Chapter 53: Pick You Up
Time flies, and Lu Weiqing's vacation is over in a blink of an eye.
When leaving, Jiang Ran and Lu Zhaoyang both looked reluctant, and Jiang Chuan also asked them to come and visit often.
After helping the two little girls onto the carriage, Lu Weiqing deliberately stepped back and scolded Jiang Chuan a few words.
Jiang Chuan was very slow to react and was still waving. It was not until the carriage disappeared from view that he came to his senses.
Lu Weiqing was pointing this out to him! His words were a warning to him not to set his sights on Lu Zhaoyang.
Jiang Chuan cried out to the sky, it’s so unfair!
Why do they all think he's a toad trying to eat swan flesh? It's really unfair to him.
Lu Weiqing was also very excessive. He was only allowed to take other people's cabbages. If anyone looked at his cabbages twice, he would slap them twice.
Jiang Chuan secretly made up his mind that next time he must try to please Lu Zhaoyang in front of him. Wouldn't that make him so angry that he would fall over?
Having made up his mind, he became happy again and hummed a song as he returned to the mansion. Little did he know that the Third Prince's men had been watching here for a few days. When they saw them disperse, they followed the carriage to the Lu Mansion.
Of course, Eleven had already noticed these people and found an opportunity to report to Lu Weiqing.
Lu Weiqing nodded to indicate that he understood. He didn't need to worry about them. He just wanted to see what they were planning to do. The Spring Hunt was a good opportunity. It would be strange if there was no movement from the Third Prince.
During the five-day rest, when Lu Weiqing was sorting out memorials, he first thought about how tiring it would be to go to court the next day.
As soon as this thought came into his mind, he immediately became alert.
The hero’s tomb in the land of gentleness, Lu Weiqing, wake up!
"Brother Weiqing, your hair is tangled." Jiang Ran was struggling with a pearl hairpin in front of the mirror and shouted casually.
Without hesitation, Lu Weiqing stepped forward to help her take off the hairpins and rings, and then skillfully tied her hair into a bun.
Only after my hands had finished the work did my mind come back to its senses.
He could only make excuses for himself. Never mind, being incompetent in front of his wife was nothing, it was normal!
Before going to court the next day, Lu Weiqing stared at Jiang Ran's sleeping face again and again before he got up quietly and changed his clothes.
Before leaving, he told Taoli not to call her and let her sleep until she woke up naturally.
Tao Li was stunned. The son-in-law was so careful, didn't he know that once the young lady was sound asleep, even thunder wouldn't wake her up? It was just like the storybooks, how do you say it, honey mixed with oil! It was so sweet!
Eleven had an expression of dismay on his face, but he didn't dare to urge his master, so he could only look up at the sky and wait.
So Prime Minister Lu, who was never late, was late for half a quarter of an hour for the first time.
However, because he had accumulated power for a long time, no one dared to make fun of him for being newlywed, and they only muttered a few words in private.
When he left court, the results of the palace examination were announced.
Countless students crowded under the red list, some were happy, some were sad.
At this time, a rainstorm suddenly came. Those who were on the list were rejoicing in the rain, while those who failed wanted to lie in a puddle and never get up again.
Lu Yu was also among the crowd looking at the list.
He ranked second in the second class of the exam this time. If nothing unexpected happens, he will be able to enter the Hanlin Academy and be awarded the title of Hanlin Shujishi without any problem.
He felt somewhat pleased with himself, yet also somewhat regretful.
This result is indeed not comparable to Lu Weiqing's three consecutive wins, but he has also made a name for himself.
If I could get my uncle's help, in two or three years, I might be able to get a position as an editor in the Hanlin Academy. And with my father-in-law's help, there's no need to worry about not being able to rise to the top.
Lu Yu was happily thinking about it when he saw Lu Weiqing standing under the porch, seemingly waiting for someone.
He straightened his clothes and prepared to go and say hello. As he was about to go over there, he was splashed with mud by a passing carriage.
Lu Yu was about to yell when he saw the carriage stopped in front of Lu Weiqing. A girl in green holding an umbrella got out of the carriage and took his arm affectionately, and the two of them shared the same umbrella.
The girl took the initiative, and the uncle not only did not refuse, but also naturally took the oil-paper umbrella and tilted it towards her, with half of his shoulder exposed to the rain.
Lu Yu couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth.
He heard that his uncle and Jiang Ran were not getting along, and that he had sent her back to her parents' home a few days after the wedding. He was right. This superficial marriage was just a way to appease Princess Le'an.
But his uncle is now flirting with other women in public, which arouses his interest.
He wanted to see who had the ability to take away Lu Weiqing's soul.
Jiang Ran, who was identified by Lu Yu as a vixen, was chatting with Lu Weiqing.
"How do you know it's going to rain heavily?"
"I just happened to be out checking the accounts and got stuck in the shop because of the rain. Luckily you thought of asking Eleven to pick me up. If it had been a little later, I would have just run back."
Lu Weiqing smiled but said nothing. He had no idea it would rain, but since he had just left, he couldn't help but miss her, so he simply told Eleven to go check on her.
"Oh, how do you see the road--" Jiang Ran exclaimed.
Someone was so reckless that he kept bumping into them. If Lu Weiqing hadn't picked her up in time, she would have been knocked down by that person.
Jiang Ran glared at him, only to find that the man was Lu Yu, who didn't even have an umbrella and was drenched in the rain like a drowned dog.
The next moment, Lu Weiqing tilted the umbrella, covering her tightly and blocking Lu Yu's prying sight.
"Aran, Aran, how could it be you... Impossible, how could it be you..." Lu Yu repeated these two sentences over and over again as if he had gone mad.
When Lu Yu saw the girl behaving intimately with his uncle, she actually looked like Jiang Ran, and his mind went blank.
Ah Ran was never so soft-spoken and gentle. She always liked wearing red dresses. She was always impetuous. Even if she gave him an umbrella, she would hold one herself and then throw it to him casually.
This can't be true.
Lu Yu wiped his face to get rid of the rain, but he still couldn't see clearly.
He couldn't help but move forward, wanting to see the girl's face clearly, but was kicked away by his uncle.
"What? It's raining, and your wife didn't come to pick you up?" Lu Weiqing said sarcastically, with anger on his face.
"I, I...uncle..." Lu Yu stuttered, not knowing how to answer.
Lu Weiqing ignored him and carried Jiang Ran into the carriage.
The carriage sped past, splashing mud all over Lu Yu again.
But he seemed to be unaware of it, just standing there blankly, looking in the direction where the carriage was going away.
As they passed by, he smelled a familiar fragrance, which was Jiang Ran's favorite incense.
He hated it so much, regretted it so much. If, if… if it weren't for fate, would Jiang Ran be with him right now, celebrating his success on the imperial examination, picking him up from court every day, and returning home together as a couple?
Inside the carriage, Jiang Ran threw the hot water bottle at Lu Weiqing and wiped his hair with a handkerchief.
Seeing Lu Weiqing soaked to the skin, she couldn't help but mutter, "Why are you showing off? I shouldn't have picked you up earlier. You can borrow an umbrella and go home by yourself. You can't get so wet."
Jiang Ran didn't realize that she was talking to Lu Weiqing more and more casually, and even dared to criticize him.
Seeing her angry expression, Lu Weiqing smiled and gently held her hand, saying, "It's okay."
Before he could finish his words, he sneezed.
Jiang Ran rolled his eyes at him and said speechlessly, "Of all the people in my body, my mouth is the hardest."
This is unacceptable.
Lu Weiqing's words of rebuttal were on the tip of his tongue, but he swallowed them back for fear of scaring the little girl.
There is still a long way to go, one day I will let her know...
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