Volume 1: Swan Goose Chapter 348: The Tree Wants to Stop, but the Wind Doesn't Stop (2)
King Yi looked at the two men angrily and continued to curse: "I am just an idle clan member who just wants to live a stable life! You can't harm me like this!"
He slammed the tea cup in his hand to the ground and continued to curse: "In case someone is interested in complaining to the emperor, it is better for me to go to see the emperor now and tell the whole story clearly! If the emperor accuses me of forming a clique for personal gain, I will
The king also admits it, so as not to be splashed with dirty water!"
When the father and son heard this, they were so frightened that they lost color and broke into cold sweats!
"Your Majesty, please calm down!" Gu Zhili fell to his knees and begged in silence: "It was because I was confused for a moment that I made a big mistake! I promise that no one else will know about this! Please have mercy on Your Highness! Don't tell the Emperor!"
King Yi stared at him coldly and said in a serious voice: "I only know that walls have ears, and people's hearts are separated from their bellies. How can you guarantee that no one will know about this!"
Gu Zhili kowtowed three times and said emphatically: "I guarantee this with my head. If anyone outside the palace knows about what happened today, I am willing to kill myself to apologize! Please also take Lu Ning's face into consideration and spare me this time."
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King Yi had a stern look on his face and sneered: "Heh, you have hurt Lu Ning so badly, how dare you mention her?"
Gu Zhili slapped himself twice in the face and said bitterly: "Yes! It's me who has been plotting evil against Lu Ning! It's my ambition! As long as His Highness lets our father and son go this time, I promise that I will never set foot in the Zhuang Tower again in the future.
I will never mention my relationship with Lu Ning to anyone again..."
King Yi looked at him and asked coldly: "Can you do what you said?"
"Yes! Yes!" Gu Jiyun knelt aside and agreed repeatedly: "We will do what we say! If we violate our oath, we will be punished by His Highness. I hope His Highness will show mercy!"
King Yi pondered slightly and cursed with a cold face: "This is the last time I will forgive you. If you dare to harass Lu Ning again, I will settle the old and new debts together! Get out of here!"
The father and son were relieved, kowtowed a few times, and crawled away from the palace.
Outside the door, a group of crows had just flown back to their nest and were landing on the branches. They stared at the two men with pale faces and started to cry noisily, sounding as if they were saying: Fool! Fool!
Lu Ning finally opened his eyes, stood up, walked to the door and watched the two carriages going away, and asked in a cold voice: "Is Your Highness ready to let them go like this?"
King Yi touched the ring on his thumb and said with a faint smile: "Why are you so anxious? I will let them go, but there are some people who will not let them go!"
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The fragrant styrax was lingering in the celadon lotus bud smoke cage. After Gu and his son left in embarrassment, the room fell into silence.
After struggling all morning, Lu Ning felt a little overwhelmed. She was about to say goodbye when she sneezed.
Yu Fengjin took her cloak and carefully put it on her shoulders: "Are you catching a cold? I'll order someone to make you a bowl of ginger soup."
"No need. Thank you for your concern, Your Highness." Lu Ning sniffed, feeling a little suffocated, and knew that he must have caught a cold.
A faint scent of ambergris hit me, and Yu Fengjin's body temperature was still on the wind robe.
Lu Ning felt sad and took off his wind robe and gave it back to him: "I'm fine. Go back and have a good sleep and you'll be fine."
Yu Fengjin looked at the wind robe in her arms and was slightly startled. Then she looked at Lu Ning's eyes and found that there was some repulsion and alienation in them.
He suddenly remembered what happened last night and could only sigh softly without any further force.
Lu Ning stood up suddenly to leave, but his feet gave way and he fell down again.
"What's wrong with you?" Yu Fengjin was startled and hurriedly reached out to help her.
"It's nothing, just a little dizzy." Lu Ning deliberately turned away to avoid his intimacy.
Seeing rejection written all over her body, Yu Fengjin's outstretched hand stopped awkwardly in mid-air.
After a moment of silence, he could only sigh: "If you don't mind, you can rest here for a while before going back. This will save Mr. Murong from worrying when he sees you like this."
Hearing what he said made sense, and because he was feeling dizzy, Lu Ning had no choice but to follow the maid to the guest room to rest.
——Lock the heart——
I don’t know what happened, Lu Ningfang
I was still feeling dizzy, but as soon as I arrived in the guest room, all the symptoms disappeared immediately.
Thinking that it would be too rude to leave right away, Lu Ning lay in the guest room for a while, then walked out to get some air.
She knew that King Yi didn't like others to enter his territory at will, and she didn't dare to walk around anywhere, so she only walked in front of and behind the house.
Behind this room is a rockery with lush trees and leaves. From the foot of the mountain, you can vaguely see a red-roofed octagonal pavilion on the top of the mountain.
The greenery and coolness everywhere made Lu Ning feel comfortable. She stepped on the moss-covered bluestones and climbed up the stairs. As soon as she reached the mountainside, she heard voices coming from the pavilion.
"I heard that the leader of the Lu Gang spent the night here last night. Now the matter is settled!"
This rich and mellow voice should come from a young man. Lu Ning guessed that he was a guard in the palace.
Seeing them talking about their own affairs, Lu Ning couldn't help but stop and hide in the shade to listen.
"Yes! The prince has put in so much effort, and now the matter is finally settled! I believe it won't be long before Gang Leader Lu will be the mistress of our palace!" The voice he spoke this time was a little rough, and it sounded very familiar.
However, their conversation left Lu Ning a little confused - what had King Yi done?
Why would they be so excited about staying overnight in the palace?
"I heard that this was Gu Zhili's trick, but I didn't expect that I would actually help His Highness! I remember how much effort His Highness put into getting close to the Caravan after learning that the main force of the Deer Gang was coming to Shengjing! I didn't expect that it was finally done, but the gang leader...
Escaped halfway!" This time it was the young man who spoke.
Lu Ning was a little confused when she heard this: she knew that King Yi had deliberately approached her in order to cooperate with the caravan.
But what exactly was going to happen? When did he escape?
Her eyes rolled slightly - could it be that she was running away from marriage?
She took two more steps and listened carefully.
"Actually, the prince originally only wanted to win over the old gang leader Gui Lichi, but unfortunately the old gang leader retired and let the young gang leader take charge, so the prince had no choice but to approach the young gang leader!"
This time Lu Ning finally remembered that this familiar voice came from King Yi's bodyguard - Tie Lin.
"Hey, I heard that it was Yan Rong who suggested that the prince be the son-in-law of the caravan in order to win over the old gang leader and the ghost troops, but the prince rejected it!" The young voice teased in a joking tone.
"You also know that there is nothing romantic in the prince's heart! There are so many famous ladies in the capital, including Fang Yi who can go to the hall and the kitchen, but no one can catch the eye of the prince! How could he agree to this proposal!" Tie
There was uncontrollable pride in Lin's voice.
"That's strange! I heard that when the leader of the Lu Gang held a martial arts competition to recruit a bride, it was the prince who took the initiative to win the competition and finally got the beauty in his arms! Since he vetoed the proposal at the beginning, why did he marry her in the end?" That young man
The voice was confused.
"Hey." Tie Lin seemed to sigh, and his voice became darker: "This matter is confidential, I tell you, you should not tell other people. In fact, the marriage between His Highness and the leader of the Lu Gang is just a transaction.
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trade?
Lu Ning's heart sank, and with a slight force in his hand, he broke a branch.
"What deal?" The two men did not hear the crisp sound, and the young voice asked impatiently.
Tie Lin seemed to hesitate for a moment before speaking in a deep voice: "Actually, I'm just guessing. On the eve of the martial arts competition to recruit a bride, Mr. Murong from the caravan had a secret talk with the prince. I was guarding outside at the time and didn't know they were there.
What did they talk about? However, after Mr. Murong left, the prince called Yan Rong over and asked him to disrupt the martial arts venue the next day, and what happened next. So, I guess they did something that night
This kind of deal will make the prince suddenly change his mind."
"No...what kind of deal would shake the prince?" The young man was a little unbelievable.
"The prince is not short of wealth! The only things that can impress him are the old gang leader and the ghost and god troops who have always been thinking about him! It must have been some kind of promise made by Mr. Murong that made the prince decide to marry the leader of the Lu gang!" Tie Lin's voice
It seems calm and a little ruthless.
"Hey, tell me...has the prince ever liked the Lu Gang?
Lord?" The young man asked the most embarrassing question in Lu Ning's heart directly.
Lu Ning pricked up his ears and listened quietly, fearing that he would miss a word, and there was a thin layer of sweat on his forehead.
Tie Lin was silent for a long time before speaking calmly: "If I really liked him, I wouldn't have rejected Gang Leader Lu outright in the first place, and there wouldn't have been any subsequent deals!"
"That's true!" The young man was easily persuaded and added: "I heard that it was Mr. Murong who begged the prince, so the prince sacrificed his life to save the leader of the Lu Gang in Lingzhou! But he didn't expect to save a princess.
!It’s so good that Duanduan made a wedding dress for someone else!”
"Why are you so anxious!" Tie Lin laughed easily: "Now, the leader of the Lu Gang and the prince have a physical relationship, and the two have been bound together since then. What's the matter with the prince?"
I see!
Lu Ning's head was buzzing, his legs were so weak that he could no longer hold himself up, and he fell heavily to the ground.
Her face was as white as paper at this time, and her trembling hands and uneasy expression seemed to have been hit hard.
"Hey, Leader Lu, why are you here? The prince came with the doctor and saw that you were not in the house and were looking around for you!" A little maid saw Lu Ning's figure and hurriedly ran up.
Lu Ning sat there stunned for a while, as if he was slowly digesting what he had just heard.
"Lu Gang Leader? Lu Gang Leader?" qo
The little maid asked several times before she slowly came back to her senses and looked at the little maid with unfocused eyes: "What did you say?"
"Master Lu Gang, the prince is looking for you!" the little maid replied respectfully.
"Your Majesty..." Lu Ning murmured absently, suddenly showing a sad and strange smile. Then he slowly stood up and walked down the mountain.
For some reason, the little maid looked at Lu Ning's back and suddenly felt that she was older and weaker than when she came here.
"Who's there?" Tie Lin heard the voice and hurriedly walked down the mountain. He was followed by a young man in his early twenties, whose facial features were quite similar to his. That was Tie Lin's younger brother, who was also the follower of King Yi. Hu's iron cloud.
"Nothing, the prince is looking for the leader of the Lu Gang. I will call the Lu Gang Leader back." The little maid answered innocently.
"Oops!" Tie Lin and Tie Yun looked at each other, and their faces suddenly turned blue.
Chapter 348: The tree wants to stop but the wind does not stop (2)