The reborn poisonous woman is hard to abandon

Chapter 188 Attending the Banquet
Hearing this, Lu Heng's face suddenly fell down: "Since you know everything, why do you still let me go? If you run into that disciple, why should he use his identity to suppress me again!"

"The prince has always been generous and kind, why would he care about these things with you? Besides, the misunderstanding that day has been explained clearly, you..."

"No, no, I won't go anyway!"

Before Xiao Ruan finished speaking, Lu Heng resolutely shook his head and refused again, as if he was determined and refused to go.

"You... I didn't know you would be so timid."

Xiao Ruan helped her forehead, feeling a little helpless, but seeing Lu Heng's frightened and angry look, she had no choice but to give up.

In the palace, the prince had reported the court affairs to the emperor, and was about to leave, but was stopped by the emperor.

Stroking the beard on his chin, the emperor sized up the prince in front of him, and a layer of emotion suddenly rose in his eyes.

Time makes people old, even if he doesn't want to admit it, now that his son is already this old, the emperor knows that he is indeed getting old day by day.

"The empress will hold a talent competition in the palace in the future. You should take this opportunity to see if any noble lady can catch your eye."

There seemed to be a blush on the prince's face, and he immediately saluted the emperor and said, "Father Lao is concerned, and my ministers will definitely make a good selection."

The emperor nodded lightly, and suddenly there was a flash of memory in his eyes, as if looking at another person through the prince.

Back then, when he was the same age as the crown prince, he had already registered as the crown prince concubine, and played with that person...

The past can't be recalled, hiding the contemplation deep in his eyes, the emperor suddenly took a deep breath and waved at him: "You go down."

Noticing that the emperor's tone suddenly became low, the prince's eyes flickered a few times, but he bowed and retreated without saying anything.

As dusk spread across the street, the prince had just returned to the mansion when Eunuch Xi, who was beside the queen, came looking for him.

"His Royal Highness, the Empress asked the slave to send over the list of talent competitions in the future, please have a look."

The prince paused while holding the tea bowl, raised his eyes and glanced at the paperwork in Eunuch Xi's hand, and asked for the list to be presented.

The names, ages, backgrounds, and performances of each daughter are written on the white rice paper in detail.

The prince turned it from the beginning to the end, and suddenly showed a puzzled expression. After looking back, he looked up at Eunuch Xi who was still waiting in the room, with an unpredictable expression on his face. Joy is anger.

"Is everyone included in these lists?"

Not knowing what the prince was thinking, Eunuch Xi was stunned for a moment and quickly said: "Return to His Royal Highness, the names of all the daughters of various families who will come to the banquet the day after tomorrow are listed on it, naturally including everyone."

"This hall knows, you tell the empress, and say that this hall is very grateful."

As soon as Eunuch Xi left, the prince's face suddenly showed anger, he dropped the list in his hand on the table with a "slap", and said in a low voice to the personal guard beside him: "Go and invite General Huo to me immediately! "

The prince is usually generous and benevolent, and he doesn't show any anger easily.Suddenly being so angry today made people feel a little uneasy, the guard responded and hurriedly left.

There was no one else in the room, and when the prince glanced at the roster on the table, he suddenly laughed out of breath: "Lu Heng, you still dare to hide from the hall?"

"The prince called you over in such a hurry, why?"

When Huo Xun came back from the Outer Prince's Mansion, it was past Xu time, Xiao Ruan saw that he was still chilled, so he immediately asked the servant girl to bring hot tea.

Huo Xun took the tea and held it in his hand for a while, but he didn't drink it.

Seeing him put the tea bowl back on the table, Xiao Ruan's eyes flashed, and he sat down opposite him: "Could something have happened? Why is it so different when you come back today?"

Huo Xun raised his head and glanced at Xiao Ruan, then there was a hint of worry on his face, he hesitated for a moment before saying: "I really don't know what to do about this matter."

It's rare to see Huo Xun showing embarrassment, Xiao Ruan blinked, with curiosity in his eyes: "Why don't you tell me, maybe I can help?"

With a long breath of relief, Huo Xun raised his eyebrows slightly: "At this time, you really need to come forward to solve it."

Hearing this, Xiao Ruan became more curious, and immediately urged Huo Xun to tell the reason.

"A few times before when the queen held a banquet, the prince thought he would see Lu Heng, but the girls all hid away because of illness. This time, the prince looked at the list of talent competitions in the palace and found that Lu Heng was still not among them, so he was furious , let me take her there."

Huo Xun said with helplessness in his eyes: "I have known the prince for so long, and I know that he has always been lenient to others, but I never thought that the prince would be obsessed with Lu Heng, and he insisted on asking this girl to apologize to him. No."

"You mean the prince must let Lu Heng participate in the talent competition?"

Xiao Ruan listened for a while, but only noticed that Huo Xun said that the prince would definitely let Lu Heng go to the palace.

"Yes, the prince ordered me to let Lu Heng participate no matter what method I use. I am really worried."

Huo Xun sighed, and the scene at the Prince's Mansion an hour ago appeared in front of his eyes unconsciously.

In the evening, he received a message from the prince's mansion, thinking that something urgent had happened. As soon as he saw the prince, the other party threw a roster on him and asked Lu Heng angrily why he didn't attend the banquet.

Huo Xun murmured in his heart that he was only the half-son of Grand Tutor Lu, and he couldn't care less about Lu Heng, but the prince talked about Lu Heng's beating him.

"His Royal Highness, it was just a misunderstanding that day, sister Heng didn't mean to hurt you."

Huo Xun was surprised, he didn't expect the prince to come to him because Lu Heng mistakenly regarded him as a disciple and beat him.

That day he thought he had explained it very clearly, but today it seems that the prince has not let go of Lu Heng.

"Didn't General Huo say that Lu Heng was very guilty? If he was guilty, why didn't he come to apologize to the hall? The hall has long said that those who make mistakes must be punished, even the daughter of the Taifu is no exception! "

Facing the prince's increasingly angry eyes, Huo Xun was suddenly dumbfounded.

The prince did say such things at the beginning, but both he and Xiao Ruan thought that the other party was just talking casually, and it is really surprising that he brought it up again today.

"When I return home, I will definitely bring my younger sister to apologize to you, and ask the prince to make amends."

There was silence in the room, Huo Xun pondered for a while in his heart, then raised his head to solemnly assure the prince.

"Apologize? General Huo said it lightly! You go back and tell your good sister, if this time the queen hosts a banquet and I still can't see her, then don't blame my servants for being ruthless!"

The anger in the prince's words sprayed towards Huo Xun's face. After finishing speaking, before Huo Xun could respond, he left with his hands behind his back.

For a moment Huo Xun stood in the empty living room, frowning, confused.

He really couldn't figure it out, since the crown prince had a problem with Lu Heng, wouldn't it be better to go directly to Lu Hanrui, why did he find himself?

"So, you want me to persuade Lu Heng to attend the banquet?"

Huo Xun here was frowning, when he suddenly heard Xiao Ruan's voice, he quickly recovered and nodded at her.

"The prince insists on letting Lu Heng participate, but I am really worried that he will do something to embarrass Lu Heng at the banquet. In your opinion, should we ask the master to intercede with the prince?"

There was worry in Huo Xun's voice, but Xiao Ruan couldn't help laughing at the end.

"why are you laughing?"

Looking at Xiao Ruan in surprise, Huo Xun was full of confusion.

Shouldn't she be as worried as herself?

The more confused Huo Xun was, the more Xiao Ruan found it funny. She didn't know that Huo Xun was so confused.

Pursing his lips, Xiao Ruan suppressed a smile: "I really need to go to my grandfather's place, but there is really no need to intercede."

Huo Xun was about to ask why?Suddenly seeing Xiao Ruan's narrow eyes, he finally came to his senses after being stunned for a moment.

"I'm really confused!"

For a moment, Huo Xun's sorrow disappeared, and his smile returned unconsciously: "That being the case, it's up to you to come forward to see the master and negotiate with the old man."

"Don't worry, I naturally know how to do it."

Xiao Ruan chuckled, seeing Huo Xun reaching out to pick up the tea on the table, he quickly dissuaded him, and called a maid to change the hot tea for him.

In the early morning of the next day, Xiao Ruan got into the carriage and rushed to the Lu residence early in the morning.

Mrs. Lu and Mrs. Lu are getting old, a little afraid of the cold, and the charcoal fire in the room is extremely hot.As soon as Xiao Ruan entered the door, she felt warm all over and wanted to sweat.

After exchanging greetings with Mrs. Lu for a while, Xiao Ruan immediately bid farewell to Mrs. Lu and went to see Mrs. Lu when she learned that Mrs. Lu had gone to the study.

"Grandfather's handwriting is getting better and better. I should ask my grandfather to give me a calligraphy copy anytime."

When Xiao Ruan entered the study, he saw Taifu Lu with one hand behind his back, holding a brush in the other, splashing ink on a piece of clean white rice paper.

Everyone said that his handwriting was like a person's. Lu Taifu's handwriting was strong and powerful, his strokes were continuous, and his movements were smooth and flowing, without any barriers. Xiao Ruan was amazed again and again.

"Why do you want to come here today? Did you encounter some difficulties?"

After accepting the last sum, Taifu Lu glanced back at Xiao Ruan, put down the pen unconsciously, and sat down on the seat beside him.

"Nothing escapes my grandfather's eyes."

A wry smile crossed Xiao Ruan's face, and she immediately told everything about Lu Heng's relationship with the prince.Finally, she said cautiously: "Ruan'er thought that the crown prince cared so much about sister Heng, but in fact he fell in love with Lu Heng, so I came to ask my grandfather to see if this makes sense."

After hearing Huo Xun's words last night, Xiao Ruan's first reaction was to think that the prince had something special about Lu Heng.

Thinking that the prince wanted to see Lu Heng, but insisted on letting him attend tomorrow's banquet, if he hadn't fallen in love with Lu Heng, it would be hard to explain the abnormal behavior of the other party.

Here Xiao Ruan didn't hear Taifu Lu's reply for a long time, so he raised his head unconsciously.

The early morning sun came directly from the door of the room and cast a spot of light on the ground. Mrs. Lu's eyes were fixed on the spot of light on the ground without moving a bit.

(End of this chapter)