TTMC Chapter 12.2

Translator – Xiao He Lian

Chapter 12.2

However, since the day that the legitimate daughter of the Hanlin scholar took the lead, others followed suit and tried every means to visit but Wen Chi avoided all of them. As a result, those people tried their best to send gifts such as fruit cakes and tea to Bamboo Flute Curie and Wen Chi had to ask Ruo Fang and Ruo Tao to return those things.

What’s even more exaggerated is that there are several daring people trying to stop Wen Chi on his way to the Crown Prince’s study – one of them is a familiar face.

When Wen Chi saw Yue Gui’s face, he thought he was seeing things.

Yue Gui also seemed to feel awkward, standing behind the group of people with a sullen face without saying a word and the people in front invited Wen Chi to go boating on the lake with extraordinary enthusiasm.

Wen Chi didn’t want to go, but fortunately he didn’t need to refuse, Eunuch Zhu’s face changed and he said in a shrill voice, “What do these young masters mean? Can’t you see that Young Master Wen is going to accompany His Highness the Crown Prince? Or is it that these young masters want to rob someone from His Royal Highness?”

As soon as these words came out, the faces of the others, including Yue Gui’s, turned pale.

The next moment, Eunuch Zhu suddenly raised his voice and said: “Who gave you the courage? Dare to climb on the head of His Royal Highness. If you don’t take His Highness’s affairs into consideration today, will you not take His Highness’s affairs into consideration tomorrow?”

Eunuch Zhu said these words extremely seriously and those people fell to their knees in fright.

The first few people in the front even gave Yue Gui a hateful look—they just listened to Yue Gui’s instigation that the surnamed Wen would pass by this road every day, but they forgot that there was still His Highness the Crown Prince backing up the surnamed Wen, damn Yue Gui, just because they were stupid, they even dragged them into the water.

So the leader kowtowed to Eunuch Zhu and cried out, “I hope His Royal Highness will forgive my sins. The little ones just listened to what Young Master Yue said, and Young Master Yue said that he had seen Young Master Wen before, so he saw him as a friend. The little people were moved by Young Master Yue’s persistence, so we dared to accompany Young Master Yue…”

 “You are simply talking nonsense!” Yue Gui did not expect those few people would put the hat on his head. Pointing at them, he said furiously, “It is obvious that you see Wen Liang is gaining power and want to climb his branch, do not think that by throwing sewage on me, no one will know what you are thinking. Your little unseemly thoughts are almost written on your face!”

The man was anxious: “You are the one who is talking nonsense, we are here with you, Young Master Yue, how can you turn your face and deny it?

The two people went back and forth and actually argued in front of Eunuch Zhu.

It was not until Eunuch Zhu coughed heavily with a sharp voice that those two people realized the presence of Eunuch Zhu and suddenly lost their voices.

“Since you want to quarrel, then we will make it possible for you.” Eunuch Zhu shouted expressionlessly, “Little Shuanzi.”

A little eunuch hurriedly came and knelt down: “Yes.”

“Take them down first.”

“Yes.”

As the little eunuchs walked away, the begging voices of the dragged Yue Gui and the others also faded away.

Wen Chi glanced over there quietly, and in his heart he had to admire how those ancient TV dramas really learned the essence of this – obviously they could let Yue Gui and the others go by themselves, but the little eunuchs dragged them like sacks. Because of the little eunuch’s effort, Yue Gui’s and the other’s skin also suffered.

After watching such a play, Wen Chi followed Eunuch Zhu to the crown prince’s study again, he was already half an hour late.

The crown prince is still the prince who farts at leisure¹Free to fart/ fart/ free fart – it’s a chinese slang term for people who live a very leisurely life, or has nothing to do, leaning back on the couch with his eyes closed, two small eunuchs standing left and right on either side, carefully squeezing his shoulders.

Wen Chi saw that the two little eunuchs were so scared that they were about to suffocate. He saw himself in the same situation in the near future and there were two lines of clear tears in his heart again.

After collecting his thoughts, he gingerly came to sit down in front of his fixed position.

Eunuch Zhu went to the crown prince and told him everything that happened on the road just now.

Obviously, the crown prince was not asleep and he listened to Eunuch Zhu’s words. He slowly opened his eyes, as if he had been paying attention to Wen Chi’s movements and his gaze fell on Wen Chi accurately without having to search.

“Tell me.” Perhaps because he hasn’t talked in a long time, Shi Ye’s voice was a little low and hoarse, but still pleasant to hear, “How should Bengong deal with them?”

Wen Chi: “…”

Why does the dog prince always like to force him to make a statement?

Wen Chi thought this was to give a proposition, but on second thought, he made so many mistakes in front of the crown prince, except for that time when the two eunuchs dragged him out, he didn’t seem to have received any substantive punishment.

After thinking about it, he really couldn’t figure out what the crown prince was thinking and he really didn’t think he would be the most special existence in the crown prince’s heart.

In desperation, he chose neither light nor heavy punishment: “I think… flogging them with a rod is enough.”

 Although he was very afraid of Yue Gui, it was not as far as to take Yue Gui’s life..

“Then according to what you say.” When he said that Shi Ye is very much like the tyrant who dotes on his wife in the novel, “Zhu Xian.”

Eunuch Zhu bowed and said: “The servant is here.”

“Those people, all of them are to be caned to death.”

“Yes.”

Wen Chi: “……………”

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