I just want to be a princess, no, you want to be a queen

Chapter 178 Where the Palace Soldiers Go

"No delay!" Maybe it could still become something, Chu Mingzheng urged his horse forward.

Lu Mingyang said "Oh". It just so happened that she also had to ask Uncle Zhong to bring the woman back from Xihe Village. So she leaned comfortably in his arms and chatted with him, "Your Highness, if it is true as Ling'er said, Zhou Yuan is a great hero with unparalleled martial arts skills, do you agree?"

"I don't agree!" Chu Mingzheng answered clearly and neatly.

"why?"

Chu Mingzheng said bitterly, "He used Ling'er."

"Uh..." Although she didn't know how he could tell that Zhou Yuan was taking advantage of Ling'er, if that was the case, he himself wasn't much better.

It's really like the officials are allowed to set fires, but the common people are not allowed to light lamps. Lu Mingyang shook his head.

……

The Chengyang Marquis' Mansion was extremely lively because of the arrival of Prince Ningyuan and his wife.

Lu Mingyang lay in front of the crib, poking little Yin'er's chubby, white face. Little Yin'er's round eyes rolled around, and milk foamed in his mouth.

“Aunt…Aunt…”

"Sister, Yin'er can call me auntie now." Lu Mingyang jumped up happily, held little Yin'er's face and kissed him twice.

The little guy giggled.

"I like it!" Lu Mingyuan glanced at Prince Ningyuan who was standing right behind his sister and said with a smile, "I like to have a child myself."

"Sister!"

Lu Mingyang was shy, but he just nodded beside her as if he was watching a joke.

"Which side are you from?" she said dissatisfiedly.

At this time, it would be wrong for the older sister to be so inconsiderate.

"You guys take a rest first, I'll go prepare the meal." Lu Mingyuan left with the child in his arms.

Lu Mingyang chased to the door, grabbed his elder sister, and said, "Eldest sister, we can just eat something casually, you don't have to worry too much."

Lu Mingyuan asked quietly, "Are we leaving tonight?"

Lu Mingyang turned around and glanced at the man standing in front of the couch, his cheeks flushed: "He shouldn't leave."

"Then I understand!" Lu Mingyuan left with satisfaction.

The son-in-law and his sister returned to their parents' home. Lu Mingyuan was a woman, so it was inappropriate for her to entertain guests in her own Yuanzhi Pavilion. She also felt it was too awkward to entertain them in the main hall, so she took them to the study.

After Lu Mingyuan left, Chu Mingzheng looked around the study and asked, "Whose study is this?"

"My eldest sister wouldn't let you mess with Daddy's things." Lu Mingyang didn't forget to say a little bit and walked over with a smile, "This is the study of my second and third brothers."

"Two people sharing a study?"

Lu Mingyang said, "They have their own study in the courtyard. This is mainly for Dad to supervise their studies. Dad's study is right next to it. Do you want to go and take a look?"

She thought that her father's study might have something he wanted, such as letters exchanged with military officers.

"That's good." Chu Mingzheng took a book from the shelf and flipped through it. He found that the lines were densely packed with annotations. He asked, "Who wrote this?"

"My third brother wrote it." Lu Mingyang smiled and said, "Uncle Zhong said that my second brother didn't like to make annotations in books, saying it looked like a dog-skin plaster. He even lectured my third brother about it several times, but it's not easy to change a person's habits."

"Indeed!" Chu Mingzheng agreed deeply. He sat on the couch with the book in hand and said, "Yangyang, find me a few more copies of Dog Skin Plaster."

"Look at my third brother's dog skin... No, why are you reading a book?" Lu Mingyang came over with the book. In fact, when she read books, she preferred to read those with her third brother's annotations, because she found them more interesting.

"Nothing, just taking a look."

He looked at it for a long time.

Lu Mingyang didn't feel like reading, so he sat across from her and practiced calligraphy. While practicing, he fell asleep on the desk. Suddenly, he heard an excited clapping of the table: "Young heroes should be like this!"

The girl's ears buzzed as she fell asleep. Lu Mingyang rubbed his ears in dissatisfaction and looked up, only to hear another sentence.

"Given time, it will become a great thing."

"Hey!" Lu Mingyang patted his arm hastily and warned, "What are you talking about? My eldest sister would be upset if she heard it."

There is no time to waste for a deceased person.

Chu Mingzheng asked: "Does the eldest sister have a good relationship with him?"

"Of course!" The affection between her brothers and sisters who grew up together is something she cannot compare to.

Chu Mingzheng noticed her disappointment, put down the book, picked up his beloved girl in his arms, and said, "In my heart, no one can compare to you."

After saying that, he kissed her.

The door opened slightly, and Lu Mingyang caught a glimpse of Qin Xin retreating in a panic. She wanted to pretend not to see it, but Qin Xin's voice came in.

"This slave deserves to die!"

Lu Mingyang awkwardly pushed Chu Mingzheng away and asked loudly, "What's the matter?"

"The eldest lady invites His Highness and the fourth lady to come over for dinner." This was followed by the sound of hurried footsteps.

"Who told you to move?" Lu Mingyang kicked him in shame and went to the front hall. When she entered, she saw Qin Xin whispering in her elder sister's ear, and her face was burning with embarrassment.

Lu Mingyuan stood up and invited King Ningyuan to take the main seat.

Chu Mingzheng declined, saying, "Since it's a family dinner, the eldest sister should take the seat."

"How can that be done!"

"Eldest sister, please sit down!" Lu Mingyang helped his elder sister to sit down and looked at Chu Mingzheng with satisfaction. Who wouldn't want to let her family see a husband who is considerate and sensible when going back to her parents' home?

Chu Mingzheng also had an expression that looked like he was asking for praise.

Lu Mingyang sat between the two of them, stood up and served a bowl of beef soup to his elder sister, and also served a bowl to Chu Mingzheng, but there was more meat in his bowl.

Lu Mingyuan looked at the two of them exchanging glances with a meaningful look in his eyes.

Lu Mingyang rubbed his forehead embarrassedly. Just then, he saw Uncle Zhong coming in to serve the dishes, so he quickly changed the subject: "Uncle Zhong, where's Nian'er?"

Ever since Princess Qinghe moved into the palace, Yang Nian'er was very tactful and stopped living there.

Uncle Zhong placed the last dish of mandarin fish with lotus pods on the table and said with a smile, "Miss Nian'er left early this morning, saying she wanted to open a beverage shop. My cousin followed suit, accompanying her to taste all the delicious beverages in the capital and helping her choose a location and buy a shop. I'm afraid she's starting renovations today."

Chu Mingzheng reminded: "You are talking nonsense, your fourth daughter will be unhappy."

"Don't scare Uncle Zhong." Lu Mingyang knew that Uncle Zhong didn't look down on Nian'er, nor did he look down on women. It was just a long-standing, subconscious inertia of the world. He said, "Uncle Zhong, there's so much food that you can't finish it. Why don't you sit down and eat with us?"

"The kitchen still has a few dishes. I'll go take a look first." Uncle Zhong found an excuse to leave.

If only the girls were around, occasionally breaking the rules wouldn't be a big deal. But with His Highness around, he absolutely couldn't overstep the boundaries and let outsiders say the servants of the Chengyang Marquis' Mansion didn't know the rules.

After three rounds of drinks, Chu Mingzheng mentioned the painful memories for the Chengyang Marquis Mansion.

"Your Majesty intends to incorporate the personal soldiers of the Chengyang Marquis's mansion into the Yanmen garrison to defend against the enemy and guard the border. This will also serve as a comfort to the late Chengyang Marquis's spirit in heaven."

Lu Mingyang looked at Chu Mingzheng with a hint of dissatisfaction and told him to think of a solution. Even if he couldn't think of one, he didn't need to come and hurt him.