Your Majesty, We’re Counting on You to Ruin the Country! 83

Chapter 83: Dragon Robe

In the room were red curtains and a soft bed, with incense curling up. Qin Zhaohuang and Yu Qianshou were both a little drunk. They had been ushered in, their faces both flushed.

Qin Zhaohuang wrapped his arms around Yu Qianshou’s neck, while Yu Qianshou wrapped his arm around his waist. The two of them spun around a few times and, holding each other, stumbled and fell onto the bed.

Yu Qianshou was on top of him, his breathing a little rushed.

Qin Zhaohuang, however, giggled and teased, “Ah Shu, I thought you were without desire.”

“Don’t be silly.”

Qin Zhaohuang pouted. “Yu Qianshou, do you love me or not?”

“Of course.”

Qin Zhaohuang said, “Then why are you so cold? That day when His Majesty said he would grant us a marriage, you didn’t look happy at all.”

Remembering that day, when Feng Qi had said, at Wen Ning’an’s reminder, that he would grant them a marriage. Qin Zhaohuang had happily accepted the edict, but Yu Qianshou had been a little hesitant. After returning to his room, he had seemed to have something on his mind and had not slept well all night.

Qin Zhaohuang had not wanted to say it and spoil the mood, but now that he was a little drunk, he could no longer hold back his complaints.

Seeing the slight dejection in his eyes, Yu Qianshou simply bent down and kissed his lips, gently caressing the rosy, moist lips. Qin Zhaohuang tilted his head up slightly.

“Silly…”

Yu Qianshou said seriously, “I was worried that day.”

“Worried about what?” Qin Zhaohuang frowned slightly.

“I… I was afraid I couldn’t give you the best life. I was still a disciple of the Poison Sect at that time, and I didn’t know what price I had to pay to leave the sect. I was also afraid that my body, full of poison, would not be able to accompany you to old age. I think you are very good.”

Yu Qianshou seemed to be at a loss for words, but he still tried his best to express himself.

“You are very good. I was afraid of ruining you. You are very beautiful, and your personality is also very good. Many people will like you.”

“But I only want you!” Qin Zhaohuang said with some excitement, hugging the man on top of him. “No matter what kind of person you are.”

“Huang’er.” Yu Qianshou looked into his eyes, more serious than ever before. “I love you. I truly love you.”

Qin Zhaohuang’s eyes were watery. He smiled and turned his head away slightly.

“On our wedding day, why are you saying these things…”

“Then what do you want me to say?”

Qin Zhaohuang said mischievously, “You don’t have to say anything. Just do your work well.”

Yu Qianshou was stunned, almost made to go limp by Qin Zhaohuang.

“Ah Shu, you don’t want me…”

“Am I particularly beautiful today, making you unable to control yourself?”

“Ah Shu, Ah Shu, what are you still waiting for? Could it be that you don’t know how? There are a few erotic art books in the cabinet. Do you want to… mmmph…”

Yu Qianshou, unable to bear it, reached out and covered Qin Zhaohuang’s chattering mouth, saying in a low voice, “Don’t talk.”

Qin Zhaohuang couldn’t speak and could only protest with his actions.

Yu Qianshou watched as he gently pulled open his collar with his slender fingers, revealing his fair chest, and winked at him.

Qin Zhaohuang’s legs wrapped around his waist, his eyes like silk, a smile on his lips.

“Husband…”

Yu Qianshou felt he was going mad. Qin Zhaohuang was already devilishly beautiful, and now to be deliberately teasing him like this was simply fatal! The bright red bed set off that fair and slender body, making him lose all his reason…

Qin Zhaohuang wrapped his arms around him and cooperatively twisted his waist, making them both let out a low moan.

“Does it feel good? Inside me…”

“Qin Zhaohuang! Shut up!”

A night of spring, a room full of a storm.

After Wen Ning’an returned to the palace, he didn’t see Feng Qi. He thought to himself that perhaps he had something to do, so he didn’t pay it much mind and went back to Longxi Hall on his own.

In the warm room, after coaxing Long’er to sleep, he leaned against the bed and flipped through a thick book of ancient poems. Xingxing and Liangliang were also leaning against him, squeezed together to “read the book.”

The young eunuch who was trimming the lamps looked at the time and came to his side, saying softly, “Your Highness, it is time to put out the lights and rest.”

Wen Ning’an smiled. “It’s alright. I’m not tired yet. I’ll wait for His Majesty to come back.”

“Yes.”

Just as the young eunuch was about to leave, a guard requested an audience from outside.

“Come in.”

The guard cupped his fists. “Passing on His Majesty’s verbal order. His Majesty has asked Your Highness to rest first and not to mind the commotion outside.”

Wen Ning’an said, “But what has happened outside?”

The guard was stunned for a moment, then said, “Nothing has happened. Your Highness can rest assured and sleep.”

Wen Ning’an’s index finger tapped rhythmically on the book in his hand. He looked at the guard without a word and did not give an order.

The guard felt a chill run down his spine from being stared at.

Wen Ning’an said softly, “I seem to have heard the sound of fighting outside just now?”

“Your Highness, calm your anger!” The guard knew he could not hide it. How could he dare to offend Wen Ning’an? He immediately said, “It was the Empress Dowager who said that a dragon robe was found in Hulong Hall and falsely accused Your Highness of having ill intentions, and wanted to send people to arrest Your Highness and question you. But the people who came were intercepted by the troops sent by His Majesty, and some conflicts broke out between the two sides outside the hall, which disturbed Your Highness’s peace.”

Wen Ning’an frowned. Hulong Hall was the palace that the servants had previously prepared for him, the regent, to live in. If a dragon robe was found inside, then it would indeed be difficult for him to clear his name. To secretly make a dragon robe was a great crime, a crime of rebellion, and to secretly hide a dragon robe was even more of a rebel.

Wen Ning’an asked, “Then where is His Majesty now?”

The guard said, “Replying to Your Highness, His Majesty is in Hulong Hall, dealing with the Empress Dowager and investigating the truth. Please rest assured, Your Highness. His Majesty has no suspicion of you and is speaking up for you and protecting you everywhere.”

Wen Ning’an naturally knew of Feng Qi’s trust and favoritism towards him. But this matter had started because of him. He couldn’t just throw the mess to Feng Qi and go to sleep and rest here himself.

“Your Highness!”

Wen Ning’an shook off the guard, took a coat, and headed for Hulong Hall on his own.

Hulong Hall was not far from Feng Qi’s Longxi Hall. As soon as he stepped out of the hall, a row of servants and guards followed closely behind, all on edge and careful, for fear that if anything happened to him, wouldn’t His Majesty skin them alive?

After arriving at the main hall, he indeed saw the Empress Dowager and Feng Qi sitting in the seats of honor, their faces not looking very good, the atmosphere tense and full of smoke.

“Yixin?” Seeing his figure appear by the door, Feng Qi couldn’t help but frown. “Why are you here? Didn’t I tell you to rest in the hall?”

Wen Ning’an noticed that the hall was full of kneeling servants and guards. They must still be under investigation.

“Bi’er?”

He helped up the kneeling Bai Bi. “Bi’er has nothing to do with this. Don’t bully a child.”

The Empress Dowager sneered. “How is it that he has nothing to do with it? He is your adopted son.”

“Yixin.” Feng Qi beckoned for him to sit beside him, then said in a low voice, “This matter is a bit complicated. Let Bi’er kneel for now.”

The Empress Dowager said coldly to Bai Bi, “Bai Bi, if you don’t want to suffer physical pain, then confess what you know.”

“I… I don’t know anything!” Bai Bi’s body trembled like a leaf, his eyes red. “His Highness is clearly loyal to His Majesty…”

“Insolent!” The eunuch beside him raised his whip and was about to strike when he heard a “clang—”. Feng Qi, with a cold face, threw the teacup to the ground, and it landed not far from the guard’s feet.

Feng Qi said, “This eunuch has some nerve. Drag him out and give him fifty strokes of the cane.”

The guard’s face immediately turned pale. As he was being dragged away, he was still shouting “Empress Dowager, save me,” but even she was unwilling to provoke Feng Qi for a mere servant and offend him.

Wen Ning’an let out a sigh of relief, and Feng Qi also let go of the hand that was holding him back.

Feng Qi said, “This child has said from the beginning that he knows nothing. Why does the Empress Dowager keep making things difficult for him? Is it to beat a confession out of him?”

The Empress Dowager was not to be outdone. “Isn’t His Majesty’s protection of the regent from the very beginning also excessive? Secretly hiding a dragon robe, His Majesty must know what this means. Is His Majesty going to wait until the rebel is riding on your head and has driven you from the throne to regret it?”

Everyone knew that Feng Qi was most wary of his subjects’ merits overshadowing his own. Otherwise, why would he have had a killing intent towards the Li and Xu families? He was also extremely proud and valued his face. No one could challenge his authority. Otherwise, why would he be jokingly called a tyrant?

Wen Ning’an frowned slightly.

Feng Qi rubbed his temples. “This matter ends here.”

The Empress Dowager snorted coldly, as if she had no intention of letting it go.

“I said it ends here!” Feng Qi’s face fell, and he said sharply, “The one sitting on the throne is me! I am not worried. What is the Empress Dowager worried about? Aren’t you overstepping your bounds? Could it be that you want to take this seat for me?”

Her face turned pale, then she forced herself to say, “Even if you don’t care, the people of the world will not not care. If you let it go, I’m afraid the court will not be stable!”

“Empress Dowager, Your Majesty.” Wen Ning’an stood up and knelt before the seat of honor with a blank expression. “The one who tied the bell must be the one to untie it. This matter all started because of me. I implore Your Majesty to strip me of my position as regent and my title.”

The Empress Dowager raised an eyebrow. She was naturally not satisfied with such a light punishment, but she knew in her heart that if it were any heavier, Feng Qi would not allow it. If she tried to test his bottom line again, he would probably not even recognize her as his mother.

Fu Che brought up the imperial seal, the ancestral records, and a brush and ink for Feng Qi to draw up the edict.

Feng Qi took a deep breath. “Let’s leave it at that. Everyone is dismissed.”

With that, he threw the brush aside and stood up to help Wen Ning’an up. Wen Ning’an also took Bai Bi’s hand and followed him out of Hulong Hall.

Outside the hall, Feng Qi draped his coat over him. “The night is deep. Go back and rest.”

Outside the hall, the white snow was falling, but with two outer robes, Wen Ning’an did not feel cold at all. Faintly, he seemed to hear Feng Qi say, “Yixin, no matter what, I will always put you first…”