Chapter 475 Lu Yongzhao and Lu Shiqing

Pei Yuan touched his nose and chuckled.

"Shangguan Yi told me."

Shen Chu was surprised, "Shangguan Yi? Why is he telling you all this?"

Pei Yuan's captivating peach blossom eyes were slightly upturned.

Pei Yuan chuckled inwardly. He would never tell A Chu that he had beaten Shangguan Yi so badly that he couldn't get up, and that he had made Shangguan Yi recount Shen Chu and the others' life in Nan Yue, as well as how they left Nan Yue.

Shangguan Yi spoke until his throat was dry, and the fact that Shangguan Ye had no Chinese medicine was something he blurted out in a moment of impatience.

"He probably thinks I love you more and can take better care of you than he does."

Chen Chu...

Since they had that fight, how come their relationship is better than before?

"It's getting late, let's rest. We need to set off for Liangzhou early tomorrow morning."

Pei Yuan pulled Shen Chu into the meditation room.

Little Apple and Little Potato appeared at the door, each holding a small pillow, blinking their big eyes as they looked at them.

Little Apple smiled sweetly and adorably, "Daddy, Mommy, Little Potato wants to sleep with you."

Little Potato's face turned bright red. "You were the one who brought it up first."

Little Apple tilted her head, smiling innocently.

"That's because I heard what you were thinking and knew you were too embarrassed to say it, so I said it for you first."

As she spoke, she reached out her little hand and patted Little Potato's shoulder, looking quite proud.

"No need to thank me, it's just that I'm a good older sister."

Little Potato's face darkened. "I'm the older brother."

"I am the older sister."

Well, the two children are arguing about this unanswerable question again.

Chen Chu chuckled and separated the two, saying, "Didn't you say you'd sleep with us? Hurry up."

Little Apple and Little Potato exchanged a glance, then cheered at the same time and ran to the bed.

The two children lay between their parents for the first time, looking at their mother on the left and their father on the right, and couldn't help but smile happily.

Little Potato leaned against Pei Yuan, listening to her father's steady heartbeat, and asked shyly, "Daddy, have you chosen names for me and Little Apple yet?"

They've been called Little Potato and Little Apple since birth, but I've heard that children need proper names too.

This question reminded Shen Chu, and she looked at Pei Yuan.

Since their reunion, the two have been busy, and Little Potato is somewhat resistant to Pei Yuan, so they haven't been able to discuss the children's names yet.

Pei Yuan smiled slightly.

"Of course, I had already thought carefully about your names before you were even born."

However, at the time, the idea was to rank them according to the seniority of the Pei royal family.

Now that he knows he is Lu Zhan, he naturally has to be ranked according to the seniority of the Lu family.

So after this reunion, Pei Yuan began to think about names for the two children again.

"Uncle Zhong said that in our Lu family, your generation should be the Yong generation, so Little Potato, your name is Lu Yongzhao."

The character "昭" means bright and brave. Your father hopes that when you grow up, you will be an upright, kind, and courageous man.

"Lu Yongzhao, Lu Yongzhao," Little Potato murmured, a smile involuntarily creeping onto his face.

"I have a name now. I will be called Lu Yongzhao from now on."

"And what about me? What's my name?" Little Apple asked impatiently.

Pei Yuan chuckled and gently stroked Little Apple's cheek.

"Your name is Lu Shiqing. Your father hopes that you will grow up to be an optimistic and cheerful girl."

Little Apple tilted her head, read it twice, clapped her hands, and laughed happily.

"Lu Shiqing's voice is so beautiful, thank you, Father."

She stepped over Little Potato, hugged Pei Yuan and kissed him, then turned and gave Chen Chu a big kiss before happily snuggling into the quilt.

Shen Chu didn't miss the fleeting envy in Little Potato's eyes.

The son is introverted, unlike the daughter who chatters all day long.

She winked at Pei Yuan, and the two exchanged a smile before lowering their heads simultaneously.

They kissed Little Potato hard on both cheeks, so hard that Little Potato's face was deformed.

Then, following the same method, he kissed Little Apple.

"Alright, it's getting late, go to sleep."

The two children snuggled into bed, especially Little Potato, whose little face was rosy and eyes were bright, and happily fell asleep.

Looking at the two children's innocent sleeping faces, Pei Yuan and Shen Chu exchanged a smile, feeling incredibly happy and fulfilled at this moment.

The cozy atmosphere lasted only until the early hours of the morning when they were awakened by urgent knocking on the door.

"I'll go take a look." Pei Yuan put on his coat, got up, opened the door, and left.

A short while later, the sound of a child crying could be heard outside.

Chen Chu lost her sleepiness, got dressed, and left the room.

Seeing Pei Yuan and Ling Ce talking in the courtyard, Li Anning held the child, her face slightly pale.

Their clothes were disheveled, indicating that they had hurriedly left the city.

Ling Ce said, "The city is in chaos. The Eighth Prince has led his men into the palace and is guarding His Majesty's side, saying that His Majesty has issued an imperial edict to abdicate in favor of the Eighth Prince."

The Prince of Heng's guards killed the people in the imperial prison and rescued the people from the Marquis of Anding's residence. It is estimated that they are about to start an uprising.

The Ninth Prince's men are also making moves; I fear the capital will soon be in complete chaos.

Pei Yuan was not surprised; the Longqing Emperor was delaying in establishing a crown prince and was also trying to maintain a balance of power in the court.

If he suddenly collapses, the princes will surely fight tooth and nail over him.

"Have Princess Chengyang and Mr. Mei left the palace? Where is your father-in-law?"

Ling Ce composed himself. "The Grand Princess of Chengyang and Elder Mei left the palace this afternoon."

Li Chengxuan waited outside the palace and led his men to escort Princess Chengyang and Old Master Mei out of the city in the afternoon.

As for my father-in-law..."

He turned to look at Li Anning.

Li Anning, her face pale, comforted her daughter in her arms, choking back tears as she said, "My father refuses to leave the capital. He says that the Li family has already produced a traitor, and he absolutely cannot be the second one."

He swore to be loyal to His Majesty, and that as long as His Majesty was alive, he would guard the Jingxi Camp for His Majesty.

We couldn't persuade him, and he was afraid that the chaos in the capital would affect us, so he asked A-Ce and me to take the children and go to Liangzhou with you.”

Shen Chu took the little girl from her arms.

The one-and-a-half-year-old girl stopped crying when she was in Chen Chu's arms. She turned her bright eyes and looked at her curiously.

Shen Chu gently patted her back and sighed, "The Marquis of Weiwu is the commander of the Jingxi Camp, with 50,000 elite troops under his command to protect the safety of the capital."

"Unless the Prince of Heng, the Eighth Prince, and the Ninth Prince are fools, they shouldn't target Marquis Weiwu first."

The fear is that if a prince were to obtain that position and want to establish his authority, the Marquis of Weiwu would be a perfect raft.

Shen Chu didn't say it aloud, but she knew that Ling Ce and Li Anning understood.

Pei Yuan made a quick decision: "The capital is in chaos. We should not delay. Let's set off for Liangzhou immediately."

The sky was already turning a pale white, and Chen Chu was responsible for waking up the two children and Yun Haixin to arrange their trip.

Pei Yuan gathered the Flying Eagle Guards he brought with him.

As dawn broke, the group left Jingguo Temple and embarked on their journey to Liangzhou.

At this crucial moment when the princes were vying for the throne, no one intercepted them along the way.

A month later, they arrived in Liangzhou safely and stood at the gate of the former Duke Zhenguo's mansion.