373, Situation
373, Situation
The setting sun went down the mountain, the last bit of cloud in the west gradually disappeared, and night replaced day.
On this day, several waves of people came to Prince Ding's mansion. These spies came and left, left and came again, and some simply came and never left.
The guards in the palace had long been accustomed to the hustle and bustle outside the palace. They would find it strange if no one came outside the palace one day.
However, these people were just outside the door and didn't do anything. Their master didn't give any special instructions, so they generally didn't care about those people.
Anyway, once they close the door, no matter how you outside look, you can't see anyone coming in.
Moreover, their Lord Lu returned to Beijing today, and the two masters have not come out since they entered the yard, so they would not go in and disturb them.
It was a rare occasion for these brothers to get together. Since their master didn't need them to serve him, they would find a courtyard to eat, drink and chat together.
When I woke up, the room was already dark.
It was quiet inside and outside the house.
Lu Mingfei opened his eyes and found himself in someone's arms. He reached out and touched the man's chest, then asked, "What time is it?"
"It should be the beginning of the midnight. Are you hungry? Do you want to get up and eat something?" Zhao Lang lowered his head and kissed the young man on the forehead.
One of his hands was also dishonestly reaching inside Lord Lu's clothes.
Lu Mingfei grabbed the Regent's hand and swallowed hard, "Zhao Lang..."
"I want to go back." He was afraid that if he stayed in Prince Ding's mansion tonight, the rumors about him and the Regent would be unpleasant tomorrow.
Knowing Lu Mingfei's concerns, Zhao Lang changed his hand to take advantage of Lord Lu and said with a smile, "You left me three hours ago."
When Lu Mingfei heard this, he knew that this person had been prepared in advance and even arranged a substitute for him. "You are so thoughtful. How can I praise you so much?"
"I don't like verbal compliments, I prefer rewards in actions. Lord Lu, how about you reward me with something practical?" Zhao Lang had a smile on his lips and lowered his head to kiss his Lord Lu.
Before Lu Mingfei could utter "It's okay" in his mouth, his mouth was blocked by someone.
The last two people's wake-up time was moved to an hour later, and Lu Mingfei finally sat up from the bed, holding his waist.
Looking at the man with a satisfied look on his face, he was so angry that he wanted to hit him.
Zhao Lang brought the clothes over and helped Lord Lu put them on. "How about I serve you this time?"
"It's my honor. If people outside knew that the Regent has such ability to serve people, I wonder if your dignity as the Regent will still exist?" Lu Mingfei opened his arms and let the Regent help him dress.
"If you don't tell anyone, no one will know." After helping the young man put on his outer shirt, Zhao Lang took a jade-inlaid belt and fastened it on Lord Lu.
"Don't worry, Your Majesty the Regent, I will keep it a secret for you." Lu Mingfei touched the clothes on his body and knew that the material was not cheap. The belt was inlaid with jade, which was quite luxurious.
But when he looked at the clothes Zhao Lang wore, he found that, besides being made of better material, they were not inlaid with gold or jade. Compared with the luxurious life of the former Prince Zhao, this was quite simple.
From this point, he could also see the changes that Zhao Lang had undergone in the past few years.
In fact, these changes in Zhao Lang were not just because of him, but because when a person has been to different environments and experienced more things, his state of mind will change greatly. Instead, his pursuit of life and material desires is not so great, but he returns to normal and simple.
Almost all their earnings over the past few years had been invested in Tong County. Furthermore, they also supported the soldiers under Zhao Lang's command. The annual expenditure on these two items alone amounted to a considerable sum.
Fortunately, they transferred all of Prince Ding's properties in the open to the dark, so they had the money to do so many things.
However, their preparations over the years were not in vain. At least now they had a place in Kyoto Prefecture. They were no longer the meat on someone else's chopping board, to be slaughtered at will.
Even Zhao Lang had real power in the Zhenbei Army, securing his position as the crown prince. Coupled with his current status as regent, it would not be easy for his brothers to shake his position.
***
The two came out of the house and went to the pavilion by the lake to have a late dinner.
Perhaps considering that he was tired from the long journey and had just returned to Kyoto Prefecture, Zhao Lang had people prepare light and delicious dinner for them.
Lu Mingfei had a good appetite and ate two bowls of porridge and a lot of vegetables.
"Are you full?" Zhao Lang asked when he saw the young man opposite him put down his bowl and chopsticks.
"Well, I'm full. Do you want to eat more?" Lu Mingfei felt a little sleepy after eating and couldn't help yawning.
"Are you sleepy?"
"Well, I'm a little sleepy after eating, so I'll go over slowly."
In fact, Zhao Lang had already eaten his fill. When he saw Lu Mingfei put down his bowl and chopsticks, he also put down his chopsticks and waved for someone to come and clear the food on the table.
Two servants came in and cleared the things on the table. Then another servant came in with tea, placed it on the table, and left.
These people didn't make a sound the entire time.
Seeing that the palace was filled with men, Lu Mingfei looked at Zhao Lang with a bit of surprise and asked, "I remember that you used to have a few maids in this palace. How come there are none left now?"
"..." Zhao Lang, I can't say that when you were away, a beautiful maid tried to climb into my bed, so I might as well ask the housekeeper to send all the maids in this mansion somewhere else, right?
However, he felt that it would be better not to let his own Lord Lu know about this matter. Although his Lord Lu had never shown jealousy, his intuition told him that it would be better not to provoke Lord Lu.
Lifting one foot and resting it on his knee, he turned his head and asked Lord Lu, "Why, do you want to find some maids to serve you?"
"I do think so, but the question is, will you agree?" Lu Mingfei could see that Zhao Lang was deliberately changing the subject. He was afraid that Zhao Lang's surroundings were very lively during the time he was away from Kyoto Prefecture.
Zhao Lang looked at the half-smile on his young man's face and knew that he had shot himself in the foot. Just hearing about this kind of thing made him want to kill someone, so how could he possibly agree to it?
However, getting angry at the person you love for something that didn't happen is extremely irrational.
Knowing that Lord Lu had coveted his beauty for so many years, Zhao Lang grabbed Lord Lu's hand and placed it on his rather good-looking face. With a pitiful look on his face, he asked Lord Lu, "Isn't having me enough for you? Was it because I didn't serve you well enough in bed just now?"
"...Shut up!" Lu Mingfei quickly covered the man's mouth with his other hand. What nonsense are you talking about!
There are people all around!
Even if he couldn't see anyone, he knew there were many secret guards hiding in the dark.
"I beg you, please stop talking."
"It was clearly you who started it, so how come it becomes my fault?" Knowing that his Lord Lu was a thin-skinned person, Zhao Lang picked up the chopsticks on the table and threw them onto the gauze hanging in the pavilion.
The buttons on the tulle were unbuttoned, and the tulle fell down, covering the entire pavilion.
"Okay, okay, it's my fault." Seeing that he couldn't win the argument with this person, Lu Mingfei quickly covered the person's mouth.
Only after meeting Zhao Lang's smiling eyes did he release his hand and ask, "Tell me about the situation in Kyoto Prefecture. Otherwise, I'm afraid that when I come back, I'll be blinded and fall into the trap of Prime Minister Wan and his men."
Although they had been communicating for the past year, they only talked about important things in their letters and did not go into too much detail.
For the past two years, he had been far away in Li County and knew very little about the news in Kyoto Prefecture. Even the little he learned from the caravan was just hearsay from the caravan members, and it was not as complete as the information Zhao Lang had.
"Okay, let's sit down on the chair over there and talk slowly?" Zhao Lang asked, looking at the recliner beside him.
Lu Mingfei looked at the chair and didn't really want to go there.
However, when Zhao Lang pulled him up, he did not object. He just let Zhao Lang hold his hand and lead him to this chair.
Then, Zhao Lang sat down below, and he lay sideways in her arms. Then, he listened to Zhao Lang slowly telling him about the current situation in Kyoto Prefecture, focusing on Prime Minister Wan and the officials of his faction.
Lu Mingfei had previously learned some information about Prime Minister Wan and the officials in his faction, but what he knew was not as complete as the information Zhao Lang had.
After discussing Prime Minister Wan and his faction, Zhao Lang also mentioned other officials currently in the court and briefly described the situation in the palace. "As for the palace, the young emperor has no say in it now and is just a figurehead."
"His mother, the current Queen Mother Jin, was born a palace maid. Her family has no support. She herself is a cowardly woman who cannot make up her mind."
"Don't underestimate the women in the harem. Those who can survive in that cannibalistic place are all tough characters." Lu Mingfei reminded Zhao Lang.
"I know. I don't underestimate them, mother and son." Zhao Lang never thought that women were weak characters who were powerless. On the contrary, when women became ruthless, they were more ruthless than men.
That night, the two of them talked in the pavilion for half the night before going back to the house to sleep.
The next day, before dawn, Zhao Lang went out to attend the morning court.
So when Lu Mingfei woke up, Zhao Lang was no longer on the other side of the bed.
Today's update.
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