Chapter 33: Caution
"How is it possible..."Lu Xihe said incredulously.
"Soon you will know the truth, and by that time, there will be nothing to hinder us..."Lu Yiran's clothes oozed a bloodstain, "Ruan Ruan, do you want to watch me die?" β
"Big brother, stop it, put the dagger down..."She couldn't have imagined that Lu Yiran was not the Lu family, and she had feelings for her that she shouldn't have!
"Okay." He pulled out the dagger, but fortunately the wound was not deep and did not hurt his lungs, but only bleed.
"Ruan Ruan, don't be a female official, can I take you home? Instead of going back to Lu's house, let's go to a place you want to go and live our own lives. β
In an almost pleading tone, at this moment, he looked like a prisoner waiting for a verdict. As long as she nodded, he was willing to drop everything and take her away.
Power, the throne, all the humiliation he has ever suffered, he can not care.
As long as she says "yes"...
But she only felt terrible.
Lu Yiran has always been a hated and grateful person in her heart. Although there was an indelible hatred between him and her, she couldn't be ruthless to deal with him all the time.
What he said today made her feel frightened, disillusioned, and even disgusted.
"I'm not going with you." Her words pierced into his heart word by word, "In my heart, you have always been the eldest brother, and there is nothing else." β
He seemed to have anticipated this outcome a long time ago, "Really? As if remembering something, he laughed at himself: "So the person in your heart is Ning Yu'an?" Or Ning Yan? β
"It has nothing to do with them." Lu Xihe clearly knew what the most important thing was in her heart.
"Whoever it is, they don't want to be with you." The air pressure around Lu Yiran's body was frighteningly low, and he invisibly exuded a weird, terrifying aura that had always been weird.
Lu Xihe didn't know what to say, silence was the best way.
"If you don't speak, that's an acknowledgement." Lu Yiran sneered, "I won't let them have a good time." β
"Have you had enough?" Lu Xihe finally couldn't bear it anymore, "It has nothing to do with anyone, I said that in my heart, you are just the eldest brother." β
"Eldest brother...... Hahahaha" Lu Yiran smiled and staggered out the door.
In the moonlight, his back looked embarrassed and lonely.
He once opened his frozen heart and selfishly stuffed a little girl into it.
But he forgot that perhaps the little girl was afraid of the cold inside, afraid of the darkness inside.
Maybe it's going to get farther and farther away from him...
He took the wrong step.
There is no turning back.
Desperate, maybe win, maybe lose, he won't hesitate anymore.
The capital has really changed.
The emperor issued a holy decree, and in the early years, the fourth prince Ning Yi was sick and weak, and was secretly sent to the Western Regions to recuperate.
As soon as this news came out, everyone was shocked.
Previously, the fifth prince Ning Yan returned from a great victory and was named the king of Chu.
Once crowned two kings, the Shaguang Dynasty has never had such a precedent.
Will King Gong be the new candidate for the throne?
The King of Chu is more in the limelight?
The prince's belly and back are under attack?
Everyone guessed differently, and they chose more carefully about which team to stand on.
Lu Xihe was also shocked when he heard the news, Ning Yi... It's Lu Yiran???
His real identity is actually the prince?
Thinking of his crazy actions that day, Lu Xihe still felt uncomfortable.
Ning Yan, are you finally coming back...
It's not in vain that she went to great lengths to arrange the affairs of Qingguo.
"Miss, the post from the Hou Mansion is here."
Green Pothos came in with a smile and put the gilded post on the table, "Miss, when did you get acquainted with the daughter of the Nanyang Hou Mansion?" β
Lu Xihe opened it and looked at it casually, threw it aside and said, "It's just a chance acquaintance." β
"By the way, Miss, I heard that His Royal Highness the Fifth Prince is coming back!" The green pothos was obviously more excited than her, rubbing her hands and saying, "No, I should call him the prince!" β
"The King of Chu returned to Beijing, does it have anything to do with you? What are you excited about? Lu Xihe completed the final deployment and was 100% confident in capturing that person.
"Miss, you... Isn't that one? The green pothos made a gesture shyly, glanced at Lu Xihe quickly, and lowered his head.
"Which? What are you thinking, he is now a prince, and he is not allowed to joke with him in the future. Lu Xihe reprimanded.
"My lord, the people have arrived in Beijing." Gong Wuming came in and reported.
Now he is dressed as a housekeeper, and he can't see that he is the big devil who is feared by the people of the rivers and lakes.
Lu Xihe's eyes instantly lit up, "It's really timely, hide it well, I need him to sing a big drama after a while." β
"Rest assured, the master, his every move is under our watch." Gong Wumei stood silently in place, as if waiting for something.
Lu Xihe glanced up, "Go down, I will seriously consider what you said." β
"Yes." He went out like a gust of wind.
The green pothos couldn't wait for her eyes to grow on Gong Wulife's body, staring at the backs of others with a look of adoration.
"Don't look at it, everyone is gone." Lu Xihe said with a smile.
"Hmph, I didn't look at him, Miss hates it!" Pothos looked away as if unconvinced.
Lu Xihe only thinks it's cute, it's not normal for pothos to pay attention to Gong Wu's life these days.
obviously cares, but he still doesn't admit it.
The army led by Ning Yan returned to Beijing, and there were crowds of people welcoming him inside and outside the city.
He's still imposing, but he's just looking thinner.
"Congratulations to the prince, congratulations to the prince!" Bai Ximei rushed up and said.
"Congratulations on what?" Ning Yan was in the mood to listen to his nonsense, his mind was full of promises made to him by the emperor before leaving, and he couldn't help but feel even happier, and the corners of his mouth raised a good-looking arc.
"The emperor has named you the king of Chu!" Bai Xi was as happy as something.
Ning Yan didn't think so, what about being crowned king? What he really cared about was something else.
"Does the emperor have any other will?"
Bai Xi immediately replied: "Yes, Your Majesty has taken back the four princes who are recuperating in the Western Regions, and has already crowned King Gong." β
Ning Yan almost laughed out loud, "Recuperating in the Western Regions? Where did this King Gong come from? β
Bai Xi said nervously: "Ouch prince, is this still outside?" Beware of being listened to by someone who cares, and maybe they want to say something about you! β
Ning Yan rode leisurely on his horse and swept through the welcoming crowd on the long street, "This king can remember, when they saw him off, they wished that this king would not be able to come back." β
"Lord Wang, do you know who King Gong is? It was Lu Yiran, who was in the Lu Mansion at the beginning. Bai Xi lowered his voice and said.
"He? Isn't he the child of Princess Lanling? β
"This is a long story, when Princess Lanling's child died early, it happened that King Gong was weak when he was young, so he was secretly sent to Lu Mansion to be raised. Now that the time is ripe, King Gong has resumed his identity. β
Ning Yan didn't care about these things, but he suddenly remembered one thing, "They are not brothers and sisters..."
"Who?" Bai Xi asked reflexively, and then obediently stopped his mouth.
Except for that one, it is estimated that there is no one who is worried about the master.
"It turns out that he is my short-lived fourth brother." It was really "happy" to have "good news" as soon as I came back.
Ning Yan's mood was obviously not very good, and Bai Xi did not appear in front of him.
The little one who has no conscience knows that he is back and does not show his face.
Ning Yan was even more upset when he thought of this.
As everyone knows, Lu Xihe is worried about several cases of the Supervision and Arrest Division, and he no longer pays attention to his news when he returns to Beijing safely.
"Lord, where are you going?" Bai Xi saw that Ning Yan's direction was obviously going towards Lu Mansion, and hurriedly stopped him.
"Huh?"
Bai Xi wiped his sweat and said: "Lord Wang, it's time for you to go into the palace to report on your work..."
It's not that Ning Yan doesn't remember, it's just that he came to this road by mistake.
"That's it, I'll settle accounts with her later."
All the way to the palace solemnly, the emperor seemed to have been waiting for him for a long time.
"Sons see their father, long live their father, long live their father." Ning Yan's joy was about to overflow, and in his heart, the matter between him and Lu Xihe was already settled.
The emperor said with a smile: "Hurry up and excuse me." It's really hard to go to Qinglan Pass, let me see if you've lost weight. β
Ning Yan stood up, and the emperor looked at it and said, "It's a lot of weight." β
"This time you have the greatest credit, I have made you king, what more could you want?"
Ning Yan restrained a lot, "Father, you know that what your son wants is her. β
Hearing this, the emperor's expression changed slightly, and the brush in his hand turned a few times in the inkstone, "This matter will be discussed later." β
"What does Father mean?" Ning Yan was looking forward to the day when he returned to Beijing, and the emperor would marry them.
He even thought about the location of the mansion, what does the emperor mean? Repented?
"I'm not going back. If you really think about it, you might as well wait another two years. The emperor's words made Ning Yandeng angry.
"Didn't my father promise well before he set out on the expedition? Why wait another two years now? How much change there will be in two years, the father knows better than the sons. β
The emperor knew that Ning Yan was a difficult character to deal with, so he said, "As far as I know, she has a lot of conflicts with her family. Do you think it's a good time to come to your home at this time? Or do you want her to marry you like this without even the blessing of her mother's family? β
Ning Yan really calmed down and thought for a moment. What the emperor said is indeed the truth, but can you really wait for two years?
He was also a little unsure for a while.
"If you really set your mind, why are you afraid of those small difficulties? After some twists and turns, your relationship is precious, and you will know how to cherish it more. The emperor's pen suddenly slowed down, "I once didn't know how to cherish it, and I missed the love of my life, but unfortunately there are thousands of people in the world, but I can never meet someone like her again." β
"Erchen is worried that after two years, she will already have someone else in her heart."
When the emperor heard this, he laughed loudly: "If this is the case, it means that she is not the person who is destined." What's the regret of missing the wrong person? β
Ning Yan still didn't give up, "Can my father guarantee that she won't marry someone else?" β
"I can't." The emperor's brief answer made Ning Yan's heart half cold.
"Father didn't intend to fulfill us in the first place, did he?" Ning Yan looked coldly at the man on the dragon chair, he was so naΓ―ve, he actually believed him stupidly and worked for him!