297, interrogation
297, interrogation
At this time, the noise in the room had stopped.
However, Li Qun, who was outside at the moment, did not dare to knock on the door casually. But if he did not knock on the door, the steward sent by the palace would be waiting outside, and he looked like he would not leave until he could get the prince.
I don’t know why their princess sent someone to ask their prince to come back so late. Is there something important?
"Should I go and knock, or should I wait a little longer?" Li Qun looked at the closed door and window again. He wondered if their prince would kill him if he went to knock on the door now.
But if he didn't knock on the door now, he was afraid that he would not be able to knock on the door after the people in the room fell asleep.
Zhao Lang, who was in the room, heard footsteps walking back and forth outside, as well as the sound of people whispering outside. He tried to hold it in, but finally couldn't help asking, "Who's outside?"
"Prince, it's me." Hearing the voice of their prince, Li Qun quickly jumped to the window to answer.
"What are you doing walking around outside?"
"Prince, the steward Liu who is with the princess is here to look for you. He said that the princess is waiting for you in the mansion. You..." Do you want to go back?
"I understand." The person in the room replied.
Li Qun: Did the prince agree to go back? Or not? He was a little unsure.
At this time, the two people in the room were still soaking in the bathtub.
When Lu Mingfei heard that Zhao Lang's mother had sent someone to look for this man, he reached out and pushed the young master: "Go back quickly."
Zhao Lang looked unhappy, with a sullen face and no words.
After waiting for a while, their master didn't come out. Li Qun, who was outside, didn't dare to urge him. He just stepped back two steps and stood at the door waiting for his master to come out.
After a cup of tea, Li Qun finally heard the sound of someone moving inside. After a while, the door of the house was opened from the inside, and he saw the sour face of their prince appeared in front of him.
Li Qun quickly lowered his head and didn't dare to speak, for fear that their prince would use him as a sacrifice.
"Let's go. Send someone to protect this place and don't let irrelevant people come in and disturb us." Zhao Lang glanced at Li Qun and gave the order.
"Yes, I understand." Li Qun said he understood, but he was muttering in his heart, Lord Lu has more people with him than the guards around you, and you are worried about Lord Lu's safety.
Of course, Li Qun only dared to mutter such words in his heart and did not dare to say them out loud.
Lu Mingfei, who had already put on his clothes, followed Zhao Lang. Just as he was about to walk out, Zhao Lang stretched out his hand to block him.
"You don't have to come out. It's cold outside." Zhao Lang looked at the young man with a tenderness in his eyes that he himself didn't even notice.
Lu Mingfei met Zhao Lang's gaze and saw the tenderness and reluctance to leave him in his eyes. He nodded and said, "Okay, then be careful on your way back."
Zhao Lang hummed, then said, "I'll come back tomorrow," and turned to walk towards the carriage parked in the yard. He stepped onto a low stool and climbed into the carriage. As he bent down to get in, he turned his head to look towards the doorway and saw Lu Mingfei lifting the door curtain with one hand and standing inside looking at him.
Seeing Zhao Lang looking at him, Lu Mingfei waved to him, signaling him to get in the car and go back.
Only then did Zhao Lang bend down and get into the carriage, lifting the curtain to look at the person who was watching him leave.
"Master, please sit down." The coachman outside reminded the master in the carriage to sit down, and then drove the carriage towards the gate of the courtyard.
When passing by the gate, Zhao Lang glanced at the few people waiting at the door.
Meeting the gaze of their prince, Manager Liu quickly bowed.
Zhao Lang glanced at these people coldly, then lowered the curtain, sat in the carriage with a gloomy face, closed his eyes and rested.
If he had known that the courtyard he bought was close to Prince Ding's Palace, the people from the palace would have found the courtyard so quickly. He should have bought the courtyard farther away.
However, if his mother wanted to find him, as long as he was in Pingzhou City, she would not be able to find him. Thinking of this, Zhao Lang knew that no matter where he bought the yard in Pingzhou City, his mother would be able to find him.
Unless, he is not in Pingzhou City.
***
Pingzhou City was very quiet late at night, and the sound of horse hooves was very clear.
A carriage stopped at the gate of Prince Ding's Mansion, followed by a group of mounted guards.
When the palace's doorman saw their prince's carriage returning, he hurriedly opened the gate.
When Zhao Lang got out of the carriage, he saw his mother's maid waiting for him at the door. If you didn't know better, you would think his mother had something important to talk to him about, and she sent so many people to look for him so late at night.
"Your servant greets the prince." The maid waiting at the door saw their prince coming back and hurried forward to pay her respects.
Zhao Lang looked at the maid expressionlessly and raised his hand to signal her to lead the way.
"Please come in, Prince." The maid understood and made a gesture of invitation, asking their prince to walk in front. She lagged behind half a step and followed on the side to lead the way, leading their prince all the way to the courtyard where their princess lived.
Following the maid all the way back to the courtyard where his mother lived, Zhao Lang saw that the lights in the house were still on.
The nanny guarding the door saw their prince coming and bowed to him and said, "This old servant greets you, Prince. The princess is waiting for you in the room. Please come in."
The maid beside him had already lifted the curtain and invited him in.
Zhao Lang stepped over the threshold and saw his mother sitting inside waiting for him. He walked forward and bowed slightly, "Mother."
Princess Ding looked up at her eldest son who had returned, her face a mixture of joy and anger. She glanced at her eldest son, waved her hand, and said, "Sit down."
"Thank you, mother." Zhao Lang thanked her and then chose a seat that was neither too far nor too close to sit down.
The maid brought tea and snacks and then quietly left.
Princess Ding waved her hand and asked the nanny standing beside her to leave.
Nanny Li bowed to the two masters in the room and went out. After coming out, she asked everyone else to stand further away and stood guard at the door herself.
There were candles lit in the room, and the candlelight illuminated the entire room. The light was bright enough for the mother and son to see each other's facial expressions clearly.
Princess Ding looked at her eldest son, who had grown up. She knew in her heart that during the more than ten years that they had been apart, he had grown up without her seeing him. After returning this time, he was no longer as close to her as when they were young.
There is an invisible and intangible gap between the mother and son.
Princess Ding knew that her eldest son must be resentful of her, but some things were not what she wanted. Although she was the mistress of the Ding Palace, she had no control over many things.
Seeing her eldest son, who had been out all day and hadn't returned until midnight, Princess Ding asked, "Where were you today?"
"Outside." Zhao Lang glanced at the teacup beside him and reached out to pick it up. He held the teacup with his left hand, picked up the cup lid with his right hand, skimmed the tea, and then slowly took a sip.
Princess Ding was a little angry at her eldest son's response and his dismissive attitude towards her. However, she took a deep breath and restrained herself, not getting angry at her eldest son for coming home late. She continued to ask, "Who did you meet?"
"A friend."
"Male or female?"
"Mother, are you going to interrogate me like a criminal today?" Zhao Lang took a sip of tea, put down the teacup, looked at his mother sitting in the seat of honor with no expression on his face, and asked.
The mother and son looked at each other. Princess Ding was a little angry at first, but when she met the look from her eldest son, the anger in her heart seemed to be punctured in an instant, and she was left with helplessness, as she had no way to deal with her eldest son.
She knew that after so many years of separation, all that was left was the little bit of mother-son affection they had before. If she pushed too hard and eliminated this little bit of affection, then there would really be nothing left between them.
Thinking of this, Princess Ding could only slow down her tone and said to her eldest son, "Mother is not trying to interrogate you. Mother just wants to ask you, you left me and all the guests at home today to go out and meet your friend. Is she someone very...important to you?"
Princess Ding had a preconceived notion that the person her eldest son had gone out to meet, leaving behind so many guests at home, must be a woman, and a woman who was very important to her.
Zhao Lang nodded without hesitation and replied, "Yes."
"But is it the person you like?" Princess Ding asked in a tentative tone.
Zhao Lang did not answer this question immediately.
The courtyard was filled with men, with no women. If he said that the person he was meeting today was someone he admired, his mother would definitely send someone to the courtyard to invite him to the palace to meet her. If the person invited was Lu Mingfei, he was worried that his mother would guess their relationship.
He knew very well in his heart that now was not the time to expose his relationship with Lu Mingfei, especially since this person was his mother. He knew that once his mother knew that the person he liked was a man, his mother would definitely send someone to kill Lu Mingfei.
In Beijun, Zhao Lang knew that his mother still had some abilities, and it was not completely impossible for her to kill someone.
Therefore, before his wings were fully grown, he could not reveal his relationship with Lu Mingfei. Exposing his love to others would put Lu Mingfei in danger. Their relationship must be kept secret from everyone. It seemed that they would have to be more cautious in the future.
At this moment, in Princess Ding's view, the eldest son's silence was a tacit agreement.
Although she, as a mother, should be happy that her eldest son has found someone he likes, Princess Ding is worried that the girl from a small family that her eldest son has found outside is not worthy of her son.
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