Chapter 196 I will marry and you will marry too

The lights in the distance were shining behind him, and Lu Xinran looked up and couldn't see the expression on his face.

She hesitated, then thought of the twenty ribs and nodded, then walked deeper into the alley.

Ding San stopped Lu Yuanheng who wanted to catch up with them. Lu Yuanheng looked at their receding backs, thinking about Lu Xinran's incoherent words just now, and asked Lu Xinlan with a frown.

"Why is the Fourth Prince looking for her?"

Lu Xinlan shook his head slightly. If he knew that the emperor intended to marry Lu Xinran to Song Junyan, he, Lu Kangde and Lu Jinchuan would all take the opportunity to make a big fuss.

She still didn't know what Lu Xinran was planning. If she decided to "escape the marriage", she could take the money and escape from the capital.

She knows counter-detection techniques and will definitely be able to take her to a place where no one knows their identities while the so-called Dragon Scale Guard is tracking her.

There was no light in the depths of the alley, and only the bright moon overhead cast a few rays of light, allowing them to barely see each other's outlines.

Lu Xinran was struggling in her heart. When she thought that the heroine with a broken leg turned out to be herself, she wanted to run away immediately.

"I entered the palace today..."

Song Junyan was trying to organize her words, but thinking that she had already seen what her father had said through the system, she stopped saying anything unnecessary and euphemistic.

"Father intends to arrange a marriage for you and me after I am crowned king and establish my own government. We will be married by the end of the year. Do you have any opinion on this?"

Lu Xinran: “…”

She has a lot of opinions!

"Men should get married when they are old enough, and women should get married when they are old enough. This is the moral principle of the world. I will eventually get married, and you will eventually get married. Sometimes running away is not the best option."

Song Junyan listened to the abrupt interruption of his inner voice and spoke again after carefully considering his words.

"I think I have a decent appearance and a good temperament... You can slowly feel it after we get married. My mother passed away early, and after we get married, you will be the only master in the mansion. You don't need to serve your parents-in-law or visit them every morning and evening.

"I took over the government's food supply right after I entered the palace. I am very busy and don't spend much time in the palace on weekdays.

"If you are still interested in solving the case, you and I can discuss the case in my house, or you can go out with me to solve the case together. If you don't like these, you can do whatever you want. I won't restrict you too much.

"you……"

He was still racking his brains to think of how to persuade her when he heard her suddenly ask.

"After you are crowned queen, you will also have a principal wife and two concubines, right?"

"It's okay."

Song Junyan replied without even thinking: "My brother and I were both married to our principal wives by our father, and we can choose concubines based on our own will. Our father will not interfere with concubines and maids, and our mother is even more unwilling to interfere."

"But……"

Lu Xinran felt a little disgusted with herself, and she found herself moved by what he had just said!

I almost forgot the perverted plots in the original book.

He does not need to serve his parents-in-law. He is the only powerful person in the mansion and a noble prince. There is really a throne in his family that can be inherited.

This would have been a very exciting situation in her previous life, and how could she, a mere layman, not be tempted?

But...she still didn't want to get married, share carrots with others, or have children.

Song Junyan listened to his inner voice and the faint sound of tooth medicine.

"I have no concubines or bed-warmers by my side. The servants who serve me are all eunuchs. I can promise you that you will not have concubines within three years of marriage. You will be the only one in the mansion."

Lu Xinran: “…”

She looked at the person in front of her in silence. How could she have deserved that His Royal Highness the Prince would be so willing to compromise for her?

She knew very well what her status was and what etiquette and upbringing were required.

What does this person want?!

Song Junyan's fingers twitched. What could he want? He just wanted the person who was betrothed to him not to run away, not to call him a pervert in her heart again, and to give him some face as a prince.

That's all.

He did not want to compete for the throne, so he did not need to rely on his principal wife or concubine to win over the court officials.

He had never been very interested in love affairs between men and women, so he didn't really care whether he had concubines or not.

He just wants to save face!

Lu Xinran felt that his heart was moved even more obviously. Anyone would be easily confused by such favorable conditions.

But she still wanted to push further and see what other conditions the other party could offer.

"But I, I don't want to have children, and I don't want to..."

She wanted to say that she didn't want to get into bed or do all 108 positions, but she still remembered that she was a girl and didn't say it out loud.

Song Junyansheng continued to retreat helplessly: "If you don't want to, I can not touch you."

As long as the marriage goes smoothly and he isn't laughed at, everything else can be discussed.

Lu Xinran: “…”

He has so many good qualities and always thinks of her, how can this person be so kind?

Or rather... She lowered her eyes and glanced somewhere.

Isn't this person bad?

Otherwise, why would all the conditions be given so readily, and why aren't there any palace maids to warm the bed in the palace?

Song Junyan's forehead veins popped up, and he gritted his teeth and asked the last question: "If you still don't want to do this, then I won't say anything today."

"I, I need to go back and think about it!"

It happened so suddenly. No matter how favorable the conditions were, she had to think about it carefully and discuss it with Lu Xinlan.

Since there was no direct rejection, it meant there was room for negotiation. Song Junyan felt slightly relieved.

"If you still don't want to..." He paused, thinking that he had no chance to refuse this marriage, and said, "I hope you won't make any decision impulsively."

Don't run away, everything can be negotiated.

She could really be a decoration in the palace as long as she didn't run away from her marriage.

All the way back to Lu Mansion, Lu Xinran felt very confused.

Thinking that those incredible promises were made by a prince, she felt that his head must have been caught by the palace door when he left the palace.

"Sister, can you come to my yard to sleep tonight?"

"good."

She didn't hear anything from her mumbling, and she was a little curious about what Song Junyan had said to her.

After returning to the mansion and going to Pei's courtyard to answer the call, the two sisters went back to their rooms to wash up.

When Lu Xinlan came over, Lu Xinran was already sitting on the bed with his legs hugged, in a daze.

"What's going on?"

She took off her cloak and outer clothes, smiled and asked knowingly, then sat down on the edge of the bed.

Lu Xinran came back to his senses, patted the seat next to him, and motioned for her to come and sit.

"Sister, Song Junyan said that the emperor wants to arrange a marriage between him and me. What do you think I should do?"

She asked what to do, not how to escape, and Lu Xinlan immediately had a guess in his mind.

"What else did he say?"

"He said a lot."

She recounted all of Song Junyan's words in a rambling voice: "What do you think of this? He doesn't want to be the emperor, and he doesn't need his grandfather's help. This marriage is not a good thing for him. Why is he trying to compromise? Why doesn't he just refuse it?"

Or offer a new candidate?

Lu Xinlan didn't expect that Song Junyan would go to the depths of the alley to find her just to say such words.

She looked at the knot on Lu Xinran's face in the dim light and asked her carefully, "What do you think?"

"I?"

Lu Xinran grabbed her hand in frustration: "Sister, I think the conditions he offered are too good."

A clean palace, a husband who looked as if he was dead, a legitimate case in Shuntian Prefecture, no in-laws who made things difficult for her, and endless wealth.

All of this touched her heart, and as a vulgar person she was, she couldn't bear to refuse.

Lu Xinlan raised his hand and patted her shoulder. He felt conflicted because he already had the answer in his heart.

"Then ask him why there won't be any concubines within three years. Does this time have any special meaning?"

Lu Xinran nodded vigorously. She was so overwhelmed by the promise that she had actually forgotten this point!