kvmb Chapter 108 This time it's my turn to ask you.
Chapter 108 This time it's my turn to ask you.
"A-Yuan, take Bai Yu to see a doctor. I have some things to do!" Lu He only had time to say this before turning around and running away.
She left Chao Huaiyuan looking completely bewildered. What happened? Wasn't she very concerned about Bai Yu? Why did she leave without even checking on his injuries?
"Brother, can you still hold on?" Chao Huaiyuan asked Bai Yu, who was riding on his back.
"Hmm!" Bai Yu coughed with difficulty.
"What is your relationship with Aqing... and Mr. Lu? Why does she care about you so much?" Chao Huaiyuan couldn't help but ask.
“Because my benefactor is a good person! She knows I have a younger sister to take care of, I can’t just die like this.” Bai Yu answered Chao Huaiyuan’s question with a hoarse voice. He could tell that the General had misunderstood his relationship with his master.
"I see. You have to hang in there, we'll be at the clinic soon, hang in there!" Chao Huaiyuan was much relieved, and his heart softened when he heard that Bai Yu and her sister were each other's only support. "You'll be alright, I promise!" He encouraged Bai Yu, quickening his pace.
"Do you like the master?" Bai Yu endured the pain, but still managed to tease Chao Huaiyuan: "She is the most powerful woman I have ever seen. General, you'd better work hard, or you'll lose the master to someone else."
"He can still talk back, so he must not be seriously injured." Chao Huaiyuan couldn't help but play a trick, running a bit too fast, which made Bai Yu on his back wince in pain.
Lu He ran wildly, heading straight for the Princess's bedroom.
However, he was stopped at the door by the head palace maid.
"Mr. Lu, His Highness is not feeling well today and has already retired for the night."
"Let me see her. I have something very important to tell her," Lu He requested respectfully from the head palace maid.
"I'm so sorry, Mr. Lu, please leave." The head palace maid did not budge.
"I only need to meet him once, please let this lady know..." She was also a stubborn person.
"The Princess said today that she will not receive guests," the head palace maid replied.
"Go and inform them, go and ask them, but you don't ask..."
"No need to ask anymore." The head palace maid's words brought Lu He back to her senses.
"She...doesn't want to see me?" Lu He finally understood: "Did Her Highness the Princess specifically instruct you to wait for me here?"
The head palace maid remained silent, simply bowing her head in acquiescence.
Why did you help me but then not want to see me? Lu He didn't understand. She even revealed her trump card to help her. She must know what danger that meant.
“Alright,” Lu He said, no longer insisting, “Then I’ll trouble this sister to inform Her Highness the Princess that the Crown Prince has decided to kill her. I hope she will be extra careful!” After saying that, she sighed and prepared to take her leave.
"Come in..." Li Cen suddenly appeared at the door and called out softly to her.
Oh? So the princess was hiding behind the doorpost, listening quietly all along?
She noticed the transparent sincerity in Lu He's eyes, clear as amber, as he stared straight at her.
"What are you still standing there for?" Li Cen's face was unusually flushed. "Didn't you have something to say to me?"
It was as if Lu He had seen through her, knowing that she had been hiding in the shadows by the door watching her all along, and that she was deliberately being difficult even though she wanted to see her.
Li Cen felt a mixture of shyness and annoyance. She didn't know what was wrong with her.
"Yes, Your Highness!" Lu He was overjoyed to receive the invitation, and a warm smile appeared on her lips.
This warmth and radiance made Li Cen smile along with it.
The two were strolling in the courtyard.
“Your Highness,” Lu He spoke first, “the process of Princess Chengde’s marriage proposal will begin at the beginning of next month, right?”
"Yes, that's right. She should have let go of that lieutenant general by now..." A trace of sadness flashed in Li Cen's eyes, as if he was regretting something.
"Sigh, even a princess doesn't have this simple freedom to be with the one she loves." Lu He understood her sadness. That's why Li Cen always felt a sense of closeness to her.
“Perhaps to outsiders I’m just crocodile tears,” Li Cen said with a wry smile, “I did some really bad things back then, when I was still young…”
"Yes, Your Highness, there's no need to worry. What can a five-year-old understand? He's just seen too much and was influenced by what he heard, and he made a mistake for a moment..." Lu He tried to comfort her.
Li Cen was quite surprised: "You actually know this? Chengde told you?" How could he easily tell others about such a life-or-death matter? Just how much does Chengde trust Lu He?
"No, it was my fortune telling that she survived a great calamity in her childhood..." Lu He quickly smiled awkwardly.
"I had forgotten about that, but why did you suddenly bring up the marriage alliance with Chengde?" Li Cen asked, getting back to the main topic.
"Your Highness, after the delegation from the eight nations arrived in the capital, is there anything they need to do at the Royal Hunting Grounds?" Lu He inquired.
"Yes, there is. In the process of choosing a husband, there is a competition called hunting." Li Cen answered seriously. The emperor entrusted her with the entire arrangement of the process. Since there was no mistress in the harem, as the eldest daughter of the royal family, she naturally had to take charge of many harem affairs.
"The Crown Prince will target you at the hunting grounds, Your Highness. You must be careful. No, no, you mustn't go to the hunting grounds... or if all else fails, we can strike first and take down Li Guangqi..."
"Do you know what you're saying?" Li Cen looked at Lu He's clumsy appearance with surprise. She seemed to be really worried about her, so worried that she dared to say anything reckless.
Li Cen covered her mouth.
Scored twice.
"Silence."
"Your Highness, what I said is true." Lu He was still mumbling as her mouth was covered.
“I knew it. From the moment I delivered that box, I knew Li Guangqi would try to kill me…” Li Cen looked into Lu He’s eyes, saying each word carefully. “But I didn’t know when he would do it, so thank you for telling me.”
"You knew perfectly well? Then why did you..."
"You really want to save that servant, don't you?" Li Cen released his grip, composed himself, and his eyes seemed to hold a thousand unspoken words. "The question you asked me last time, now it's my turn to ask you... Do you have someone you admire?"
Her slightly lowered eyes lifted gently, like spring water from a deep mountain, its coolness concealing a sweetness...
"I promised him I would give him wealth and honor, and that he would take good care of his sister, so he can't die! I'm just fulfilling my promise, so his sister won't lose her only family member." Lu He's gaze was direct and undisguised: "My relationship with him was merely that of master and servant, nothing more. As for someone I admire... there isn't one..." For a fleeting moment, the face of that innocent girl flashed through her mind... Xia Lan... Her eyelashes trembled slightly: "Only those I feel guilty towards..."