The concubine's favorite? Break off the engagement and marry another prince, please respect you

Chapter 47

He walked a few steps to Xie Wan Ning, his eyes passed over Pei Yuqing who was standing beside him, and he looked directly into her eyes and said, "The emperor has summoned me, and I need to go to the palace to see him. We will talk about today's matter later."

We'll talk later?

Xie Wan Ning's tightly pursed lips moved: "Lu Ziyan, you rely on your military exploits to be arrogant and lawless. It's really despicable."

She said, "I will report the humiliation you brought upon me today to my father and brother, and I will report you in front of the Golden Palace."

He dared to take action directly in the Princess's Mansion. Even if the current emperor was kind to him and trusted him, he would not sit idly by.

Hearing this, Lu Ziyan looked calm. He looked at her deeply, then turned and left.

Not long after he left, the guests who had been watching for a long time not far away were persuaded to disperse by two old maids who appeared out of nowhere.

The surroundings became quiet again. Two old maids came up to him, bowed deeply, and said politely, "Thank you, Miss. Your Highness invites you."

Xie Wan Ning was stunned for a moment, and before she could answer, Pei Yuqing next to her came to her rescue.

"You guys go back and report to mother. I will come over to pay my respects later."

The two old maids looked at each other, nodded in a low voice, bowed and left.

The area around the rockery that was bustling just now was suddenly filled with only Xie Wan Ning and Pei Yu Qing.

"He..." Pei Yuqing's tone was rarely hesitant. He paused and said, "My yard is not far from here. Do you want to go and rest?"

"No," Xie Wan Ning lowered her head and didn't look at him: "I want to go back home."

Whenever Xie Wan Ning thought about how this man had witnessed how Lu Ziyan had pinned her down and bullied her, and what nonsense Lu Ziyan had just said, her mind became a mess, and she couldn't stand to stay in front of him for even a second.

She raised her leg to look for Erqing, but her wrist was grabbed when she turned around.

Pei Yuqing said: "I can't just let you go like this."

She had been bullied so badly in his territory, and he couldn't just let her go back alone feeling aggrieved.

Xie Wan Ning stopped and turned around to ask him, "My maid was acupunctured by the Mingjian of Lu Ziyan's men. Do you know where he put her?"

"In Yingfeng Pavilion," Pei Yuqing said, "Her acupuncture points have been unblocked. Come with me, and I will send someone to call her over."

He did not let go of her hand and led her down the rockery. Xie Wan Ning's eyes fell on his slender hands and she followed without saying a word.

The two walked to a courtyard.

There were three large characters written on the door that looked like dragons and snakes.

Xuanhuayuan.

Pei Yuqing did not go into the house, but took her to sit under the flower bed in the backyard.

Servants set out tea sets and incense burners.

Xie Wan Ning looked at him through the steaming mist, looking a little dazed: "How do you think I can get rid of him?"

When Lu Ziyan left, it was obvious that he would not let it go.

He would continue to pester her endlessly.

Pei Yuqing raised his arm to pour her a cup of tea and said, "I promise that Lu Ziyan will not appear in front of you for at least three months."

"……What's the meaning?"

"There's a little chaos in Yunzhou, and the emperor just summoned him to the palace, it must be because of this." Pei Yuqing looked down at her and said calmly, "It will take three to five months for him to return until the chaos in Yunzhou is quelled."

Xie Wanning frowned slightly: "...How did you know?"

It was not that she deliberately questioned it, but she clearly remembered in her dream that since returning to Beijing from suppressing bandits in Bianzhou, until she got married, Lu Ziyan had never left the capital. It was not until Liu Manrou gave birth to her eldest son that Lu Ziyan was ordered to go to southern Sichuan to investigate the case.

Why did she remember it so clearly? Because when Lu Ziyan was leaving, he was afraid that his beloved concubine would be left without anyone to protect her and would suffer, so he went against everyone's opinion and promoted Liu Manrou to be his second wife.

But the man in front of her had no need to lie to her, and he seemed to be well-informed.

This time Pei Yuqing did not use "I have my own way" to dismiss her, but said seriously: "This generation of the Sky Guard is under my command. Believe me, Lu Ziyan will leave Beijing tomorrow morning at the latest."

Xie Wanning's pupils suddenly widened and she was dumbfounded.

The name of the Sky Guards is well-known, even the girls who are kept in seclusion have heard of it.

This was an organization founded during the reign of Taizu. It was the top intelligence network of the Khan Empire. It was said that no court official could possess any secrets in front of the Sky Guards.

As the only legitimate son of the eldest princess and the only legitimate nephew of the current emperor, Pei Yuqing enjoys the emperor's trust, so it seems reasonable for the emperor to hand over the Sky Guard to him.

But, isn’t it said that this person has poor health, loves traveling, and has never served as an official in the court?
In the eyes of the world, he was still a pitiful prince who was not interested in worldly matters and would not live for many more years.

Are they all just pretending to be a pig and eating the tiger?

No one would have thought that the eldest son of the Duke of Pei, who had not been seen for many years due to his frail health, would be a man with great connections in the Khanate.

She opened her mouth and asked, "Did you do something secretly to make His Majesty choose him to go to Yunzhou to quell the rebellion?"

Anyway, in her dreams, Lu Ziyan did not leave Beijing during this period.

Her shock was obvious. Pei Yuqing smiled and whispered, "Because of his entanglement, you are worried to the point of being unable to sleep at night. I have to think of a way to make him disappear."

He said the four words "make him disappear" very casually, but Xie Wan Ning could hear the lightness in his words.

Sure enough it was him!

He spread the news that Liu Manrou was pregnant, and Lu Ziyan readily agreed to cancel the engagement.

Now she is planning to have the emperor send Lu Ziyan away from the capital, just because she can't bear to see her suffer from Lu Ziyan's harassment.

Xie Wan Ning blinked, and her heart, which had been a little frightened because of Lu Ziyan, slowly calmed down.

Under the flowerbed in the backyard, the two sat opposite each other, both silent for a while.

Pei Yuqing stared at her for a long time, his smile gradually faded, and he said in a bitter voice: "It's all my fault that you suffered such humiliation today."

"How can I blame you?" Xie Wan Ning didn't have the habit of taking her anger out on others. She waved her hand and said, "Who would have known that he was such a person?"

If she had known this earlier, she would have stayed at home and would not have come no matter how much her mother urged her.

Thinking of this, she felt helpless again.

Why should she be so afraid of Lu Ziyan that she doesn't even go out!
She gritted her teeth and said, "I don't believe that he is so perverse and unreasonable. If the censors knew about it and reported him, His Majesty would still indulge him."

No matter how outstanding your achievements are, the thing that the court lacks the least is political enemies.

There are always people who dislike him and take the opportunity to stab him.

Pei Yuqing laughed when he heard this, and lowered his eyes, thinking about something. After a long while, he said, "Since His Majesty trusts him so much, he will only handle him with care."

Xie Wan Ning knew very well that the current emperor was so good to Lu Ziyan that all the princes envied him.

Thinking of this, she felt a little worried again.

Even if Lu Ziyan leaves Beijing tomorrow, he will come back one day.

What if he comes back after three or five months and still hasn't recovered from the shock and comes to bother her again?
Does she stay at home every day to avoid people?
(End of this chapter)