The fifth prince laughed and patted his mouth lightly, "Is it my brother? I can't control my mouth when I drink. Come on, come on. I drank this cup. I have to apologize. Big brother has a lot. Don't talk to me." General knowledge."
The prince then snorted and said, "How can one cup be enough? I need two cups anyway."
"Okay, okay." The fifth prince smiled good-naturedly. After drinking one cup, he poured another cup and said to Lu Xingyue: "I will use this cup to make amends to the Marquis."
Lu Xingyue smiled and said nothing.
Apologizing is nothing more than face-saving, and his goal has been achieved.
He didn't answer the prince's words, and almost made the prince unable to come to the stage. The prince was unhappy and would definitely beat him later. As for the fifth prince, he was already at odds with the prince. It didn't make any difference if he offended him more or less, so he didn't care about the consequences at all. .
The fifth prince calmed down a lot after drinking these two glasses of wine, but the prince's interest remained low. Seeing that he was almost done eating, the prince stood up and said: "I'm so drunk, I won't drink anymore. You continue, I still have something to do in the East Palace. Let’s go back first, Lao Qi——”
The seventh prince raised his eyes blankly, then realized what was happening and shook his head: "I'll wait for my sister. Brother, please leave first."
The prince didn't care. He nodded and said to Lu Xingyue, "I'd like to trouble you, Lord Marquis, to send the orphan away."
coming.
Lu Xingyue stood up and said, "Yes."
The two of them walked away from each other, and the fifth prince leaned on the back of the chair and closed his eyes.
Shen Lansui asked people to make sobering soup. When he came back, he saw that Lu Xingyue and the prince were not there. He understood immediately and didn't ask any more questions. "It's a small drink to make you happy, but drinking too much is harmful to your health. I asked someone to make sobering soup. You all have to drink it to help you feel better." It’s not too late to leave.”
"Thank you, madam!" The seventh prince stood up and took it, then sat down and drank slowly.
The fifth prince sat there and waited.
Shen Lansui glanced at him without even looking at him. He took a bowl and moved to the inner room, followed closely by Guan Chun with a tray.
The fifth prince curled his lips with unknown meaning.
This scene happened to be seen by Liang Ci. He quickly narrowed his eyes and lowered his eyes.
It seemed that he needed to remind Lu Xingyue.
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Lu Xingyue saw the prince off for a while. When he got off the corridor, he looked around and saw that there was no one around. The prince paused and looked back at Lu Xingyue.
"The Marquis seems to have some grudge against Gu?"
Lu Xingyue was puzzled, "Why did Your Highness say this?"
The prince looked at him and said in a low tone: "No? If not, why did you react so much to Gu saying that we are a family? Gu could only make a joke, but you couldn't wait to cut off the relationship with Gu. Aren't you dissatisfied with Gu? ?”
Lu Xingyue didn't answer immediately, and the prince's expression suddenly became sharp, "Why don't you speak?"
"If His Highness thinks so, I really can't argue with you." Lu Xingyue is tired of fools the most, especially the stupid royal family members.
It's okay for others to be stupid, and it won't affect him at all, but the stupid prince will only bring him endless trouble.
The prince's face turned cold and he scolded: "Lu Xingyue! You are so brave!"
Lu Xingyue knelt down on one knee unhurriedly, "If Your Highness wants to punish the official, I will suffer the consequences. But what will your Majesty think if he hears about it? The official is your majesty's sword, and the prince has crossed it." His Majesty's punishment of this subordinate is a slap in the face, and I hope His Majesty will think twice."
"Are you threatening me?" If the prince's anger just now was 30% true and 70% false, now it became very true.
His gloomy eyes fell on Lu Xingyue's head, and his murderous intention suddenly arose.
Lu Xingyue seemed not to notice it, and said to himself: "Your Highness, you might as well think about it carefully. Why does the Fifth Highness bring this matter up?"
The prince frowned and said impatiently: "What are you doing? I just want to see if you stand in line?"
"Since Your Highness knows this, how can you be fooled?" Lu Xingyue raised his head and looked at him, saying neither humble nor arrogantly: "Your Majesty is the envoy of the Jinyi Guard Town. Everyone knows that the Jinyi Guards are His Majesty's confidants. Your Majesty is now in the prime of life and has not yet abdicated the throne. , but the prince he appointed has a relationship with his confidant, what do you think His Majesty will think?"
The prince was startled, and the strings in his mind suddenly tightened. He hesitated and said: "You mean, on the surface, he wants to drive a wedge between you and me, but in fact, he wants to drive a wedge between Gu and my father?"
Lu Xingyue said nothing, just looked at him.
The prince had the answer without him having to answer, and his face suddenly became strange, sometimes green and white, sometimes cold and gritted his teeth.
After a while, he suddenly calmed down and leaned over to help Lu Xingyue up personally, "I really drank too much today. I didn't think straight just now. I almost got him wronged. Don't argue with me like this. You You're right, this in-law relationship is really hard to talk about, and I won't mention it again in the future."
"Thank you for your understanding, Your Highness."
Lu Xingyue raised his hands.
The prince smiled and patted his shoulder, and the two brothers seemed to be leading him forward, "But so are you, Yuan Zhi. Now that the government is independent, it's time to plan more for yourself."
"I only found out today when I heard what my mother said. The queen mother and your aunt, ah, the eldest lady of the Duke's Mansion, were close friends for many years. The two had a close relationship. It's a pity that the beauty was unlucky and died early. Now Rong Zhao and Ling Just like this, the queen mother also said that it was God's will that allowed Ling Zheng to come to the palace to sit with her more often when he had time."
Lu Xingyue did not refuse or agree, and said vaguely: "If I have the opportunity, I will take my wife to pay my respects to the Queen."
The prince was dissatisfied with his perfunctory behavior and asked: "Lao Wu hasn't married a main concubine yet, but I heard that he wants to marry a girl from the Mu family as a side concubine?"
"The lower officials don't know about this, so it's hard to ask."
"Then what do you think?"
"It's not Xiaguan's turn to think about it, and it's not Xiaguan's turn to think about it. The relationship between the Mu family and Xiaguan has long been severed, and their family has nothing to do with Xiaguan."
Lu Xingyue still looked like he was in a state of indifference. The prince punched the cotton, holding it back hard. He was silent for a long time. He saw that he was out of the corridor, waved his hand and said: "That's it, you can go back and leave alone."
"Your Highness." Lu Xingyue watched the prince walking away, his face turned completely cold, and some doubts could not help but arise in his heart.
The prince is headstrong, sensitive and suspicious. If such a person becomes emperor one day, will he be reused?
No matter what he thought, Lu Xingyue didn't know how to do it. Not only would he not be able to reuse him, he would even be afraid of him.
Letting him take the throne will do no harm.
But if the fifth prince comes to power...
Thinking of the way that man looked at Shen Lansui, Lu Xingyue silently clenched his hands. The prince couldn't do it, and he couldn't do it either.
The prince was right in saying that he really had to make plans for himself.
He turned around and walked back. As soon as he walked around the corner, he saw the fifth prince walking towards him. He said in a natural manner: "Brother is gone?"
Lu Xingyue nodded, "Why is Your Highness here?"
"Of course I have something to tell you."
The fifth prince smiled and said, "Master Marquis, you don't mind giving me a piece of it, right?"
Lu Xingyue looked at him deeply, raised his hand and said, "Please——"
