Chapter 102

“Humph!” Nangong Du, who had been listening expressionlessly, suddenly snorted at Zixiu’s hypothetical question. He was no longer interested in enjoying this farce, especially when he saw some shameless guy was pouring out his romantic experience like an eloquent speaker!

“Don’t you think you are a dandy?” With a sarcastic remark, Nangong Du finally raised his head. He glanced scornfully at Yan Lingxiao and Luo Huali, who had been struck dumb by Zixiu’s question, and then fixed his gaze on Liu Zixiu, burning with anger. It was no wonder that he was pissed off. Leaving aside what had happened before he went up the mountain, his consort, Liu Zixiu, kept on making a fool of himself smugly tonight! He had given him a chance, but it was useless! The cheeky brat had lost all sense of shame and even despised his majesty! This was totally unacceptable! He should lay bare Liu Zixiu’s childish, dirty tricks as early as possible! Yes, that would be a wise decision! “Liu Zixiu, cut the crap! I guess you must be worried that the two of them will abandon you for someone else, and then they won’t make a fire and cook for you like your servants!”

“Abandon me for someone else… make a fire and cook for me…servants?”  Zixiu was astonished. He had forgotten to ask why Nangong Du thought he was a dandy, and now he was repeating these keywords which grated on him. Although he was mentally prepared, and even put himself in the other three guy’s shoes, he did not expect that Nangong Du would have suddenly said something completely irrelevant to the topic he had just been talking about. As Nangong Du had shifted the topic suddenly, Zixiu could not figure out what was his mind for the moment. ‘Does Nangong Du mean I’m too avant-garde? No, he must be hinting at something else! Cut the crap?! Damn it! How dare this pervert dismiss my rigorous argument which combined theory and example as crap? How come he thought my senior brother and Lingxiao were serving me like servants by making a fire and cooking for me? I’m worried that they will abandon me for someone else?! Bullshit!’ “Nangong Du, seems you’re deliberately picking on me! How can you take it a servant’s job to make a fire and cook? My senior brother is not only highly skilled in martial arts and in medicine, but also good at cooking! He’s diligent, gentle, and considerate, a good man of our time!”

“!!” Huali came back to his senses from his “self-reflection” when he suddenly heard Zixiu talk about him. From what Zixiu said, he thought he was criticizing him and Lingxiao for having unrealistic expectations of him. Zixiu seemed to be very annoyed and even disgusted with them. How come he thought so highly of him? He not only praised him but also defended him! Huali was confused. What was on Zixiu’s mind？Could it be that Zixiu appreciated him or had feelings for him?

Like his senior brother, Lingxiao got muddleheaded as well. He thought Zixiu hated him as well as Huali, but now he was praising and defending their senior brother! What did a senior brother who could cook and take care of other people mean to Zixiu? What did a good man mean?

Zixiu did not notice Lingxiao’s reaction to what he said and he was just thinking about how to refute Nangong Du’s insulting words. As if he had found an outlet, the anger and resentment he had accumulated for a long time suddenly broke out. Glaring at Nangong Du, he went on shooting back. “Even though my senior brother and Lingxiao can’t tell what they like about me, I won’t look down on them or detest them, because both of them are gentlemen who respect themselves as well as me! But you… Nangong Du, do you know how disgusting you are? You are a barbarian, a bully, and a sex maniac! I guess it must be you who will abandon me for someone else! What’s the big deal about a prince? You already had a bunch of consorts and concubines, but you still went to whore! Oh! You even got poisoned in the brothel! If Lingxiao hadn’t saved your life disregarding the personal grudge between you two, you would have rotted in hell! However, instead of returning favors, you even said he was a servant!  Damn it! Didn’t your mother ever teach you how to be a decent man? How come you discriminated against the working people like that! You never work, so you don’t contribute anything to this country! I was just thinking of giving you a bowl of chicken soup with rice for the sake of your help in putting out the fire, but I have changed my mind now!” Zixiu paused for a moment and then cast a glance at Lingxiao. “Lingxiao!” he shouted.

“I’m here!” Shocked by the “impassioned speech” and the overwhelming momentum of Zixiu, Lingxiao reflexively answered loudly.

Hearing his positive response, Zixiu calmed down a little, but his eyes were still full of provocation as he glared at Nangong Du.

He told Lingxiao calmly, “There’s chicken soup with rice cooked by our senior brother in the kitchen. Go eat all of them up right away! Come to me when you’re done. I’m going to share the same bed with you and our senior brother tonight!”

“Liu Zixiu, how dare you!” Nangong Du, who remained calm and silent even when he was being scolded by Zixiu, suddenly roared.

“Whatever you think!” With his senior brother around, Zixiu was fearless. What’s more, he had finally gotten the chance to teach Nangong Du a lesson. “Nangong Du, I have been putting up with you for a long time! Who’s your darling?  You make me feel disgusting! If you dare to find faults with me again, my senior brother won’t go easy on you! I can do whatever I want in my own home. It’s none of your business!”

“Really?” Nangong Du sneered. Liu Zixiu was threatening him with his senior brother again! It was unforgivable! “Liu Zixiu, don’t forget, every inch of land in the country belongs to the emperor!”

“The emperor?” After thinking for a moment, Zixiu sneered as well. This asshole was just giving himself airs! “Your Highness, it’s a pity that you’re only a prince, not the emperor. Are you plotting to usurp the throne?”

“Liu Zixiu, you…” How could Liu Zixiu become so quick-witted and eloquent in a few months? And he even dared to retort and challenge him! Being choked by his words, Nangong Du had no idea what to say. He could not help but suspect that Zixiu might really be a spy!

Zixiu did not think that much, and now all on his mind was how to crush Nangong Du in words. Therefore, he just blurted out whatever came to his mind. “In all times, no emperor could coexist with their brothers peacefully, and there were few princes who had never thought of taking the throne! The emperor of the Nan Kingdom has only a mentally retarded son, er… wait! Perhaps this son is just playing dumb! Ha-ha, Your Highness…”

“Liu Zixiu, you rebel!”

“Drop the act! Your Highness, you’re just pretending to be a foppish childe. Actually, you’re shrewder than anyone else! I know too many stories of usurpers and regicides, all the same, so boring! All the emperors tended to be suspicious and all the princes tended to be ambitious. Oh! There were also some high-rank officials, who caused the emperor to worry because they contributed too much to the country. And those women in the harem intrigued against each other every day… Er…” Zixiu was suddenly stunned by his own words. What the hell was he talking about?