It’s quite appetizing.

To let the girl see what’s going on below, Wei Zhao considerately removed a piece of tile.

Yu Tingwan bit into a sesame cake and leaned closer to take a look with her dark, shining eyes.

The position was perfect; she could see the tightly clasped hands below and Ying Zhi’s effort to suppress his disgusted face.

Ying Zhi felt he had been offended.

This Liang Rui actually compared him to a girl.

Indeed, someone from a wild place couldn’t even speak properly.

But being a man himself, Ying Zhi held back the unease.

Liang Rui pretended to read his palm seriously while taking advantage of the situation.

"You don’t seem to have a long life."

This was the truth.

He knew Wei Zhao, who always cut the grass and removed the roots to eliminate future troubles.

Ying Zhi: ???

"Don’t joke around."

Liang Rui changed his wording: "Then your romantic prospects are coming."

Ying Zhi scoffed even more.

He already had children and had taken quite a few concubines.

Liang Rui spoke ambiguously: "Among your concubines, there’s one called Cuicui, the one who just brought you soup..."

Ying Zhi interrupted directly.

He didn’t want to waste words with Liang Rui.

"Have you taken a fancy to her?"

Ying Zhi: "If you like her, I’ll give her to you."

His tone was casual; women to him were merely for amusement.

Like cats and dogs, he played with them when he remembered, and discarding them was no big deal.

Yu Tingwan: ???

She clenched her fists in anger.

Just at that moment, an unidentified flying object flapped its wings this way from next door.

A blue crow with mung bean-sized eyes came over and landed steadily beside Yu Tingwan.

About to cry out loud.

Yu Tingwan made a hush motion.

The blue crow tilted its head, obediently keeping quiet.

Again, Ying Zhi’s voice was heard.

"In my residence, except for the legitimate wife and any pregnant concubines, if you want anyone else, just say the word and I’ll send them to you."

"The Second Prince is quite generous with me."

Liang Rui smiled, gazing at him affectionately, with a teasing tone: "But I see, among them, only your main wife’s appearance is the most beautiful."

Ying Zhi’s face fell.

"Liang Rui!"

"She is my properly-wedded wife, brought home with a grand wedding procession, the birth mother of my legitimate son, not a plaything."

This was a decent response.

Yu Tingwan pursed her lips.

In the next moment.

Ying Zhi smiled.

"She has a fiery temperament, and I’ve been restrained for a long time. Once you help me to that position, I won’t let someone disobedient become the mistress of the harem; I’ll find a chance to eliminate her. By then... everything can be discussed."

This beast!

Liang Rui couldn’t stop laughing.

He liked it.

Yu Tingwan: ???

She thought of Yao Ru being at the mercy of this man and trapped in the Second Prince Mansion and got annoyed.

But she couldn’t just run down and punch Ying Zhi.

Yu Tingwan held her breath, stuck in a dilemma, feeling indignant for Yao Ru.

But bottling it up would eventually harm her.

She couldn’t exhaust herself internally.

Yu Tingwan looked at the person and the bird she could hit right now.

She thought for a moment and chose to give Wei Zhao a punch.

Wei Zhao: ???

He said softly, "Why?"

Yu Tingwan: "The blue crow is just a little thing."

Wei Zhao sighed, "I’m big, so I deserve it?"

Yu Tingwan was just about to nod.

Wei Zhao curved his lips lazily.

"Indeed, I’m quite talented in some areas."

Yu Tingwan: "You... really know how to comfort yourself."

The couple’s conversation was lost on the blue crow.

But it could see that Yu Tingwan chose to hit the general over it.

The blue crow suddenly felt quite moved.

It really was different by Yu Tingwan’s side.

Especially when Yu Tingwan would order Fu Meng to serve tea and water, never making it do the work.

Hmm, it’s definitely not because it couldn’t handle the task.

But because Yu Tingwan cared about it!

It even felt that Yu Tingwan came here to see it.

Perhaps she appeared on the roof next door because she got the location wrong.

The cyan crow, thinking of this, was filled with excitement, glancing smugly at Wei Zhao. It even twisted its round body recklessly.

Wei Zhao remained expressionless, and in the next moment, a piercing bird cry was heard.

The cyan crow was thrown back to Jia Mansion.

Ying Fuyan, leaning against the window, witnessed it all.

"Stupid bird."

Cyan Crow: "I’m so sad."

Its beak chattered: "Brother Ying."

This address.

There was no need to guess where it heard it from.

Ying Fuyan’s face darkened.

Meanwhile, Yu Tingwan continued to listen to the commotion below.

"The Third Prince should know, my whole intention is to trip up my fifth brother."

Ying Zhi’s gaze turned cold.

"Now, everyone in the court suspects that the fire was my doing."

He suppressed his anger: "Not to mention that my confidant is loyal and only serves me, it is impossible for them to betray, yet they were falsely accused with an unfounded charge. Even if he himself set fire to the Imperial Palace, without inside help, how could it be done?"

It must have been that beast Ying Yin who did it, and smeared it on him.

Even worse!

The thief cries thief.

Yu Tingwan, who was initially very interested: ...

That makes it uninteresting, discussing serious matters properly.

Liang Rui smiled with regret.

"You are really quite boring."

However...

He leaned forward slightly: "Ying Yin is indeed vicious, but I suppose your emperor doesn’t truly believe his side of the story. Otherwise, you would have been apprehended for questioning long ago."

Father?

Ying Zhi’s emotions were very subdued.

"Who knows what he’s thinking?"

All these years, he has never understood Emperor Qian’s mind, has he?

"Before he ascended to the throne, he was still calling King Yan his brother. Then he turned around and had him killed, didn’t he?"

"Now all the evidence points to me, and it’s his people investigating. How could he not suspect me?"

It’s simply because the fourth, Ying Cheng, cannot hold his own yet, and among the princes, only he can stand against Ying Yin, who possesses Dragon Energy.

He cannot be implicated.

"Don’t come back for a few days."

Liang Rui was displeased: "Why?"

And he even has the nerve to ask, when he visits Second Prince Mansion so openly.

Ying Zhi was irked: "Ying Yin placed his cherished adviser right next door to monitor me. Knowing you arrived in Da Jin, he has also informed my father."

Liang Rui was very dissatisfied upon hearing this: "Why is he meddling in so many things?"

"He’s always been no good."

Liang Rui: "Since you are dreading him, yet are in a passive position, why not enter the palace to clear your grievances?"

"Clear what?"

"If I am guilty, and Father wishes to protect, then I am not guilty. If I am not guilty, but he thinks I am, then no amount of argument will convince him."

Right or wrong depends only on a thought by the emperor.

These years, there have been many innocents imprisoned. Even if protected by the Imperial Censorate, the emperor only needs to utter a word, and they can’t protect them.

Ying Zhi seems very open-minded: "I know best what kind of person Father is, the more I explain, the more he doubts, so no matter what happens outside, my silence and non-admission actually reassure him more."

Liang Rui squinted.

What a pity.

This figure has some brains.

Just destined to live a short life.

"And that soup Cuicui gave you, didn’t you feel anything after drinking it?"

The topic was brought up again.

Ying Zhi was baffled: "What?"

Liang Rui: "Didn’t you know? I could tell there was something mixed in just from the smell."

Ying Zhi’s face changed.

Instinctively, he thought someone intended to harm him.

"Don’t worry. It’s a good thing."

Liang Rui said cryptically: "It’s all aphrodisiac. Every time I drink it, I react, it’s excellent for excitement."

As he spoke, his gaze wandered downwards.

"It’s been so long for you."

Liang Rui: "You have so many concubines and mistresses in the Second Prince’s harem, are you worn out?"

No wonder it was sent to him.

Yu Tingwan on the rooftop widened her eyes.

Ying Zhi couldn’t bear to hear this!

He indeed has been lacking in strength for a long time.

Ying Zhi jerked his hand back forcefully, but it seemed there was still a sticky sensation on it.

"What nonsense are you spouting!"

Liang Rui: "What’s there to be embarrassed about? Your time is short, and you’ve secretly consulted many doctors, haven’t you?"

"What a pity. I thought you drank it, with us alone in the room, something might happen."

Ying Zhi: ???

If he still couldn’t see the trick, he’d be a fool.

Ying Zhi stood up suddenly, never had he been so humiliated.