Chapter 85 – The Unruly Smiling Lord [1]
ng Zi-Xiao thought that his life and his career as an official had been difficult because Ye Nan-Tian had been placing obstacles in his way to make him suffer.
As of this mont, he thought that it was a good chance to take his revenge because it was the Crown Prince’s Palace and Ye Xiao was here alone and helpless. That’s why he took Guan Zheng-Wen’s turn to speak in haste. And naturally, he brought up the past in his heart and seized the chance.
And he had led the conversation to an irrevocable situation.
He seized the chance to deal with Ye Xiao in order to suppress Ye Nan-Tian and let the crown prince have an extrely negative judgent on the house of Ye. Therefore, once the crown prince beca king, he would get all the people of the Ye Clan killed... That would be the sa as God realizing his wish...
Being challenged like that, Ye Xiao wouldn’t be able to bear it. However, if he ran wild, he would be offending the crown prince. If he offended the crown prince, he would be disregarding the royal power. That ant that he would be committing treason!
If so, it would be easy to put any criminal label on him!
However, he was wrong about one thing. Ye Xiao wasn’t disposing the royal power; in fact... he never saw the crown prince in his eyes! Besides, ng Zi-Xiao didn’t know how important Ye Nan-Tian was for the king.
Ye Xiao naturally didn’t know anything about the story, but he clearly felt that ng Zi-Xiao had hostility against him since he had arrived. Now that he was ssed in such a way, it would be an extrely strange thing if he could still bear it.
Ye Xiao laughed and said, “ng Zi-Xiao, the nobody, right? It was not your role to say if I am playing a fool or not, and not your place to make any judgent about whether or not I am planning sothing! You don’t have the right to say anything about the royal power. And it is absolutely not your right to judge the great general! Who do you think you are? Believe it or not. If you dare to say any words against my family again, I will throw your dead body to the streets of the capital. Hmm. Maybe not tomorrow. Maybe I am going to do it now!”
“I don’t know whether the great general is good or not, but I am sure about one thing. A man like you is worth less than a dog or a bird for the great general. ‘A man worse than a beast’ [2] is a description that perfectly fits you!”
Ye Xiao smiled and stared at ng Zi-Xiao peacefully. He spoke blandly, “If soone wants to question , he should better send a qualified man to do it. Such a nobody, a garbage! How dare you question ? That is just ridiculous! A huge joke! A little garbage who never know how to respect seniority rules. No wonder the king decided never to recruit that sobody!”
“That is truly ‘dog at can never get on the table’ [3]!” Ye Xiao sneered, “No. It is insulting to dogs to call you a dog! You wouldn’t think that if you are willing to be soone’s dog, your master will surely give you bones, would you?”
“And you threatened ... Even the crown prince didn’t do so. You wouldn’t think that you are better than him, would you? As the crown prince wants to talk to , he has invited
for dinner... And you are nothing but a little garbage... What the hell! Just shut your mouth already and wave your tails!”
He shouted and all the people kept quiet. The whole hall was in silence!
Nobody would have thought that this Smiling Lord, who was one of the ‘three foppish lords’ actually shouted during the feast that was hosted by the crown prince. He was like a gangster, shooting without any restriction!
He was shouting at the crown prince’s man in front of the crown prince!
ng Zi-Xiao’s face turned purple as he stared at Ye Xiao fiercely. At this mont, the anger and disgrace in his heart nearly made him want to kill himself!
Ye Xiao’s words, on top of being threatening, was also exposing his intent. And he added unrciful sneering by saying that he was a dog that wasn’t liked by his master, he was treated even worse than a dog...
ng Zi-Xiao was furious inside and he nearly couldn’t hold his anger. If he could, he would rip Ye Xiao into pieces so as to calm his anger. However, he only dared to think about it; he absolutely had no guts to do so.
First of all, he was the son of a great general that he couldn’t ss with. Secondly, it was the crown prince’s ho and the crown prince was holding a feast. Even though he felt extrely angry, he wouldn’t dare to take any actions before the crown prince gives the order. Thirdly, Ye Xiao wasn’t joking when he threatened him.
It wouldn’t be a difficult thing for the house of Ye to make ng Zi-Xiao disappear. Even if sobody would find out, nobody would ss with the house of Ye for a dead man!
ng Zi-Xiao was not the brother-in-law to the crown prince after all.
He was extrely furious, but he could do nothing about it. He could only stare at Ye Xiao fiercely while he spoke, “I will keep your words in mind. There will be a chance in the future for you and for
to et again. Let’s wait and see then.”
“Look at him...” Ye Xiao pointed him with a finger and laughed loudly, “What a pussy. He was shouted like that, yet what he would do was nothing but rembering... What do you rember? Don’t wait for the future. ng Zi-Xiao, let
give you an advice today! I believe you will be thankful for what I will teach you today!”
ng Zi-Xiao spoke fiercely, “I wonder what good advice you would have for . I ask for it sincerely. I am listening and will never forget it my whole life.”
Ye Xiao casually picked up a chicken leg in front of him and threw it onto ng Zi-Xiao’s face. It imdiately made his face turned oily. Ye Xiao spoke, “The advice is... since you chose to be a dog, you must act like a dog! When you are told to eat, you eat; when you are told not to, you can only watch even if the food was thrown to your face.”
He sneered and spoke blandly, “When you are told to bark, you bark twice; if you bark wrong, you will be ripped out and your skin will be my dish that goes with liquor! Understand? Now get the fxxk off!”
ng Zi-Xiao was trembling. His face was pale, then it turned red, and then it beca pale once again. Obviously, he was feeling extrely terrible.
However, nobody would pity him at the mont.
Because he asked for it.
He thought that the son of Ye Nan-Tian was only a foppish fool so he wanted to humiliate him as a revenge. Yet he would have never thought that surprisingly, such a foppish fool had the capability to deal with him. And it was harsh!
He who wanted to humiliate people got himself humiliated!
It was completely silent!
When they were preparing to question Ye Xiao, he burst in front of everyone in advance.
And it was so violent, so unrciful, so barbaric!
The chicken leg dropped on the floor from ng Zi-Xiao’s face. – Pah! – Ye Xiao seed to feel pity and sighed, “What a good chicken leg. Such a waste throwing it to a dog. Fine. It was cheap anyway...”
ng Zi-Xiao shouted and rushed out covering his face.
Silence took over the hall once again.
The crown prince kept his face cold all the ti before he finally opened his mouth, “Lord Ye Xiao, how sharp your words are; how fierce your thods are. However, what you did happened to be underestimating , wasn’t it?”
Ye Xiao laughed and said, “You are being sensitive, your highness. I was just helping you for giving your dog a lesson. It was a small favor. No need to ntion it. You are very welco, your highness.”
The crown prince spoke blandly, “ng Zi-Xiao is not a dog. He is my counselor! He is like my brother!”
When he said that, many of his n felt warm in their hearts.
[He truly is a crown prince. He is so elegant and generous.
With these words, he actually said, we won’t be regretting doing anything for him.]
Ye Xiao laughed, “Not a dog? A brother? Oh I see! No offense. How was I supposed to know that such a garbage prick was actually your brother? Hmmm... It was ‘like a brother’... Well that’s close enough! However... Your highness, when I shouted on him, why didn’t you stop ? If you stopped
earlier, I would have considered your feelings. Even though I could never see that guy in my eyes, I would have shown him rcy! Hmm. You didn’t say anything at all. Can I see it this way? You actually agree with
that he talked in a wrong way. And it pissed you, so you didn’t stop . Right?”
The crown prince seed angry and was speechless.
“... Moreover, when he ran out, why didn’t you let him stay?” Ye Xiao said blandly, “Brother... Is that how you treat your brother?”
Guan Zheng-Wen spoke seriously, “Lord Ye!” His voice was harsh!
“Wait if you want to talk. I haven’t finished yet.” Ye Xiao spoke blandly, “The crown prince ntioned ‘brother’, and it made
want to laugh... The two guys who are fighting against you for the throne, are they not your brothers? The biological ones!”
“You fight against each other among your true brothers... Now that you told
ng Zi-Xiao was your brother! Hey hey... How is this kind of brother compared to your biological brothers? I really have no idea about it!”
Ye Xiao sneered.
He had prepared to fall out with the crown prince, so naturally, he wouldn’t care about talking wildly!
What he said had totally destroyed the atmosphere. He talked even more boldly than ng Zi-Xiao!
It stunned everyone!
[This Ye Xiao is really unscrupulous!]
The crown prince’s face was really gloomy.
Was the relation between them completely broken?!
Guan Zheng-Wen trembled.
What Ye Xiao had just said completely ripped off the fictitious mask of the crown prince. Without any reservation!
The guys beca silent for a while and then burst with accusations, “What a bastard. How dare you talk like that!”
“The crown prince is kind and just. How could he possibly be like that!”
“You are slandering the crown prince!”
“How dare you, Ye Xiao! You are committing treason!”
Facing the accusations from everyone, Ye Xiao didn’t say anything for retort. Guan Zheng-Wen was quiet too. The crown prince was also quiet, looking at Ye Xiao.
Guan Zheng-Wen’s eyes were scanning, understanding, and then finally confirming.
The crown prince’s eyes were cautious, careful, and... a bit utterly discomfited.
Ye Xiao’s eyes were like a deep pool in the autumn, which was silent and extrely profound.
...
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[1] ‘Xiao’ (笑) ans smile.
[2] ‘worse than a beast’ (禽兽不如), ans being a bad guy who has a terrible personality.
[3] ‘dong at can never get on the table’ (狗肉上不了正席), ans a man is la and never can be better.
3rd regular chapter of the week!
Translated by: Rain
Edited by: Alpha, Arch
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