The Marquis' Wife

Knowing Murong Xianming's pawns

"Welcome before Lu Xiang, you held the head of the examination champion for 5 times in a row, if your palace exam also got the first champion then you became the first Da Xieyuan for the past 20 years". Ye Hemin opened the conversation casually.

"Oh! Congratulations Lu Xiang" Ming Baixin was surprised, he had known that Lu Xiang would be their colleague but did not expect that this man would reach for the legendary Da Xieyuan.

"Thank you" Lu Xiang smiled faintly and turned the wine in the glass while thinking of something, which was the figure of the person behind these two men before him, it would be very troublesome if he was associated with one of the princes and became a chess piece in the struggle for the throne.

"I heard you went to Duke Shu Taifu's residence a few days ago? How do you know Duke Shu?"

The movement of Lu Xiang who wanted to drink wine stopped for a moment, he stared inside Ye Hemin making the man cough uncomfortably.

"If you don't want to..."

"It's okay, it's not a secret. Duke Shu Taifu was friends with my teacher Juren Zhao Fan, I came to greet him at my teacher's request".

"Oh~. I guess you have a special relationship, Duke Shu Taifu rarely receives guests because he does not want to be drawn to non-neutral parties" Ming Baixin's last sentence said softly as if it was taboo to say.

"I heard he was on the neutral side, but he was not the crown prince's teacher?".

"That's because p. he only wanted to serve the Emperor". Ye Hemin replied slightly, he did not realize that Lu Xiang caught the huffiness and drank wine to hide the enlightenment and smiled.

"He's very old-fashioned" Ming Baixin also huffed.

This time Lu Xiang put on a surprised expression, that tone of ruffled and complaint he could not miss because it was too obvious.

Ye Hemin realized something and laughed awkwardly while elbowing Ming Baixin with her elbow made her friend come to her senses and joined in laughing awkwardly.

Lu Xiang's lips pulsed speechless, it was astonished the crown prince had two pawns as naive as this in his faction.

"I-I heard you also gave Duke Shu Taifu some really good wine? Do you still have that wine Lu Xiang?".

Lu Xiang laughed funnyly. The reaction left Ye Hemin and Ming Baixin astonished.

"Why are you laughing?".

"No, I remember my teacher saying the same thing. He refused to give me the wine". Skeechless hornets would be naivety Ye Hemin, he became pity on the crown prince, would he be able to ascend the throne with men like Ye Hemin? Hopefully not everyone in his faction is like the naive and uncalculated Ye Hemin.

Ye Hemin had unknowingly opened the veil and showed who the leader was so easily.

"Oh" Ye Hemin was not so trusting, he felt that Lu Xiang's laughter seemed to mock him. He doesn't know why he feels that way.

"I still have that wine, do you want one bottle?"

Ye Hemin's eyes immediately radiated a bright light, he nodded strongly.

"I also want to" Ming Baixin put on a thick face and did not care that this was her first meeting with Lu Xiang.

"alright".

After talking for a while, the three disbanded. Lu Xiang came home with light steps, after buying a house with a fantastic price he felt happy that his wife could go straight to their house after getting to the capital.

"Master, big master!".

"What's wrong?".

"Master Marquis Shan came to visit but left again because the great master was not at home".

Lu Xiang thought for a moment and knowing who Marquis Shan was, the Shan family was also the one who sent out a proposal for him. 

"Did he say what he meant by his arrival?".

Lu Cai shook his head, he then told Marquis Shan's word for word to him and the man's message to Lu Xiang.

Lu Xiang walked into the house and saw his three friends who were staring worriedly at him.

"Lu Xiang, do you have any relations with Marquis Shan? He seems to be a noble who underestimates the person under his status" Wang Jiayou said, the loud voice of the Marquis's servants made them also join in hearing his conversation with Lu Cai.

"Yes, it's better not to get in touch with people like that. He also came from the fourth prince's maternal family". Support Zhang Yunlei.

"I'm afraid you're the scapegoat of the man above" Wang Tianjin said.

Lu Xiang felt overwhelmed by the anxious and worried attitude of his friends. "You don't need to worry, the Marquis came probably because I didn't like it when I refused the proposal from his family".

"He sent a proposal? But you already have Lu Xiang's wife".

"Heh~ He must have thought that Lu Xiang was just like Kang San".

"Ftt! Lu Xiang eunuch Adelia is just like Kang San".

"Hahaha, don't laugh, my stomach is hurting".

Wang Tianjin and Zhang Yunlei laughed out loud, Wang Jiayou who did not understand just stared in surprise at his two friends and asked with eye gestures at Lu Xiang why they were laughing. Lu Xiang's lips could only throb answered Wang Jiayou's confusion.

"Why are you laughing?". Wang Jiayou asked very curiously.

Wang Tianjin and Zhang Yunlei explained about the theater matter and Li Yueyin to Wang Jiayou made the man cover his mouth with a hand fan hiding an amused smile.

Lu Xiang could only shake his head to see his friend still laughing funnyly then stepped inside the house. He misses his wife, at this time maybe his wife is making preparations and soon will travel to the capital.

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At the same time at the crown prince's residence, Murong Xianming heard Ye Hemin explain his encounter with Lu Xiang and choked on wine hearing that explanation.

"Prince, it looks like Lu Xiang is a little suspicious that I am within your faction".

"That's because you became riled up when you said that the old man was not in the faction of His Highness the crown prince".

Ye Hemin's waistline did not accept Ming Baixin's accusation. "It's because you're Baixin, if you don't get upset then Lu Xiang doesn't get suspicious".

Murong Xianming let out a long sigh and propped up his forehead resignedly. Lu Xiang must have thought that his men were full of naive people like Ye Hemin and Ming Baixin, although the reality was not so, he was embarrassed to imagine the expression of pity on the man when he looked on his pity. 

"Prince, what's wrong with you?". Ye Hemin became worried, he immediately wanted to check Murong Xianming's pulse.

"Ha~ you're embarrassing me. Lu Xiang already knew that you two are my men".

"really? Isn't he just suspicious?".

"Yes. But he became convinced after you asked about wine, no one knew about it but us because of the sales contract with Adelia. Who knows the wine is so delicious if not tasted before. Do you think that you can taste the wine of Duke Shu Taifu?".

Ye Hemin opened her mouth but she could not refute Murong Xianming's words and could only grimace.

"Your Highness the crown prince, do you think Lu Xiang will distance himself from us after knowing that we are your men?".

"Seems not".

"Oh! Then Lu Xiang will also enter our faction?".

"Already! don't bother me. I have to check the report from Wei Bei". Murong Xianming could not answer and waving his hand chased away the two naive people before him.

Ming Baixin glanced at Ye Hemin asking her opinion, her friend simply shrugged.