The Possession of My Beloved

Lu Xian was so anxious that he could fly to the roof, but no one is here to discuss the hardships he was going through. When the people of Prince Huaiyang summoned him, he had to go there bravely.

At this time, Prince Huaiyang is not a small character like the meal they had together the last time. The Prince sat behind a desk full of papers, with a jade crown and gold belt. His eyebrows were thick and his eyes were closed. He lowered his head and corrected the papers.

Lu Xian goes in and kneeled to greet The Prince, but he doesn’t see Prince Huaiyang looking up for a long time, so he can only kneel there in fear.

It was not until a long time after that Prince Huaiyang looked up and said, “Why is Mr. Lu still kneeling? Please get up quickly.”

Lu Xian knew that Prince Huaiyang was giving him a heads-up. But he is a minor, what is he in front of such a distinguished Prince? He can only thank him quickly but dare not really get up.

Cui Xingzhou waved and asked Mo Ru to bring a chair to let Lu Xian sit down.

Lu Xian then got up and sat down with his hips on the edge of the chair.

Cui Xingzhou was very approachable and asked Lu Xian how he was getting along with his previous injury and whether the Old Master in the Lu Mansion was healthy.

When he was almost speechless, Lu Xian could not take it and said, “My niece is not sensible and has been bothering Your Highness for a long time. I thought about it and will take her back today to avoid disturbing Your Highness’s rest.”

Cui Xingzhou smiled, “She came to see me because she was worried about my leg injury. It’s not a nuisance. I’ve kept her for a long time, and it doesn’t matter staying for a few more days…”

These words are hard for people to reply to. Lu Xian have to find another topic and refused to answer his questions, then said, “If nothing happens, I will leave with my niece now.”

Cui Xingzhou sat back on the chair and knocked his long finger on the table, saying, “I heard that the matchmaker of the Lu family has been going on for several days. Are you going to continue to arrange a marriage for Miantang being so anxious to return, Mr. Lu?”

Lu Xian was surprised. He was surprised that Prince Huaiyang knew what was happening to the Lu family. He was a little uncertain about the meaning of Prince Huaiyang, and only said in a low voice, “That’s not true, just because the old people at home are worried…”

Cui Xingzhou nodded and said, “That’s good. Others don’t know, but Mr. Lu knows it. Miantang and I are just a couple apart from the marriage procedures. How can people forget their love for two years? It’s fine if she is safe and sound in the Lu family, but if someone quietly marries her out, where will my face go?”

Lu Xian is not good at words. Although he thinks that the words of Prince Huaiyang are absurd, he doesn’t know how to refute them at the moment. In addition, The Prince’s words are not exactly unreasonable.

But… According to his words, isn’t Miantang going to be a single Old Lady all her life and can’t get married?

So he said bravely, “Miantang’s marriage can’t be decided by me, it’s all up to the old people in the family. Your Highness also said that Miantang and you are not a couple who had worshiped heaven and earth. To put it nasty… It’s an unofficial marriage, you can’t count it. Didn’t Your Highness let Miantang return home at the beginning, and she has the freedom to marry in the future and not owe each other anymore?”

Cui Xingzhou frowned and said in a cold voice, “You are Miantang’s elder. How can you splash dirty water on your Lady like this? What’s more, Miantang is the most innocent. If she knew you said this about her, wouldn’t she be sad? Besides, you knew she had been with me, but you decided to marry her to another man. What kind of intention do you have? If her future husband knew this, how would he create a difficult position for her?”

Of course, Lu Xian knows Miantang’s difficulties, but even if all the men in the world are dead, Miantang can’t marry Prince Huaiyang!

If Cui Xingzhou finds out what Miantang did before in the future… Just by the thought of it, Lu Xian breaks out in cold sweat.

However, in terms of sophistry, he can’t fight against Prince Huaiyang. He was worried for a moment, and his aura of the Jianghu came up. He just answered with a stare, “Does Your Highness mean to consume my Miantang’s time to death?”

Cui Xingzhou waved to Mo Ru and poured a cup of tea for Lu Xian, “Look what Mr. Lu said, Miantang was just having a hard time with me. She can’t take things personally and ignore me all the time, can she? But I’m busy with official duties and have no time for personal affairs at the moment, but if I’m working hard for the country and got calculated by somebody and lost my woman, I will never allow it even if I fall into hell!”

This is the conclusion. It probably means that he can take her back, but she can’t get married!

When Lu Xian came out of the study of Prince Huaiyang, he led him to a courtyard of the guild hall. As soon as he entered the courtyard, he saw that Miantang was removing the splint.

These days, her hands and feet are more powerful than before. Although she can’t be as healthy as before, it is more than enough to cope with daily life.

She was afraid that her hamstrings would shift again, so she kept them fixed. Now they are better. It is not convenient to walk on the splint. Thus, she simply removed the splint first.

Lu Xian didn’t care to ask Miantang about her hands and feet, but he said hurriedly, “Why did you come to him again? Do you know what he said to me just now?”

Miantang asked the maid who served her to go down first. When there was no one else in the room, she said to her uncle, “No matter what he said, just treat him as farting. I asked Bi Cao and Fang Xie to pack the things up and we can return to the State of Xi at any time.”

Lu Xian patted his thigh, “He is Prince Huaiyang! For common citizens like us, what he said is a thunderbolt in the clear sky. How can we treat it as farting? He…… He means you are not allowed to get married to others!”

Miantang was not surprised to hear Cui Xingzhou’s imperious remarks. She was folding clothes on one side and said to his uncle gently, “He is just fighting for a face. When I was at the Wuning Checkpoint, I shouldn’t have asked to leave first. I should have just waited for him to chase me away. Now he has lost face. He can’t bear to be abandoned first, so he has to find some face back. He is not young anymore. When the Northwest War is over, his mother will arrange a marriage for him, and when he gets married and has children, how can he have time to care for others?”

Miantang said it easily, but Lu Xian thought Cui Xingzhou’s words were not a joke, “If he thinks about you all the time, you won’t get married? You’ve been with him these days…”

Some words are inappropriate to ask as her Uncle, Lu Xian was so anxious that his beard curled.

Miantang was kind-hearted to help her Big Uncle, “Since I know that he is not my husband, I naturally will not live in the same room with him. Now it is just a matter of giving him some time to process, and it is time to separate slowly.”

Lu Xian found his wife at the command of his parents. He has never heard of such a way of separation between these young adults.

However, seeing Miantang’s calm and relaxed appearance, he felt that the situation might not be as serious as he thought. But the issue of not letting Miantang get married…

“If he doesn’t marry forever, won’t you be unable to find a matchmaker? Girls can’t compete with men, and they can’t afford to delay their marriage!”

Miantang smiled softly, “Uncle, you’ve worried too much. If a married woman has money, she will be surrounded by many young men. I’m not ugly. I will earn more money in the future. Maybe I can meet someone more beautiful than him…”

Lu Xian thinks that Miantang has the same problem as her mother. She only looks at the man’s appearance. At that moment, the topic turned to how to identify men’s inner selves.

Miantang breathed a sigh of relief when she saw that her Uncle was distracted.

In fact, Cui Xingzhou regrets that she broke up too quickly, which is really beyond her expectation.

But no matter what, her life is out of touch with him. These recent days are just a short time of fleeting beauty, leaving some memories for each other.

Since his leg was fine, she was relieved.

In the future, she must always remember that Cui Xingzhou was not the poor Cui Jiu she thought. This is a man who is destined to do great things, and his health does not need her to worry about.

This time, she’s being extra to come here and provoking him. Next time, she will have remembered and ignored him.

According to Lu Xian, Her Eldest Uncle, they were about to leave immediately.

However, Cui Xingzhou asked his Uncle to stay for a few days until he had enjoyed the hot springs and delicious food in the State of You.

The war situation in the Northwest has changed significantly.

Lin Siyue, the royal daughter originally named Chunyue, was officially granted the Imperial Edict of the Great Yan Dynasty and became the female King of the barbarian tribe. However, Agufan was chased by Cui Xingzhou’s subordinates and fled to the North of the snow mountain, which has long since been out of sight of people.

It took Cui Xingzhou less than a year to wipe out the Northwest, and he made great achievements in the war. It is reasonable to return to the Capital for duty reporting and transfer of military power.

But now because of his leg injury, he can heal openly in the State of You and enjoy rare leisure he can’t have in the past year.

Although it is only the beginning of February now, because the State of You is located in the basin, spring has come to be particularly warm. On the slope outside of the State of You, there are butterflies all over the mountains.

Purple color filled the hillside, forming a vast sea of flowers, which attracted many men and women traveling together. When they met flourishing flowers, they spread mats, sat on the ground, drank their wine and cold food, and enjoyed the beauty of spring.

Prince Huaiyang walked forward in normal clothes. Although he had many servants with him, he was no different from those rich Masters who accompanied him.

But his leg injury has not fully recovered, and he is still on crutches.

When seen from a distance, the handsome young man in the jade crown Confucian gown walked limping, which made people feel sorry for him.

The white-clad woman standing beside the handsome young man is even more impressive.

Women are more beautiful in spring and like to wear gorgeous dresses. It’s a pity that the design and color are just right, the dress is too bright, and it doesn’t show a stunning feel.

However, the white color stands in a sea of lilac flowers, and it is just right. In addition, the person itself is beautiful, with a thin waist and black hair in a bun. When looking back and gazing at it, all the viewers hold their breath, and only feel that the flower fairy jumps off the sea of flowers.

Lu Xian did not follow them but sat on the mat not far from them.

The pair standing by the river were talking about something. Prince Huaiyang laughed at Miantang, but his niece seemed very angry.

Next, Prince Huaiyang reached his hand out to Miantang and shook her arm back and forth like a child.

Lu Xian was worried and immediately stood up wanting to rush to separate them.

But before he got up, he was caught by the servant boy, Mo Ru, beside him and said, “Hey, Mr. Lu, I have just boiled the wine for you. Please drink it while it is hot!”

Lu Xian was so worried that he stammered, “Drink… Drink… Drink what! He…… He…… Pull…… Pull……”

Mo Ru looked over following his hand. At this time, The Prince did not pull Lady Liu’s hand, but squatted on the bank with her and wrote something on the beach with a branch.

The heads of the two people were a little close together, and they were whispering something. It seemed that young boys and girls were in love with each other in spring.

Mo Ru looked at it and thought that pair was really eye-pleasing, He then turned to Lu Xian and said, “To put it bluntly, if you hadn’t suddenly appeared at the Wuning Checkpoint, my Master would have been happy living with Lady Liu. As a result, when you came, it was all in a mess, and you didn’t even give any warning, and you took the people away quietly… My Master could not sleep at night! Thanks to my Master’s talent, determination, and ability, he beat the barbarians to flee. Otherwise, you taking Lady Liu away quietly and disturbing my Master’s mind in a mess, which can cause the crime of disturbing the morale of the army! ”

Lu Xian was too straightforward. He was so angry at Mo Ru’s words that he choked, “Cause… Cause…”

Bi Cao on the side listened and couldn’t take it. She immediately helped her Elder Master and said, “Cause your big-headed, devil! Your Highness is being all polite to our Elder Master. How dare you little devil comes to create stories! Then let me ask you, Master Mo, are you a General or a Marshal now? Why are you bestowing a crime on people every time you open your mouth?”

Mo Ru was not convinced and immediately quarreled with Bi Cao.

Finally, Servant Li’s face sank, and in a low voice, “What are you all doing? If you make any noise again, take up the punishment on your own after heading back!” This then stopped their bickering.

However, Lu Xian glanced again, and the two people had already gone far. He walked to the bank of the river just now and saw a poem of dragons flying and phoenixes dancing on the ground, “Last night, I didn’t pick up my dream, but only remembered the light reflected by the lonely lamp. The reunion was too short, and I looked forward to the day when the swallows were paired…”

That poem is really lingering!

When Lu Xian was young, he never wrote poems to tease girls. However, his father said before that the sour and smelly literati are the most shameless. The matters that originally should be a secret feeling between a man and a woman, are written openly and boldly. Otherwise, they also tend to make a famous sentence and be passed down by the word of mouth.

Those who can write down those sour words are not serious!

Now it seems that he is wise. But it happened that all the young girls love these.

Lu Xian was afraid that his niece will be confused with Prince Huaiyang who could write sour poems again and couldn’t bear his pestering for a moment and agreed to be his concubine.

In fact, Prince Huaiyang was inspired and started writing poems on the beach. In the past, when his cousin wrote poems for him, he still looked impatient and wondered where is there the spare time for him to think of such poems.

But now he realized that when he wrote this love poem, he could also use it with confidence.

Unfortunately, Miantang was ungrateful. After reading the poem, she became unhappy.

“You’re going to be a steamed bun if you keep on putting up a stunt face. Didn’t we say that we would only think about happy things when we went out today, and we wouldn’t say anything disappointing?” Cui Xingzhou took her hand and said as they walked.

In fact, Miantang is also very beautiful when she is angry. The sparkling water near the river makes her face glisten, and her eyebrows are covered in light.

Miantang sighed, “There are too many things in the Escort Agency. I have to deal with them myself. I really can’t delay. Please forgive me and let me return tomorrow.”

Cui Xingzhou stopped walking and said, “It was agreed to stay for a while.”

Miantang lowered her head and said, “You just said it yourself, but I didn’t promise.”

Cui Xingzhou pulled a long voice and said, “Every time I wanted to leave, you were so reluctant to part with me. What’s the matter now? Being so eager to part with me…”

Miantang looked away and said coldly, “I used to be stupid and don’t even know when I’m being cheated. Now that I’m one year older, I can’t always be stupid. If you don’t feel good, you can find another one. According to your appearance and style, you can find a lot of people who are willing to sew and cook for you, and a wife treating each other with courtesy.”

Cui Xingzhou took a breath, knowing that he had no chance of winning on such topics, so he took a breather, patted her on the back, and said, “Well, it used to be my fault. I shouldn’t cheat on you. Since you are leaving, I won’t keep you any longer. Anyway, I will go to the State of Xi soon… You don’t have to think about anything. I will arrange everything later. When we return to the State of Zhen, you will be happy with everything…”

Miantang did not speak. Anyway, she would not go back to the State of Zhen with him even if she died. If he still wants to marry her as a concubine, he will have to prepare to end his illusion one day.

The next day, Miantang went on board with her Uncle. However, unlike the Wuning Checkpoint, Cui Xingzhou personally delivered the two men to the dock.

“This time, I’ll let Servant Li go back with you.” Cui Xingzhou pointed to Servant Li with the package on her back.

When Miantang heard that he wanted Servant Li to come with her, she immediately opened her mouth and said, “No need. It’s not that the Lu family doesn’t have servants. I am not short of people to serve.”

She understands that Servant Li is used by Cui Xingzhou to monitor her as an informer, so no matter how delicious Servant Li’s cooking skills are, she dares not ask for it!

But Cui Xingzhou said, “You don’t need people to serve you, then how can you make yourself so thin? Every once in a while, you will crave the specialty dishes made by Servant Li, but you don’t think the chef in the Lu Mansion is skilled. Now that she return with you, you can order whatever you want to eat. In addition, if you want to learn etiquette, you can also let Servant teach you wholeheartedly. Girls can’t just learn boxing, but don’t know the etiquette.”

When Miantang heard this, she said politely that she was an escort agency operator. It was too contrived to have high tea with the following guys. It was refreshing to drink tea with a big bowl of cattle. The etiquette that Servant Li taught was used by Madam and young ladies for tea parties. And she will probably not use it later.

Cui Xingzhou can’t help but look at her and say, “In anyways, people are assigned to you. If you don’t like her, you can find someone to sell her.”

When Prince Huaiyang said this, Servant Li stood aside and straightened her waist. Even if The Prince said he would sell her to others, her eyebrows did not move.

It’s really the style of the Great Servant of The Prince’s Residence. They won’t be surprised by things!

But the old woman looked at Lady Liu with a dark face.

Miantang thought that Servant Li was so old, and it was not good to be frightened. She immediately turned to her and said, “The Prince is joking. How can I sell you away…”

Servant Li said, “The Prince is right. If you think that I’m not loyal and dutiful enough, let alone sell, you can even kill!”

This kind of beating someone to death should also be the unique family tradition of those Princes and noble families. Servant Li said it as if she were eating crushed beans.

Hearing this, Fang Xie and Bi Cao shrunk their necks.

Because Servant Li used to scold them, she said more than once that they are being childish and not behaving. If they entered the Royal Residence, they would be swept into the tumultuous grave by the straw mat in the morning!

They used to think that Servant Li was joking, but now they are aware of it. When Servant Li said this, she was absolutely murderous.

The two little girls were a little sad when they thought that the black-faced Lady would come again this time.

Next, Prince Huaiyang was not relieved and kept on repeatedly advising.

Most importantly, reply to his letter in time after receiving it. As before, it is absolutely intolerable not to accept the letter!

After getting on the boat with difficulty, Lu Xian looked at Prince Huaiyang who was still standing at the dock and did not leave. He was frightened and asked Miantang, “Do you think The Prince can give up completely?”

Miantang did not speak, but walked to the bow of the boat and silently looked at the little waves on both sides of the boat.

It’s his business that he won’t let go. But she has to plan her own life.

After returning, she will try to accumulate silver.

Because it is not terrible to be an old girl dragged down by him, but it is terrible to be an old and poor girl.

Thinking so, this separation is not as calm on the surface but heavy in the heart as it was the first time.

So it seems that Cui Xingzhou’s proposals of slowly adapting to the separation have some utility. Miantang just felt that she had a lot to do before she went back.

After a few days, the boat arrived at the boundary of the State of Xi.

Because when Miantang left, she said that she would deal with the affairs of the Escort Agency. Although the old man was worried, it was reasonable. Only the Elder Master looked very worried and chased out, but others thought he was normal.

It’s just that Lady Liu came back with a black-faced Servant this time. Lu Qingying could not help but make her pout and said, “Her posture is really getting bigger and bigger. Two servant girls are not enough to serve, but bought another woman servant back! I think she’s more like an official lady than the granddaughter of the County Magistrate!”

At that time, the two families were having dinner. Hearing his daughter’s sour words, Lu Mu could not help but stare and said, “Marquis Zhao has a crush on Miantang. When she becomes the Concubine of the Marquis, she will certainly have a higher rank than you, the Granddaughter of the County Magistrate! Your cousin is a powerful one. If you say that in front of her, she will never forgive you!”

Lu Qingying cocked her mouth and said, “Dad, do you think that whatever the Marquis likes can be carried into the Residence? I heard from the Young Master Fan that there are so many concubines in Maquis Zhao’s Residence. What about being higher rank or not, and when there are many people, they are cheap… Maybe the Marquis just wants to show off with her!”