Gu Linchao: "..."
Realizing what he was saying, his face darkened. "What nonsense are you spouting?" He hadn't been laughing at all.
Wang Houde immediately stopped smiling and said in the most serious tone, "Master is not smiling, it is this servant who is bewitched."
Gu Linchao pursed his lips, said nothing more, and lowered his head to review military affairs.
Not long after, Si Yi walked in from outside, followed by a person who looked extremely disheveled.
When Wang Houde looked closely, his eyes nearly popped out.
"Jing, Duke Jing?"
Xiao Yan glared at him irritably. "What, don't you recognize me, Your Majesty?"
"How could that be? Duke Jingguo is handsome, dashing, and a man of exceptional talent. Even if this servant cannot recognize everyone else, he would certainly recognize you, Duke." Wang Houde smiled, but inwardly he was seething with disgust.
Xiao Yan looks almost like a beggar now, and is really not at all like a handsome young man.
After hearing his words, Xiao Yan regained his confidence, straightened his clothes, and stepped forward to sit down on the chair. However, Si Yi, having received instructions from Gu Linchao, kicked the chair away first.
"Bang!"
Xiao Yan plopped down on the ground, wincing in pain.
"Si Yi, you brat, what do you mean?" He glared angrily at Si Yi.
Si glanced at him, ignored him, and turned to leave.
Xiao Yan then realized that if it weren't for Gu Linchao's instructions, Si Yi would never have dared to treat him like this.
Thinking about it, he suddenly felt extremely guilty, so he simply sat on the ground and refused to get up, starting to play the victim, "Hengzhi, you have no idea how I've been living these past few days, it's been worse than death. I can't eat, I can't sleep, I'm in a daze, and I've even thought about ending it all..."
"Then you can go die now." Gu Linchao coldly interrupted him.
Xiao Yan: "..."
He had prepared a whole host of words to elicit sympathy, but now they were stuck in his throat, and he couldn't utter a single word.
He's this kid's uncle, after all. Doesn't he have any sympathy for him at all?
After a long while, he sighed and said, "I did want to die, but I couldn't bear to leave you. If I died, wouldn't you be all alone?"
Wang Houde and Si Yi, who were outside the door, couldn't help but twitch their lips when they heard this.
It's unbelievable that the Duke of Jingguo could utter such nauseating words.
Besides, even if he dies, the prince won't be all alone, okay? The prince has a princess now.
"Where exactly did you find him?" Wang Houde couldn't help but ask Si Yi in a low voice.
Si Yidao said, “In a brothel.” His tone was somewhat disdainful.
I can't eat or sleep anything.
He was clearly eating well, sleeping soundly, and surrounded by women on both sides, living a very happy life.
The reason he's in such a sorry state now is because when he saw him coming, he fled in panic and accidentally fell into a mud pit.
Wang Houde was not surprised at all upon hearing this.
Given the character of the Duke of Jingguo, it is indeed possible that he is hiding in a brothel.
However, his attempts to play the victim were ineffective this time; his master was extremely angry.
Just as he was thinking this, he heard his master speak, "Si Yi, take the money from the Duke of Jingguo and go to Qingfeng Pavilion to buy a pot of Baihua Qingniang."
Si Yi rushed inside, ignoring Xiao Yan's resistance, and quickly pulled a money pouch off him. He weighed it in his hand, then turned and walked out.
Xiao Yan felt like dying. "You brat, come back here... at least leave me some money!" When he saw that Si Yi ignored him, he could only change to an extremely pitiful tone.
But Si Yi wasn't buying it and quickly left the study.
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