Watching Lin Jun leave, Zhizhu stamped her foot in anger. "The second young lady wasted no time spreading the news of your abdication. It seems she's dead set on taking your place."
Saying so, Zhizhu cast a disappointed look at Su Mingyu, who was practicing boxing. "Well, this is just great. We don't even have the money to buy new clothes. There's no way we can attend the King of Yu's birthday banquet now."
Su Mingyu finished a set of punches with a sense of exhilaration. Finally, she retracted her stance and let out a long breath. "It's no use trying to provoke me."
She stepped forward and took the nameplate from Zhizhu's hand. Blinking her eyes, Su Mingyu said, "I need to prepare for my cousin's banquet. I'm going out."
...
Night fell.
Su Mingyu sat far away, observing the people around her.
It was said that all the young masters and ladies would come, but apart from her and Su Yueyue, all the rest were just a bunch of good - for - nothing and ugly young masters.
If someone said these people could compose poems, Su Mingyu would rather believe that pigs could climb trees.
"I've long heard of Miss Su's name. The night is long. Sitting alone is so boring, Miss Su. Why not have a few drinks with us?"
A fat man reeking of alcohol approached with a wine cup in his hand. His eyes were wandering over Su Mingyu's body restlessly.
Seeing this, Su Yueyue quickly persuaded her, "Exactly, sister. Sitting alone is so dull. Why don't we all have a drink together?"
Seeing that Su Yueyue had already offered the wine cup, Su Mingyu didn't decline. She reached out to take it and smiled charmingly. "Since sister Yue has said so, it would be impolite for me to refuse."
Seeing that Su Mingyu was so obedient, a hint of ambiguity flashed in everyone's eyes. They all raised their cups and clinked them gently.
No one noticed that Su Mingyu's hand holding the cup gently flicked her fingernail.
Once the drinking started, those young masters tried to force Su Mingyu to drink without mercy.
Su Mingyu was quite generous and didn't refuse anyone's offer.
However, after drinking six or seven cups, she couldn't hold on anymore. She gently supported her forehead and waved her hand. "I can't take it anymore. I feel so... dizzy..."
Before she could finish her sentence, Su Mingyu lost consciousness and fell onto the table.
Su Yueyue carefully stepped forward and poked Su Mingyu with her finger. She whispered softly, "Mingyu? Mingyu?"
Seeing that she didn't show the slightest sign of reaction, Su Yueyue sneered. "I didn't expect her to be such a good drinker. But the more she drinks this drugged wine, the better."
Lin Jun rubbed his hands and stepped forward. Looking at Su Mingyu's delicate side face, he couldn't help licking his lips. "Sister Yue, are you sure it's okay for us to do this?"
Su Yueyue gave Lin Jun a disdainful look and motioned to the other young masters with her eyes to quickly take the person to the room and get down to business. "What could possibly go wrong?"
"If she makes a fuss, we'll send her to you as a concubine. If she doesn't, it's even better."
A hint of cruelty flashed in her eyes. Su Yueyue smiled arrogantly. "Only we know about this. Just keep it to yourselves, okay?"
"I'd like to see how a woman who has lost her virginity can still compete with me for the position of the Princess of Yu!"
The fat man who had offered the toast earlier couldn't hold back anymore.
While Su Yueyue was speaking, he had already reached out and pinched Su Mingyu's fair and tender face.
Looking at Su Mingyu's tightly closed lips, the fat man's eyes lit up with a green glint. "Although she's an unpopular legitimate daughter, she's still quite charming. Lin Jun, are you brave enough? If not, I'll go first!"
Saying so, he was about to reach out and pick up Su Mingyu, but as soon as he stretched out his hand, he suddenly felt a dizzy spell.
The fat man fell to the ground, covering his head and groaning. "Strange... My head, why is it so dizzy?"
As he was speaking, his head tilted and he fell straight to the ground.
Su Yueyue and Lin Jun hadn't even reacted when they suddenly felt their vision go black and they also fell to the ground one after another.
Hearing the dull thuds one by one, Su Mingyu slowly raised her head.
After taking a pill for herself, she came to Su Yueyue's side.
She sized up Su Yueyue's beautiful face like a flower, then looked at the young masters lying in a mess on the ground. She sneered. "I didn't expect the sleeping drug in ancient times to be quite effective."
It was worth all the hard work she had put in during the day.
With some effort, she piled all the people together. Su Mingyu looked up at the sky and found that the time was about right. She quickly slipped into the grass and hid.
Not long after, a middle - aged man staggered along, yawning and banging the copper gong in his hand.
"Be on alert for fires on this dry day."
"Be on alert for fires on this dry... fire... fire... Ah!!!"
The middle - aged man's eyes widened in horror. The copper gong in his hand fell to the ground with a deafening sound.
The "clank" sound also woke up those "corpse - lying" young masters and Su Yueyue in the garden pavilion.
Then a shrill scream woke up the entire Lin Mansion.
In an instant, the mansion was brightly lit. All the guards and servants rushed over.
But when they saw the scene in front of them, they were all so embarrassed that they didn't know what to do. They didn't even know where to look.
There, the most famous young lady in the capital, Su Yueyue, was lying on her back in the middle of the shirtless young masters who were only wearing underwear, wearing only a peony - red bellyband and shorts.
The promiscuous scene made some people with weak self - control blush immediately. Even a guard had a nosebleed.
No one had expected that a well - known young lady like Su Yueyue could be so promiscuous and sleep with so many young masters in one night.
It took Su Yueyue a long time to come to her senses.
She really wanted to pick up her scattered clothes, but unfortunately, she was in the middle of the crowd.
Surrounded by the disgusting bodies of men, the soft and warm feeling made Su Yueyue not dare to move at all.
In a fit of rage, Su Yueyue's eyes turned red. She hugged her knees and cried. "Get out of the way... All of you, get out!"
"Get out of here!"
"I'll gouge out your dog eyes!"
Hearing Su Yueyue's cries, Lin Jun finally came to his senses. "What are you all looking at! Get out of here! If any of you dare to say a single word about today's incident, I'll wipe out your entire family!"
Roared at by Lin Jun, the others also woke up. Some got up, while others put on their clothes.
Only the fat man earlier wiped the corner of his mouth and stared at the fair and tender lotus - root - like arm that Su Yueyue had exposed. He swallowed his saliva. "Sister Yue, don't cry."
"If you really feel wronged, I can ask my mother to go to the Su Mansion to propose marriage and let you be the young mistress of our mansion!"
Saying so, the fat man patted his fat chest. "Don't worry, our family will never treat you badly."
If he hadn't said that, it would have been fine. But as soon as he said it, Su Yueyue got even angrier.
She snatched the clothes from Lin Jun's hand and wrapped herself up tightly. Then she raised her hand and slapped the fat man across the face. She glared at him with wide - open angry eyes.
"Pah!"
"What do you think you are? You actually want to marry me?"
"Don't you even look at yourself in the mirror? You're an ugly pig like this. Do you think you're worthy of me?"