Chapter 558 Extra: Lu Can (4)

"Of course. In this life, mother is only your mother." Qu Zhi smiled and touched his head.

Lu Can threw himself into her arms and cried heartily.

The knot in the hearts of mother and son was completely untied, and Lu Can returned to his usual carefree and happy self.

Until Lu Li was eighteen years old.

When he learned that the Ninth Princess was going to leave the palace for a private visit, he clamored to go with her.

The Ninth Princess asked him to ask his father and mother, and if they agreed, he could be taken with them.

He asked anxiously, but he didn't expect them to say that it would be enough as long as the Ninth Princess agreed.

He happily told this to his Ninth Princess and secured an opportunity for a secret visit with her.

Along the way, he saw many sights that he could not see in the palace.

It turned out that he was luckier than most people in the world in terms of his birth.

He made up his mind that after returning to the palace, he would assist his ninth sister in ascending the throne and help govern the country of Da Xia.

Unexpectedly, after returning to the palace, the Ninth Princess actually announced a new successor.

She chose Lu Chaoying, the daughter of her fifth sister, to succeed her.

Some people took the opportunity to sow discord between them, saying that he should be the successor.

Lu Can grabbed the man without saying a word and brought him in front of the Ninth Princess.

It doesn't matter who holds the throne, as long as he can make Daxia more prosperous and powerful and make the people's lives better and better.

It's obvious that the person who instigated him had bad intentions.

If he was dissatisfied and rebelled, wouldn't the common people be the ones who suffered?

He doesn't want to be a sinner for all eternity.

Lu Li praised his behavior greatly, and Lu Can was very proud.

Others with bad intentions no longer dared to come to him.

Three years later, when Lu Can was eighteen years old, Lu Li wanted to choose a wife for him.

But he refused.

"I want to be like my brothers and sisters and find a wife of my choice."

Lu Li naturally wouldn't force him, she just asked him to tell him if he met someone he liked.

Lu Can nodded in agreement.

But he spent several years searching for it.

Lu Li is about to abdicate in favor of Xian, and Lu Can has not yet married.

The virtuous concubine Qu Zhiwei suddenly became anxious.

"Can'er, you are already 24 years old, it's time to get married."

Lu Can said stubbornly, "Twenty-four is not bad. My fifth brother-in-law married my fifth sister when he was twenty-six."

Qu Zhiwei: ...

This kid has so many excuses every day.

"How can it be the same? You should get married and have children as soon as possible. I also want to have grandchildren. Look, others have grandchildren to hold, but I don't." Qu Zhiwei stared at him resentfully.

Lu Can: ...

Mother is good in every way except that she likes to urge him to get married too much.

He hasn't met the person who makes his heart beat fast, so he doesn't want to just get married and have children casually.

"Okay, okay, I promise that I will find you a daughter-in-law this year."

Lu Can used the tactic of procrastination and continued to fool people.

"That's what you said." Qu Zhiwei finally smiled.

Lu Can nodded perfunctorily and gave a flattering smile.

But soon he couldn't laugh anymore.

His mother actually arranged for him to see a date every day.

His mother brought all the unmarried girls among the important officials in the court to meet him.

One a day was not enough, so sometimes his mother would let him see two or three a day.

Lu Can almost vomited after drinking tea.

"If you still don't like the last one, your mother promises not to force you." Qu Zhiwei stopped Lu Can who wanted to slip away.

"Okay, I'll listen to you." Lu Can nodded perfunctorily.

He had heard his mother say this ten times.

He believed that he was a dog.

So, while it was still dark, he found an excuse to go to his second sister's house to play, left a letter, and ran away from home.

When Qu Zhiwei saw this letter, he almost died of anger.

This kid, isn't it just about marrying a wife, but he's being treated as if he's being beheaded.

Lu Can drove out of the capital, and when he arrived at the post station outside the capital, he changed horses and continued on his journey.

The car has a license plate, and my mother will soon send someone to check it out.

If he rides a horse, no one will be able to find him unless the Ninth Princess helps.

Lu Can made up his mind to play for a while before returning to the capital, so as to avoid being caught by his mother and forced to meet those boring noble ladies in the capital.

Lu Can was so tired after driving and riding that night that he found an inn to stay in.

When he woke up, he found that his bag had been stolen.

Lu Can was dumbfounded.

It was the first time he went out by himself and he encountered such a tragic incident.

The other party also stole all the jade pendants and other items he had on him, and did not leave him any silver.

Lu Can was confused and then angry.

Who is so brave as to steal from him?

He wants to report to the police!

But then he changed his mind and thought that if he reported it to the authorities, his identity would be exposed, and then his mother would know about it.

If his mother, brother and sister knew about such an embarrassing thing, he would definitely die of laughter.

Lu Can thought about it and decided not to report to the police.

He went to find the innkeeper.

The shopkeeper was also shocked to learn that all his bags had been stolen.

"This is a five-star inn rated by the Lantian Daily. This kind of thing cannot happen. Come on, I'll take you to report it to the police."

Lu Can quickly refused.

"I'm in a hurry, so I won't report it to the authorities. You didn't supervise the inn properly, so you just have to pay me five taels of silver."

The shopkeeper raised his eyebrows and looked at him: "Are you trying to trick us?"

"I didn't cheat you. I brought five hundred taels of silver notes, and now I only ask you to pay five taels of silver. How can this be called fraud?" Lu Can was anxious.

"I asked you to report to the police but you didn't go. Are you feeling guilty?" The shopkeeper looked at him angrily.

"I don't feel guilty!" Lu Can retorted.

"Then why don't you dare report it to the authorities?" the shopkeeper asked.

Lu Can didn't know how to answer for a moment.

He felt ashamed and wronged.

I was 24 years old, and I didn’t even know that my things were stolen by a thief.

The shopkeeper went around the entire inn and asked around, and found that only Lu Can's item had been stolen.

For a while, the crowd was excited and everyone thought that Lu Can was talking nonsense and deliberately defrauding the store owner.

Not only did they not help him catch the thief, they also handed him over to the authorities.

Lu Can had nothing to say. He angrily led his horse and turned away.

Little did he know that there were two secret guards following him.

Dark Guard Eleven tried to hold back his laughter and said, "Do you think the Fourth Prince will return to the capital today?"

"I don't know. We just need to follow the emperor's instructions. Steal all the silver from the fourth prince, and he will definitely return to the capital." Dark Guard Twelve answered coldly.

Yesterday, Lu Li knew that her brother had run away from home, so she sent someone to catch up with Lu Can in a car, intending to teach the defenseless Lu Can a lesson.

He was always protected by secret guards whenever he left the palace before, and he had never suffered any hardship.

This time he is running away from home, so let him experience the darkness of walking alone in the world.

Lu Li in the capital city saw the foolish Lu Can through the melon-eating system and started to laugh.