Lu Jiuyuan's eyebrows were originally stained with haze, but after hearing what she said, his expression paused.

He lowered his eyes and looked in front of him, looking at the girl with his little face tilted. His shimmering eyes were clearly filled with enthusiasm.

Unexpectedly, a smile flashed across his eyes and nodded, "Well, nothing is there."

"So, I'm so angry that I will teach them a lesson." Tao Yao said, clenching his fists.

Lu Jiuyuan paused, suddenly raised his hand and touched her head, "Okay, I understand, don't be angry, they will pay the price for it."

Tao Yao was stunned and didn't even notice what he said.

Lu Jiuyuan withdrew his hand uneasyly, put it behind his back, turned around and said lightly: "Go back, the birthday party is about to begin."

"Oh." Tao Yao responded, but couldn't help but raise his hand and touch his head, secretly complaining. Why did she feel like she was touching a pet when Lu Jiuyuan touched her head?

...

After the birthday party, the guests were all gone, but the eldest princess kept Tao Yao talking for a while, and even took out a set of faces to give her.

"This is the jewelry I like to wear when I was young. I will give it to you as our meeting gift."

Tao Yao was flattered, "Thank you, Princess!"

The eldest princess shook her head, took her hand and said, "If you have time, you should come to Duke Chen's mansion more often and talk to me, the old woman."

Looking at the eldest princess whose temples were already a little gray, Tao Yao felt inexplicably sad.

At this moment, she was not a noble eldest princess, but a lonely and ordinary old man.

She nodded heavily and said playfully in a tone: "I can do it, as long as the eldest princess doesn't bother me at that time."

"How could it be?" The eldest princess pinched her little face, "I'm not too happy to have a cute and well-behaved little girl like you talking to me."

While talking, Lu Jiuyuan walked over.

The eldest princess saw it and patted Tao Yao's hand and said, "Jiuyuan is here, go."

"Then Tao Yao took his leave first." Tao Yao stood up.

"Okay." The eldest princess nodded, looked at Lu Jiuyuan, and said with a stern face, "I like this little girl Yaoyao very much. You can't bully her normally, you should spoil her more."

Tao Yao heard this and was a little embarrassed. He was about to say something, but he heard the man's voice "Yeah" in a low voice, "I know."

Tao Yao: “…”

The eldest princess laughed "haha" and said, "If I were you, if there was such a cute and beautiful little girl who would marry me, I would definitely be too late to spoil her."

Tao Yao was embarrassed again and was embarrassed to look at Lu Jiuyuan's expression.

"I'm leaving." Lu Jiuyuan bowed slightly.

"Let's go, go. When you have time, remember to come to the mansion more and accompany the old man." The eldest princess waved her hand.

"Okay." Lu Jiuyuan responded.

After leaving the Duke Chen's mansion, Tao Yao didn't see Gu Changqing, so he asked more, "Where is Lord Gu?"

Lu Jiuyuan paused, looked at her, "Let's go first."

"Oh." Tao Yao nodded, just as he was about to get on the carriage, but he heard the man say again, "Gu Changqing is not a good person. If he meets him in the future, don't talk to him."

When Tao Yao heard this, he stared at him with wide eyes and said in confusion: "But isn't he your good friend? If I meet him, wouldn't it be too rude if I don't say hello?"

"No." Lu Jiuyuan said two words lightly with his thin lips.

Tao Yao suddenly nodded in a clear understanding, "I understand, it turns out that you two are plastic brothers."

"Plastic Brother?" Lu Jiuyuan raised his eyes and looked at her, his brows frowned slightly.

"Plastic brothers are the relationship between you. Although it is very false, it can mean a long time." Tao Yao explained briefly.

Lu Jiuyuan curled his lips, but he did not comment.

And Gu Changqing, who had returned to the mansion at this time, somehow sneezed repeatedly.

He rubbed his nose and said, "Someone must be scolding me behind my back!"

After getting on the carriage, Tao Yao opened the box and looked at the head and face given by the eldest princess.

It was a set of jade jewelry. Although the style was simple, it was very delicate and beautiful, with warm tentacles and extremely comfortable.

She played with it carefully for a while and then put it back.

Seeing that she looked very baby and satisfied, Lu Jiuyuan frowned slightly, and felt that the little girl's preference was very confusing.

"I like it very much?" he couldn't help but ask.

"Yes." Tao Yao nodded without hesitation. Which girl's family would not be moved by the whole set of jade?

Thinking of something, she suddenly looked up at him, "Uncle Jiu, do you have a good relationship with Duke Chen and Princess Chen?"

"Well, it's not bad." Lu Jiuyuan nodded, and met her curious eyes. He couldn't help but explain, "When I was young, I was under Duke Chen, and he taught me a lot of things. For me, he is both a teacher and a friend.

.”

When Tao Yao heard this, she finally understood.

No wonder he has such a close relationship with Duke Chen and Princess Chen, and it turns out that he has this relationship.

"Uncle Ninth is so powerful. I believe Duke Chen was also a very powerful general when he was young." Tao Yao said sincerely.

When Lu Jiuyuan heard this, he paused, his lips curled slightly, "Duke Chen is indeed a good general who is strategic but cares about the people."

Tao Yao suddenly sighed and held his cheek and thought, but unfortunately, the children of the Chen family died in the battlefield...

Lu Jiuyuan probably thought of this and fell silent.

When they returned to the Duke's Mansion, the two got out of the carriage. As soon as they entered the mansion, they saw Lu Hao squatting under the tree to count ants to play.

Seeing the two of them coming back, he immediately threw away the small wooden stick in his hand and jumped over.

"Uncle Jiu, Aunt Jiu, where have you been to play? Why don't you bring me with you? It's so insignificant."

Tao Yao said with a funny look: "We're going to celebrate Duke Chen's birthday. If we had known you wanted to go, we would have called you."

When Lu Hao heard this, he suddenly lost interest, "Then you are lucky that you didn't call me."

"Why? Duke Chen and Princess Dachang are very good." Tao Yao was puzzled.

"It's good to be a good person, but whenever Duke Chen saw me, he would ask me to play chess with him. Then his chess quality was bad and he refused to admit his loss." Lu Hao complained.

Tao Yao was stunned, "It's impossible. Duke Chen is not that kind of person, and he can't play chess?"

Lu Hao raised his chin and snorted, "I didn't slander him. If you don't believe me, please ask Uncle Jiu."

Tao Yao turned to look at Lu Jiuyuan.

Lu Jiuyuan frowned slightly, but he remained silent.

Seeing this, Tao Yao was stunned for a moment. Why did he look deeply hurt?

Is Lu Xiaohao true?

She stammered, "No, it's impossible?"

She had a good impression of Duke Chen. Such a kind old man shouldn't be fooled by playing chess, right?

However, when I remembered the scene of the old man playing chess when I was shopping in the park, I was a little uncertain.

However, everyone will have shortcomings. This small disadvantage of Duke Chen is actually quite cute.
Chapter completed!