Chapter 502 Extra: Lu Qiongying and Arisaema (Part 2)

"Master, what's wrong with you?"

Lu Heng's voice sounded from behind.

Tian Nanxing came back to his senses and said expressionlessly, "Nothing."

"I heard that Zuihonglou has new dishes today. How about we go and have a drink together?" Lu Heng made the invitation.

In the past, Tian Nanxing would have refused, but now he felt bitter inside and thought drinking some wine might help alleviate the pain.

"Okay." Tiannanxing agreed.

The two of them left the Imperial Hospital together and went to Zuihonglou.

Lu Heng asked for a private room as if he knew the place well.

Various dishes were served, but the Arisaema tasted bland.

Lu Heng enjoyed the meal.

After a moment he poured him a glass of wine.

"Master, are you in a bad mood?"

"No, don't talk nonsense, I'm in a good mood." Tian Nanxing took a sip of wine.

"That's fine." Lu Heng didn't say anything else and silently poured him another glass of wine.

After three rounds of drinks, Lu Heng said he wanted to go to the bathroom, leaving Tian Nanxing alone in the private room.

When Lu Heng pushed open the door, a teasing voice came in.

"Han Yi, you are so lucky. Yingying, a famous top actress in Beijing, is attracted to you. Please teach us your secrets."

Korean?

Arisaema pricked up its ears immediately.

Isn't this the name of the youngest son of the Minister of Revenue?

This guy is about to get engaged to the Fifth Princess and become her consort, but he is still involved with the top girl in the brothel?

Arisaema was filled with anger.

This guy is not satisfied with marrying the fifth princess and is still flirting with other girls outside.

Seeing them enter a private room next door, Tian Nanxing quietly went to the wall of the room, wanting to hear clearly what they had to say.

"Han Yi, are you planning to redeem Yingying?"

The person who spoke was the bad friend to whom Han Yi had previously taught the secret technique.

"Of course. Yingying treats me sincerely, so I naturally have to redeem her and let her go home with me to be my concubine." Han Yi said it with such determination.

Arisaema was enraged.

Having five princesses is not enough, this man even dares to take a concubine. Isn’t he afraid of being punished by the emperor?

Although the emperor did not explicitly say that a prince consort was not allowed to take concubines, seeing how he doted on his concubines, one could tell that it was definitely not allowed.

"Master, what are you doing?"

Tian Nanxing wanted to listen more, but Lu Heng came back.

He stretched himself as if nothing had happened.

"Nothing, I just drank too much and got up to get some fresh air." He walked to the window and pushed it open a little.

"Oh, then let's have a few more drinks before going back." Lu Heng asked him to sit down and continue drinking.

Arisaema sat back down silently.

After a moment, he could not help but ask, "Do you know the youngest son of the Minister of Revenue?"

"I know him, but not very well." Lu Heng shook his head.

"But he will soon become my fifth brother-in-law, so I should be able to get familiar with him soon."

"Did you know that he wanted to redeem the virginity of the brothel's courtesan and take her home as his concubine?" Tian Nanxing couldn't help but say it out loud.

"What?" Lu Heng was surprised.

"He dares? Isn't he afraid that my Fifth Sister will shoot him out of the Princess's Mansion?"

"He's next door. I just heard what he said with my own ears." Tian Nanxing's face was cold as he looked at Lu Heng quietly.

This guy should tell the fifth princess about this, right? After all, the relationship between the two siblings has always been good.

"This boy has gone too far. I'm going to tell my fifth sister!" Lu Heng gritted his teeth in anger.

Hearing this, Tiannanxing breathed a sigh of relief.

Han Yi is such a bad boy, the emperor should reconsider the fifth princess' marriage.

Unexpectedly, the restaurant had closed for several days and there was no movement in the palace.

The fifth princess also went in and out of the princess's mansion and the military camp as usual.

Tian Nanxing couldn't help but ask Lu Heng.

"Have you told the Fifth Princess about what happened that day?"

"I did say that, but the fifth princess said it didn't matter, as she didn't like Han Yi. If he wants to take a concubine, then let him take a concubine." Lu Heng sighed.

"How can that be possible!" Tiannanxing suddenly became anxious.

"There's nothing we can do. The imperial decree for the marriage has already been issued. If we cancel the engagement now, the Fifth Princess will feel ashamed." Lu Heng spread his hands helplessly.

"There's nothing to be ashamed of. It's Han Yi who has the problem. It has nothing to do with the Fifth Princess." Tian Nanxing didn't expect Lu Qiongying to think this way.

This is so unlike her.

Could it be that after being rejected by him so many times, she became discouraged and decided to just give up?

"There's no way. The fifth princess has been stubborn and insists on her own opinion since she was a child. I can't persuade her." Lu Heng shook his head and walked away.

When Tian Nanxing heard this, she recalled the first time they met, when he performed surgery on her.

The little girl's eyes were full of stubbornness and strength. Even though the knife cut her body and she broke out in a cold sweat due to the pain, she didn't even cry out in pain.

This little girl is definitely someone who won't look back once she has made up her mind.

But he wanted her to live a happy life, instead of marrying someone she didn't love and living a careless life.

Thinking that Lu Qiongying would be sad and cry because of such a bad man in the future, his heart seemed to be pulled into a ball.

He spent the whole afternoon in the pharmacy absent-mindedly, but finally couldn't help but go to find Lu Qiongying.

Looking at the direction he was heading, Lu Heng breathed a sigh of relief.

“Finally it worked.”

God knows how worried he has been these days.

If the master didn't ask today, he would be unable to hold back and would take the initiative to bring up the matter.

That day he specifically inquired about whether Han Yi would go to Zuihonglou.

That's why he brought his master over there.

He had bribed the waiter in the building early on and brought Han Yi and others to the private room next door. Even the person who deliberately exposed Han Yi's intention to redeem the courtesan was arranged by him.

This was to let the master know that the fifth princess was about to marry the wrong man.

"Fifth sister, Fifth sister, I have already done everything you asked me to do. The rest depends on you."

…

Tian Nanxing came to the gate of the princess's mansion and waited for Lu Qiongying.

Unexpectedly, when Lu Qiongying saw him, she acted as if she saw nothing and just walked past him.

"I have met the Fifth Princess." He had to call her.

"What's the use of being Doctor Tian?" Lu Qiongying's tone sounded very distant and polite.

Tiannanxing felt inexplicably sad.

She wasn't so cold to him before.

He suddenly missed the time when she called his name so crisply before.

But now is not the time to think about these things. He bit his tongue, came back to his senses, lowered his eyes and said, "I came here today to tell you that Han Yi lingered in brothels before marriage and wanted to take brothel girls as concubines. He is not a good man. The princess deserves better. I hope the princess will think twice about this marriage."

Lu Qiongying said calmly, "Oh, it's just a small matter? Thank you for troubling the imperial physician to come here. I understand, you can leave now."

Tian Nanxing was anxious: "How can this be a trivial matter? This concerns the princess' life!"

"What does it have to do with you?" Lu Qiongying asked back.

Arisaema was stunned on the spot.