When Hu Yafei learned that Lou Yan actually filled up the pond in his house for Qin Zhen, he was shocked.
After a while, she murmured: "My father will not do this for my mother and concubine."
After saying this, she became strangely quiet until Linglong took her to the main courtyard where Lou Yan lived.
Hu Yafei glanced at the people around him and asked with some confusion: "Why are they all men? Are there no maids?"
Linglong said softly: "Recently, there are always some short-sighted people who want to give away people to the prince. The prince is so disturbed that he simply replaces all the people who serve him with men, and no longer uses maids."
Hu Yafei: "..."
She didn't understand why she had to do this.
In their house, there were many concubines sent by others, but her father never rejected them. And her mother-in-law never had any objections.
Hu Yafei couldn't understand some of the behaviors of Lou Yan and Qin Zhen.
In her opinion, it is normal to be like her father. Even if it is not like her father, then it is not like Lou Yan.
Even for the fourth prince, in addition to the four princes and concubines, he also has several concubines in his house. This is normal.
Among this group of people, Lou Yan seemed out of place.
When they entered, they saw Qin Zhen sitting on a chair, Lou Yan half-leaning on Qin Zhen's shoulder as if he were boneless, holding a book in his hand, reading with some reluctance.
Hu Yafei was a little stunned. This was a prince she had never seen before.
In her impression, the prince was upright, inhumane, and would always keep people away from him, as if nothing could impress him.
But now Lou Yan is like a child, which makes Hu Yafei feel a little unreal.
Lou Yan heard the footsteps and raised his eyelids to look this way.
Hu Yafei suppressed her emotions and leaned over with a smile: "My lord, what are you busy with? Your Majesty has sent people to invite you several times and you have not come into the palace, so I have to come to you myself."
The expression on Lou Yan's face was a little bored: "What do you want from me?"
"You are the only friend I have in the capital," Hu Yafei said matter-of-factly, "Shouldn't you accompany me?"
"Why should I accompany you?" Lou Yan sat up and said coolly, "Besides, who is your friend? The little princess may have misunderstood, and we can't be friends yet."
Hu Yafei frowned: "But, I regard you as a friend. I also helped you when we were in southern Xinjiang. My lord, are you not ungrateful?"
Lou Yan: "I..."
Qin Zhen raised her hand and pressed Lou Yan's arm, stopping Lou Yan's words.
She looked at Hu Yafei in front of her with a smile and asked: "The little princess is here today. Is it because she came here specifically to ask questions?"
Hu Yafei curled her lips and whispered: "How dare I ask him about his crime?"
Qin Zhen nodded: "Then what is the little princess doing?"
"I just want to ask him if he is willing to marry me?" Hu Yafei said with bright eyes, "I have already told His Majesty, but Your Majesty said that it must be done by him. If he is willing to marry me,
, Your Majesty will grant us a marriage."
Hu Yafei stretched out her hand to pull Lou Yan's sleeve: "Your Majesty, will you marry me?"
Lou Yan raised his hand and pulled out his sleeve: "I can't possibly marry you."
Hu Yafei: "Why?"
"I've said everything that needs to be said, don't pester me anymore." Lou Yan said coldly.
Hu Yafei was dissatisfied: "I know you love your wife deeply, but this does not conflict with marrying me. I will not become an obstacle between you."
Lou Yan stood up directly and said in a deep voice: "You don't understand at all."
After that, he didn't bother to pay attention to Hu Yafei, got up directly, entered the room, and slammed the door.
Hu Yafei was stunned, then walked forward and knocked on the door: "Hey, why are you like this? How could you treat your friends like this?"
But no matter how hard she banged on the door, the people inside didn't respond at all.
Qin Zhen looked at it for a while and then said: "Little princess, does your hand hurt from the clapping? Why don't you come and have a cup of tea?"
Hu Yafei pursed her lips, walked slowly over and sat down.
Qin Zhen poured her tea and said, "Little princess, there's no need to knock, he won't open the door for you."
"Does he hate me so much?" Hu Yafei was puzzled. "My father said that I am very beautiful and no man would be willing to reject me."
Qin Zhen glanced at her and then said: "The little princess is indeed beautiful, warm and generous. Indeed, few men can refuse you."
Hu Yafei: "Then why did he reject me?"
"Because... he is my man." Qin Zhen's smile filled her eyes and she spoke confidently, "My man, he can only have eyes for me."
Hu Yafei looked at her in shock: "Is it because of you that he refuses to marry me? What did you do to him to make him so afraid of you?"
Qin Zhen explained patiently: "He's not afraid of me, he loves me."
Hu Yafei: "But him marrying me doesn't affect his love for you."
"You should understand that feelings are unique and exclusive." Qin Zhen said slowly, "If I have you, then this feeling will no longer be unique."
Hu Yafei: "But my father, the queen, and my concubine..."
"Have you never thought that your mother-in-law doesn't love your father?" Qin Zhen smiled and said, "If I really like this person, I can't tolerate anyone else around him besides me."
Hu Yafei: "..."
She was silent for a while, and then said: "No matter what, I just want to marry him. He is the man I fell in love with at first sight, and I came to Beijing this time for him."
"Whether you want it or not, I will marry him." Hu Yafei looked at Qin Zhen steadily and said, "But don't worry, even if I get in, I won't bully you. I am a very generous person.
, I will not occupy him alone, I will live in peace with you."
Qin Zhen raised her hand and rubbed her eyebrows, no longer trying to tell the little princess what true love was.
She thought for a while and suddenly said: "You have been in the capital for a few days, have you ever gone out to play?"
Hu Yafei curled her lips and said: "I have been in the palace these past few days and I am bored to death. His Majesty the Emperor asked the prince to accompany me to go out to play, but the prince does not want to see me at all."
After saying that, he glanced at Lou Yan's door with a resentful look.
Qin Zhen laughed and said, "In that case, can I take you out to play?"
Hu Yafei's eyes widened in surprise: "You're taking me out to play?"
"Yes, I will take you out to play." Qin Zhen said with a smile, "Didn't you say you want to live in peace with me? How about we just cultivate our relationship in advance?"
Hu Yafei thought about it and felt that Qin Zhen's words made sense. She immediately grabbed Qin Zhen's hand happily and said, "Okay, okay, you take me out to play."
Qin Zhen smiled, turned her head and called Manman over, and gave a few instructions in a low voice.
Manman's eyes opened wider and wider, and she glanced at Hu Yafei from time to time, and finally snickered: "Princess, you are so smart."
