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Chapter 409 Encounter
Li Hongting took the opportunity to pick up a silver hairpin on the stall and examined it: "You know that my fourth brother has been restless for a long time!"
"Are you saying that the Fourth Prince has done something weird?"
"He is now a prince. This morning, my father just conferred him the title of Prince Duan!"
"So when will he return to the front?"
Li Hongting put the hairpin back in her hand: "I won't be going back in the short term!"
"Who will be in charge of the front line?"
Li Hongting picked up another hairpin and measured it on Lu Shian's bun!
"Do you know why he was canonized as Prince Duan?"
Lu Shian let Li Hongting measure him: "Why?"
"This morning he presented an urgent letter sent over 800 miles, saying that Wu was willing to sit down and discuss a ceasefire!"
Lu Shian also became happy when he heard it: "Really? This is a great thing. If we can stop the war, it will be a great thing for the people of both countries!"
"I hope so!"
Although the two of them were fighting openly and secretly, he also hoped for a ceasefire!
"The letter also said that the Wu Kingdom sent envoys. Father wanted the fourth brother to receive them!"
"Is it okay to let Prince Si Duan come to receive us? If I had known, they would have been fighting for several years!"
Li Hongting didn't say anything. He finally chose a hairpin that he was satisfied with.
He took out a silver ingot from his pocket and threw it out. The stall owner happily took it and said in embarrassment: "Sir, this, this..."
He can't make change for ten taels of silver!
Li Hongting waved his hand: "The rest is yours!"
The stall owner thanked them again and again with joy: "Thank you, sir. Thank you, sir. You two are a perfect match. I will give you a pair of red strings!"
The stall owner picked up a pair of red ropes as he spoke. The red ropes were of a very common style, with a pair of peach-pit carved flower baskets tied to them!
Lu Shian wanted to refuse, but before she could open her mouth, Li Hongting had already taken the red rope: "Thank you, boss."
Shen Teng took Shen Cuo to inspect his shop and saw Li Hongting and Lu Shian selecting things in front of the stall from a distance.
Seeing that Li Hongting was actually selling hairpins to Lu Shian on the carpet, he couldn't help but frown. After all, he was the prince, and he didn't dare to say that the things he gave to women were priceless, but it was really too much to buy hairpins from a roadside stall.
He took two quick steps forward and saluted the two of them: "You two are in a good mood, what are you buying?"
Li Hongting turned to look at Shen Teng and Shen Cuo. Shen Teng and Shen Cuo clasped their fists towards Li Hongting, and Li Hongting gave them a faint smile in return.
Lu Shian looked at Shen Cuo in astonishment. Didn't he say he was leaving? Why was he still here? Was he just lying to himself about leaving?
Shen Teng's eyes fell on Li Hongting's hand holding the red string, and the corner of his mouth twitched. The prince led the prince's concubine to buy hairpins at a roadside stall, and also bought a pair of red strings...
Li Hongting's eyes casually swept over Shen Teng and Shen Cuo, then he naturally took Lu Shian's hand and tied the red rope on it.
Lu Shian subconsciously looked at Shen Cuo, while Shen Cuo looked away.
Seeing him so indifferent, Lu Shian felt lost.
Li Hongting tied another one around his wrist, then raised his hand and said with a smile: "Do you like it?"
Lu Shian forced a smile: "I like it."
Li Hongting took Lu Shian's hand and said with a smile: "I sent you so many things, but you didn't say you liked them. I didn't expect you would like the ones I picked myself."
Lu Shian felt inexplicably guilty, so she smiled awkwardly and changed the subject: "I'm a little tired, let's go to the front and rest for a while."
Li Hongting nodded: "Okay."
Let's talk, then turned to look at Shen Teng and the other person: "Why don't you two go together?"
They had only inspected half of the shops and there were still a few they hadn't visited. Shen Teng wanted to decline, but Shen Cuo agreed first.
Lu Shian originally wanted to avoid Shen Cuo, but he didn't expect Shen Cuo to follow him to the teahouse to rest.
The four of them sat down, and the waiter served tea. Li Hongting spoke first, "I haven't asked you two where you are going today?"
Shen Teng said generously: "Take my cousin to inspect the shop, and then hand the shop that belongs to my aunt back to my cousin."
"Cousin!" Lu Shian looked at Shen Cuo in surprise.
Li Hongting also had a puzzled look on his face.
Shen Teng didn't wait for them to ask, he explained first: "Yes, Shen Cuo, he is my aunt's son, and we just met him recently."
Wait, what did Lu Shian suddenly think of?
If Shen Cuo is the son of Aunt Shen Teng, then doesn’t the prince consort have to be his father?
To talk about this matter, we have to start with Lu Xianchun. When Yu Xiuying and her two daughters had nothing to do, they liked to close the door at night, drink some wine, and chat about gossip.
She remembered that once when talking about the eldest princess, Lu Xianchun mentioned this prince consort. When this prince consort was young, he was both talented and handsome, and many women liked him, including the eldest princess. But this prince consort only liked Shen Qingyu.
After they got married, they had a son, but the good times didn't last long. Shen Qingyu was killed by bandits, and even their son disappeared.
A year later, the prince consort married the eldest princess.
He is the son of the imperial consort, but he is so close to Su Qianqian. The two of them even...
Oh my god, is this incest?
Lu Shian stared at Shen Cuo in shock. She wanted to ask but didn't dare.
Li Hongting smiled and called her: "These are peeled melon seeds."
Lu Shian subconsciously took the melon seeds peeled by Li Hongting, and then realized that what he did was wrong. However, it was too late to return the melon seeds.
Shen Cuo had a blank expression on his face the whole time, as if he didn't care about anything.
Seeing him like this, Li Hongting asked Lu Shian about his well-being and said, "Try this tea. I ordered this flower tea especially for you."
Lu Shian took a sip and found that the tea tasted really good: "Mm, it tastes good."
He said and took another sip.
Shen Cuo suddenly stood up and said to Shen Teng, "Have you rested? Let's go."
After saying that, he walked out of the teahouse first without caring whether Shen Teng wanted to leave or not.
Shen Teng held some snacks in his hand, and they just sat down. He turned around and glanced at Li Hongting and Lu Shian.
"Please enjoy your meal. My cousin and I are going to go on patrol first."
He said goodbye with a fist bump, still holding the dessert in his hand.
Li Hongting glanced at Lu Shian silently, then looked at the figure that had disappeared at the door, his eyes deep and profound.
After meeting Shen Cuo, Lu Shian had even less interest in shopping. She made up an excuse and returned to the Marquis' Mansion.
As soon as she got off the carriage, she saw eunuchs coming out of the marquis's mansion.
When the eunuch saw Lu Shian, he stepped forward and greeted her with a smile: "This servant greets Miss Shian."
"Please get up quickly, eunuch. What brings you here today?"
The eunuch laughed and said, "I am here to announce the decree. Today, Master Xiao Qin went to the Queen Mother to ask for grace, and the Queen Mother personally granted Master Xiao Qin and Miss Xianchun a marriage."
"what?"
Lu Shian was shocked: "Isn't Master Xiao Qin engaged to Liu Rulan? Why would the Queen Mother grant a marriage to the two of them?"
"The Queen Mother has decreed that Miss Liu Rulan and Miss Xianchun are both co-wives."