Someone quickly came, who else was it if not Lu Lin?

   Lu Lin was dressed neatly in his military uniform. He had already gotten the news, but he just hid in the dark and didn’t show up. As soon as Li Hao left, Lu Lin showed up.

Lu Lin looked at his daughter carefully and made sure that there was nothing unusual about her except her being angry. He first breathed a sigh of relief: “The Third Prince came to Lu Mansion in the middle of the night, and the concierge sent me a message earlier. I thought you must have something to say, so I just waited in the dark.”

   The sweetheart was about to marry another, so the infatuated and sad boy quietly sneaked into the girl’s house, red-eyed and wanted to take the girl to run away.

  Unfortunately, the girl had long since fallen in love with another, and her heart was as cold as iron.

  The young man was overwhelmed with grief and left in a state of despair. Having lost his beloved girl, the boy’s heart was completely closed, and he will never love any woman again in his life…^[1]I just love the thought process of our FL’s father.

   “Father, you’re thinking nonsense again.” Lu Mingyu didn’t know whether to laugh or cry and gave her father a blank look.

  Lu Lin recovered from his thoughts, cleared his throat, and refused to admit that he made up a dog-blood drama in his head: “Nothing, I didn’t think much about it.”

   In fact, the truth of the matter was far more bloody and bizarre than Lu Lin thought.

  Lu Mingyu sighed secretly in her heart, and said, “You can’t talk nonsense to others about what happened tonight.”

   “Of course.” Lu Lin answered the question without hesitation: “You are going to marry the Second Prince, and you can’t get involved with the Third Prince again. It really doesn’t sound good when you hear about it.”

  Lu Mingyu: “…”

   Sparks flashed in Lu Mingyu’s eyes.

  Lu Lin patted his forehead angrily: “It’s all because of this mouth, it just says whatever comes to mind.”

   No matter how gloomy Lu Mingyu was, she was amused by her father’s witty exaggeration. Most of the sullenness in her heart was also expressed with a smile.

  It’s good to be able to laugh.

   Lu Lin was really relieved at this time, and he said softly: “It’s so late, go back and rest! Get a good night’s sleep, and all the troubles and unpleasant things will be over.”

  Lu Mingyu nodded: “Dad, you also go to bed earlier.”

   After Lu Lin left, Lu Mingyu stood there for a while, turned around, and went back to the boudoir, undressed, and fell asleep.

   She thought she would dream about her past again, but she fell asleep as soon as her head touched the bed.

  A night without dreams, she slept soundly.

  …

  Three days later, Emperor Yongjia ordered the marriage of the Second Prince, the Third Prince, and the Fourth Prince.

   The imperial decree for granting the marriage went to the residence of the Duke of Xingyang, the Marquis of Guangpin mansion, and the residence of the Marquis of Puyang respectively.

   This result was somewhat unexpected. If you thought about it carefully, it made sense.

  Duke of Xingyang, Marquis of Guangping, and Marquis of Puyang. Each of them was a military general with a large army. One was the former military general who surrendered to the Great Wei halfway and made countless military exploits, and the other one had followed the Emperor since the day he started his army. The last one was both a military general and Empress Dowager’s nephew, a cousin of the Emperor himself.

  Emperor Yongjia chose the daughter of the Lu family, Meng family, and Zhao family as his daughters-in-law, which was reasonable and expected.

   Of course, this was the idea of ​​the generals.

  When the civil servants knew about this, it was another feeling.

  The Eldest Prince Consort was the beloved daughter of General Liang of the Imperial Guard. The Second Prince Consort, the Third Prince Consort, and the Fourth Prince Consort also came from the residence of the honorable military generals.

   The Emperor so highly valued military generals and neglected civil servants. For civil servants, it was a feeling of humiliation and aggravation!

  The first one, of course, was Elder Qiao.

  It was fine if others can’t climb up to the Royal family. Elder Qiao’s beloved daughter was the Empress The Second Prince was the direct grandson of Elder Qiao, and he was also the future Crown Prince of course.

  How did the position of future Crown Princess fall into the hands of the Lu family?

   Wasn’t Qiao Wan quite popular with the Empress?

  Why was Qiao Wen, not the Second Prince Consort?

   The old mansion of Qiao was quite deep, and Elder Qiao looked like his usual self even when meaningful glances from his civil servant colleagues fell on him. As for what was going on in his mind, no one knew.

  …

  The residence of the Marquis of Puyang.

The Marquis of Puyang received the imperial decree for marriage, and he was very happy. He called Zhao Yu, whose cheeks were bright red, and her eyes were shining brightly. He smiled and said: “The imperial decree, you will be the future Fourth Prince Consort. Go out less in the future and stay in peace. Stay in the mansion. Don’t go to the palace, so as not to be the subject of people’s talk and be laughed at.”

 The country had an open atmosphere, and it was common for young girls to ride horses for spring hunting.

   However, once a marriage was decided, one had to restrain oneself.

   Zhao Yu, who was immersed in joy, blurted out: “I often go to the palace to greet the Dowager Queen and talk to her to relieve her boredom. If I don’t go, won’t the Dowger be lonely?”

  The Marquis of Puyang glanced at his spring-hearted daughter: “Do you enter the palace to accompany the Dowager Queen, or do you want to see the Fourth Prince?”

   Zhao Yu: “…”

   Zhao Yu was struck by the thought, blushed, and stomped her feet: “Father!”

  The Marquis of Puyang said bluntly: “It’s okay to be diligent in the past. Now the imperial edict for marriage has been granted, and the marriage between you and the Fourth Prince has also been decided. Why are you in such a hurry?”

   No matter how daring Zhao Yu was, she was also a girl who had never left the cabinet. She was too embarrassed to be scolded by her own father like this. She stubbornly maintained the last bit of dignity for herself: “Father has misunderstood. I want to enter the palace, not to see the Fourth Prince, but to see Concubine Qin more often and to please her.”

  The Hou of Puyang smiled, reached out, and tapped Zhao Yu’s forehead: “You stupid girl. Concubine Qin pretends to be courteous and loveable but in fact, she has never liked you. Your father knows it very well.”

   “You can’t see it?”

   Zhao Yu: “…”

   Zhao Yu was choked by her own father and almost couldn’t get up in one breath.

   She was indeed not too smart, nor was she stupid. It’s not like she doesn’t know who likes her and who doesn’t like her after a long time.

   Every time she entered the palace, Concubine Qin seemed to be gentle and polite to her, but in fact, she always had some scrutiny and dislike in her eyes.

   It’s just that her heart was filled with love for the Fourth Prince, and she doesn’t want to think about it.

   At this time, Marquis Puyang pulled the veil from this. Zhao Yu was both ashamed and annoyed, and gave her father a blank look: “So what if I know! Anyway, I’m going to marry Li Xian!”

  The Marquis of Puyang was unexpectedly not angry at all, but raised his eyebrows and smiled: “Yu’er, you are right to think so.”

   “With the Dowager there and your father here, we are your pillar of support. No one in the palace dares to underestimate and bully you. Whether Qin Fei likes it or not, she has to accept you as her daughter-in-law.”

   “Concubine Qin is a snob. As long as the Zhao family doesn’t fall, she will treat you well. You don’t have to care what she thinks, as long as she treats her daughter-in-law well on the surface, that’s enough.”

  Speaking of which, Concubine Qin was also the cousin of Puyang Hou’s direct relative.

   Qin Fei’s mother was also a daughter of Zhao’s family. However, Second Aunt Zhao died early and sent her only daughter back to her natal family before her death. Qin Fei lived with the Zhao family since she was six years old and grew up in the Zhao family.

   Puyang Hou used to bully his bio mei ^[2]Daughter of father’s sister who is younger than you when he was a child.

   Later, his cousin entered the palace and became Concubine Qin, relying on Queen Mother Zhao for support everywhere. The Marquis of Puyang’s mansion was also considered half of Concubine Qin’s natal family.

   Even if Concubine Qin borrowed ten courage, she didn’t dare to rub Zhao Yu.