Chapter 5 (2/2)

“This is joking? You actually wanted my life right? If I jumped a little slower, I would enter his bloody mouth.” Chen Shu put away his sword and jumped off the roof.”

“I slept for three months and wake up to see you all one by one like you’ve become disabled. Don’t even know how to hunt anymore, so I’m just helping you recover. If still so wasted, there’s no more playing around later.” After Ye Xiang finished and said to the Shopkeeper, “Tomorrow I will take four thousand gold from my manor, for the rest ask from them, each person a thousand gold.”

“Yes.” The Shopkeeper nodded.

Ye Xiang turned and left the teahouse, the lion following behind him.

“Hey, where are you going?” Shen Qi shouted.

“Going back to the manor for dinner, I’m starving to death.” Ye Xiang said.

“Let’s eat outside,” Shen Qi said. “You been asleep for three months and finally woke up. Today we have to have to drink some.”

“I’m fine with drinking, but who is treating? You?” Ye Xiang said without turning back.

Shen Qi stunned, “I lost a thousand gold to you, I am tight handed3.”

“I lost four thousand gold, my hands are tighter,” Ye Xiang continued to move forward.

“Who asked you to open invitation for a day of tea?” Shen Qi rolled his eyes.

“Under a blissful moment,” Ye Shoudao.

Shen Qi was completely speechless and turned to look at the others.

The others shrugged together, a thousand dollars was not a small amount. In the near days, it looks everyone would be tight handed.

Ye Xiang was far ahead, one man and one lion disappeared into the street.

Qi Shu turned back and wondering at Chen Shu. “Why did he suddenly get angry with you?”

Hearing that, Chen Shu became angry. “I just said that the Su Manor’s Young Lady was comparable with him and he got angry and let the lion bite me.”

Qi Shu was momentarily stunned and then suddenly laughed. “He seems to not want anything to do with the Su Manor’s Young Lady.”

“I guess the Su Manor’s Young lady is ugly.” Chen Shu said angrily.

Qi Shu shook his head. “I’ve asked and heard that the Su Manor’s Young Lady is a natural beauty and inherits the beauty of Madam Su.”

“Since she inherited Madam Su’s beauty, so she probably also inherited General Su’s bad temper.” Chen Shu said, “If not ugly, then is a fearsome warrior.”

Qi Shu hearing so believed more of the latter and nodded. “Should be it. So even though Ye Xiang heard that the Emperor intended to have him marry Lady Su, he tries avoiding it with all he can, even though the Su Manor’s is so reputated now it doesn’t work on him.”

Chen Shu sneer, “If talking about reputation, the Su Manor now is no more so than the Rong-an Manor in the past? Even if the Rong-an Manor is now fallen, it is not necessary to kiss up to the Su Manor, and marry the Su Manor’s Young Lady.”

“That’s true.” Qi Shu nodded. “Ye Xiang doesn’t need to kiss up to General Su, so not marrying is ok.”

“Let it go to Xu Yun Chu.” Shen Qi clicked his tongue.

“The Empress Dowager has been so troublesome these years, the Emperor has long already become impatient. The Xu family already has two queens, but still not satisfied, they also want to taint the military power, really is dreaming. The Emperor is weak, but not stupid. Xu Yun Chu wants to marry Lady Su? Unless the kingdom changed its surname.” Chen Shu said in disdain.

“Hey, you want to die, you dare to say these things.” Qi Shu covered Chen Shu’s mouth.

Chen Shu reached out and pushed him away. “Since there is no wine to drink, let’s each go back to their own manor.”

Shen Qi nodded. “Ye Xiang has returned to his manor. What are we doing here? Go, let’s all return to our manor.”

Everyone nodded and leaving from the entrance of the teahouse, returning to their own manor.