After Lu Zifeng threw all these people in the center of the emperor's hall, he retreated to the emperor's side.

"Your Majesty, everyone is here. The Yulin troops outside have been handed over to the Crown Prince. You didn't tell me in advance. I was so worried."

The emperor laughed heartily. "You can't blame me for this. It was your uncle who said he would bring you to the palace banquet. Now that you're here, I can rest assured."

Lu Zifeng looked at his uncle speechlessly, while Lu Minghan looked at Lu Zifeng with a smile.

"Brother Feng, uncle knew you could handle these things perfectly."

Lu Zifeng didn't want to talk anymore. It turned out that the emperor and his uncle knew about it, but he was the one who was kept in the dark. Fortunately, the prince and others seemed to be unaware of it. Lu Zifeng felt a little happier.

The emperor waved his hand.

"Take them all away! We'll deal with them later. Clean up this place, and we can continue as king and minister."

The palace banquet ended at the end of the hour of Hai. The emperor and the empress had already left, and the officials had also left the palace and returned home with their families.

After returning to Duke Dingguo's Mansion, Lu Zifeng was taken to the study by Lu Minghan.

Cui complained as she watched the two figures leave.

"Look how busy they are! They don't even let the children rest on New Year's Eve."

He shook his head and went back to the yard.

The uncle and nephew entered the study, Lu Minghan said.

"Sit down, what do you think of what happened today?"

Lu Zifeng was stunned when he heard this.

"Uncle, isn't this matter over?"

Lu Minghan shook his head.

"Today's matter is related to the Empress Dowager. Unfortunately, the Empress Dowager was very patient today. She sat in the back and didn't say a word."

When Lu Zifeng heard Lu Minghan say that Prince Rui and Prince Li's family were rebelling today and that the Queen Mother was involved, he was immediately surprised. You know, the Queen Mother is the Emperor's biological mother. How could she join outsiders in rebelling against her own son?

As if he could see Lu Zifeng's doubt, Lu Minghan spoke softly.

"Many years ago, there was a rumor that the current emperor was not the empress dowager's biological son, but no one knew who the current emperor's biological mother was. That's why, although this rumor existed, it never spread.

Hearing Lu Minghan say this, Lu Zifeng just wanted to say: What a bloody show!

Lu Minghan continued.

"Even the Emperor doesn't know if he's the Empress Dowager's biological son, so no one has investigated this matter over the years. When the Grandfather was still alive, he was furious over this matter and killed many people, so no one has dared to discuss it over the years. It's good that you know this, but don't tell anyone."

"Also, regarding what I just said, the Empress Dowager's influence is involved in today's events. So, if the Emperor doesn't contact you about this matter in the future, don't worry about it, and don't ask too many questions."

Lu Zifeng nodded and said, "I understand, uncle. This matter has passed. It all depends on how the emperor will deal with those two families."

When he returned to his yard, Lu Chun had already prepared the water for bathing. After bathing, Lu Zifeng lay down on the bed and fell asleep.

The next day was the new year. Lu Zifeng got up early in the morning and had just practiced a set of boxing when he heard Lu Chun come in.

"Master, the Marquis and the Master are here to wish the old lady a happy new year."

In fact, the Chinese New Year is just like that. After a few days of coming and going, the New Year is finally over.

After the New Year, on the second day of February, Lu Minghan took Lu Zifeng to Prince Zhong’s mansion to propose marriage.

Lu Zifeng has nothing to do with the rest of the things. He just needs to wait for getting married. The elders will have to worry about the rest.

News spread in the capital that the prince of Duke Dingguo's mansion was engaged to Princess Yuyang of Prince Zhong's mansion. Many people also remembered the fiancée that Lu Zifeng had mentioned at the palace banquet. Now everyone knew that the so-called fiancée was actually the legitimate princess of Prince Zhong's family.

Situ Hao and Situ Yi, who were drinking in the restaurant, were also stunned when they heard the rumor. They immediately left the restaurant and headed towards Duke Dingguo's Mansion.

Lu Zifeng was teaching Lu Zimo how to shoot at home when he heard Situ Yi and Situ Hao coming. He was very curious about why they came here at this time.

"You should practice hard here. Big Brother doesn't have as high expectations of you as your second brother, but you still have to practice hard. I think you've seen what we've been through in the past two years. For a family like ours, not knowing martial arts is quite dangerous."

After hearing what his elder brother said, Lu Zimo knew that this was for his own good, so he nodded as if to make a promise.

"Brother, don't worry! I will definitely learn martial arts well. Just like you said, no matter what, I have to protect myself and won't let you down."

Seeing that Lu Zimo was so sensible, Lu Zifeng nodded with satisfaction.

"Well, keep practicing. I'm going to meet the guests."

After saying that, Lu Zifeng went to the front hall. He had been living in the Duke Dingguo's Mansion during this period. Lu Zimo also moved to the Duke Dingguo's Mansion temporarily to learn spearmanship.

As soon as I approached the front hall, I heard Situ Yi's loud voice.

"I say that Lu Zifeng is such a dishonest guy. I haven't heard him say he wants to get engaged, and the girl is from our royal family. After all, we are his uncles."

Situ Hao glanced at Situ Yi speechlessly.

"Alright, stop talking nonsense. We're just here today to ask why this guy has been so silent and hasn't told us anything. We have to let him treat us."

Situ Yi agreed immediately after hearing this.

"That's true. It's really not nice of him to not tell me in advance."

Lu Zifeng curled his lips and went straight into the front hall.

"What do you mean? I don't know if Prince Zhong agrees or not. If he doesn't agree, do I still have any shame?"

Situ Yi and Situ Hao looked at each other, and after a long while they started to scold Lu Zifeng.

"Lu Zifeng, what are you talking about? This marriage is not what you said, you know? Whenever two families discuss marriage, they must first discuss it before they start proposing marriage. You want to fool us brothers, it's too early."

After hearing what Situ Yi said, Lu Zifeng realized that the entire process of ancient marriage negotiation was not as simple as his excuse, and he felt a little embarrassed.

"Okay, I was wrong. Okay, tell me where you want me to go for a treat. Let me make it clear first, I don't like brothels, so I won't go there."

Situ Yi and the other two then chuckled.

"It's okay if you don't go to the brothel. After all, you want to be a virgin for the sake of our daughters from the Situ family. We have no reason to refuse. However, I heard that you found a hot spring on the hill behind that farm outside the city, and you even built a separate courtyard. We brothers are interested in checking it out. It's February now, and it's still cold. Why don't we go and soak in the hot spring, and of course, we can't forget the wine and meat."

Lu Zifeng hadn't responded to Situ Yi's suggestion, but Situ Hao beside him said with a look of delight,

"Okay, I'm going, and I'll let the Crown Prince and the King of Qin know about it."