Adoption brings disaster

Chapter 39

I noticed that the Seventh Prince was in a low mood, and since he was meeting a military general today, I had to give him enough face no matter what.

So I didn't dare to say a word. I followed the Seventh Prince like a servant and soon arrived at the front yard.

These military thugs in the front yard are just careless. They have been in the army for a long time and their nerves are rather thick, but they are not stupid.

When they saw me following behind the Seventh Prince like a bullied wife, with a bit of fawning attitude, and a few burly men following behind me, who were as silent as a mouse, the originally noisy front yard suddenly became quiet.

The Seventh Prince did not care why these generals suddenly became quiet, but just walked forward step by step. His speed was not fast, but his aura was extremely strong and the air pressure was low, which always gave people a sense that a storm was coming.

These military ruffians all felt their scalps tingling for a moment. They didn’t know if it was because they drank too much, but their scalps were just tingling.

After seeing this, everyone dared not get drunk again, for fear that they would lose control of themselves and cause trouble, thus upsetting the Seventh Prince.

Therefore, while the Seventh Prince was not paying attention, they all hurriedly used their true Qi to force the wine out of their bodies. Without the numbness of alcohol, these soldiers fully felt the pressure from His Majesty the Seventh Prince, and were so scared that they all knelt down and saluted.

Chongguang treated me very well, and this pressure did not make me feel uncomfortable at all. So I followed the Seventh Prince, walked through this group of military ruffians, and went all the way to the main seat.

But Chongguang did not sit down, just stared at everyone without saying a word.

The whole yard was filled with the smell of alcohol mixed with the smell of sweat and barbecue, forming an even stranger smell that was really terrible.

I have been in the deep palace for a long time and have never been exposed to such foul air. Moreover, I have practiced the White Rat Magic and my nose is very sensitive. I was so irritated that I covered my nose subconsciously.

But he also felt that this behavior was not good, and was afraid that these soldiers would be suspicious, so he quickly pretended to wipe his nose to cover it up.

Just when I was trying my best to endure the stench, a breeze blew over and blew away the smell in an instant, making me feel better.

I took this opportunity to take two big gulps of air, and then I heard the King of Zhenbei say, "You bunch of stinky boys, you thought you were in the army, but you are all so dirty, you've even smoked Yuan Qing."

After hearing this, everyone looked at each other in confusion, not knowing what to say. Only a brave person was the first to apologize, and everyone quickly followed suit, which made the yard lively again.

The people in the yard became more lively, and Chongguang's mood also improved a lot, so he sat down. When everyone saw His Highness the Seventh Prince sitting down, they also hurriedly saluted again and did not mention anything else.

After everyone finished their ceremony, His Majesty the Seventh Prince raised his glass. I looked at the glass, which was bigger than my two fists and was filled to the brim, and I felt like crying.

But His Majesty the Seventh Prince and everyone else had already drunk it, so I had no choice but to drink it anyway.

The moment I drank it, I was a little surprised. The cup was actually filled with water. Moreover, the cup had a mechanism. It looked full, but it actually contained very little.

This was naturally arranged by Chongguang. I was touched and looked at Chongguang happily.

Chongguang saw me looking at him and smiled, "You are my lover. If you get drunk here and act crazy, I can't afford to lose face."

"Yuan Qing is drunk and still acting crazy. What does it look like? Tell me quickly."

Chongguang was a little surprised to hear King Zhenbei suddenly say this, and said, "Grandpa, how could you connect to our secret voice transmission?"

"It was too close. I didn't want to connect it in, but it connected itself."

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The three of us were chatting about random things, while these soldiers were drinking and eating meat, and I was having a great time too.

These soldiers drank very quickly. As soon as the wine in the cup was finished, a soldier would come over to add more wine. In order to avoid being exposed, the seventh prince specially arranged for A Da to add more wine for me.

After everyone drank a few glasses of wine and saw that the Seventh Prince's expression had relaxed, the courtyard suddenly became lively again.

The generals below were playing rock-paper-scissors, drinking and eating meat. From time to time, senior generals from the Northern Army came up to drink with His Highness the Seventh Prince. These people were extremely respectful to His Highness the Seventh Prince, but when they saw me sitting next to His Highness the Seventh Prince, they couldn't help but look puzzled.

The men in the army are the most straightforward and don't beat around the bush. Since they were confused, although they didn't dare to ask Chongguang and me directly, we took the opportunity of drinking to ask each other.

"What did you do just now to upset His Majesty the Seventh Prince?" a general said. "You didn't see His Majesty's face. He looked like he was going to kill someone. It scared me to death."

Seeing the visitor asking, the man felt aggrieved and took a big gulp of wine and said, "We didn't do anything. We just went to call His Highness to come over for a drink."

"Impossible! This isn't the first time His Highness has been drinking with us. It wasn't like this before. You must have done something to anger His Highness."

"We really didn't do anything. We just went straight into the main house." Seeing that no one believed him, the man said anxiously and aggrievedly, "It can't be that we didn't knock on the door, and just this one thing angered His Majesty the Seventh Prince."

"You guys really don't have any manners at all. You think you're in the army. Even if you are in the army, can you just walk into the commander's tent casually?"

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They were talking in a low voice, and the environment was particularly noisy, but I could hear it clearly as I had practiced the White Rat Magic. I was also a little puzzled as to what was wrong with the Seventh Prince today, as he usually wasn't so angry.

I looked at the Seventh Prince stealthily, and he immediately noticed that I was peeking at him. I felt a little embarrassed and quickly picked up the wine glass to drink.

Chongguang was in high spirits when he saw me peeking at him, and even happier when he saw me trying to hide something. He teased me, "You've been drinking nothing but water, aren't you thirsty?"

After hearing this, I put down my wine glass in embarrassment, chuckled, and didn't respond.

The Seventh Prince looked at me and said, "I know what you're thinking. Every soldier in the Northern Border Army is brave and skilled in battle, capable of defeating a thousand with one. My father was already very suspicious of them. Now that Grandpa's martial arts are unrivaled, everything is naturally peaceful. If Grandpa passes away in a few years, I'm afraid there will be trouble again. I feel a little down when I think about this. I don't blame them, and I don't blame you either."

I didn't expect that the Seventh Prince would think so far ahead. Maybe this is the difference between children who grew up in the royal family and ordinary people.

Although I have read many stories about palace fighting and court affairs, I know nothing about these things and don't know how to comfort the Seventh Prince.

He could only drink the water in the cup, then poured a little of the Seventh Prince's wine, clinked the cups and said, "Let's drink today and worry about tomorrow. Let's drink tomorrow."

To be honest, I was really too weak. After drinking one glass, I started to feel dizzy and felt like everyone was flying in the sky, and then I got high.

I first pulled the Seventh Prince and made him jump and dance in circles, singing a song out of tune. The people below watched this scene and lowered their heads, trying to hold back their laughter until they were hurt.

Jumping around wasn't enough to make me happy, so I ran downstairs and yelled, "Someone, come and light the bonfire for me."

The soldiers looked at the magnificent hot spring palace and looked at each other, not knowing what to do if they lit a bonfire. Finally, the prince spoke up and the soldiers went to carry firewood to light the bonfire.

The bonfire in the Northern Army must be lit every day. Various things are ready in the palace, and the bonfire was lit in a short time.

When I saw the bonfire, I ran around the yard like a crazy kid, sometimes pulling this person around in circles, sometimes climbing on that person's head, grabbing his hair and shouting "Go, go, go".

Everyone became more active because of me, but the Seventh Prince was not happy. He looked at me with a dark face and murderous intent as I followed this group of generals to make trouble in the yard.

"Hahahaha, it's really interesting that Yuan Qing behaves like this when he's drunk." King Zhenbei laughed heartily, "He's such a serious person on weekdays, but when he drinks, he becomes like a naughty boy."

The Seventh Prince ignored the prince and just asked A Da with a sullen face to prepare the hangover soup.

After playing for a while, I suddenly felt very nauseous. I quickly ran to the corner, bent over and started vomiting. It was really terrible. I was afraid that I would vomit out all the Mu Xin biscuits I had eaten at noon. When there was nothing left in my stomach to vomit, I finally woke up a little.

At this moment, someone handed over a pill and said in a very gentle voice, "Vomiting alcohol is extremely harmful to the stomach. Your Highness, please take a stomach-nourishing pill to protect your stomach."

I was still a little confused, so I took it, said thank you, and ate it.

"You dare to eat anything without thinking. Aren't you afraid of being poisoned to death?" The seventh prince cursed angrily when he saw it.

"Your Highness, His Highness Yuan Qing only took ordinary stomach-nourishing pills."

Before the man could finish his words, he was glared at by the Seventh Prince, so fierce that he dared not speak. Then the Seventh Prince said, "How dare you, a low-ranking general, speak to me?"

The Seventh Prince was of noble status, and he had the prince as his wife, so his words were not considered an insult to that person. That person had no choice but to confess his crime and beg for forgiveness.

I don't know if it was because of the stomach-nourishing pills or because I vomited out all the wine, but I didn't feel uncomfortable anymore. I was just a little tired after having so much fun, and my body was covered with a lot of vomit, which gave off an unpleasant smell, and I looked a little embarrassed.

I've regained consciousness now. Although I don't know why Chongguang is angry, I also know that this matter has nothing to do with the general. I also pulled the Seventh Prince and said, "Don't be angry, Your Highness. It's all my fault. I got drunk and acted crazy."

"Are you protecting him?" When the Seventh Prince heard me take the responsibility on myself, he became even more annoyed, and even his tone was murderous.

I was a little stunned when I heard it. I took two steps back in fear, but I felt embarrassed, so I said in a muffled voice: "Your clothes are too dirty. I'll go change my clothes and come back." Then I ran away as if I was running for my life.

Fortunately, no one else noticed this. It was only when they found out that His Highness the Seventh Prince and I had left that someone asked.

Ah Da Zi wouldn't interrupt me. When someone asked, I explained that Yuan Qing's clothes were dirty and he would go change and come back.

Everyone believed this, and some people even joked that people in the capital were very particular. Unlike in the army, where they would lie down and sleep on the sand or in the ditches when they were tired, and no one cared whether they were dirty or not.

After changing my clothes, I returned to where I had been sitting before. I was so exhausted that I didn't even want to look at the people who came to drink with His Highness the Seventh Prince. I just wanted to go back to sleep as soon as possible.

Chunyu stood behind me and we chatted casually.

"Harusame, have you ever been to a hot spring?"

"I did it when I was very young, with a brother who was a family friend."

"Men and women should not touch each other, so how can you take a hot spring bath together?" I asked in confusion.

"We were very young at the time, so we didn't have so many taboos, and..."

"And what?" Chunyu seemed to be hesitant to speak, which made me curious, so I asked.

Chunyu was staring at one spot in a daze. I followed his gaze and saw nothing special. I patted Chunyu lightly and asked, "And what?"

Chun Yu came to her senses and quickly said, "Besides, I'm engaged to that brother."

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I chatted with Chunyu for a while. I had been sitting for too long and my body felt really tight, so I stood up and stretched.

Suddenly, I saw a tall, thin man moving through the crowd. Judging from his clothing, he didn't look like a soldier, so he must be a general. I pointed at him and asked, "Do generals also need to serve like pouring wine?"

"I don't know either. It might be a military rule."

I looked at that person and accidentally heard him talking to someone else. Isn't this the person who gave me the stomach-nourishing pills just now? Looking at that person's figure, although I am a straight man, I am also extremely envious.

"Tell me, does that person look good from the front?"

"He's from Shudu, and his facial features are very similar to his mother's. He's truly handsome."

As soon as Chunyu finished speaking, the man turned around as if he had heard it.

The man's appearance was exactly as Chunyu said, with extremely delicate features. Not only among this group of rough old men, but even in the palace, he was considered very handsome.

I looked at the Seventh Prince again, and compared them in my mind. The Seventh Prince was still better looking. After all, the Seventh Prince had such a handsome father like me. That person couldn't compare, not at all.

Although the Seventh Prince has no blood relationship with me, he will definitely become more handsome if he stays with someone as handsome as me every day. That must be the case. This must be the reason why the Seventh Prince is so handsome.

I looked at the man for a while and found that he was well-spoken, humble and tactful in his behavior. Moreover, judging from his body movements, his martial arts skills were also quite good.

But according to what the Seventh Prince said just now, he is just a low-ranking general. I don’t know if it is because it is not easy to get promoted in the army, or if there are some other reasons.

"You've been staring at that low-ranking general for a long time. Could it be that you've fallen for him?"

"He's really good. He's good-looking, has a good figure, and can talk. His martial arts skills seem pretty good." Just when the Seventh Prince's face was as dark as chickenpox, I continued, "It's a pity, he's still far behind you."

"How can such a low-ranking general be compared with me?" Although the Seventh Prince said this with disdain, the corners of his mouth were raised. It seems that no matter who it is, they all like to be praised.

"There's one thing I don't understand. Why is he a low-ranking general? Is it hard to be in the army?"

"This man is brave and talented, and has made many great contributions in the Northern Army. However, my grandfather said that he is two-faced and unfit for high-ranking positions. Being a low-ranking general is already his limit. Any higher would be a treacherous minister who would bring disaster to the country and the people."

So that's what happened. I didn't want to care about what that person was like. I just wanted to pass the time by chatting. Now that there's nothing to talk about, I feel even more sleepy.

In less than a cup of tea, I was looking at everyone with a dazed look, looking forward to taking a hot spring bath with the Seventh Prince.

Predict what will happen in the future, and listen to the next decomposition.