396, Father and Son Talk at Night
396, Father and Son Talk at Night
"What on earth is going on?" When Prince Ding learned that his son had fallen into the water, he hurried over and saw his eldest son sitting on the ground soaked. He turned to look at his legitimate son who was standing beside him, his expression very ugly.
Zhao Lang didn't say anything, but just looked at his furious father calmly.
All the officials present were silent, and no one dared to speak at this time.
Only Lu Mingfei saw Zhao Rui opening his mouth to speak. He quickly stepped forward and blocked Zhao Rui's mouth before speaking. He then bowed to Prince Ding and said, "Your Highness, the young general accidentally fell into the water. Fortunately, the Regent discovered him in time and had him rescued."
"..." Zhao Rui, who had just escaped death, looked at Mr. Lu in disbelief after hearing what Lu Mingfei said, "You..."
Just as he was about to speak, he heard a cold snort. Turning around, he saw his good second brother staring at him with a look that looked like he was going to eat him. Zhao Rui couldn't help but shudder, and the words on his lips were abruptly taken back.
Prince Ding was not a fool. As soon as he saw this situation, he knew that his eldest son's fall into the water must have been related to his legitimate son.
But he also knew that it was not a wise move to expose his son's disagreements in front of everyone.
So no matter whether the eldest son pushed his elder brother into the water or the eldest son really fell into the water himself, there can only be one explanation to the outside world.
Unable to vent his anger on his legitimate son, he could only vent his anger on the servants in the mansion, "Hurry up and help him back to the house to change clothes!"
"Yes, yes, yes."
Seeing this, the housekeeper of the mansion hurriedly asked someone to go forward and help their eldest young master up and take him away.
The guards who knew the truth naturally did not dare to tell the truth today.
Prince Ding glanced at his legitimate son and Lu Mingfei. If he didn't know the relationship between the two, he would have thought that Lu Mingfei was eager to protect his master. Now he knew that this boy was eager to protect his husband!
Seeing Prince Ding glaring at them, Lu Mingfei showed no fear at all. Instead, he smiled and said to his father-in-law, "Your Highness, there's a banquet and performances prepared up front. Why don't you and the others take a seat up front to eat and watch the performance?"
Prince Ding was furious when he saw the boy's smiling face. But he couldn't get angry at this brat who stood up to smooth things over between the three of them in front of so many guests.
Otherwise, he, the Prince Ding, would be known as someone who harshly criticized the younger generation! With a cold snort in his heart, he left with the officials around him.
When Fu Lianxin saw everyone leaving, he followed suit and didn't dare to stay.
After everyone had left, Lu Mingfei looked at the person standing next to him and said, "You were too impulsive just now."
"I didn't kill him, which is already giving face to my father." Zhao Lang snorted and said.
"Restrain yourself. Conflicting with your father at this moment won't do us any good. We've already taken ninety-nine steps out of a hundred. We can't let all our efforts go to waste at this one step." Lu Mingfei looked at the man who was clearly still unconvinced and asked, "Do you understand what I mean?"
This time, Zhao Lang looked at Lu Mingfei intently before nodding reluctantly.
"Let's go, let's go to the front." Lu Mingfei gestured to Zhao Lang to go first, and he followed Zhao Lang.
When the two of them came to the front together, everyone was already seated.
There were two seats reserved for them at the main table, and they both took their seats. Zhao Lang sat to the right of Prince Ding, and Lu Mingfei sat beside him.
The seat to Prince Ding's left was still empty; it was obvious that Young Master Zhao had not arrived yet.
The dishes were half served when Zhao Rui, who had changed his clothes, came back. This time, with their father by his side, he had the support of his father and glared at Zhao Lang fearlessly.
It’s a pity that Zhao Lang didn’t even look at him, which made him feel like his fist was hitting cotton, and made him even angrier.
Seeing that Zhao Lang ignored him, Zhao Rui wanted his second brother to pay attention to him even more. He raised the wine glass in his hand to toast his younger brother: "Second brother, thank you for saving my life just now. Here, I toast you a glass."
Others don’t know what’s going on, but the two brothers know what’s going on.
Zhao Lang glanced at Zhao Rui and chuckled softly. He raised the wine glass in his hand to gesture for it to go back, then raised his head and drank the wine in the glass.
The dishes for today's banquet were prepared by the chef from the restaurant. There were special people watching over the drinks, and there were also many guards arranged by them at Prince Ding's Mansion.
Therefore, Lu Mingfei was not worried that Zhao Rui would do anything to their drinks. Seeing Zhao Rui constantly picking on them, he also knew that this young master was just jealous of Zhao Lang.
It's just a grasshopper in autumn. What's wrong with letting it jump around for a while longer?
***
A troupe of actors was invited to perform on stage, and the first scene was a martial arts scene.
Prince Ding and a group of military generals watched with great interest.
Lu Mingfei didn’t like watching this kind of thing before, but that night he found that opera was actually quite interesting.
That night, there was no other disturbance at the welcoming banquet held for Prince Ding except that the eldest son Zhao "accidentally fell into the water".
After the banquet, Lu Mingfei stayed to accompany Zhao Lang to see the guests off.
Zhao Rui also joined them in seeing the guests off.
Seeing Zhao Rui fawning over the officials in the court and wanting to take this opportunity to get to know everyone, they simply couldn't bear to watch.
After seeing off the last guest, the steward who was accompanying Prince Ding came over to greet their young master, "Young Master, the prince asked you to go see him after you finish your work."
"Okay, I understand." Zhao Lang responded.
Seeing that the steward didn't mention him, Zhao Rui couldn't help but ask unhappily: "Didn't my father ask me to go too?"
"The prince only said to let the prince go." The steward was not afraid of their eldest young master and spoke truthfully.
"You!" Zhao Rui's face suddenly became very ugly, and he flicked his sleeves and left.
Seeing that he had nothing to do here, Lu Mingfei said to Zhao Lang: "Then I will go back first."
"Yeah." Zhao Lang nodded and gave the young man a look that said, "Go back and wait for me."
Lu Mingfei nodded in understanding, walked out, got on the carriage waiting for him at the door, and left in the carriage.
After watching the last carriage leave, Zhao Lang turned and walked into the palace to meet his father.
That night, the father and son chatted for half the night.
Only Zhao Rui was in the small courtyard where he lived. When he learned that Zhao Lang had been in the courtyard where their father lived for a long time and had not come out, he knew in his heart that the two must be discussing something important and had excluded him.
This made him feel extremely anxious, and at the same time, he felt as if he had lost his father's favor.
Waving for the guards beside him to lean over, Zhao Rui lowered his voice and ordered, "Go and find out what they are talking about."
"Master, there are people inside and outside the courtyard where the prince lives. Once we get close, we will be discovered by those people immediately..." said the guard with some embarrassment.
"You useless guy! You can't even handle a small thing!" Zhao Rui cursed angrily.
But he knew in his heart that if his father knew that he had sent people to gather information and was caught, even he, the favored son, would be in trouble.
The guards wanted to persuade their master, but they also knew that their master was angry at the moment, and no matter what they said, their master would definitely vent his anger on them.
After thinking about it, the guard said nothing.
Zhao Rui waved his hands irritably, "Get out of here!"
"Yes." The guard bowed and retreated outside.
It was not until after midnight that Zhao Rui received the news that his good brother had come out of the courtyard where their father lived. He was so angry that he smashed the teacup beside him, but he dared not say anything.
The pressure on his chest was neither going up nor down. Zhao Rui waved to the guards around him and said, "Find a few people to keep an eye on Zhao Lang."
"...Yes, master." The guards didn't dare to say anything else. After receiving the order from their master, they arranged for a few brothers to keep an eye on the other young master.
After returning to the courtyard where he lived from the main courtyard, Zhao Lang entered the house, washed up, and then blew out the lights to create the illusion that he was sleeping.
In fact, he had already changed his clothes and put on a human skin mask and came to Lord Lu's mansion.
On the way, Li Qun told his master: "Master, the eldest young master has sent someone to keep an eye on the courtyard where you live."
"Kidnap the man and send him to my father." Zhao Lang looked down on Zhao Rui's shameful behavior and gave the order directly.
"Yes, master." Li Qun replied.
After sending their master to the house where Lord Lu lived, they stopped outside the door.
***
There was an oil lamp lit on the table in the room, but the light was not very bright.
Zhao Lang walked in and saw the person sleeping on the bed. He knew that Lu Mingfei usually blew out the lights before going to bed, so this light was obviously lit for him.
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but smile, and his mood inexplicably improved.
However, in order not to disturb their Lord Lu's sleep, he walked over and blew out the oil lamp on the table before walking towards the bed in the dark.
Just when he thought the person on the bed had fallen asleep, he reached out to touch his Lord Lu, but as soon as his hand touched Lord Lu's hand, Lord Lu grabbed it with his backhand.
"Aren't you asleep yet? Are you waiting for me?" Zhao Lang took off his shoes and got on the bed, then bent down to kiss his Lord Lu.
Lu Mingfei didn't respond to Zhao Lang's previous question. He turned around and faced the man, asking, "What have you been talking about with your father until now?"
"Um."
Upon hearing this, Zhao Lang knew that his Lord Lu had been waiting for him until now because he wanted to know what he and his father had talked about tonight.
So, he picked out the important things he had said to his father and told them to the young man... 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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