Chen Er glanced at her, "I know you feel sorry for him, but am I not also doing this for his own good?"
"If he really ends up marrying that Qian Ningning, he will become the laughingstock of the entire Liangzhou after-dinner conversation!"
The palace maid fell silent, but Chen Er became more and more angry, and simply walked out.
Chen Er knowingly asked, "Jiang, why aren't you going to the flower banquet?"
Lu Ruojiang stood up and replied, "The garden is full of unmarried young ladies, and Ruojiang is afraid of causing a scandal and tarnishing their reputations."
"You..." Seeing him feigning ignorance, Chen Er became instantly furious. "Jiang, you have always been clever since childhood. Can you really not see why I am doing this?"
"It's precisely because I can see it that Ruojiang can't go." Lu Ruojiang straightened up and said to Chen Er, "Sage, I know you care about me, but I love Ningning, and I won't marry anyone else in this lifetime."
"You also know that before I met Ningning, my greatest hobby was traveling through mountains and rivers. But after meeting Ningning, I stayed in Qiantang for three years without feeling the slightest bit of boredom."
Chen Er knew it all too well. She knew too much, which is why she held a flower-viewing banquet. She didn't want Lu Ruojiang to hang himself on the tree of Qian Ningning.
If Qian Ningning does not have any offspring, how pitiful it would be for Lu Ruojiang to have no descendants to see him off after a hundred years. By that time, she and officials would certainly no longer be around, how could they still care for him?
"Jiang!"
"Sage!" Lu Ruojiang looked at Chen Er, "Just show me a little bit of concern, will you..."
Chen Er's stern expression softened as he sighed and rubbed his forehead, "Fine, we'll talk about this later. Since you're already here for the flower appreciation banquet, you might as well go take a look."
Lu Ruojiang immediately composed herself and said, "I'm not going."
"Lu Ruojiang!"
"I'm here."
"...Go stand in the corner for me. Don't move unless I speak!"
Lu Ruojiang As soon as he heard that he, a grown man, would have to stand in punishment, his face immediately showed a pained expression, which was quite embarrassing.
Seeing this, Chen Er showed no mercy and sneered, "If you attend the flower banquet, you can avoid the punishment of standing."
Upon hearing this, Lu Ruojiang immediately walked towards the corner of the wall and said, "Then I'll still go stand in punishment."
Out of sight, out of mind. Seeing Lu Ruojiang's disappointing appearance, Chen Er walked away.
...
On the boat, Qian Ningning and Wen Quanquan looked at each other in silence, while Auntie Li Er lay on the bed unconscious.
Qian Ningning is a bit confused. Everything was fine, but suddenly it all changed. Second Mother was dismissed, Lu Ruojiang suddenly became Prince. Even when she boarded the ship to Liangzhou, Qian Ningning still felt like she was floating on cotton, without any sense of reality. Qian Ningning looked at Wen Quanquan, "You are from the Imperial City Bureau."
Wen Quanquan was taken aback, "Yes, what's the matter?"
Qian Ningning: "Do you know Lu Ruojiang?"
" Prince Yangming?" Wen Quanquan said instinctively.
Qian Ningning closed her eyes and indeed...
Seeing Qian Ningning remaining silent, Wen Quanquan began to speculate, "You and Prince Yangming..."
"It's nothing," Qian Ningning immediately replied, unwilling to let Lu Ruojiang's reputation be tarnished even if he had possibly been unfaithful.
Qian Ningning didn't want to say, and Wen Quanquan didn't force her. Anyway, he could probably guess.
He paused and said, "Before I left the capital, I heard that officials and sage were going to select a Duchess for Prince Yangming."
"Of course, it could also be just a rumor. You can judge for yourself."
If it weren't for Qian Ningning, Wen Quanquan would never have casually mentioned the royal matter. Qian Ningning felt even colder in her heart, unable to help but wonder what Lu Ruojiang really thought of her.
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