The soft beauty is so good at teasing, the villain prince asks for a kiss

Duke Rong groaned, remembered but did not get up. He lay on the table, breathing heavily, and soon he began to snore.

The smile on Liang Changjin's lips disappeared immediately, and he clenched the wine glass in his hand tightly, squeezing it so hard that his knuckles turned white and veins were exposed.

He stared at the person opposite him, his eyes filled with emotions and his gaze was dark and difficult to discern.

After a long time, he slowly stood up and walked behind Duke Rong.

Duke Rong was slumped over the table like a dead pig, his hand knocked over the wine glass, the wine soaked his sleeves, his hands hung on the plate, covered with grease.

How embarrassing and awkward!

If he were in another place, people would think he was some drunkard. Who would have thought that he was the high and mighty Duke Rong?

There was a hint of sarcasm in Liang Changjin's eyes, but it disappeared in an instant.

He plucked off the jade hairpin on his head, drew out the sword from the hairpin, and pointed it at Duke Rong's neck.

This man was completely defenseless and drunk. As long as he stabbed him with all his strength, he would definitely die!

Liang Changjin's eyes became fierce and he was about to take action, but at the critical moment, he suddenly stopped.

No, it's not the time yet.

A voice from somewhere in the dark said so.

Just barely managed to regain his precarious sanity.

He raised his head, sighed silently, and inserted the sword in the hairpin back with trembling fingers. Because his hands were shaking too much, he missed the aim the first time and inserted it directly into his own finger, causing pain on the side of his finger and bleeding immediately.

Liang Changjin looked at the drop of blood, opened his lips and put it in his mouth.

The sweet smell of blood sobered him up a lot.

He put the hairpin back into his hair, took off his outer coat and put it on Duke Rong, then went out and shouted, "Someone come—"

"grown ups."

The maid stepped forward quickly.

"The Duke is drunk. Ask the kitchen to make a bowl of sobering soup. You can help him drink it and help him go back to rest. I have something else to do. If the Duke wakes up and asks, just tell him that I went back to the Imperial Academy."

"Yes, sir, take care." The maid watched him leave and turned to check on Duke Rong. As a result, as soon as they entered the room, they saw Duke Rong, who was so drunk that he was "unconscious", open his eyes and sit up by himself.

The maids were all shocked, "Duke?"

Duke Rong straightened up, looked at his oily hands, and pressed his brows. Something slid down with his movement.

He tilted his head and saw that it was Liang Changjin's coat.

He raised his eyebrows and smiled, "He is thoughtful."

Liang Changjin didn't know that he actually saved his own life by stopping in time.

After leaving the Duke Rong's Mansion, he went home, changed his clothes, and went straight to the Hanlin Academy.

After spending the whole afternoon in the Hanlin Academy, he rarely went home directly in the evening. Instead, he ordered a bowl of wontons at a roadside stall and ate it slowly.

The days are short and the nights are long in autumn, and it gets dark quickly.

While the wontons were being taken out of the pot, it had already gotten dark. Lanterns were hung up in the surrounding shops, and in the blink of an eye the long street became a sea of ​​lights.

Liang Changjin was sitting in the dark between the two lights, dressed in white, looking dazzling yet lonely.

Guan Zhen drove a carriage through the long street and saw him at a glance. He turned to the person in the carriage and said, "Master, is that Lord Liang?"

The curtain beside the carriage window was opened, revealing Qin Yun's handsome face.

He glanced at the wonton stall on the side of the road, looked at Liang Changjin for a moment, and ordered: "Stop in front, I'm hungry too."

"Yes."

Guan Zhen found a place across the street to stop the carriage, and then set up a board for Qin Yunxian's wheelchair to slide down.

"Sir, your wontons are here, eat them while they're hot!"

The waiter brought a bowl of steaming wontons and placed it in front of Liang Changjin. Liang Changjin nodded and thanked him.

He picked up the chopsticks and was about to eat when it suddenly got dark in front of him.

"There's an empty seat here. I'll sit here. Does your Excellency mind?"

Liang Changjin looked up when he heard the voice and said in surprise: "Duan——"

Qin Yunxian shook his head, and he swallowed the word "Wang" and just asked, "Are you here to eat wontons too?"

"Ah."

Qin Yunxian asked: "Is there anyone here?"

"No."

"Then give us two bowls of wontons."

Qin Yunxian said to the waiter.

The guy said happily: "Okay!"

Guan Zhen sat down on the bench on the other side and asked with a smile, "Why would Lord Liang eat wontons from the stall?"

Liang Changjin was puzzled: "If the prince can eat it, why can't I?"

"Don't take it personally, Sir Liang. I just think that someone like Sir Liang, who looks like a banished immortal, is out of place in this small stall."

Qin Yunxian said nothing. He picked up the rough tea brought by the waiter and took a sip.

Liang Changjin laughed, "You two have a deep misunderstanding of me. Before I passed the imperial examination, I was just an ordinary citizen."

He looked at Qin Yunxian inquiringly, "How come Your Majesty also likes these roadside wontons?"

Qin Yunxian put down the tea bowl and said with a smile: "When I led troops to fight in the past, I ate wild vegetables and tree bark, not to mention wontons on the roadside. If I could eat a bowl of hot wontons with big fillings at that time, I would be no better than a god."

Liang Changjin was stunned for a moment, looking at Qin Yunxian's deep eyes, then he remembered that the man in front of him was also a famous young general with many military exploits.

But now - he looked down at Qin Yunxian's wheelchair and was speechless for a moment.

After a long while, he sighed and said, "Things in the world are unpredictable. If the prince can stand up, it will be a blessing for the people of the border and for Dajing."

As they were talking, the waiter came over with two bowls of wontons, and the three of them fell silent at the same time.

After the waiter left, Qin Yun picked up the spoon and scooped a wonton, saying, "If Mr. Liang's talent can be used in the right way, wouldn't it be a blessing for Dajing?"

Liang Changjin paused for a moment, "Why do you say that, Your Majesty?"

Qin Yunxian ate a wonton, his eyebrows and eyes were shrouded in white mist and could not be seen clearly, but his voice fell into Liang Changjin's ears very clearly.

"I heard that Liang Tanhua's talent is not inferior to that of the champion, but he chose to be a disciple of Duke Rong. He studied hard for ten years, and now that he has achieved success, you are willing to be a pawn?"

Qin Yunxian's tone was normal, without any blame or questioning, nor any disdain or contempt. Instead, it made Liang Changjin clench his hands.

He was silent for a moment, then chuckled, "Everyone has their own aspirations. How do you know, Your Majesty, that the path I have chosen is not the right one?"

Guan Zhen raised his eyebrows, "Do you really think so?"

Liang Changjin nodded. "Ten years of hard study sounds impressive, but it's actually a helpless move. If there is a shortcut ahead, who would be willing to take the trouble to go the long way? Since we all end up in the same place, why not choose the fastest and easiest way?"

This time Qin Yunxian was silent. He stared at Liang Changjin.

Liang Changjin didn't look at him again. He finished his wontons in big mouthfuls, stood up and said, "I'll leave first. Excuse me."

Guan Zhen watched him walk away and sneered, "They just want to be freeloaders, but they still talk about it in such a high-sounding way. These scholars are really hypocritical."

"Really?" Qin Yunxian looked at Liang Changjin's back as it disappeared at the end of the long street, seeming to be thinking about something.

*

As Liang Changjin had expected, the assassination case became an unsolved case after the death of the most crucial witness, Zhao Lu, and was eventually left unresolved.

However, it was discovered that Zhao Lu was guilty of corruption and bribery. The emperor punished him for multiple crimes and pardoned his entire clan from the death penalty, commuting the sentence to exile.

Duke Rong also suffered the consequences. He was reprimanded by the emperor, fined one year's salary, and demoted to the position of assistant commander of the Left Eagle Guard of the Imperial Guards.

After listening to Chu Suifeng's words, Rong Heqing looked at his hands with emotion, "In the end, I was the only one who benefited? The person behind the scenes must hate me to death."