Chapter 88 This marriage is...settled
Lin Xingchen studied the Four Books and Five Classics with Master Fang for several years, and finally he is not as messy as he was when he was a child.
He remembered that when he often went in and out of the Fang Mansion, he saw Fang Qianxue's gentle and quiet appearance. Although he was still young at that time, he remembered Sister Fang, and his heart was pounding at that time. Now he heard that Sister Fang lived alone with two children, and he felt that it was not easy.
A bold idea suddenly emerged in Lin Xingchen's mind. Of course, this was just a secret in his heart and he dared not tell anyone.
He was afraid that if he told the truth he would be beaten to death by his mother.
"Have you thought of a gift for your grandmother's birthday?" Xiao Mingzhe asked, waving his folding fan.
Lin Baoyue said: "I plan to give my grandmother a hand-embroidered word 'longevity'."
"You're so thoughtful." Xiao Mingzhe looked at Lin Xingchen again, "What about you?"
Lin Xingchen rolled his eyes and said, "After my grandmother's birthday, she plans to hold a spring banquet and invite noble men and women from the palace and outside the palace. I plan to find someone I like at the spring banquet and ask my grandmother to grant me marriage."
Xiao Mingzhe frowned and looked at him: "Nonsense! Even if you find someone you like, they have to like you. Otherwise, if you ask your grandmother to arrange the marriage, wouldn't that harm them?"
Lin Xingchen, this playboy, has a bad reputation in the capital, otherwise he wouldn't have been seventeen or eighteen years old and still not married.
The main reason was that his reputation was too bad. Any family with some wealth was unwilling to marry their daughter to him. The eldest princess, who had a poor family background, looked down on him, so it had been delayed until now.
"Uncle," Lin Xingchen suddenly said, "I heard from mother that the official sister who holds the seal beside the Queen Mother just divorced her husband. Now she is raising two children alone. It's not easy."
Xiao Mingzhe said "hmm" and stopped fanning himself: "What does this have to do with you?"
Lin Xingchen lowered his head, not daring to speak, and continued to eat the melon, spitting out the seeds with a "quack quack" sound.
He originally wanted to speak out and ask his uncle for his opinion, but he backed off the moment he saw his uncle's ferocious eyes.
"Your Highness!" Xuelang walked quickly across the yard and came up to Xiao Mingzhe. He lowered his head and whispered a few words to him. He saw that Xiao Mingzhe frowned and looked very unhappy.
Lin Baoyue poked Lin Xingchen, indicating that his uncle was angry. Seeing that Xiao Mingzhe was angry, Lin Xingchen ate the melon in a low voice and did not dare to spit out the seeds.
The two of them are fearless, except for their uncle getting angry.
"Pardon? Where did your brother come up with this idea? Is a man as crazy as Lu Changqing worthy of pardon?" Xiao Mingzhe folded his folding fan with a snap. "Ridiculous!"
"Your Highness, please don't say that. The imperial edict has already reached the Jingzhao Yin Mansion, and Lu Changqing should have been released from prison by now." Xuelang said, "I heard that His Majesty has also appointed him as the Deputy Supervisory Envoy, and together with several officials from the Ministry of Justice and the Dali Temple, he will preside over the trial of Prince Yong's case."
Xiao Mingzhe frowned, trying his best to suppress his dissatisfaction: "The Fang family is Fang Qianxue's maternal family, and they have a grudge against Lu Changqing. My brother handed this case to Lu Changqing. Don't you know how to avoid suspicion?"
Snow Wolf lowered his head and said nothing. He knew that his master was angry, but he didn't dare to persuade him any further.
The pavilion was silent for a long while before Snow Wolf asked, "My Lord, Prince Yong's case...are you planning to intervene? If you are going to intervene, I would like to be prepared."
Prince Yong’s case actually has nothing to do with Xiao Mingzhe.
But if Fang Qianxue asked him for help, he would definitely take care of it. Now that Fang Qianxue didn't come to ask him for help, it would seem a bit nosy if he took the initiative to intervene.
It’s better to wait a while.
Thinking of this, Xiao Mingzhe calmed down and said, "Less trouble is worse than more trouble. Let them try this case!"
When the case is halfway through, when Fang Qianxue realizes that she can't do without a backer, she will come to me for help. Then I will take action and threaten her to marry me, and the marriage will be... settled.
"Yes." Snow Wolf clasped his fists and retreated.
It was late at night, in the Wanxian Palace.
The light in the room was dim.
"Lu Lang, you're here!" Xu Miaoyan hugged Lu Changqing's arm and cried, "Where have you been these days? I thought you... abandoned me... and I would never see you again. When I said I didn't love you before, I didn't mean it. I really can't live without you..."
Hearing her crying so sadly, Lu Changqing felt so distressed that he rubbed Xu Miaoyan's hair and said, "How could I abandon you? These days, I have been living a life worse than death."
"Lu Lang, where on earth have you been?"
"I...don't ask me. Anyway, I've been thinking about you."
He has been imprisoned in the Jingzhao Yinfu prison. If His Majesty had not issued an amnesty decree, he would not be able to get out now.
In the end, it was all Fang Qianxue's fault. It was clearly a family matter but she made such a big deal out of it, causing him to almost be charged with attempted murder. Women are really the most vicious people!
But he didn't want to tell Xu Miaoyan that he had been in jail these days, which was embarrassing.
"Master Lu," Qianjizi said, "I have something to tell you."
"Master, please speak." Lu Changqing stood up and bowed to the old Taoist priest, "You saved Miaoyan's life, so you are my benefactor, Lu Changqing. You can say whatever you want."
"That day, Fang came to Wanxian Palace riding on a Qilin to ask for people. I had no choice but to return the two children to her." Qianjizi said.
"Qilin beast? You said Fang rode a Qilin to Wanxian Palace to cause trouble?" Lu Changqing couldn't believe what he heard. He opened his eyes wide in horror, "Impossible!"
Fang Qianxue had always been weak and timid in front of him. She couldn't even ride a horse. How could she suddenly ride a Qilin? This was a bit strange.
Qianjizi said: "This is exactly what I want to say. Fang Qianxue...she is not an ordinary person. Miss Xu's illness is not completely cured. If Fang Qianxue doesn't die, Miss Xu will never get the fate of a phoenix girl. The future wealth and happiness you two have will all be illusions."
"What do you mean?" Lu Changqing's eyebrows twisted into the shape of a "川" character, "Willn't it be enough for Miao Yan and I to live our own lives in the future?"
Although his salary is not much, he is confident that he will be promoted soon. When he reaches the highest position in the country and has a beautiful wife and concubines by his side, he will make Fang Qianxue regret it!
"Lord Lu is wrong." Qianjizi sighed and said, "Originally, Miss Xu would have received all of Fang Qianxue's luck and opportunities, and would have been given the title of the Holy Maiden of the Nation. She would have been able to help you rise to prominence and become the Prime Minister, with power over the world."
"What did you say?" Lu Changqing's eyes sparkled with excitement. "You said...I will really become the Prime Minister and have power over the world one day?"
He had dreamed more than once that he had become a powerful official second only to the emperor, with people bowing to him and the power of life and death resting entirely in his hands. However, he always thought that it was just his fantasy.
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