Disobedient Minister Against Favors

a junction on the corner.
As soon as he bumped into the person, Liu Yuzhen reacted quickly and bounced away.
Nonetheless, the man was also taken aback.

Yuzhen retreated to the side of  Yuelan  and bowed his head meekly and remained silent.
Yuelan, on the other hand, was so frightened and hastily saluted the man, “This maidservant collided with Daren, this crime deserves death.
Please punish this maidservant!”

(t/n Daren-adult, grown-up)

Yuzhen’s voice was different from that of a woman, therefore speaking was out of the question.
Besides, he didn’t want to say such compliments at all.
“Uh…uhm.”

“It wasn’t you who collided with me, it was her.” The man’s voice seemed to be magnetic and very gentle.
The person slowly stepped forward and stretched out his index finger to lift Yuzhen’s chin.

However, Yuzhen turned his head to the side and backed away.

Don’t expect that just because Emperor Yan can harass him as so means he’ll also allow some strangers to harass him as well.
Liu Yuzhen made it clear that anyone who dares to tease him will be his debtor.
Just wait for him to collect their blood and then let them beg for mercy!

When the man saw he was being ignored, he withdrew his hand.
“Haha..” with a small laugh, he left the hallway with one hand clasped behind his back.

Liu Yuzhen cast a furtive glance at him through the corners of his eye.
Under the golden light of the setting sun, with catkins flying, he glimpsed a tall man in white walk away while letting his clasp hand behind his back fall back to his side.
He was tall and straight, with the air of a scholar, but there was a hint of authority and hegemony about him.
His long hair, which resembled a waterfall, was tied at the end with a red silk rope, simple yet noble.
It was quite charming.

After a few paces, the man suddenly came to a halt and looked back.
Before Yuzhen could avert his gaze, a set of black eyes as gentle as water met his.
The man shook his head for a moment, and a tint of regret and disappointment swiftly covered his entire heroic and graceful face.
The man turned his head back, walked again until he disappeared from Yuzhen’s sight.

Yuelan always felt that the voice was familiar.
She looked up only to see that the man was already far away, and she couldn’t see him clearly, so she could only ask Yuzhen, who was beside her, “Who was that just now?”

“How could I know?” Yuzhen replied without thinking.
“We should focus on our purpose at hand.
Let’s go.”

Anning Pavilion

A harsh sound of whipping filled the garden.

They were still beyond the pavilion’s walls, but they could clearly hear the loud whip as well as the flirtatious laughter of a very obnoxious man.

Yuzhen couldn’t help but make a disgusted face at something.
This grimace wrecked all of his exquisite makeup and revealed the genuine character of just how rude he could get.

“Tsk.”Yuzhen clicked his tongue and sped up his steps.
He expertly jumped onto the wall, spun over, twirled, and landed with ease.
Liu Yuzhen, who had been doing parkour since childhood, believes that skills are more essential even if the body changes.
As long as he is not incapacitated, he may demonstrate this capability.

He landed precisely at Anning Pavilion’s firewood house, which is not too far from the garden.

He hurriedly tidied himself, knocked unconscious a palace maid who had just emerged from the woodshed with a fruit tray, and carried her to the back of an enormous ceramic jar.
He reached out and snatched the tray, turned his water snake’s waist and proceeded carefully towards the garden.

(t/n water snake’s waist-skinny waist, described as the graceful figure of a woman.)

His rage was so intense that he forgot that his white thigh was exposed.

“Your Majesty, it’s this person who harmed Ning Xiang.
Look, Ning Xiang’s injury hurts so much.
Hmph! if you simply whip him twice like this, my hatred won’t be relieved at all,” the man mumbled tenderly, pointing at the man who was bound to an iron pole being whipped in front of him.

“…Then what else do you want to do?” After a long time, a deep voice sounded.

“I want him to be tortured by Ling Chi so that my hatred can be appease!”

(t/n ling chi-put to death by dismembering the body)

Hearing this sentence, Yuzhen couldn’t help shaking his hands.
If it weren’t for his quick eyes and quick hands, the fruits in the tray would have already fallen to the ground.