Phoenix Hairpin

Chapter 123

Li Jing held Lu Mingyu’s hand and walked forward slowly.

The three brothers tacitly stayed away from each other by a long distance. All of them wanted to take advantage of this moment to get close to their fiancée.

Li Jing and Lu Mingyu were the most leisurely couple. In broad daylight, walking together hand in hand, this wave of love, the beautiful palace servants are all dazzled.

”Look, from such a distance, you can still see the smile on His Highness’s face.” 

“Your Highness is facing the wind like a tree, and Miss Lu is so gorgeous. They are a match made in heaven.”

The palace servants kept away and whispered. The sound did not reach the ears of the two.

Li Jing didn’t care about these things, and Lu Mingyu was equally frank.

Anyway, they will get married sooner or later, so it’s not too out of the ordinary to get closer now.

”You met Su Zhaorong today, how do you feel?” Li Jing asked with a low laugh.

Lu Mingyu shot back with a half-smile: “Meng Yunluo and Li Hao are a couple, how do you feel?”

Li Jing: “…”

In his previous life, he and Meng Yunluo respected each other like ice. Less than a year after getting married, he went out with the army, and then his soul returned to Jiuquan. Speaking of the relationship between husband and wife, it was very weak.

However, after all, they had also been married. Seeing Meng Yunluo’s stupid appearance being stunned by Li Hao, his mood was inevitably a little delicate.

Li Jing coughed and changed the subject: “My mother has been busy tidying up the prince’s mansion recently. I will go to the prince’s mansion when I have free time. I asked the people from the House of internal affairs to double the size of the martial arts training ground in the mansion. Although it is not as good as the martial arts training ground in your place, it is really not too small.”

Lu Mingyu actually didn’t want to discuss Li Hao and Meng Yunluo very much.

She had already seen through Li Hao’s character. No matter how affectionately he spoke, once she turned her head, he could speak softly to Meng Yunluo. Li Hao may not like Meng Yunluo, but in order to win the support of Guangping Hou, Li Hao will definitely coax Meng Yunluo to his heart’s content.

In her previous life, she really had bad eyes.

Lu Mingyu changed the subject very cooperatively: “We need to raise some good horses in the stables. Our Lu family has nearly a hundred good horses.” 

The Wei Dynasty had a strong martial atmosphere, and it had become a custom to raise horses in the household of the aristocratic class.

Li Jing said with a smile: “The Lu Mansion is so rich that they have raised so many war horses. I live in the palace now, and I have nothing to do. I can only raise not more than ten horses. When the Prince’s Mansion is cleaned up, I will have them sent over.”

The underage princes lived in the palace and have everything in terms of the basic necessities of life. However, every word and deed is under the noses of everyone, and one had to be cautious in speaking and acting.

It was different after getting married.

The Eldest Prince got married two years ago and moved out of the palace to live in the Eldest Prince’s mansion. You can raise some staff and friends by yourself, and communicate with the court officials.

It was much more convenient to do something in private.

It was not difficult to raise more horses.

Lu Mingyu smiled and hummed: “My father said that when I get married, I can just take whatever I want with me. Needless to say, the gold, silver, jade, farm, shop, horses, and weapons are fine. Even the guards in the mansion will give half of it to me.”

Nothing else, the Lu family’s personal guards are all elite soldiers. There were two hundred soldiers in the Lu family, and Lu Mingyu will take half of them, that was, one hundred soldiers.

Li Jing was a little moved: “Father-in-law is really generous.”

With these 100 soldiers as a team, an army of 10,000 people can be recruited and trained… Of course, such things as private training must never be done.

As a prince, how could he have such rebellious thoughts?

Lu Mingyu glanced at Li Jing with a smile and understood Li Jing’s fluttering thoughts: “These soldiers have fought with my father for many years, and they are older or have been injured. But, they are all battle-tested veterans, brave and fearless. And they are loyal to my father and to me.” 

“When we get married in the future, they will naturally be loyal to you.”

Li Jing didn’t say anything pretentious, “Your personal soldiers are yours”.

Husband and wife were one, everything he had was hers.

If she wanted to help him, he would gladly accept it.

”Okay.” Li Jing took a deep look at Lu Mingyu: “I understand your intentions.”

Lu Mingyu nodded: “Don’t worry, I will pay off the debt well.”

Li Jing: “…”

…

Marquis Guangping Mansion.

Guangping Furen came back to the mansion first and waited for half an hour in the inner hall before finally, her daughter returned to the mansion.

Li Hao personally sent Meng Yunluo back home. A pair of man and woman came side by side; one tall and handsome, the other charming. The man was smiling, and the woman was like a peach blossom.

Li Hao stepped forward with a smile and saluted Guangping Furen.

Guangping Furen said with a smile: “Thank You, Your Highness, for sending Yunluo back home. Your Highness has worked hard. Please drink a cup of green tea before leaving.”

Li Hao responded with a smile, sat for a while, and drank half a cup of tea. Only then did he say goodbye and leave.

Meng Yunluo’s eyes were full of reluctance, and she insisted on sending Li Hao to the main gate. When Li Hao left on horseback, Meng Yunluo stood at the door, reluctant to enter the mansion for a long time.

Guangping Furen teased: “Look at you, you wish you could fly away with him.”

Meng Yunluo blushed and stomped her feet: “Mother also came to make fun of me.”

Guangping Furen smiled and entered the mansion holding her daughter’s hand.

With a smile, the Guangping Furen linked arms with her daughter and entered the mansion. As she gently instructed her, she said, “Su Zhaorong holds a lower position in the harem and experiences marginalization and neglect from others. It’s a common occurrence, really. It’s nothing more than a loss of face, nothing significant.”

“Since you are engaged to the Third Prince, don’t look down upon her. Su Zhaorong’s weakness is of no consequence. After you marry into the family, you can stand up for her and support her. It will be a good opportunity for Su Zhaorong to appreciate your kindness,” 

This was the life wisdom of Guangping Furen.

Now Meng Yunluo’s heart was full of her future husband Li Hao. But she listened to what her mother said, nodded, and said: “I know what mother said.” After a pause, she muttered: “The marriage is fixed, I don’t know when the wedding will be.

Guangping Furen teased with a smile: “Don’t worry, the wedding date will be fixed soon. When you marry in, you can spend a long time with the Third Prince!”

Just like she and her husband, they had a loving time when they were young. She also naively thought that she was the only one in her husband’s heart. But the truth was, Meng Hui never lacked beauties around him.

She took care of the housework at home, and her husband kept taking concubines while working hard for his future. They varied in appearance and temperament, and he would quickly grow tired of them and replace them with new ones.

Her heart also slowly cooled down. Especially after discovering that there were handsome servants in her husband’s study, she felt even more disgusted and refused to have any physical relationship with her husband.

Meng Hui, who was sealed as Marquis of Guangping, thought she hated him out of jealousy.

Actually not.

She didn’t love her husband a long time ago, where did the hatred come from? Now there was only numbness and the sense of going through motions.

This had been the case in her life. She just hoped that her daughter’s luck will be better. She, at least, will be able to love her beloved for a few more years.