The abstinent and powerful minister is cold and aloof during the day, but he adores her in his dream

Chapter 81 Lu Zhan: The Little Girl Dislikes Her

Chen Jiu said, "My master will definitely prepare a gift to express his gratitude another day."

Princess Chang Le snorted coldly, "Forget about the gift, just have your master invite me to a banquet another day."

"This..." Chen Jiu hesitated.

Fortunately, Princess Chang Le did not make things difficult for him. She only glanced at the still quiet carriage, frowned, and turned to leave.

As she passed by Zhiwan, she suddenly reached out, lifted Zhiwan's chin, examined her for a moment, and said indifferently, "It seems that Lord Lu values ​​his little cousin very much, that he would come to attend such a boring banquet."

Zhiwan stared at her in astonishment, "Princess?"

Princess Chang Le released her, rubbed her fingertips, and suddenly praised, "Your skin is like solidified cream, it feels so good."

After saying this suggestive remark, she turned and walked toward her carriage.

Ouyang Zhenzhu stared blankly at her retreating figure, then tugged at Zhiwan's sleeve and winked, saying, "She was just taking advantage of you."

Zhiwan was taken aback by her words, "Don't talk nonsense."

“But there are rumors in the capital that Princess Chang Le is fond of both men and women. Could it be that she has taken a liking to you?” Ouyang Zhenzhu said worriedly.

Zhiwan opened her eyes wide and said incredulously, "Where did you hear that from?"

"Anyway, there's this rumor going around. Be careful in the future, lest she actually take advantage of you," Ouyang Zhenzhu warned.

Zhiwan: "..."

"But then again, Lord Lu really is a troublemaker," Ouyang Zhenzhu added quietly.

Zhiwan nodded secretly, deeply agreeing.

One princess is already a headache enough, and now another princess is coming. Can my cousin handle it?

"Miss, it's time to go back." At this moment, Chen Jiu walked over and reminded her.

"Okay." Zhiwan nodded. "How is my cousin?"

"He fell asleep in the car," Chen Jiu replied.

Zhiwan was surprised. Was her cousin really drunk? She remembered that her cousin wasn't such a light drinker.

Chen Jiu said in a low voice, "Prince Gaoyang kept urging the young master to drink, and the young master couldn't refuse. Young Master Ouyang and Prince Duan also drank quite a bit."

Zhiwan suddenly realized why she hadn't seen Ouyang Lei and Duan Ling.

The two seemed quite drunk, and left first.

All three of them were drunk; how much alcohol must they have been forced to drink?
"Is Jinzhi alright?" At this moment, Lu Jinglan walked over and asked with concern.

“Miss Jinglan, the young master is asleep and there’s nothing wrong,” Chen Jiu replied.

After parting ways with Ouyang Zhenzhu, Zhiwan, along with Lu Jinglan and Lu Lan, took a carriage back to the Duke of Dingguo's mansion.

On the way back, Lu Lan said with a smile, "Sister Zhiwan, you are so lucky. You came to the Prince of Gaoyang's mansion and even got a set of ruby ​​jewelry."

Zhiwan's gaze swept over the handkerchief she was tightly clutching, and a slight smile appeared on her lips. "Yes, I am indeed very lucky."

Lu Lan lowered her eyes. "It's so enviable. Princess Chang Le seems to really like Sister Zhi Wan."

Thinking of what Ouyang Zhenzhu had said, Zhiwan choked up. If the rumors were true, being liked by Princess Changle wouldn't be a good thing.

Lu Jinglan suddenly sighed, "Wan'er was lucky to meet Princess Chang Le, but Yanran was in a terrible situation. She was forced to kneel down in public and bark like a dog. How will she ever be able to face anyone again?"

“Miss Wang is truly pitiful,” Lu Lan said with emotion.

Zhiwan recalled the two men's behavior at the banquet and felt a sense of irony.

She didn't lose, which must have disappointed the two of them.

She sighed as well, "But wasn't that her own doing? After all, when the princess announced the bet, she didn't object; on the contrary, she was quite supportive. At that time, she must have thought that I would be the loser, and I would be the one punished." She paused here, looking at the two of them with a smile, "What do you call this, Miss Wang? Isn't it called reaping what you sow?"

Lu Jinglan choked.

Lu Lan was also completely speechless.

Zhiwan looked down at the box in her arms, quite pleased. She deliberately opened the box and began to examine the contents one by one.

"This ruby ​​headdress is truly beautiful; it must be worth a lot of money," she exclaimed.

A flash of jealousy crossed Lu Lan's eyes.

Lu Jinglan clutched the handkerchief tightly, but praised it, saying, "As expected of a gift from the princess, it is indeed beautiful."

As if she didn't notice anything unusual about the two of them, Zhiwan took out the hairpins, earrings, bracelets, and necklaces from the box and tried them on one by one.

This scene stung the eyes of both of them.

Having finally arrived at the Duke of Dingguo's mansion, the two could no longer sit still and quickly got off the carriage and left.

Zhiwan scoffed lightly, slowly packed her things, and got off the carriage with the box in her arms.

Seeing that Chen Jiu was still there, she handed the box to Shuang'er and then walked over.

"Is my cousin still not awake?"

Just as Chen Jiu was about to answer, the carriage window was pushed open, revealing Lu Zhan's handsome face.

His eyes were reddish at the corners, he looked somewhat languid, and his voice was a little hoarse. His dark eyes looked at Zhiwan, "Are you alright?"

Zhiwan was taken aback. Did her cousin know that she had been harassed at the banquet at the Prince's mansion?
Thinking back to the time when Granny Fang left halfway through, he immediately understood.

It seems that it was Granny Fang who told him.

She immediately shook her head, "Fortunately, Princess Chang Le came to my rescue, I'm fine." Then, as if remembering something, she added with a smile, "Thanks to Princess Chang Le, I also received a ruby ​​headdress."

"Congratulations," Lu Zhan said slowly and deliberately.

Sensing the teasing in his words, Zhiwan blinked and reminded him, "Princess Chang Le asked you to invite her to a banquet another day."

"You agreed?" Lu Zhan frowned.

Zhiwan shook her head: "This is my cousin's matter, how dare I agree on your behalf?"

Lu Zhan's expression softened slightly as he stepped down from the carriage.

Zhiwan was standing right next to the carriage, and before she could move away, she smelled the strong smell of alcohol on him as soon as he got off the carriage.

She paused, then took a step back; it seemed her cousin had indeed drunk quite a bit.

Lu Zhan noticed her movement and raised an eyebrow. Did the little girl look down on him?

Seeing his gaze sweep over her, Zhiwan coughed lightly and asked, "Cousin, did you already know that Princess Changle would go to the Prince of Gaoyang's residence?"

"Why do you think that?" Lu Zhan asked in return.

Zhi Wan said, "Princess Gaoyang seems very afraid of Princess Changle. She shouldn't have invited the princess to her birthday celebration, but the princess came anyway and even asked me if I was also in the palace?"

Upon hearing this, Lu Zhan responded with an "Mmm".

Zhiwan was surprised. Her cousin was admitting that he had known all along that Princess Changle would go to the Prince of Gaoyang's residence.

Thinking of this, she blurted out, "So my cousin is..."

"What is it?" Lu Zhan looked down at her.

Meeting his dark eyes, Zhiwan felt a sudden tremor in her heart. She swallowed the rest of her words and shook her head. "It's nothing."

But in her heart, she thought to herself: So her cousin had already anticipated that Xuanyuan Jing would make things difficult for her at the banquet, and since he was an outsider and it was not appropriate for him to appear at a banquet for women, he deliberately used himself as bait to lure Princess Chang Le to the Gao Yang Prince's Mansion? Because only Princess Chang Le could handle Xuanyuan Jing.

So Princess Chang Le's trip to Prince Gao Yang's residence was a scheme orchestrated by her cousin!

Princess Chang Le probably already thought of this, which is why she asked her cousin how to thank her.

Thinking of all this, Zhiwan bowed to Lu Zhan and said, "Thank you, cousin. You've gone to so much trouble for me."

Lu Zhan paused for a moment, then said calmly, "This whole thing started because of me, so I'm the one who dragged you into it."

(End of this chapter)