300, meet
300, meet
"Princess, Nanny Sun went and brought back a young man."
"Young Master?" Isn't she a girl?
Princess Ding, who was in the room, heard the maid who went to invite someone back brought back a young man. She frowned and felt a little strange. "Let Madam Sun bring him in first."
"Yes." Upon hearing this, the maid turned around and went out.
After waiting outside for a while, Lu Mingfei saw the maid who had gone in to inform them come out and invite them in.
He followed the nanny who led the way into the house and saw a dignified lady sitting in the room, dressed in luxurious clothes. Without thinking, he knew that this person in front of him was Zhao Lang's mother, the mistress of the Dingwang Mansion, the Dingwang Princess.
When he looked at the other person, the other person also looked at him, and the two people's eyes met in mid-air.
Lu Mingfei quickly lowered his head slightly and performed a junior's greeting, "Junior Wang Li, greetings to the princess."
"Are you a man?" Princess Ding looked at the young man in white, wearing a mask, and felt a strange feeling in her heart. Her son had gone to see a man yesterday? Not the girl he liked?
Then why did her son refuse the marriage arranged by her as a mother yesterday?
Could it be that her son simply didn't like the girl from the Li family, and not because he had a favorite girl outside? Princess Ding pondered this in her heart.
"Yes." Lu Mingfei put his hand away, stood up straight, looked straight ahead, and responded neither humbly nor arrogantly.
"What is your relationship with my son Zhao Lang?" asked Princess Ding.
"The prince and I are friends." Lu Mingfei replied without blinking.
Since he was her son's friend, she didn't want to embarrass him. Princess Ding nodded, gestured for him to sit down, and her tone suddenly became a little softer. "Sit down and talk."
"Thank you, Princess." Lu Mingfei thanked her and chose a seat at the bottom.
After he sat down, a maid brought him tea and placed it on the table next to him, then left.
“Excuse me for asking, why are you wearing a mask and not daring to show your true face?” Princess Ding actually had some doubts in her heart. She thought that the man in front of her was a woman in disguise, so he wore a mask and didn’t dare to show his true face to her.
"I have an ugly face and I'm afraid of scaring people, so I wear this mask." Lu Mingfei raised his hand and touched the mask on his face. After making sure that the mask was still firmly on his face, he withdrew his hand and looked at Princess Ding who was sitting on the seat.
Seeing that the other person was looking at him, he let the other person look at him openly, and did not miss the suspicion and inquiry in the other person's eyes.
Since the other party said so, Princess Ding couldn't let others take off the mask to show her, so she stopped dwelling on this issue and changed the question to ask, "Where is the prince from?"
"I am...from the Su Mansion." Lu Mingfei almost said Kyoto Mansion, but fortunately he remembered his new identity in time. His new identity was that he was from the Su Mansion and the youngest son of the Wang family in the Su Mansion. "Wang Zhe" was his elder brother.
Someone from the Su Mansion? Princess Ding had never been to the Su Mansion, so she didn't know if there were any major families there. She saw that the young man in front of her looked very impressive, so he must have a good family background.
"You are from the Su family, how did you get to know the prince?" Princess Ding was a little confused.
This was her first time meeting her eldest son's friends, and she was curious about who he had met, what friends he had made, and what he had done over the years in Kyoto. Most importantly, she wanted to find out if he had a crush on someone outside of the family, and why he was so resistant to the marriage arranged for him by her, his mother.
Lu Mingfei thought that Zhao Lang probably had not mentioned him to his family, and he did not mention that he and Zhao Lang had known each other since childhood. After thinking about it for a while, just as he was about to answer this question, he heard familiar footsteps coming.
"Mother!"
A hurried figure crossed the threshold and entered the room. It was Zhao Lang.
The maids and nannies followed in, but none of them could stop their prince.
The first thing Zhao Lang saw when he entered the room was Lu Mingfei, who was sitting beside him. After making sure that he was alright, he looked at his mother and asked, "Mother, why did you take the initiative to send someone to invite my friend to come to your house without my consent?"
"Isn't it okay for Mother to meet your friend?" Princess Ding was a little unhappy when she saw her eldest son questioning her in front of the guests, and asked, "How did you talk to Mother?"
"Now that you've seen A Niang, have you forgotten even the etiquette?"
Seeing the mother and son about to quarrel, Lu Mingfei felt anxious and wanted to persuade Zhao Lang. However, he couldn't do anything in front of Princess Ding, lest Princess Ding discover the secret between him and Zhao Lang.
Zhao Lang took a deep breath and bowed to his mother, who was sitting upstairs. "My son greets you, mother."
Seeing that their princess was just looking at their prince without saying anything, Nanny Li whispered in her ear, "Princess, don't blame the prince. He is just a little impatient, not someone who doesn't know etiquette."
"Forget it, get up." Princess Ding glanced at her eldest son. She was reluctant to embarrass her child in front of the guests, so she waved her hand and asked her eldest son to sit down and talk.
"Thank you, mother." Zhao Lang sat directly next to Lu Mingfei.
Princess Ding looked at her eldest son, who had so many seats but chose to sit so far away from her, his mother. In the end, she did not dwell on this issue.
After the maid brought the tea and left, she continued the topic she had just discussed with the guest and asked her eldest son, "Just now, Mother asked about Prince Wang. How did you two know each other? Can you tell me about your time in Kyoto?"
"Mother, what's there to talk about the past? I thought you knew what I was doing in Kyoto Prefecture all these years." Zhao Lang asked back.
Princess Ding's question to her eldest son left him speechless. She knew exactly why he had left home for Kyoto and hadn't been able to return for so many years. When he first left, he'd written to her, saying he wanted to go home.
What did she tell her eldest son in the letter at that time?
Oh, yes, she remembered now. She asked her eldest son to be patient for a while and she would find a way. But she had been thinking about this plan for more than ten years, and she, as a mother, could not find a way to bring her eldest son back from Kyoto Prefecture. In the end, the eldest son ran back on his own.
The fact that he was sent to Kyoto Prefecture as a hostage by his family has always been a hurdle that the mother and son could not overcome.
"Yes, yes, mother shouldn't bring up the past." Princess Ding also realized that she had brought up a topic that shouldn't have been mentioned. Seeing her eldest son unhappy, she laughed awkwardly and didn't want to ask any more questions. She said to her eldest son, "Since your friends have come to Beijun to see you, you should greet them well."
"There are still several empty courtyards in the palace. Mother, can you ask someone to clean up one and let the prince live there?" If she placed him in the palace, it would be convenient for her to see him when she wanted to. Next time, she could find an opportunity to invite him over for tea and chat, and she wouldn't make her eldest son unhappy.
"No need for that. He's a stranger, and it would be inconvenient for him to live in the palace. I'll go back to the military camp in two days." Zhao Lang immediately helped Lu Mingfei reject his mother's arrangement. How could he not see that his mother wanted to arrange for Lu Mingfei to live in their home.
"You're going back to the military camp in two days? Why don't you stay at home for a few more days?" Princess Ding's attention was immediately attracted by her eldest son's next words.
"I originally asked for leave to come back. There are still a lot of things to do in the military camp. I have to go back in two days." Zhao Lang himself didn't want to stay at home all the time. After being away from home for so many years, he really didn't know how to get along with his mother and family.
Rather than staying at home and increasing the conflict between the mother and son, it would be better for him to leave home so that he can have some peace of mind and have less trouble with his mother.
"Mom, if there's nothing else, I'll take my friend out first."
"Okay, go ahead. Will you come back home later for dinner? Your brother came home yesterday and said he missed you." Princess Ding mentioned her youngest son, hoping that her eldest son would come home more often to spend time with her and her brother.
"We are going out hunting today and may not be able to come back in the afternoon." After Zhao Lang said this, he looked at Lu Mingfei and stood up.
Lu Mingfei also stood up and bowed to Princess Ding who was sitting in the seat of honor.
"In that case, go and have fun. Bring more people with you and protect yourself and your friends." It was rare for the eldest son to want to go out and play with his friends, so Princess Ding did not stop him.
"Yes, mother." Zhao Lang bowed and replied.
"Junior takes his leave." Lu Mingfei also bowed and said goodbye to Princess Ding.
Seeing Zhao Lang leaving, he hurriedly followed him. The two of them walked out of the house one after the other.
Princess Ding, who was sitting in her seat, watched her eldest son and his friend leave one after another. She picked up the teacup beside her, touched the cup to her lips but didn't drink it. She put the teacup back on the table and sighed heavily.
"Princess, why are you sighing?" Nanny Li asked when she saw their princess sighing.
"You saw it just now. Lang'er got so angry with me, his mother, for an outsider." Princess Ding was still a little upset and unhappy that her eldest son had yelled at her in front of the guests.
"Princess, you... the prince isn't angry with you. He's just a bit impatient, and sometimes he speaks too harshly," Nanny Li consoled her. In fact, the princess had invited the residents of the courtyard to her mansion today, and she was a little worried that the prince might be unhappy.
But their princess had made up her mind, and they, the servants, could not persuade her.
Sure enough, just as their princess sent someone to invite the prince, their prince came right after. The mother and son almost thought that an outsider had caused a rift between them.
"Princess, the prince is grown up now. He is no longer the little boy he was ten years ago." So how could she control her grown-up son as much as she did when he was little? However, even if she did, Nanny Li, a servant, dared not say it too obviously. Otherwise, it would be her, a servant, who would teach the master how to do things, and the master would be unhappy.
"Oh, how could I not know that he has grown up." After saying this, Princess Ding couldn't help but sigh. 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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