The driver asked, the Fourth Prince's Palace is just a little ahead of the Fifth Prince's Palace, and it would be inappropriate not to go there now that we are here.
Lu Yan didn't want to go, but since he wanted to create the impression that he was a loyal minister and had no selfish motives when interacting with any prince, he had to go: "Go."
What's more, he really needed money and had to go.
Not only did the Fourth Prince let him in, but the butler was waiting at the door and took him all the way from the front yard through the second gate to the back yard.
Lu Yan felt something was wrong and quickly said, "I can wait for Your Highness in the outer courtyard. This is not the right place for the inner house."
The housekeeper said with a smile, "It's snowing heavily, and at night. Could it be that Your Highness is coming to see the Marquis? Even if Your Highness lets you in, there's no need to be shy."
Lu Yan had no choice but to follow the housekeeper and continue walking into the mansion.
After winding around, we stopped at an exquisite small courtyard.
The butler took him directly into the room and then closed the door.
Lu Yan turned around cautiously and was about to leave when he heard the Fourth Prince say, "Are you leaving just as Marquis Lu is here?"
Lu Yan's heart suddenly relaxed. He turned around and saw the Fourth Prince, dressed in thin clothes, leaning against a large pillow with a concubine in his arms. He quickly saluted, "Your Highness, I greet the Fourth Prince."
The Fourth Prince looked him up and down, noticing the sweat on his forehead, and said, "It's hot in this room, Lord Lu, please take off your clothes."
Immediately, a beautiful maid came up to help him undress.
Lu Yan had no choice but to let her take off her cloak and take away the hand warmer.
The Fourth Prince pointed to the empty seat beside him and told him to sit down. He then pointed at him and said, "You said you were short of money, but you didn't come directly to me. Instead, you went to my two brothers first. Do you look down on me?"
The Fourth Prince looked lazy, but his aura was very strong. Lu Yan didn't dare to sit down at all. He wanted to kneel, but he forced himself to hold back. However, he still bent down and said, "Your Majesty, I am ashamed."
The Fourth Prince chuckled, "Ashamed? You don't have the nerve to come to me for help, but you still have the nerve to go to my brothers?"
The Fourth Prince played with the concubine's hair and sneered, "But they ignored you. Even if you didn't want to come, you still came."
Lu Yan's face flushed red, but his dignity and pride prevailed. "I suddenly remembered that I have something else to do, so I'll take my leave first."
Lu Yan fled with his dignity and pride, forgetting his cloak and hand warmer.
The Fourth Prince chuckled, hugged the concubine beside him, and said, "Pass the message to the Marquis of Pingyang's wife. Oh, yes, his family has two wives. Remember, it's Madam Bai, don't call her by the wrong name. Call her Madam Bai and come to the mansion for a chat."
The concubine's eyes flickered as she scoffed, "Your Highness, having me is not enough, why do you need to look for someone else?"
The Fourth Prince gave her a cold look, then stood up and left. The servant followed him with his cloak and helped him put it on.
The door was wide open, and the cold wind blew in snowflakes. The warm room suddenly became cold. The concubine touched the goose bumps on her arms, and a chill spread from her tailbone to every part of her limbs.
She only said one wrong thing, and she was afraid that she would be disliked by the Fourth Prince. What would happen to a woman who was disliked by him?
She didn't dare to think about it, nor did she have time to think about it. She had to find a way to survive quickly. Her eyes fell on the cloak and hand warmer on the screen, and a smile appeared at the corner of her lips.
Lu Yan got out of the car and stood at the door. He didn't dare to see Bai Wanyi, for fear of seeing her disappointed look.
Just as he was about to walk towards the study, he saw the Fourth Prince's butler arriving.
Lu Yan's eyes lit up with joy: "But what instructions does His Royal Highness the Fourth Prince have?"
The housekeeper said with a smile, "Our prince invites Madam Bai to come to the house for a chat."
Lu Yan was stunned. He turned stiffly to look at the butler and asked in disbelief, "Who did the Fourth Prince invite to his residence?"
"Mrs. Bai." The butler repeated, still smiling.
Lu Yan wondered, "When did His Highness meet my wife?"
"This is beyond my reach." The butler bowed slightly and said with a smile, "Please lead the way, Lord Lu."
Lu Yan was full of doubts and went to Qitongju with his housekeeper.
Bai Wanyi had already gone to bed. When she heard the noise, she got up again and put on her clothes. She hadn't expected the housekeeper to be there, so she dressed warmly so it wouldn't be rude. "Who is this?"
Lu Yan's face was not good: "You don't know him?"
"Should I know him?" Bai Wanyi was also unhappy: "This is the inner house, how can you let outsiders in?"
In the past, Bai Wanyi would definitely not care about these details, but she had already gone to bed, and she would not like to see outsiders after anyone was woken up from the bed.
The housekeeper said with a smile: "Although I am the housekeeper of the Fourth Prince's Mansion, I am also a eunuch and came from the palace. Madam, don't worry."
"ah?"
Eunuch.
Bai Wanyi's eyes inevitably showed some contempt. The corners of her mouth twitched twice, but she finally pursed her lips and didn't show it: "What are you doing here?"
She looked at Lu Yan again: "Does the Fourth Prince have any instructions?"
Seeing her calm expression and that she really didn't know the Fourth Prince, Lu Yan felt relieved and said, "The Fourth Prince asked you to go to the palace. How did you get to know the Fourth Prince?"
Bai Wanyi opened his mouth and asked, "How did you know each other?"
She waved away the maids and servants in the room. As for the housekeeper, he was from the Fourth Prince's mansion, so she was probably trustworthy. Even so, she lowered her voice and said, "Didn't the Crown Prince take some things from me before? They took them to the East Palace, and they don't know what they are. Now I'm afraid they have found out about me, so they want to ask about this."
Lu Yan didn't quite understand: "Then why didn't you ask me just now?"
"I'm afraid the Fourth Prince thinks Brother Yan doesn't know much." Bai Wanyi smiled softly and looked at him dependently.
Lu Yan's uneasy heart was soothed by such a look. He said, "Indeed, I don't know much."
The butler stood by, watching the couple's interactions, pretending not to see them. When they fell silent, he urged them, "Mrs. Bai, please leave quickly. It would be bad to keep His Highness waiting."
"I'll change my clothes." Bai Wanyi nodded and turned to go into the inner room.
Lu Yan asked someone to come in and help Bai Wanyi with her makeup. Naturally, he was worried about her going alone. "Why don't you come with me?"
His words were questions. He had been rejected too many times tonight and was feeling a little depressed, but he was worried if he didn't go.
Who can be at ease if his wife is called home by another man in the middle of the night?
Bai Wanyi saw that he looked unhappy, and he knew without asking that he had been rejected. After all, who likes to be a fence-sitter?
How can it be so easy to be a loyal minister?
Bai Wanyi also knew that even if Lu Yan went with him, the Fourth Prince would not see him, so he said, "How about this, Brother Yan come with me, but I'll have to ask Brother Yan to wait in the carriage. If I go in for half an hour and still don't come out, how about you go in and look for me later?"
Lu Yan then said, "That's not impossible."
Bai Wanyi saw through Lu Yan, but after entering the Fourth Prince's mansion tonight, he was afraid that things would not end well.
The Fourth Prince always has something to ask for, but if you do this, you will really be tied to the Fourth Prince's ship.
Should he assist the fourth prince to ascend the throne, or assist the crown prince to ascend the throne?
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