Yan Yu and Lu Liluo returned to Prince Ji’s mansion, where they were met with a pleasant surprise by two familiar faces.
“Sister Li’er, Young Master Mo, why are you here?” Lu Liluo asked excitedly.
“I was just about to ask why you didn’t come to find us after arriving in the capital,” Leng Ruo Li said with a hint of anger on her face.
“Sister Li’er, we wanted to come find you, but we didn’t know where you lived! Nor did we know your identities,” Lu Liluo pouted.
“Didn’t I give you a brocade pouch a while ago? I told you then that if you ever came to the capital, you could bring that brocade pouch to find us,” Leng Ruo Li chuckled.
Hearing Leng Ruo Li mention the brocade pouch, Yan Yu and Lu Liluo exchanged glances, a spark of light flashing in their pupils.
“Is it this brocade pouch?”
As she spoke, Yan Yu took something out from her left sleeve.
“Yes, it’s this small brocade pouch. You can open it and take a look,” Leng Ruo Li said with a smile.
Yan Yu nodded in agreement.
She immediately took out the contents of the brocade pouch: a jade pendant shaped like a coin with the character “Leng” carved on it, and a piece of paper.
Then, Yan Yu opened the note and read it carefully. After reading it, she froze, her reaction delayed.
Lu Liluo turned her head to look at Yan Yu. Seeing her staring blankly at the note in her hand, Lu Liluo’s delicate eyebrows furrowed slightly. She leaned closer to Yan Yu to look at the note.
The next moment.
Lu Liluo was also stunned.
Good heavens!
They had stumbled into a nest of princes. Every handsome and imposing man they met was a prince. This was too ridiculous!
“Young Master Mo, Sister Li’er, you… you are Prince Leng and Princess Leng.”
Lu Liluo looked up at the two standing before them, swallowed, and said with a stammer.
“Yes, standing before you are this King’s second elder brother and second elder sister-in-law. I heard from my second elder sister-in-law that she knows you both, so I brought them to meet you,” Prince Ji, standing beside them, replied lazily on behalf of Prince and Princess Leng.
Following that, Yan Yu tugged at Lu Liluo’s sleeve. Lu Liluo immediately turned to Yan Yu, not understanding why. Yan Yu leaned in and whispered a reminder in her ear. Only then did Lu Liluo react, and she quickly followed Yan Yu’s lead to pay respects to Leng Ruo Li and Jun Mohan.
“This commoner Yan Yu (Lu Liluo) pays respects to Prince Leng and Princess Leng!” they said in unison.
Prince and Princess Leng and Prince Ji: “……”
“Yan Yu, Liluo, there are no outsiders here. You don’t need to do this,” Leng Ruo Li quickly helped them up.
“I heard Grandfather Lu came to the capital and went missing. Have you found him yet?” Leng Ruo Li asked intentionally.
Upon hearing this, Yan Yu and Lu Liluo deflated.
“Your Highness, we have been searching for Grandpa in the capital for three days, but we still haven’t found him. We don’t know how he is,” Lu Liluo said, her eyes welling up with tears.
“You don’t need to search anymore. Grandfather Lu is at Prince Leng’s mansion.” As Leng Ruo Li spoke these words.
Yan Yu and Lu Liluo were stunned again.
“Your Highness, what happened? How did my grandfather end up at your mansion? No wonder we couldn’t find him,” Lu Liluo asked anxiously.
“This is a long story. I’ll take you to Prince Leng’s mansion. We can chat as we walk,” Leng Ruo Li said, taking their hands and heading for the door. Jun Mohan and Jun Moyun quickly followed.
…
At this moment, in Prince Leng’s mansion.
The drunken Lu Laotou, having just woken up, found himself lying in an unfamiliar place. He was quite bewildered.
Huh? The room is so luxuriously furnished. What kind of place is this?
He clearly remembered drinking in the streets of the capital yesterday. He looked down and saw a furtive man, a dagger hidden in his sleeve, pretending to follow a richly dressed young master on the street, and had been following him for a long time.
He originally didn’t want to get involved in such matters. But later, when he walked to another street, he saw that naive young man foolishly taking out his money pouch to buy something. This gave the assassin an opportunity.
So, when the assassin pulled out his dagger to stab the naive young man, he staggered forward, snatched the young man’s purse, and ran. Later, as he was running, someone suddenly chased after him, struck him on the head, and knocked him unconscious.
When he woke up from his drunken stupor, he found himself lying in such a grand house.
Immediately, Lu Laotou did a flip and got out of bed. He opened the room door and walked out.
With his hands behind his back, he looked like a leisurely old man from a distance. Then, he blinked his eyes hard and scanned the quiet courtyard where he was staying. It was very elegant, with pavilions, a lotus pond, and rockeries… everything was there. He could even hear the sound of cicadas. The ground was meticulously cleaned, with not a single weed or fallen leaf in sight.
The warm sunlight shone on the entire small courtyard. Several bamboo trees obscured the doorframe, casting dark shadows on the ground in the warm sun. A gentle breeze blew, making the bamboo shadows dance. The light and shadow on the ground were dappled and dazzling.
Rich people sure know how to enjoy themselves!
He remembered that he, Lu Laotou, was once someone everyone wanted to curry favor with. It was a pity that he…
Then, Lu Laotou stamped his feet, leaped into the air, and flew onto the roof of the courtyard. He extended his right hand, counted on his fingers, and took out two dark wooden pieces, throwing them onto the roof tiles, one heads and one tails. He muttered to himself, “No wonder the dragon and phoenix energy in this area is so strong. So, he is within Prince Leng’s mansion.”
Immediately, Lu Laotou lay on his side on the roof, with his legs crossed. He raised his wine gourd to his lips and took a drink. But after just two sips, he realized the gourd was empty.
Just then, Leng Ruo Li, along with Yan Yu and Lu Liluo, arrived at the courtyard where Lu Laotou was staying.
“Liluo, your grandfather lives in this courtyard. I don’t know if he has woken up yet,” Leng Ruo Li said, pointing to Lu Laotou’s room.
The group followed Leng Ruo Li’s finger. Lu Laotou’s room door was wide open. Yan Yu and Lu Liluo’s hearts skipped a beat, thinking that Lu Laotou had run off again.
They quickened their pace behind Leng Ruo Li and entered the room. As expected, there was no one inside.
Even Leng Ruo Li frowned.
Their Prince Leng’s mansion had strict security. If Lu Laotou had run off, the guards in the mansion would surely have noticed him.
“Your Highness, has Grandpa run off again!”
“Hmph! This Lu Laotou is truly troublesome! When I find him, I will scold him soundly.” 138 Reading Network
Lu Liluo said indignantly.