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Chapter 683 A Step-by-Step Thrill 55

However, since he originally intended to tell Ajiu, Yinzhen began to recount the story under Lin Jiu's expectant gaze.

As Yinzhen's voice rang out, Lin Jiu cracked open a melon seed, thoroughly enjoying the moment!

Although she couldn't witness the scene firsthand, Lin Jiu was still quite satisfied with Yin Tang's vivid and lifelike description, as if she were there herself.

Seeing that Yinzhen's throat was dry from talking, Lin Jiu very tactfully poured him another cup of hot tea and handed it to him, continuing her story as she got to the most exciting part.

Yinzhen took the teacup, tilted his head back, and drank it all in one gulp. After pausing briefly to moisten his throat, he immediately began to narrate vividly again.

After a long time, when Yinzhen finished recounting the whole story from beginning to end, he suddenly realized that Lin Jiu was staring straight at him with a strange expression on her face that left him completely baffled.

Yinzhen looked completely bewildered. "Ajiu, why are you looking at me like that?"

Lin Jiu was silent for a moment, then sighed deeply, "I was thinking, you really are Father Emperor's son, just as sharp-tongued as him!"

Yin Tang was speechless. Although he had the nickname "Nine Poisonous Snakes," he was far inferior to his father, the Emperor, in terms of a truly sharp tongue.

After all, the Emperor's mouth was truly sharp and venomous; once he lost his temper, he would show no mercy even to his own son.

Before this, the Crown Prince was angrily rebuked by his father, the Emperor, for being born to bring misfortune to his mother;

And the myna bird was even more rudely mocked as being born to a lowly woman from the Xin Zhe Ku (a place for women who worked in the Imperial Laundry).

It must be admitted that the old man was indeed adept at striking at the heart of the matter and hurting people deeply, always targeting what others cared about most and were most sensitive about.

However, at this moment...

Yinzhen narrowed his long, narrow phoenix eyes slightly, a half-smile playing on his lips. He raised his hand and gently pinched Lin Jiu's delicate, fair cheek, then lowered his voice and asked in a teasing and dangerous tone, "Ajiu, is Master sharp-tongued?"

Lin Jiu's face was numb as her beak was pinched into a duck's mouth. "How can you be so sarcastic? Don't you have any self-awareness? Don't you have any sense of propriety?"

Do you really need to ask her that question?!

Yinzhen was amused by Lin Jiu's behavior and chuckled softly. This annoyed Lin Jiu, who immediately flew into a rage and slapped away the large hand that was messing with her face. She thought, "He's asking for it! He dares to laugh at me like that!"

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Meanwhile, at the other end of the mansion, the Eighth Prince's residence was filled with a completely different atmosphere—in stark contrast to the harmonious scene on Lin Jiu's side, it was desolate and quiet, as if time had frozen.

The once bustling Eighth Prince's Mansion is now deserted, and its former prosperity is long gone.

Fallen leaves drifted in the courtyard, unswept; the servants who used to bustle about in the corridors were nowhere to be seen.

The entire mansion appeared exceptionally desolate, even lifeless.

"Your Highness, please eat something. Taking care of your health is the most important thing!" Guo Luoluo Minghui looked at the extremely dejected man in front of her with deep concern, her eyes filled with pity.

She sighed inwardly, feeling resentment towards the current emperor, thinking him to be far too heartless.

At this moment, Yinzhi sat slumped on the cold ground like a statue. His once neat clothes were now crumpled and wrinkled, his long, black braids were disheveled like weeds, and his face was covered with stubble.

Beside him lay a pile of empty wine bottles, clearly indicating that he had just indulged in a drunken revelry.

When he heard Minghui's concerned words, Yinzhi simply raised his head slowly, glanced at her with lifeless eyes, and then lowered his eyes again, saying woodenly: "Go out, let me have some peace and quiet!"

After saying that, he ignored everyone and continued to immerse himself in his own world.

Minghui's lips trembled slightly, as if she wanted to say something more, but when she met Yinzhi's firm and resolute gaze, all her words choked in her throat.

In the end, she silently turned around and staggered out of the room.