Chapter 137 Struggle
If you run into him in the mansion, it would be proper to say hello in person.

In her dreams, she would never do something so rude as sending a maid to say hello.

She is really different!

Ying Xiang knelt down and said, "I will not disturb the eldest master and Lu Jilian. I will accompany the princess back to Jinghong Garden first."

After saying that, he turned and left.

Across the rain, Ye Wanqing nodded slightly towards Lu Jilian from a distance, her expression calm, as if she was looking at a familiar but ordinary guest.

Yingxiang walked quickly to her side, looked up and said something.

Ye Wanqing nodded, and led his men towards Jinghong Garden.

Lu Jilian stood up.

The silver moon-colored robe swept across the chessboard, and the black and white chess pieces fell to the ground with a crackling sound. Some chess pieces even flew high and landed on the grass outside the pavilion.

Ye Chenting also stood up: "Ji Lian, are you okay?"

"Sorry." Lu Jilian looked at the chess pieces splashed in the rain and said, "I'll have someone send you a new set of chess pieces some other day."

Ye Chenting sighed: "The chess piece is not a problem, but you, are you really okay? You look very bad."

"I'm fine." Lu Jilian looked at the pink-dressed girl who disappeared at the end of the corridor: "Brother Chen Ting, I'm sorry, I still need to go see her."

Having said that, without waiting for Ye Chenting to stop him, he had already picked up the umbrella and walked into the rainy night.

……

On the promenade.

Ye Wanqing was walking forward when Qianxi suddenly approached her quickly and reminded her in a low voice: "Miss, Prince Lu is following us."

Ye Wanqing was stunned for a moment.

Qianxi glanced back and said, "He is walking very fast. He is coming towards you."

Ye Wanqing frowned: "Stop him and send someone to send him away."

Qianxi responded and immediately turned around to block the person: "Master Lu, it's late at night and the road is not easy to walk. The lady asked me to find someone to take you back to the mansion."

Lu Jilian lowered his eyes: "Get out of the way."

Qianxi raised her head and inadvertently made eye contact with him. Her scalp tingled at his expression. “Master Lu, please don’t embarrass me.”

Lu Jilian raised his eyelids, and the coldness in his glassy eyes was even stronger than Ye Yu's: "I said, get out of the way."

Millennium froze in place.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Lu Jilian strode past the servants who were blocking his way and walked all the way to Ye Wanqing, his glass eyes flashing with bright light.

Ying Xiang asked in a low voice: "Miss?"

Ye Wanqing and Lu Jilian looked at each other and said to Yingxiang, "A guest is a guest. Since Master Lu is here, we should entertain him. Tonight is a good night to enjoy the rain. Go get my tea and tea stove, and bring some snacks."

Then she asked, "I wonder what kind of snacks does Prince Lu like? Lotus cakes, please?"

Although lotus pastry is delicate and beautiful, it is heavy in oil and sugar and is Lu Jilian’s least favorite snack.

Compared with lotus cakes, he prefers cakes with lighter taste and color, such as plum cakes and mung bean cakes.

However, looking at Ye Wanqing's calm eyes, Lu Jilian replied: "Okay."

Ye Wanqing's eyes moved and she turned her head: "Come here, tell the eldest and second brothers a message, and tell them that I invite them to the Banana Pavilion to listen to the rain and drink tea." The two maids responded and hurriedly retreated.

There seemed to be a layer of mist in Lu Jilian's eyes, without a trace of light.

With his wide sleeves swaying slightly, he raised his hand and grabbed Ye Wanqing's hand: "Let me talk for a moment." After saying that, he forcibly pulled the person away.

The attendants saw this and exclaimed, "Miss! Master Lu..."

Lu Ji Lian ignored the attendants and led Ye Wanqing deeper into the corridor.

On the way, Ye Wanqing almost stumbled several times: "Let go!"

Except for the people who went to call Ye Chenting and Ye Hongwei, the servants followed closely, fearing that something unexpected might happen.

After walking a few steps, Lu Jilian stopped and said, "Don't follow me."

The servants were terrified.

Lu Jilian led the person to the end of the corridor.

Looking at the rain curtain approaching, Ye Wanqing shook his hand away with all her strength, and said in a rare sharp tone: "A gentleman who was raised in a century-old family is so ignorant of etiquette? Lu Jilian, you are crossing the line!"

Under the dim light, Lu Jilian's face and lips were almost bloodless, and his voice became hoarse: "Tomorrow, can you accompany me to Rongguang Temple?"

Ye Wanqing was surprised, and a cold look appeared on her face: "Didn't Master Lu go to Rongguang Temple not long ago? I won't go there before my wedding. You should ask someone else to accompany you. It's not in accordance with etiquette for a single man and a single woman to travel together."

Hearing this, Lu Jilian took a step forward and asked, "You still don't remember anything?"

"What do I need to recall?" Ye Wanqing took a step back and said, "Master Lu, let me remind you that I'm getting married in June. You and I are a single man and a single woman, standing together and talking in the dead of night, which is easy to cause gossip."

Lu Jilian did not intend to give in: "I will pick you up at 11:00 am tomorrow, and we will go to Rongguang Temple together. I have a lot to say to you."

Ye Wanqing said coldly: "Master Lu, I have already explained everything to you. Why do you keep pestering me? Wouldn't it be better for you to be the top scholar and be appointed as a marquis and prime minister?"

Lu Jilian did not answer her, but asked: "Do you really not understand anything?"

"What do I need to know?" Ye Wanqing asked back.

Lu Jilian's thin lips were almost pursed into a line. "The one who should marry you and have children with you is obviously me. But why did it become Chu Anlan? If you didn't know something, why were you so reluctant to marry me? In order to reject the marriage with me, you even said that you would become a nun and live with the green lamp and ancient Buddha forever. You clearly know everything."

Ye Wanqing closed her eyes, opened them after a moment, and looked at Lu Jilian coldly: "Master Lu spoke so confidently in front of me, I guess he doesn't know much, right?"

Lu Jilian pursed his thin lips even tighter.

Seeing him like this, Ye Wanqing curled her lips and revealed a sarcastic expression: "You dreamed of so many things, but have you ever dreamed about the cause of Qingcheng's death?"

Lu Jilian said: "Never..."

Ye Wanqing snorted softly, "Qingcheng had a childhood sweetheart, but for the sake of power, you forced them apart and married Qingcheng to the son of the Hanlin scholar. Half a month after the wedding, she hanged herself and died."

Perhaps she had repeated this matter many times in her mind, and when she mentioned it to Lu Jilian, her heart was unusually calm.

After he finished speaking, Lu Jilian was stunned.

Ye Wanqing continued, "No matter whether the things in the dream can come true or not, I believe that Master Lu, like me, does not want to experience it in reality. The best way is for you and I to get married. I'm getting married soon. I like Chu Anlan very much. I hope Master Lu can find a beautiful woman as soon as possible, and we can live happily together and have many children and grandchildren."

Lu Jilian felt as if a piece of his heart had been cut out.

The haggard face in the dream overlapped for a moment with the energetic and bright face in front of him.

His chest felt uncomfortable, and he coughed a few times with his hands covering his lips. He raised his pale face and said, "The only person I want to be with for a lifetime is the princess. I swear to the princess that I will never let you down for the rest of my life. I only ask the princess to give me a chance."