253, My Heart Belongs
253, My Heart Belongs
"Brother Ma, go prepare some hot water. I want to take a shower."
"good."
Pushing the door open and entering the bedroom, Lu Mingfei saw the person sitting at his desk. He turned around and said to the guard behind him, "Send it over later."
"Yes." Guard Ma already knew that there were a few more people in the yard. He didn't need to go in to see, he knew who was in the house at the moment.
Seeing Zhao Lang appear in his room, Lu Mingfei was not surprised at all. He turned around and kicked the door shut with his foot, then walked towards Zhao Lang holding his top scholar robe in his hand.
As soon as he got closer, a hand reached out, grabbed his wrist and pulled him forward, and he sat in Zhao Lang's arms.
"Congratulations to our Mr. Lu for getting what he wanted." Zhao Lang reached out and took the clothes in Lu Mingfei's hand and put them on the table.
"Hehe, thank you." Lu Mingfei was in a good mood today. He took the initiative to come over and kiss the prince, then asked, "Have you had dinner?"
"Yeah." Zhao Lang nodded, then turned his gaze to the top scholar's uniform on the table and asked Lu Zhuangyuan, "Is this your top scholar's uniform? Put it on and show it to me."
"Okay, I also want to try this clothes to see if it fits me." Lu Mingfei said as he stood up from Zhao Lang's body and reached out to untie his belt.
However, before he could unbuckle his belt, a hand reached out, took his hand away, and helped him unbuckle his belt.
Seeing Zhao Lang's familiar movements, Lu Mingfei remembered the past few days when they were hanging out together. He raised an eyebrow at the man and said, "You are becoming more and more skilled in helping me untie my belt."
"It is my honor to serve Mr. Lu." Zhao Lang looked up and met Mr. Lu's eyes, with a slight smile on his face.
"You shameless bastard! You keep saying you'll serve me, but who's taking advantage of whom?" Lu Mingfei was so angry that he pinched Zhao Lang's face with both hands. He didn't let go until Zhao Lang's handsome face was deformed.
Afraid of ruining this handsome face, he carefully touched Prince Zhao's face twice to smooth out the wrinkles he had just pinched.
"You are the only one in the world who dares to lay hands on this prince." Zhao Lang untied Lu Zhuangyuan's belt and took off his coat before picking up the champion's clothes on the table and putting them on Lu Zhuangyuan.
"Forget it, I won't bother with you, I'll forgive you."
"Thank you, my Lord, for your generosity."
Lu Mingfei usually wore plain clothes, and this was the first time Zhao Lang had seen him in bright red. The bright red top-ranking scholar's robes accentuated his bright eyes, white teeth, and handsome features, making him look truly beautiful.
After dressing Lu Zhuangyuan, he then picked up the champion hat and put it on Lu Zhuangyuan's head.
Lu Mingfei reached out to adjust his hat. After making sure it was secure, he looked down at his clothes, turned around to show Zhao Lang, and asked, "Does it look good?"
"Well, very handsome. A stranger is like jade, and Mr. Lu is that jade-like gentleman. There is no other top scholar in the world more handsome than you." Zhao Lang's eyes were focused on Mr. Lu in front of him, and his heart and eyes were full of the person in front of him.
Zhao Lang looked at the young man's beautiful smile, and as if bewitched, he took a step forward, slowly approaching the young man and expressing his worries, "It's just that I'm afraid that if you go out wearing this tomorrow, all the unmarried young ladies in Kyoto will be vying to marry you."
Seeing Zhao Lang's face constantly enlarged in his sight, and realizing what Zhao Lang was going to do to him, Lu Mingfei's smile did not fade. He smiled and told the prince, "Don't worry, if any young lady confesses to me, I will tell them that I already have someone in my heart."
"Then, your heart belongs to me?"
"What do you think?"
"I'm telling you...your heart can only belong to me." Zhao Lang was always overbearing. He would never allow Lu Zhuangyuan to have someone else in his heart.
When the soft lips fell on his, Lu Mingfei reached out and hugged Zhao Lang's neck, and took the initiative to give him a kiss, which also showed who was in his heart.
…
“Knock knock—”
“Knock knock knock—”
The moon was high in the sky and the people in the house were still sleeping when two knocks were heard outside.
Not hearing any response from the person in the house, the person outside hesitated and knocked twice more.
Zhao Lang woke up and asked the person outside in a low voice, "What's going on?"
"My lord, it's time to get up and get ready to set off." The guard outside heard the displeasure in their prince's tone, but still reminded him.
Otherwise, if I miss today's horse parade, I'm afraid the emperor will blame me.
Their young master had worked so hard to pass the imperial examination and become the top scholar. It would be a pity if he lost his status as the top scholar because of such a small matter and was disliked by the emperor.
"I understand." Zhao Lang replied.
Lu Mingfei was awakened by the sound of the two people talking. When he regained consciousness, he remembered that he still had to go to the Ministry of Rites to meet with other people today, go to the palace to thank the emperor for his grace, and ride a horse in a parade. There were still a lot of things to do.
But it’s a little too early!
Asking people to go out and gather at the Ministry of Rites in the middle of the night is too tiring to parade through the streets!
When Lu Mingfei thought about becoming a high-ranking official in the future and having to get up at this time every day to attend court, he felt that being an official was even harder than getting up early to help his family make braised food when he was a child.
Seeing Lu Mingfei sitting down with his head covered, Zhao Lang asked worriedly, "Are you awake? Are you dizzy?"
"Well, just let me take it easy." Lu Mingfei took a deep breath and exhaled slowly. Only after he felt better did he get out of bed.
At this time, Zhao Lang also followed Lu Mingfei out of bed. He picked up the clothes hanging on the rack and put them on Lu Mingfei one by one.
"I'll do it myself," Lu Mingfei said a little embarrassedly. He had been dressing himself since he was three years old, and no longer asked his mother to help him. He had never expected that when he was eighteen, he would meet someone who was willing to get up early and help him dress... although he thought this person might prefer to take off his clothes.
"I'll help you." Zhao Lang took Lu Zhuangyuan's hand away and helped him buckle his belt. Then he took a box from the table. He opened the box, took out a jade pendant and hung it around Lu Zhuangyuan's waist.
"Did you go to the Treasure Pavilion to buy things again?" Lu Mingfei asked the man while looking at the new jade pendant on his waist.
"..." Zhao Lang didn't dare to speak, fearing that if he spoke, Lu Zhuangyuan would ask him how much silver he paid for the jade pendant.
How could Lu Mingfei not see that this man was spending money recklessly again? He reached out and tapped Prince Zhao's nose, but didn't scold him. He just said, "Hand over your little private treasury to me later."
"Master, may I come in?" asked the guard Ma who was outside carrying water for washing face.
Upon hearing this voice, Zhao Lang had the illusion that he had been rescued by his subordinates, and hurriedly said, "Come in."
After receiving the response, the guard Ma outside the door signaled his brother next to him to help him open the door. He then came into the house with the water for washing his face and placed the basin on a wooden rack beside him.
Zhao Lang took the handkerchief handed to him by his subordinate and said, "You can go out."
"Yes." Guard Ma bowed and prepared to leave, then asked, "My lady asked me to bring back a box of snacks yesterday. Would you like to eat something before you go out?"
"Well, let's eat something." Lu Mingfei knew that he would be busy all day long. If he didn't eat something before going out, he was afraid that he would faint from hunger while parading on the street.
"Yes, I'll get it right away." After Guard Ma said this, he left the room.
"Let me do it myself." Lu Mingfei took the handkerchief and wiped his face, no longer letting the young master serve him.
After they washed up, he helped Zhao Lang put on his coat and even fastened his belt. Wasn't this another form of courtesy?
After fastening Zhao Lang's belt, he casually asked the man, "Are you going to watch our parade today?"
"Well, I'll wait for you at Xianglai Pavilion." Zhao Lang said.
Because he was in a hurry to go out, Lu Mingfei ate a few snacks and drank a few sips of water to moisten his throat, but he didn't dare to drink more.
"Take this with you and eat a few bites when you're hungry." Zhao Lang found a clean handkerchief, put a few snacks in it, and handed it to Lu Zhuangyuan who was in a hurry to go out.
"Okay. Thank you." Lu Mingfei took the snack and put it in his arms. He stood on tiptoe and came over to kiss the young master.
Feeling a soft touch on his face, Zhao Lang subconsciously reached out to grab someone, but his fingers only touched the hem of Lu Mingfei's clothes and didn't catch anyone.
Lu Mingfei ran to the door, then turned around to look at the person behind him, smiled at Zhao Lang, said, "I'm leaving first, see you later," and walked out.
He got into the carriage that was waiting for him in the yard and went out in it.
Zhao Lang walked out of the house and watched Lu Mingfei's carriage leave before he left the yard, got on the second carriage that came to pick him up, and returned to Prince Ding's Mansion.
***
After hurrying all the way, their carriage finally arrived at the Ministry of Rites.
When Lu Mingfei got off the carriage, there were already quite a few people waiting there.
"Congratulations to Lu the champion."
"Thank you, and congratulations."
When we met that day, everyone congratulated each other and had smiles on their faces.
Seeing Zhang Lingxuan here, Lu Mingfei also congratulated Zhang Lingxuan. What he didn't expect was that Zhang Lingxuan took third place in the palace examination.
Not only Lu Mingfei, but even Zhang Lingxuan himself hadn't expected that he would be ranked outside the top 30 in the imperial examination, only to be directly promoted to third place by the emperor this time. However, he also knew that his essay was well written because he had discussed it with Lu Mingfei some time ago and had read the materials Lu Mingfei had compiled.
And Fu Lianxin still ranked second this time.
Just as he was thinking of Fu Lianxin, he saw a carriage pull up beside them and Fu Lianxin got out. Their eyes met, and Lu Mingfei bowed to Fu Bangyan, who was looking at them.
Fu Lianxin seemed to be stunned for a moment, then he walked towards them and said congratulations to him: "Congratulations."
"Congratulations to you too." Lu Mingfei also congratulated Fu Lianxin.
Zhang Lingxuan on the side bowed to Fu Bangyan. Author's words: Thank you Bole 9492239 (9492239) for your support, mua! To know more exciting content, please leave me a message on Liancheng Reading.
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