265, is it true or false?
265, is it true or false?
After the Second and Third Princes left, they returned to the upstairs private room and sat for a while. It was already getting late outside, and the group had finished their dinner and were leaving the private room.
As he walked down the stairs, Lu Mingfei heard Zhang Lingxuan suddenly ask in his ear, "What you said at the Qionglin Banquet last time, that you already have someone you love, is that true or not?"
He turned his head to look at the person who asked him the question, and met Zhang Lingxuan's inquiring and questioning gaze, and couldn't help but smile.
"It's true." Lu Mingfei had no intention of hiding anything and answered directly.
After hearing his answer, it was Zhang Lingxuan who was surprised. It was obvious that this friend thought that what he said at the Qionglin Banquet that day was just a lie to deceive the eldest prince.
Lu Mingfei laughed and leaned over to ask Zhang Lingxuan in a low voice: "Why, is it strange that I have someone I like?"
Zhang Lingxuan shook his head and said, "No, I'm not surprised, I'm just a little surprised. Which girl do you like? Why have I never heard you mention this before?"
Lu Mingfei paused for a moment, then dropped another bombshell on Zhang Lingxuan, "She's not a girl."
Zhang Lingxuan was blown to pieces in an instant.
"What, what?" Zhang Lingxuan's expression froze, and he looked at Lu Mingfei in disbelief, suspecting that he had heard it wrong.
At this time, they had already walked out of the restaurant. Probably seeing the two of them huddled together and whispering, Fu Lianxin asked them: "What are you two whispering about? Brother Zhang, why do you have such an expression?" The latter sentence was asked to Zhang Lingxuan.
Fu Lianxin's gaze fell on Zhang Lingxuan's face, then looked at Lu Mingfei. He didn't know what the two of them were whispering to each other, but look how scared Zhang Lingxuan was.
"We were just joking. He wasn't scared at all." Lu Mingfei didn't tell Fu Lianxin what they said. He made an excuse to get away with it.
Fortunately, Fu Lianxin is not the kind of person who likes to get to the bottom of things.
Lu Mingfei looked at Fu Lianxin and thanked him, "Thank you for inviting me today. I'll invite everyone out for tea next time when I have time."
"Okay." Fu Lianxin nodded with a smile.
"..." Zhang Lingxuan, who was standing aside, looked at Lu Mingfei and felt a little uncertain. Was what Lu Mingfei said to him just now true or a joke?
After saying a few words to Lu Mingfei and Zhang Lingxuan, Fu Lianxin went to arrange sedan chairs to take the adults back.
Seeing Fu Lianxin arranging the farewell, Lu Mingfei and Zhang Lingxuan also stayed to help. They were the only three of them who were younger, so they couldn't just leave and ignore these elders.
Not all officials had carriages. A horse was expensive these days, and you needed space to keep one. Horses were precious animals, prone to illness and death if not properly cared for. Many Hanlin families lived in small, rented courtyards, which were not only small but also lacked the space to keep such precious animals.
After seeing off all the adults, only the three of them were left here.
Lu Mingfei noticed that the carriage waiting to pick him up was nearby, so he said to Fu Lianxin and Zhang Lingxuan, "My family's carriage is here to pick me up, so I'll be leaving first."
"Okay, see you tomorrow." Fu Lianxin said.
"See you tomorrow." Lu Mingfei nodded to Fu Lianxin and Zhang Lingxuan, and walked towards the carriage that had come to pick him up. Unexpectedly, Zhang Lingxuan followed behind him. With a glance at the mounted guard, he knew there was another person in the carriage.
So when he reached his carriage, he stopped, looked at the person following him, and asked, "Isn't your carriage over there? Why are you following me?"
"You haven't finished telling me what we just talked about." Zhang Lingxuan stared at Lu Mingfei. He was afraid that if he didn't get a definite answer from Lu Mingfei, he would not be able to sleep when he went back tonight.
Lu Mingfei had never known that Zhang Lingxuan was so persistent about the answer, and he couldn't help laughing.
Seeing that his friend who never showed his emotions was also surprised by the news he threw out one day, he smiled and said, "This is not an important matter. You should leave quickly, and we can talk about it slowly another day when we have time." Otherwise, he was afraid that the person in the carriage would get impatient and come out to look for him.
"...Okay." Seeing that his friend had said this, Zhang Lingxuan knew that he couldn't continue to chase his friend for an answer, so he had to stop, his eyes still looking in the direction of Lu Mingfei.
However, when he saw his friend lift the curtain and get into the carriage, he seemed to see someone sitting inside.
...Wait, is there someone else in Lu Mingfei's carriage? !
Zhang Lingxuan's mind paused, and then he saw his friend's carriage passing by him.
Fu Lianxin, who was about to get on the carriage, saw Zhang Lingxuan standing there without moving, so he kindly asked, "Brother Zhang, do you need me to give you a ride?"
Hearing Fu Lianxin's question, Zhang Lingxuan came back to his senses, turned around and looked in Fu Lianxin's direction, and replied: "No, thank you, my carriage is here too."
"Oh, okay, see you tomorrow." Fu Lianxin nodded to Zhang Lingxuan and got into his carriage.
When the servant fifteen saw that their master was late, he came over to invite him: "Master."
"Let's go." After watching Fu Lianxin's carriage leave, Zhang Lingxuan followed the servant who came to pick him up, walked towards his own carriage, and got on it.
Listening to the sound of horse hooves outside, his mind was full of what his friend had said to him tonight, and who was the person sitting in his friend's carriage?
Is this the sweetheart that Lu Mingfei mentioned?
The answer at this moment is almost on the verge of coming out.
But Zhang Lingxuan felt very strange. They had known Lu Mingfei for so many years, but the only people who came and went around Lu Mingfei were a few of their familiar friends. He didn't seem to have a close relationship with other people, and he had never heard Lu Mingfei say who he liked.
If this was someone Lu Mingfei liked, why hadn't he gotten out of the car even though he was already here? And why hadn't Lu Mingfei mentioned introducing her to him?
...Or, that person can't be seen by them?
"Lu Mingfei, who do you like?" Zhang Lingxuan's mood was very complicated, his mind full of random thoughts. He even thought of the two princes who appeared in their box tonight. The last time he saw the second prince, he seemed to be protecting Lu Mingfei.
Could it be...
No, that's not right, this is definitely impossible!
That was His Royal Highness the Prince. Based on his understanding of Lu Mingfei, it was unlikely that this good friend would have any inappropriate feelings or entanglement with a prince.
"Forget it, forget it. I'll ask Lu Mingfei when I see him tomorrow." Zhang Lingxuan felt that he couldn't continue thinking about this problem. If he continued thinking about it, he would go crazy.
Lu Mingfei, sitting in his carriage, was being held in Zhao Lang's arms as he asked, "What were you talking about with that kid named Zhang just now? Why did he keep asking you questions, saying you hadn't finished talking?"
"What are you talking about? Have you finished talking?"
"You...why didn't I realize before that you are so curious?" Lu Mingfei turned around, faced Zhao Lang, and asked the man.
"That depends on what it is and who it's about." Zhao Lang reached out and pinched Lu Zhuangyuan's face, then asked, "Tell me quickly."
"I told you, don't pinch my face!" Lu Mingfei slapped away the hand that was misbehaving on his face, and had to tell Zhao Lang what Zhang Lingxuan had asked him tonight.
After listening, Zhao Lang simply asked, "Are you planning to tell him?"
"What do you think?" Lu Mingfei gave Prince Zhao a look that meant "understand it yourself."
Zhao Lang hugged his number one scholar, Lu, and kissed him, then spoke his heart out: "I think you should tell everyone that I'm your sweetheart. Then I'll go to your house to propose marriage, and I'll carry you back to our Dingwang Palace in a sedan chair, so that you, the number one scholar, can be my Crown Prince's consort."
"You wish!" Lu Mingfei was so angry that he bit someone's lips. He found that this bastard was like a dog all day long, kissing him whenever he caught him!
"Ouch!" Zhao Lang felt a pain on his lips and realized that Lu Mingfei had bitten him, so he held Lu Mingfei down and kissed him hard.
***
The next day, when he arrived at the Hanlin Academy to work, he saw Zhang Lingxuan coming over. Lu Mingfei was not surprised at all.
But when Zhang Lingxuan saw him, he pulled him to the innermost part of the room and asked, "Is the man in your carriage last night a fool..."
Zhang Lingxuan made a two with his hand, but didn't say the rest of the name. "Is it him?"
But Lu Mingfei still guessed who Zhang Lingxuan was asking about from Zhang Lingxuan's gesture. He asked this person with a helpless look on his face: "Why do you think it is him?" No matter who he likes, he can't like the second prince!
He's the emperor's son! His mother is the most favored Consort Wan, and outside the palace he has a grandfather who is the prime minister. He is entangled with the second prince. Is it because he thinks his life is not long enough? Or that he thinks his death is not fast enough?
"That's because of you two..."
"It's not him, don't worry."
Lu Mingfei interrupted Zhang Lingxuan before he finished speaking. He and the Second Prince? How is that possible?
As soon as he saw the dark circles under Zhang Lingxuan's eyelids, he knew that this man was probably too scared to sleep last night.
Afraid that there might be ears on the other side of the wall, he had to move closer to Zhang Lingxuan's ear, lower his voice, and said in a volume that only the two of them could hear: "Don't worry, it won't be any... prince's." He had no intention of having any inappropriate relationship with the emperor's son.
However, he is not a prince, but he did not say he is not a crown prince.
"Oh, that's good. Mingfei, don't do anything stupid." Zhang Lingxuan looked at his friend with some concern and said.
Zhang Lingxuan remembers most how their teachers always praised Lu Mingfei as a good student, and how his acquaintances and friends all described him as a modest gentleman with a good temper. But he was the only one who felt that beneath this seemingly gentle and polite exterior, this friend harbored a rebellious heart.
He even felt that his friend, who always had a smile on his face, was not a person who followed the rules.
This is also why Lu Mingfei didn't know what Zhang Lingxuan was thinking of him. If he knew, he would definitely say, "You know me too well."
At this moment, he saw the worry in his friend's eyes. He reached out and patted his friend's shoulder, saying, "Don't worry, I'm awake."
"Well, that's good." Only then did Zhang Lingxuan feel relieved.
However, he did not forget the answer he wanted to know most, "Then tell me, who is that person?" He was asking about the person sitting in the carriage last night, who was also the person Lu Mingfei mentioned.
Lu Mingfei looked at Zhang Lingxuan, thought for a moment, and said, "I can't tell you now. Let's wait until later, there will be a chance." He felt that now was not a good time to tell his good friend about these things.
“…” Zhang Lingxuan looked at his friend with a stern face.
Seeing Zhang Lingxuan standing there motionless, Lu Mingfei began to chase him away, "Hurry up and leave! Don't interfere with my work."
After being pushed out of the door by his friend, Zhang Lingxuan glanced at Lu Mingfei and had to turn around and leave. 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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