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Chapter 270 Adopting a Son

Soon, the attendant who delivered the invitation came back and said, "The adults said that you must attend the banquet tonight."

"I understand." Ye Wanqing nodded.

The attendant hesitated and said, "I met the eldest master on the street..."

"Chen Xi?" Ye Wanqing asked, "Where is he? What is he doing?"

The attendant coughed dryly and said, "The eldest son is strolling on the street, buying food while strolling. Behind him, there is a group of children following him. They seem to be having a lot of fun..."

Ye Wanqing said calmly: "It's good that he is fine, and let him do whatever else he wants."

After saying that, she turned around and directed the cook and maids to prepare dinner.

evening.

As soon as the sun set, guests for the banquet arrived at the mansion.

After taking the medicine and having a good sleep, Chu Anlan finally recovered a lot and was full of energy again.

He was wearing the same exquisite and gorgeous brocade clothes he wore during the day, with his long hair tied up in a high ponytail and meticulously groomed.

The clothes, inside and out, were fumigated with incense.

Because she was worried about her bad complexion and was afraid of being at a disadvantage in front of the officials, she secretly asked Ye Wanqing to apply a thin layer of rouge on her.

Standing in the sunset, my skin is white with a hint of pink, and I feel so proud...

The officials who entered the room all smiled and congratulated him, "Congratulations, Prince."

"Congratulations." Chu Anlan responded with a smile: "The front hall has prepared tea, go in and have some tea, you're welcome."

The officials came in smiling.

Soon, Ye Chenting's carriage also stopped outside the gate of the mansion.

In addition to Ye Chenting, Lu Jilian also got off the carriage.

Seeing Lu Jilian, Chu Anlan's smile became brighter: "Brother-in-law, you're back? Lord Lu, I thought you weren't coming."

Inside the courtyard, someone was looking outside.

Lu Jilian had a calm expression and said calmly, "The prince and princess have cordially invited me, so I should attend the banquet."

"Honesty?" Chu Anlan raised his eyebrows: "When will I..."

"An Lan." Ye Chenting said at the right time: "The adults are almost here, right? Go in and accompany the guests."

Chu Anlan nodded: "Let's go."

The three of them entered together.

The dinner was quite lively.

At the banquet, several younger officials toasted Chu Anlan and said, "Congratulations, Prince, for having such a well-behaved and lovely adopted son.

I wish the young master to grow up healthily, have everything go well, and have great talents and be on the list of successful candidates in the future..."

Chu Anlan used water instead of wine and raised his glass: "Blessings, I will accept it on behalf of Xiao Fengnian, but I don't ask him to be extremely talented or pass the imperial examination.

The Crown Princess and I only hope that Xiao Fengnian can be healthy, happy, and free!"

An official laughed and said, "The prince is an open-minded person, but he should do open-minded things and be happy as long as he gets what he wants."

"That's right." Chu Anlan smiled.

People at several tables were toasting each other.

This house is so lively for the first time.

After three rounds of drinks, it was already nightfall.

The servant came in quietly, lit the lanterns and candlesticks, and then quietly left.

Under the light, Chu Anlan's smile was particularly bright.

When the conversation got to a happy point, he personally went into the inner courtyard and brought out the well-fed and exceptionally well-behaved little Fengnian for everyone to see.

He held Xiao Fengnian in his arms and walked around the table: "This child, is he well behaved?"

An elderly ceremonial officer said, "He is more obedient than the prince when he was a child."

"That's not right." Chu Anlan raised his eyebrows and said, "When I was little, I was very well behaved and everyone loved me.

Once, my father took me out for an outing, and I was almost kidnapped!" "I remember this incident..." An elderly man opened his cloudy drunken eyes and said, "The prince was only three or four years old at that time, right?

That day, I also accompanied my wife for an outing.

The prince cried and said that the prince was lost.

Later, this matter alarmed the emperor, who ordered people to look for him.

The search started in the morning and ended at midnight. Finally, the prince was found sleeping in a female family member's carriage...

After finding the person, the prince hugged the prince and cried loudly, and the emperor was so distressed that he gave him a lot of tonics, haha..."

"My father got a reward, but I'm miserable." Chu Anlan patted Xiao Fengnian in his arms, "I was sleeping soundly, and he beat me up without saying a word...

At that time, I was clearly frightened.

At first, the trafficker saw that I looked cute and well-behaved, so he coaxed me to walk with him for a while.

When I realized something was wrong with him, I turned around and ran away.

At that time, he chased me for a long time, and told people that he was my servant and was taking me home on my mother's orders...

I was so frightened that I hid in someone else's carriage.

The man took a whip and hit each carriage one by one. It was so scary...

From then on, my father felt that well-behaved and cute children were useless, and it was better to be a reckless person.

At least, I have a bad temper, and most people don’t dare to mess with me.”

Someone echoed: "With an elder like the prince protecting him, no one should dare to bully the young master."

"That's right!" Chu Anlan said in high spirits: "Who dares to bully the people that this prince protects?
He just needs to grow up without worries under the protection of me, his foster father, and live his life freely! "

Growing up carefree...

Live your life in freedom...

Lu Jilian clenched his wine glass.

The candlelight made his eyes look a little lighter, as if covered with a thin layer of ice. However, when the brightly smiling Chu Anlan was reflected on the thin layer of ice, it began to break apart bit by bit...

Chu Anlan is a completely different person from him.

Since he was young, he learned from his father how to be a self-disciplined, polite, and elegant young man.

He had never spoken loudly, never laughed heartily in front of others, let alone being as bright-faced as Chu Anlan, who spoke without scruples about his embarrassing childhood memories in front of others and laughed out loud.

From this perspective, Chu Anlan doesn’t seem that annoying.

Or maybe, in fact, he never really hated Chu Anlan.

Wanting to get rid of Chu Anlan is just to get rid of the obstacles blocking the way...

This realization made Lu Jilian feel irritated.

He raised his head and drank the sake in the cup, then his eyes fell on Xiao Fengnian in Chu Anlan's arms.

The baby in the candlelight was small and soft, wrapped in a brand new swaddling cloth, waving his thin little fists, staring at Chu Anlan, babbling something.

After talking for a long time, Chu Anlan lowered his head, smiled and smacked his tongue at him.

Then he laughed even more happily.

That child likes Chu Anlan.

"He doesn't like me..." Lu Ji Lian grabbed the wine glass, tilted his head back and drank the wine that had just been refilled in one gulp.

Just as he was about to continue, his hand was held down.

Ye Chenting looked at him worriedly: "You can't drink anymore, Ji Lian, you've already drunk a lot tonight."

Lu Jilian lowered his eyes and looked at the two empty bottles in front of him: "It's rare to get drunk in life, so what's the harm in having one more glass?"

As he said this, he drank another glass.

Seeing this, Ye Chenting didn't say much, but just patted Lu Jilian on the shoulder silently.

After drinking another glass of wine, Lu Jilian lowered his eyes and said, "Are all the people in the Lu family boring?
And I am the most boring one..."

Ye Chenting pursed his lips and said nothing.

Lu Jilian laughed at himself again: "How can a boring person be liked by others?"