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

Chapter 44 Reluctant to give up
Liao Fuyu didn't know what to say. She glanced at Ye Wanqing and said bluntly, "No one took care of me when I was young. I didn't study much, so now I want to learn again."

Prince Duan's wife's eyes were full of smiles: "It's good to study. If a woman studies more, she will have more things to talk about with her husband."

husband?

Liao Fuyu blushed slightly: "I didn't think so much."

Prince Duan's wife smiled and patted the back of her hand: "It's always good to read more books."

After saying this, Prince Duan's wife left.

She walked around the screen and sat down at the desk next to Chu Xiaoyan: "The prince and I will copy the scriptures. You don't have to serve us. Go wait outside the hall."

The attendant quietly left.

Then, the side hall returned to silence.

Ye Wanqing closed the scripture, took out a piece of paper, lowered her eyes and wrote.

When I finished writing and looked up, Liao Fuyu was already lying on the desk, snoring.

Ye Wanqing was stunned again.

She closed the scripture, stood up and patted Liao Fuyu: "Fuyu, wake up."

Liao Fuyu's face was red from sleeping. She opened her eyes blankly and the first thing she said was, "Is dinner ready?"

"Yeah." Ye Wanqing chuckled.

Liao Fuyu was still not fully awake, feeling dizzy and light-headed: "We have to hurry up, or we won't be able to grab the pear blossom and almond soup if we're late."

After leaving the side hall, Ye Wanqing let go of Liao Fuyu: "Fuyu, I have something to do, you go to the dining hall by yourself."

Liao Fuyu finally came to her senses: "Will you come this afternoon?"

"Come again tomorrow." Ye Wanqing replied.

Liao Fuyu heard this and said happily, "You didn't come in the afternoon, why should I eat vegetarian food? I want to go back and eat pork elbow!"

Ye Wanqing couldn't help laughing: "Then go ahead."

The two broke up outside the Buddhist temple.

Ye Wanqing called Yingxiang and took advantage of the fact that no one was around to head towards Qingsong Mountain next to Hongfeng Mountain.

The lush green pines block out the sun.

On the way, Ying Xiang couldn't help but remind him: "Princess, there are few people on this mountain, I'm afraid it will be dangerous."

Ye Wanqing shook her head: "It's okay."

The two walked and stopped, and after half an hour, Yingxiang finally understood what the princess meant by "it's okay".

I saw that under a tall ancient pine tree, there stood the tall and graceful Prince Lu, carrying a food box.

It seems that Master Lu has been waiting for quite a while.

How did the princess know he would come?
Yingxiang was slightly surprised.

Lu Jilian heard the footsteps, turned around and said loudly, "Miss Ye, would you be willing to do me a favor and walk a few steps with me?"

Ye Wanqing said calmly, "Okay."

Lu Jilian carried the lunch box and slowly walked up the stone steps.

Today's official business was probably over. He was dressed casually, which was unusual for him. His black hair reached his waist and he wore a long robe with wide sleeves, which made him look particularly handsome.

The ancient path covered with a thin layer of pine needles winds upward, and the scattered sunlight shines through the gaps between the pine branches and falls on the green moss.

On the ancient pine trees with lush branches and leaves, birds are singing and squirrels are running around.

Lu Jilian walked up on the pine needles.

On the road, Ye Wanqing kept silent.

After walking for a long time, Lu Jilian stopped at a relatively flat step, turned to look at Ye Wanqing who had fallen a distance, and asked, "Are you tired, Princess?"

Ye Wanqing looked up at him, her breath a little unstable: "I'm not tired, please, Master Lu."

Lu Jilian smiled lightly.

He continued to climb the stairs, carrying the lunch box.

The two walked and stopped for a full half hour.

Lu Jilian stopped in the pavilion halfway up the mountain. Seeing that the stone table and stone bench were clean, he stroked the stone bench with his sleeve and said, "Please." After Ye Wanqing sat down, Lu Jilian put the food box on the stone table and took out a water bag, a pot of tea, and three plates of exquisite snacks.

Then he picked up the water bag and asked, "Princess, do you want to wash your hands?"

Having been together for so long in the previous life, Ye Wanqing had always known that Lu Jilian was a particular person, so she was not surprised that he carried a water bag with him to wash his hands.

She nodded: "Excuse me, Master Lu."

Lu Jilian smiled warmly, uncorked the water bag and poured water for her to wash her hands.

After washing his hands, Lu Jilian calmly sat down on the stone bench opposite Ye Wanqing, picked up the teapot, poured a glass of water and handed it to her.

Ye Wanqing looked at the tea.

Seeing that she refused to take it, Lu Jilian placed the tea in front of her and said, "I heard that the snacks in the palace's dining hall taste good, so I brought some away. You haven't eaten any yet, so please do me the honor of trying some."

Ye Wanqing had a complicated expression: "Thank you."

In her previous life, during the first two years of their marriage, Lu Jilian would bring her tea, fruits and snacks from time to time when he returned home from court or after finishing his official duties.

However, those teas, fruits and snacks were either given to her as rewards by Emperor Fengyang or taken on behalf of Chu Gongxiao.

This was the first time in two lifetimes that he brought snacks for her.

What she had longed for countless times in her previous life, she got easily in this life.

Ye Wanqing picked up a piece of snow-white osmanthus cake and took a light bite, as if she was tasting her past life self.

The soft, glutinous and delicate osmanthus cake has the fragrance of glutinous rice and the aroma of osmanthus, and the sweetness is just right.

It's obviously sweet, but it tastes sour when you swallow it.

She drank a whole cup of tea before she could barely suppress the surging sour feeling.

Lu Jilian refilled her tea and said, "I have a pastry chef in my house who makes delicious sweet-scented osmanthus cakes and glutinous rice cakes. If I have a chance, I will bring them to the princess to try."

Ye Wanqing almost choked.

If she couldn't understand the meaning of Lu Jilian's words, then she would have lived two lives in vain.

Even though her marriage with Chu Anlan had been finalized, he still refused to give up.

Probably, he thought she would marry him in the end.

Arrogant men are terrible!
Ye Wanqing's fingertips gripping the teacup tightened slightly: "Don't bother Mr. Lu, I don't like things made of glutinous rice."

Hearing this, Lu Jilian raised his eyebrows, looked at the tea in the cup, and asked seriously, "Does the princess dislike glutinous rice snacks, or does she dislike people who send her glutinous rice snacks?"

Ye Wanqing's heart was filled with turbulent waves.

How could she hear such a straightforward question from Lu Jilian?

It took her a long while to come back to her senses.

Looking at Lu Jilian's jade-like face, Ye Wanqing's voice was much colder than usual: "Since Master Lu already knows it in his heart, why bother asking?"

"Princess." Lu Jilian moved his teacup: "I have a question in my mind, I wonder if you can answer it?"

"You say." Ye Wanqing's tone was still cold.

Lu Jilian looked at her gently: "Do you have any misunderstanding about me?"

misunderstanding?

Ye Wanqing looked directly at Lu Jilian and said in a clear and precise voice, "You are overthinking."

"Oh?" Lu Jilian looked at her without blinking.

Ye Wanqing lowered her head.

Lu Jilian continued, "It's a bit abrupt to say this, but I have been waiting for the princess to come of age since I met her at the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet last year. I can't figure out where I am inferior to the prince of Dun."

These two simple sentences were the result of Lu Jilian's repeated thinking for a month.

After saying this, he lowered his eyes slightly.

The mountain breeze blew and the pavilion was silent.

After a long while, Ye Wanqing finally spoke: "Prince Lu is a tool for the country, a gentleman, no worse than anyone else. However, when it comes to love, it's important to have mutual consent and let it happen naturally."

Lu Jilian frowned upon hearing this, stared at her and said, "Feelings are the most illusory things in the world, invisible and intangible, and can easily dissipate. The princess is well-read, so she should understand this."

(End of this chapter)