As Hong Tao dismounted before the Xie residence, his mind was still a little hazy. The Xie residence was so close to the pleasure district?!
After turning and twisting through several alleys, it took less than two cups of tea!
Young Master Xie, at such a tender age…
No wonder he could mingle with the little devils like Young Master Ruan.
It was unexpected that the usually strictly disciplined Young Master Xu and the always well-behaved and self-disciplined Fifth Prince would also…
Alas!
It seemed men were all the same at heart.
If only he weren't so incapable, he too would enjoy…
Hong Tao couldn't be bothered to go in and waited by the gate of the Xie residence.
Yi Yan Geng, with a sullen face, followed into Xie Jiang's room and told Aunt He to quickly wash Xie Jiang's face and change her clothes. He stood outside the screen, showing no intention of leaving.
Xie Jiang, dressed neatly, turned around the screen. Yi Yan Geng was the first to walk out.
Xie Jiang quickly caught up, showing the bruises on her wrist and holding them up to Yi Yan Geng's eyes, "What are you so angry about? My hand was almost broken by you, and I didn't get angry."
She still had the nerve!
"Yesterday, who told me she was busy with affairs and had many things to handle? And then she ended up in the courtesan's bed?"
Xie Jiang hooked his neck, put her hands around his head, and shook it. "Why would I do this? Who am I doing it for? I don't believe you don't know. Why are you still sulking with me here?"
What a good head. It's not working at a critical moment?
Push away her claws. Touch the courtesan's hand, but don't touch him!
"So I should praise you and even cheer you on. Young Master Xie is too outstanding! You can even sleep with courtesans, right!" Yi Yan Geng was so angry his heart ached.
"That's not necessary, but I've always believed we have great chemistry, a telepathic connection."
"You slept in a courtesan's bed, who are you having a telepathic connection with?"
Yi Yan Geng pried her arms away. The scent of perfume on her hadn't even been washed off, and she was about to try to trick him with her words!
"The courtesan is a woman, a female courtesan!" Can she sleep with women? Her preference is men!
"You want a male courtesan too?" It's hard to say whether her preference is for men or women. What integrity does she have!
"Yi Yan Geng, be reasonable! Don't you understand what I mean? Am I not virtuous enough? When Ruan Zi Ji and the others slept with male courtesans, I told them to go sleep in the next room. I didn't even glance at the male courtesan, for fear you would misunderstand…"
Shouldn't he be touched?
Yi Yan Geng was touched by what ghost! He strode out.
Xie Jiang leaned close to him and explained in a low voice, "We were playing dice last night. We got carried away and it was almost dawn when we borrowed the courtesan's bed to sleep for a while. Didn't you see it with your own eyes? We didn't even take off our clothes when we slept…"
"You gambled last night too! Young Master Xie has great capabilities. You're capable of everything, eating, drinking, whoring, and gambling, aren't you? Whether you took off your clothes or not doesn't affect you sleeping with a courtesan!"
"Gambling was my first time. I had never played before. I was curious and went to see. It was Ruan Zi Ji and the others who were scoundrels and insisted on dragging me to play!"
How innocent she was!
The culprit was Ruan Zi Ji and the others!
Who doesn't have any curiosity?
"And I didn't lose! I won several thousand taels of silver and didn't lose anything! Also, I slept in the courtesan's bed, not with the courtesan. The courtesan's bed and the courtesan are two different concepts. I am innocent, I am blameless!"
Wash off the scent of perfume on your body first before talking about innocence! You've learned both whoring and gambling, what else are you planning to do! Do you want to add the title of the capital's number one prodigal to your collection? "In this vast brothel, you couldn't find an empty room for you to sleep in!"
"The courtesan sister said her room smelled better." Can this be blamed on her? Who doesn't like fragrant young ladies?
"It's your courtesan sister who smells better!" If it weren't for the Emperor waiting for her, he would kill this scoundrel right now! Sleeping with a courtesan!
"How can she be mine? She was only mine last night, not now, and not in the future. Besides, I didn't do anything."
"Didn't do anything? Weren't you sleeping soundly in each other's arms!"
"I didn't embrace the courtesan?" She was embracing a pillow, she was wronged!
"It doesn't count as embracing if the courtesan embraced you!" Where are your feet placed!
"It seems a bit cold at night now. The courtesan sister helped me warm my feet." Yi Yan Geng, such a respectable man, doesn't understand. How excellent the courtesan sister's figure is! Even as a woman, she adores her!
Yi Yan Geng pulled his sleeve out of her hand, "Your ability to make excuses is already perfected."
"Yi Yan Geng, don't be unreasonable. Don't you know who I want to sleep with in your heart!"
As they were talking, they had already reached the main entrance. Xie Jiang's voice was a little uncontrolled.
The doormen of the Xie residence remained expressionless.
Hong Tao, who was waiting at the entrance, was stunned.
So, who did Young Master Xie want to sleep with?
Why did it sound like something was not right?
However, Hong Tao no longer had the mind to ponder Young Master Xie's romantic affairs.
He was in a hurry!
Fortunately, Young Master Xie didn't make him rush any further. He and Young Master Yi strode out and got on their horses.
On the way to the imperial palace on horseback, Xie Jiang slowly came to her senses. Why was she explaining to him?
What was wrong with her sleeping with a courtesan? Didn't she even have this much freedom? Did Yi Yan Geng have the right to control her?
This chaste and upright man refused to yield to her, yet he controlled everything and acted as if he were the main wife!
Did he have any legitimate claim!
Xie Jiang glanced at Yi Yan Geng resentfully, but Yi Yan Geng happened to catch her eye.
"Not convinced? Think you did nothing wrong?"
"I'm seeing if you've calmed down. It's such a small matter, why are you holding onto it?" She still had to coax him.
"Such a small matter?" You heartless thing!
"Yi Yan Geng, that's enough!" You're about to become the regent. Shouldn't your mind be filled with strategies for power!
Seeing a palace eunuch among the entourage on the road, the pedestrians immediately made way and moved aside. Soon, they smoothly arrived at Yuan You Palace.
Hong Tao's godfather, Hong Wei, came out to greet them from the hall. "Why are you so late? His Majesty has already asked twice. Young Master Xie, right? Please come in with this servant."
Yi Yan Geng had intended to accompany Xie Jiang to see the Emperor. Although his insides ached with anger, he instinctively wanted to protect her.
However, Hong Wei politely stopped him, "His Majesty wishes to speak with Young Master Xie alone."
Xie Jiang smiled and winked at Yi Yan Geng, signaling him to rest assured. Although this person was temperamental and difficult to appease, his heart was still with her.
She would also cherish him a bit.
Yi Yan Geng watched Xie Jiang enter the main hall with Hong Wei.
Hong Tao said, "Young Master Yi, you…"
Yi Yan Geng said, "I'll wait here for a while. You go about your business."
Hong Tao bowed and retreated.
Inside the main hall, smoke swirled. In the center was a huge incense burner, with two young Taoist boys standing beside it.
There were also more than a dozen young Taoist priests sitting around the incense burner, meditating and guarding.
In the center sat an old man with white beard and white hair, who looked somewhat ethereal.
This old man was probably that Heavenly Master.
She couldn't remember.
The Taoist priests were very dedicated, each striking a pose with their eyes closed, indifferent to anyone entering or leaving.
Because her great enemy Xu Heng Dan was also a Heavenly Master, Xie Jiang had no good feelings towards Taoist priests and couldn't muster any reverence.
The scene in the hall only made her feel absurd.
How could the Emperor believe that he could ascend to immortality by being fumigated in smoke every day?
Only cured meat was smoked like that.