Chapter 721 Collaboration - It's Your Uncle
"Over the years, looking across the entire capital, the person I'm closest to besides you is Renjie. I never imagined that the kid would actually be my nephew."
Lu Hexuan couldn't help but sigh, but when he thought of Gu Renjie, that disloyal kid, he started complaining again.
"This kid really knows how to keep things to himself. Even if he hasn't been in contact with me for the past two years, shouldn't he have at least told me about such a big secret?"
Speaking of this, Ji Wenjin felt the same way.
"You also said that if Yingjie hadn't let it slip today, he might have kept it from me for a long time."
As the elder brother, Ji Wenjin felt terrible about being deceived.
Upon hearing this, Lu Hexuan glanced at Ji Wenjin, then simply sat down and began to tell Ji Wenjin about how he met Consort Yun.
"Actually, I don't remember Sister Yun very well anymore. I only remember that when I was five years old, I was playing in the Imperial Garden, and the wet nurse next to me took me to a secluded and deserted palace and ran away."
“I was locked inside the palace. It was cold and I was hungry. I called for a long time but no one came. Just when I thought I was about to starve and freeze to death, Sister Yun carried me out of the palace. She was pregnant at the time. I thought she was a bad person and kicked her a few times.”
Thinking back, if she hadn't been so weak and powerless at the time, Yunfei would probably have been kicked and miscarried.
"Sister Yun saved my life, but she was ruthlessly murdered by that man after giving birth to her child."
At this point, a hint of hatred flashed in Lu Hexuan's eyes.
Ji Wenjin knew that Lu Hexuan had always hated the emperor, not only because the emperor killed Consort Yun, who saved his life, but also because his father, mother, brothers, sisters, and everyone else had died because of the emperor's schemes.
Now, the emperor is old; he is no longer a five or six-year-old child, but a prince of twenty-seven or twenty-eight.
With Gu Renjie's current popularity, as well as the support of the Marquis's Mansion and the General's Mansion, Lu Hexuan believed that what he had always hoped for would soon come true.
After Ji Wenjin left the Prince's mansion, Lu Hexuan did not go back to rest immediately, but instead found a night-clothes and put them on himself.
"Where is Your Highness going?"
Although Lu Hexuan moved very quietly, Princess Chuxia still heard the noise.
She rubbed her sleepy eyes and asked in a low voice.
"I have to go out for a bit," Lu Hexuan said, having already fastened the last belt.
Seeing that he was about to leave, Princess Chuxia quickly stood up and said, "Wait, I'll go with you."
As she spoke, Princess Chuxia went to find her night clothes, but in her dazed state, she almost tripped and fell to the ground.
"Alright, where can you go like this? Be a good girl and wait for me at home. I'll be back soon."
As Lu Hexuan spoke, he gently flicked her forehead. His little wife was good in every way, except that she was extremely possessive.
Whenever he needed to go out on business, they would try their best to follow him, making it inconvenient for him to go anywhere.
However, Princess Chuxia cannot be blamed for this, since she secretly followed Crown Prince Wei to the Great Zhou in order to marry Lu Hexuan.
With such a tortuous path to winning her husband, she really wouldn't be herself if she didn't keep a close eye on things.
"Then come back soon."
Although Princess Chuxia was quite willful when she was a princess, she has gradually come to understand Lu Hexuan's situation after being married to him for more than a year, and her personality has matured considerably.
After kissing Princess Chuxia on the forehead, Lu Hexuan turned and left the room.
His martial arts skills weren't as good as Ji Wenjin's, so he couldn't do things like scaling walls. However, he had bodyguards with him, so it was still easy for him to leave the mansion and enter a courtyard.
Leaving the Prince's mansion with ease, Lu Hexuan quickly arrived at the Yun residence.
Lu Hexuan thought that if Ji Wenjin could enter the Prince's Mansion so easily, then he could certainly enter the Yun Mansion very easily as well.
However, just as he was being led by the guards to jump over the high wall, he was surrounded by a group of people.
"Who dares to trespass into the Yun residence?"
Lu Hexuan was startled by the menacing aura of the guards and almost lost his balance and fell.
"I am the Wise Prince. Quickly bring your master to see me."
Calming himself, Lu Hexuan tried his best to make his voice sound more authoritative.
The guards did not release Lu Hexuan after hearing his words, but instead sent someone to report to Yun Yichen.
A short while later, the guards returned, and Lu Hexuan was finally freed from his fate of standing on the wall and entered Yun Yichen's study.
"Speak, what brings you here in the middle of the night?" Yun Yichen crossed his legs and sat down in the main seat.
"You brat, your uncle is here and you don't even greet him personally. Who are you trying to impress with this act?"
If we were to ask who Lu Hexuan dislikes the most among all these younger generation members, it would undoubtedly be Yun Yichen.
He always wore a stern face, no matter who he met, as if someone owed him a fortune. He knew the man harbored resentment, but did he have to act like he was the only one with such a deep-seated hatred?
"Who are you showing this to?" Yun Yichen waved his hand, almost making Lu Hexuan so angry he died.
Thinking of the purpose of his visit tonight, Lu Hexuan tried hard to suppress the urge to teach this boy a lesson on behalf of his elder sister, and slowly said, "I came to tell you that Renjie is actually Sister Yun's son, your cousin."
Lu Hexuan felt that this news would at least make Yun Yichen's attitude better.
To his surprise, Yun Yichen didn't react at all after hearing this, and even asked him in return, "Is it really such a small matter?"
"What do you mean by 'this is a small matter'? This is a small matter? Yun Yichen, have you forgotten what your own surname should be?"
Lu Hexuan, having reached his limit, no longer needed to hold back. He stood up and looked at Yun Yichen as if he wanted to punch him.
Not to be outdone, Yun Yichen straightened up and looked at Lu Hexuan with a provocative expression.
Seeing the atmosphere rapidly deteriorate, Gu Shuyan, who had originally not planned to show herself, finally couldn't help but step out from behind the screen.
"Uncle, let's talk this out. What family matters are there that warrant violence?"
Gu Shuyan smoothed things over, and Lu Hexuan calmed down a bit, lowering his slightly raised hand.
"Shushu, get out of my way. Even if he attacks, he can't beat me."
As soon as Yun Yichen spoke, Lu Hexuan was about to explode again. Seeing this, Gu Shuyan quickly stood between the two and said to Yun Yichen, who seemed to have taken the wrong medicine, "Brother Yun, no matter what, Uncle is still an elder. You really shouldn't talk like that."
Seeing that Yun Yichen had restrained himself, Gu Shuyan turned to Lu Hexuan and said, "Uncle, you may not know this, but we actually knew about my brother's matter a long time ago."
"What? You knew all along?"
Lu Hexuan rushed over to deliver the message, only to find that the other party already knew.
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