Jiang Shuyue: [The rouge smelled so strong it almost covered it up. Where was he bleeding?]
Huahua: [His chrysanthemum.]
Jiang Shuyue: ...
"Hahaha! I can't take it! I'm dying of laughter!"
Jiang Shuyue laughed without a shred of decorum: [The young master of the Qin Family was pretty impressive! He looked nothing special, but who would've thought... Ahahahaha!]
Qin Si wished he could dig a hole in the ground, bury himself alive, and never emerge again.
Jiang An's aging face darkened as he bellowed, "Shut up! How did I father such a shameless daughter? Anyone else would run from something like this, yet you're behaving so outrageously! You're simply... simply..."
"Simply what?"
Jiang Shuyue poked her head out from behind Thousand-Household Commander Qin.
"He had the nerve to do it, but he's afraid of being laughed at? I wasn't the one who drugged anyone, I wasn't the one who came out with a bare ass, and I certainly wasn't the one who dyed the ground. Why shouldn't I laugh?"
"But Father, is there something wrong with your cousin's brain? He has neither power nor influence, and he's hardly a beauty to stun the ages, yet he dared to drug and rape a thousand-household commander's son. Who gave him the nerve?"
"If word gets out, he won't merely be barred from the imperial examinations for life. Everyone connected to him could be implicated. Don't you still have two nephews from that side of the family studying under Teacher Lan?"
"Do you still intend to shield this depraved thug, Father?"
Jiang An fixed Jiang Shuyue with a vicious glare.
His reputation and prospects mattered more to him than anything. Now that both were in someone else's grip, he could only swallow his fury, with nowhere to vent it.
Prince Huai grabbed a