370, Prince Ding arrives

370, Prince Ding arrives

Kyoto, shrouded in darkness, is unusually quiet, lacking the hustle and bustle of the day.

Zhao Lang had just come out of the palace at this time, but his breathing was a little disordered today.

"master."

"Let's go back home."

"yes."

The guards who came to pick up the person also noticed that something was wrong with their master, and hurriedly helped him onto the carriage.

Soon, the Regent's carriage disappeared at the palace gate.

Prime Minister Wan, who came out of the palace later, saw Zhao Lang's carriage leaving and snorted, "That kid runs fast!"

"What a pity..." Zhao Lang didn't jump into the trap he dug today.

However, as long as this kid is in Kyoto Prefecture, is he still worried that he won't find an opportunity to deal with him? Prime Minister Wan snorted in his heart and got on the carriage that came to pick him up.

After returning to Prince Ding's Mansion, Zhao Lang soaked himself in a wooden barrel filled with cold water.

Not long after, there was a knock on the door, "Master, the doctor is here."

"Come in."

The guards outside heard the response from inside the house and then pushed open the door to let the doctor in.

After examining the regent's physical condition, the doctor suggested, "Regent, in your current situation... if you give him acupuncture directly, it might damage his body. Why don't you find a woman..."

"Give me an acupuncture!" Before the doctor finished speaking, Zhao Lang chose the treatment method for himself.

"...Yes." The doctor did not dare to make any suggestions this time. He took out the silver needles from the medicine box and started to insert the needle into the regent's body.

The guards inside and outside the house all knew what was going on with their master, and the brothers looked at each other in confusion.

Although some people thought that Lord Lu was not here, even if their master had done something with the woman, they would not tell anyone about it, and Lord Lu would not know about it.

However, their master still chose to harm his own body to detoxify the poison. This shows that their master's feelings for Mr. Lu are deeper than they see.

So no matter what some people are thinking at this time, they would not say such words.

It seems that they should be more respectful to Lord Lu in the future. This is what everyone is thinking at this moment.

***

At the same time, Lu Mingfei, who was far away in Li County, had no idea what was happening in Kyoto Prefecture.

After agreeing on the terms with Zhao Rui, he let the young master go. Letting the young master go would make their yamen's backyard quieter, and it would save their brothers from trouble.

He was still handling official business in his study at night when he heard his guard come over and tell him, "Sir, the prince is here."

"Zhao Rui went to see the prince and was slapped by him."

There was an unconcealable gloating in his words.

They were only happy to see Young Master Zhao in trouble.

"You guys know a lot." Lu Mingfei glanced at Ma Ge, who was trying not to laugh, and asked, "When did the prince arrive?"

"Just a while ago...about half an hour ago." Guard Ma said.

"Oh." Lu Mingfei was not surprised at all that Prince Ding could get the generals guarding the city to open the gate in the middle of the night. After all, the entire Beijun belonged to Prince Ding.

However, this also indirectly reflects one thing, that is, the security management in Li County is not strict enough. Opening the city gate at night is such a big thing, and no one came to inform him, the county magistrate, and they just opened the city gate directly.

What if this person comes in with bad intentions? It seems that I need to have a chat with the county lieutenant and the generals guarding the city tomorrow to discuss security issues.

However, what he didn't expect was that Prince Ding would come to Li County in person for his son. When he thought about how Zhao Lang had been in Jingdu Prefecture for so many years and Prince Ding had never personally visited his son, he felt sad and unworthy for Zhao Lang!

"Sir, do you want to go and see the prince?" Guard Ma asked when he saw that their lord looked thoughtful.

"No. The father and son have plenty to talk about. How could I disturb their gathering?" Lu Mingfei made up his mind that as long as Prince Ding didn't invite him, he would pretend that he didn't know that person was coming.

"Yes, sir." When Guard Ma saw that their master was unhappy, he stopped asking.

"Are you hungry, sir? Would you like some midnight snack?"

"I'm not going to eat anymore. You guys eat it."

Lu Mingfei was not in the mood to eat. He waved his hand and asked people to leave. He planned to go to bed after finishing the things on hand.

Seeing that the master of the family was busy again, Guard Ma had no choice but to go outside.

However, not long after, Caifeng came to the study room with a bowl of bird's nest porridge, "Sir, the kitchen has made bird's nest porridge for you, would you like to have some?"

"Why did you deliver it?" Hearing the voice, Lu Mingfei looked up at the person who put the bird's nest porridge on the table and asked.

"Yes, I wanted to give it to you." Caifeng murmured back.

Lu Mingfei saw the boy looking at him with fear and nervousness. He reached out and touched his face. Could he be so scary?

Forget it, let’s not scare the kid.

"Give it to me then."

He stretched out his hand and a bowl of bird's nest porridge was delivered to him.

Holding the porridge, he picked up the spoon and scooped a mouthful of it into his mouth. Seeing the boy standing there looking at him, he asked, "Are you going to follow me all the time?"

Ever since they found this child on the road, he has been following them. Lu Mingfei didn't dislike this half-grown boy, but he was still a little skeptical. After all, he was someone close to the deposed emperor.

Caifeng looked at the adult in front of him, hesitated for a moment, and finally expressed his thoughts: "Sir, I want to follow you."

"Okay, since you want to follow me, then follow me. I have enough food for you. Follow Brother Ma and study hard in the future. Ask him if you don't understand anything." Lu Mingfei ate the last mouthful of bird's nest porridge and put the empty bowl back on the tray.

He had some idea in his heart why the boy followed him. Perhaps it was because he had never tasted the warmth of the world since he was a child, and suddenly he tasted it from him, so he wanted to follow him.

Anyway, the deposed emperor was dead now. Even if he had issued any orders in the past, they no longer existed now that he was dead. Ultimately, he still had some sympathy for the young man.

"Thank you, sir." Caifeng knelt down and kowtowed to their lord.

The guard who came in from behind directly picked up the boy who was kneeling on the ground, holding the tray in his other hand, and said to their master: "Sir, I'm taking him out."

"Yeah." Lu Mingfei nodded, "Explain the rules here to him."

"Yes." The person outside responded.

Having just finished his meal and still feeling full, Lu Mingfei was busy in the study for more than half an hour before he came out and went back to the bedroom next door to lie down and sleep.

I had a dreamless night until the next morning.

***

As soon as he woke up in the morning, he heard from his subordinates that Prince Ding had sent someone to wait for him outside the door.

"..." Lu Mingfei recalled that Princess Ding had also sent someone to invite him to the palace for tea so early in the morning. Is there anything wrong with this couple?

No wonder this couple can be a couple, it turns out they have some of the same habits!

"Let him wait."

"Yes, sir."

After receiving the response, the person outside the door went out to inform the manager who was waiting outside.

After washing up in the house, Lu Mingfei went out to the living room to see the steward waiting there, "I wonder what instructions the prince has?"

"Sir, our prince is waiting for you in the teahouse." said the steward.

"Okay, let's go." He hadn't had breakfast yet, so he went to the teahouse to have some. Hearing this, Lu Mingfei stood up and gestured to the steward who had come to invite him to lead the way.

In the past, he always walked to the yamen to work, but today, fearing that Prince Ding would have to wait for a long time, he decided to leave in a carriage.

When he arrived at the teahouse and followed the steward who led the way to the second floor, he found that the entire second floor was quiet. Only the table where Prince Ding was sitting was occupied, and the rest of the tables were empty.

Glancing at Zhao Rui standing behind Prince Ding, he walked towards the seated Prince Ding, bowed and said, "Your humble servant greets His Majesty."

"You are quite courageous!" Prince Ding snorted coldly and said.

"I dare not." Lu Mingfei replied with a bow.

"I think you're very brave!" Prince Ding glared at Lu Mingfei, his face filled with displeasure. If this man wasn't one of his legitimate son's men, he would have had Lu Mingfei abducted the moment he learned that Lu Mingfei had the audacity to detain his eldest son.

Lu Mingfei secretly glanced at the angry prince and Zhao Rui standing behind him. This time, the distance was closer, and he could clearly see the slap mark on Young Master Zhao's face.

Could it be that this hot-tempered prince also wanted to slap him?

Looking at the slap marks on Young Master Zhao’s face, you can tell how hard his father used to slap him.

No, no, no, he doesn't want to be slapped.

But asking him to admit his mistake was impossible because he didn't think he had done anything wrong in this matter.

Prince Ding stared at the boy standing in front of him with a sharp gaze. Even though he was staring at him like that, the boy didn't kneel down to admit his mistake. He couldn't help but look at the boy straight in the eye, "No wonder you and that brat Lang'er can get along so well!"

"Thank you for your praise, Your Highness. The prince is a very good person." Lu Mingfei took Prince Ding's words as a compliment.

After all, among so many people in the entire Kyoto Prefecture, he is the only one who can be good friends with Prince Zhao. Although the two of them have a somewhat improper relationship...this does not affect his ability to play with Prince Zhao, right?

"You think I'm praising you!" When Prince Ding saw that this kid took his sarcasm as a compliment, his face fell and he glared at this kid who was just like his legitimate son and could make him angry to death.

"..." Lu Mingfei looked up at Prince Ding who was angry, and asked with his eyes: Isn't it?

“…” Prince Ding.

Zhao Rui, standing behind, looked at Lu Mingfei's clear face, and his mind was full of doubts: Why did he suffer losses again and again at the hands of such a stupid boy?! Author's words: Thank you Bole 9492239 (9492239) for your support, muah! To know more exciting content, please leave me a message on Liancheng Reading