Chapter 59

Chapter 59

Shen Qingzhu’s voice drifted over. “It’s a gu worm. For your master to eat.”

A worm?!!!

“A worm?”

Her expression went completely blank.

She was most afraid of worms.

Back when Little Mushroom had first gained sentience, she still hadn’t been very good at protecting herself. Unfortunately, her attributes happened to be especially attractive to all kinds of little bugs.

So in her early days, Little Mushroom had been gnawed on by bugs before.

Only later, once she could control her abilities, did the bug-gnawing finally stop.

But by then, Little Mushroom had already been left with a psychological shadow.

Especially when the originally quiet little “pill” in her hand suddenly started moving.

Immediately after, a tiny pitch-black head “broke out of its shell.”

Jiang Yunsui sucked in a sharp breath.

Even Shen Qingzhu was shocked. “I haven’t even activated it yet.”

Jiang Yunsui: “Aaaah! What do I do, what do I do…”

Little Mushroom jumped in place, eyes wide with terror, her features practically flying all over her face.

Her scream sounded so pitiful that Ji Yan’an walked over and reached out, just about to take it away.

Only to see Jiang Yunsui react with lightning speed and shove the worm in her hand straight into his mouth.

Mm. What was Jiang Yunsui thinking in that instant?

She had remembered Shen Qingzhu saying this thing was for her master to eat.

And wasn’t her master Ji Yan’an?

In that instant, the entire room fell silent. Everyone stared at Jiang Yunsui and Ji Yan’an with their mouths hanging open, utterly dumbfounded.

One could even hear the sound of everyone swallowing nervously.

Under Ji Yan’an’s gradually darkening expression, Jiang Yunsui also turned into a timid, cowardly little mushroom.

“I’m sorry!”

She took two small steps back, then bent at the waist in a deep bow and apologized loudly.

Ji Yan’an’s face was livid.

A few minutes later, Jiang Yunsui was outside, holding a horse stance.

Ji Yan’an sat beneath the eaves, drinking tea.

Although that thing had been meant for him to eat in the first place, eating something that looked like a pill and swallowing an actual worm were two completely different matters!

Even now, the feeling of that thing sliding down his throat made Ji Yan’an deeply uncomfortable. He needed tea to calm it down.

As for the culprit, he might as well enjoy the sight of the culprit being punished while he was at it.

How could a useless little thing like Jiang Yunsui have ever held a horse stance before? It hadn’t even been a full minute, and her two short little legs were already trembling.

The expression on her face could only be called agony.

“I was wrong.”

She admitted her mistake pitifully, and with a very sincere attitude, hoping her punishment could end a little sooner.

Ji Yan’an said, “Hold it properly. It hasn’t even been half an incense stick yet.”

He began criticizing Jiang Yunsui’s useless physical stamina.

“When I was your age, I could hold a horse stance for two incense sticks.”

Jiang Yunsui’s mouth moved faster than her brain. “But you definitely can’t hold it that long now, right?”

Ji Yan’an’s face went expressionless. He did not answer her question. He merely beckoned.

Nanshu walked over.

“Go replace it with a thicker incense stick.”

Jiang Yunsui: (O∆O)

Nooo!!!

Nanshu gave Jiang Yunsui a sympathetic look.

Then he scampered off to switch it for a thicker incense stick.

Hehehe. The way that kid’s expression kept changing was pretty fun to watch.

Jiang Yunsui: ..(｡•ˇ‸ˇ•｡)…

“Master, Young Master Ji, Ji Yan’an!”

Wuwuwu… how long was she supposed to squat like this?

“Well now, things are quite lively here at Young Master Ji’s place.”

Ji Yan’an sat in his chair, his face pale and sickly.

“Eunuch Yu, you’ve come at an unfortunate time. It isn’t mealtime yet.”

Every inch of him at that moment radiated the words: you are not welcome.

Eunuch Yu seemed not to notice at all, his face piled high with smiles.

“Young Master, you jest. My master in Shangjing has been thinking of you all this time. See, fearing that you might not have a good physician here to look after you, my master specially ordered this servant to bring an imperial physician to examine your health.”
“Goodness, Young Master, why do you look thinner and frailer every time this servant sees you? Have you not been eating properly, Young Master? If the Emperor finds out, he will be terribly distressed.”

Ji Yan’an said, “Heh…”

Aside from that cold laugh, he did not want to waste a single word.

Eunuch Yu did not mind. “Even after arriving in Mobei, Young Master is still as willful as ever.”

The imperial physician stepped forward and took his pulse directly.

After a long while, he gave Eunuch Yu an almost imperceptible nod.

The smile on Eunuch Yu’s face instantly became a little more sincere.

Good. With this, he would be able to report back to those above.

The imperial physician lowered his eyes and instructed, “Young Master’s body is severely depleted. His internal organs have already begun to weaken. He must rest more and eat more.”

Ji Yan’an sneered. “Whether I can rest, whether I can stomach food-don’t you people know better than anyone?”

Eunuch Yu flicked his horsetail whisk. “Since Young Master is busy here, this servant will not disturb you further.”

Ji Yan’an’s voice was languid. “Since you know you’re disturbing me, don’t come next time. You bring bad luck.”

Eunuch Yu: “…”

How was his mouth already this vicious at such a young age?

From what he knew, when Ji Yan’an had been in Shangjing, it seemed he had later been driven nearly mad, and that mouth of his had become truly venomous.

Never mind him-princes, nobles, even the Emperor himself had been choked half to death by Ji Yan’an’s words more than once.

His Majesty was not that old either, yet every time he saw Young Master Ji, he would stomp about in fury and shout that he wanted him killed.

However, given the Ji Family’s situation, they absolutely could not make a move against them openly.

Otherwise, forget Mobei’s five hundred thousand troops-even the other military officials in court would be extremely displeased.

So even though Ji Yan’an had run wild in Shangjing, attacking heaven and earth alike with his tongue, and even though the Emperor very much wanted him dead, in the end they could only poison him in secret.

And even that had only succeeded after sacrificing quite a number of people.

Even after being scolded, Eunuch Yu could only keep smiling. But when he turned around, he did not watch where he was going-or rather, he failed to notice Jiang Yunsui-and tripped over her, falling flat on his face.

“Aiyo… That hurts!”

Jiang Yunsui was also sitting on the ground, clutching her foot. She had only wanted to take advantage of the gap while Ji Yan’an was talking to someone else to sneak a little rest, and she had not been sitting there long before her foot got tripped over.

Then that person had landed right on her foot.

“Ji Yan’an, my foot hurts QAQ.”

Ji Yan’an’s face darkened. If he had not still remembered the persona he was supposed to maintain right now, he would have gone over and kicked that blind Eunuch Yu a few times.

“Nanshu, go carry Jiang Yunsui over here.”

“It hasn’t been that long since we last met, yet Eunuch Yu’s eyesight has grown even worse with age.”

In truth, he also knew that the little girl must have lowered her presence to slack off, but so what if he was taking it out on someone else!

Eunuch Yu clutched his aching face. He had been about to scold that girl, but who would have thought that before he could even open his mouth, Ji Yan’an would already start defending her?

“Young Master Ji, this-I-she…”

He was clearly the more miserable one here, all right?

Ji Yan’an said, “What, you couldn’t see a whole person sitting there? In the past, those eyes of yours were already stuck on top of your head. Now, have Mobei’s winds and sand blinded you even further? You’re not far from going completely blind, are you?”

“It seems you’re somewhat incompatible with this place of mine. No wonder my condition worsens every time you come here. You had better leave quickly. My people won’t see you out.”

Eunuch Yu: I feel so wronged!

With the help of his attendants, he got to his feet. “Then I shall not disturb you any longer!”

After saying that, he hurriedly left with his people.

This madman-was he venting all his resentment toward the Emperor onto him instead?!