After a moment, Gu Jinghe said, "If this girl hadn't just come to Beijing and you weren't familiar with her, I would have doubted what benefits she had given you."
Li Dezheng smiled cheekily and said, "Oh! Your Majesty, is it so easy for a slave to be bribed? A slave is someone close to Your Majesty. What good things have you never seen?"
Gu Jinghe snorted.
"Go and pass the message."
Li Dezheng raised his head with confusion.
"ah?"
Gu Jinghe looked at him with disgust.
"I asked you to pass on the decree and give the Hundred Gardens to Princess Heyue."
After hearing this, Li Dezheng smiled and bowed.
"Slave obeys the order!"
After saying that, he wiped the sweat from his forehead and went out.
Accompanying you is like accompanying a tiger.
He has to relieve His Majesty's worries, and he also has to worry about his bad ideas. It's not an easy job for him as the head eunuch.
…
When Chu Yue left the palace, the carriage outside the palace had almost left.
Seeing Chu Yue coming out of the palace gate, Heimu hurriedly drove a carriage to greet her.
"master."
Chu Yue nodded slightly, then got into the carriage with Ningdong's help and drove towards the outside of the city.
The curtain of a black carriage parked not far away was lifted, revealing the young man's calm face. Watching the carriage go away, he breathed a sigh of relief in his heart.
"Go back home."
Chu Yue did not know that Qian Yu was waiting for him outside the palace, nor did she notice his carriage.
When I returned to Zhuangzi, it was too late.
"Mother, husband, master, I'm back."
After getting off the carriage, Chu Yue went straight into the yard.
Hearing that she had returned home, the family members were relieved. Thinking that Lu Xinghe was in the house, Yun Cuihe did not hold Chu Yue in gossip, just said hello to her and went into her house.
Thinking of leaving some space for the young couple, after all, they have reached the right age.
Thinking of the scene in the morning, Chu Yue touched her nose in embarrassment.
As soon as she entered the house, Lu Xinghe came to her side, untied her cloak and took it off.
"Is it cold on the road?"
"It's not cold. Mom prepared soup soup for me and charcoal fire. I cooked it all the way." Chu Yue said, stretching out her hands, "You touch my hands, they are still warm."
Lu Xinghe stretched out his hand and held Chu Yue's hands. The slender white hands were held in his palms, warm and soft.
"No one in the palace will give you a hard time today, right?"
Chu Yue shook her head.
"No." She seemed to have thought of something, and looked at Lu Xinghe, "Ms. sir, I was injured before, was it because of Concubine Xiao?"
"no."
Lu Xinghe pulled Chu Yue to sit down on the low couch, smelled the faint smell of alcohol on her body, and poured her another glass of water.
"Drink more water to get rid of the alcohol smell."
Chu Yue took the water glass and drank the wine in the glass, and then looked at him.
"You are so sure that she is not Concubine Xiao. Have you found out yet?"
Lu Xinghe hummed, took the cup in Chu Yue's hand and put it back on the coffee table.
"It's another person who wants to kill you and blame Concubine Xiao."
"It seems that the man and Concubine Xiao are no longer at odds with each other." Chu Yue looked at Lu Xinghe, "Ms. Sir, can you tell me who he is? I'll be careful next time I see you."
"It's Concubine Shu."
"Concubine Shu?" Chu Yue looked confused, "I didn't see her today."
"I was punished by His Majesty, so of course you won't be able to see it."
Lu Xinghe said, suppressing the emotion in his eyes.
The evidence that Concubine Shu sent someone to assassinate Chu Yue was what he asked someone to reveal to the palace. It's a pity that His Majesty was so compassionate that the punishment was too light.
Chu Yue went to the palace today, but he did not remind her because he knew that Concubine Shu would not appear at the palace banquet this time.
Chu Yue was a little surprised.
"You mean, Your Majesty also knows that she sent someone to assassinate me?"
Looking at the little girl's sparkling eyes, Lu Xinghe curled his lips and smiled, then reached out to tuck the loose hair on her cheek behind her ear.
"Of course I know, otherwise how could this matter be revealed so easily?"
Chu Yue showed her face and leaned gently into Lu Xinghe's arms, feeling at peace in her heart.
"Ms. sir, how can you be so powerful? You may not have any fame yet, but you know so much and can accurately deliver the news to the palace."
She turned her head and glanced in the direction of Lu Xinghe.
"You have been in the capital for more than two years, and you have spent a lot of time planning, right?"
Lu Xinghe held her cheek and stared at her with his deep phoenix eyes.
"Do you think your husband-in-law is very scheming?"
Chu Yue shook her head.
"I am not a flower in the greenhouse, and I also understand the gloom in the officialdom. When you are an official in the government, you must not have the intention to harm others, and you must have the intention to guard against others. Only by knowing yourself and the enemy can you be victorious in every battle. My husband can arrange all this in advance. Well, I feel at ease."
Lu Xinghe was a little surprised when he heard Chu Yue's remarks.
"I thought you would be afraid of me."
"How could it be?" Chu Yue looked at him seriously, "We are husband and wife, we are grasshoppers on a rope. Although I have some talent in business, I am not good at planning behind the scenes. In the future, my husband will protect my back. I should be grateful for the hidden arrow."
Lu Xinghe slowly raised the corners of his lips.
"Okay, from now on I will be Yueyue's solid backing and protect you throughout your life."
Chu Yue pouted.
"One life is not enough."
Lu Xinghe hugged Chu Yue's face and put his forehead against hers, with deep affection in his deep eyes, "How about this lifetime?"
Looking into his eyes, Chu Yue felt as if her heartbeat had skipped a beat.
When she realized what she was doing, she nervously grabbed her clothes on her chest, "But... let's live this life clearly before we talk about it. Who knows if there will be an afterlife."
Looking at the little girl's shy look, Lu Xinghe smiled and took her into his arms.
"Yueyue."
"Um."
"I……"
Lu Xinghe stopped talking.
Chu Yue looked up at him.
"What’s wrong with you?"
Lu Xinghe pressed his lips on Chu Yue's forehead.
Then he said three words very seriously.
"I love you."
Hearing these three words, Chu Yue only felt a "dong" sound in her chest, and she didn't react for a long time.
Chu Yue raised her head and looked at Lu Xinghe, who was very close at hand. The man's side face was as handsome as a god, and her face was clearly reflected in his deep and dark eyes.
My husband never speaks provocative words. What on earth has got him stimulated today?
After reacting, Chu Yue's first action was to touch Lu Xinghe's forehead to check if there was anything strange about him.
Lu Xinghe had a smile on his lips, and he just let the little girl writhe in his arms lovingly.
After a long while, Chu Yue looked at him.
"Ms. sir, you haven't been stimulated today, have you?"
Lu Xinghe shook his head lightly, "No."
"Then why do you say such things?" Chu Yue lowered her head and her voice became smaller and smaller.
"I thought you wanted to find an answer from me."
Seeing Chu Yue stunned, he stretched out his big palm and rubbed the little girl's head.
"I just want you to know that I marry you and care about you, not just because of the connection that has been tied between us for a long time, but because I want to."
Hearing this, Chu Yue couldn't help but blush, but her heart was gradually filled with sweetness.
She lay in Lu Xinghe's arms, trying her best not to let him see her appearance at the moment. After a long while, she said dullly, "Marrying you is what I want."
Looking down at the little girl in his arms, Lu Xinghe pursed his lips and smiled.
"I know, always knew."
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