Drunk Bamboo

Hua Qinfeng found that after returning home, he, the prince, had become the object of everyone's dislike.

When the people in the mansion saw him, they ignored him as if they didn't see him. When he was beaten with a stick and lying alone in Changfeng Courtyard before, at least someone came to change the medicine and bring him three meals. This time it was even more outrageous. When it was time for lunch, no one called him to eat.

He went to Bailianxuan in person and insisted on having a free meal, but was met with countless cold stares.

He glanced at Xie Yuzhu. Could it be that he had left her in the palace and the people in the mansion found out?

He glanced at the nanny again, and saw that she was kindly picking up food for Xie Yuzhu, but her eyes didn't even look at him.

Hua Qinfeng: "Mammy, I..."

Mammy: "Don't talk while eating and don't talk while sleeping."

Xie Yuzhu smiled and said, "Mammy, this dish is delicious, please try it."

Mammy's tone immediately became gentle: "Okay, today's chicken is well cooked, Princess, please have a piece too."

Xie Yuzhu: "Then eat more, Madam."

Xie Yuzhu and the nanny were having a pleasant conversation, and Hua Qinfeng couldn't get a word in, so he turned his gaze to Chaoyang.

"Chaoyang, I..."

"Mammy said not to talk while eating and not to talk while sleeping." Chaoyang turned his head and spoke to Lao Liu, "Lao Liu, I will help you trim the flowers and plants in the mansion this afternoon."

Lao Liu smiled and said, "Okay, okay, Yunling, come along too."

Yun Ling said softly, "If the princess doesn't have any special arrangements, I'll go over."

Xie Yuzhu: "I will be in the study this afternoon, you don't need to accompany me, go help Lao Liu."

"it is good."

Hua Qinfeng took a look and saw that only the ginkgo nuts were left.

"Bai Guo, I..."

Unexpectedly, before he could finish his words, Bai Guo stood up and said, "Oh, I forgot there's pork rib soup in the pot. I'll go get it!"

Hua Qinfeng: "..."

It seemed that he was the only one who didn't fit in, so he just buried his head and ate in silence.

After finally finishing the meal, Xie Yuzhu sat for a while and took Yunling out for a walk to help digest the food. This was her habit after meals.

Hua Qinfeng noticed Xie Yuzhu's habit at some point and even kept it in mind.

He followed Xie Yuzhu and could only say to her the words he had been holding back for a long time.

"Xie Yuzhu, the matter of the Grand Tutor has been resolved. Aren't you no longer angry?"

"How can your Highness tell that I'm angry?" Xie Yuzhu looked innocent.

"You all ignore me." Hua Qinfeng said angrily.

"How can I ignore Your Majesty?" He shrugged and continued to play ignorant.

"I talked to you and you all ignored me." He explained anxiously.

"I'm not talking to the prince?" Xie Yuzhu not only did not give an answer, but also asked, "The 'you' that the prince mentioned are not one person, why is the prince only asking me?"

Hua Qinfeng was speechless for a moment, too angry to vent: "You... I can't argue with you. I can't understand you guys, it's really troublesome! I'll just ignore you, I'm going to the martial arts training ground to practice martial arts!"

He turned around and sulked alone.

Xie Yuzhu chuckled: Hua Qinfeng, it turns out you are so easy to bully.

Yun Ling looked at Hua Qinfeng's departing back, a little worried: "Princess, isn't it not good for us to treat the prince like this? He is the prince, the master of the palace."

Xie Yuzhu stopped laughing and walked slowly around the yard: "If he really understood why we did this, he wouldn't be angry."

"But he is of noble status. If he really gets angry, it would only take a word to drive us out of the house."

"If he chases me away, I will take you away from the palace, travel around the mountains and rivers, and explore all the mountains and rivers."

Xie Yuzhu was not afraid of being kicked out of the house. What she was afraid of was being imprisoned in the house and losing her freedom.

Yun Ling thought about it and suddenly understood: "Well, the princess seems to be afraid of nothing. Following the princess, I am not afraid of anything either."

These words were heard by Hua Qinfeng who turned back halfway.

He stood behind the shade of a tree, his face gloomy and his brows furrowed.

Hua Qinfeng: Leave the palace? Xie Yuzhu, do you want to leave the palace?

I didn’t see Hua Qinfeng at the table during dinner.

Xie Yuzhu asked, "Why didn't the prince come to eat? Is he still practicing martial arts in the martial arts training ground?"

Lao Liu narrowed his eyes and smiled: "The prince is not in the martial arts training ground. The prince is out."

"Where did you go?"

"A few young masters from aristocratic families came in the afternoon and invited the prince to go horseback riding in the suburbs, so the prince went."

Xie Yuzhu nodded. It was normal for Hua Qinfeng, a dignified prince, to have a few friends in China, so he didn’t think any more about it.

Chaoyang frowned slightly: "Princess, our method has no effect on the prince? The prince has always been used to being alone. If we don't follow him, he will be more comfortable."

Xie Yuzhu looked at the elders in the mansion: "Mammy, what do you think?"

Mammy just smiled, with a trusting look in her eyes: "I support whatever the princess wants to do."

After thinking about it, she ignored Hua Qinfeng and told him everything. It seemed that she could not let him feel lost, nor make him worry to the point of having concerns. He would still do what he should do.

She also had to consider Yunling and Chaoyang's concerns. After all, they were standing at different angles, so they saw things differently. If Hua Qinfeng was really angry, she could take Yunling away, but the people in the mansion couldn't.

"What Chaoyang said makes sense. Over the past few days, the prince has indeed not changed much. My personal experience this morning has given me a lot of feelings. He has admitted his mistakes, and we have ignored him for a few days. We should stop while we are ahead. Let's think of another way."

Everyone nodded in agreement.

Chaoyang ate quickly: "After dinner, I will go out to find the prince!"

Xie Yuzhu: “Yeah.”

Putting a piece of meat in his mouth, Bai Guo tilted his head and asked, "Then will the princess not stay at Bai Lian Xuan tonight?"

The nanny smiled and continued, "The princess will naturally live with the prince."

Xie Yuzhu understood what the nanny meant. She was the princess, and it was not proper for her to sleep separately from the prince all day.

"Yunling, finish your meal, pack up and go back to Changfeng Courtyard."

"Ok."

At night, Xie Yuzhu was writing the "Poisonous Weeds Book" at his desk in the main room of Changfeng Courtyard as usual. He had been writing it almost daytime in Bailianxuan these days. The poisonous weeds he had collected from Nanmi to Zhongdu were almost finished, and he would go out to look for new poisonous weeds when he had time.

Just as he was thinking about it, Hua Qinfeng's drunken voice came from outside the door.

"If you don't want to pay attention to me, just ignore me. Who cares... There are many people who want to buy me a drink..."

Xie Yuzhu put down his pen, stood up and walked out of the house.

When he opened the door, he saw Hua Qinfeng, who was drunk, squatting on the ground, holding a large stone in the yard and refusing to let go. Chaoyang was not as strong as him, and struggled for it several times, but failed.

This was the second time Xie Yuzhu saw him drunk.

"Why is he so drunk?" He frowned slightly.

"When I found him, the prince was already drunk and unconscious. If I had gone a step later, I don't know where he would have been taken tonight by those young masters of noble families."

"If they don't take him home, where are they going to take him?" Xie Yuzhu walked to Hua Qinfeng, bent down, half of her rosy face was hidden by her beard, and she leaned against the stone foolishly, "Are they going to take the prince home? With the prince's looks..."

Xie Yuzhu looked at Chaoyang with suspicion.

Chaoyang corrected: "Of course it's a place of romance and fireworks..."

Xie Yuzhu's eyes showed even more confusion.

He quickly shook his head and denied it: "Princess, don't misunderstand me. The prince never goes to that kind of place."

"No need to explain. Apart from wielding swords and guns, all women look the same in his eyes. Why would he go to a brothel?" Xie Yuzhu was very relieved.

If Hua Qinfeng had someone he liked in the future, she would not object to marrying him into the palace. As long as that woman behaved herself and didn't cause trouble, she, the legitimate princess, could have some free time.

Chaoyang breathed a sigh of relief: "I'm glad the princess didn't misunderstand me. I'm glad there was no misunderstanding."

Hearing someone talking, Hua Qinfeng stood up unsteadily, pointed at Chaoyang and asked, "I haven't had enough to drink yet? Why did you bring me back?"

Chaoyang took the opportunity to grab the stone and dragged him into the house: "My Lord, we are at Changfeng Courtyard."

"Changfeng Courtyard? I'm not going back. I'm alone. I'm not going back..." Hua Qinfeng shook off Chaoyang's hand and lay directly on the ground. "There are so many stars in the sky... I want to see the stars..."

"Your Highness, don't lie on the ground!" Chaoyang couldn't get up no matter how hard he tried.

"Yunling, bring a thick blanket for the bed." Xie Yuzhu ordered, and then said to the helpless Chaoyang, "If the prince wants to lie down, then lie down. I will watch over him and will not let him catch a cold."

Chaoyang: "The prince rarely gets drunk. He actually cares about us, right?"

Xie Yuzhu did not answer immediately, but looked at Hua Qinfeng.

Using the ground as his bed and the sky as his quilt, Hua Qinfeng half-opened and half-closed his eyes, looking up at the sky with a smile.

Following his gaze, Xie Yuzhu also looked up and saw the sky full of stars.

Xie Yuzhu: The stars are so beautiful. Hua Qinfeng, you are a person who understands life. In Zhongdu City, you are the one who lives most like a human being.

"Which prince is like him? He is willing to admit his mistakes, be ignored, and go out drinking alone, but he is not willing to lose his temper with us." After a pause, Xie Yuzhu asked, "Chaoyang, he is a very frustrated prince, isn't he?"