Chapter 174: Chapter 174 : The Emperor’s Birthday Celebration (6)

"Xie Jianyu..."

The whisper barely left his lips when a wave of dizziness overcame him.

Zhang Fengxi pressed a hand against his mouth to prevent his dinner from coming up.

"Zhang Fengxi, are you alright?"

Perfect, now Wu Shenxia also came over. The urge to vomit had just doubled up.

A hand pulled him to his feet, and then his arm was slung around a slender shoulder.

"I will take him out of the banquet area to get some fresh air," Xie Jianyu’s voice was heard. "Everyone, please continue to enjoy your meal."

Xie Jianyu hauled Zhang Fengxi away from the curious crowd and led him to a small seating area. It was located in the middle of the long-winding stairs that led to the Crystal Jade Pavilion.

"What’s wrong? Did you drink too much?" Xie Jianyu asked.

Zhang Fengxi gave a small nod.

"I will go and find a physician to brew you a Clear Mind Soup. Wait a bit..."

Xie Jianyu wanted to leave, but Zhang Fengxi yanked at the end of his sleeve.

"Don’t go," the alpha begged. "Please stay with me."

He did not sound like his usual self. Xie Jianyu furrowed his brows.

"Do you want me to call your parents instead?"

Zhang Fengxi raised his head and gave Xie Jianyu an inexplicable gaze.

Breathing heavily, he said, "Don’t hate me."

"... Excuse me?"

"Xie Jianyu, can you please not hate me?"

"I do not hate you," Xie Jianyu declared.

"But you..."

Zhang Fengxi squeezed the fabric that he was holding so hard that it started to crumple.

"You said that you hated my touch, my hug, my kiss. But then you are so friendly to all the other alphas. You didn’t even slap Zhou Guiying when he kissed your hand. Xie Jianyu, just how am I inferior to him or Wu Shenxia?"

"You are drunk," Xie Jianyu decided. "I will find someone to take you to a resting room."

"No!"

Zhang Fengxi tugged at Xie Jianyu’s sleeve persistently.

"Today... Hick... Today you must give me a proper answer. I don’t want to hear any excuse..."

And then he vomited all over Xie Jianyu’s shoes.

"..."

It was the second time Zhang Fengxi vomited at him. Despite Zhang Fengxi’s pathetic condition, Xie Jianyu wondered whether hitting the alpha was appropriate at this point.

Zhang Fengxi slid to the ground, but he still refused to let go of Xie Jianyu’s sleeve.

"Xie... Jianyu..."

Xie Jianyu sighed. He had no other choice but to heave the alpha’s heavy body and drag him to find a servant for help.

"Xie Jianyuuuu..." Zhang Fengxi spoke in a slurred tone. "Your name is so long. Can I make it shorter, hm?"

"... Don’t you dare."

"Come onnnn. Can I call you Xiao Xie? Yu’er? Jianbao*? Hahaha..."

"..."

"Jianbao, hey... Don’t ignore me, talk to meeee~"

"... Zhang Fengxi, you are not good with wine," Xie Jianyu commented. He wrinkled his nose when his nose caught the scent of wine mixed with vomit wafting from Zhang Fengxi’s mouth.

"You should not touch wine, ever again."

"I know... I only drink when I... Hick... When I am sad..."

Drunk Zhang Fengxi was unbelievably heavy. Xie Jianyu needed him to stay awake. He couldn’t possibly drag Zhang Fengxi’s body all the way back to the banquet area.

"Ugh... What were you... Sad about? Come on, walk!"

"Mmm..."

Xie Jianyu paused when he heard unexpected sobs.

"My baby," he said.

Xie Jianyu froze on the spot.

Baby? Liu Wenyuan’s...? No, another omega’s?

"Our baby," Zhang Fengxi corrected himself.

"..."

He was the foolish one for taking this drunkard seriously. Sighing to himself, Xie Jianyu repositioned Zhang Fengxi’s body in his arms and continued dragging him along the steps.

"Our baby, Jianyu... Sob..."

"Cut it out," Xie Jianyu snapped. "There is no such thing as ’our baby’!"

"... Jianyu, are you mad?"

"I am not mad!"

"You have to be. That’s why you hate me so much."

Zhang Fengxi leaned against Xie Jianyu all of a sudden. Xie Jianyu widened his eyes in shock. Unprepared to deal with the sudden weight, he missed a footing and slipped on the steps.

"Arghhhh!!!" Xie Jianyu wailed when he fell to the ground. One of his legs was twisted unnaturally under Zhang Fengxi’s heavy body.

His cry of pain alarmed the nearby guards, who quickly came to his aid.

"Your Majesty, are you alright???"

"Yes. Uhh..."

Xie Jianyu pushed Zhang Fengxi off him to no avail. The alpha barely moved. He was as sturdy as a boulder. Thankfully, another person was there to provide some help.

Wu Shenxia grabbed the back of Zhang Fengxi’s coat with one hand and removed the dead weight from Xie Jianyu.

"Your Majesty, are you hurt?" She asked with a polite smile on her lips, but for some reason, her eyes were as cold as the harshest winter wind in the north.

"I am fine," Xie Jianyu quickly answered. "Help me take care of Zhang Fengxi, he is a mess."

Zhang Zhiyuan and Lady Song were notified of Zhang Fengxi’s whereabouts. The concerned parents quickly rushed over to take a look at their son’s condition.

"Fengxi! Heavens! Did I not tell you not to drink so much? Really! Father and son are so alike!"

Zhang Zhiyuan sobered up because his wife pressed cold towels against his face a while ago. The guilty man had nothing to say to his defense.

Zhang Fengxi pushed his mother’s hands away.

"No," he said. "I need to talk to Xie Jianyu."

Xie Jianyu glowered at Zhang Fengxi. He was not in the mood to talk. He was in the mood to change his shoes.

"Talk when you are sober," he snapped before he turned around to leave.

Again, his sleeve was caught.

In front of his parents, Wu Shenxia, and a lot of palace guards, Zhang Fengxi said something obnoxious and regretful.

"Jianyu, give me another baby. I promise to protect him with my life..."

As soon as the last word left Zhang Fengxi’s lips, his eyes rolled backward and he dropped to the ground. Stunned, everyone stared at the unconscious alpha. And then, their eyes moved toward Xie Jianyu.

The latter’s face was bright red from shame. Oh, if only he smacked the daylight out of Zhang Fengxi a while ago.

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Author’s note :

*Jianbao = sword treasure.

If used as a nickname, it literally means "Jian baby"

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