Chapter 141 Self-explosion of identity
Chapter 141: Revealing Your Identity

After being in a daze for a while, Zhang Quandan said hesitantly, "Mr. Li, this person is my friend. Can we help him with his wish today?"

Seeing that even Zhang Quandan didn't dare to offend him, Ye Xuan turned his head and asked, "Who is this? Who scared you like this?"

Not far away, at a table near the window, were four young men. The one who stood up with an impatient look on his face was a young man in his twenties dressed in white.

Judging from his appearance, he can be considered handsome, but he has dark circles under his eyes, which are obviously caused by excessive drinking and sex.

Hearing this, Zhang Quandan whispered, "This is Li Fang, the second son of the current Duke of Korea, Li Shanchang! Otherwise..."

Zhang Quandan originally wanted to persuade Ye Xuan that Li Shanchang was the chief among the civil officials, and his second son Li Fang was a notorious flower-stealing robber.

As long as he takes a fancy to a woman, he will do everything he can to make her his plaything, whether by paying her off or using his power to pressure her.

If you compete with such a man for a woman, you are bound to have a bad ending.

But on second thought, Ye Xuan is Zhu Yuanzhang's "illegitimate son", and to some extent a prince. Even if Li Fang is domineering, he shouldn't offend Ye Xuan, right?
Moreover, if I back down from making friends with Ye Xuan, how will Ye Xuan look at me in the future?
When Li Fang saw Zhang Quandan recognized him, he snorted and said arrogantly, "So you are the son of the Left Vice Minister of the Ministry of Industry. How dare you go against me, Li Fang, even if I am a high-ranking official!"

After weighing the pros and cons, Zhang Quandan gritted his teeth, stood up and winked at Li Fang, hoping that this flower-stealing bandit could recognize Ye Xuan's identity.

However, although many sons of officials attended the garden party that day, there were still some who were aware of their own talent and did not make a fool of themselves.

In addition, the officials did not dare to reveal the speculation about Ye Xuan's identity easily, even to their own family members.

After all, no one can guarantee that his or her secrets will not be revealed. If Zhu Yuanzhang finds out that his or her "secret" was revealed by himself or herself, then he or she will have to buy a coffin in advance.

Therefore, even many of the officials and noble sons and daughters had no idea about Ye Xuan's identity.

Apparently Li Fang was one of them. Seeing Zhang Quandan blinking at her desperately, she just said impatiently: "Zhang Quandan, if your eyes are not good, go see a doctor. Stop being so weird in front of me."

"If you know what's best for you, don't even think about snatching a woman from me. Otherwise, you know what will happen if you offend me!"

Zhang Quandan felt bitter upon hearing this, because his father was only the Left Vice Minister of the Ministry of Works, a third-rank official.

How could he compete with Duke Hanguo, who was the head of the civil officials? He was putting himself in trouble.

Fortunately, Ye Xuan came to the rescue in time, which made Zhang Quandan overjoyed.

"What a great and impressive person! Is this how Li Shanchang taught his son?"

Hearing this, everyone was so shocked that they couldn't close their mouths, and they all looked at Ye Xuan.

Li Fang was so angry that she was shaking and yelled, "You are looking for death!"

Ye Xuan showed no weakness and sneered back, "I think you are the one who is looking for death, right?"

"As far as I know, this flower boat is very expensive. The annual salary of Duke Han is only 4,000 dan, which is less than 2,600 taels of silver. How can you afford to compete with others on the painting boat?"

As soon as these words were spoken, the whole audience was shocked again.

Although the salaries of the civil and military officials in the court are well documented, no one would bring up salaries except for the censors who love to find fault with others. After all, those who understand this kind of thing understand it and no one should expose it.

Li Fang was originally a good-for-nothing. He was better than anyone else at eating, drinking and playing with women, but when it came to serious matters, he did not inherit his father Li Shanchang's resourcefulness.

He hesitated for a moment, stumped by the question.

However, someone at the same table retorted in a cold voice: "Whether they can afford to support it or not is Duke Han's family affair. How can you, a wild boy who came out of nowhere, have the right to comment on it!"

Li Fang suddenly came back to life after hearing this, and said angrily: "That's right, who are you to dare to discuss the Duke of the current dynasty here? If you can't explain it clearly..."

Then he looked at Zhang Quandan and said, "I will report this to the court and accuse you two of slandering a high-ranking official!"

Zhang Quandan was suddenly speechless. He wanted to tell Ye Xuan his identity, but was afraid of making Ye Xuan unhappy. He was in a dilemma for a moment.

In contrast, Ye Xuan had a calm expression on his face, and even looked at Li Fang and the others with a hint of sarcasm.

This made Li Fang's self-esteem feel like it had been greatly offended, but before he could get angry.

With a "pop", Ye Xuan placed a token on the table.

Sister Hua, who was close by, immediately exclaimed: "Jinyiwei!"

Ye Xuan smiled faintly and said: "I am just a captain of the Jinyiwei, and it is my duty to supervise all officials!"

"Even if it's a Korean citizen, I have every right to doubt him if he has consumption that doesn't match my income level!"

Then he stood up, looked around at the young men who were already stunned with astonishment, and said with a smile: "Do you have any questions now?"

Li Mao thought of countless possibilities in his mind. This stupid boy who came out of nowhere actually dared to snatch the woman from him. Maybe he just came from another place and had never seen the world, or maybe he was someone with some power in his family.

But I never expected that this guy was actually an Imperial Guard!
And he said it so openly on the flower boat. Didn't he know that the emperor once issued an order strictly prohibiting officials from sleeping with prostitutes?

Sure enough, someone soon reacted and accused Ye Xuan of breaking the law knowingly for coming to this place of brothels as a member of the Imperial Guard!

However, Ye Xuan just shrugged indifferently and said shamelessly: "I came here because I received a tip-off. Someone reported that there have been officials and their families coming here to conduct illegal transactions for a long time! That's why I came here incognito to investigate the case. If you don't believe me, you can go to the Zhenfu Division to ask."

Others don’t know whether what Ye Xuan said is true or false, but Zhang Quandan knows that Ye Xuan is talking complete nonsense!
If Ye Xuan hadn't been forced to do so, he would never have come to such a place.

He couldn't help but secretly wipe the sweat for Ye Xuan. All the people here are sons of officials. It's almost certain that they have connections in the court.

If that person really went to the Pacification Office to ask, wouldn't the truth be revealed?
However, Ye Xuan was not worried at all. Based on his current relationship with Mao Xiang, if someone really came to ask.

Some insignificant minor officials would be sent away by making up a lie, and even if they were of Li Shanchang's level, they would not come to ask.

After all, his son hadn't done anything glorious. If he really went to the Pacification Office to inquire about it, wouldn't that be exposing the family's disgrace to everyone?

It won't be you who will be embarrassed then.

(End of this chapter)