Hearing this, Huo Wujiu snorted, put the wine glass back on the table, frowned and clipped some dishes to suppress the bitter taste.
Huo Yuyan feigned concern and said, “It’s all because of my negligence. Come and replace the wine on the table. Wujiu is here, so why did you serve this medicinal wine on the table?”
He went so far as to replace the medicinal wine to accompany Huo Wujiu.
Seeing this, Huo Wujiu raised his hand and pressed the jar.
“Forget it.” He lightly looked at Huo Yuyan, as if he did not see through his drama, and said. “You are not well. Let’s just drink this.”
“But…” Huo Yuyan put on an ashamed and guilty look.
“It’s fine.” Huo Wujiu was too lazy to dwell on this matter, so he simply went along with his words and said, “But, what’s happened to you these days? I remember that when you first arrive here, you could still drink.”
Huo Yuyan thought, He’s hooked.
He revealed a gentle and tolerant look, but he obviously has a story to tell. He maintained the same smile and replied, “It’s nothing. I’m just a bit exhausted these past few days.”
Huo Wujiu replied with a hum. Pretending ignorance, he said, “It’s true that the matters in the court are taxing and laborious. It’s okay. That being the case, Big Brother won’t have to help from now on. I can solve everything myself.”
Huo Yuyan was stunned and spoke without delay to explain.
However, the young eunuch behind him was quite clever. Hearing this, he showed displeasure on his face and beat him to it, “The trouble isn’t at all related to the matters of the court! It’s none other than someone in the imperial study room who made trouble and deliberately bothered His Highness!”
Huo Wujiu’s eyebrows twitched. He was about to speak, but Huo Yuyan interrupted the eunuch’s and reprimanded him in a low voice, “You’re speaking out of turn!”
The eunuch snapped his mouth shut, but defiance remained on his face.
Huo Wujiu thought to himself, Not bad. Well done, he’s got a partner for this drama.
He frowned after the two men’s exchange and asked, “What do you mean? What sort of person is causing trouble?”
His tone was quite serious, as if he had heard something extraordinary.
In response, Huo Yuyan lowered his gaze.
“It’s nothing.” He laughed. “Jingwang has lived a pampered life and is fond of being mischievous, so I as an elder brother should also take care of him.”
Huo Wujiu frowned and asked, “Has he been running wild around you?”
Huo Yuyan smiled for a moment without saying anything.
But the eunuch at the back of the room added fuel to the fire and said, “Let me say it! For the past few days, His Highness Jingwang has been hanging around the imperial study and kept interfering in whatever His Highness does. He’s capable of nothing and made a mess of things in the court. This servant can’t stand it anymore, but Your Highness is still protecting him!”
Huo Yuyan whispered, “I can’t control you anymore, can I? You are becoming more and more long-tongued.”
The eunuch shut his mouth again.
“Come on, don’t listen to his nonsense, Wujiu. It’s nothing.” Huo Yuyan smiled and gave Huo Wujiu his attention.
However, Huo Wujiu also looked relieved.
“I thought it was a big deal, but it turned out to be nothing,” Huo Wujiu said.
Huo Yuyan was flabbergasted. Huo Wujiu turned his gaze away, and instead went to eat a chopstick of mutton.
“It’s just a matter of the court. It’s okay, let him cause trouble. Anyway, there’s no difference between those officials here and there. Since anyone can be used, I might as well use them to please him,” Huo Wujiu said heedlessly.
Huo Yuyan couldn’t speak for a moment.
Huo Wujiu raised his head and looked at him.
“Hmm? Big Brother, did I say something wrong?”
Huo Yuyan forced a flawless smile and lifted the glass of wine on the table.
“Not at all.” He said with a faint smile, “It’s fine, eat your food.”
Huo Wujiu withdrew his gaze and went on to deal with the mutton on the table.
Huo Yuyan also took his chopsticks, but the food was somewhat unappetizing.
Seriously… He didn’t expect that Huo Wujiu would be blinded by a worthless person. But then again, Huo Wujiu was also a fool who only knew how to fight but was stupid.
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When Huo Wujiu returned to Jiang Suizhou’s palace, a drizzle started falling outside the window.
He pushed the door in, smelling of warm wine and mutton, mixed with a faint medicinal scent.
Jiang Suizhou had just finished the list of officials and was proofreading it. When he saw Huo Wujiu enter, he got up and asked, “You’re back. How is it? Did he tell you anything?”
Huo Wujiu laughed and said in a muddled manner, “Yes. He didn’t even dare to say it himself, but through the mouth of the eunuch next to him. He just sat there with grievances all over his face. It was as if he invited me to listen to the exact replay of a two-man act.”
Jiang Suizhou was amused by his response and laughed. He said, “It’s indeed like something he can do. And what about you?”
Huo Wujiu walked around behind him and took the booklet in his hand, holding it in his hand and flipping through it.
“What else can I do? I pretended that you’ve totally bewitched me and didn’t care about whatever he said.”
There wasn’t a hint of teasing in his tone. He said it solemnly, as if it were true.
Jiang Suizhou smiled and said, “Since that’s the case, then I can act more recklessly. It’s always a good idea to let the General favor me, right?”
Huo Wujiu laughed along with him. While laughing, he flipped through the booklet in his hand.
But after turning a few pages, he felt that something was wrong. He frowned and tugged at his lapel. He thought he was a little hot because he suddenly entered the room from the rain, so he wanted to open the window to provide ventilation.
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