Back to the marriage proposal, helping the incompetent husband to rise to the top

Chapter 40 The undercurrent is surging
In the boundless night, a piece of black clothes swayed behind the maple leaves.

Lu Jilian's eyes darkened a little. He took the bow and arrow from the guard next to him, drew the bow and arrow neatly, and shot at the maple tree.

In the quiet night, a sharp arrow flew through the air with a whistling sound and hit the trunk of the maple tree.

The maple trees shook violently.

Chu Anlan was startled, and walked out from behind the maple tree, greeting Lu Jilian with a playful smile: "Oh, Master Lu, what a coincidence, you are here to patrol the night too?"

and also?
Lu Jilian's originally gentle voice had a chill in it: "Why did Prince Dun appear in Tingxue Pavilion in the middle of the night?"

Chu Anlan said casually: "I lost something, I came out to look for it."

Lu Jilian's fingertips, covered with calluses, gently stroked the polished arrow shaft: "Excuse me, sir, what is lost? I am on night duty, so I can help you look for it."

"I won't bother you, Master Lu." Chu Anlan waved his hand. "It's not that important. If you can't find it, forget it. I'm going back to the Chasing Wind Pavilion."

"Wait a minute." Lu Jilian came over with a bow and arrow in his hand. "How can something that you have to go out to look for in the middle of the night not be important? Prince, look for it again?"

Chu Anlan was speechless.

In the darkness of the night, Lu Jilian was only three steps away from him.

Twenty-year-old Lu Jilian was half a head taller than the seventeen-year-old him. With his clothes fluttering in the night wind, he looked even more imposing.

In comparison, his black nightgown was obviously inferior!

Chu Anlan was a little annoyed, and his smile revealed gnashing of teeth as he spoke: "Master Lu, you are really kind-hearted!"

"It's my duty." Lu Jilian replied with a smile.

Chu Anlan couldn't help but curse him several times in his heart.

Facing the night wind, Chu Anlan looked at Lu Jilian, and laughed in anger: "I'm telling you the truth, I came from Tingxue Pavilion! Tonight, I met Ye Wanqing! You keep pressing me, don't you just want to hear this?"

Lu Jilian tightened his grip on the bow: "Walls have ears, please be careful with your words, my lord."

"What do you mean by being careful?" Chu Anlan looked at him with a smile. "Qing'er and I followed the orders of our parents and the matchmaker. After the wedding ceremony, we will be husband and wife only after the wedding ceremony. Master Lu is so nosy that he even interferes in the tryst of an unmarried couple?"

"That's enough." Lu Jilian interrupted him coldly: "Sir, if you don't consider yourself, please also consider Miss Ye's reputation."

"Aren't you the one who doesn't care about Qing'er's reputation, Master Lu?" Chu Anlan immediately put on a cold face: "Lu Jilian, don't think I don't know what you are thinking! You want me to make a fool of myself, and want Qing'er to break off the engagement with me, right?"

There was a blazing fire reflected in the boy's eyes.

Lu Jilian's thin lips were almost pursed into a straight line.

Even the burning fire could not melt the frost in his eyes: "Sir, do you really think that with your virtue, you are worthy of Miss Ye?"

"Why are we not a good match?" Chu Anlan put his hands on his hips and said proudly, "Qing'er and I, the girl is talented and the boy is handsome, we are truly a match made in heaven."

Lu Jilian clenched his fists.

He had never seen such a shameless person in his life!
Lu Jilian held the bow, his lips curled slightly: "Young people are mostly young and frivolous, and get carried away. I completely understand. Miss Ye is still young and is temporarily obsessed with the beauty of the prince. I can also understand. However, it doesn't matter, I can wait!"

Wait?
Wait for what?
I don't believe you can take that person away by force!

Chu Anlan laughed contemptuously and said earnestly: "Master Lu, listen to my advice and quickly choose a noble lady to marry. You are so old, you really can't wait. Other noble families' children of your age would go out to buy vinegar. Look at them and then look at yourself. Don't you feel inferior?"

Lu Jilian's face was calm: "I don't think I'm old."

Chu Anlan crossed his arms over his chest: "Brother, you are already twenty!"

Lu Jilian said calmly, "When the prince is 20 years old, he will understand my thoughts. The prince is still young, and it would be more practical for him to study more when he has nothing to do. Also, reading thousands of books is not as good as traveling thousands of miles. The prince can also travel and study outside the capital like Ye Chenting."

Leaving Beijing?

"This prince will never leave Jindu, Prince Lu, don't dream on." Chu Anlan snorted heavily, "Don't think I don't know what you are up to. You just want to get rid of me so that you can take advantage of the opportunity to steal my girl."

Lu Jilian smiled: "What a pity, the prince actually saw through it."

"Let me tell you clearly, you won't have any chance in this life!" Chu Anlan smiled at him deliberately. The two looked at each other in silence, with an undercurrent surging.

A war without gunpowder broke out between the two.

After a moment, Lu Jilian regained his former gentleness and elegance: "It's late at night, Prince, please go back to the Chasing Wind Pavilion and rest early."

Chu Anlan flicked his sleeves and said, "Goodbye."

After saying this, he disappeared into the dark night humming a little tune.

Only after the figure completely disappeared did Lu Jilian slowly retract his gaze: "Tonight, you saw nothing, heard nothing. Understand?"

The guards immediately responded: "Understood!"

……

the next day.

At daybreak, Ye Wanqing had breakfast, burned incense, changed clothes, went to greet Chu Yanrong outside her room, and took Qianxi to the Buddhist temple in the palace.

When she arrived, there were already monks chanting in the Buddhist temple.

She found a cushion and knelt on it quietly and devoutly. She listened for an hour and then went to a side hall to sit and copy scriptures.

Emperor Fengyang's men had been waiting at the door.

When it was time for lunch, she went to the dining hall to eat on time.

Unexpectedly, before they had even finished their meal, a shrill voice came from the door: "Princess, Miss Liao is here."

Qianxi muttered in a low voice: "Why hasn't Eunuch Su left yet? It's so annoying."

"Be careful with your words." Yingxiang made a gesture to keep quiet.

Qianxi stuck out her tongue.

Ye Wanqing ordered outside the door: "Please let her in."

As soon as she finished speaking, Liao Fuyu stepped into the dining hall and said, "Qing'er, you are really good at choosing places! Last night when I went to look for you, you were with the emperor. Today when I went to look for you, you were in the Buddhist temple again."

Ye Wanqing asked her with a smile: "Fuyu, have you eaten yet?"

"I've eaten." Liao Fuyu sat opposite her: "Before I went to Tingxue Pavilion to find you, I ate a plate of steamed meat and ate five chicken legs."

Ye Wanqing laughed and said, "I've eaten the vegetarian food in the palace with the Queen Mother before. It tastes very good. I'll ask someone to add a set of bowls and chopsticks. Would you like to try it?"

Liao Fuyu looked at the dishes on the table and said, "Then I won't be polite!"

The whole table of vegetarian food was finally cleared out by her.

Even the soup was mixed into the rice by Liao Fuyu and eaten up completely.

After eating, she leaned back in her chair and burped contentedly.

Just then, a foot stepped into the dining hall.

Hearing the hiccup, the owner of the foot seemed to hesitate for a moment, not knowing whether to retract it or step forward.

Suddenly, someone pushed him from behind.

Chu Xiaoyan was holding a tray full of vegetarian dishes, frowned slightly, and said, "Princess, I'm sorry for being rude."

Ye Wanqing didn't expect him to come here: Prince Duan, please do as you please. "

Liao Fuyu's face flushed, and she stood up: "Greetings to Prince Duan..."

"Okay." Chu Xiaoyan responded, without looking away, and walked to the other side of the screen with the vegetarian food.

(End of this chapter)