Crowned by the Treacherous Big Shot

Chapter 800: Chapter 656: Reunion (Part 3)

Chen Long said, "It looks real."

Lu Yuan put away the Secret Manual, gave Ji Li a reassuring glance, and lifted the curtain to get off the carriage.

"Minister, Lu Yuan, has met Princess Wanping."

He cupped his hands and bowed.

In Great Zhou, he is Lu Yuan, not the Imperial Grandson; the etiquette of ruler and subject cannot be dispensed with.

Princess Wanping, assisted by the female official, slowly got off the carriage.

She looked at Lu Yuan fixedly for a moment, "It’s been a while since we last met, the Grand Commander has become quite humble."

Lu Yuan pretended to sigh and said, "Who doesn’t have a period of youthful extravagance?"

Princess Wanping’s lips twitched slightly, she said to Lu Yuan, "Returning to the capital today? Where is Meng Qianqian? Why hasn’t she come to pay respects to me?"

Lu Yuan solemnly replied, "Princess might be mistaken, I’m not visiting today for a formal audience, but to bring the elderly lady back to the mansion."

Princess Wanping’s face darkened.

"You can take the elderly lady back, but first clear the silver debt she owes at the Princess Mansion."

Lu Yuan: "Silver?"

Princess Wanping said quietly, "Bring the account book."

"Yes."

The female official took out the account book she carried with her and handed it to Lu Yuan for him to review.

It was meticulously recorded: The elderly lady lost ten thousand taels playing leaf cards at the Princess Mansion, damaged an imperial gift worth thirty thousand taels, consumed Princess Wanping’s finest twin lotus flowers valued at fifty thousand taels, and, adding other miscellaneous expenses, the total debt amounted to one hundred thousand taels of silver.

Lu Yuan felt his temples throbbing.

Had the elderly lady dismantled the Princess Mansion?

"Go invite the elderly lady."

Princess Wanping instructed.

The female official left.

Despite having a mountain of debt, the treatment of the elderly lady at the Princess Mansion remained unchanged.

She emerged from the mansion in a luxurious sedan chair.

"Great-grandson-in-law!"

The sedan chair stopped at the gate and did not proceed.

The elderly lady waved at Lu Yuan, her eyes gleaming.

Princess Wanping said coldly, "One hand repays the debt, the other hands over the person."

Lu Yuan covered his forehead.

One hundred thousand taels...

The elderly lady spotted her debt account book and blinked guiltily, like a child caught making a mistake, she scratched the sedan chair with her finger.

Lu Yuan took a deep breath and sighed deeply, "In life, the most important thing is reputation."

He took two steps back and quickly lifted the curtain, revealing Ji Li, who was stunned.

"Princess Wanping, I’ve brought the Prince Consort back."

Ji Li’s body trembled!

Princess Wanping gazed unblinkingly at her Prince Consort and said to the female official, "Give the account book to the Grand Commander and escort the elderly lady out of the mansion."

Ji Li felt a murderous urge towards Lu Yuan.

You little rascal, no sense of martial ethics!

Talking about the importance of reputation in life, but your credibility is buried deep in a cow’s stomach?!

Lu Yuan sighed.

There was no choice, the debt was too much.

He could only sell out a brother.

In the end, the world where only Ji Li was harmed was achieved.

"Great-grandson-in-law!"

The elderly lady despised the cramped sedan chair and got out to walk briskly towards Lu Yuan.

Lu Yuan hurriedly stepped forward to support her, "Great-grandmother."

The elderly lady pinched his cheek, "You’ve gotten thinner, and darker."

Lu Yuan replied with a smile, "I missed Great-grandmother too much, rushed on the journey."

The elderly lady said "Eh?" and stared intently at Lu Yuan.

Lu Yuan puzzledly asked, "Great-grandmother, what’s wrong?"

The elderly lady pointed at his neck, "You got hurt here, does it hurt?"

Lu Yuan’s heart moved.

The wound on his neck was accidentally scraped by a tree branch on the way back to the capital, just a slight injury, nothing serious.

"It doesn’t hurt, Great-grandmother."

He said softly.

"Here you go."

The elderly lady fished out a sugar candy wrapped in leaves from her pocket, "Eat it and it won’t hurt."

Lu Yuan popped the candy into his mouth, "Hmm."

The elderly lady patted his head, "That’s a good boy, by the way, where’s Qianqian? Where’s little Piggy? I miss them so much!"

Lu Yuan softly replied, "They traveled slowly, I came first to bring Great-grandmother home."

"Hmm!"

The elderly lady nodded earnestly.

Once inside the carriage, the elderly lady poured out the sugar candies from her pocket, "One for Qianqian, one for little Piggy, one for Tane, one for little Chuan..."

After "sending" Ji Li back to the Princess Mansion, Chen Long returned to the carriage.

A sugar candy was passed in front of him, "One for little Chen."

Chen Long was stunned.

The elderly lady opened her small bundle, "And osmanthus cake, Qianqian’s favorite osmanthus cake!"