After the meal, Wang Shichan took Fan Luo to play chess, leaving Wei, Li and Nie Bufan to stare at each other.

Nie Bufan looked at them seriously for a while, and asked, “Do you have anything you want to say?”

Li Yi and Wei Di looked at each other and remained silent.

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One of them wanted to bring Nie Bufan back to Chicken Nest Village, and the other wanted him to be his own. Although their expressions were similar, their ultimate goal was completely different, and there was basically no common language between them. This time, having finally waited for Nie Bufan to leave the palace by himself, they both felt that they themselves had a chance, but they didn’t expect that there would be many other obstacles. Under such circumstances, what should be said and what could be said?

Li Yi was very wary of Wei Di, but wasn’t Wei Di as well?

“It’s rare for me to come out, but it’s not to accompany you to practice your eyesight.” Nie Bufan stood up and walked out.

Wei and Li both asked at the same time: “Where are you going?”

“Wander around.” As soon as his voice fell, his person had already disappeared out the door.

The two quickly followed.

Nie Bufan walked along the corridor, enjoying the surrounding scenery with great interest.

When passing by a wooden pavilion, a white-clothed waiter bowed to greet him: “Gongzi, do you need a massage?”

Massage? Nie Bufan’s eyes lit up and he followed the waiter into the pavilion. The layout of the pavilion was simple, divided into several compartments, each of which was placed with a wooden bed, a table, a screen, an incense burner and several sets of equipment for freshening up.

Behind the pavilion was a hot spring, with misty water and gurgling springs, like a fairyland.

“Gongzi, this maid will help you undress.” A pretty maid greeted him, appearance elegant and graceful.

Nie Bufan spread his arms and waited for the maid to serve him. Unexpectedly, a figure stepped forward and stopped the maid with a cold voice.

“Uncle Leader, why did you drive her away?” Nie Bufan tapped his shoulder and squeezed his waist, saying, “I feel sore all over, just in need of a massage.”

Wei Di stared at him and said, “I have also learned the technique of massage, I can do it for you.”

“No, no, no.” Nie Bufan quickly refused, “You are too strong, and my fragile bones won’t be able to stand it, so looking for those beautiful sisters to serve me is much safer.”

“I want to see just who will dare to touch you?” Wei Di’s tone was cold and his imposing aura spread out, making the maid outside the curtain shiver.

Nie Bufan glanced at him contemptuously, “You just know to bully the weak, do you dare to be kinder?”

Wei Di stared at him.

Nie Bufan turned around and pulled Li Yi, who had not said a word, and said, “Don’t pay attention to him, let’s go get a massage together.”

Li Yi stood still and motionless, saying after a while, “I don’t want those women to touch you either.”

With this guy’s habit, if it was because of a woman’s soothing and gentleness that managed to shake his basic nature, and thus causing him to have no scruples for both men and women, what kind of disaster would it be? He had no morals at all and it was not impossible that this kind of thing would happen. So he must kill all possibilities before they even cropped up, not even buds could sprout!

Wei Di looked at Li Yi suspiciously, feeling that his attitude towards Nie Bufan was very strange. He knew that Nie Bufan had something with the kid from the Zhang family, and now he was even involved with the emperor. Not only him, but Wang Shichan’s attitude was also problematic. Was there more than one or two people who coveted this guy?

Wei Di was feeling a little gloomy.

Nie Bufan heard Li Yi’s objection, and was very dissatisfied. He rolled directly onto the bed, kicked off his shoes, and said, “If you don’t want a massage, then don’t get in the way here. I will get angry.”

Wei and Li glanced at each other, tacitly standing to block the door one after another, like two door gods.

With the two of them there, no one dared to come in and look for trouble.

Nie Bufan got angry. He jumped off the bed and began to undress.

“What are you doing?” Wei and Li asked in shock.

“Streaking!”

The two of them flashed over and quickly restrained him.

Nie Bufan was sandwiched between the two these two great door gods, but did not back down at all and said: “If you have the ability, then you keep a hold on me the whole time. So long as you give me a little chance, I will run out naked.”

“Is it fun to run naked?” Wei Di gritted his teeth.

Li Yi also said: “Don’t be fooling around, showing your body to others, you are the one who will lose out.”

“Don’t worry, I will leave my underpants on.” Nie Bufan said seriously.

What was left of your morals was just that pair of underpants! Wei and Li slandered bitterly.

“Leave with me!” Wei Di couldn’t bear it, squeezing his hands hard, “Go back to Dongsheng Shangfu, if the emperor does not come to ask for you, then you just obediently stay with me.”

Li Yi stared at Wei Di, and said coldly: “Leader Wei, forcing others is not the work of a gentleman. Bufan should decide whether to leave or stay.”

“Who are you to him?” Wei Di sneered, “What right do you have to speak for him?”

Li Yi grabbed Nie Bufan’s waist and pulled him into his arms, saying with a cold face: “Who do you think I am to him?”

Wei Di’s eyes were full of anger, and he circulated his inner strength, forcibly pulling Nie Bufan to his side, and said angrily: “No matter who you were to him before or what relationship you had with him, you better not approach him again in the future.”

“How ridiculous, do I need your approval for what I want to do?” Li Yi was unwilling to show weakness, staring back coldly, “Don’t think that I will be afraid of you just because you are the supreme martial artist.”

The gazes of the two fought in the air, and their internal forces began to circulate on their own. Using Nie Bufan as the conductor, they danced wildly like wild bees.

As a result, Nie Bufan was met with a tragedy. His body became numb, itchy and painful, the blood boiling, like an inflatable sex doll that was being ravaged.

He yelled tragically: “Enough of you both! I’m going to be killed by the two of you!”

Only then did they discover that the situation was not good, and quickly retracted their strength.

Nie Bufan’s legs were weak, and he could only stand firm with the support of the two men.

He angrily said: “Think you’re so great to have martial arts? Feeling that self-satisfied to have internal strength? If I also have martial arts and internal strength, I will beat you both up into paste, knead it into a dough, and twist it into a fried dough twist snack!”

Both Wei and Li sweated after hearing this. One patted his back and the other touched his head to show comfort.

“Hmmph!” Nie Bufan pulled off their hands like one would pull out a chicken feather, and said arrogantly, “It is too late to show goodwill now, I am very angry, and plan to continue to be angry. You will not approach me for a few days. Otherwise don’t blame me for letting out the chickens!”

As soon as his voice fell, coordinating rooster calls rang outside the window.

“Uh, we were too impulsive just now.” Li Yi said lowly.

Wei Di moved his lips but did not speak. However, there was a hint of apology in his eyes.

“Of course you are impulsive, you are impulsive all over!” Nie Bufan continued to rage, “Isn’t it just a Nie Bufan? Take it if you want to use him, is there anything to be contentious over? It’s arduous and fruitless. After using him, you need to maintain him, and if there is an error in your operation, you have to repair him. If damage occurs then he has to be treated, if his emotions go out of control he has to be soothed, and more importantly, you have to vomit out for me if you can’t eat him! Don’t you find it troublesome?”

The two were speechless, just what kind of peculiar existence do you take yourself for?

“Listen to my advice, broaden your mind and live in harmony. The future is beautiful, and the path is bright.” Nie Bufan patted them on the shoulder with a holy look.

“…..” Why was there a feeling of being enlightened? Was this world too harmonious or what?

“Alright, that’s all I have to say, you can go now.” Nie Bufan pointed outside the door, his gaze distant.

The two of them subconsciously prepared to turn around, and then heard Nie Bufan say: “I want to have a massage.”

“…..” So you have been thinking about that this whole time! The awe-inspiring remarks just now were actually used to pave the way for a massage!

They now understood that if Nie Bufan became persistent he could do just anything. With just one mouth he could turn a miracle into decay and reverse everyone’s worldview.

As a result, Wei Di and Li Yi compromised and reluctantly let two maids come in for Nie Bufan’s massage.

Seeing a certain someone half naked and showing a rippling expression of enjoyment under the caresses of the maids’ slender hands, they both felt a sense of constipation-like depression.

The pitiful maids shuddered under the two pairs of fierce eyes, their hearts feeling very exhausted. This was probably their most painful and difficult massage giving experience yet. 

In just a while, Nie Bufan fell asleep peacefully in his enjoyment, with a satisfied smile on his face, not caring at all about the two living creatures behind him despite their very strong presence.

Wei Di waved his hand and sent the maids away, pulled on Nie Bufan’s clothes for him and covered him with a blanket. He said to Li Yi: “Come out, I have something to ask you.”

He shook his sleeves and walked out of the pavilion first.

Li Yi looked at Nie Bufan, and then walked out.

Not long after they left, Wang Shichan walked in lightly, Fan Luo behind him.

Sitting by the bed, Wang Shichan touched Nie Bufan’s head, his eyes gentle like water, and then leaned forward and pressed a kiss on his lips, completely disregarding Fan Luo’s existence.

Fan Luo looked at him in shock, and a huge wave crashed over in his heart.

Wang Shichan, who had always been indifferent and abstinent, actually fell for another? And the other person happened to also be a man. For what reason could he express this love so naturally?

No matter how oblivious Fan Luo was to feelings, he also noticed the ambiguity between them. He slowly cast his gaze on Nie Bufan’s face, his brows were peaceful, smile deep, innocent like a child…..no wonder, no wonder they could not help but want to get close to him and want to possess him.

The mundane world was full of disturbances and struggles, who could be as free and unrestrained as him? Who could be as pure as him?

Fan Luo walked over slowly, sat on the other side of the bed, and stared quietly.

“Don’t you have anything to ask?” Wang Shichan said suddenly.

“No.” Fan Luo lowered his eyes, his voice calm.

Wang Shichan looked at him with some clarity in his eyes.

At this moment, Nie Bufan’s eyelashes fluttered, and he slowly opened his eyes. When he saw Wang Shichan, his face immediately showed a smile. He stretched out his hand to wrap around his neck, and gave him a generous kiss. Then he turned around, and without bothering to take a closer look at who was on the other side, hugged the other and gave another kiss.

Fan Luo stiffened, staring at Nie Bufan’s lips in a daze.

Wang Shichan sighed lightly, hugged Nie Bufan over and patted his forehead.

Nie Bufan rubbed against his arms, and said with discontent: “Why slap me? My forehead is very expensive, and I will charge you 10 coins for patting it once.”

Wang Shichan smiled and said, “Then I will add a few more slaps and make up enough money to add up to 10 taels that you can keep as your private funds.”

Nie Bufan hurriedly covered his forehead: “Thanks, but I have money, so I don’t need to sacrifice my forehead.”

Wang Shichan smiled and looked at Fan Luo.

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Nie Bufan followed his gaze and saw Fan Luo looking at him with a deep and complicated gaze.

The oil had already spilled out and it was quite miserably greasy. Was he provoked by something?

This dude Nie Bufan completely forgot about the matter of kissing a certain someone just now…..

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The elegant establishment’s servant cleaned and prepared the fish as well as delivered over other raw meat, vegetables, and wine. Everything was prepared. Nie Bufan and Fan Luo only needed to barbecue the food by themselves.

A small fire ignited and the barbecued meat sizzled. Sprinkled with various condiments, the aroma immediately wafted out.

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Fan Luo turned over the fish in his hand, but stared at the gluttonous looking Nie Bufan.

“En.” Nie Bufan put the cooked fish under the tip of his nose and smelled it, saying with satisfaction, “It smells good, it can be eaten now.”

Blowing at it a few times, he eagerly took a bite, eating it despite the hot temperature burning his tongue. He ate in a very satisfied manner, such coarse and simple food seemed to be peerless delicacy with the way he ate it.

Fan Luo couldn’t help smiling, his appetite was also aroused and he began to start eating.

At this moment, an untimely voice came from outside the courtyard: “Lord Teacher of the State, I didn’t know that you had also arrived at the elegant establishment. I have been amiss in welcoming you, and I hope you forgive me.”

Fan Luo retracted his smile, his eyes growing cold.

While eating, Nie Bufan looked towards the source of the voice, only to see a few finely dressed men walking towards this side without waiting for an invite.

The person at the head of the group was about 34-35 years old. He was dressed in a white embroidered robe and had his hair tied back with a gold hairpin. In his hand held a jade fan, and hanging from his waist was a round jade knot. He also wore boots embroidered with clouds on his feet. He had a burly figure, and though he could be considered handsome in appearance, his eyes were a bit small. At first glance, one would think it was a peculiar existence with only eyebrows.

The people behind him were also very particular about their attire. Although they were not as eye -catching as the eyeless gongzi, they still were not lacking in the “arrogance” peculiar to sons of affluent and aristocratic families.

“Huh? Isn’t this Wei Book Attendant?” Eyeless gongzi smiled cordially. “In the paddock that day, Book Attendant’s triumphant deeds of subduing the envoys of Xitu Kingdom with just a few remarks have already spread throughout the imperial court. Having the chance to see you today, you are indeed handsome and refined, with an extraordinary bearing.”

Nie Bufan didn’t understand. How did he see that he was “handsome and refined, with an extraordinary bearing” when he was covered in the scent of barbecued meat?

“Lu gongzi, today this official and Wei Book Attendant have a small gathering, and don’t want to be disturbed. Please do enjoy yourself somehwere else.” Fan Luo dismissed the guests in a cold and indifferent manner.

“Why be so stuffy when you come out to play? Isn’t it more lively with a crowd?” Eyeless gongzi completely ignored Fan Luo’s aloofness and sat down on his own. The rest hesitated for a while, and had no choice but to sit down at the gesture given by Eyeless gongzi.

Fan Luo put down the food in his hand and was about to get up and leave his seat. Nie Bufan put his arm on his arm and stopped his movement, whispering, “Those who should be leaving should be them. How is it our turn to give way?”

Spitting out a fish bone, Nie Bufan looked straight at them. He pondered to himself, he was clearly unable to see the eyes of Eyeless gongzi, but he still felt that the other’s gaze had been stuck to Fan Luo’s body since his arrival, revealing a bit of evil and unkind intentions. No wonder Fan Luo didn’t like him, his motives were just too obvious!

Seeing the attitude of the two of them, Eyeless gongzi didn’t care at all, and ordered the servants to add food, the dishes quickly filling the small table.

“Everyone, no need to be so courteous, just eat whatever you want.” Eyeless gongzi greeted generously, as if he completely regarded himself as the host of this venue.

The rest of the people joined in, and the atmosphere suddenly became lively.

The Eyeless gongzi picked up the wine jug to help Nie Bufan and Fan Luo fill up their wine cups, then raised his wine cup and said, “It’s rare to eat at the same table. This humble one shall make a toast first.”

Fan Luo snorted coldly, and Nie Bufan continued to eat fish.

Eyeless gongzi put down the wine cup, and while he chatted randomly he began to pick up the dried meat.

Nie Bufan stretched out his chopsticks and accurately picked up the dried meat on the plate, and then threw it towards the distance. A dark shadow immediately flashed by not far away, and the dried meat that flew out instantly disappeared without a trace.

The rest of the people did not pay attention to this scene, only Fan Luo inadvertently caught a glimpse.

“Wei Book Attendant, what do you mean by this?” Eyeless gongzi’s face changed slightly. He didn’t care about Fan Luo’s coldness, but the person next to him was just a little book attendant of no official rank. Even if he had the favor of the emperor, he was just an insignificant character of no decent standing. What right did he have to so blatantly offend him?

Nie Bufan apologized very sincerely: “Excuse me, my hand twitched.”

Hand twitched? Could the hand twitch in such an accurate way?

The corner of Eyeless gongzi’s mouth quivered a few times. He glanced at Fan Luo, held back his anger, and reached for another plate of dried meat.

But who knew, Nie Bufan tried the same trick again. Before he could pick it up, he threw the meat out.

Eyeless gongzi slapped the table and said angrily: “Wei Xiaobao, don’t think that just because I’m being polite to you, you really take yourself as something!”

When Fan Luo heard these words, his eyes shot sharply at him like icicles.

Eyeless gongzi trembled, his confidence weakening a bit, but he quickly said with arrogance: “Lord Teacher of the State, is this your way of hospitality?”

“Brother Teacher of the State, have we invited guests?” Nie Bufan asked.

“No.” Fan Luo replied affirmatively.

So Nie Bufan turned to Eyeless gongzi again and looked at him with very clear eyes.

Eyeless gongzi’s face shifted from red to black.

Nie Bufan thought to himself: It turned out that the thickness of this person’s face hadn’t reached the point of expert master level. Compared to him, he was far more lacking.

Eyeless gongzi said viciously: “Today I insist you accompany me in drinking! I just don’t believe, who would dare to trouble me afterwards!”

He raised his hand and motioned to the others to come and cheer on.

Nie Bufan and Fan Luo were surrounded by several people.

Eyeless gongzi picked up the wine jug and the wine cup, glanced back and forth between the two of them, and smiled evilly: “Next, whoever I tell to drink shall drink!”

Nie Bufan leaned softly on Fan Luo and said to Eyeless gongzi, “Are you intending to use force based on your greater numbers?”

Eyeless gongzi said in self-satisfaction: “If you want to understand it this way. If you apologize to me now and then drink a few drinks with me obediently, then I won’t quibble about your previous rudeness.”

“What if we don’t agree?” Nie Bufan asked lazily.

“Then don’t blame me for using some extraordinary methods.” Eyeless gongzi took out a porcelain bottle from his pocket, an extremely vulgar expression on his face.

The people around also laughed in understanding.

Nie Bufan looked at them with compassion and sighed: “Ai, it seems that it can’t be avoided today. Is calling for help in the struggle later allowed?”

“Haha, in this elegant establishment, who dares to intervene in our business? Just go ahead and call for help all you want.”

“Okay, I understand.” Nie Bufan tapped his chopsticks and shouted at the direction behind them, “Guys, you can go ahead!”

Eyeless gongzi and the others turned their heads subconsciously and immediately saw a large swarm of chickens appearing behind them, some standing, some lying, some hanging from a tree, some hiding in the soil, and every one of them silent in their movements. A sharp light flashed from the beady chicken eyes, aura violent and murderous.

“Cluck!” The lead chicken, Lady Flower, gave an order, and all the chickens flew up and rushed towards Eyeless gongzi and the others, like some kind of feathery and overwhelming tidal wave.

“Ah…..ah…..” Screams came one after another.

Eyeless gongzi and the others fled in all directions, but they were attacked no matter which direction they went. Scratching, biting, pecking, pushing, stepping and various other moves were all practiced out on them.

Several refined looking gongzi were quickly ravaged into unrecognizable forms.

In a room full of flying chicken feathers, Nie Bufan said idly: “Don’t call me unkind, I allow you to call for help.”

“Help…..Help!” The few people finally couldn’t stand it and shouted.

“Hehe.” Nie Bufan added, “Just call all you like, in this elegant establishment, who dares to intervene in our affairs?”

Fan Luo laughed out loud, secretly thinking that this guy was just too evil. Seeing the pathetic and sorry states of these people, all the unhappiness he felt before just disappeared. It seemed that so long as he was by his side, he could keep a happy mood at any time.

“This…..what’s going on?” At this moment, a familiar voice came from outside the yard.

Nie Bufan looked towards the source of the voice and saw Li Yi, Wang Shichan and Wei Di walk in one after another.

Huh? They actually came together. Nie Bufan was secretly curious.

“Li gongzi, Leader Wei, help!” When Eyeless gongzi saw them it was as if he saw a life-saving rope, struggling to run towards them.

The three of them flashed out of the way at the same time, completely ignoring him. They bypassed the chaotic flock of chickens, and walked straight towards Nie Bufan.

Nie Bufan knocked on the bowl with his chopsticks and greeted: “Okay, okay, a small punishment is enough, I will let them go today. Everyone has worked hard, come and have a meal together.” 

The chickens clucked a few times, slowly stopped attacking, and walked over one by one, though not forgetting to add a few claw attacks when passing by the several people.

Soon, the space around Nie Bufan and Fan Luo were all occupied by chickens, and Li Yi and the others could only be squeezed to the outside.

“Lord Wei, you have to uphold justice for us!” Eyeless gongzi covered his black and blue face and said angrily, “Wei Xiaobao took advantage of the emperor’s favor to openly insult scholars. It is really unforgivable!”

Wei Di glanced at him and said mildly: “You should be glad that you didn’t manage to hurt him.”

Eyeless gongzi opened his eyes——this time Nie Bufan finally saw his eyeballs, and the other’s expression was full of disbelief. He then looked at Li Yi and Wang Shichan and said, “Brother Li, brother Wang, as members of the aristocracy, could we only swallow our anger after being bullied by an insignificant nobody?”

Li Yi didn’t even look at him. He just pushed the chickens away with his feet, and squeezed next to Nie Bufan to sit down unceremoniously, causing many chickens to pile on him with dissatisfaction.

Wang Shichan did spare him a look and smiled like a Maitreya Buddha: “Lu gongzi, take a step back and you will see a broader horizon. Too much persistence can easily lead to inner demons.”

He already developed inner demons! Eyeless gongzi cried in his heart, why was the both of them defending that guy?

Working hard to open those tiny slits for eyes, and seeing Nie Bufan greet them intimately, he realized that this seemingly insignificant guy was the one who truly could not be provoked.

He must eat this bitter fruit in vain.

With a wounded heart, Eyeless gongzi led his accomplices out of the yard with limpoing steps, his eyes full of resentment and unwillingness.

“Why are you all here?” Nie Bufan asked while removing the chicken on the table.

“I heard that you are here, so I came over.” Li Yi replied.

“Have you eaten? Want to join us?” Nie Bufan asked again after grabbing a plate of vegetables from a chicken claw.

Looking at the messy tabletop, the several people calmly expressed that they hadn’t eaten yet.

Nie Bufan immediately welcomed them: “Just in time, let’s eat together, I and the Teacher of the State also didn’t eat yet.”

How could they eat like this?

Surrounded by the chickens, the few people tried their best to maintain their demeanor, sitting as steady as a mountain without showing any signs of what they truly thought.

They secretly decided that if Nie Bufan ate, they would also accompany him in eating without a change to their expressions, so as not to lose their face in front of the others.

The eyes of the few people met across the air, fighting vigorously, and they were all prepared to eat with the chickens.

At this time, Nie Bufan stood up suddenly and said to the few people: “Go, let’s order another table and eat inside.”

Nie Bufan walked a few steps into the room, but seeing the few people still sitting motionless, he asked strangely: “Why aren’t you moving? Do you want to eat with them? I don’t mind if you want to cultivate feelings with them, but isn’t eating like this a little too crude?”

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The several people had stiff expressions and secretly raged in their hearts. Goddamn it. Just what was the point of their long mental preparation earlier? This was very revealing of one’s IQ alright?

They very quickly settled their emotions and pretended like nothing had happened, each patting away chicken feathers that managed to stick onto their clothes before walking inside.

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Fan Luo woke up with a pair of dark circles under his eyes. Before he even finished organizing the emotions that came from a night’s stimulation, he heard a servant report: “Wei gongzi is preparing to go out the manor to play, do you want to send someone to protect him?”

“What? He wants to leave the manor?” Fan Luo asked in surprise, “Did he say where he is going?”

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“Wei gongzi didn’t say anything, he just said that the weather is good today, and he should go out and exercise his muscles and bones.”

Exercise muscles and bones? Fan Luo twitched the corner of his mouth and said, “Stop him first, I’ll come right away.”

He quickly finished freshening up, put on casual clothes and rushed to the gate of the manor. At first glance, he seemed to see burning flames. Nie Bufan was dressed in a red robe, standing quietly in the morning light. The robes had golden scale embroidery that faintly shifted with color on the edges, and had a wide band belting it at the waist with swaying tassels. His long hair was left half hanging down, outlining his handsome appearance.

Such a set of ostentatious robes had a different kind of charm on him, causing him to be as dazzling as the sun, as gorgeous as a peony, but also without losing any elegance.

But would he be too conspicuous when he went out wearing these robes? And these robes also seemed a bit familiar.

Fan Luo asked: “Where did your clothes come from?”

“This?” Nie Bufan looked down at himself and said with a smile, “Does it look good? The housekeeper took me to the old storage room to find it. They are all things you don’t want, so I just picked these robes out.”

Fan Luo looked at the housekeeper with a sharp gaze, and the housekeeper hurriedly lowered his head.

These robes were given to him by someone who had ulterior motives towards him, and he had always seen it as an insult to his person. He never thought that the housekeeper had not actually thrown it out, and now it evoked his unpleasant memories.

“If you want to go out, change your clothes.” Fan Luo said coldly.

“Why? I think it’s good.”

“Change it!” Fan Luo said harshly.

Nie Bufan tilted his head to look at him for a while, then spread his hands and said, “Alright, since you are so persistent.”

Fan Luo’s expression eased, and he was about to say more comforting words, when he saw Nie Bufan undressing while walking inside and speaking at the same time: “You asked me to change it, so you have to be responsible for finding me another set of good-looking robes.”

Hey, don’t take it off directly in public!

Fan Luo’s expression became clouded. He walked forward quickly, grabbed Nie Bufan’s hand, and rushed towards his room. He closed the door with a “bang”, and Fan Luo pulled Nie Bufan into the bedroom where he opened the closet and gestured: “Choose whatever you want!”

Nie Bufan looked up and saw that the wardrobe was full of single-color and not at all fancy clothes. However, the materials were very fine, and all were top-grade.

He compared the heights of himself and Fan Luo, and said in a conflicted way: “Teacher of the State, are you really not trying to shame me? Can I even wear your clothes?”

Fan Luo looked at Nie Bufan, who was shorter than him, and his mood improved inexplicably. He smiled and said, “How do you know if you don’t try? The clothes being a little bit wider doesn’t necessarily mean you can’t wear it.”

“Are you sure?” Nie Bufan glanced at him suspiciously, and finally chose a blue-gray robe.

He didn’t hesitate, and just directly changed into it by the bed.

Fan Luo leaned on the couch and watched silently.

He took off the red robes, revealing the white inner robes inside. The collar was slightly open, revealing skin like jade, and beautiful back lines that moved up and down with the movements of his hands.

The half lowered profile, slightly curled eyelashes, and raised lips seem to have a kind of charm and allure.

Fan Luo’s mind suddenly recalled the pictures that he saw in the homoerotic book last night, of two men with their limbs entangled. The two men were in the middle of embracing pleasure but one of them turned into him…..

Fan Luo covered his mouth, his breathing becoming a little short, his body also becoming a little warm, his heart beating irregularly. He was momentarily flustered, and turned his head hurriedly, not daring to look at Nie Bufan again.

“Teacher of the State, please help me tie my belt.” Nie Bufan walked over and handed Fan Luo the long belt in his hand.

Fan Luo took it and saw him lift and spread his arms, slightly raising his chin, looking like he was waiting to be served.

He didn’t get up, sitting while wrapping the belt around Nie Bufan’s waist. Nie Bufan took another step closer to make it easier for him. The two were almost pressing up against each other, and even the sound of breathing was clearly audible.

Inadvertently lowering his head, Nie Bufan noticed that Fan Luo’s ears had actually turned red. He felt amused. And as his eyes flickered with an idea, he blew mischievously into the other’s ears.

Fan Luo stiffened, and suddenly raised his head, only to meet Nie Bufan’s eyes, their lips almost touching each other.

Time seemed to stand still, and the ambiguous atmosphere surged between the two.

“Is the belt fastened?” Nie Bufan asked in a low voice, breaking the silence.

“No.” Fan Luo’s eyes appeared to convey passion, his charm boundless. His lips were slightly upturned, seemingly seducing as well as inviting.

Nie Bufan observed sincerely for a long while, and suddenly said seriously: “Teacher of the State, you have a pair of alluring eyes, and shouldn’t be wasted, you should go out more to see who can resist your gaze in this world?”

“Really?” Fan Luo said with a deep gaze, and said in a low voice, “At least, you are not affected.”

Nie Bufan smiled, his eyes curving, and replied: “Because I am also very charming, look!” He put his finger on the end of his eyes and pushed them so they became slanted, causing him to look like a cat with sleepy eyes.

Fan Luo suppressed a smile and gradually recovered his clarity. He quickly fastened the belt, got up and pulled away as he said, “Alright, let’s go out.”

“Okay.” Nie Bufan took the lead out of the room, greeting the morning light with vigor.

Fan Luo stretched out his hand and pressed it against his chest——just now, he almost kissed the other…..

“Where do you want to go?” Fan Luo asked when he got in the carriage.

Nie Bufan replied energetically: “Yan Shun’s biggest casino.”

“Rejected!” Fan Luo vetoed the suggestion unceremoniously.

“Then the biggest theater.”

“Rejected.” There were too many people, the atmosphere noisy and murky.

“The biggest pleasure boat.”

“Rejected.” There were too many perverts.

“The biggest bathhouse!” Nie Bufan’s tone was already becoming a bit bad.

“Rejected.” A group of naked people in a room together and sharing bath water? It was too indecent.

Nie Bufan was dissatisfied and asked, “Then you say, where else can we go in Yan Shun?”

Fan Luo replied: “Teahouses, elegant establishments, chess rooms, academies, you choose one.”

Nie Bufan slumped down: “Teacher of the State, you are too boring! Can’t you have some other pursuits?”

“Eat, drink, find a prostitute and gamble like you? No need.”

“We don’t have to find a prostitute or gamble!” Nie Bufan threw an arm over Fan Luo’s shoulders, and suggested, “Why don’t we go on an outing?”

“It’s already the limit to take you out onto the streets. It’s absolutely impossible to go out of the city.” Fan Luo didn’t forget that this guy was planning to use him to run.

Nie Bufan lay down on the carpet and wailed: “You are too unkind! I want to protest.”

“Your protest is invalid.” The Teacher of the State said lightly, “Since you have no idea, then I will decide. Uncle Qiu, go to the elegant establishment.”

There was a shout of affirmation from outside the carriage, and then the carriage accelerated.

“What do you do in an elegant establishment?” Nie Bufan asked weakly.

“Appreciating the scenery, sailing in the lake, listening to music, painting, writing poems, playing chess, fishing.”

It turned out to be a comprehensive leisure club.

The elegant establishment was located in a corner of the northern part of the city, with a quiet environment and pleasant scenery.

Nie Bufan followed Fan Luo into the building, and was immediately greeted by a goodlooking boy, who led the two into a courtyard.

Before stepping into the courtyard, Fan Luo’s footsteps paused, and his gaze swept in a certain direction. From the time they went out, he had felt that someone was following them. He knew in his heart that the emperor must have sent someone to protect Nie Bufan in secret.

“Who came to the elegant establishment today?” Fan Luo asked the waiter. 

The waiter respectfully said: “There is the Xingyuan gongzi of Lu Shangshu, Lord He Zhishu of Hanlin Imperial Academy, and several new scholars.”

Fan Luo’s eyes darkened slightly, and he nodded and said, “I see, you can go, we are fine here.”

The waiter bowed and left.

At this time, Nie Bufan ran out of the courtyard house, holding a fishing rod in one hand and an iron pick in the other, and said excitedly: “Shall we have a barbecue today? First fish, and then barbecue by ourselves.”

Fan Luo smiled and nodded.

The two each took a fishing rod and walked out of the yard towards the pond.

Fan Luo liked the quiet, and fishing was also a good pastime for him. It was just that he didn’t expect Nie Bufan to also have a quiet moment. Although he didn’t sit down in a proper and decent way, he looked very leisurely, his eyes half closed, and he seemed to enjoy the tranquility.

His heart also became quiet.

Unfortunately, the two were not very lucky and did not catch much fish all morning.

Fan Luo comforted: “It’s alright, we can let the waiter prepare fresh ingredients for us, and we can still barbecue.”

Nie Bufan wasn’t depressed, he just scanned the lake. Suddenly, his eyes lit up and he saw a group of dark shadows emerging from the water, it was Doll!

Sure enough, so long as he went wherever, his chicken would follow wherever he went. They usually hide and conceal themselves sneakily, but when he wanted to find one, he would definitely find one.

Nie Bufan raised his hand and shouted, “Doll, throw some big fish over here.”

Fan Luo looked into the lake suspiciously, only having time to see something dive into the water, making a circle of ripples.

“What is that?” Fan Luo asked.

“My good partner.” Nie Bufan said proudly.

Fan Luo raised his eyebrows and did not ask any more.

But for a moment, the surface of the water near the shore churned, and then a fish was thrown out forcefully.

Fan Luo subconsciously caught it, the touch was slippery and strange.

“Awesome, too accurate.” Nie Bufan brought the bucket over and praised him.

Fan Luo hurriedly threw the fish into the bucket and took out a handkerchief with his other hand. Just as he was about to wipe his hands, another fish flew towards him, and he subconsciously caught it again——now both his hands were wet.

Before he had time to react, he saw fish coming out one after another from the water, as if it had recognized a target, it all shot towards Fan Luo. Nie Bufan very consciously took a few steps away and clapped his hands to cheer while watching the Lord Teacher of the State perform aerial fish catching skills. Ten fish, not one was dropped, all went into the bucket, the water splashing out onto the two of them. Fan Luo, who had always been elegant and graceful, now appeared a bit less serious and more lively than usual.

Nie Bufan waved to the water, “Enough, enough.”

The surface of the water bubbled, revealing a wet chicken head. It blinked at Nie Bufan and then disappeared again.

Fan Luo pointed to the place where the chicken head disappeared, and was speechless for a long while. Was he imagining things just now? Was that a chicken? A chicken that could dive into water and catch fish?

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Nie Bufan packed up his fishing gear, and said to Fan Luo in high spirits, “Go, let’s grill the fish!”

“Oh.” Fan Luo looked at the lake again, following the other in a daze.

In fact, with a chicken that could defeat a tiger in the front, it wasn’t all that surprising now that there was a chicken that could catch fish, right?

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The next day, Nie Bufan found an opportunity to catch up with Fan Luo before he left.

“Hi, Teacher of the State, wait for me.” Nie Bufan jumped into his carriage and said with a smile, “Give me a ride.”

Fan Luo looked at him for a while, and asked, “Are you going out of the palace?”

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“Yup.”

“Do you have permission from the emperor?”

“You don’t need permission to take me into the palace, but you need one when leaving the palace?”

“The emperor didn’t know you before.” Fan Luo leaned against the carriage window and said lazily, “Now that you are the emperor’s person, I don’t dare to take you out of the palace without permission.”

“Don’t worry.” Nie Bufan took out his omnipotent tablet and shook it, saying, “I can come and go freely.”

Fan Luo squinted at the tablet which turned out to be an imperial decree that actually allowed one to act on behalf of the emperor.

The emperor awarded this thing to a person who he hadn’t even known for long and whose identity he hadn’t even checked over yet?

However, he soon recalled that this guy had at least saved the emperor’s life, and also had some unclear relationship with the emperor. It seemed not surprising that he had received such a favor.

After leaving the palace gate, Fan Luo asked casually: “Where do you want to go?”

“Your home.”

Fan Luo stared at him for a long while before spitting out the words, “Forgive me for not being unable to entertain you.”

“It’s okay, I know how to entertain myself.” Nie Bufan waved his hand and said generously, “Just treat me as if I don’t exist.”

“…..” Just how familiar could this person act?

“What are you going to do at my house?”

“Eat, drink, find a prostitute, gamble.” Nie Bufan answered seriously.

Fan Luo’s expression went stagnant for a while, even suspecting that he was having auditory hallucinations.

He straightened himself up, and asked uncertainly: “What did you just say you are going to my house for?”

“Eat, drink, find a prostitute, gamble.” The tone was very positive.

Fan Luo tried to keep calm and asked: “Can I ask why?”

“Very simple, I am quite familiar with you.”

“…..” Who was he trying to deceive?

Nie Bufan saw that he seemed to be ready to carry out a violent beating at any time, so he explained in a rare moment of kindness: “It’s like this, I plan to break up with the emperor, but I was worried that he would prevent me from leaving because of his face, so I decided to find someone to mediate. Looking inside and outside the imperial court, you are the most familiar with me. What’s more, you are also very familiar with the emperor, so he will definitely be reluctant to punish you.”

Fan Luo took a deep breath and said with restraint: “So, just how do you want me to help you mediate?”

“I’ll hang out with you for a few days, and be a villain in your house who has all kinds of evil vices like eating, drinking, finding prostitutes and gambling.” Nie Bufan said solemnly. “In this way, you can report to the emperor of my appalling actions and say that my true nature revealed itself, and that I am simply a villain among gentlemen and a scum among villains. I am not even worthy of an extra look and if I stay for a moment longer I will bring contempt to his name. It is best to drive me away as far as possible, so as not to dirty one’s field of sight.”

“…..” Where did an oddball like you even come from? Fan Luo was speechless.

Nie Bufan continued: “The emperor trusts you very much. So if you say this often, he will naturally alienate me. So when the day comes for me to leave, he won’t have any resistance to it.”

Fan Luo said with a stiff expression: “If that’s the case, why did you tell me in advance? Is it not better to implement your plan quietly, and it will appear more believable as well. I indeed would not let a person with inferior conduct stay at the emperor’s side.”

“Because I don’t want to take advantage of you without even a heads up.” Nie Bufan said with compassion, “If one day my self-destruction plan fails, I will choose to run away directly. In this way, wouldn’t you take the blame without even knowing it? I am telling you in advance so that you can be mentally prepared.”

Your Excellency, could you please not use an expression that says “for your own good” to reveal such a sinister thing? Moreover, the person to be used and take the blame is right in front of you! Are you being deliberate or are you being deliberate?

Fan Luo suddenly yelled at the outside of the carriage: “Uncle Qiu, turn the carriage around and go back to the palace.”

“Go back for what?” Nie Bufan asked.

“Throw you back into the palace!” He replied solemnly.

“No.” Nie Bufan threw himself on Fan Luo and shouted to the outside of the car, “Uncle Qiu, don’t go back, if you go back, I will be rude to your master.”

Uncle Qiu, who was driving the carriage, slowed down hesitantly, sweat beading on his face, but didn’t turn his head.

“How do you plan to be rude to me?” Fan Luo let him press down on him, and sneered with that naturally wicked expression.

Nie Bufan ignored that alluringly tempting expression, sat on him, wrapped his hands around his neck, and said sinisterly: “First rape and then rape, and then announce it to the world.”

Could this person be even more shameless?

Fan Luo snorted coldly: “Could it be that the emperor can’t satisfy you enough so that you must come to me to seek comfort?”

“How can your thoughts be so dirty?” Nie Bufan rolled his eyes at him and said with contempt, “Don’t you know what a rumor is? What is the essence of a rumor? One person spreads fiction, ten thousand people pass the truth, reversing black and white, and using falsity to make the truth. What need is there for me to sacrifice myself to do the real deed?”

Who the hell had dirty thoughts? Who was being dirty! And sacrificing himself, it was he who was the one making the sacrifice alright?

Fan Luo’s veins popped, and his eyes spat fire: “Are you threatening me?”

“Yup, I’m threatening you.” Nie Bufan replied with an honest face.

Fan Luo turned his head to the side, feeling great regret, and secretly cried tears of sorrow.

“I won’t let you do what you want.” Fan Luo tried his best to calm himself down and said firmly.

“It doesn’t matter, in order to preserve your reputation, I will try my best to make you carry this black pot.” Nie Bufan nodded solemnly.

“…..”

After entering the Teacher of the State’s Manor, Nie Bufan indeed did not need Fan Luo to entertain him as he said before. He found a guest room by himself, demarcated his temporary territory, and then went around mooching off meals. He ate lunch with the servants and dinner with the guards. At night, he would then call over friends to start a game of gambling, only to finally be dragged away by Fan Luo who could no longer endure it anymore.

Fan Luo arranged Nie Bufan’s residence next to his, and then sent a tearful letter to the emperor, with only one meaning, and that was to ask him to take a certain someone back as soon as possible!

Emperor Ming learned that Nie Bufan had gone to the Teacher of the State’s Manor, but he didn’t care. As he was quite busy these two days, he generously decided to let him have some fun on his own, but asked the Teacher of the State to take good care of him. Emperor Ming would soon realize just how wrong his decision was at that time.

Fan Luo’s heart was dripping blood: Your Majesty, just how tolerant could can be to him?

“Hehehehe, you can tell the emperor that I want to leave the palace.” Nie Bufan lay on the couch and said indifferently, “I am a person who likes to be honest and straightforward, and naturally I won’t hide our love for each other from the emperor. It’s just that you cruelly pushed me to the emperor in order to cut off your own desire for me, completely ignoring my feelings. It’s simply too sadomasochistic of you. I strongly despise your cowardly behavior of not daring to pursue what you love. Perhaps my love will turn into hatred and I will deliberately call your name when I make love with the emperor…..”

“Enough of you!” Fan Luo couldn’t imagine the consequences. Did this guy even have a bottom line?

“How could the emperor believe that I had an affair with you?” He retorted weakly.

“You don’t need to hide it.” Nie Bufan said in an understanding tone, “The emperor already knows the fact that you only love men and not women, otherwise, he wouldn’t have given you a homoerotic book.”

“Who said I only love men?” Fan Luo narrowed his eyes and asked vigilantly, “The reason why the emperor gave me such a book, it wouldn’t happen to be your fault, would it?”

“That’s right, it is indeed this humble one, don’t thank me too much.” Nie Bufan said with no shame and laughed, “Although you look wickedly charming, you are actually quite innocent. I walked around in your manor, and not only did not find one concubine, there are not even any ambiguous rumors. As an old man of 27/28, you are actually so clean-living and honest, it is no wonder that even the emperor has to worry about your sex life.”

Nie Bufan whispered in a low voice: “Teacher, tell me honestly, you are not still a virgin, are you?”

“What business is this of yours?” Fan Luo turned his head and looked profoundly out the window.

Nie Bufan shrugged, folded his hands behind his head, and said lightly: “If you don’t want to say, then forget it. But I can tell you that I am not a virgin anymore.”

As if you even needed to say this?! Fan Luo roared wildly.

Nie Bufan turned his head to look at him, and enthusiastically suggested: “Actually, it’s quite easy for you to get rid of me. How about coming up with a way out for me?”

“Is the emperor treating you badly? Why do you want to leave?”

“Compared to being an imperial darling, I want to be the king of the wild.” Nie Bufan’s eyes were like two pools of water and his smile was like ripples on their surface, his face seeming to be lit with a charming brilliance.

Fan Luo stared at him fixedly, as if something had been touched in his heart.

“Will you help me?” His soft voice sounded like a coquettish request in Fan Luo’s ears.

Fan Luo couldn’t look away, falling silent.

Nie Bufan didn’t get an answer, but was not disappointed. He closed his eyes, stretched his limbs, and got in a more comfortable position.

Fan Luo fell into deep thought. After an unknown period of time, light breathing came from the couch. Nie Bufan had fallen asleep peacefully, with a smile on his lips.

Fan Luo walked to his side, stretched out his hand and stroked those lips, was he so happy in his sleep?

Immediately, as if he had become aware of something, he quickly retracted his hand like it had been electrically shocked, his face shifting.

What was wrong with him? He only interacted a short amount of time with him, but he seemed to feel as if he had known the other for a long time. What was going on with this sense of intimacy? No matter how unreasonable he was, other than feeling at a loss he was not really angry at all.

Since he was a child, he had attracted a lot of harassment and covetousness from others because of his naturally wickedly beautiful and romantic face. So he was used to keeping a distance, and he didn’t like to be close to others.

But this guy made him make an exception. Until just now, he didn’t even realize how strange it was for him to get along with another in such a way? It seemed that they should be like this, like friends and frenemies, bickering and joking around, without holding anything back.

He finally understood why the emperor liked him. This guy possessed a special charm, mischievous and happy-go-lucky, arrogant but not dislikeable, and doing whatever he wanted, his heart as clear as a mirror. If the other person was him, even if he was a man, it did not seem to be unacceptable.

Fan Luo laughed sardonically at himself, the alluring wickedness that he was born with showing up on his face again. He bent over, picked up Nie Bufan, and put him on the bed before covering him with a quilt.

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After staring for a moment, he sighed inexplicably, then turned and left.

After returning to his room, he tossed and turned on his own bed, unable to sleep. The thoughts in his mind were disorderly, and after a while, he actually took out that homoerotic book from the bottom of a chest. After struggling with himself for a long time, he turned the first page tremblingly——and a brand new door opened for him…..

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“Hahaha…..” As soon as Emperor Ming returned to the palace, he hugged Nie Bufan and laughed, his whole body pressing down on his back and completely forgetting to uphold his image as the emperor.

Nie Bufan stopped over and said with displeasure: “Your Majesty, it’s time to lose weight, you’re heavy!”

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“Xiao Bao, you are such a treasure.” Emperor Ming took his seat and pulled him onto his lap.

Nie Bufan tried to get up to no avail, so he lifted his legs up on the armrest, leaned his back on Emperor Ming’s chest, and drank the tea poured by the palace maid.

Emperor Ming circled his waist with his arms and asked, “What’s with those chickens? You seem to know in advance that it can defeat the white tiger.”

“Of course I know, they are all raised by me.” Nie Bufan looked smug.

“You raised them?” Emperor Ming’s eyes flashed slightly, and he asked casually, “What did Xiao Bao do before entering the palace? Were you a chicken farmer?”

“Yes.” Nie Bufan answered without hesitation.

Emperor Ming raised his hand and rubbed it carefully. It was as smooth as jade, not at all like someone who had done rough work. He had the innocent temperament of a child, and the aura of an aristocratic gongzi. His words and gestures were free and unrestrained and although he did not have anything to do with elegance, he was natural like the wind, making people unconsciously want to get close.

He thought, it was indeed time to send someone to check the identity of Xiao Bao. He was the person brought by the Teacher of the State, so later he’ll just ask the other directly.

“That’s right.” Nie Bufan said suddenly, “You can’t catch my chickens, they are all my treasures.”

“Fine.” Emperor Ming said with a smile, “They have done a great job this time. Not only will I not catch them, but I will also let them eat well and drink well.”

Nie Bufan nodded in satisfaction, wondering to himself, was it necessary to mark all the chickens from the Chicken Nest Village? Lest someone unlucky managed to provoke them and cause unpredictable consequences.

At this moment, the eunuch said: “Your Majesty, the luncheon is ready.”

Emperor Ming nodded, and pulled Nie Bufan to stand up together before walking towards the outer hall.

The luncheon was held in Tianhe Garden of the temporary imperial residence, and more than 300 people attended the banquet. Due to the excitement in the paddock that morning, all the envoys from Xitu kingdom did not have much of an appetite. But in contrast, everyone in the Ming kingdom was in high spirits, talking enthusiastically about that strange group of chickens, among which the rooster that defeated the white tiger was the focus of their attention.

After the battle, the chickens dispersed by themselves, and the white tiger also disappeared into the forest. Still, everyone’s curiosity was not reduced because of this, and they asked each other about the origin of this group of chickens, only to be fruitless in their inquiries. Only the few people who came back from the Chicken Nest Village really knew the inside story.

They were both depressed and angry, and once again expressed their powerlessness towards Nie Bufan’s ability to cause trouble. Just provoking Wei Di was already a headache, this time even the emperor couldn’t escape his evil clutches!

My God! How would they even get this guy back from the dragon bed? Wasn’t this just asking for death?

Nie Bufan, this heartless guy, after eating and drinking, ran to the agreed place to meet Zhang Third, Li Fourth and the others with the excuse of needing to relieve himself.

He had the emperor’s omnipotent tablet, whether it was the imperial palace or the temporary imperial residence, there were no places he could not go, and even the palace guards must treat him respectfully.

When he got there, Zhang Junshi, Li Yi, Wang Shichan, as well as Tai Bai were all waiting there.

Li Yi dragged him over as soon as he saw him, squeezing him fiercely like he was a stress ball.

“Ahhhhhhh…..” Nie Bufan struggled desperately, crying out miserably, “Even if you miss me, you don’t have to use such a fierce method to express it, it hurts!”

His face was almost kneaded into dough by Li Yi, and the others were not sympathetic at all.

In the end, Zhang Junshi reached out and pulled him over. He said helplessly: “Bufan, look at what you have done?”

Nie Bufan rubbed his reddened face, then stepped forward and hugged Wang Fifth, and then rubbed Zhang Third again.

Tai Bai stared at him unblinkingly, waiting for him to come over to show his goodwill, but he was ignored…..tears.

“I’m already very obedient, who knew it would become like this inexplicably?” Nie Bufan said sincerely.

You, obedient? The several people showed expressions of disbelief that seem to say that they would rather believe in ghosts than him.

“The question now is,” Zhang Junshi sighed, “How can we take you out of the palace?”

Nie Bufan flashed his omnipotent tablet, and smiled triumphantly: “I have a pass and can leave at any time.”

Zhang Third and Li Fourth had a sorrowful expression on their faces. Have you even figured out the situation or not?

Wang Shichan patted him on the head and said slowly: “It is easy to exit the palace, but it is difficult to leave. Are you sure that the emperor will allow you to return to the village? The emperor is not Wei Di. We can bring you out of Wei Di’s Dongsheng Shangfu, but we can’t use the same method to take you away from the emperor. There is no place in this world that does not belong to the emperor, and you can’t escape the emperor’s pursuit wherever you go.”

“It’s not that difficult, is it?” Nie Bufan looked up into the sky, “I at least saved the emperor’s life, it’s not like he’ll bite the hand that saved him, right?”

The several people were speechless, and each of them was going crazy in their hearts: Who told you to sleep with the emperor! Otherwise, how could things be so complicated!

“Speaking of this,” Li Yi said sternly, “Are you really okay? I heard that the poison is very powerful and anyone who takes it will die.”

“I’m okay.” Nie Bufan raised his chin and said, “What poison in this world can poison me?”

That’s right, you are already the most poisonous poison in the world.

“No more idle chat.” Zhang Junshi said, “We have to figure out how to let Bufan successfully retreat.”

“After leaving the palace, we have to also be careful about Wei Di.” Li Yi added. The more he thought about it, the more depressed he felt. Nie Bufan, this guy went about attracting bees and butterflies everywhere, but couldn’t he at least find some who were easy to deal with? Insignificant people like some passerby busboy of an inn, poor scholar, or veterinarian.

“Bufan used the pseudonym ‘Wei Xiaobao’ with the emperor. Sooner or later his true identity will be found out so we must hurry.” Wang Shichan said, “I wonder if the emperor can tolerate Bufan’s great disrespect.”

“Not just that!” Zhang Junshi looked at the others and said with a conflicted expression, “What we should worry more about is whether the emperor can tolerate his red apricot tree continuously leaning over the garden wall.” (TN: the red apricot tree leans over the garden wall=idiom for a wife having an illicit lover)

The several people fell silent.

Nie Bufan said innocently: “Don’t look at me so bitterly, it was not of my own volition either.”

Li Yi’s face was cold, and his fingers felt a little itchy once again. He really wanted to knead him into a rice ball, drip some sauce, and then swallow him directly.

Zhang Junshi turned his head away, with the expression of one regretting his past deeds.

Wang Shichan appeared to be more Zen, and after reciting the heart sutra silently a few times, he became as calm as still water. It was just that the string of Buddhist beads in his hand had already been squeezed into deformed shapes at one point.

At this time, Tai Bai, who had been silent, suddenly said: “Actually, you can let Nie Bufan go to my home, Qiyu Island, to hide.”

The several people looked at him at the same time, and Zhang Junshi was surprised: “You are from Qiyu Island? Who is Tai Chong to you?”

“My father.” Tai Bai revealed his white teeth.

“Unexpectedly, you turned out to be the young island master of Qiyu Island.” Li Yi’s tone was indifferent. He had originally thought that Tai Bai was just an ordinary insignificant character, but it turned out that he came from Qiyu Island, which was known as the Island of Treasure. The island was far away from the secular world and the island’s residents were undoubtedly underwater masters who liked to explore the deep waters to find treasures. They also often traded with overseas merchant ships and was equivalent to an independent island country.

Sure enough, he couldn’t have any expectations of Nie Bufan. Even a passerby he provoked could also have such an incredible background.

“Where is Qiyu Island? Is it fun?” Nie Bufan’s eyes lit up.

“Don’t even think about it.” Li Yi directly dispelled his desire to explore a new place, and resolutely said, “Not until a last resort, we must definitely not let you continue running around.”

Zhang Junshi nodded seriously.

They could not stay here for too long so the few people discussed for a while and then parted ways.

Before leaving, the several people repeatedly reminded Nie Bufan, begging him to be honest and obedient, and wait for them to deal with the situation.

Nie Bufan naturally agreed very readily.

On the way back, Nie Bufan began to review himself. Should he also do something? He felt a little guilty, causing everyone to be so busy (All Gongs: please don’t be guilty!). Perhaps he could tactfully and sincerely express to the emperor his strong desire to live in the mountains and forests in seclusion? Maybe the emperor would be righteous and understanding, and wave his sleeves and let him go. Or maybe he could ask the Teacher of the State for help. Since he brought him into the palace, he naturally had the responsibility to take him out again.

Just as he was preoccupied with his thoughts, his body was suddenly restrained from behind, and in the blink of an eye, he was taken to a relatively dark room.

Before he could even come back to his senses, a pair of lips forcefully pressed down on his own, and he was greeted with a hot and forceful kiss.

Focusing his eyes, he saw the chiseled face of Wei Di up close, and there seemed to be two clusters of flames burning in the other’s eyes.

After a long while, he removed his lips, but his body still pressed tightly down on him against the door panel, and said in a sinister tone: “If you want to escape, you should run far away. Why did you run into the palace?”

“I originally just wanted to come in and have a look.” Nie Bufan replied.

“Is that so?” Wei Di moved his face close so that they were nose to nose, and said with emphasis on his words, “Can one just take a tour and somehow find himself in Emperor Ming’s bed?”

Nie Bufan was conflicted, why did it seem that overnight, the whole world now knew that he had something with the emperor?

“Don’t think that if you stay with the emperor, I won’t be able to possess you!” Wei Di said fiercely, “I have all kinds of ways to get you out.”

“What ways?” Nie Bufan’s eyes lit up.

“Why, do you want to leave?” Wei Di’s expression shifted slightly.

“Of course.” Nie Bufan chuckled, “How could the palace compare to the vast world?”

Wei Di coldly snorted: “Don’t bother thinking about the vast world, you should just honestly stay by my side in the future. Wherever you want to go, I will accompany you.”

“Then what method do you have to help me leave the palace?” Nie Bufan automatically ignored his possessive declaration and went straight to the point.

“Faking death.” Wei Di spit out two words.

“And I thought it would be a brilliant method?” Nie Bufan rolled his eyes, “I have to remind you that all medicine is useless on me. I have a special physique and can gradually break down the effect of the medicine. If your medicine can keep the average person in a state of false death for a day, it will only have a two to four hour effect on me, unless you increase the dose.”

“No, increasing the dose will directly kill you.” Wei Di pondered, “I’ll think of another way.”

　　

Staring at Nie Bufan’s bright eyes, Wei Di warned: “In the meantime, you better be good. I know Li Yi and the others are also planning to take you away. They do have some ability, but they will never be faster than me. I don’t want to leave you with the emperor even for a moment longer!”

Whenever he thought of him being made love to by another man, he would be mad with jealousy, wishing nothing more than to snatch him back immediately!

This kind of strong possessiveness was something he had never had in his life before, and he did not intend to avoid this feeling, but just completely possess this person.

Hooking his waist with one hand and putting him down on a table, he bowed his head for a kiss. He held the other’s legs with both hands and pressed his lower half tightly against the other’s.

Nie Bufan obviously felt the man’s vigorous desire, and took advantage of a brief gap in movements to stop him: “This is the palace, what are you planning to do?”

“It’s just a temporary imperial residence.” Wei Di said lowly, “There are only my people outside. We have enough time. Don’t worry, I won’t leave any traces on you.”

Nie Bufan’s eyes widened. Unexpectedly, Wei Di was even bolder than him. They were having an illicit affair, an illicit affair, weren’t they?

In his moment of preoccupation, his pants had already been pulled half down and Wei Di eagerly thrusted in. Nie Bufan grunted in pain, and the table also creaked with the force.

Nie Bufan was like an addictive poison, and Wei Di, who had never indulged in sex before, now broke all his bottom lines. After separation, he missed the other like crazy, and every night he would feel a bone-aching emptiness. He had also tried looking for other men and women, but none of them let him experience this kind of satisfaction and fulfillment.

At the moment they connected, he truly and sincerely wanted to spend the rest of his life with this person.

“Ah…..ngh…..lighter, lighter…..” Nie Bufan grabbed the edge of the table tightly, trying to stabilize himself.

Wei Di bit his ear and said hoarsely: “Don’t moan too loudly. Although there are my people outside, it is impossible to guarantee that we will not be heard by others.”

Nie Bufan hurriedly shut his mouth, but it was like Wei Di delighted in tormenting him, thrusting in hard and bottoming out every time just to see the expression of a certain someone who wanted to moan aloud but could only endure silently.

But he obviously miscalculated a certain someone’s daring and lack of endurance. If he got offended, he could do just about anything.

Just as Wei Di entered into the depths again, Nie Bufan hugged his head and uttered an earth-shattering shout in his ear, almost deafening Wei Di.

Wei Di inhaled sharply, and it was with some difficulty did he get his breath back. Unfortunately, his essence had already flooded out, all of which was dedicated to Village Head Nie.

He gritted his teeth in irritance as he withdrew, and helped the other wipe his body. Wei Di said viciously: “I will remember this, I will have you beg for mercy in the future!”

At this time, a sound similar to some kind of signal came from outside. Wei Di let go of Nie Bufan and whispered: “Be good, I’ll pick you up soon.”

After he said that, he straightened his clothes, opened the door and walked out, leaving very quickly.

Nie Bufan was a bit depressed. Every one of them wanted him to be good and honest, but just how was he not good and honest? He didn’t tease a single palace maid and not even one minister was provoked by him, so in what way was he not good and honest?

Besides, why did he have to wait for others to save him? He was the village head of Chicken Nest Village. Didn’t he have the ability to save himself?

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Hmmph, he refused to believe it anymore. As if just one emperor could suppress him from changing his fortunes, a regiment of emperors was more like it!

A certain someone felt that he had been severely discriminated against and decided to work hard and be self-reliant!

Alas, let us mourn for some people in advance..…

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The iron cage was opened with a bang, and the large white tiger walked out slowly. Everyone on the high platform leaned forward and looked in its direction.

The paddock occupied a very wide area, with dense forests on the east and west sides. The area in the middle was a vast green meadow with a wide view. There were scattered deer, wild boars, monkeys, hares, foxes, sika deer, gophers, pheasants and other small animals. Of the small and medium-sized animals, sika deer and hares were the most numerous, and except for wild boars, there were no other real beasts. The arrival of this white tiger meant that it would become the unquestioned and well-deserved king.

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The white tiger was still feeling a little sluggish, walking unhurriedly, but its eyes were brilliant and alert, its majesty unabated.

Within a moment, it found the sika deer grazing outside in the forest, but did not immediately pursue it. Instead, like a cat, it quietly approached while leaning low and hiding in the grass, patiently waiting for the best time to attack.

Everyone outside the paddock held their breath. This was the first time that they had ever watched a tiger hunting up close. It was both exciting and nerve-wracking.

The white tiger stopped at a place only tens of meters away from its prey. Its muscles were tense, and it was about to pounce swiftly when unexpectedly, a weird chicken cluck sounded out of thin air, interrupting its offensive attack. The sika deer was startled and ran into the distance.

The herd of deer were thrown in a commotion for a while. Looking around and seemingly finding no danger, they all calmed down again.

The white tiger looked coldly in a certain direction. What came into sight was a brown chicken jumping up and down on the treetops, its wings flapping like it had cramps, and its beak wide opened and making strange faces, looking very arrogant indeed. Next to the chicken, there was also a monkey the size of a palm, with its tail cocked and a sunny smile on its face.

The white tiger didn’t know how to climb trees, so it decided not to quibble with them, and proceeded with the second round of hunting.

The onlookers were puzzled. They originally thought that they would see the bloody scene of the white tiger showing off its power.

Someone even shouted: “Go straight up and bite them!”

Xitu kingdom’s envoy also clenched his fists, for fear that the white tiger would not live up to expectations and lose their face.

　　

However, the next few ambushes all ended in failure. Either a chicken emerged from a tree, or a chicken emerged from the ground, and even a strange chicken flew over across the sky, every time it was ready to pounce to spoil the ambush, it was simply something that a cat might be able to bear but a tiger certainly wouldn’t.

The white tiger was finally driven to a rage, its fur standing upright, and with a loud roar, it rushed out of the grass like a flying arrow and charged towards the deer herd.

The deer fled, their speed was fast, but the white tiger’s speed was faster, and in the blink of an eye, a stag fell to the ground, the white tiger rolling with it a few times before it quickly trapped the prey with its paws and bit its neck, tearing it abruptly. Suddenly blood was splashed in all directions, bones breaking and limbs strewing about.

The white tiger stepped on the prey with one claw, raised its head and let out a loud roar that shook the area, as if it was proclaiming its inviolable kingly status.

All the animals in the paddock were frightened by the sound. For a while, the birds flew and beasts fled in all directions.

The expressions of everyone on the high platform also changed slightly, thinking that with there being such a tiger in the paddock in the future, who would dare to come in for hunting?

The envoy of Xitu kingdom was very proud, and secretly laughed at the timidity of the important officials of the Ming kingdom.

“Your Majesty, what do you think of this white tiger?” The envoy asked deliberately, “Is there a beast that is its opponent in your esteemed country?”

The emperor glanced at him and said mildly: “Why does the envoy ask this? Is it possible that hunting a deer is enough to demonstrate a mighty feat in your country?”

“Your Majesty, why take the words out of context?” The envoy laughed and said: “It’s certainly not enough to just hunt a deer, but the white tiger has the majesty of the king, and it can conquer all the beasts by its roar. Just ask what kind of beasts in the world dare to fight with it?”

That is your ignorance! Nie Bufan slandered silently.

Emperor Ming raised his wine cup and took a sip, but did not answer. The expressions of the officials around him were all a bit displeased, but they could not refute either. It was not like they could send a few hunters to put a damper on the prestige of the white tiger, right? That would be lowering one’s status.

The envoy was unwilling to let it be and insinuated insults in the name of the white tiger. That smug and prideful look was simply asking for a beating.

Emperor Ming was well-mannered and self-composed enough, and was not irritated at all, just making a perfunctory reply on occasion. He didn’t pay much attention to this kind of small character who only took a little verbal advantage. He simply did not hold much regard for them. If he was having a bad time at the toilet one day, then he’ll just send an army to destroy them. At that time, he’ll see if they could gather a white tiger army to defend their home and country?

　　

Seeing that their master was so calm, the officials could not be too expressive in their anger, but their gentle manners only inflated the vanity of the envoy, and he became more unscrupulous. He mocked the Ming kingdom for appearing fierce while truly cowardly at heart, strong in appearance but weak in reality. All who heard this could not help but to get really angry.

Just when the officials were about to lose control of their tempers, and Emperor Ming was about to throw a cup and kill someone, Nie Bufan suddenly let out a light cough, and said to the envoy who was still speaking excitedly: “My lord envoy, please take a breath. Your saliva has even sprayed on the cakes, how can your companions muster up the appetite to eat it?”

At this time, envoy no. 2 was just about to place a piece of cake in his mouth. Hearing what Nie Bufan said, his movements suddenly froze in midair. Everyone focused their eyes on him, waiting to see how he planned to eat it.

The envoy stiffened for a while, and finally failed to overcome the disgusting saliva and the eager gaze of everyone, and put the pastry back onto the plate.

　　

Nie Bufan then looked at the head envoy again, and said in an understanding tone: “Look, your companion really can’t eat the cakes that you slobbered over. Try to be gentle when you speak later, don’t be so excited. If you really can’t control your emotions, then cover your mouth with a handkerchief or sleeves to ensure that your speaking manner is clean and elegant.”

Emperor Ming almost laughed aloud when he heard these words, and quickly picked up his cup and pretended to drink from it. The other officials also twitched their mouths, trying very hard to stay serious.

The envoy nearly spat fire from his eyes, pointed at Nie Bufan and asked angrily: “Who are you?”

“This humble one is not a talented person, just the book attendant of His Majesty Emperor Ming.” Nie Bufan replied in a polite manner.

“A little book attendant dare to interrupt indiscriminately?” The envoy sneered, “Is this the etiquette of your country?”

“Ai, my lord envoy, don’t get angry.” Nie Bufan said kindly, “It’s not that I want to interrupt, I just really can’t bear to see you continue to lose face on this kind of occasion.”

“What do you mean?”

“Lord envoy just boasted of the white tiger and mocked that our country has no beasts that can compare. His Majesty and the lord officials can’t refute you and cause you to lose face. They treat you with humility, giving you countless leeway but you still did not take the offered olive branch. Therefore, this humble one could not help but to speak out and give you a reminder. The so-called virtue of the heavens is enlightening the ignorant, so there is no harm for this humble one to take advantage of this, and help the lord envoy clear up some confusion.”

Emperor Ming glanced at Nie Bufan strangely, as if he had only met him for the first time. This person’s skill in mocking others was really too superb! The tone could not be said to be immodest, the expression could not be said to be unfriendly, and the etiquette could not be said to be incomplete, but the underlying meaning of the words were undeniably insulting!

The envoy’s fingers trembled, and tried his best to suppress the anger. He gritted his teeth and said: “Then I will have to listen with my ears open. What is the fallacy of what I just said? That it has reached the point where I need to be “enlightened”?”

“Facts speak louder than words.” Nie Bufan pointed forward and said solemnly, “The white tiger is mighty, but it is not even as good as a chicken in our country.”

“What? You actually said that a white tiger is not as good as a chicken?” The envoy stood up, his face turned angry.

Looking in the direction of Nie Bufan’s finger, everyone saw a rooster appear on the open grass. It had yellow feathers with black stripes, a cockscomb like fire, and its black tail feathers swaying with the wind. It walked steadily like a knight-errant invited to a duel, appearing solitary and aloof, its aura awe-inspiring.

If it was not a chicken, but any kind of more majestic beast, everyone would applaud its appearance. But it just happened that it was a chicken, so no matter how flamboyant its appearance was, it would not be possible for people to impose glorious words on it against their will.

But what was amazing was that the white tiger, who had been very awe-inspiring just now, now actually left its prey after seeing this chicken. It stepped back, muscles tense as if it was facing a major enemy.

One tiger and one chicken, with the prey in the center, began moving slowly, their eyes meeting and confronting each other in the air.

The contrast of their sizes was too much of a visual impact, and everyone fell into a dazed state, unable to even form a sensible thought.

“Fight, fight!” A screech sounded from the sky, and a few flying chickens passed over the heads of the crowd before landing on the treetops and arranging themselves in neat rows, probably a dozen in total.

Then, chickens came out one after another from various places in the dense forest, one by one, clusters after clusters, each occupying a favorable position to wait for the battle to start.

Everyone including Emperor Ming and the envoy became dumbstruck.

The white tiger was also struck dumb. As the king of beasts, it had never been watched by so many beady chicken eyes before, and he couldn’t help but pace around in unease, its throat rumbling with a threatening roar.

How could the chickens be afraid of this? They were raised lawlessly by Nie Bufan, and coupled with their increased intelligence, they were all unnaturally fierce, arrogant and domineering.

Seeing that white tiger’s attention was distracted, the stripped chicken screeched piercingly, and the noise around them immediately disappeared.

The white tiger’s eyes met Gold’s beady eyes again, and the fighting spirit between one tiger and one chicken soared, and then as if having come to an agreement, the both of them leaped towards the other at the same time.

Compared with the strong and sturdy body of the white tiger, Gold was like a rugby ball, shooting forwards swiftly and violently. When it was about to be pounced on by the white tiger’s paws, it nimbly stepped on the tiger’s paws and then the white tiger’s back, using the chicken claws to draw a bloody mark on its side.

The white tiger roared and turned around to fight back.

One large and one small figure met in the air from time to time, fighting fiercely.

In the eyes of everyone, the mighty white tiger appeared like it was playing with a ball, but it just happened that every time it was the one being played by the ball. The scars on its body continued to increase, and the more the battle stretched on the weaker it became.

The so-called winners become rulers and losers being reduced to bandits. Gold used the price of losing ten feathers to finally win the battle.

The white tiger growled lowly, and then walked slowly to Gold where it rubbed the chubby chicken with its tiger head, expressing surrender.

There was no room for two tigers in one mountain, unless one waa male and one was female. Gold accepted the white tiger as its consort in a very domineering CEO manner.

Was this world too crazy, or was the position they got up from bed in not right today?

Everyone who witnessed this tiger vs. rooster battle fell into a semi-delusional state. They couldn’t believe that a chicken could defeat a tiger, and it actually even subdued the other!

Some people were even rubbing their eyes to make sure that everything in front of them was not just an illusion.

As for the envoys of the Xitu kingdom, they had already been completely petrified into statues. They watched the white tiger being surrounded by a group of chickens and showing incomparable obedience and friendliness, occasionally even rolling around and acting cute. Acting cute, it was actually even acting cute!

Was this a tiger? Was it? They definitely won’t admit that this fellow was a tiger, and they won’t admit it even if they were to be beaten to death!

The envoys suddenly wanted to draw their bows and shoot it!

Nie Bufan didn’t seem to see the envoys’ expressions of wanting to die, and asked politely: “My lord envoy, what do you think of the chickens in our country? Is there a beast that rivals it in your esteemed country?”

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He used their previous words back on them, sprinkling salt on their bloody wounds with grace.

The expressions of the envoys were beyond what words could describe. In the end, only the head envoy responded in a detached voice: “Your country’s chickens are fierce and invincible. We admit defeat.”

Since then, the chickens of the Ming kingdom became famous, their reputation spreading overseas, and even seriously affecting the future generations..…

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