384, want status
384, want status
When they got off the carriage, both of them were dressed neatly, and there was no sign at all that they had been tangled in clothes in the carriage just now.
Zhao Lang got off the carriage first. He even reached out to welcome Lord Lu from behind him, "Lord Lu, please."
"Your Highness the Regent, please." Lu Mingfei looked at someone who was pretending to be serious and couldn't help rolling his eyes.
Zhao Lang's body happened to block Lu Mingfei's view, so he was the only one who saw Lord Lu roll his eyes. Hearing footsteps approaching behind him, he resisted the urge to raise his hand to tease their Lord Lu.
The shopkeeper who came out hurriedly saw the two masters patronizing his restaurant and hurried forward, bowing and inviting them, "Your Majesty, please come in."
This is the restaurant they own, and it is not the first time for Lu Mingfei and Zhao Lang to come here.
So there was no need for the shopkeeper to lead the way for them, and the two of them walked into the restaurant as if they were familiar with the route.
It was snowing heavily outside today, but there were still quite a few customers in the restaurant, and the first-floor lobby was almost full. Therefore, the two of them did not sit in the first-floor lobby, but went upstairs to the private room.
Their orders arrived shortly thereafter.
While eating, the two chatted about some things in the military camp.
As they were chatting, Lu Mingfei suddenly brought up something and asked the person sitting next to him, "The Prince of Zhennan arrived in Beijing today. Did you know about this?"
"He also sent a letter to your house. Butler Liu didn't know what to do with it, so he sent it to me." Butler Liu was the steward of Prince Ding's mansion. As the steward, he knew very well whether his master was at home or not.
So when he couldn't find his master and couldn't ask for his master's instructions, Butler Liu asked a guard to deliver the note to him.
The previous piece of news was obtained by someone on their side. Lu Mingfei learned the news as soon as the Prince of Zhennan arrived in Beijing.
The next piece of news was delivered by the steward of Prince Ding's Mansion. If the Prince of Zhennan did not send someone to deliver the invitation to Prince Ding's Mansion, it meant that the Prince of Zhennan came to the capital quietly and did not intend to let them know.
But now the Prince of Zhennan has sent someone to deliver a letter to Prince Ding's Mansion, actively exposing his whereabouts. This person's starting point and purpose are a bit intriguing.
"I don't know. I went out this morning, you know that?" Zhao Lang kept using his chopsticks to pick up meat from the plate and put it into his mouth.
"What's written on the post?"
"I'll ask you when you're free so I can buy you a drink."
"Then you reply to him and make an appointment for tomorrow." Zhao Lang was not too surprised that Qi Jun would come to Kyoto Prefecture. He was not even surprised at all that Qi Jun took the initiative to send him an invitation and invite him out for a drink.
"Okay." Lu Mingfei nodded. He had already learned to imitate Zhao Lang's handwriting. Sometimes when Zhao Lang was busy, he would use Zhao Lang's handwriting to help him deal with some things.
"I remember you had a good relationship with him. Can you tell me what kind of person he was?"
"What do you know about what he does? It's enough that you understand me." Zhao Lang looked up at Lord Lu and said seriously.
"..." Lu Mingfei, he wanted to throw the chopsticks in his hand at this person.
The two of them finished their meal for a long time before leaving the restaurant. When they left the restaurant, there were no one in the lobby on the first floor.
The shopkeeper was escorting them out from behind, and Lu Mingfei gestured for the shopkeeper to go back.
"Would you like to take a walk?" Seeing that there were not many people on the street, Lu Mingfei wanted to walk back and extended an invitation to His Royal Highness the Regent.
Zhao Lang took the umbrella from the guard and motioned for Lord Lu to come in.
Lu Mingfei smiled and walked under the umbrella held by His Royal Highness the Regent. The two of them walked slowly along the long street.
Seeing that the two masters were so leisurely strolling in the snow, the guards behind them could only follow behind silently.
The two people walking in front suddenly turned their heads to look at each other, their eyes filled with tenderness and smiles.
***
The next day, it was still snowing outside, so Zhao Lang did not get up early to go to the military camp as usual.
When Lu Mingfei woke up and found someone beside him, he reached out and hugged the man's waist, buried his head in the crook of his neck and rubbed it, smiling, "It's rare that you would sleep with me until now."
"Is it still snowing outside?"
"Yeah, it's still raining."
Zhao Lang looked down at the person rubbing against his chest. He raised his hand and touched the young man's soft face twice, then asked, "What are you busy with today?"
"I have some official business to take care of, it's not urgent. What do you want to do when you ask this?" Lu Mingfei nestled in the man's arms and didn't move.
"Come with me to see Qi Jun later?"
"Okay, I also want to meet him."
"I changed my mind and don't want to take you with me."
"Why, are you afraid that I will fall in love with him?" Lu Mingfei turned his head to look at His Royal Highness the Regent lying behind him and asked.
"You won't." Zhao Lang put his hand on the young man's brow and touched it, with a slight smile on his lips.
Lu Mingfei knew what this man was thinking. He simply wanted to lock him up at home and not let him contact or see any man or woman.
But on this day, before either of them got out of bed, they heard the guard outside knocking on the door, saying that his godfather was outside.
"My adoptive father is here?" Lu Mingfei was so frightened that he sat up in bed, his eyes wide with fear. When did his adoptive father come, and how come he didn't know?
"What are you afraid of?" Zhao Lang hugged the young man from behind and pulled the quilt over them both. "So what if your family finds out?"
"Are you planning to keep it a secret forever?"
Lu Mingfei turned his head to look at the man hugging him from behind, and his mind suddenly stopped working. Because at this moment, the two of them were still naked under the quilt. If his adoptive father pushed the door open and came in, he would just catch the two men in bed...
Just thinking about this scene made his brain feel like it was about to explode.
Zhao Lang instructed the guards outside through the door: "Bring the man in first and let him sit outside for a while."
"Yes, sir." The guards outside recognized the voice of their master, responded and left quickly.
Lu Mingfei turned over in the quilt and looked at Zhao Lang, thinking about the question Zhao Lang had just asked him.
Yeah, are they planning to keep it a secret forever?
"What about you? What are your plans?" he asked Zhao Lang.
"I have already written a letter, asking my father to come to Kyoto if he is free after the New Year. We can meet as father and son, and I will tell him about you and me in person then." Zhao Lang said seriously.
"You ask your father to come to Beijing at this time?" Lu Mingfei was even more surprised that Zhao Lang asked his father to come to Kyoto at this critical juncture?
He looked at the man with a look that said, "Are you crazy?"
"You asked your father to come here at this time... No, can Beijun be without your father? Don't forget, Zhao Rui is still uncertain."
Rather than worrying about Prince Ding's arrival in Jingdu Prefecture affecting the situation there, or even Zhao Lang's position as regent, Lu Mingfei was more worried about what might happen at the border after Prince Ding left Beijun, leaving the border leaderless.
After all, once the border defense line is broken, it will be a matter of life and death for tens of thousands of civilians.
If Hu Bing's cavalry were allowed to move south, even Kyoto Prefecture would be in danger, as there would be even more people heading south.
"I know what you are worried about. I will discuss it with my father in advance and take precautions in advance." Zhao Lang said.
"You'd better be absolutely sure before making such a decision, otherwise this is a matter of life and death involving hundreds of thousands of civilians!" Lu Mingfei looked at Zhao Lang steadily, remembering that his adoptive father was still waiting for him outside.
"I'm going to go out and see my adoptive father first, and then I'll talk to you about this later."
"Are you going to go with me to see my adoptive father? Or...leave quietly?"
"Do you want me to go with you to see him?" Zhao Lang asked, looking at their Lord Lu.
The two looked at each other, and Lu Mingfei could see that His Royal Highness the Regent was asking for a formal status with him. He propped his forehead with one hand, feeling inexplicably amused. "Okay, if you want, then come with me to see him."
"Thank you, Lord Lu, for giving me this opportunity." Zhao Lang lowered his head and kissed Lord Lu.
What he got was a glare from Lord Lu.
By the time the two of them got up, dressed, washed up and went out together, it was already two cups of tea.
At this time, Lu Qingfeng asked someone to bring the New Year gift for his adopted son into the mansion. He sat on a chair in the room, waiting for his adopted son to come out to see him.
Touching the armrest of the chair and looking at such a big house, he couldn't help but feel a sense of pride in his heart. His adopted son is really capable!
It was thanks to his adopted son that he, as the adoptive father, had the opportunity to visit the official's house and was treated as a guest of honor.
He is lucky to have such an adopted son in his life!
Just as he was looking around, he heard footsteps outside. Lu Qingfeng hurriedly stood up from his chair and walked to the door to wait for people.
He saw his adopted son coming from the other end of the corridor with some people. When his adopted son got closer, Lu Qingfeng saw that the person walking with his adopted son was a tall man with an extraordinary aura.
At this moment, an idea flashed through his mind. It turned out that there was a guest at his adopted son's house. No wonder he sat for a while before his adopted son came to see him.
"Godfather, why are you waiting for me at the door? It's so cold outside, please go inside quickly." Lu Mingfei walked over and reached out to hold his godfather's hand.
"Okay." Lu Qingfeng subconsciously looked up at the man next to his adopted son.
Lu Mingfei did not immediately introduce the people around him to his adoptive father. Instead, he led his adoptive father into the house first, and then introduced Zhao Lang to his adoptive father, "This is His Royal Highness the Regent."
"W-what?" Your Highness the Regent?
Lu Qingfeng was stunned for a moment and was about to kneel down to salute.
But before he could kneel down, his adopted son grabbed his hand and stopped him.
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