kvmb Chapter 83 How to Gain Trust
Chapter 83 How to Gain Trust
“Actually… I already knew… I didn’t come here for the marriage between Princess Chengde and Chao Huaiyuan.” Lu He looked directly into Princess Li Cen’s eyes again. “My purpose in coming here is to find the chosen one!”
Li Cen hesitated, but ultimately said nothing. She wanted to ask, but she couldn't ask here. She had to give up today. "Let's go, let's return to the palace!"
"We'll come for divination when Her Highness the Princess has time!" Lu He bowed and deliberately emphasized the word "when."
Li Cen was startled and turned to look at her. Did she mean by "still waiting" when she just answered?
It seems that once we get back, we'll have to have our people planted in the shadows keep a close eye on this Mr. Lu.
Seeing the Princess and her entourage leave the Nie residence, Nie Qing straightened up and couldn't help but complain to Lu He with a look of disgust: "Your ambition to curry favor with the powerful is written all over your forehead!"
"You're one to talk! If I didn't curry favor with the Princess, how would I marry His Highness the Crown Prince?" Lu He clicked her tongue and glanced at the female lead. You're no better, aren't you? Just now, when you mentioned marrying the Crown Prince, you were all smiles with ambition.
"Come on, who's like you, trying to climb the social ladder? I'm just seeking revenge, it's different, we're not the same." Nie Qing vehemently denied it.
"Oh yes, yes, whatever you say." Lu He was too lazy to argue with her. "Anyway, just remember that we're on the same side now. You want to follow your father's old path to help the Crown Prince and fight against the Third Prince Li Yun, and I also want to dismantle Li Yun's power. We have the same goal."
"Now I believe you are no longer the Nie Qing you used to be. After all, you wouldn't be so crazy as to harm your own family."
"Shh! Shut up! You are Nie Qing right now, remember that!" Lu He hurriedly told the female lead not to talk nonsense: "Forget about the name An Linqing, otherwise if you let it slip one day, you won't even know how you died."
"Mind your own business!" Nie Qing said, looking annoyed by Lu He.
"By the way, do you really not like Chao Huaiyuan?" Lu He was still a little curious as to why she didn't hesitate at all when she mentioned marrying the Crown Prince, which didn't seem like she had someone in her heart.
"Why do you ask that?" Nie Qing's eyebrows twitched slightly.
"Huh? Oh, nothing, nothing..." Lu He scratched her head. Whether An Linqing liked Chao Huaiyuan or not was something only she, with her God's-eye view, and An Linqing himself knew. It was indeed too rash of her to ask such a question now.
Lu He quickly laughed it off: "Next, we just need to wait for the Princess to summon me, and then our plan can begin." She reassured the female lead, telling her to wait patiently, and that there shouldn't be any further developments regarding the matter with Chao Huaiyuan.
Then there's the matter of Chao Huaiyuan being locked up at home for a whole day, completely unaware of what was happening outside.
They were not released until the hour of You (5-7 PM).
As soon as he came out, he hurriedly asked his family how the wedding was going. He was told that the wedding had been canceled, and he immediately breathed a sigh of relief. He was in a panic and was about to go out to find Aqing.
But he was stopped by a servant: "Young master, the master wants to see you."
Although Chao Huaiyuan was anxious, he dared not disobey his father's orders.
Upon entering the study, he bowed and said, "Father!"
"You've come." Chao Ying sighed and gestured for him to come over and talk without being formal.
"I heard that Father has been summoned to the palace..."
“Nothing serious happened at home, but you have…” Chao Ying continued.
Upon hearing this, Chao Huaiyuan's pupils contracted slightly.
"I will no longer have the right to officiate your wedding..."
"Could it be... that Father means... that the Emperor..." Chao Huaiyuan clutched his chest, struggling to breathe.
“That’s right,” Chao Ying sighed helplessly as he looked at his son’s heartbroken expression. “You’ve fought for so long, refusing to marry Nie Qing, but do you really think you can gain freedom? It’s just another shackle.” “So, some people should be forgotten. Don’t see them again, understand?” Although he didn’t know who it was, he understood his son. Chao Huaiyuan’s resistance to marriage was simply because he had someone else in his heart.
The emperor personally arranging a marriage symbolizes both supreme honor and the loss of the freedom to love another person.