After exchanging lives, I can't get rid of the binding cp

Chapter 18

Fu Guan was tall and straight, walking ahead with his head held high.He walked steadily towards Lou Xiyue's direction, and a pair of scrutinizing eyes fell on her.

Lou Xiyue stood up.Her face was calm, neither humble nor overbearing. When Fu Guan looked at her, she was also looking at him.

I saw that the man had a handsome face, sharp brows, and bright eyes. He had both the temperament of a literati and the nobility of a wealthy family.

And from the steady steps of the other party, Lou Xiyue vaguely sensed that the person in front of him seemed to have some martial arts skills.

"This is the queen concubine of the Ban family from the Huaijiang mansion," Zhao Zhixian smiled respectfully and obsequiously, and he introduced, "My lady, this is the prince."

Fu Guan took a fixed look at Lou Xiyue, then smiled and cupped his hands and said, "I heard that the girl was frightened yesterday, but is she okay now?"

The line of his voice is between low and clear, neither too frivolous nor too dull.

It's kind of elegant and gentle, and it does have the taste of a humble gentleman as rumored.

On the surface, Fu Guanqi seems to be not much different from what he said.

Lou Xiyue also smiled back: "Please worry about the prince, apart from being a little frightened at first, there is no other discomfort."

She blessed the other party, and gave a little salute: "But why did the prince come here in person? Is it because of the robbers in Xifengzhai? Is the robber's matter serious?"

Fu Guan wouldn't go into details about official affairs, let alone this was the first time he met Lou Xiyue.

He said: "It can't be called troublesome. The king is just worried that the girl will have an accident and something will happen. So I came here to take a look. Seeing that you are safe and sound, I can rest assured."

Lou Xiyue replied with a smile: "I see, thank you for your concern."

She doesn't care whether Fu Guan really cares or pretends to care, and now she has brought him here mainly to deal with another matter.

She said: "I believe the prince is very clear about what happened in the West Wind Village, and I have another important matter to report to the prince, Qingshuang, Caisang—"

Qingshuang was about to reply, when Fu Guan raised his hand and interrupted: "I've heard about the folk girl picking mulberries, now I'm going to take her there for interrogation."

Fu Guan winked at the guard beside him, and that man immediately stepped forward.

Caisang felt uneasy.

Qingshuang comforted Caisang and told her not to worry.

Seeing this, Cai Sang had no choice but to nod, and left with the guards around Fu Guan.

Zhao Zhixian looked at Fu Guan, then at Lou Xiyue, and suggested: "Then, since the prince is here, why don't you have a good chat with the princess?"

As soon as the words fell, Lou Xiyue and Fu Guan said at the same time:

"It's inconvenient."

"No need."

Lou Xiyue: "..."

The two of them turned their heads at the same time, and Lou Xiyue found that Fu Guan was also looking at her.

Lou Xiyue felt that the surrounding atmosphere was a bit weird.

She explained: "Although I'm fine at the moment, I'm still a little sleepy and need to rest after a long journey. So it's not convenient to entertain the prince."

Fu Guan also said: "My king is busy with official duties, and I still have important things to do, so I don't want to disturb you. Miss, please rest here. If necessary, feel free to call Xuanyi to report."

After finishing speaking, the two of them seemed to have a tacit understanding, looked at each other, and then nodded and saluted.

Fu Guandao: "Then the king will leave first."

Lou Xiyue sent him off respectfully: "My lord, go slowly."

The moment Fu Guan turned around, the smiles on their faces disappeared at the same time.

Lou Xiyue thought to herself, it can be regarded as sending her off.

The elegant and rich king and grandson, Xuanping Wang Fu Guan?
The word "ruya" is probably the biggest misunderstanding of Fu Guan in the Xuan Dynasty.

From the brief confrontation just now, Lou Xiyue clearly felt the pressure on the other party.Even though Fu Guan's temperament looks very gentle, his eyes are not the same.

Lou Xiyue has traveled the rivers and lakes for many years and dealt with countless people.She has already cultivated a pair of accurate, experienced and unique eyes, and she only needs to take a few glances to figure out what kind of person is opposite.

She could see clearly that in Fu Guan's bright black eyes, there was not only the sharpness and warning hidden, but also the strong ambition behind the eyes.

Thinking carefully about Fu Guan's actions just now, Lou Xiyue can be sure that Fu Guan is deeply hidden.

From the information she got from all parties, she only said that Fu Guan was gentle and elegant, but she didn't say that he was a martial artist.Some people even lamented that the Fu family had practiced martial arts for generations, but it turned out that Fu Guan had studied literature here, which is really embarrassing.

Lou Xiyue speculated that the game between Fu Guan and the royal family must be getting more and more intense, otherwise Fu Guan would not even hide things like martial arts.She had a hunch that perhaps in the near future, these two forces would fight to the death.

At the same time, Fu Guan left the courtyard calmly.He sent Zhao Zhi County away, and at this time only Xuan Yi and a few other cronies were by his side.

He ordered: "Xuan Yi, you go and tell Ban Xiyu in a while, and say that the king will meet her alone later."

"Ah? Meet alone?" Xuan Yi was stunned for a moment: "What's wrong, my lord, what's wrong with my lord?"

Fu Guandao: "Go and pass on the message first, and the rest will be discussed after I meet her face to face."

Although Xuan Yi was confused, he still followed the order and retreated: "Yes, this subordinate obeys the order."

Fu Guan paused slightly, then turned his head, looked back at the circular arch behind his eyes, then turned and left.

*
Qingshuang followed Lou Xiyue back to the room, and the master and servant were resting in the room for a while. During this period, Qingshuang asked curiously: "Girl, King Xuanping kindly came to see you once, why don't you stay with the prince and talk about it?" How about talking?"

Qingshuang analyzed: "In my opinion, the prince is not completely like a heartless person. He learned that the girl was robbed by Xifeng Village, so he came to see the girl. It shows that he has a place for a girl in his heart.

"Besides, the girl is going to marry the prince soon, wouldn't it be a good time to take this opportunity to get in touch with him?"

Lou Xiyue washed her face very calmly, and said: "Fu Guan didn't come here for me, and there is no way he has me in his heart. Besides, I have never met him, and I don't know him well. Isn't it awkward to sit face to face?"

Qingshuang: "But..."

But after all, that is the girl's fiancé husband, isn't it too rude to reject him like this.When he came to the palace in the future, King Xuanping had a prejudice against the girl.

Lou Xiyue said: "It's nothing serious, Prince Xuanping is busy with official business, we'd better not disturb him. The wedding is coming soon, it's important for him to deal with the prefect of Pingjiang as soon as possible."

Lou Xiyue hadn't fully figured out the complicated grievances between King Xuan Ping and Emperor Da Xuan, so it's better not to get Qing Shuang involved in it at this time, so as not to worry her.

Qingshuang thought about it again, and said: "Young lady is right, then let's not bother the prince."

At this moment, a young man's voice came from outside the house: "Miss Ban, please tell me, our lord has sent his subordinates here to tell you something."

Qingshuang opened the door and said, "Girl, you are the guard next to the prince, Lord Xuanyi."

Through a door, Lou Xiyue raised her smiling face and asked, "I don't know why the lord ordered you to come here?"

Xuan Yi said respectfully: "My lord said that later today, I would like to meet Miss Ban alone. Is it convenient for Miss Ban?"

Hearing this, Lou Xiyue frowned slightly: Meet alone?
What is Fu Guan's plan?
Qingshuang hesitated and said: "Is this inappropriate? Although the prince and the girl have a marriage contract, but after all, they are lonely and widowed, this..."

Lou Xiyue: "It's okay, you just need to stay outside the door when the time comes."

The master has already made a decision, Qingshuang has nothing to say: "That's fine."

Lou Xiyue looked at Xuan Yi and said, "Go back and tell your lords that Ban Xiyu is waiting here."

"Yes." Having received an affirmative answer, Xuan Yi didn't stay any longer, and left after a salute.

Qingshuang closed the door suspiciously, wondering: "Girl, why did you say that King Xuan Ping asked you to meet alone? Didn't he just say that he was very busy and didn't have time to gossip?"

Lou Xiyue also wanted to know this question: "I'll know when he comes."

*
After dinner, Lou Xiyue took a nap, and when it was almost evening, King Xuan Ping arrived late.

Lou Xiyue ordered Qingshuang to wait outside the house, then opened the door and sat face to face with Fu Guan.

"If you don't have anything to go to the Three Treasures Hall, the prince paid a special visit, he must have something important to discuss with me." Lou Xiyue poured him a cup of tea, "Please speak directly, the prince."

Fu Guan looked down at the teacup and saw light blue tea leaves floating in the water bowl. He smiled slightly and said, "Miss Ban is smart, gentle and courteous. It is my king's good fortune to have this marriage contract."

There was a perfunctory smile in Lou Xiyue's eyes: "My lord's praise."

She was thinking in her heart: what kind of charades, can there be something to talk about.I have to change my mind several times to say a word to him, which is really tiring.

Fu Guandao: "Speaking of it, you and I are in the same boat. Back then, your father and my father fought against the Rongguo army at the border. They were born and died, but unexpectedly, after that battle, they all died in different places and could not return to their homeland. .”

Lou Xiyue remained calm on the surface: "It's fate like this, and good luck plays tricks on people, there's no way around it."

She secretly wondered: What does Fu Guan want to express by bringing up the old story again?
Fu Guan said again: "Fate, good luck? Didn't Ms. Ban ever think that there might be something else behind the battle in Guicheng that year."

On this point, Lou Xiyue agrees very much.

According to Ban Xiyu, at that time Ban Zhao secretly escorted Fu Lan out of the city to move rescue soldiers, but unexpectedly Fu Lan died on the way before the rescue soldiers arrived.

Even Ban Zhao was seriously injured and died.

Lou Xiyue heard that Fu Lan was a master of martial arts, and when she left Guicheng, she brought a lot of entourage and guards with her. Even if there was an accident on the way, she shouldn't die so easily.

She suspected that in the war between Daxuan and Rongguo 17 years ago, there were third-party forces intervening, and killed Fu Lan, and then killed Ban Zhao.

But this is her guess after all, and she doesn't have any evidence in her hands.

Besides, she couldn't be sure that Fu Guan was someone she could trust, so she couldn't tell what was on her mind.

So Lou Xiyue pretended to be surprised and said: "There is another inside story? Why did the prince say that? Didn't it mean that Rongguo's army is strong and Daxuan is hard to resist, so it ended up being defeated."

Fu Guan: "Even though Rongguo is strong, Daxuan's strength is not weak, and he won't be defeated so easily. Doesn't Miss Ban want to know the truth about Guicheng back then?"

As he said that, he looked up at Lou Xiyue, and said: "Now you and I are about to be married, if we can trace the clues of the past, maybe we can find out the truth about Guicheng's defeat in the future."

Hearing this, Lou Xiyue raised her eyebrows and thought: If she didn't misunderstand, Fu Guan wants to cooperate with her?

She thought to herself, then lowered her eyelids, showing a sad and helpless look, and said:
"But I'm just a woman, so what can I do? Besides, it's been 17 years since that incident. Those who participated in the battle of Guicheng back then died and were injured. If they want to find useful clues, that is It's even harder."

Lou Xiyue sighed, and said: "Now that the Ban family has fallen, only my granddaughter is left. I have no other wishes. I only hope that the family will be safe and happy, and that's enough.

"I don't want to do unnecessary things, and I don't want to cause extra problems. I hope the prince will understand."

After the words fell, the smile on Fu Guan's face disappeared.He put down the teacup, and there seemed to be frost in his eyes: "Miss Ban really doesn't want to pursue the matter of the past? That's your father."

Lou Xiyue thought to herself, even if she wants to investigate, it's not now.Even if it is necessary to investigate now, it is not necessary to choose Fu Guan as a partner.

Although it was true that she was married to Ban Xiyu, she did not want to be involved in the struggle between Fu Guan and the royal family.

The grievances between Fu Guan and Emperor Xuan, who is the winner in the end, who will hold the power, and what does it have to do with her?
Fu Guan saw her alone at this time, on the one hand it was a temptation, on the other hand, he just wanted to use the old influence of the Ban family in the court.

Lou Xiyue has always been straight to the point, even though it is unavoidable to be submissive when interacting with others, but she always hates such scheming people.

She said: "The dead are gone, what's the point of pursuing it now? I think the most important thing for the living is to live well in the present."

"The king understands."

Fu Guan's smile was a little cold: "I already know what Miss Ban means. Since that's the case, I don't want to bother you, I'm being rude. Please rest well these few days, Miss. We will leave for the capital in three days."

After saying this, Fu Guan got up immediately, and left Lou Xiyue's small courtyard without saying a word.

Lou Xiyue said "Congratulations", a smile appeared in her eyes involuntarily.

Fu Guan left his official duties to make this trip, but unexpectedly met a soft nail with her, he must be very annoyed at this moment.

He was not happy, but Lou Xiyue was happy.

Qingshuang was puzzled, stepped forward and said, "Girl, what are you laughing at?"

Lou Xiyue shook her head and said: "There is a proud person who seems to be getting angry from embarrassment, don't you think it's funny?"

Qingshuang was full of doubts: "Huh?" What do you mean?
*
On the other side, Fu Guan strode out of the post house with a cold face, and ran into Xuan Yi who was rushing head-on.

Xuan Yi was stunned for a moment, and asked: "Master, what's wrong?" He glanced at the back, and said: "Is it the concubine who made you angry?"

Fu Guan glanced at him: "I'm not married yet, so what are you calling me Wangfei?"

(End of this chapter)