WMSG Chapter 92

Chapter 92: Let Your Ninth Brother Play With You

Ye Yueshen sat down in the side hall. Gong Xunwu glanced at the palace servants, and they all left. Ju Su looked at the servants, then at Gong Xunwu, and then walked towards Ye Yueshen with some uncertainty, turning his head to look back again midway.

Gong Xunwu asked him, “Why are you staring at me?”

“Afraid you’ll chase me away.” Ju Su always had a hint of schadenfreude. He took Ye Yueshen’s pulse and said something unrelated to the cold in a very idle manner, “Your body isn’t very good, is it?”

“…” Ye Yueshen thought, how novel. Everyone who knows him knows his body isn’t strong, but he still has the luck to survive desperate situations. He faintly mocked, “Are you asking me? Are you the imperial physician or am I?”

Ju Su clicked his tongue, but he wasn’t actually angry. Instead, it was a kind of aroused fighting spirit, full of interest. He smoothed Ye Yueshen’s cuffs and said while rummaging through the medicine box, “Your body isn’t good, so you should be careful usually. Unlike His Royal Highness Prince Qi, even if his palms are pierced, he doesn’t recuperate.”

Ye Yueshen’s eyelashes trembled. Ju Su continued, “I told the Empress Dowager, and the Emperor issued an imperial decree to have his palms slapped for two days. They barely healed for a few days before he undid it. I don’t know what he’s busy with outside.”

Ye Yueshen could guess in his heart that he was probably busy chasing after him.

“I wonder which little Elf…” Ju Su was interrupted by Gong Xunwu before he could finish speaking.

The preceding part could be considered helping Gong Xunwu sell misery. This method was right in line with Ye Yueshen’s soft heart, but the latter sentence, which involved derogatory teasing, was unnecessary, which Gong Xunwu could not tolerate.

“Watch your tongue.” Gong Xunwu threatened him lightly.

Ju Su didn’t dare protest his unappreciative performance. He quietly took out a medicinal pill for Ye Yueshen to take. Ye Yueshen was in a bad mood at the moment and didn’t like looking at him, so he turned his head to the side and didn’t take the medicine.

As soon as he turned away, he felt like he was being a bit childish. What was he doing? People were coming to treat him, but he was sulking and acting up. Thinking of this, he felt a little embarrassed.

Gong Xunwu came over to take the medicine, but Ju Su took it back. He said to Gong Xunwu, “Please trouble Your Highness to pick some candied fruit for Young Master Yue. Young Master Yue has been picky lately and wants the best.”

This was an attempt to send him away. Gong Xunwu wouldn’t leave for any other reason, but the candied fruit was for Ye Yueshen, so he glared at Ju Su and left.

“Young Master Yue, this humble official is truly in awe.” Ju Su cupped his fist at Ye Yueshen, “Look at how you’ve disciplined His Royal Highness Prince Qi. Why not have mercy and give His Highness a chance to work like an ox or a horse?”

From Ju Su’s attitude towards him, Ye Yueshen could easily see that Ju Su’s relationship with Gong Xunwu was extraordinary, at least somewhat intimate.

Ye Yueshen had hardly seen anyone dare to be glib in front of Gong Xunwu, but Ju Su dared, and his words and actions were very clever. He seemed unrestrained and unreserved, but in reality, he rarely stepped on Gong Xunwu’s landmines, and even every word he said was in line with Gong Xunwu’s wishes.

“Don’t try to persuade me.” Ye Yueshen looked at him and said, “I’m afraid I’ll rebel.”

This sentence was very lethal, and Ju Su really didn’t dare to say anything. He poured out a medicinal pill for Ye Yueshen, “It’s windy today, and Young Master Yue isn’t dressed warmly. Remember to drink a large bowl of ginger soup to dispel the cold when you go back today.”

Ye Yueshen nodded, “I’ll remember.”

“You’re very obedient.” Ju Su started to nag again, “Unlike His Royal Highness Prince Qi, he really can’t stand even a bit of ginger. He won’t listen if you ask him to drink ginger soup to dispel the cold. Fortunately, he has a good body and can withstand both major and minor injuries.”

Ju Su stopped what he was doing and looked at Ye Yueshen very seriously, advising him, “Young Master Yue, don’t learn from His Royal Highness Prince Qi. Your body can’t compare to his.”

Ye Yueshen was a little distracted. It turned out that Gong Xunwu hated ginger, but when he fed him ginger soup last night… Ye Yueshen remembered that the only time he made something for Gong Xunwu to eat, he made ginger milk curd.

Gong Xunwu ate it very well, not leaving a bit, and didn’t show that he didn’t like it.

Gong Xunwu returned with a large plate of candied fruit, a large white jade round plate with five different kinds of candied fruit on it. Ye Yueshen chose one with the best color and took it with the medicinal pill.

Ju Su checked Gong Xunwu’s hand injury again and forcibly applied some ointment to Gong Xunwu before leaving.

Not long after, a servant came to announce that the Emperor wanted them to come over.

Ye Yueshen felt like he had gone through a pointless trip, but in the Imperial Palace, he could only be forced to be without complaint in the face of imperial power. He went out with Gong Xunwu. Before going in, Gong Xunwu asked him, “Are you wearing too little? Do you feel cold?”

“It’s okay.” Ye Yueshen’s voice fell as he reached the door. After he entered, he quietly bowed to the Emperor and Empress Dowager.

The Junzhu’s face was even paler. She forced a comforting smile at Ye Yueshen.

“Little Yue.” The Emperor called him, “Have you been studying hard lately?”

Ye Yueshen thought for a moment, “I’ve been playful lately, so…”

“What’s wrong with children being playful? You’re still young.” The Emperor smiled, not minding at all, “It’s good that you like to play. Let your Ninth Brother play with you.”

Ye Yueshen understood that this was a subtle way of conveying an attitude to him. The Imperial Family recognized Gong Xunwu’s feelings for him and would no longer use seniority to hinder them.

The Empress Dowager touched her nose a little uncomfortably. The Junzhu was expressionless and motionless. The greatest compromise she could make was to listen to Ye Yueshen’s wishes in everything. She wouldn’t interfere.

No matter how thick-skinned the Emperor and Empress Dowager were, they would be embarrassed to persuade Ye Yueshen to follow Gong Xunwu, so this matter still depended on whether Gong Xunwu could move Ye Yueshen’s heart.

Ye Yueshen didn’t speak.

The Emperor didn’t feel awkward either. He didn’t mind Ye Yueshen’s little temper and said to him, “The deposed Crown Prince once bullied you.I knows. If you want any compensation, just ask. The Fifth Prince isn’t honest either.I will help you vent your anger.”

Ye Yueshen was silent for a moment before shaking his head, “I don’t need compensation. Just give my brother more money.”

The Empress Dowager couldn’t help but laugh. The Junzhu also gave him a reproachful look, but there was finally a hint of a smile on the corner of her mouth.

The Emperor laughed for a while before saying, “The deposed Crown Prince won’t confess his guilt, and the court officials need an explanation. Your Ninth Brother doesn’t know if it’s because of a lack of ability or if his mind is no longer on official matters. He went to the big prison once but couldn’t get anyone to open their mouth. He actually stopped going and doesn’t know what he’s busy with all day.”

Ye Yueshen thought that this was going to settle accounts with him for “seducing” Gong Xunwu into not doing his job properly. He immediately felt a surge of anger in his heart, waiting to loudly retort when the Emperor asked.

But the Emperor didn’t play according to his expectations. Instead, he said, “Little Yue is a clever child. Can you help your Ninth Brother?”

Ye Yueshen felt like he was being coaxed like a child, but he didn’t dare to get angry with the Emperor and didn’t want to speak out of embarrassment.

“Go.” The Emperor waved his hand at him, “Your mother is waiting for you in Heyun Palace, not going anywhere. You and your Ninth Brother go for a walk… give him some ideas.”

Ye Yueshen and Gong Xunwu left Heyun Palace. He thought in his heart that it would be great if he had transmigrated into Gong Xunwu. Having an Emperor who indulged him as a brother was really doing whatever he wanted. No matter how outrageous the matter was, he would agree to it.

“Imperial Brother is worried about my marriage.” Gong Xunwu said this, as if he also felt that the arrangement just now was a bit embarrassing, but he was actually happy in his heart.

Ye Yueshen looked at him, “To tell the truth, does Gong Ruilin’s confession even matter?”

Gong Xunwu didn’t deceive him either and said very frankly, “Yes.”

“I knew it.” Ye Yueshen said in a very soft voice. He pondered for a while and asked Gong Xunwu, “How is Consort Yu doing now?”

“She’s been placed under house arrest.” Gong Xunwu wasn’t too sure. He didn’t care where a consort who dared to have an affair with the Crown Prince was now, nor was he curious, “She must have already been demoted to a commoner.”

“Let’s go see her.” Ye Yueshen suggested.