Seeing Di Junlan's shy gaze, Murong Jin calmly picked up the tea beside her and took a sip. "This question..."
Emperor Junlan looked at Murong Jin, and then heard him say, "I have no interest in sex."
Di Junlan was stunned for a moment. What did that mean?
"In other words, I have no feelings for anyone, whether man or woman. I am impotent."
Emperor Junlan was stunned.
Inability to perform erections.
What does it mean if a man with erectile dysfunction likes other men?
Is the older brother the subordinate?
"Brother, you..."
Murong Jin: "I am sexually frigid, neither with men nor women, so Your Majesty, I will never love anyone in this lifetime."
This "anyone" naturally includes Di Junlan.
Even without being told aloud, Di Junlan already understood the meaning behind it.
"How do you know you can't do it if your brother hasn't even tried it?"
"Oh?" Murong Jin's voice was deep and carried a hint of pressure. "That's not right. Who said I haven't tried it?"
Di Junlan's expression changed. Had he tried it?
Who has my brother slept with?! A man or a woman?!
"Brother, you..."
"There's no need to discuss this topic."
Di Junlan: "...But are you telling me this so that I'll give up pursuing you?"
Murong Jin: "To be honest, liking someone doesn't mean liking someone in the way Your Majesty is doing now."
"Perhaps you can ask the people around you what it's like to like someone."
Di Junlan stared at him, "Then brother, don't you have someone you like?"
"Someone I like? Maybe."
Upon hearing this, Di Junlan felt uncomfortable. What did he mean by "maybe"?
"But he's already dead."
Emperor Junlan was stunned.
Dead?
The person Murong Jin loved is dead?
Looking at Murong Jin, whose eyes held a hint of sadness, Di Junlan felt a pang of sorrow.
So, that's probably why my brother doesn't like going elsewhere—because he already has someone else in his heart.
"Eat something and then go rest. Tomorrow I'm going to the Censorate to check on what happened last night. After all, they're people from my manor. You go ahead and revise the memorials, and I'll look at them when I get back."
"good."
After Murong Jin left, only Di Junlan remained at the table, staring at her retreating figure until she was gone before looking at the food on the table.
Murong Jin had someone she loved, but that person was already dead.
Di Junlan, who was absent-minded all night, suffered from insomnia for the first time in the palace.
He got up in the middle of the night, wanting to find Murong Jin. Then the image of the sadness on Murong Jin's face that day flashed into his mind. Although it was only for a moment, seeing Murong Jin like that made him very unhappy.
………
“Master, you have already drunk a jar of wine... you can’t drink anymore.”
Yi Yi looked at the person who suddenly started drinking. It had been a long time since he had drunk anything, so why did he suddenly want to drink tonight?
And what we talked about at the dinner table today—when did Master find someone he likes?
How could he not know?
"My lord, the person you were talking about with His Majesty today???"
Murong Jin chuckled, "I treated him like a brother, but he plotted against me and helped the enemy fall into my trap."
My sincere heart was wasted.
Yi stood there at a loss, "That master, anyway, he's already dead, let's not remember him, okay?"
A person who makes their master both feel sorry for them and angry.
Murong Jin placed the wine glass on the table, her expression unreadable. "It's nothing."
But when he died, he disgusted her, saying that he had liked her for a long time and that he had only plotted against her to make her submit and admit defeat...
"Yiyi, bring me the sword..."
Yi stood there motionless, looking numb. "The sword is gone, Master. You've forgotten, haven't you? We're resting right now. Besides, if you use the sword, it will disturb others."
"Really? Then no need."
Yi Yi immediately chimed in: "Yes, yes, we can't disturb the residents, right? That's what you said back then."
"oh."
"How about we have one more drink and then go to sleep?"
After downing a glass of wine, Murong Jin immediately collapsed onto the table.
Yi shook his head. Luckily, he had added the things Lan Ziyao gave him to his drink when his master said he wanted to drink...
Unexpectedly, after finishing a whole jar of wine, the master still hadn't passed out...
………
The next morning, the air pressure around Murong Jin was a bit low, and Yi Yi kept his distance from her.
"Would you like to have breakfast with His Majesty, Your Highness?"
"Eat my ass."
Yi Yi: "..." Okay, how come the roguish air from before suddenly resurfaced overnight? He's obviously angry.
...
When Yi Liu woke up, he found himself in an unfamiliar place. He sat up, his upper body naked and wrapped in bandages.
"Lord Yi Liu, you're awake."
Yi Liu looked over and saw the maid. "This servant will go and report to the Prince now."
The maid was about to leave when Yi Liu called out to her, "Wait, Your Highness?"
The maid looked at him calmly. "Yes, it's the Regent. You've been unconscious for seven days, and the Prince comes to visit you every day."
Yi Liu understood immediately upon hearing this.
The master already knows about the Lin family's affairs, but he doesn't know how that child is doing now.
………
Murong Jin went to the Censorate, and Ming Qingxuan reported the results of the interrogation to her. "Your Highness, it seems to be because of that evil eye again. According to the latest investigation, someone in the capital is secretly investigating the location of the evil eye."
"Moreover, it seems there were three groups of people."
Murong Jin sat there, her face expressionless.
Three groups of people.
"The Fifth Prince has recently appeared near the south of the city, and outside the city, bandits have been appearing frequently, as if it were intentional."
Fifth Prince, a mountain bandit.
What is this Fifth Prince planning to do now?
Back then, he was reduced to a vegetable by internal strife, but now he's lively and energetic again, and he's about to start causing trouble again?
"I'm leaving this matter to you."
Ming Qingxuan: "Your humble servant obeys."
...
Just as they left the Censorate, Yi Yi whispered in Murong Jin's ear, "Master, Yi Liu has woken up."
A side courtyard of the Prime Minister's residence.
Yi Liu was taken aback when he looked at Li Mingzhong. "Prime Minister?"
Looking at the pale-faced man, Li Mingzhong spoke with a hearty and generous tone, "Yi Liu, it's good that you're awake."
How did I get here?
"It was sent over from the Lin family."
Yi Liu: "Where is that child?"
"At the Regent's Palace."
Yi Liu breathed a sigh of relief. "That's good. What about Master?"
"His Highness should be on his way. He was very worried when you had that accident."
"Hmm." Yi Liu knew that if something happened to anyone in their secret guard unit, their master would worry, but he was hiding something from them.
This was a secret he never intended to reveal, even after he died.
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