ADWMCES Chapter26

Ji Yujin paused, and his pair of hooked fox-like eyes widened slightly.

When the group of people heard Chu Fengqing’s words, they all fell silent and looked at him as if he were a lunatic. Then someone spoke.

“You mean Ji Yujin? You like Ji Yujin?”

“You must be crazy.”

“You actually said you like a eunuch? Are you stupid?”

“How could a beauty be attracted to a pervert like Ji Yujin?”

“I think she is afraid. I heard that the eunuchs have many ways to torture people. Those who are tortured are afraid and dare not say a word in other places; otherwise, they will be tortured again when they go back.”

A group of people began to bombard him wildly. Chu Fengqing frowned. It was not that he was frightened by the scene, but he felt that Ji Yujin must have had a very difficult life these years. If people dared to say these things in front of his wife, there must be countless rumors behind his back.

He pursed his lips. He was never good at verbal battles.

The man who was told that he was not as good as Ji Yujin’s expression changed instantly. “You said I am not as good as Ji Yujin?!”

Chu Fengqing glanced at him briefly and nodded slightly without any hesitation.

The man’s face was wrinkled into a ball, the veins on his forehead were throbbing, and he looked very disgusted, as if he couldn’t accept being compared with Ji Yujin, let alone someone saying that he was worse than Ji Yujin.

“You are crazy.” He said this and stretched out his hand, like an enraged dog, wanting to bite someone.

But his hand was cut off before he could reach him. Ji Yujin curled his lips slightly and smiled. “What’s wrong? Li Feng, you’re still this kind of person even after not seeing you for so long.”

Li Feng’s face fell when he saw Ji Yujin. Chu Fengqing didn’t even see how he changed his expression from extremely disgusted to flattering. In short, he did it very smoothly, so smoothly that it made people feel sick.

“Governor, how come you have time to come here now? Please notice this humble one before you come. This humble one will go and greet you at the door.”

Ji Yujin bent his wrist, and upon hearing his words, he exerted more force, followed by a scream: “This little’s face changes so quickly, it’s really disgusting to watch.”

As he spoke, he glanced at Chu Fengqing, like a parent who sends his child to school and checks to see if his child is being bullied after school or not.

Seeing that Chu Fengqing had not suffered any loss, he turned his eyes away. Chu Fengqing’s heart was beating really fast. When did he come? How much did he hear?

Thinking of what he had just said, Chu Fengqing pursed his lips and lowered his eyes.

Li Feng held his hand in pain and almost rolled on the ground. His face turned pale, but he didn’t dare cause trouble for Ji Yujin. He felt so aggrieved that his face was distorted to the extreme.

Ji Yujin glanced down at him, still smiling, with a teardrop mole on his face, like a demon. He smiled and said, “Why don’t you say anything now that I’m here? Tell me, don’t bully my wife for being dumb when I’m not around. You’re the one, tell me how vicious Ji Yujin is.”

He pointed at someone at random and asked him to speak.

He pulled a chair over and sat down first, then thought of Chu Fengqing, raised his eyes, and simply pulled him over, pressing him onto his thigh without hesitation.

“Uh…” Chu Fengqing struggled but failed to break free. He sighed and helplessly said, “Let go.”

Ji Yujin was nonchalant, his hands were not loose at all. “Standing is tiring, sit for a while.”

Chu Fengqing whispered, “Ji Yujin… are you a rogue?”

Ji Yujin smiled: “What? Didn’t you just say that I don’t have to be too good, it’s fine as long as you like me?”

Chu Fengqing’s pupils shrank. He heard it, “That was in a desperate situation…”

Ji Yujin: “I don’t care if you were in a hurry or not, I heard it anyway.”

Chu Fengqing: “……”

While the two of them were “flirting”, the man who was named by Ji Yujin was already trembling and fell to his knees with a thud. The sound of his knees hitting the floor was so devastating.

“Governor, this humble one didn’t say anything just now. It was them who said it. Please spare my life, Governor.”

With the beauty in his arms, Ji Yujin’s expression softened a little, and he didn’t even want to argue with them anymore. If it weren’t for them, he wouldn’t have known that his wife admired him so much.

“Tsk, didn’t you see us talking?”

Everyone: “……”

“You didn’t say anything? Then what about you?” Ji Yujin pointed at another person. The man turned pale and kneeled down quickly, imitating what the previous person said.

Li Feng’s hand was broken, but he dared not make a sound. He stood aside, biting his lip. Seeing Ji Yujin becoming more and more unreasonable, Chu Fengqing stroked his forehead and took back all the sympathy he had for Ji Yujin. This person was not pitiable. As long as he was around, only others would be more pitiful, and it would never be his turn.

Others only dare to talk behind his back.

Ji Yulan: “Cousin, stop causing trouble.”

As soon as Ji Yulan spoke, those who had just kneeled down fell silent. Her voice was very pleasant and soft. “They were just joking. They didn’t mean any harm to Lady Chu. Also…”

As she spoke, she suddenly smiled, holding the handkerchief tightly with her hands, her expression tense: “Are you showing your affection in front of me?”

Chu Fengqing glanced at her. He always felt that this person was very contradictory. If she really liked Ji Yujin, she would never tolerate them slandering him behind his back. To say she didn’t like him, she would only call him “Lady Chu” until now, and she seemed to have a strong possessiveness towards Ji Yujin.

As soon as Ji Yulan opened her mouth, Ji Yujin’s grip on his hand tightened. Chu Fengqing frowned but didn’t say anything until Ji Yujin noticed it himself. He quickly let go of his hand and looked at his red wrist with a trace of annoyance in his eyes. “Sorry, are you alright?”

Chu Fengqing shook his head, “It’s fine.”

Ji Yujin frowned, stood up with Chu Fengqing, and pulled him out, not wanting to argue with Ji Yulan any more. “Let’s go.”

Chu Fengqing didn’t have any objections, but Ji Yulan obviously didn’t want to let them go. She dodged and stood in front of Ji Yujin. “Cousin, Grandfather will be out soon, do you still want to leave?”

Ji Yujin: “Get out of the way.”

Ji Yulan: “If I don’t get out, will Cousin run away again?”

“Heh, today is Grandfather’s birthday, but Grandfather’s two children are gone, and the entire Ji Mansion is empty. Look, those who were supposed to kneel down and offer tea are gone. Do you know why?”

“It’s all because of your King Chennan Mansion. Shouldn’t you stay and show your filial piety? Shouldn’t you stay and kowtow a few more times to ask Grandfather to forgive you?”

As soon as these words came out, Ji Yujin’s eyes instantly turned red. He raised his eyes to look at Ji Yulan and coldly said, “I’ll say it again, get out of the way.”

Ji Yulan shrank back at his fierceness, and the next moment tears welled up in her eyes, but the anger in her expression was far greater than the sadness. She said word by word, “My father died because of your father, and the Ji family’s children also perished because of him! How dare you treat me this way? I’ve already said that you can never get married in this life, but you still got married against my will. Why? Why do you think everything is fine? Ji Yujin, you owe me, what can you use to compensate me?”

Chu Fengqing suddenly thought of a piece of gossip that Chang Wang had told him before, that King Chennan buried his first wife alive. However, because this matter was too sensational, not many people took it seriously, and no one knew where it came from either. Chang Wang also heard it from the maids, so he always thought it was false.

A pair of children… So Ji Yujin’s mother and uncle both died at the hands of his father?

Chu Fengqing glanced at Ji Yujin with worry in his eyes.

Ji Yujin curled his lips, but the smile did not reach his eyes. “Isn’t it that old man who owes you? Why don’t you go find him?”

Ji Yulan paused, and then suddenly became hysterical. She walked up to Ji Yujin, pulled his sleeve, and said, “The son must bear the father’s debt! You, you owe me your life! It was my father’s life, how could you possibly repay me for that?”

Chu Fengqing frowned. He finally understood what was said here.

This group of people used to be together, all of them were well-known young men and women from the capital, and at that time, they all followed Ji Yujin’s lead. At that time, Ji Yujin was a young man with fine clothes and a vigorous horse, a man of both civil and military talents, and extremely handsome. After going out for a trip, he could brought back a cart of sachets¹fyi, women back then show their love by throwing sachets at the man they’re interested in..

Some people said that if Ji Yujin took the imperial examination, his talent would easily place him among the top scorers, but he would never claim first place, he was far too handsome, and no one could compete with him. No one would dare settle for third with him around, so he would inevitably come in third. This saying was widely circulated at the time.

Ji Yujin was a restless person, so he actually took the exam and got third place. The emperor offered him a position in the government, but he resigned on the spot and insisted on a position as a military official.

Ji Yujin, who was about fifteen or sixteen years old, was a rookie who was not afraid of the powerful. He stood in the Jinluan Palace with a defiant look on his face and said in a loud voice, “Who says that a third-place winner can’t be a general? Aren’t military officials like that? They have strong limbs but simple minds. I looked around and found that they were lacking someone like me who is both civil and military.”

He was nearly beaten up by a military official, but fortunately the emperor liked his fearless attitude very much, and insisted on saying “yes” three times, then gave him a military position.

Later, a group of military officials in the army caused trouble for him, somehow they made him submit, and he created many legends in the army.

Ji Yulan is his cousin. With such an outstanding man in front of her, how could she see anyone else? She has already secretly fallen in love with him.

However, though the goddess was interested, but the king was not.

Li Feng held his hands, and his face darkened when he heard Ji Yulan’s words. He looked up at Ji Yujin, and a bright smiling face appeared in front of him, so bright that it made one feel that the world was bright. The young Ji Yujin and the Ji Yujin in front of him slowly merged into one person. His eyes and features remained the same, but that smiling face could no longer appear.

Li Feng smiled bitterly and suddenly realized that no matter now or before, he had to look up to see Ji Yujin, and no matter before or now, the girl he liked would also only look at him. He was like a mountain, always blocking his way. Even if he became a eunuch, he had no choice but to bow down to him, and he was helpless and had no way out.

He can never surpass him.

Ji Yujin pursed his lips, “Stop causing trouble.”

Ji Yulan shook her head vigorously, her voice choking. She could no longer hold back what she had buried for so long. She grabbed Ji Yujin and complained, “I don’t want to. I want to cause trouble. I want everyone to know how sinful you are! Why don’t you marry me? Why! Why do you want to be a eunuch? You owe me! You owe me!”

Finally, she seemed to reach a decision. Slowly, she lifted her head, her eyes reddened. She pointed at Chu Fengqing and said, “Divorce her, divorce her, and marry me, and everything between us will be wiped out!”

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  fyi, women back then show their love by throwing sachets at the man they’re interested in.