A private room in a restaurant in the city——
"Do you have to be secretive even when you see me now? Am I a scourge or a plague?"
The third prince, Jiang Huaiyan, slammed his wine glass on the table with a look of indignation on his face.
One bad move and the whole game is lost.
Jiang Huaiyan was very unwilling.
Lu Jinzhi, who was on the opposite side, offered good advice: "His Royal Highness, the Third Highness, will leave the capital for the fiefdom in a few days. Please drink as little as possible, so as not to delay your future."
boom--
Jiang Huaiyan immediately picked up the wine glass on the table and threw it at Lu Jinzhi who was opposite him.
"future?"
"Lu Jinzhi, you were not the one who went to that barbaric land. You can stand here and talk without pain in your back!"
"What kind of place is that? It's a barren land, a shabby place where prisoners are exiled. What kind of fiefdom does it give me? It's obviously meant to make me die outside!!"
The more Jiang Huaiyan spoke, the angrier he became, and his voice rose several degrees higher.
Lu Jinzhi said nothing, and Jiang Huaiyan became even more angry when he saw him like this!
"Why did you exile me while you are still in the capital?"
"I know, I know, it's all because of Lu Yizhi. He vented his hatred for you on me. It's all because of you, the Lu family, who harmed me! I was harmed by you, why are you still living a good life? "
Jiang Huaiyan kept saying, "You Lu family" and "You have harmed me", full of resentment.
Lu Jinzhi stood up suddenly and overturned the table to the ground with a bang.
"Have you said enough? Jiang Huaiyan!" He glared at Jiang Huaiyan,
"You are the one who wants to go further, you are the one who wants power. The Lu family has built up its foundation for decades. We have all accepted our fate of success and failure. Who are you blaming here? Who do you have the right to blame?"
"You can still stand here because your mother and concubine saved you with her life! Without the Lu family, you are nothing!"
Jiang Huaiyan was speechless, looked at Lu Jinzhi blankly, and suddenly started crying while hugging his head.
Such a grown man suddenly burst into tears.
"Cousin, cousin doesn't want to go to Liangzhou."
"I...I don't want to die."
Lu Jinzhi felt sad in his heart, and wanted to persuade Jiang Huaiyan not to be so pessimistic. He had inquired from various caravans in the past few days, and found out that Liangzhou was not as terrible and desolate as the rumors said.
But before he could say anything, the shouts of pedestrians suddenly came from outside.
"It's snowing—it's snowing—"
"Very big snow--"
Jiang Huaiyan suddenly seemed to have found a life-saving straw, and quickly came to the window and opened it.
The cold wind blew in snowflakes like goose feathers, and the heat in the wing instantly dropped.
Jiang Huaiyan didn't feel the cold at all, and instead said excitedly: "It's snowing, it's snowing, the road to Liangzhou will be closed due to such heavy snow, my father will definitely feel sorry for me and let me stay."
"When I was a child, I caught a cold while playing in the snow. My father personally gave me medicine. He loved me very much."
As if trying to convince himself, Jiang Huaiyan dug out the emperor's love for him from his long-standing memory bit by bit, and in the end, he actually convinced himself.
"I'm going to see my father! I'm going to beg my father!"
Jiang Huaiyan muttered to himself and ran out of the restaurant quickly.
Everyone has their own obsessions, Jiang Huaiyan has it, and so does Lu Jinzhi.
Lu Jinzhi settled the bill and walked out of the restaurant. It was snowing heavily and pedestrians were in a hurry.
Lu Jin was walking alone in the snow. After twenty years of living, this was the first time he was walking so lonely on the streets of the capital. The familiar street scene felt completely unfamiliar.
Lu Jinzhi returned to the Duke's Mansion.
The emperor had some true feelings for Concubine Lu. The emperor did not kill the third prince, nor did he continue to hold the Duke's government accountable.
The title of the Duke of Guo was still there, and Lu Jinzhi still had some expectations for the future.
"Master, you are finally back. I want to see you."
As soon as he entered the door, Zhuye came up to him anxiously and asked him to come over.
Lu Jinzhi turned around and came to Lu Guogong's room. Lu Guogong was throwing things. Seeing Lu Jinzhi, he asked angrily: "Why don't you listen to me?"
Lu Jinzhi didn't realize why Duke Lu was angry, so he didn't answer.
Lu Guogong's temper has become increasingly violent recently. The doctor asked him time and time again to calm down and rest, but Lu Guogong refused to listen at all.
"Speak, why don't you speak? I asked you to get Qiao Yin back, why don't you listen?"
Lu Jinzhi was speechless for a moment, and then fell silent again.
Lu Guogong staggered over and grabbed Lu Jinzhi's shoulders, as if commanding and begging.
"This is the last chance for our Duke's government to stand up. If you catch Qiao Yin, she can help us. Go and beg her, and she will definitely agree to you!"
Lu Jinzhi shook his head: "She and Xie Yuan are engaged."
There was a trace of surprise on Lu Guogong's face, "So fast?"
But soon he said: "It doesn't matter, it's just an engagement. They haven't gotten married yet, so you still have a chance. Just use the method I said last time. If you find someone to tell others about it, just say Qiao Yin." He is already yours..."
Lu Jinzhi shook his head again, his eyes full of disappointment.
"Father, this time, I forgive my son for not being able to obey my orders."
Although he also longed for Qiao Yin to return to him, he couldn't do it if he used such shameless and dirty methods to discredit Qiao Yin.
He is stupid, extremely stupid, but he doesn't want to become that unscrupulous villain.
"Dad, please take a good rest, your son will prepare for spring."
Lu Jinzhi handed the Lu Guo bus to the servant, turned around and left.
……
Qiao Yin and Xie Yu'an came back from Xiangguo Temple and told Qiao Zhendong the date of their arrival. Qiao Zhendong was slightly dissatisfied, but when he heard that it was the auspicious day approved by Master Wu himself, he immediately became overjoyed.
This is Master Wu’s blessing, and no matter how many people ask for it, they can’t get it.
Qiao Zhendong entered the palace holding the auspicious date written by Master Wu.
When he came back, there was a reward and a marriage decree coming from the palace.
Qiao Zhendong asked for a marriage decree for Qiao Yin, and the decree was first sent to General Dingguo's mansion.
Xie Yu'an accepted the order and said with a wry smile: "My father-in-law is still worried about me."
Qiao Zhendong is really worried.
Although Xie Yu'an is sincere and the head of the Xie family has repeatedly promised, but... brothers turn against each other and couples are separated from each other in the world. Even if he is satisfied with Xie Yu'an, he has to think more about his daughter.
This imperial edict made Qiao Zhendong, a father, feel at ease, and it also allowed Xie Yu'an to get what he wanted.
They were already married, so there was no need for him to be secretive anymore.
On the same day, Xie Yuan and Qiao Yin's wedding invitations were quickly dispatched to various houses in the capital.
It's as if the wedding invitation has been prepared a long time ago. Just wait for the auspicious day to be set, fill in the date and send it out.
For a while, the capital was noisy again, and everyone in the streets was talking about the marriage.
The engagement was made in the morning and the wedding invitations were sent out in the afternoon. I have never seen such speed in ten or twenty years, let alone ten years.
