Yuan Boyang looked at Lu Xinghe with a sullen face.
"You really don't care about Xue'er at all?"
Lu Xinghe clasped his fists again.
"If Miss Yuan doesn't dislike her, I can treat her as my sister just like Brother Yuan. Now His Majesty has given me a marriage contract with Princess Heyue, and it cannot be changed."
Yuan Boyang sat back in his chair with an unpredictable expression on his face.
"I see."
"teacher……"
Before Lu Xinghe could say anything, he was interrupted by Yuan Boyang.
"You go."
Lu Xinghe wanted to say something else, but finally swallowed his words, said yes, and left the study.
Yuan Boyang sighed.
"Xue'er, did you hear everything?"
Behind the bookcase, Yuan Xueer, with her arm tied in a plaster, walked out with tears streaming down her face. She lay on Yuan Boyang's lap and sobbed.
"Dad, what should I do? I just want to marry brother Xinghe."
Yuan Boyang sighed.
"Originally, my father wanted him to betroth you to him after the imperial examination and let him get rid of his original fiancée. But he didn't expect that his fiancée would be Princess Heyue. Now His Majesty has married Heyue for him. The princess granted me a marriage, but there is nothing I can do about it. You are my daughter, so you can’t become a concubine in someone else’s house?”
He really didn't expect that Lu Xinghe would propose marriage at that juncture.
It caught him off guard.
This feeling was like the prey that I had fattened suddenly flew away.
Hearing this, Yuan Xueer suddenly stopped crying. She wiped the tears on her face and looked at Yuan Boyang firmly.
"I am willing. If my father supports me, I won't believe it. I will always be just a concubine."
"no!"
Yuan Boyang said without thinking.
Yuan Xueer pulled his sleeve and kept begging.
"Dad, I beg you, please help Xue'er. Don't you also appreciate brother Xinghe's talent and ability?"
"This is absolutely impossible!" Yuan Boyang threw his sleeves out of Yuan Xue'er's hands, stood up and looked out the window, "I, Yuan Boyang's daughter, is qualified to marry the prince and become the prince's concubine. Give him a mere Lu Xinghe." As a concubine, where do you want dad to put this face?"
Yuan Xueer wanted to say something else, but Yuan Boyang called the servants and locked her up in her own yard.
Within a moment, Mrs. Yuan Lin Zhihui came to the study after hearing the news.
"Master, what mistake did Xue'er make? Her arm is still injured, and you are going to lock her up. Don't you love her the most?"
Yuan Boyang pointed in one direction and said excitedly, "She is going to be Lu Xinghe's concubine. I don't care about her. Am I still letting her do something embarrassing?"
"But her arms..."
Yuan Boyang had a cold face.
"Wouldn't it be better to just stay in the yard and recuperate?"
Lin Zhihui frowned and wanted to say something, but the words finally turned into a sigh.
"In this case, I will withdraw."
Yuan Boyang stood by the window with his hands behind his back.
"Go ahead."
After Lin Zhihui left, Yuan Boyang shouted outside, "Here comes someone."
The next moment, a man in black appeared in the study, and he knelt down on one knee.
"Master, what are your orders?"
Yuan Boyang narrowed his eyes.
"Go to Nanping Town and investigate the background of Lu Xinghe and Chu Yue. Be sure to do everything down to the smallest detail."
"yes."
The man in black responded, turned around and left the study.
…
After Lu Xinghe came out of Yuan Mansion, he went directly to Xingyue Medical Center.
When she found Chu Yue, she was sitting in the courtyard reading medical books. After drying the medicinal materials, Uncle Lu sat at the stone table and wrote down the knowledge of medicinal materials that Chu Yue had just told him.
As soon as Lu Xinghe came in from the backyard, he caught a glimpse of Chu Yue sitting on the swing.
"Yueyue."
Seeing Lu Xinghe, Chu Yue smiled with curved eyebrows.
"Busy working?"
Lu Xinghe hummed, "I just came out of Yuan Mansion and came directly to your place."
When Uncle Lu heard Lu Xinghe's voice, he tensed up. Although he was wearing a mask covering half of his face, he was still worried that Lu Xinghe would recognize him.
Uncle Lu stood up and put away the paper and pen on the stone table.
"While you chat, I'll go back to the house first."
After saying that, he turned around and walked towards the utility room.
Lu Xinghe looked at his back, frowning slightly.
"What's wrong? What are you looking at?" Chu Yue suddenly approached him and asked.
Lu Xinghe looked at the girl in front of him, smiled and shook his head.
"Nothing, do you have any plans for lunch?"
Chu Yue looked confused.
"My husband, what do you want?"
The man held Chu Yue's hand in his big palm.
"I asked Aji to buy some ingredients. Will Yueyue join me today to wash hands and make soup?"
Chu Yue smiled.
"my pleasure."
After saying that, he let Lu Xinghe lead him out of the medical center and walked towards the new house.
On the way, Chu Yue looked at Lu Xinghe and smiled as she walked, "It just so happens that Yaxing is sending a slave over today. I didn't expect that my husband and I have such a good understanding."
Lu Xinghe curled his lips slightly and said nothing.
Chu Yue frowned.
"What's wrong with my husband? He seems a little unhappy? But what happened in Yuan Mansion?"
Lu Xinghe looked in her direction, then looked straight ahead.
"It's nothing, I just feel that the teacher has changed a lot compared to before."
He vaguely felt that Yuan Xueer's matter was not over yet.
I just hope that the little girl next to me will not be harmed.
Chu Yue didn't think as much as Lu Xinghe did.
"It's normal. He left Nanping Town for more than ten years and climbed all the way to his current position as prime minister. How could he not have changed?"
"I know." He looked at Chu Yue with a smile, "Okay, let's not talk about him, what did you do this morning?"
"What else can I do? Teach Uncle Lu how to recognize some medicinal materials and treat patients." As if she thought of something, she suddenly returned to seriousness, "By the way, there was a fire in front of the hospital day and night, and the arsonist has not been found yet. , I’m having a headache.”
Lu Xinghe frowned.
"The night before yesterday?"
Chu Yue nodded.
"Yes, I thought that the people who set the fire were the same people as Jingshui Tower and Tianfu Liang Shop, but after thinking about it carefully, I didn't think it was the same. There were no traces or evidence left nearby. We can't find the person. It’s really hard to get rid of this feeling in my heart.”
She looked at Lu Xinghe.
"My lord, do you think the person who set the fire could be Cao Bin from the Changping Marquis Mansion?"
"It's not him." Lu Xinghe answered without thinking.
Chu Yue was a little surprised, "Why is my husband so sure?"
"Since Cao Bin was deposed by His Majesty as the Crown Prince, he was sent by Marquis Changping to the military camp under Prince Jing for training." Lu Xinghe held Chu Yue's hand tightly, "I'm afraid that he will retaliate against you. During this period, I have been letting him People are watching Cao Bin’s movements, he has not been to the capital recently, so he cannot be the one who set the fire."
Chu Yue frowned, her face full of sadness.
"Who could that be?"
"Didn't Yueyue say that there is a specialization in the arts?" Lu Xinghe stretched out his hand to caress Chu Yue's eyebrows, "I will check this matter for you, you can just do what you want to do."
After hearing this, Chu Yue smiled and leaned into Lu Xinghe's arms.
"Ms. sir, I'm lucky to have you."
