Chapter 120 Perversion 1◇
◎Jinjiang exclusive◎
When Zhou Jin and his wife sent people to quietly investigate whether there was anything unusual in the several manors outside the city owned by the Duke of Su, Zhu Xi and Zhou Yu met Lan Renhao, the eldest son of the Duke of Su, before them.
This day is the anniversary of Duke E's death. Every year on this day, as long as Zhu Xi is in Kyoto, he will go to the ancestral hall of Duke E's Mansion in person to burn a stick of incense for his grandfather, whose memory has become vague but who still protects him with his remaining influence after his death.
This year is Zhu Xi's first year of marriage, so naturally he has to bring his wife to meet his grandfather.
As soon as the couple's carriage arrived outside the Duke of E's mansion, the mansion's chief steward, Chang Sheng, came out with several servants to greet them. They led Zhu Xi and his wife towards the ancestral hall...
"Mr. Sheng, there's no need to follow us. I'm used to this mansion and I know the way around. You can go by yourself. Besides, I want to talk to Grandpa alone..."
Zhu Xi smiled at Chang Sheng.
After hearing this, Chang Sheng replied "Yes" and went downstairs with his servants.
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Because the wife of the Duke of E had moved back to her hometown, Zhongli, after Zhu Xi got married, the Duke of E's Mansion is now only guarded by Chang Sheng and dozens of old servants. Although it is still magnificent and tidy, it has no owner, so it inevitably gives people a desolate feeling when walking along.
Zhu Xi and Zhou Yu walked towards the ancestral hall. Overwhelmed by the bleak atmosphere, neither of them felt like talking. Unexpectedly, just as they were about to reach the hall, Zhu Xi heard someone calling him...
"Xi'er!"
Zhu Xi turned around and saw Duke Su Lan Ting and his son Lan Renhao standing in front of the hanging flower gate they had just passed. It was Duke Su Lan Ting who called him.
Upon seeing this, Zhu Xi hurriedly brought Zhou Yu to greet him, bowed to Duke Su as a junior, and called him "Uncle!"
He then took Zhou Yu with him to meet the two men one by one.
Because when Zhou Yu got married, he had only met the wife of Duke Su and the Crown Prince's wife and a few other female relatives, and had not seen Duke Su and Lan Renhao and the others. After the ceremony, he couldn't help but secretly look at the two of them...
The legendary Great Yan God of War, Duke Su of Lan Ting, looked quite ordinary, a thin, dark-skinned old man in his fifties. If it weren't for his extravagant clothes, he wouldn't have stood out in the crowd...
On the contrary, his son Lan Renhao looked like a handsome man because he took after his aunt, the wife of Duke E!
At first glance, she looks a bit like Zhu Xi, who also inherited her mother's appearance. However, upon closer inspection, you will find that Zhu Xi's eyes are more almond-shaped and her eyelashes are thicker.
However, the tails of Lan Renhao's eyes are slightly tilted up, revealing more white of the eyes and less black, giving people a cold and ruthless feeling, and a slightly fierce feeling...
Of course, Zhou Yu's feeling might also be related to her preconceived notion that Lan Renhao might be a murderer...
While Zhou Yu was sizing up Duke Su and his son, they were also sizing up her...
Both father and son were thinking, although the woman in front of them was not bad looking, she was far from being absolutely beautiful. She was not even as pretty as Zhu Xi himself. How did she manage to be so bewitching to Zhu Xi, a prince?!
Prince Rui, who had made great progress in the past two years, has returned to his previous state of being content with mediocrity!
This kind of Prince Rui is what Duke Su and his son least want to see!
Seeing Lan Renhao staring at Zhou Yu, Zhu Xi became unhappy and took a half step forward to block his sight. He asked with a smile:
"My uncle and cousin are also here to pay tribute to my grandfather?"
After hearing this, Duke Su withdrew his gaze from Zhou Yu and smiled at Zhu Xi:
"Well, every year on this day, as long as I'm here, I'll come over to see my brother-in-law and have a drink with him!
I didn't expect such a coincidence to run into you and your wife this year. You're already grown up and married, so how about I have a few drinks with my uncle and your grandfather?!"
Zhu Xi naturally agreed, and then everyone walked towards the ancestral hall of the Duke of E's Mansion...
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After paying homage to Duke E, Zhu Xi took Zhou Yu to say goodbye to Duke Su. When they were about to go back, Duke Su suddenly said that he wanted to talk to Zhu Xi alone!
The implication was that they didn't want Zhou Yu to overhear their conversation.
Zhou Yu rolled his eyes inwardly, told Zhu Xi that she would wait for him outside the ancestral hall, and then walked out first, muttering to herself as she walked:
It's like who wants to listen to you talk. I just don't want to listen. I know you want to instigate my husband to fight for that position!
What a pity! My husband is just a good-for-nothing, a salted fish. He doesn't want to do anything except lie down and get his fiefdom as soon as possible!
Lan Renhao saw Zhou Yu leave first, so he followed him out... Before leaving, he also closed the door of the ancestral hall...
Seeing Zhou Yu consciously standing ten feet away from the ancestral hall, fiddling with the sachet on his waist by a tree, he felt relieved and stood in the courtyard of the ancestral hall. While guarding the ancestral hall, he continued to look at the Princess Rui in front of him with great interest...
I really want to know how this woman bewitched Zhu Xi. Was it her tricks in bed?
Zhou Yu saw Lan Renhao staring at her with those venomous eyes that were as reckless as a poisonous snake out of the corner of her eye, and she couldn't help but feel a chill in her heart. She now felt more and more that this man was a pervert!
He quickly turned around and moved behind the tree...
She thought to herself that it would be better to leave this kind of pervert to her elder brother and sister-in-law to deal with. If she looked at him again, she would get goosebumps and even vomit the food she had eaten the previous night!
But she didn't expect that the more she hid, the closer the pervert came...
Zhou Yu...
I couldn't help but pull out the handkerchief from my sleeve and waved it at him, trying to stop him, raising my eyebrows and saying:
"Don't come over here!"
Lan Renhao was amused by her timid appearance and suddenly understood why Zhu Xi liked this girl. Her playful spirit was really endearing!
If I get whipped twice... I don't know if I can still be playful...
"Haha, what are you afraid of being your nephew's wife?! What can I, your cousin, do to you?"
Lan Renhao half tilted his head, put his hands behind his back, and flirted with Zhou Yu, thinking he looked handsome.
"Stop! Elder, I'm afraid you have some misunderstanding. I'm not afraid of you! I just want to vomit when I see you!"
Zhou Yu waved his handkerchief in disgust again. Seeing Lan Renhao's greasy appearance, he couldn't help but retched and almost vomited out his breakfast. He angrily cursed at Lan Renhao again:
"You better stay away! You're the prince of the Duke's Mansion, after all, so why are you so... smelly?!"
Lan Renhao...
The face instantly turned ashen and ferocious!
Zhou Yu...If this guy wasn't a pervert, she would have written the word Zhou upside down!
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"Ayu, are you getting impatient?!"
Just when Zhou Yu was hesitating whether to scold Lan the pervert a few more times, Zhu Xi came out of the ancestral hall first!
The blue pervert's face also recovered from the bulging veins to a smiling face at a speed visible to the naked eye...
Zhou Yu... Ha! I really admire you! Even Sichuan Opera face-changing is not as good as yours!
"Ayu, are you okay?"
Zhu Xi was halfway through his conversation with Duke Su when he suddenly remembered that his cousin Lan Renhao might be a murderer. So he ended the conversation with Duke Su in a few words and hurried out...
At this moment, seeing Zhou Yu staring at Lan Renhao in astonishment, he couldn't help but worry.
Zhou Yu glanced at Lan Renhao, who looked a little nervous after hearing Zhu Xi's words, and then smiled at Zhu Xi.
"It's okay. Have you finished talking to your uncle? Then can we go now?!"
"Well, we're done talking. Let's go!" Zhu Xi hurriedly and attentively took Zhou Yu's hand, said a faint hello to Lan Renhao, and left with Zhou Yu...
This caused Lan Renhao to glance at their backs viciously, and then he walked up to Duke Su, whose face was as black as charcoal, and said:
"Dad! Is it that the boy doesn't want to?"
"Well, not only did you refuse, you even told us to let go! You even said something like, when the water is full, it overflows, and when the moon waxes, it wanes, and you told me to learn to be content!"
Duke Su said with a dark face.
"Hehe! Dad, what did your son say? Ever since he came back from Liaodong, this kid has become even more unwilling to get close to our family!
Now, my heart and eyes are filled with the Zhou family, and no one else! If you say that there is no Zhou family instigation, I will never believe it even if you kill me!"
Lan Renhao stiffened his neck and cursed with veins on his face. Princess Rui's splashing behavior had really irritated him. Sooner or later, he would let her know how powerful he was!
Since Zhu Xi is such a hopeless case, then...
I couldn't help but whispered to Duke Su:
"Dad, where is the Fourth Prince?"
"No! Didn't I tell you? He's a vicious wolf. If he gets the upper hand, the first people he'll want to kill will be us!
I don't care how you got in touch with him, just let go! Otherwise, I won't let you go! "
Upon hearing this, Duke Su immediately cursed his son Lan Renhao! Of all the princes of the current emperor, only the fourth one is most like him! He is even better than his father, and even more cruel and tolerant than the current emperor himself!
Many years ago, before the Crown Prince passed away, he had mentioned to the Crown Prince that that person was a hidden danger and that he must not be allowed to become powerful... But the Crown Prince thought he could control his brother at the time and did not take his words seriously...
Lan Renhao was not afraid of Duke Su's angry scolding. Instead, he became angry and said:
"Then what do you think we should do? Now that the crown prince is dead? Zhu Xi is a hopeless person who listens to his wife in everything!
Now it is obvious that the Zhou family does not agree with him competing for that position!
If we don't find a way out now, are we just going to watch helplessly as the current general takes back our Lan family's military power bit by bit? And then end up like Prime Minister Hu?!
How much territory have we lost in the years you've been ill? If this continues, who will follow us?!"
"We can't ask anyone else for help! No matter who takes the throne, our Lan family will not be trusted! Sooner or later, they will be liquidated!
Rather than that, it would be better to hand over the military power and let your two sons give up their military careers and pursue a career in literature. With your sworn brothers in the army protecting them, even if a new emperor ascends the throne in the future, they will still have some reservations...
Plus, since they see we really don't have any intention of rebelling, they probably won't punish us, so at least we can save our entire family!"
Duke Su closed his eyes and sighed. If that kid Zhu Xi really wasn't interested in that position, then he, Lan Ting, would have no choice but to accept it. He hoped that Emperor Cheng Qian would let their Lan family go in exchange for him handing over the military power!
Seeing his father's resigned look, Lan Renhao suddenly became anxious! He continued to persuade him:
"Dad! You've made great military achievements, are you really willing to just let others slaughter you like this?!"
"Alright! Stop talking! I won't switch sides to another prince no matter what! If Zhu Xi insists on not wanting to, then this is the only way!"
Duke Su said in a deep voice, no longer paying attention to his son, and walked out first with a wave of his sleeves!
Lan Renhao was left standing behind, gritting his teeth in hatred, his face as gloomy as the night...
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