The Prodigal Son

"Well……"

After an unknown amount of time, Zhao Luan woke up rubbing her throbbing head.

Yun Ying, who was dozing off, suddenly woke up and rushed forward, "Your Majesty, you're awake?"

Zhao Luan glanced outside, looking exhausted, and asked, "What time is it now?"

It's almost dawn.

Yunying answered.

"What?"

Zhao Luan sat up abruptly. "Why didn't you wake me? Get ready for court!"

As she spoke, Zhao Luan tried to get up.

"Your Majesty, why bother with court sessions?"

Yun Ying said, both amused and exasperated, "Prime Minister Song and the ministers of various departments are probably still drunk. The Empress Dowager has already sent word that today's court assembly is canceled."

"what?"

Zhao Luan's face stiffened. "They...are all drunk?"

"Yeah, they're all completely drunk."

Yun Ying nodded gently, "After His Majesty went to sleep yesterday, even Lord Xue was vomiting all over the place! Shangguan was also drunk and just woke up a little while ago. He's gone to arrange things in the palace now."

"..."

Zhao Luan's pretty face twitched involuntarily.

That bastard!

They really got everyone drunk!

Zhao Luan was seething with anger, and asked again, "By the way, where is Qin Yu?"

Yun Ying replied, "Qin Yu and those people from the Academy of Literature woke up in the afternoon and then went back to their respective residences..."

Speaking of this, Yunying was both amused and exasperated.

Who would have thought that Qin Yu could get so many people drunk all by himself?

The key point is that Shangguan made thorough preparations last night.

If this got out, who would believe it!

"Wow, he's really something!"

Zhao Luan shook her head and asked again, "Did you copy down the poems Qin Yu recited?"

"I copied it down."

Yunying immediately stood up, took a piece of paper, and handed it to Zhao Luan.

Zhao Luan looked at them one by one.

When she regained consciousness and looked at these poems again, she was even more deeply moved.

God knows how this bastard managed to write so many poems in such a short time.

Yun Ying glanced at Zhao Luan and said, "By the way, Your Majesty, Qin Yu sang a song after getting drunk, which he probably composed himself..."

"What song is it?"

Zhao Luan was curious.

Yunying's singing voice wasn't actually that good.

But since Zhao Luan had asked, she had no choice but to bite the bullet and sing: "Ah, peony, the most beautiful among all flowers..."

"Stop, stop!"

Zhao Luan couldn't take it anymore and quickly stopped Yun Ying, "What nonsense is this? It's awful."

"I cannot sing."

Yun Ying smiled sheepishly, "Qin Yu's singing is quite awful, but when the Empress Dowager ordered the courtesans to sing it, it sounded strangely beautiful..."

Is that so?

Zhao Luan was speechless.

Qin Yu is truly multi-talented!

"Also, Lü Si's poem was copied from a poem written by Lord Lü several years ago..."

Yunying couldn't help but laugh when she heard about it.

Lu Si wanted to show off, and he certainly did yesterday.

Yesterday, Lü Si was hung upside down there until dusk before the Empress Dowager ordered him to be taken down and sent back to the Lü family along with Lü Chunqiu.

Unfortunately, the ministers were all drunk and didn't get to see Lü Si being hung up.

"Lu Si..."

Zhao Luan shook his head and smiled to himself, "Alright, I'll rest a little longer! Later, I'll have Shangguan send these poems to the Duke of Wei's residence, and order Qin Yu to complete them before sending them to the Academy for filing!"

Mentioning Qin Yu, Zhao Luan couldn't help but get angry again.

Unexpectedly, in the end, I was the one who fell into his trap!

This is the first time since he took power that he has suspended court on a non-holiday!

This is the first time I've been drunk in all these years.

My head is fine when it's still, but as soon as I move it, it starts to throb and ache.

However, as she thought about it, Zhao Luan couldn't help but laugh again.

If you have a headache, Qin Yu probably isn't having an easy time either.

So, I've gotten my revenge?

But as soon as she smiled, her head started to ache again.

"hiss……"

After waking up for a while, Qin Yu felt the pain again.

He was actually woken up by a headache.

Feeling the pain in his head, Qin Yu couldn't help but complain inwardly.

Are you sure they were drinking imperial wine?

Which livestreaming room is selling this fake bar?!

I've never been in this much pain when I'm drunk before; yesterday I was only slightly tipsy at most.

This...this is giving me a headache?

Oh shit!

Most of them are things that originally cost 998 but are now only 9.8 yuan!

I should remind Zhao Luan later to send someone to investigate the Imperial Household Department.

Someone has most likely switched the imperial wine!

Qin Yu shook his head, wanting to sleep but unable to, so he simply got dressed and got up to practice martial arts.

After practicing for about an hour and working up a sweat, Qin Yu's headache finally subsided.

"Thirteenth Young Master, wipe your sweat!"

Luo Qingyi stepped forward with a handkerchief and gently wiped away Qin Yu's sweat.

"I can do it myself!"

Qin Yu took the towel and wiped the sweat off his body haphazardly. "Actually, you can also try practicing martial arts. It doesn't matter how well you become, as long as you can improve your health."

"good!"

Luo Qingyi nodded gently.

Qin Yu told her to practice, so she practiced.

"You can pretty much let go of the restaurant business now; just hand it over to Pan Fu."

Pan Fu was originally the steward of the Luo family.

After the collapse of the Luo family, he sought refuge with Luo Qingyi.

"I'm afraid Pan Fu won't do. He just joined us; I don't trust him."

"Don't worry, he's a smart man. He knows it would be easy for me to kill him. He's just joined us, and it's time for him to prove himself. He won't do anything reckless."

"Alright! Then I'll leave the restaurant business to him."

"I'll give you 200,000 taels of silver later. You can decide what kind of business you want to do, and just let me know when you've made your decision."

"Isn't Thirteenth Young Master afraid I'll squander all that money?"

"What's there to be afraid of? I've always been a spendthrift."

"Given Young Master Thirteen's trust, I will definitely do my best!"

"Don't put pressure on yourself. Rest assured, I'll be your strongest support..."

The two chatted for a while, and then Sun's mother came over with a smile to call them to dinner.

At the breakfast table, the seat that Qin Fumeng should have been sitting in was empty.

Qi Dachui still wolfed down his food.

But without Qin Fumeng's breakfast table, they always felt that something was missing.

Just as they were finishing their meal, a servant rushed over to report: "Young master, a fake monk claiming to be Dong Liu has arrived outside. He says he was invited by the Duke."

Dong Liu?

A fake monk?

Is this guy a monk?

Qin Yu was momentarily stunned, then immediately led his men outside.

Upon arriving at the door, a bald head immediately came into their view.

Dong Liu was wearing a dirty monk's robe and looked to be around fifty years old, but he didn't look like a monk at all. He was gnawing on a chicken leg with his mouth full of oil.

Seeing them staring at him, Dong Liu immediately became displeased. "What are you looking at? Haven't you ever seen a monk eating a chicken leg before?"

"I've seen it!"

Qin Yu grinned, "I've seen monks who have dozens of children, let alone meat-eating monks!"

A monk carries a porcelain cup, and drinks until he's drunk!

I know!

Dong Liu looked at Qin Yu with slight surprise, then with great interest, "You're that beast?"

Qin Yu looked at Dong Liu with equal interest. "If the beast you're talking about is named Qin Yu, then that must be me."

"That's it!"

Dong Liu switched the chicken leg to his other hand, wiped his greasy hands on his monk's robe, then reached into his robes, pulled out half a jade pendant, and tossed it to Qin Yu.

Qin Yu took out the half of the jade pendant that the old man had given him.

Two pieces fit together perfectly!

"Let's go inside!"

Qin Yu put away the jade pendant and joked, "Aren't you tired of just eating meat and not drinking wine?"

"Hey, you're pretty sensible!"

Dong Liu laughed heartily and followed Qin Yu into the house...