Zhangjia Jinzhi

Chapter 158 Provocation
Since Prince Chun fell in rebellion and Prince Chun's son Ming Yu was sentenced to death, Pan Yumei's original marriage contract with Prince Chun's son was annulled.

This incident brought the Pan family to the forefront for a while, and Pan Yumei's reputation was also damaged as a result.Mrs. Pan was so worried that she couldn't sleep all night, that's why she later urged Pan Taiwei to ask the Holy Majesty to come forward to grant the marriage.

Taiwei Pan's original intention of getting married with Lu Hou was met with frustration by the emperor, which only caused a joke, and also made Pan Yumei's marriage between high and low attainments even more difficult.

Pan Yumei had previously become the laughing stock of the entire aristocratic circle because of Prince Chun's heir's incontinence, and later because of Prince Chun's rebellion, she became the talk of the entire Shengjing City after dinner.

The words "Prince Chun's Mansion" had long been turned into deep-seated resentment in her heart, and she could not easily touch them.

Fortunately, her father, Taiwei Pan, is also regarded as a close minister of His Majesty, and no noble lady would dare to touch her against her face with this marriage.

Today she did not expect that Li Taiwei would actually tear her face apart in public, leaving no room for maneuver, her complexion turned pale with anger, and even her voice trembled:

"You!...how dare you..."

Pan Yuming also darkened when he heard the sound, stepped forward and said to Li Taiwei:

"Sister Sister's marriage contract is the one that the Empress Dowager decides to withdraw from. I hope the princess will be careful not to ruin Sister Sister's reputation!"

Li Taiwei gave him a cold look, then laughed and said:
"My princess and Lu Shizi are on errands under the order of the empress, and my sister has been provoking many times just now. Did Mr. Pan think that my Prince Rui's mansion is so easy to handle?"

Pan Yuming called Li Taiwei's words with a guilty conscience. Although Pan Taiwei was at the same level as Li, Li Xiang was the head of civil servants after all, so he should not be easily offended.

No matter how annoyed Pan Yumei was, when she heard that Li Taiwei had moved out the queen, she didn't dare to make a mistake right away, she endured it and finally turned her face away.

"The princess calms down."

Seeing this, Pan Yulan stepped forward to pay respects, and apologized to Li Taiwei,
"Princess, my second elder sister has always been outspoken. I was afraid that the princess and the prince would be misunderstood by others, so she was rude to the princess just now. Please don't be offended by the princess."

Li Taiwei glanced at Pan Yulan with downcast eyes, thinking that this is the most powerful girl in Pan Taiwei's family, if she was able to steal Pan Yumei's marriage in her previous life, she probably isn't a good person in this life.

Thinking of this, Li Taiwei smiled, stepped forward and took Pan Yulan's hand, and said affectionately:
"It's reasonable for me to look at Fourth Miss Pan. Your Majesty will hunt in the paddock next month. If Miss Pan Fourth is free, you might as well be my companion."

Pan Yulan didn't expect Li Taiwei to be able to praise her so much in public, her eyes trembled, she subconsciously glanced at Pan Yumei's livid face, and politely saluted and thanked her:
"The little girl dare not agree to the princess, she still needs to ask her aunt to thank the princess for her love."

Pan Yulan is the concubine of the family, so she would not be brought by her aunt on occasions like this.

Li Taiwei glanced at her pretending to regret, curled his lips and said:
"That's really a pity...Princess Changping will also be there that day, and your temper will definitely make her happy..."

Pan Yulan hid the deep meaning in her eyes, hurriedly bowed her head and said a few words of absurd praise from the princess.

Pan Yumei saw Li Taiwei talking to her concubine in a friendly manner, and ignored her as a serious concubine. She glared at Pan Yulan angrily, said hello angrily, turned her head and left.

Pan Yuming bid farewell to Lu Xiao with an embarrassed expression, and took Pan Yulan to chase Pan Yumei in a hurry.

Lu Xiao glanced coldly at the distraught Pan brothers and sisters, and whispered a few words to Gu Yu, Gu Yu nodded and followed quietly.

Lu Xiao turned his face sideways, looked at Li Taiwei who was smiling like a fox, and sighed:

"Sure enough, she is still the most poisonous woman~"

Although the Pan family sisters don't understand temperament, they also know that in previous lives they fought for the position of Prince Chun and concubine. Today, if Li Taiwei teases her like this, the Pan family's backyard doesn't know what troubles will happen...

Li Taiwei turned her head to look at him triumphantly:
"Non-toxic and not a husband! Let's be each other, neither of us should be humble..."

Lu Xiao laughed, and gave her a loving look.

After sending Li Taiwei all the way back to Prince Rui's Mansion, Lu Xiao turned back to the mansion. Halfway through the ride, Gu Yu followed.

Lu Xiao glanced at him calmly:
"It's done?"

Gu Yu glanced left and right, covered her mouth and smiled:

"Mr. Pan's riding skills are really bad, so one of his subordinates flicked a stone and startled his horse. He howled all the way, and his voice was really... insulting to gentleness!"

"Second Miss Pan watched Eldest Master Pan rushing out on horseback, and she turned pale with fright on the spot, crying and calling for people to chase her..."

Hearing this, Lu Xiao didn't show any joy on his face. He waved to Gu Yu and whispered to him on the horse.

The crown prince told him just now that there was an inner ghost in the dark guard, and ordered him and Jing Zhe, who had just recovered, to investigate secretly, so as not to startle the snake for the time being.

The secret guards in the hands of the master are the few people that Hou Ye sent down when he threw the prince into the barracks. They went to battle with the prince to kill the enemy, and secretly protected the prince. It stands to reason that these people should be trusted.

After the son returned to Beijing, he added a dozen more people one after another. How many people are there and where are they hiding?
Gu Yu felt a little troubled, ever since Lu Shizi asked people to secretly stare at Mr. Sheng, he felt more and more that the Hou Mansion was in danger...

After Lu Xiao returned to the mansion, he was called to the study by Lu Hou, and asked about the errand assigned by the queen in the palace.

Hearing that Li Taiwei asked what happened, and then asked the queen to hand over the matter to Dali Temple, Lu Hou felt a little relieved.

It is inevitable that they will be involved in court disputes, but if they are deeply involved in the harem... this is definitely not a good thing!

The father and son discussed for a while, and when Lu Hou saw that Lu Xiao was still lingering, he raised his eyebrows in surprise and asked:
"What? Is there anything else to tell me?"

Lu Xiao pretended to be reserved for a while, then turned around and approached his father, hesitatingly said:

"Can you...give me 5000 taels of silver?"

Lu Hou stared, and shouted loudly:

"How many did you say?"

Lu Xiao clenched his fists and said guiltyly:
"Then... 3000 taels will do!"

His father has been strict with him since he was a child, and the money is paid out on a monthly basis, lest he go astray!

"What do you want so much money for?"

Lu Hou felt faintly uneasy, and suddenly hissed,

"Could it be that you caused trouble for me again outside? Could it be that... you killed someone?"

Lu Xiao's face turned dark when he heard this:
"Can you hope that I will be better? Li Taiwei's makeup money is more than a hundred taels a month. I am a majestic Changping Hou Shizi. Is it reasonable for you to give me so much money every month?"

"Besides...you are willing to buy such a precious jade dew incense for Aunt Luo, why can't you be more generous to your own son?"

Lu Hou asked Lu Xiao to complain for a while, he was a little puzzled, he paused for a while and then said to Lu Xiao in disgust:
"If you were a girl, I would give you so much money to buy flowers to wear! Who told you that you are a worthless boy?"

"What jade dew fragrance? I have never heard of it..."

As soon as Lu Hou finished speaking, Lu Xiao's face suddenly darkened...

(End of this chapter)