WMSG Chapter 68
by VolareYu Guifei looked at Gong Xunwu somewhat timidly, and also turned her head back to look at Ye Yueshen uneasily. A strong sense of incongruity was overwhelmed by her fear, and she didn’t understand it for a moment.
She stammered and asked, “Is, is there something wrong?”
Gong Xunwu retracted his gaze from Ye Yueshen’s bewildered eyes and said calmly, “There is nothing wrong. This king is interested in this fragrance and wants to ask the Emperor for some to give to my beloved.”
“Beloved…” Yu Guifei covered her mouth in surprise, and almost blurted out, “Who is Qi Wang’s beloved?” But she was a little afraid of Gong Xunwu, and even more afraid of the palace rules, so she said nothing, and the curious gleam in her eyes quickly faded.
Ye Yueshen’s eyes lit up, and he walked over a few steps. Gong Xunwu wrapped his arm around his waist to prevent him from getting too close to Yu Guifei in an inappropriate manner.
Ye Yueshen was slow to realize what the account-warming fragrance was all about. He was a little unhappy about being stopped and looked at Gong Xunwu. The wine had made his whole person blush, and his expression and movements were slow.
Gong Xunwu originally wanted to warn him not to cause trouble, not to say too much when drunk, but he lost his temper when Ye Yueshen glared at him fiercely, and almost couldn’t help but curl his lips.
Ye Yueshen was as cute as a cat. He thought he had intimidated Gong Xunwu, so he looked at Yu Guifei again and tentatively asked, “Why did Guifei Niangniang come out?”
Yu Guifei was more relaxed with him than with Gong Xunwu, and put on a smile and said, “I came out for a walk, to look at the moon, and sober up.”
“Look at the moon…” Fragments of Ye Yueshen’s brain were mixing with his previous life. The wine melted the barriers between the two worlds, and now it was all messed up.
Ye Yueshen thought of the image of the moon and asked somewhat presumptuously, “Who is Niangniang missing?”
Gong Xunwu covered Ye Yueshen’s mouth. If they continued talking, the day the truth came out, he would have to come out and identify Ye Yueshen for offending a palace concubine.
Yu Guifei didn’t see any teasing or disrespect in Ye Yueshen’s eyes, and Ye Yueshen looked good, and he seemed very simple and well-behaved. The drunkenness didn’t turn him into an unreasonable and dangerous robber, but made him even more harmless.
“Missing my mother.” The deep palace was lonely, and even a favored concubine was lonely. Yu Guifei said of the past: “This palace’s mother has already passed away.”
These words stirred up Ye Yueshen’s thoughts again. He was originally trying to get information, but now he was focused on being sad. He had no mother since he could remember.
Gong Xunwu quietly pinched Ye Yueshen’s waist to remind him to be honest, and said to Yu Guifei, “It’s late at night and the cold is heavy. Niangniang, please go in earlier. Zherong is drunk, if there is any offense, I hope Guifei Niangniang will forgive me. This king will take his leave first.”
Yu Guifei became a little confused when she met Gong Xunwu. She gave Gong Xunwu a rather solemn salute. Gong Xunwu didn’t have time to remind her not to be so polite and left with Ye Yueshen a little anxiously.
Jiangyun Palace was very large, only a little smaller than the East Palace. If Gong Xunwu had already started a family, it could at least accommodate seven or eight wives.
But Jiangyun Palace was very quiet, and there were hardly any palace servants moving around. Ye Yueshen was supported as he walked on the veranda. He asked Gong Xunwu, “Are we almost at the palace gate?”
Having already entered the gate of Jiangyun Palace, Gong Xunwu simply stopped pretending and smiled at him, “My darling, we’re at the door of the bridal chamber.”
After a while, Ye Yueshen understood his dirty words, and immediately stopped and rebuked in a cold voice, “Do you have a conscience? You’re letting my brother wait in vain at the palace gate in this freezing weather?”
“Your brother doesn’t even have time to come to the palace banquet, does he have time to pick you up?” Gong Xunwu put his arm around Ye Yueshen’s shoulder and gently pushed him towards the bedroom, “Go inside, don’t get frostbite.”
“Gong Xunwu!” Ye Yueshen put his arm between the two of them, refusing to be captured.
Gong Xunwu was caught off guard when he was called by his full name. Not only did he not feel angry, but he also wanted to laugh. His heart felt like it was wrapped in something very soft.
“Hey, I’m here.” Gong Xunwu grabbed his cold fingers and coaxed him softly, “No matter how important things are, let’s go inside and talk.”
Originally, he thought that coaxing Ye Yueshen into the house would be a very difficult task, and he regretted telling Ye Yueshen the truth too early, but the drunk Ye Yueshen was surprisingly easy to coax. His eyes turned, seeming to think it made sense. He was already shivering from the cold, so he followed Gong Xunwu inside obediently.
Gong Xunwu took Ye Yueshen to lie down on the small couch in the bedroom. As soon as Ye Yueshen touched the pillow, he couldn’t open his eyes. The servants came in and asked if hot water had been prepared and whether he wanted to bathe.
Gong Xunwu was originally taking off Ye Yueshen’s outer robe to change him into his sleeping clothes, but when he heard this, he suddenly became a little distracted.
Ye Yueshen looked very clean, his clothes had no wrinkles, and his skin was white and clean like a peeled boiled egg.
He lowered his head to sniff, and Ye Yueshen was still fragrant, with a faint fresh scent of grapes, but Gong Xunwu really wanted to give Ye Yueshen a bath.
Without hesitating for long, he said to the servants, “Go prepare it.”
So Ye Yueshen was put into the tub in a daze, and didn’t even know he had been washed.
When Ye Yueshen woke up in the middle of the night, he was lying naked in Gong Xunwu’s arms. The quilt covered him up to his chin, warm and comfortable.
He woke up because Gong Xunwu’s arm was holding him too tightly, causing his entire back to be a little sore.
At this time, he was almost sober, and when he was awake, he had to face a lot of negative emotions and insurmountable barriers.
He took off the arm wrapped around his waist, and Gong Xunwu opened his eyes alertly, his voice a little low and hoarse when he first woke up, “Awake?”
“Don’t hold me, I can’t breathe.” Ye Yueshen turned over to the inside to distance himself from him.
Gong Xunwu looked at the back of his head and quickly fell asleep again in a satisfied and full mood.
When Ye Yueshen waited for him to fall asleep, he got up and got out of bed very gently. He stepped on the ground barefoot. The floor heating had already been lit in the winter, so it was not cold.
He looked at the door of the bedroom and hesitated for a while. If he went out now, it would be very cold at night, not to mention that just walking outside would cause a lot of noise.
So he gave up leaving now, put on his clothes that he had taken off, and rested on the small couch next to him.
When Gong Xunwu was about to wake up, he touched the side and didn’t find anyone. He suddenly opened his eyes and sat up, and breathed a sigh of relief when he found someone on the small couch.
Ye Yueshen was also awakened by his movements and looked at him blankly.
“Do you have to keep your distance from me?” Gong Xunwu had inexplicable emotions in his heart early in the morning.
Ye Yueshen rubbed his eyes and sat up, “I didn’t know you were so difficult to deal with, otherwise, I would have made a fuss in front of the Emperor and wouldn’t have concealed the matter of Du Ruxiang.”
Gong Xunwu was provoked by his anger. He would rather be involved in a murder case than be related to him.
“Relying on Qi Wang to get me out of the Du Ruxiang case was wrong in the first place. I also suffered retribution and lost everything.” Ye Yueshen sighed very lightly. He was not complaining, but seemed to be lamenting his situation of one wrong step at a time.
He looked at Gong Xunwu, “I met Yu Guifei using account-warming incense last night. If I had turned back early and handed the assassin who broke into the Marquis’s mansion to the court, everything would be clear now.”
Gong Xunwu felt a little guilty when he heard this. He asked, “I failed to protect you, do you think it’s not worth it?”
“I didn’t mean that.” Ye Yueshen seemed very surprised that he would think that way. He said very seriously, “I relied on you, and you got what you wanted. Let’s be a little more free and easy with each other, shall we end here?”
“No.” Gong Xunwu answered very quickly, his tone very stubborn.
Ye Yueshen smiled very gently, “I thought you wouldn’t agree, but I just want you to understand my attitude. Anyway, as long as you want, I can only let you pick me, I understand.”
Gong Xunwu was stunned. He always knew that Ye Yueshen was very good at speaking. He couldn’t hold Gong Xunwu not because he couldn’t reason with Gong Xunwu, but because he knew too little about many things.
He was smart and sober, but he lacked the experience to fight against a bastard like Gong Xunwu, Gong Xunwu thought.
But Gong Xunwu was still surprised when he heard Ye Yueshen’s negative tone.
Ye Yueshen knew how to poke his heart, he didn’t know before because Ye Yueshen was soft-hearted.
“I was too impatient.” Gong Xunwu’s voice was still very hoarse, “I shouldn’t have threatened you when you were embarrassed. This time I’ll take it slowly, let’s start with romance, okay?”
Ye Yueshen was very disappointed, “No, you have been spoiled by your power and status, you are not a normal person at all.”
Gong Xunwu wanted to say something, but was interrupted by Ye Yueshen, “If there was no Du Ruxiang incident, we would not have any intersection at all. If there was no calculation and threat from you, I wouldn’t even let you touch my finger. Perhaps in the eyes of the Emperor and Empress Dowager, you are a precious younger brother and younger son, but in my eyes you are a gloomy, fierce and unreasonable robber.”
The robber Gong Xunwu had no room to refute, he watched Ye Yueshen’s eyes become more and more red, and even his lips were trembling.
“Don’t cry.” Gong Xunwu walked to his side and subconsciously wanted to hold his face, but Ye Yueshen turned away.
Shaou knocked on the door and came in, “Your Highness, there is movement in the East Palace.”
“Get out.” Gong Xunwu didn’t even turn his head, his attention was all on Ye Yueshen.
Shaou was visibly anxious, “Your Highness, the Crown Prince has gone to complain. The Empress Dowager heard the news and sent someone to say that the Emperor is going to be angry and will not allow you to investigate any further.”
Ye Yueshen also felt that there was no need for this, so he persuaded him, “I already know who wants to kill me, you don’t need to offend the Emperor for me.”
Shaou’s instinctive reaction was too late to suppress, he looked at Ye Yueshen with some doubt, made a little sound in his throat and then stopped abruptly.
Ye Yueshen was stunned for a moment, and quickly understood what Shaou meant: the matter Gong Xunwu was investigating had nothing to do with him, he was being sentimental.
“Since you’re busy, I won’t stay any longer.” Ye Yueshen got up and left. Gong Xunwu grabbed his hand, turned his shoulder and forced him to listen to himself, “Yueshen, you still don’t understand, if I were really unreasonable and used the identity of Qi Wang to oppress you, you wouldn’t even be able to see the sun now.”
Gong Xunwu let go of him, “You go back first, but our matter is not over yet, Shaou, you personally send him.”
Ye Yueshen was so angry that he wanted to scold someone. He turned his head to look at the road very hard, and didn’t say another word.
Gong Xunwu not only didn’t keep him, but said such words to him. It was as if it was already a favor not to cut off his hands and feet.
Ye Yueshen was sent to the palace gate by Shaou, and saw the Ye family’s carriage that had been waiting outside the palace for a long time. Ye Lingshen and Xuě Dōng were standing outside the carriage, stamping their feet and talking.
“No need to bother.” Ye Yueshen couldn’t help but vent his anger on Shaou and was a little indifferent to him, but Shaou didn’t think there was anything wrong with it at all. Gong Xunwu’s temperament usually didn’t give him any smiles, and Ye Yueshen was very polite to him even when he was angry.
“Second brother, Xuě Dōng.” Ye Yueshen walked over, “You came really early.”
Ye Lingshen gave a strange laugh, “Mother came even earlier, and has already gone to Heyun Palace to ask the Empress Dowager.”
Ye Yueshen was a little puzzled, “Ask the Empress Dowager for what?”
“Ask the Empress Dowager to restrain Qi Wang.” Ye Lingshen raised his hand, his palm pressed on his shoulder and gradually exerted force, “The whole family knows about you and Qi Wang.”
Ye Yueshen rubbed his temples, feeling a burst of powerlessness.
Ye Lingshen took half a step back and raised his chin towards the carriage, “Get in the carriage and go home.”
“Going home, are you going to be confined to reflect?” Ye Yueshen thought for a while, “Then I can’t go home now, I still have something to do.”
Ye Lingshen looked at him with some amusement, “What else do you want to do?”
“I’m going to the other courtyard where the Third Prince is imprisoned.” Ye Yueshen’s tone was very natural, not like he was joking at all, “Second brother, I must go, if you’re not worried, come with me.”
Ye Yueshen climbed into the sedan chair by himself, pushed the door open and looked back at Ye Lingshen, who was helpless, and urged him, “Get in the sedan?”