Chapter 406 There is a Girl

"Xiao Yan, I can't rely on you for everything. I don't want to involve you in this matter." Yun Ting's eyes were filled with tears. "As long as my grandmother is still here, as long as I don't expose it to the world, the emperor won't do anything to me."

"Then tell me, what do you plan to say to the emperor?" Xiao Yan frowned.

"I..." Yun Ting was suddenly speechless.

Naturally, he would refuse the emperor's arrangement.

But how to say it, it is indeed a problem.

He didn't want to involve Erya, but the Queen Mother must have told the Emperor, and the Emperor knew about it.

So whether he can raise it and how to raise it are both questions.

If he insisted on marrying Erya, the emperor would scold him for being ungrateful, but what if he got angry and arranged for Erya to marry someone else?

He can disobey the order, but Arya cannot.

Moreover, Yun Ting calmed down and thought about it, and realized that it was very likely that the emperor would do that after being enraged.

"And a marriage is a matter between two people. What? You think you are good enough, so Master Lu is very satisfied with you and this marriage?" Xiao Yan sneered.

"He's not satisfied, so he dares to disobey the order?"

"He dares." Xiao Yan said firmly.

Yun Ting: "...I don't believe it."

He has his grandmother's protection, so he has to think it over again.

Who doesn't know that these two old guys, Master Lu and Master Xie, are friendly to each other on the surface, but secretly they are each rallying their own forces and wish to trample each other to death?

In this situation, would Master Lu dare to openly disobey the imperial order?

Wouldn't that be giving someone a handle?

"You've worked very hard over the past two years, studying with Mr. Liu, and have indeed made great progress. However, you know nothing about the affairs of the court."

"What's going on in the court? You know?" Yun Ting felt that Xiao Yan was far away from the court and might not know more than himself.

"I do know a little more than you do."

Taifu Lu's given name is Shen. Although his surname is Lu, others mistakenly believe that he comes from a noble family. But in fact, he is a pure child from a poor family. His father died when he was young, and he was raised by his widowed mother. Fortunately, he was smart since he was young and was favored by the village teacher, who gave him enlightenment.

Tutor Lu was gifted in studying and became the top scorer in the imperial examination at the age of eighteen.

With no one in the court, he was exiled from the capital to serve as a small county magistrate. Over the past forty years, he climbed up the ladder on his own and reached the highest position in the government.

The people he won over were basically from poor families.

The Xie family is a noble family with a history of hundreds of years, and Taifu Xie represents the interests of the family.

These two people are the two leaders used by the emperor to weigh the prominence of the aristocratic families and the poor families.

Taifu Lu's wife was the daughter of his mentor. Even after he became rich, Taifu Lu still adhered to the principle of "staying with the wife who has shared the hardships with you", respected his original wife very much, and did not have a concubine.

The most legendary thing is that this Mrs. Lu did not even ask for an imperial edict.

It is said that she herself did not want it, saying that she had made no contribution to the country and was not worthy of this imperial edict.

She lives a secluded life and rarely goes out. Many people have never even seen her.

Mrs. Lu gave birth to six sons for Grand Tutor Lu, but a pair of twins died at birth, and another died of illness at the age of three.

So there are three sons who survived.

Mrs. Lu wanted a daughter very much, but after she turned 35, she never got pregnant again, so she gave up the idea.

Who would have thought that when she was forty years old, Mrs. Lu became pregnant with a pearl.

Everyone around said that this baby must be a son, and Mrs. Lu was pregnant with a son.

Mrs. Lu herself did not hold out hope.

But this time, she was the most successful and gave birth to the daughter that the couple had always wanted.

This is Lu Huan.

Lu Huan grew up under the care of his parents and brothers, and was loved by everyone.

And like Mrs. Lu, she seldom went out, so outsiders didn't know much about her.

But one thing is certain, that is, Master Lu had a daughter in his old age and regarded Lu Huan as the apple of his eye.

"Master Lu will never marry his daughter to a playboy." Xiao Yan said.

Yun Ting: “…”

He used to hate people calling him a playboy, but now he feels that he is not playboy enough.

It seems a little early for him, a prodigal son, to turn back.

I hope Master Lu doesn’t misunderstand me. He is still that playboy!

"Is your information accurate?" Yun Ting was still a little unsure. "What if it's false?"

"I studied in the Imperial College for two years." Xiao Yan said lightly.

"Then what?"

"Then I met Lu Huan's third brother, Lu Shutong, there," Xiao Yan said, "and we got along pretty well."

"Did you hear what he said?"

"Lu Shutong talks more than you do."

Xiao Yan even knew that Lu Huan's nickname was "Yo Yo".

The words "The deer calls, eating wild apples" were carefully selected by Master Lu after he had read books for several days.

When Xiao Yan and Uncle Lu were together, they were both young boys.

At that time, Lu Shutong was very dissatisfied with the family's atmosphere of "putting his younger sister first in everything", and he also complained about it to Xiao Yan.

"Teacher Lu got drunk at home and hugged his daughter and cried, saying that he couldn't bear to see her get married. Lu Huan must have been only a few years old at the time."

After listening to Xiao Yan, Yun Ting suddenly felt less desperate.

Everyone knows that Master Lu is an old troll.

If he really loved his daughter - Yun Ting put himself in the shoes of Lu Qiniang and Xiao Yan towards Daya and the others, then he would indeed spare no effort to oppose this marriage.

If he adds more fuel to the fire, it will probably be twice as effective with half the effort.

Seeing Yun Ting's spirits rise from depression and despair, Xiao Yan was still a little worried, "What do you want to do?"

"I won't do anything rash." Yun Ting said, "Lu Huan is innocent. Since Master Lu looks down on me, I'll just lie down flat on my face."

He is still that playboy.

He became more aggressive and made a comeback.

He can't ruin the girl's reputation, so at least he can just be himself.

Xiao Yan thought for a moment and said, "I could give it a try, but don't make it too obvious. If the Emperor knew, he wouldn't be happy."

"Don't let the emperor know. The most important thing is to let Master Lu know."

This is called a targeted dandy.

"But Xiao Yan, I'm afraid of Master Lu. What if he gets carried away and agrees to the marriage?"

"Then we can only think of another way." Xiao Yan said calmly, "We'll have to take it one step at a time. This is just like when we're marching and fighting, we can't plan too much. We can only take it one step at a time and adjust our tactics based on the opponent's reaction."

"Then, if Tutor Lu agrees and the Emperor insists on me getting married, all my resistance will be useless. Xiao Yan, what should we do then?" Yun Ting still found it hard to accept when he thought of that situation.

From the moment he received the imperial edict, his heartless, innocent and romantic youth came to an end.