, but after all, he was different from his foolish elder brother. He disdained the vulgar and easily exposed method of drugging. He wanted the young man to willingly surrender to him.
However, he didn't expect that before he could use the things he had thought of to restrain and control him, he would be bewitched by Lu Huai instead.
He also drank quite a bit of wine, but he had never gotten drunk so easily before, and now his rationality was gradually fading away.
Driven by the desire to pick the white chrysanthemum, his hands were trembling as he was about to touch the fair and tender face that was stained with heat and looked pink, and wipe off the drops of sake on it.
He suddenly felt that it was really shortsighted of the emperor to snatch the wife of his minister. Although Shen San was beautiful, he was too domineering and breathtaking. It was obvious that this elegant scholar like the gentle waves and mountains was the most beautiful person in the world.
But he was not so lucky as he wished, and he could not truly feel whether the skin on Lu Huai's cheek was as soft as he imagined.
The dirty hand reaching out to Lu Huai looked so disgusting to the man who came, and he quickly knocked it down with force.
He turned his head in anger, his handsome and sinister face was tinged with an even more distinct cruelty, and he was about to scold the person who was ignorant of the current situation.
But he found that what appeared before him was a face that he had never imagined would stop him, but which he could not disobey in the slightest.
Lu Huai, who had just been under his wing and was now so drunk that he didn't know east from west, was also quickly hugged by another person beside Chu Yuanting and taken to the side.
Facing Bai Wenjing, whose expression was difficult to discern, he was so angry that he had no way to vent it. He thought that this person was a beauty sent by some prince to the emperor, and she was just lucky enough to win Chu Yuanting's favor.
But now she is being so intimate and inappropriate with the number one scholar. Is she relying on the emperor's favor and thinking that the emperor can allow "her" to have such thoughts about other men?
But before he could make a big deal out of this and show off his eloquence, he was expelled by the emperor.
When Lu Huai regained consciousness after his drowsiness subsided, he found himself being helped to a palace that looked quite familiar.
When he looked up and compared the plaque he saw, he found it was the side hall where he and Shen San were trapped before, and in front of him were the two protagonists whom he had deliberately avoided because of his pain after confirming it.
It seems like they are still arguing about something.
Lu Huai clearly remembered that when he was still conscious just now, Bai Wenjing was beside him, whose intentions were unclear and whose attitude was ambiguous.
Because of the previous grudge, Lu Huai had to suspect that the other party wanted to harm him, and then he was rescued by these two people, so this stiff and awkward situation came about.
His first reaction was to rebuke them with resentment, or to stare at Shen San and say bitterly, "Since the beginning and the end are already established, why do you have to control me? Let me be retaliated when I deserve it, and let my life and death be determined by fate."
But as soon as the two men noticed his movements, they came up anxiously to check on him.
"Ahuai/Yanjin, you finally woke up."
He could understand why Shen San came. After all, even though they had been through so much together, there was still some old friendship left.
But why did Chu Yuanting behave like this? Seeing his sweetheart, the former wife of his minister, caring about him so much, shouldn't he feel a little angry?
The feeling that the other person gave him, as if trying to squeeze others out of his field of vision so that he could occupy it, seemed a little off.
I heard the mechanical voice of the main system in my mind: [The second male lead plays an important plot point: "The King Seizes the Minister's Wife" is 1/2 completed, please keep up the good work, host].
The social animal understood that as long as he could get out of this situation properly and continue to watch over the emperor with deep love for the rest of his life, everything would be fine. Seeing that his lower abdomen was sore and uncomfortable due to drinking too much, he no longer wanted to worry about the emperor's abnormality.
0359 took back his body and cursed at the protagonist, the core of which was "locked". The next second, he said in a sarcastic tone: "Unlike me, I only feel sorry for Huai Huai."
Shen San's sudden action made Yiren Yitong extremely nervous.
"Is Ah Huai's stomach bloated from drinking too much?"
He had noticed Lu Huai's discomfort, and when he thought about how much his young husband had drunk, he understood something. His hand naturally moved to his abdomen, and he began to massage it gently and tenderly, just like when they were his wife.
This was the skill she was taught to serve her husband when she was still in the boudoir.
Feeling that the person next to him was still uncomfortable, and as if the effect was not fast enough, he wanted to pull it out from the waist and directly touch the soft belly.
But selfishly, she didn't want Chu Yuanting to see anything, so she hugged Lu Huai with a strong possessiveness and turned away.
Lu Huai didn't dare to look at Chu Yuanting's expression. Just thinking about it, he knew that his face should be as dark as the bottom of a pot, so he quickly moved Shen San's hand away from his body.
As a result, the emperor took advantage of the situation and snatched her into his arms.
"Your Majesty? What are you doing?"
"Yan Jin, do you know what Bai Wenjing wanted to do to you just now?"
When Chu Yuanting saw Shen San rushing up to snatch the person away, he blocked him with his hands, but instead hugged the person more tightly.
The shameful posture between the two made it difficult for Lu Huai to imagine that the one who performed the action was the emperor.
He noticed the other person's fiery gaze falling on his lips very aggressively, which was quite similar to the time when Shen San wanted to take something from him in the past.
Lu Huai couldn't help but have a ridiculous guess in his mind. If it came true, it would definitely cause chaos for him. Could it be that the monarch had such thoughts about him?
But it is clear that he should love Shen San?
But at this moment, he had to respond intuitively to protect himself, so he hurriedly replied based on a rough guess, "Could it be that he wants to hurt me or kill me?"
“Neither”
Chu Yuanting sighed, "How come you still don't understand how... you are... This is very dangerous, so let me kindly tell you."
The rough fingertips caressed his wine-stained lips tenderly, causing the body in his arms to stiffen instantly. He immediately tried to dodge to the side.
Chu Yuanting let him try his best to escape, but instead of getting angry, he smiled and said, "He wants to do the same thing as me, and he might even go further if we don't arrive in time."
Chen Chensheng looked at Chu Yuanting with red eyes, who was not like a wise monarch at all. He dared to insult his young husband so intimately. In anger, he drew his sword and attacked the emperor in a rebellious manner.
Chu Yuanting also put Lu Huai down and exchanged a few blows with him barehanded, his movements effortlessly effortless, a feeling of ease and comfort.
"Ah Sheng...don't attack His Majesty!"
Although Lu Huai was betrayed by his wife, he was still afraid that he would be punished by the emperor, and he cried out anxiously.
Shen San's rationality seemed to be stripped away by his anger. He wondered why Lu Huai was protecting the other party with impure intentions, and he attacked even more fiercely.
He wept bitterly, "Ah Huai, this is the master you are loyal to! He has such feelings for you, and he was the one who orchestrated our separation. Yet, you still protect him like this?"
"Could it be that you also have feelings for that Chu?"
Seeing that he had actually torn his relationship apart like this, Chu Yuanting was furious and said simply, "Deceiving the emperor is a great crime. I have spared your life and done my utmost. Why do you not want to keep you alive?"
The look he gave Lu Huai was gentle and affectionate, but the words he spoke to him were not "kind".
"Yan Jin doesn't want to see Shen San being investigated, of course. This isn't a threat, just a small reminder. After all, in this position, favoritism is not beneficial to the country and the people. Some precedents shouldn't be opened lightly."
"Now that things have come to this, I no longer want to be a coward hiding my true feelings. I have indeed been fascinated by you for a long time. However, there is a difference between the ruler and the subject. I admire your talent and my heart belongs to you, so I can't help but do such a foolish thing. Now that things are set right, perhaps it would be a good thing..."
"Then it's your turn to decide. Does Yan Jin want me or him?"
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The author has something to say: Sorry, ladies, I'm late. I wanted to finish writing this Shura Field plot before posting it, so I updated it so late (sad)
Good, very good, Huai Huai sweated profusely Wuhu Lake
I may make some revisions because I haven't checked it yet before going to work, but I want to show it to my wives first! Woohoo, if I add anything good, I will prompt you in the comment section. Also, big-eyed cat stickers (tears), column woohoo
Very good, I checked and revised it. I may not have written it clearly about rubbing my stomach for bloating, so I got arrested and cried (it should be ok now, please review it). People are all innocent kids, sob.
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