Chapter 329 - 206: Scandal_2
Moreover, when Xiao Song lent a hand this time, Ran Yunsheng could think of no other reason.
After saying those words, Ran Yunsheng couldn’t help but regret it a little, as if now he was making Ran Yan bear the commitment; quickly recovering, he added, "It’s just that I’ve been uneasy lately, worrying needlessly. Yan, please don’t take my words to heart."
Ran Yan smiled slightly, "Brother Shi, aren’t you underestimating me? Even if you hadn’t mentioned this, wouldn’t I have thought of it myself? Don’t worry, I’ll be careful."
Ran Yunsheng also smiled, feeling a sense of relief in his heart.
He had indeed been frightened these days, not because he was too timid but because he had heard too many rumors about Princess Baling’s private garden. Allegedly, Princess Baling used "opium" to control and confine young men, discarding all dignity and reason at the onset of their addiction, allowing her to mock them at will.
Opium, which includes both marijuana and opium itself, had entered China during Zhang Qian’s missions to the Western Regions in the Han Dynasty. By the time of the Tang Dynasty, particularly in the cosmopolitan Great Tang, there were plenty of highborn dandies who were addicts.
Ran Yunsheng couldn’t avoid interacting with such people and had even once visited a gathering of addicts. People there, when excited, were utterly mad; the scene was as decadent as could be, and he never wanted to associate with such substances in his life.
Therefore, without any safety guarantees, Ran Yunsheng could even imagine his own dark future; as a normal person, how could he not be frightened!