Chapter 224

Chapter 224: Inhuman Acts

That alone would have been bad enough, but if the other side arranged a few more people and deliberately compared the Princess to some brothel girl who had “slept with” her prospective Prince Consort-then even if no one dared say it out loud, what about in private?

How much blame and gossip would the Princess have to swallow because of that? The tactic was filthy, but it hurt women the most.

When Shang Xing Yu thought of it, his eyes turned icy.

With his martial arts, he could have forced out a drug like this with Inner Power. At worst, his body would have felt awful for a while.

But the Princess had felt sorry for him and prepared medicine in advance, so Shang Xing Yu did not even have to endure that little discomfort.

Shang Xing Yu smiled and swallowed the pill.

A moment later, that faint restless heat inside him faded. His body still ran hot, and his face stayed flushed, but that was all for the people who wanted to see it.

Shang Xing Yu slumped over the table with his eyes shut.

Footsteps came closer and closer.

Then two voices whispered to each other. They sounded familiar-the same two men who had been seated on his left and right earlier.

One of them spoke carefully, clearly wary of Shang Xing Yu’s status as the Prince Consort.

The other man sneered, “What are you afraid of? He’s just a useless sack of wine. The person who hired us even managed to get an invitation to the literary gathering’s inner courtyard. That person’s status must be extraordinary.”

The cautious one swallowed and said, “Maybe after tonight, he won’t even get to be called a fool anymore. What Prince Consort? Just think about the silver we got…”

The other man chuckled, “Fair enough.”

As they spoke, they hauled Shang Xing Yu up from both sides.

Shang Xing Yu acted like he was burning up. He tugged at his clothes, and the two men moved even faster, taking a secluded route toward a row of side rooms behind the courtyard.

One of them asked, “Is it this one?”

Very soon, Shang Xing Yu was tossed into a side room.

The candlelight inside flickered dimly. Gauze curtains hung half-closed, and the faint incense in the air carried something that stirred desire.

The two men still tried to lift him onto the bed.

Whoosh-whoosh- two hidden weapons flew in.

The men did not even manage a sound before they crumpled to the floor.

Mo Qing stepped in through the doorway.

Before Shang Xing Yu could speak, two women’s tangled, desperate moans drifted from the inner chamber.

Shang Xing Yu’s expression shifted.

Two?

[Damn it. That dog of a Crown Prince really did not act like a human.]

Shang Xing Yu’s face twitched, but luckily he was even less “human” than the Crown Prince.

Shang Xing Yu and Mo Qing backed out and hid up in a tree.

Very soon, several figures headed this way.

There were only three, and Xiu He-the one responsible for luring people over-was not with them.

Shang Xing Yu narrowed his eyes.

So Ming Jia the Commandery Princess truly hated Shang Xing Yu to the bone. Even at a moment like this, Ming Jia still came to watch Shang Xing Yu get humiliated. Was Ming Jia not afraid of getting burned too?

Maybe Ming Jia was simply too confident in Prince Huai Residence’s Manor Soldiers.

Elsewhere, Crown Prince Sheng Yuan Jun grew uneasy as he waited and waited for Ming Jia to return, until one of the Manor Soldiers by Ming Jia’s side came back alone.

Crown Prince Sheng Yuan Jun demanded, “What happened? Where was the Commandery Princess?”

Before the words even finished, the Manor Soldier lowered his voice with a grim face and whispered into Sheng Yuan Jun’s ear, “Crown Prince, Your Highness, something happened to the Commandery Princess. The Commandery Princess-the Commandery Princess was drugged too…”

Crown Prince Sheng Yuan Jun shot up, “What?”

Noticing everyone around him looking over, Sheng Yuan Jun forced a deep breath, made an excuse, and left his seat.

Sheng Yuan Jun hurried to the side room.

As expected, something unexpected happened anyway.

The “Manor Soldier” beside him tore off the mask, revealing a different, clean-cut face.

Shang Xing Yu said coolly, “Good. After today, you’ll all be rewarded.”

After tossing Sheng Yuan Jun onto the bed as well, Shang Xing Yu thoughtfully fed them something far stronger.

When Shang Xing Yu stepped out and shut the door, the sounds inside turned into dry wood meeting raging fire.

Shang Xing Yu listened for a while and felt extremely satisfied.

One against three.

It really had to be said-Crown Prince, Your Highness, truly lived up to being Crown Prince, Your Highness. Even in bed, Crown Prince, Your Highness did things differently from everyone else.

Shang Xing Yu sent Mo Qing away.

Then Shang Xing Yu returned to the inner courtyard as if nothing had happened, drinking tea with a few Scholars and spouting a couple lines of nonsense poetry.

Right after that, a burst of chaos erupted from the side rooms.

Shang Xiu Yuan froze in place.

Behind Shang Xiu Yuan, more than a dozen Imperial Academy Scholars stood stunned as well.

One of them stammered, “Xiu-Xiu Yuan, didn’t you say the person inside was Shang Xing Yu?”

Another gaped, “How… how was it…”

Shang Xiu Yuan’s face turned paper white. Only then did Shang Xiu Yuan react and try to drive everyone behind him away.

If the Crown Prince did something like this in public, then even if they saw it, they were supposed to pretend they had not.

But it was already too late.

Just to draw attention, Shang Xiu Yuan and the others had shouted all the way over. By now, people were already stretching their necks and peeking in.

Someone let out a startled scream.

Shang Xing Yu seemed to hear his own name again, and Shang Xing Yu shouted from behind, “Who was looking for me? I was right here!”

Shang Xiu Yuan turned around.

When Shang Xing Yu saw Shang Xiu Yuan, Shang Xing Yu beamed. Shang Xing Yu said, “So Elder Brother had an invitation too. I was just thinking about how Elder Brother gave your invitation to me, and I felt so guilty that I could barely stand it. Now that I saw Elder Brother was actually here as well, I felt relieved.”

Shang Xiu Yuan’s head buzzed. Shang Xiu Yuan blurted, “You-you were outside?”

Shang Xing Yu blinked in confusion and said, “If I wasn’t outside, where would I be? Elder Brother, what were you all looking at?”

Shang Xing Yu had already walked closer.

Shang Xiu Yuan tried to block Shang Xing Yu, but Shang Xing Yu slipped past like a slick eel and reached the front in a few quick steps.

Then Shang Xing Yu stared in shock and said, “Crown Prince?!”

The moment the words left Shang Xing Yu’s mouth, Shang Xing Yu pointed at Shang Xiu Yuan and cried, “Elder Brother, you were finished! You were going to be in huge trouble! You actually brought this many people to catch the Crown Prince cheating?!”

Shang Xiu Yuan said nothing.

Hearing that, Shang Xiu Yuan wanted to smash Shang Xing Yu’s face with his fist.

Shang Xiu Yuan was not blind. Shang Xiu Yuan could see the gloating in Shang Xing Yu’s eyes.

But now what was Shang Xiu Yuan supposed to do?

Shang Xiu Yuan had come only because the Crown Prince ordered it. The person Shang Xiu Yuan was supposed to “catch” was Shang Xing Yu-with two prostitutes!