Chapter 250: A Neglected Rival
"Sister, there's a man surnamed Chen looking for you outside." Lu Nanjun came in and told Lu Xuan.
Lu Xuan couldn't help but be surprised: "The surname is Chen? "She is so big, there are only a handful of men surnamed Chen who know her, and even fewer will come to her.
After thinking about it, Lu Xuan still couldn't think of who it was, so instead of hiding in the house and guessing, it was better to go out and take a look.
Lu Xuan tidied up and went out to greet him, but when he arrived in the courtyard, he saw an extremely familiar figure: "Chen Langzhong? ”
This is clearly Chen Weizhi, but in this way, Lu Xuan is even more confused.
In the past and present lives, they have been the opponents of the two lives, Chen Weizhi has never set foot in the Lu Mansion for half a step, why did he come to the door for no reason today, it was the sun that came out in the west?
Lu Xuan was full of suspicion, Chen Weizhi also found her figure, and hurriedly walked over to her: "Lu Lingshi, Chen is presumptuous, first make amends to Lu Lingshi." ”
Chen Weizhi was respectful, his appearance really made Lu Xuan a little uncomfortable.
"Could it be that he knew that I was a woman, so he specially put on a gentlemanly demeanor in front of me and gave me three points?" Lu Xuan secretly speculated.
Chen Weizhi in front of him was judging from his words and deeds, and even looking at Lu Xuan's eyes.
After a while, Lu Xuan came back to his senses, and then asked Chen Weizhi politely: "I don't know what Chen Langzhong is saying about coming to the cold house today?" ”
Chen Weizhi shook his head: "It's nothing, it's just that yesterday I heard that Mrs. Lu has been in poor health recently, and there are some precious medicinal materials rewarded by His Majesty in the past in Chen's mansion, so I specially brought them to Mrs. Lu to replenish her body." ”
Lu Xuan was simply flattered, this is not like Chen Weizhi's usual style, he has always been so careless, where is he so meticulous to people, and he specially took such a valuable thing to come to the door in person.
If it weren't for Lu Xuan's understanding of Chen Weizhi's character, he would even have to wonder if these things were highly poisoned.
As the saying goes, "Nothing to be courteous or a thief", although Chen Weizhi is not such a person, but the inexplicable change of attitude really has to make people suspicious.
Lu Xuan shook his head and rejected Chen Weizhi's kindness almost without thinking about it: "Chen Langzhong's intentions, Lu Mou has received them, but since these medicinal materials are a gift from His Majesty, they must be worth a lot, and Lu really doesn't dare to accept them." ”
Lu Xuan excused himself, but Chen Weizhi still persevered: "It's useless to put these in my house, and it's better for Mrs. Lu to use them than in vain, so Lu Lingshi will accept them." ”
Chen Weizhi is skillful in the court on weekdays, but whenever he says it, none of them are in vain, listening to his persuasion several times, Lu Xuan is really not good to continue to shirk, so he can only be respectful and obedient.
According to the etiquette, since he accepted other people's things, he should at least invite them into the house to drink a cup of hot tea in return, and Lu Xuan immediately fulfilled the friendship of the landlord.
"Thank you Chen Langzhong, I don't know if Chen Langzhong is busy with government affairs today, if you are free, can you go in with Lu to have a cup of hot tea?" Lu Xuan cautiously tested Chen Weizhi, always feeling that he would be rejected.
But today's Chen Weizhi has already done too many things that Lu Xuan didn't expect, so it's not surprising that there are more of them.
I saw that Chen Weiyi heard Lu Xuan's invitation and nodded without hesitation: "Since Lu Lingshi is warmly invited, Chen is better than obeying his fate respectfully." ”
After that, Chen Weizhi immediately followed Lu Xuan in.
Lu Nanjun has been standing aside and watching the two, originally when he first saw Chen Weizhi, he was attracted by a heroic righteousness in him, but seeing that he was looking at Lu Xuan intently, Lu Nanjun couldn't help but feel a disgust for her.
Intuition told Lu Nanjun that this Chen Weizhi had bad intentions towards Lu Xuan like Gu Huanli, and he was also a person who needed to be guarded against.
Here, Chen Weizhi followed Lu Xuan all the way to the main hall and saw Cui's, with his extraordinary temperament, he left a good impression in Cui's heart, and he helped Lu Xuan many times, and Cui's occasionally heard about it, and the two had more things to talk about.
The Lu Mansion was rarely lively, and the other person who learned the news was in dire straits.
Lin Wei inadvertently saw that Chen Wei had gone to the Lu Mansion before, and after returning to the mansion, he didn't know whether to talk too much, so he remained silent until he was passed into the house by Gu Huanli to discuss an important matter.
Although Gu Huanli had never admitted his feelings for Lu Xuan on weekdays, Lin Wei and Qin Xiao, the two people who often followed him, could see it clearly in the morning.
After thinking about it, Chen Weizhi is a man after all, and he is an official in the same household department as Lu Xuan, day and night, if there is really any relationship between the two that is different from ordinary people, then the situation of His Royal Highness is not optimistic?
Thinking of this, Lin Xiao still decided to talk more this time, and then spoke to Gu Huanli: "Your Highness, my subordinates have a private matter, I don't know whether to talk about it or not." ”
Hearing this, Gu Huanli couldn't help frowning, since Lin Wei opened this mouth, he must have planned to say it, as for the words "should be said inappropriately", most of them are just polite.
Gu Huanli has been with Lin Wei's master and servant for many years, and he has never cared about these trivial things, but when he opened his mouth, he immediately waved his hand at him: "If you have something, just say it, you don't have to worry about it." ”
Lin Wei hesitated to speak: "Actually, it's not a private matter of his subordinates, but something about Lu Lingshi." ”
Hearing that the matter was related to Lu Xuan, Gu Huanli subconsciously sat up straight, and couldn't help but feel a trace of worry in his heart, but when the words came to his mouth, he forcibly pretended to be calm because of his face.
"What's the matter with her?" Gu Huanli pretended to be calm, but he couldn't wait in his heart.
Lin Wei explained: "When my subordinates went out, I happened to see Chen Weizhi and Lord Chen went to Lu Lingshi's mansion. ”
"What? What did he do when he went to Lu Mansion in a good manner? Gu Huanli couldn't help asking, but he was surprised in his heart, Chen Weizhi had clearly looked at Lu Xuan unpleasantly everywhere before, and he couldn't wait to kick him out of the household early in the morning, when would he be so good with her?
Gu Huanli was thinking about it, but Lin Wei spoke again: "My subordinates also saw that Lord Chen was holding a lot of imperial tonic in his hands, and coincidentally, my subordinates also heard that Mrs. Lu's old illness had recurred a few days ago and she was ill. ”
Although Lin Wei did not directly link the two things, smart people could see that there was no such coincidence in this world.
Thinking of the past, Chen Weizhi always stood up for Lu Xuan when she was in danger, risking the risk of opposing the Manchu Dynasty civil and military to speak for her, and this time he even debunked Li Ce's tricks in time to save her from fire and water.
One by one, Gu Huanli suddenly woke up like thunder: Could it be that he learned about her woman's body and ...... to her
Gu Huanli didn't have time to think about it, he couldn't rub sand in his eyes, and the people he identified couldn't be coveted by others, even if they were just coveted.
"When did he go?" Gu Huanli questioned Lin Wei.
Lin Wei suddenly felt remorseful, he knew that he should come over as soon as possible to tell him, but now it's a good thing to delay his Royal Highness's big event, right?
After hesitating for a moment, Lin Wei had the courage to respond to Gu Huanli: "It's been about an hour. ”
But Gu Huanli's heart is full of Lu Xuan at the moment, where can he care about scolding Lin Wei? Hearing this, he immediately got up and walked out quickly, and ordered Lin Wei in his mouth: "Bring the best ginseng and Ganoderma lucidum in the house...... Catch up with this king. ”
Yes, Lin Wei is really self-inflicted, in such a short period of time, Gu Huanli has already absorbed the emperor, and he wants him to chase after him, isn't it difficult for a strong man?
But the things that he delayed should be made up for by himself, and Lin Wei didn't dare to complain about anything, so he hurriedly went to buy it.
After a while, Lin Wei finally hurried up and caught up with Gu Huanli with medicinal materials before arriving at the Lu Mansion.
Gu Huanli specially stopped and waited for Lin Wei to take a breath, and seeing that his Royal Highness frowned, Lin Wei also gave him relief: "Your Highness doesn't have to worry, it's been so long, Chen Langzhong may have left a long time ago." ”
Gu Huanli didn't pay attention to Lin Wei's words, and only walked in by himself.
Since Gu Huanli had been to the Lu Mansion more than once, the rice cake had already recognized it clearly, and as soon as he saw him appear, he immediately greeted him: "See Your Highness, Your Highness is here to find my eldest son?" ”
Gu Huanli nodded, and then asked tentatively towards the rice cake: "Is there a guest in the house today?" ”
Rice cake couldn't help but be stunned: "How can Your Highness know?" At this moment, Chen Langzhong of the household department is chatting with his son and wife in the main hall, preparing to have dinner together for a while. ”
The rice cake was unintentional by the speaker, but Gu Huanli was intentional by the listener, and he immediately glared at Lin Wei beside him, as if questioning him, "Didn't you just swear that the person was gone?" ”
Lin Wei understood what His Royal Highness meant, and then lowered his head in embarrassment.
At this point, it was useless to blame Lin Wei, and Gu Huanli didn't bother to say more to him, so he just walked towards the main hall by himself.
Lin Wei followed behind and was sweating profusely, but he couldn't help but tease his Royal Highness in his heart that he was really becoming more and more familiar.
When Gu Huanli arrived, Chen Weizhi was chatting happily with Cui's -
"I've heard Ah Xuan mention Chen Langzhong a long time ago, and Ah Xuan relies on Chen Langzhong to take care of him in the household department on weekdays." Cui's love for a righteous person like Chen Weizhi at first sight.
Although Lu Xuan did not tell Chen Weizhi that the person who rescued her from Li Ce that night was Chen Weizhi, Cui's impression of him was already very good.
Although Gu Huanli had also helped the Lu Mansion a lot before, and he was the biggest benefactor since Lu Xuan became an official, after all, he had a noble status, and there was still a world of difference between him and the Lu family.
Therefore, no matter how approachable Gu Huanli was in the Lu Mansion a few times ago, the Cui family still couldn't get close to him.
Cui Shi and Chen Weizhi talked word by word, most of them were talking about things related to Lu Xuan, but she couldn't help but feel a strange feeling when she sat on the side, especially Chen Weizhi's abnormal performance today.
Lu Xuan was sitting on pins and needles at this hour, and was about to open his mouth to send Chen Weizhi away, but when he raised his eyes, he saw another ancestor who was even more difficult to serve walking into the house.
"The house is so lively today."