267, another troublemaker

267, another troublemaker

"You, why are you here?" When the Fifth Princess saw Zhao Lang, Qi Jun and others appearing here, and met the look in Prince Qi's eyes, her heart suddenly became confused and a panic expression appeared on her face.

Qi Jun's face looked quite ugly, and his hands hanging by his sides were clenched into fists.

Zhao Lang withdrew his gaze from Lu Mingfei and continued to look at his panicked cousin. He asked, "Why can't we be here? Are you the only one allowed here? We're not allowed to come?"

"Or, as a princess, you're secretly meeting a man here, and you're afraid of being discovered?"

"..." Lu Mingfei, I'm so grateful to you! We just happened to meet Her Royal Highness here, but how did you say it was like we had a secret meeting with the princess?! Aren't you afraid that the Emperor will chop me down?

Zhang Lingxuan was filled with panic and fear. He hunched his waist and lowered his head even lower, fearing that if he was not careful, a greater crime would befall them.

Lu Mingfei raised his hand and placed it on Zhang Lingxuan's arm, reminding his friend not to be afraid.

There are so many people here, and there are only two of them here. The princess didn't come alone, they are a group of people here. What about meeting outsiders in secret? It's simply nonsense!

He couldn't help but glare at someone who was talking nonsense.

"I...you, you, you, don't talk nonsense and ruin this princess's reputation! I, I just happened to meet Lu Zhuangyuan and the others here!" The Fifth Princess saw so many people here, and a pair of angry eyes looking at her. She was very panicked in her heart. After throwing down these words, she ran away quickly.

When the two palace maids saw their palace master running away, they hurriedly followed.

"laugh--"

Looking at his cousin who had run away, Zhao Lang sneered. With just this little guts, she dared to try to steal his girl? How could he possibly steal her?!

Prince Qi glanced at Lu Mingfei and whispered to Zhao Lang, "I have something to take care of." Then he strode away, following the direction the Fifth Princess had left.

Of those present today, only Zhao Lang knew that the Prince of Zhennan had requested a princess for his son, and that the Emperor was also interested in marrying his daughter to Qi Jun. The imperial decree granting the marriage had not yet been issued, so the others were unaware of this matter.

The others just thought that the Fifth Princess had taken a fancy to the new number one scholar and wanted to marry him, and they had no idea that there was also the matter of Prince Qi involved.

Zhao Lang glanced at the people around him and reminded them: "Don't go out and talk about what happened today, so as not to ruin the reputation of the Fifth Princess." After all, the Fifth Princess is also his cousin. He can ignore his cousin's reputation, but he cannot ignore the reputation of Lu Zhuangyuan.

"Yes, yes, we know and we won't tell anyone about it," someone said.

Everyone here today knew the relationship between Zhao Lang and the Fifth Princess. When they heard Zhao Lang say this, they all thought that Zhao Lang was thinking about the Fifth Princess's reputation and had no idea what was going on with the other people here.

After seeing that his fellow travelers had received his warning glance, Zhao Lang turned to look at Lu Zhuangyuan in front of him and asked, "Are you the new number one scholar?"

Knowing that on the surface they were strangers, he shouldn't know Zhao Lang's identity, so Lu Mingfei just bowed to Zhao Lang and these young masters without saying their names.

Zhao Lang took two steps forward and stood in front of Lu Zhuangyuan. He reached out and pinched Lu Zhuangyuan's chin, and deliberately said, "You have a good-looking face. No wonder the Fifth Princess was so bewitched and wanted to marry you."

"..." Lu Mingfei glared at the man secretly. Don't think I don't know, you are taking advantage of me and taking advantage of me!

In a place where no one noticed, the two exchanged glances.

Zhao Lang used a lot of self-control to suppress the corners of his mouth and prevent them from curling up.

"Recognize your own identity. The Fifth Princess is a royal noblewoman, a daughter of a rich family. There's no way she'd marry a peasant like you. It's best to stay away from her when you see her in the future!" Zhao Lang warned Lu Zhuangyuan before retracting his grip on his chin. When no one noticed, he quietly rubbed his two fingers together, savoring the feel of pinching Lu Zhuangyuan's chin.

"Yes, sir, you are right." Lu Mingfei looked very terrified, as if he had received a lesson.

"Hmph! I'm glad to know!" Zhao Lang snorted coldly and left with a group of young masters behind him.

After hearing the footsteps leave, Zhang Lingxuan breathed a sigh of relief, grabbed Lu Mingfei's hand and asked, "Are you okay?"

"I'm fine." Lu Mingfei glanced at the direction someone left, and knew in his heart that Zhao Lang had deliberately said this to him in front of so many people just now in order to sever the connection and possibility between him and the fifth princess.

If the fifth princess really ran to the emperor to ask for their marriage, there would be no way out of it.

If he and Zhao Lang didn't have this relationship, it wouldn't be a big deal for him to marry a princess. But since he and Zhao Lang had already secretly pledged their lives together, he would never betray their relationship and marry another woman until Zhao Lang betrayed them.

Originally, they thought they could have some peace and quiet here, but after encountering the Fifth Princess and Zhao Lang and their group, Lu Mingfei realized that staying in this place was not a good idea either. He said to Zhang Lingxuan who was with him, "It seems that this place is not a peaceful place either. Let's leave quickly."

"Yes, let's go quickly."

When Zhang Lingxuan heard this, he quickly pulled Lu Mingfei away.

***

When they returned to the crowd, many people had already come to the Imperial Garden.

It was already completely dark at this time, and the palace was brightly lit with lanterns everywhere, so it didn't seem dark at all.

Knowing that it was easy to make mistakes in such a crowded place, Lu Mingfei and Zhang Lingxuan did not squeeze in front of the adults. They found a seat in a corner and sat down, waiting for the emperor and his concubines to arrive.

There were fruits and snacks on the table, but before attending the palace banquet, Zhao Lang reminded him not to eat anything from the palace, so Lu Mingfei didn't touch these things, and he didn't even reach out to touch the wine glass on the table.

Unexpectedly, the eldest prince arrived as soon as they sat down.

I don't know what the eldest prince's eyesight was, but when he passed by them, he saw him at a glance. The eldest prince turned forward and walked towards him. When he saw him, he began to say in a sarcastic tone: "Hey, isn't this Lu Zhuangyuan?"

"I remember that only officials of the fourth rank and above are eligible to attend the palace banquet, right? Are you qualified?"

When Lu Mingfei heard this, he knew that the eldest prince was looking for trouble. However, the eldest prince didn't need to think carefully about it. How could he enter the palace without an invitation?

He doesn't take the initiative to cause trouble, but that doesn't mean he is afraid of trouble!

Especially this eldest prince who kept picking on him! This was intolerable. If he didn't fight back, people would really think he was a sick cat that was easy to bully!

He immediately replied to the eldest prince in a dignified and unpretentious manner: "Your Majesty is so kind that you have sent us courtiers an invitation to attend the palace banquet."

"I sent you a message? You don't deserve it!" The eldest prince became even more angry when he saw Lu Mingfei's expression. He immediately ignored his status and dignity as a prince and shouted, "Come here, drag him out!"

The people following the eldest prince were ready to go forward and drag the person away.

Before the eldest prince's men could even touch Lu Mingfei, a voice rang out from behind, "Brother, what's the matter? Why are you so angry?"

The Second Prince, the Third Prince, and the Fourth Prince came with their men, and it was His Royal Highness the Second Prince who spoke.

Seeing the people who came to help him out, Lu Mingfei felt relieved and bowed to the Second and Third Princes, "Your humble servant greets His Royal Highness the Second and Third Princes."

"Your subordinate greets His Royal Highness the Second Prince, His Royal Highness the Third Prince, and His Royal Highness the Fourth Prince." The officials around also bowed to the several princes.

As soon as they saw the eldest prince's behavior, they knew that he was deliberately targeting Lu Zhuangyuan.

Although everyone knew that the eldest prince was deliberately bullying others, no one around dared to step forward to help Mr. Lu.

Behind the second prince and the third prince and their entourage were Zhao Lang, Prince Qi and their group.

As soon as Zhao Lang saw the eldest prince's look, he knew that he was bullying their Lu Zhuangyuan. He clenched his hands at his sides into fists and cursed in his heart: This bastard, it seems that I didn't punish him enough last time, and he dared to come and cause trouble for their Lu Zhuangyuan!

The Second Prince looked at everyone present and said with a smile, "Please don't be polite, everyone."

"My father is hosting a banquet in the palace today. Thank you all for coming." As the second prince said this, his smiling eyes swept from Fu Lianxin to everyone present.

Since Fu Lianxin, a seventh-rank editor, can attend the palace banquet, why can't Lu Mingfei, a sixth-rank editor?

Everyone present knew that Fu Lianxin was the grandson of Mrs. Fu, and they also knew that the reason why Lu Zhuangyuan and Zhang Tanhua were invited to attend the palace banquet this year was most likely because of Mr. Fu.

They all knew that since anyone could come here to attend the palace banquet, they must have received an invitation from the palace.

Compared with the generous behavior of the second prince, the behavior of the eldest prince who deliberately finds fault seems very stingy and unpresentable.

Feeling a familiar gaze falling on him, Lu Mingfei followed that gaze and saw Zhao Lang standing at the back of the crowd. Noticing Zhao Lang's anger, he gave him a look that said, "Don't mess with me."

Zhao Lang took two deep breaths before he didn't go forward to beat up the fat pig of the eldest prince! Author's words: Thank you Bole 9492239 (9492239) for your support, mua! To know more exciting content, please leave me a message on Liancheng Reading.