nucmednet Chapter 889: Bai Lu exchanges her military merits for a chastity archway and remains unmarried for l
Chapter 889: Bai Lu exchanges her military merits for a chastity archway and remains unmarried for l
Pei Huizhou: "......"
Prince: "..."
Their faces suddenly turned ugly.
Pei Huizhou's face was as black as the bottom of a pot, and the prince's face was as purple as a large eggplant.
The two people looked at each other in confusion.
There was silence for a moment, and they all turned to look at Bai Lu, their lips trembling.
Both of them wanted to say something, but neither said it.
Bai Lu frowned, and at this moment she felt that she had to say something.
But at this moment, Pei Huizhou suddenly said to Bai Lu: "You don't want to get married, is it because of your seven daughters?"
The prince also stepped forward and asked Bai Lu anxiously: "We can treat your seven daughters as our own children."
After he said the word "we", he felt terrible and couldn't help but slap himself in the mouth.
Oh my god, how can you say 'we'? It should just be 'I'.
He hurriedly said to Bai Lu, "I will definitely treat your daughters as my own children. They are also my nieces."
At this time, the prince called himself "I" instead of "this palace".
Bai Lu scratched her head in embarrassment when she heard Pei Huizhou speak first, "If he can treat your seven daughters as his own, then so can I."
"What His Royal Highness can do, I can do too."
Pei Huizhou turned his head and looked at the prince with his deep eyes, which were full of anger.
The prince was furious. He glared at Pei Huizhou fiercely and said to Bai Lu, "He is your old enemy. You had such a bad relationship with him before. Who knows how he will retaliate against you now. Don't listen to him."
"Your Highness, this is wrong."
Pei Huizhou started arguing with the Crown Prince again, saying to him indifferently, "When your Highness becomes the Emperor someday, there will be countless people in the harem who are enemies of Lady Bai Lu. There will also be concubines who regard Lady Bai Lu's seven children as thorns in their eyes, as well as princesses and princes."
"If the world doubts their identities and raises questions... how will those seven children cope?"
"..."
Bai Lu's face gradually became ugly.
The two of them exchanged sharp words with each other, and it was extremely lively, but they didn't seem to ask for my opinion.
Bai Lu frowned, interrupting them and saying to the Crown Prince and Pei Huizhou, "Your Highness, Lord Pei, there's no need to talk about this nonsense. This is really going too far."
"I won't marry anyone. I just want to live a good life with my seven children, a peaceful and happy life."
"It's good to be a little plain."
"...about the disputes in the imperial court."
Bai Lu was silent for a moment, then shook his head at Pei Huizhou and the Crown Prince: "I absolutely do not want to participate."
"If it weren't for the general trend, I would have been pushed into this position, and I wouldn't want to get involved in these trivial matters."
"Who wants to fight outside? Who wants to put their head on their belt? Who wants to see blood? Who doesn't want to live a good life?"
She is already rich enough, so there is no need for her to pursue fame and fortune.
"If I hadn't happened to catch up, I wouldn't be such a good man saving the people of the world."
Bai Lu shook her head and frowned at everyone, "After all, I have my own family. If I die to save the people of the world, I will die."
If my daughters were left without a father or a mother, I would regret it to death in the underworld.
Seeing Pei Huizhou and the Crown Prince staring intently in the eye, Bai Lu said to them seriously, "That's why I don't like getting involved in these things. Even if I have someone I like, chances are... he won't be someone from the imperial court."
"Master Pei, Your Highness the Crown Prince, I really have no interest in these things. Please go."
After saying that, she closed the door.
The Crown Prince and Pei Huizhou stood outside in a daze, staring at each other in dismay.
"..."
After a long while, Pei Huizhou couldn't help but glance at the Crown Prince and said to him, "Your Highness, it must be you who has angered Lady Bai Lu."
"You guys said a lot of those things in Qingzhou before, didn't you? It made Madam Bailu really repulsive to you!!"
"Bah! Is it me she rejects?"
The prince's face flushed red, and he cursed at Pei Huizhou directly, "She must be rejecting you!!"
"Bai Lu and I...we have a very good relationship. We're even relatives! Why would she reject me?"
"He must be rejecting you, his sworn enemy, so he's finding some excuse to reject both of us!"
"Of course I ate the melon leaves because of you."
Pei Huizhou pointed at the prince: "Because of you!"
The prince pointed at Pei Huizhou again.
"Because of you!"
"Because of you!"
"You ride on the horse..."
The two of them were so angry that they almost jumped up and down. They cursed each other outside for half an hour and finally almost started fighting.
It was the retired emperor who came in person, grabbed Pei Huizhou and the crown prince by the ears, one on each side, and dragged them into the imperial study!
The emperor rubbed his head and felt a terrible headache.
The retired emperor sat on the armchair at the lower right, his face gloomy.
Pei Huizhou and the prince were kneeling on the ground.
Seeing the two of them kneeling obediently on the ground, the emperor was furious. He went up and kicked each of them in the heart, and began to curse, spit flying everywhere: "Are you two sick? You are embarrassing yourself in front of Bai Lu!"
"......"
Pei Huizhou and the prince remained silent. They both felt a little regretful. If they had known it would be so embarrassing, they would not have said these things in front of Bai Lu.
The emperor grabbed them both by the neck and said, "Bai Lu just came back from the front lines and finally had a rest, and yet you're arguing here!"
"What on earth were you thinking, yelling at her door for so long, saying so much nonsense, and disturbing Bai Lu's rest?!"
"One or two of you, you've lost all your shame, haven't you?"
Pei Huizhou and the prince blushed.
Even though they were both men, no matter how thick their faces were, they couldn't help but feel embarrassed at this moment.
The emperor roared again, "Besides, one of you is a general who just won a battle, and the other is the crown prince. Both of you are people of noble status. How could you become so angry just to fight over a woman?"
"If this gets out, I'll lose all my face."
The emperor couldn't help but slap his face again.
One is his godson, the other is his biological son, and they fought over Bai Lu.
Can this be right?
"And..." The emperor couldn't help but turn his head and look at the prince suspiciously, "Prince, you actually like Bai Lu?"
The prince lowered his head, his ears swollen and red, and said in a muffled voice: "Yes, this son likes Lady Bai Lu."
These words are powerful and resounding.
After the prince finished speaking, the emperor and the emperor emeritus both smiled like aunts.
The next moment, the emperor asked Pei Huizhou with a worried and troubled look on his face, "You also... like Bai Lu?"
The emperor looked at Pei Huizhou carefully and was so surprised that he almost broke out in a cold sweat.
He couldn't help but say to Pei Huizhou, "But before, weren't you and Bai Lu the worst friends? Why do you like Bai Lu now? Is this right?"
The emperor really couldn't tell whether Pei Huizhou liked Bai Lu or was just talking nonsense to compete with the prince?
But if he was competing with the Crown Prince for his wife, wouldn't that be a bit too high a price to pay? Forcing Pei Huizhou to marry his enemy?!
But you never know.
Pei Huizhou is a strange person, and no one knows what's going on with him.
Pei Huizhou nodded and said to the emperor and the emperor, "Yes, I like it."
He actually felt that his emotions were quite indifferent, and even his feelings of liking someone were shown to be indifferent.
Maybe in the eyes of others he doesn't think much of Bai Lu, and he doesn't show any outward expression that he likes Bai Lu.
But Pei Huizhou himself knew that he must like her.
Otherwise, I would never have such a deep memory of a woman.
He doesn't care about anyone else, except Bai Lu.
Bai Lu is his most respected opponent, and in his eyes, Bai Lu is also a person with admirable character.
He is very busy every day, but he can spare two hours to think about things related to Bai Lu.
Whether it was confronting Bai Lu, acting with Bai Lu, poisoning Bai Lu or something else...in short, it was all related to Bai Lu.
If he didn't care, why would he pay so much attention to Bai Lu.
"..."
After hearing Pei Huizhou's "Yes, I like it", the emperor fell silent.
So, how to choose between his own son and Pei Huizhou?
Who should Bailu marry?
And...this doesn't seem to be the point. The point is that Bai Lu doesn't seem to want to get married at all.
Otherwise, the Crown Prince and Pei Huizhou would not have quarreled like that outside Bai Lu's door.
The emperor opened his mouth, but couldn't utter a word for a moment.
The emperor sneered at this time.
If he followed his own ideas, he definitely didn't want Pei Huizhou to compete with the prince.
Who the hell is Pei Huizhou? Is he worthy enough to compete with me, the legitimate eldest grandson, for someone?
The Emperor stroked his beard and said coldly to Pei Huizhou, "Master Pei, you are joking. What's the point of liking or not liking it?"
"Master Pei has been so cold and aloof these years, and there's no woman around to show consideration. I'm afraid he mistook his desire to win against his opponent for love."
"Master Pei...you should know that you and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince had a fight in the palace. This is a breach of etiquette before the Emperor! So you must be careful with what you say."
"If this matter gets out, whose reputation will be damaged? I'm afraid... all your previous military achievements may not be able to cover up your mistakes."
"What if the ministers outside impeach you, saying you have evil intentions and are traitors?"
All these charges were directly placed on Pei Huizhou, forcing him not to say that he liked Bai Lu.
Pei Huizhou raised his head and said to the Emperor, "In the universe, hatred is the extreme of love. Before, I really didn't like Lady Bai Lu very much, and even regarded her as my mortal enemy... It was either I live or she dies, but now it's different."
"I'm older now... I can understand some things."
"Your Majesty, I have died once, and there are some things I do not want to hide. I will speak directly to those I like, and I will also speak directly to those I do not like."
"After all, I am not sure how long I will live."
The emperor and the emperor emeritus were stunned. Then they saw Pei Huizhou kneel down, kowtow to them and say, "Your Majesty, I really like Lady Bai Lu... Please, Your Majesty and the emperor emeritus, fulfill the engagement between you and Lady Bai Lu."
The prince was stunned.
The emperor was stunned.
The retired emperor was also stunned, and the three of them looked at Pei Huizhou as if he were a ghost.
Oh my god, Pei Huizhou is so deeply in love with Bai Lu?!
"Hate is the ultimate love...that's a really interesting thing to say."
The prince sneered, his gentle face full of sarcasm.
He turned his head to look at Pei Huizhou, and said to him with suppressed anger: "Master Pei, you don't need to force my father and grandfather here."
"Even if you two are engaged now, Father and Grandpa Emperor can't influence Bai Lu's thoughts!"
"Bai Lu doesn't want to marry you. No matter how much you force Father and Grandpa, it's useless."
Hearing this, Pei Huizhou paused and froze in place, "Does Bai Lu want to marry you?!"
"you......"
The prince's face turned green.
The Emperor and the Retired Emperor: “…”
Okay, okay, we're going to quarrel again.
As they were talking, they heard a voice from outside: "Lord Bai is here."
Everyone was stunned and hurriedly asked someone to invite Bai Lu in.
When Bai Lu saw the two people kneeling on the ground, she felt a pain in her head.
The two men stared at Bai Lu, their eyes unwilling to move away for even a moment.
Bai Lu knelt on the ground, kowtowed to the emperor and the emperor emeritus, and said, "Your Majesty, the emperor emeritus..."
"Well, Bailu, you're here. You're so polite. Why are you still kneeling?" The emperor hurriedly got up from the dragon throne, stepped forward personally, and helped Bailu up.
The emperor also slowly stood up from the armchair and walked forward to help Bai Lu up.
The two of them, one on each side, helped Bai Lu to the chair next to the retired emperor. They smiled kindly and said, "The blessing dumplings in our imperial study are quite delicious. They are filled with sweet glutinous rice. Come and try them."
Bailu nodded and picked one up. It tasted really good.
The two of them came out together and smiled kindly at Bai Lu. This treatment was much better than that of the prince and Pei Huizhou.
The young eunuch who had just been replaced in the imperial study almost popped his eyes out when he saw this.
It was previously said that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and Pei Huizhou were favorites of His Majesty, both of whom were greatly favored and deeply favored by the Emperor, but now it was discovered that... Bai Lu was far more favored by the Emperor than either of them.
Bai Lu is a girl, and people are more tolerant of girls, so their attitude towards them will definitely be much better than that towards boys.
What's more, Bai Lu's contribution is no less than that of the prince and Pei Huizhou.
In addition, the emperor and the emperor emeritus felt guilty towards her, so... this is normal.
Bai Lu then said to the Emperor and the Retired Emperor, "I have come here to make a humble request. I beg Your Majesty and the Retired Emperor to grant it."
As she said that, she knelt down.
Seeing Bai Lu kneeling again, the Emperor and the Retired Emperor were about to say, "You don't have to kneel, just sit there and talk." But then they heard Bai Lu say to them, "I want to remain faithful to my deceased husband."
"Therefore, I would like to ask Your Majesty and the Emperor Emeritus to exchange a portion of my military merits for a chastity arch when they award merit."
"I wish to remain single for life. Your Majesty and the Emperor Emeritus, please grant my wish!"