Chapter 219 But I don’t have an answer

Lu Xinran stood there for a while, then he chuckled and followed a palace maid to tour the palace.

She understood his thoughts.

This will be where they will live after they get married.

He wanted her to get familiar with this place and like it.

If there are things you don't like, there's still time to fix them before you get married.

She followed the palace ladies and wandered around the mansion.

Passing through the courtyards, the palace maid led her to the garden at the back.

The north is different from the south of the Yangtze River. There are no small bridges or flowing water. The cold winter makes the houses here look more spacious and grand.

The lake, which had just experienced a cold winter, was covered with pieces of broken ice, sparkling in the sunlight.

Behind her was a waterside pavilion and rockery. She stood by the lake and tried to hold it in but couldn't help sneezing forcefully.

"girl!"

Cuizhu hurried forward to help her: "It's cold in spring, do you want to find a room to warm up first?"

As she spoke, her eyes coldly swept over the palace maid who was leading the way. Don't think she didn't know what this guy was thinking.

Even if their girl had stayed in the countryside for a while, she was still a legitimate daughter of a noble Shangshu Mansion. How could she be compared to a palace maid with bad intentions?!

Lu Xinran hummed, "Let's go."

She already knew where Song Junyan's study was, so the absence of the palace maid would not hinder her from finding it.

As she walked, she opened the booklet about the palace maid named Huichun.

[Well, I did have some thoughts~]

[She and Huixia were introduced by Concubine Shu and Concubine Hua, respectively.]

[After the two men died, they were no longer under the control of their former masters and they only hoped that they could follow Song Junyan out of the palace after he opened his own residence, and then find an opportunity to climb into his bed and at least become his concubines.]

[But Huichun is obviously not as smart as Huixia, otherwise Huixia wouldn't have pushed her out to test me.]

[However, Huichun is still not smart enough. Not only is she not smart, she is also greedy. She not only wants to know if I can tolerate them, but also wants to test whether they can control me.]

Lu Xinran was so angry that he almost laughed when he saw this.

Song Junyan, who had just returned to the palace after court, heard these voices before he even walked into the backyard.

He narrowed his eyes slightly. These palace maids were assigned by the Ministry of Internal Affairs when he founded his government.

He never had any maids to serve him, so he never paid any attention to these people.

He didn't expect that these people would dare to cause trouble right after they left the palace just after they were established.

"Wang Tian!"

Eunuch Wang hurriedly leaned forward and nervously glanced at his master's expression, wondering why he suddenly became so unusually cold.

"Send back all the maids who have left the palace. No maids are needed to serve the princess until she enters the palace."

Wang Tian was startled, not knowing why he suddenly went crazy, but he subconsciously thought that a distinguished guest had come to the mansion.

At this time, the distinguished guest should be led by Huichun and patrolling around the mansion.

"Why, you don't understand?"

"I understand! I understand. I will take care of it right away."

Sending so many people back at once, what excuse can he find?

As soon as Lu Xinran walked out of the garden, he met Song Junyan who was coming towards him. When Huichun, who was standing next to him, saw him, she immediately took a few steps forward and bowed gracefully.

"Wang Tian?"

Wang Tian was startled again by being called, and hurried forward to pull the person. However, before he could get the person to his side, he heard Song Junyan say something again.

"Servants in the mansion have different clothing requirements for different ranks. Is this how you manage the house?"

Wang Tian knelt on the ground with a thud. Looking at Huichun, who didn't know she was about to be punished, he quickly pulled up her sleeve and pulled her down to kneel on the ground.

"My dear, I will deal with them according to the rules of the mansion."

If Huichun still didn't understand the meaning of their words at this point, she would be really stupid.

Her face turned pale instantly. She had violated the rules today by wearing a peach-pink dress and a headdress that palace maids were not allowed to wear.

She had only had a competitive mindset, imagining that she was no worse than the princess who was about to marry into the family. She had never expected that she would be punished after just one meeting.

She was so frightened that she almost ran away from home, and she kowtowed in panic and begged for mercy.

"I know I was wrong. I will never do it again. Please forgive me, my lord."

Song Junyan just glanced at Wang Tian coldly, and Wang Tian immediately waved for someone to come and drag Huichun away.

Lu Xinran blinked. This guy’s eyes were… okay, and his tea-appreciating ability was just barely passable.

In the study room in the front yard, Song Junyan asked Ding San to guard outside the yard as soon as he entered the room. No one was allowed to enter without his order.

A warming basin had been placed in the room. Lu Xinran took off his cloak and hurried to the basin to warm himself by the fire.

"Not anymore."

The sudden explanation made her turn around in confusion, waiting for his next words.

"The list of these palace ladies was drawn up by the Ministry of Internal Affairs and then sent to the palace. I had no idea that these people had these thoughts.

"I will ask Wang Tian to send them all back, and this kind of situation will never happen again.

"The maids in the mansion will wait until you and I get married, and then you can go and buy it or go to the palace to ask the Queen Mother for it."

Song Junyan's voice was sincere, but Lu Xinran was surprised at how this guy could react so quickly...

I wonder if he really has the ability to judge tea at a glance, otherwise how would he notice that Huichun was actually trying to seduce him?

Listening to her thoughts, he turned his head away and coughed lightly with a little discomfort.

"Have some tea to warm yourself up."

Lu Xinran looked the man up and down again, thinking he had left no trace.

Then he walked over and sat down opposite him.

"I'm sorry, I didn't know what was going to happen. I've already asked someone to make ginger water to ward off the cold."

"You don't have to apologize to me."

Lu Xinran took the tea bowl, took a sip and then said seriously: "I just wanted to look around."

So even though she saw through the palace maid's little thoughts, she didn't take any immediate action.

After all, her main purpose of coming here today was not to deal with these palace maids in the mansion.

"What do you want to say by calling me here today?"

She went straight to the point without dwelling on the previous events. Song Junyan looked at her gentle features and felt inexplicably disappointed.

He pursed his lips slightly, "What do you think of yesterday's ceremony?"

Lu Xinran raised his eyebrows: "I thought this was the question I was going to ask you."

"yes."

Song Junyan calmed down, lowered his eyes and smiled at himself.

"But I don't have the answer, so I want to ask you."

Lu Xinran: “…”

So, how familiar are they?

Asking for her opinion on such a sensitive topic?

But since he asked, she wouldn't be polite anymore.

She looked him in the eye and asked slowly, "Do you want that position?"

She was answered by a long silence.