Qi Demon Trap

Under the night, the Shangshu Mansion was quiet, but Zhu Jingchen couldn't sleep. He was worried about his father's condition, but he couldn't do anything.

"Qi Demon, what's your name?" Looking at the Qi Demon sleeping next door, he asked curiously instead of thinking about it.

"Defying the sky." After dropping two words, Qi Mo turned around and ignored him.

Without giving up, he tugged on the sleeve of Qi Demon, and continued to ask, "Goddammit, how long have you lived?"

"sleep."

"You've been sleeping for so long, do you still want to sleep?" the boss said unhappily.

What is the difference between going to sleep and a pig?

Of course, he didn't dare to say this in front of Qi Demon, if he was offended, he would be in big trouble.

"That's not sleep." The Qi Demon was a little annoyed.

According to the cycle, he should have slept for 50 years, but this time he was woken up after only 20 years of sleep. Although it did not damage his power, his energy and spirit were somewhat affected.

"What is it if you don't want to sleep? I don't think you really want to sleep. Why don't you tell me how you were injured?" Zhu Jingchen recalled what the Qi Demon had said to him before. It was a word, but he still wanted to hear the process.

"Go out if you don't sleep." Let his ears be quiet.

"I..." There was no response for a while, so Zhu Jingchen had no choice but to shut his mouth, staring at the top of the bed in a daze.

But he was still very curious about Qi Demon, but it was a pity that the other party kept turning his back to him, and gradually felt sleepy.

He just fell asleep in a daze, and when his shoulder hurt, he immediately opened his eyes, and saw the Qi Demon sitting up and frowning, as if he was not very happy.

"What's wrong?" Sleepy, he yawned.

"There's someone up there."

Zhu Jingchen quickly sat up, pricked up his ears, there was indeed a sound on the roof.

The footsteps were very light, and if you didn't listen carefully, you still couldn't hear them. The people who came should be masters, and there were quite a few of them.

"Who do you think it is?" Zhu Jingchen asked with a smile, pointing to the roof.

With Qi Demon by his side, he wasn't worried at all, and couldn't help joking.

Of course he knew that they were the ones who wanted his life. These people are so courageous, they dared to break into Shangshu's mansion at night!

"Disturb me to death." With a sneer, the figure of Qi Demon disappeared in the blink of an eye, and Zhu Jingchen could only shout towards the place where his figure disappeared.

"Remember to leave a few alive, I still have to ask questions."

In less than a cup of tea, Qi Demon landed in front of him with two men in black, casually threw them to his feet, clapped his hands, and continued to lie back to sleep, as if nothing had happened.

"Awesome!" He clicked his tongue, admiring the ability of Qi Demon.

It is worthy of being a demon with profound magic power, who can solve a lot of masters in three or two strokes.

After finding Cui Shangshu, he carefully interrogated the two immobilized assassins. After some coercion and temptation, he got the information he wanted, and then asked Cui Shangshu to put the two back before returning to the room.

"You let them go?" Hearing the noise, Qi Demon turned his head.

"Well, anyway, the news about me in the Shangshu Mansion has been leaked, why don't you let them go back and report the news, knowing that I have you as an expert by my side, Brother Dahuang might be more cautious." He curled his lips and lay down, With his arms behind his head, he was completely sleepless.

It seems that during his time away from Beijing, the court and China have changed a lot.

The father, who had always been in good health, fell ill due to a small wind and cold. The prince's party was ready to move, and the other princes were in danger. They were worried that the narrow-minded elder brother would be the first to seek surgery after he ascended the throne.

Thinking of his father who was ill, he wished he could rush into the palace immediately to see how his father was doing.

"Guardian, are you really sure to help me?"

Things have come to this point, his life is in danger, so what can he talk about the throne?

"You'll find out tomorrow."

I was speechless all night, and didn't fall asleep until it was almost dawn, but I just fell asleep, but was woken up.

Cui Shangshu's voice came from outside the room, and the knock on the door was louder than that, as if there was something urgent.

"Third Highness, Third Highness."

"What's the matter?" He quickly sat up, rubbed his red eyes that hadn't slept all night, and got up to open the door.

As soon as Cui Shangshu entered the door, he excitedly shook his shoulders and said: "Good news, the emperor ordered someone to post a yellow list, and called His Highness to return to Beijing immediately."

"what?!"

Father should think that he is still in the south of the Yangtze River, so why did he suddenly call him back to Beijing?

Isn't this a trap set by the big emperor brother and the queen, waiting for him to slip into it?

"The emperor woke up this morning and he was all healed. He said that the heavenly master entrusted him with a dream. He said that his highness learned that the emperor was sick in the south of the Yangtze River and returned to Beijing overnight. On the way, he was killed by an adulterer. He hid in a foreign land to heal his wounds, but his life was safe, so An imperial decree was issued early in the morning to announce to the world.”

"Heavenly Master entrusts a dream..." He subconsciously looked back, only to see that the Qi Demon had already woken up, was sitting at the table, drinking tea with a blank expression on his face.

Father has always believed in Taoism, he did not expect that the Qi Demon would be so powerful that he could entrust his father with a dream, and solve all problems easily.

The words of gratitude were in his mouth, but because of Cui Shangshu's presence, he didn't say anything.

"Your Highness, hurry up and change your clothes. I will go to the palace with you to meet the saint. Don't keep the emperor waiting too long." Seeing that he didn't move, Cui Shangshu urged him.

"Okay, Cui Shangshu, please wait a moment."

Zhu Jingchen changed into a brand new robe, brocade clothes and jade belt, and his face was radiant, as if his whole body was plated with gold.

But when the three of them left the door, they saw only two sedan chairs in front of the door, Zhu Jingchen frowned.

"Your Highness, forgive me for my negligence, I ordered my servants to prepare another one."

"No need, please, Cui Shangshu sent two people to send Ni Tian to my residence." Zhu Jingchen turned around and ordered Cui Shangshu.

He felt that it is not very good to rashly bring the Qi Demon into the palace. There are many rules in the palace. When the time comes to face the saint, he will definitely not kneel down to worship according to the etiquette.

"No, I'll go by myself."

The corner of Qi Mo's mouth twitched, he rejected his kindness, and strode away in front of everyone, which made him extremely embarrassed.

"Third Highness, your savior has a very temper." Cui Shangshu was a little surprised.

"Yeah, he's always lived in the mountains, and he's used to doing his own way." Zhu Jingchen could only relax his cheeks for the Qi Demon, but he couldn't help laughing after he finished speaking.

If Qi Demon knew what he said, he would probably stare at him coldly with green eyes and ignore him for a few days.

After a few days of getting along with each other, he gradually understood the temper of the qi demon - if people don't offend me, I won't offend others.As long as he doesn't take the initiative to provoke, Qi Demon is easy to talk to.

"So that's the case, His Highness has been wronged."

"It's getting late, let's enter the palace quickly." Not wanting to talk about Qi Demon, he turned back to business.

In the evening, Zhu Jingchen returned to the Third Prince's Mansion, his handsome face was slightly tired, and the servants of the mansion rushed forward, serving tea and delivering pastries, no one was idle.

"Where is the butler?" Sitting on the carved mahogany chair, he stretched out his hand and rubbed his nose, and called out.

"Your Highness, the little one is here." A man in a blue shirt in his forties stood beside him, and respectfully handed over a hot towel.

"Where is the sky guard?"

"Ah?" The butler looked blank.

"It's the son who came to the house today, where did you arrange him to live?" He frowned displeased.

Today, I saw my father in the palace, and my father's condition is not bad, but his face is not very good.

His father asked him how he got into trouble, and he answered truthfully. His father asked him again if he knew who was going to assassinate him, and when he was hesitant to tell his guess, the queen came suddenly and interrupted their father and son's conversation .

When leaving the palace, the queen ordered someone to take him to the side hall to remind him that his father is not in good health, so don't talk nonsense in front of his father, so as not to annoy him.

He immediately understood that his every move had already fallen into the eyes of the prince faction. If he acted rashly, not only would he have nothing to do with the prince, but he might even be bitten back. Everything needed a long-term plan.

"It turned out to be the young master. Don't worry, Your Highness. The servant placed him in the East Chamber, but he didn't want anyone to serve him, so he drove out some of the servant girls he sent."

"Well, you go down."

This was expected, Zhu Jingchen waved the butler away, got up and walked towards the east chamber, but unexpectedly, he was in vain.

how come?Could it be that Qi Mo blamed him for leaving him alone in the mansion, and left without saying goodbye in a fit of anger?

The other party has a weird temper and willful behavior. He has experienced it before, and the more he thinks about it, the more he feels that it is possible. When Zhu Jingchen hurriedly wanted to call someone to look for it, the Qi Demon suddenly appeared in the room, and his whole body was emitting heat, and he had already recovered. His long hair was also wet and draped over his shoulders, and his clothes were half uncovered and his naked chest was still stained with water.

Transparent drops of water slid down his strong waist and disappeared into the trousers, leaving a large wet mark.

Zhu Jingchen couldn't help but swallowed a mouthful of saliva, it was the first time he discovered that a man had such a sexy look.

"Why didn't you say anything when you went to take a shower?" He said dully, with a little complaint.

"I don't like it." Qi Demon still cherishes words like gold.

"Where are you going next time, please leave a note." Zhu Jingchen had no choice but to shake his head helplessly.

His eyes couldn't help but drift towards Qi Mo's body, just in time to see Qi Mo taking off his shirt, he felt his mouth dry and couldn't help cursing himself inwardly.Thinking nonsense, this person in front of him is not only a man with him, but also a demon, he actually has lust for him, it must be because he hasn't touched a woman for a long time!

Thinking back to the last time he touched a woman, it should have been half a year ago when he went to Mr. Gu's mansion and accepted the service of an orchid in his mansion.

"The hot spring is good." Qi Demon quickly changed his clothes, flicked his long hair, and dried it in the blink of an eye.

"what?"

Immersed in his own thoughts, he didn't realize it for a while, and it took him a while to realize that the Qi Demon was referring to the place where he usually bathed.

When his father gave him this house, he liked the hot spring the most, so he built the bathroom on top of the hot spring.

"If you like it, just soak it every day."

I didn't expect Qi Demon to like to soak in hot springs. This is quite similar to him. It seems that it would be nice to have a chance to soak in hot springs together in the future...

Unable to bear it, he began to imagine a picture of a beauty coming out of the bath in his mind.

"No need." Qi Demon rejected his offer.

He also only went to soak for freshness, but he didn't have much time to waste on pleasure. After all, the purpose of his trip to the capital was to help Zhu Jingchen sit on the throne, and then exchange for 50 years of life.

"It's just in time for you to come back. Let me tell you about the affairs in the palace." Shrugging his shoulders, Zhu Jingchen quickly put away the reverie in his heart and returned to the subject.

"Say." The servant leaned lazily on the soft couch, the Qi Demon closed his eyes and rested.

"It's like this..."

He was frothy talking, and he didn't stop until his mouth was dry, but he found that the Qi Demon didn't move, even the sound of breathing was very slight, as if he was asleep.

"Are you listening to me?"

He said so much, but the other party didn't even respond, Zhu Jingchen couldn't help but feel depressed.

"You seem to have forgotten your identity." Qi Demon finally opened his eyes and reminded him coldly.

He already knew what happened in the palace, and there was nothing in this world that he didn't know about.

He looked at the Qi Demon in great surprise, "It means that you have been aware of the activities of the Prince's Faction?"

"nature."

"Then what are you going to do next?" His black eyes sparkled.

It seems that he really met a nobleman, and the ability of Qi Demon is far superior to what he thought.

"It's not the deity who will do it, but you. You have to fight for the throne yourself. The deity can only change your luck and help you ascend the throne. It doesn't promise that you will become the emperor."

People say that success depends on luck for three parts and hard work for seven parts. What he can control is that three parts of luck.

"Having said that, you should help me with my plan." Feeling that what Qi Mo said was also reasonable, he decided to settle for the next best thing.

The prince's faction is huge, and there are two big backers, the queen and the prime minister. It's not easy to bring down the big emperor brother?

"I am not your advisor."

"Forget it, I don't count on you anymore, I'll just figure out a way for myself." He waved his hand distractedly, and strode away from the east chamber.

The corner of Qi Mo's mouth curled up slightly, not angry at his angrily leaving, but a little appreciative of him.

"It's pretty solid."

Half a month later

At dusk, a soft sedan chair carried by four people stopped at the gate of the Third Prince's Mansion. The bearer carefully lifted the curtain of the sedan chair, and the person sitting in the sedan chair was Zhu Jingchen who had just returned from outside.

He was leaning in the sedan chair with his forehead supported, his starry eyes slightly closed, and the tiredness on his face couldn't be hidden.

"Your Highness, you're back." The butler who was waiting at the door strode forward and passed his arm over.

"I'm exhausted." Zhu Jingchen wearily supported the hand of the butler and walked out of the sedan chair.

"Your Highness has worked hard."

As soon as he entered the gate, he suddenly remembered something, paused, then turned his head and asked: "Well, the one in the east wing didn't cause trouble." He didn't forget that there was a Qi Demon hidden in the mansion, so don't let that guy be in front of him. Something happened when I left the house.

"No, Mr. Ni hasn't come out all day." The housekeeper reported truthfully.

"That's good." He let out a breath and continued to walk in.

I received Cui Shangshu's invitation yesterday, and I woke up early today, apparently to attend Miss Cui Er's wedding ceremony, but in fact I had a private conversation with Cui Shangshu, unexpectedly it was getting dark while talking.

I wanted to come back and have a chat with the Qi Demon, but right now I'm mentally weak and my mind is in a mess, so I'd better wait until tomorrow.

As soon as he entered the hall and sat down, wiped his face with a wet towel, and took the hot tea handed by the butler, he saw a white figure beside the door.

"Where did you go?" The cold words were not warm at all, and the Qi Demon asked.

The servants around him have gradually become accustomed to the unruly attitude towards him from the initial shock. Who told him to be the savior of the Third Highness, and the Third Highness does not blame him for his lack of words. What can they say?

"Go out for a while." Zhu Jingchen threw the teacup to the butler, raised his eyes, and looked at the Qi Demon calmly.

He didn't mention the matter of going to Cui's mansion with Qi Mo, and he hurried out again in the morning, and only remembered it when he arrived at Cui's mansion, it was already inconvenient to tell Qi Mo about it.

Seeing that the Qi Demon's face is very ugly, isn't he angry?

Qi Demon frowned and said, "Don't say where you are going, you really don't think the deity exists."

He had been meditating in his room all day, and seeing that it was getting dark, he realized that he hadn't seen Zhu Jingchen all day, and was about to get up and go to the front to have a look, but he heard His Highness calling back to the mansion from outside, so he hurried over .

Of course he can use spells to investigate, but what he cares about is Zhu Jingchen's attitude, he is a great Qi Demon, how can he allow little humans to be contemptuous?

"I'm going to Cui Shangshu's residence." Zhu Jingchen replied truthfully without hiding anything.

"Go to Cui Shangshu, why are you so tired?" Qi Mo stared at him, his whole body was chilled, and his tone became severe.

"Today is Miss Cui Er's wedding ceremony. There are quite a few ministers who have gone, and I have a headache dealing with each of them." He supported his forehead and frowned slightly.

"Have a headache, don't rest early." Seeing his complexion, the Qi Demon didn't continue to ask.

"Let's go now." He got up and walked around the Qi Demon, only wanting to go back to the room early to rest.

The moment the two passed by, the Qi Demon's expression turned ugly again, and he took a step back in disgust, "Didn't you go to the Cui Mansion, why do you smell like a woman?"

He had smelled this smell before, and it was clearly the smell of powder on a woman's body.

This Zhu Jingchen has great ambitions, but now it seems that he is just a womanizer rolling in a pile of makeup. A person like him wants to help him fight for the world?What a joke!

Although he doesn't care who becomes the emperor, he has no leisure to help a Dou sit on the throne.

"The smell of a woman?" Zhu Jingchen raised his sleeve and smelled it. There was indeed a pungent smell of makeup powder, and he didn't pay attention when he came back in a hurry.

The Qi Demon sneered and said, "You didn't go to the Shangshu Mansion, but to the Qinglou Drinking Flower Bar?" The voice grew louder and louder, shaking the room a few times, and the butler beside him was so frightened that his legs went weak.

"I don't." Zhu Jingchen flicked his sleeves and denied it.

"It's no wonder if you don't, then where does the powdery smell on your body come from?" Qi Demon questioned him in front of the housekeeper without giving him any sympathy.

Zhu Jingchen puffed his cheeks and was about to lose his temper, but he lost his temper under the stare of the Qi Demon. "That's...you go back to my room and tell me."

Knowing that the Qi Demon had misunderstood him, and it was not good to quarrel with him in public, and the secret conversation with Cui Shangshu would be troublesome if it fell into the ears of interested people, he hurriedly dragged the Qi Demon inside.

"Your Highness—"

The poor butler was on the sidelines cleaning up the mess, and seeing the master who had never been close to a man dragging the handsome Qi Demon into the house like a sweetheart, he couldn't help but start thinking wildly.

When did the master fall in love with a man?

No wonder His Highness tolerated Young Master Ni Tian in every possible way. It seems that it was not only because Young Master Ni Tian saved his life, but also because Young Master Ni Tian was his best friend at all. Throwing a tantrum?

"boom--"

The door was closed heavily, Zhu Jingchen's gloomy face became even more ugly, and smoke almost came out from the top of his head.

"I went to the Shangshu Mansion, and the singers came up to toast, and the powdery smell probably came from that time." Sitting on the chair, he barely suppressed his anger and explained to the demon.

What he did was all to deceive people. Everyone was there at the time, and he didn't drink, but he looked weird.

"The enemy is in front of you, you are still in the mood to drink." Qi Demon contemptuously swept over the rouge marks left by the woman on his lapel, his eyes were full of sarcasm.

"You think I want to? There's no other way. If I don't pretend to be drunk, I won't be able to leave the table to discuss important matters with Cui Shangshu. I don't know what they rubbed on those divas, so I just want to..." Just finished speaking , He raised his head and sneezed several times.

To be honest, he didn't like the thick makeup on a woman's body. In contrast, he felt that the faint scent of soap on Qi Demon's body after showering was much better.

"If you think it smells bad, don't wash it off." Qi Demon pushed him, and his face became much more relaxed.

"Do you understand what I mean?" Zhu Jingchen looked up cautiously.

In fact, he was really afraid that the Qi Demon would get angry. If the Qi Demon left, where would he go to find someone?

Unknowingly, his reliance on Qi Demon has become extraordinary, but he himself has not noticed it.

"I don't understand, I just don't like women..." Halfway through the words, Qi Demon suddenly shut up.

"Don't like women, don't you like men?" He exclaimed, losing his composure.

If Qi Demon likes men, shouldn't he find some handsome young men...

But just imagining the qi demon hugging the beautiful boy and flirting with him, he felt inexplicably uncomfortable in his heart, or he should just be himself... But anyway, he is also a dignified prince, how can he commit himself to others?

But if Qi Demon is willing to do the following one, he doesn't mind!

This demon is really beautiful, more beautiful than any woman he has ever seen. Before, he couldn't imagine why the same sex could have lust. It wasn't until he got to know Qi Demon that he realized that he has a charm that transcends gender, which makes people feel involuntarily. be attracted.

He wanted to think about it, but he didn't have the guts to put the Qi Demon under his body. With the unfathomable magic power of the Qi Demon, it is estimated that he could send him to the west with just one finger.

"This deity hates the smell of women." With a flash of light in his eyes, the Qi Demon said impatiently.

At that time, it was because there were so many demon girls around the demon king, and he didn't bother to kill women, so he was seriously injured by the demon king's sneak attack. Since then, he has rejected women even more.

"It seems that I think too much..." Realizing that he had misunderstood, he was actually a little disappointed.

"Go, I have something to talk to you about."

"Do you want to wash together?"

There was a commotion just now, and the Qi Demon also had a lot of rouge on his body, and he could smell it.

"No need." Regarding Zhu Jingchen's suggestion, Qi Demon curled his lips in disgust.

He doesn't like getting too close to people, let alone bathing together.

"If you don't wash it, don't wash it, and I didn't ask you to wash it." Shrugging, he went straight to the bathtub.

Refreshed after bathing, it was rare for him to relax. Zhu Jingchen leaned on the soft couch in a silk gown, enjoying the fresh fruit on the table.

The qi demon entered immediately, and the pungent smell had disappeared from his body, so he must have washed it elsewhere.

"Speak up if you have something to say."

"The emperor's deadline is coming soon." Qi Demon said calmly, as if it was not a big deal.

But these words hit Zhu Jingchen's heart like a hammer.

"Kuang!" The plate fell to the ground, shattered into several pieces, and the fruit scattered all over the floor.

"You...you say it again!" He jumped up and shouted while grabbing Qi Demon's lapel.

"The emperor will not live for more than one year."

"You're talking nonsense."

If you don't believe it, he will never believe it!He just entered the palace to see his father the day before yesterday, and his father was still fine, talking and laughing with him, how could he not survive a year?

"Lie to you, what's the benefit of this deity?" The Qi Demon didn't move, allowing him to vent.

"Yes... why did you lie to me..."

His arms hang down in a slump, as if all the strength in his body has been sucked away, he clutches his chest in despair, his eyes are lifeless.

His father is his only relative in this world, and now even his father has to leave him——

Seeing his appearance, Qi Mo couldn't bear it, and said the reason, "Your father has a heart disease."

"Father has always been thinking about mother and concubine..." He muttered to himself, and suddenly realized.

Since the death of the concubine mother, her Weiyang Palace has been idle, and the emperor father would go there to pay her respects from time to time.

Especially on the anniversary of the death of the mother and concubine, the father would stay alone in the Weiyang Palace all night, and only turned up red-eyed until dawn.

Although his father never mentioned his mother and concubine in front of him, he knew that he was seven or eight points like his mother and concubine. Every time his father looked at him, his eyes were full of tenderness and longing.

"I might as well entrust your father with a dream and ask him to make you a prince." Seeing Zhu Jingchen's reaction, the Qi Demon touched his chin and suggested this.

It is true that the emperor loves Zhu Jingchen, as long as the emperor's guilt towards Zhu Jingchen is deepened, it is not difficult to change the crown prince.

Hearing this, Zhu Jingchen smiled wryly, "Hehe, do you think the father doesn't want to? The key now is not the father, the father has long wanted to abolish the crown prince, but because of the influence of the queen and the prime minister, once the father really does that , the prince faction is bound to take action, and the father is standing still because of the overall situation.

"The plan now is to find out the evidence that the eldest brother intends to murder me and the prime minister formed a party to frame Zhongliang as soon as possible, so as to have a chance to catch them all."

"Could it be that they will obediently confess their crimes?" He naturally did not understand the palace struggle as thoroughly as Zhu Jingchen did, so he couldn't help but question it.

"So we need to collect complete evidence of the crime. Once they are convicted, they will also lose the hearts of the people. At that time, even if they go all out and try to force the palace, they will be accused of being a traitor and cause public resentment. I can't sit still, and I might be pulled down at any time."

"Then what are you going to do next?" Listening to his analysis, Qi Demon felt more and more that Zhu Jingchen was not simple.

After pondering for a while, he said honestly, "Tomorrow I'm going out of the house."

"To see the prince?"

"En." He picked up the red invitation card on the table, "I'm worried that I won't have a chance to catch Brother Da Huang. Brother Da Huang sent someone to send the invitation card early this morning. I can't let this go."

With his arms folded around his chest, the Qi Demon raised his eyebrows and asked, "There is no good banquet, are you sure you want to go?"

"Even if it's a Hongmen banquet, I'm going too." If you don't enter the tiger's den, you won't get a tiger cub. The big emperor brother is coming to your door, so naturally you can't miss it.

And even if he doesn't go, Brother Dahuang will still find a way to invite him to go, it's better to come to the door by himself, anyway, with Qi Demon by his side, at least his life will be safe.

"Then you go."

"Tomorrow, I will thank you, come with me." Hearing the Qi Demon's concerned words, his eyes curled into a smile.

"Aren't you afraid that this deity will scare the prince?" Qi Demon pursed his thin lips slightly.No wonder he was so happy, it turned out that he had turned his idea on himself.

"Don't be afraid, tomorrow you will become black-haired and black-eyed."

In fact, the Qi Demon was born very handsome, with picturesque features and slender limbs. If it wasn't for being too tall, some people would believe that she was a woman.

He thought he was tall and straight, but standing with the Qi Demon, he was half a head shorter.

"Aren't you afraid of being rumored to be as good as Long Yang?" The sword eyebrows were raised, and there was more playfulness in the green eyes of the Qi Demon.

There were a few servants in the mansion who guessed this way before, thinking that he hadn't heard it, but he just didn't bother to pay attention, otherwise all those people's tongues would be cut off by him.

"You are not afraid, so what am I afraid of? What's more, with your beauty, I can earn money by being my male favourite." He glanced at Qi Mo's handsome face, raised his head and laughed loudly.