Today is definitely the gloomiest day in His Royal Highness Prince Teng’s life.
The hangover from last night was still beating him on the head. At this moment, Li Qinzai was dying in front of him, and there was a messy front hall and flowers and plants outside the house.
Entering the room, Prince Teng's mind was still buzzing, and three philosophical questions popped up in his mind.
Who am I? Where am I? What have I done?
At this moment, Prince Teng was still in a state of confusion. He was too drunk last night. He only remembered that after being drunk by Magistrate Ma, he fell down on the low table in a daze. He had no idea what happened next.
It is not unusual for someone to drink alcohol. Prince Teng had a similar experience before.
Today I saw flowers and plants in the yard that looked like they had been gnawed by dogs, a messy front hall, Li Qinzai with a cloth wrapped around his arm, and the fearful expressions of the servants in the Li Family Courtyard when they saw him...
All kinds of signs were supporting it. He seemed to have done a lot of crazy things after being drunk last night, and he couldn't help but not believe it.
You can't destroy your own courtyard for no reason, right? You can't do any trick to break your arm, right? What are you trying to do?
To blackmail him for money? What a joke! We are all decent people, how dare you open your mouth with this little money?
Prince Teng, who was originally suspicious, now became more and more convinced that all the evils were caused by him.
On the bed, the dying Li Qinzai struggled to open his eyes. When he saw Queen Teng, Li Qinzai showed a weak smile.
"Your Highness, please forgive me for my poor hospitality." Li Qinzai struggled to get up.
Prince Teng stepped forward to support him, with a complex expression on his face, one that was filled with resentment, guilt, and a bit of anxiety after causing trouble.
"Marquis of Li County, last night I was really..." Prince Teng looked pale and sighed in shame.
Li Qinzai smiled bitterly and said: "It doesn't matter, as long as His Highness is happy, your happiness is my happiness..."
King Teng opened his mouth, but was speechless.
The little hooligan who had harmed his daughter suddenly turned into a tolerant and generous gentleman, which confused Prince Teng's mood. He didn't know whether to get angry and continue to accuse him, or to smile and let go of all grudges.
"Jingchu, it was me, Meng Lang, last night. I can't forgive you, nor can I forgive you, Duke Ying..." Prince Teng sighed in shame.
Li Qinzai said hurriedly: "Your Highness, there is no need to blame yourself. It is my honor as the master that you can have a good time at my house. It shows that I entertained you very well. That's why Your Highness acted like you did after being drunk last night."
Prince Teng looked at Li Qinzai, his eyes still complicated. After looking at him for a while, he said: "Jingchu's arm was also injured by me?"
Li Qinzai sensitively noticed that King Teng's name for him had changed, so he smiled and said: "It doesn't matter, it was my fault. After His Highness was drunk last night, his actions were too... uh, unrestrained. I had to step forward to dissuade him, but he
Unexpectedly, His Highness snatched my iron boring bar from Buqu and smashed my arm."
"And my foot slipped and I fell on my back. There happened to be a piece of porcelain that you broke on the ground. Not only did my arm have a broken bone, it was also scratched..."
Prince Teng's eyelids twitched, and he took a closer look and found that there was indeed faint traces of blood seeping out of the cloth wrapped around Li Qinzai's arm.
Cold sweat broke out from his forehead involuntarily, and Prince Teng's heart became increasingly heavy.
The matter was more serious than he thought, and it was bloody. If the emperor and the heroic father knew about it, his future in this life would be completely ruined.
At this moment, King Teng hated his alcoholism very much. Although he was a member of the royal family, he had never been welcomed by the emperor. He finally found a job to build a road in Bingzhou. As soon as he returned to Beijing after finishing the matter, he was provoked again.
Such a big trouble.
The rising career was like an unlucky bird passing over the sweet potato field, which was caught off guard and shot down by the sharpshooter of the imperial guards who had no feelings.
"It was my fault last night, so I won't say anything. I will repay you ten times the amount of damage I have caused to your mansion and Jingchu." Prince Teng said decisively.
Li Qinzai was stunned for a while, and then his eyes lit up.
Did the surprise come so unexpectedly?
From last night to now, he had demolished his home and harmed himself. In fact, Li Qinzai had no intention of blackmailing Prince Teng at all.
The main purpose of doing these actions is to divert Prince Teng's attention, and it is best to make him feel a little more guilty. In this way, Prince Teng will be embarrassed to ask for help regarding him and the head of Jinxiang County, even if he
If you are thick-skinned, you still need to ask for help, at least the tone won't be too intense.
Unexpectedly, I didn't expect that there would be unexpected gains.
If he had known that he was so cheerful and forthright, Li Qinzai should have set the entire courtyard on fire last night.
"Oh, this is embarrassing for me..." Li Qinzai declined with an exaggerated expression.
Prince Teng waved his hand: "I must compensate for the sins I have committed. I will come to clean up the aftermath. It happened that last year I was busy building roads and had no time to squander it. However, I have accumulated a lot of money and food at home. I will ask someone to send it to your mansion tomorrow.
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Li Qinzai sighed gratefully: "Your Highness is highly righteous. He has the elegance of a gentleman and the legacy of Lord Mengchang. He is so respected by his subordinates."
After a few words of flattery, Prince Teng suddenly looked proud. However, when he thought of the approximate amount of ten times the compensation, Prince Teng's proud expression immediately froze, and his expression became a little painful.
"Well, my dear nephew, I must pay for the sins I have committed, but what I did to Meng Lang last night..." Prince Teng said with a stunned look on his face.
Li Qinzai understood the idea and said, "Don't worry, Your Highness. I will issue a silence order right now. No one in the mansion is allowed to tell anyone about it. I guarantee that not a word of Your Highness's mighty action last night will be spread."
Prince Teng finally felt relieved and nodded with a smile.
Li Qinzai was in a good mood after getting a windfall out of nowhere, and Prince Teng, who used money to settle the big trouble he had caused, was naturally in a happy mood.
The old dandy and the young dandy looked at each other and smiled, it was a win-win for both parties.
Next, the two started chatting, but everyone was very self-conscious and did not mention a word about the Lord Jinxiang County.
Li Qinzai felt guilty, but King Teng realized that this was not a good time.
He got into trouble at someone else's house and lost money. He was completely at a disadvantage in terms of momentum, and his initiative turned into passivity. When he really got into an argument with Li Qinzai, Prince Teng found it difficult for him to occupy the moral high ground.
In this case, let's just not mention it and leave it to the next time to investigate.
He should take care of his daughter and punish her by grounding her and not allowing her to go out. Even if the little gangster wanted to harm his daughter, he would not be able to do it.
After skipping the topic of the Lord of Jinxiang County, Prince Teng talked about his experiences in building roads in Bingzhou.
Li Qinzai listened quietly with a smile. He was not only listening to what Prince Teng said about major and trivial matters, but also secretly observing Prince Teng's expression.
After not seeing each other for more than half a year, Li Qinzai suddenly discovered that Prince Teng had really changed a lot.
The arrogance between his eyebrows has faded a lot. When he mentioned the ordinary people who worked as coolies during road construction, Prince Teng actually showed admiration on his face, and his eyes showed respect from the bottom of his heart.
Such expressions and eyes would never have been revealed by the former Prince Teng.
He was also a notorious old playboy back then, and his bad reputation was no less than that of Li Qinzai back then, and was even slightly better.
Even if Li Qinzai failed to live up to his expectations back then, his bad reputation would at least be limited to the city of Chang'an.
Prince Teng is awesome. Everyone in the world knows that he is an old dandy, an old bastard, an old prodigal, a broken pavilion. He repaired it here and then in another place, without even changing his name.
That's it, I still have the nerve to join the literary and art circles.