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Imperial Consort Li was the imperial concubine of the Seventh Prince and the daughter of Guo Family. Be it her appearance or family background, she was extremely outstanding and only the Seventh Prince could compete with the Third Prince in the imperial court.

Third Prince's mouth curved into a sneer. "Seventh brother?" Seventh Brother had been acting all day in front of Royal Father, causing Royal Father to praise him repeatedly in front of everyone. What I'm afraid of is that Lu Jingran has already sided with Seventh Brother … "

"How could Lu Jingran do that?" The aide's face was filled with shock, "Even if Lu Jingran and the National Duke Ning's relationship isn't good, but to be unable to write a single word of truth, that is, to be able to shame and honor each other. How can Lu Jingran not understand? Now, everyone knows that the National Duke Ning supports you, Third Prince. If Lu Jingran supports the Seventh Prince, I'm afraid the National Duke Ning will not be able to handle it. "

Third Prince slowly said, "Him? He wouldn't have anything to say to the National Duke Ning … All these years, because of the relationship between him and his aunt, and even the National Duke Ning had a grudge against him, if I was him, then even I would not be on his side. I am a few years older than him, and if he was able to endure through it, I know it better than anyone. "

Because his grandmother had gone there early, her maternal grandfather had sent him to National Duke Ning right after Empress Zhang, and the three children were Elder Zhang and Madam National Duke Ning, so their relationship was extremely good since childhood. Furthermore, Young Madam Zhang didn't have any children at that time, so they doted on him greatly and often took him to the National Duke Ning Palace to be recalcitrant.

The aide didn't dare to say anything further.

The inside information of the National Duke Ning Palace was not something he dared to inquire about.

But since he was the third prince's trusted aide, he was naturally the person the third prince trusted the most. There were some words that the third prince wouldn't hide from them. When I went to the National Duke Ning Palace as a guest, I actually met Lu Jingran, and at that time, he was completely wrinkled all over. When we were standing together, Aunt and I had the arms around our newborn son, and I waved to him, but the way he looked at us was as if we were enemies. At that time, he was still young, but that look in his eyes is something I will never forget for the rest of my life … "

The other aide felt that it was just a small matter, "Even if Lu Jingran wanted to rely on the Seventh Prince, he's just a playboy, why would the Third Prince care?"

In the end, a popinjay was still a popinjay. What could they possibly do to stop it?

The Third Prince did not think that way, "A silkpants naturally has their own benefits. For example, after Lu Jingran had disappeared for so long, no one in the capital doubted him, if it wasn't for the fact that there was someone who saw Lu Jingran heading in that direction, even I would not have thought of him. Although First Prince died that day, that child was also the Emperor's eldest grandson. How could the Emperor not feel pain? That day, the child disappeared. If we take age into account, the child should be around ten years old. "

"Heh, a child in his teens, if he was given birth to the shadow of the previous First Prince, how could the Royal Father not feel pain? At that time, if the Royal Father were to live for a few more decades, it would be possible for him to pass the throne down to this child … Right now, the fact that there are sixth and seventh brothers in the palace is already annoying enough, but there can't be another person appearing out of thin air. "

As long as this child didn't die, his heart would never be at peace.

One of them was very bold and only worried about the Seventh Prince. Since the beginning of winter, the Emperor had been sick once or twice, and although he only caught a common cold every time, it wasn't a serious illness, but this also showed that the Emperor's body really couldn't be compared to before.

The Third Prince nodded his head, "If that's the case, then send people to keep an eye on Imperial Consort Li and Seventh Elder. As for Lu Jingran, send people to look around for him too, we can't let any clues slip by."

What he did not know was that that night, Lu Jingran took advantage of the darkness to rush into the capital. Not only was there a guard dressed in black who entered the capital with him, if one looked carefully, they would see that there was also a child of eleven or twelve years old.

The child's face was covered in food, but he was still unable to block the handsome man. Amongst the group of people, only he and Lu Jingran were riding on the Ferghana Horses.

However, this child could not bring him back to the National Duke Ning Palace.

Lu Jingran only instructed Ban Xia to properly settle the child down.

When Lu Jingran returned to the National Duke Ning Palace, it was already the latter half of the night. As he was preparing to rest, the servant's voice suddenly came from outside, "Great sir, quite a few people have been sending you messages recently."

Most of them invited him to listen to music, running horses, fighting crickets, etc.

Lu Jingran was so tired that he did not even want to talk anymore, "Go down." Now he wasn't in the mood to care about these things.

However, the attendants beside Lu Jingran had all been replaced by the National Duke Ning after he saved Lin Shu from the Celestial Fragrance Pavilion. Currently, the attendants by his side were all new, and were just trying to curry favor with Master.

Lu Jingran waved his hand again, "I said you should go down."

However, when he thought about it, he felt that something was amiss. Originally, he and those girls were just playing around, no one had the guts to send the letter to the National Duke Ning Palace. He quickly raised his voice and said, "Send that letter over for me to see!"

That manservant eagerly entered.

Lu Jingran took the letter and looked at it, his expression suddenly changing. Mr. Bai? Lin Shu was not the type of lady who liked to talk nonsense, if she was not certain that she saw Mr. Bai at Liucheng Garden that day, she would not have said such words.

To him, Mr. Bai was both a teacher and a friend. If it were not for the advice from Mr. Bai, he really would have become a playboy.

He was unwilling to doubt the Mr. Bai.

However, this time, he was sure that aside from the few people he brought with him, only the Mr. Bai knew about it. When they were on the road, Jin Xing was being chased, and he thought that they were enemies at the time. At that time, he hid and hid away and did not write to the Mr. Bai for a few days, even if the Mr. Bai sent a pigeon, he was afraid that someone would intercept the pigeon and did not dare to reply.

It was quite strange. It was as if his pursuers had disappeared in the past few days.

Lu Jingran immediately raised his voice: "Go and call Ban Xia over."

At this time, he could not go out. If he did, he would be exposed, and he had been taught by the Mr. Bai since he was young. If there was any movement, the Mr. Bai might be able to see through him.

Ban Xia returned in fifteen minutes.

Lu Jingran lowered his voice and instructed him a few things, and upon hearing that, Ban Xia's expression changed greatly, but he did not have the time to reply, and quickly rushed out.

That night, Lu Jingran basically did not sleep at all. He waited until the early morning of the next day before he hurriedly rushed to the Duke Xinzhong’s Mansion.

Although there were guards protecting the Duke Mansion, how could they stop Lu Jingran?

When Lin Shu opened his eyes, he discovered that something was wrong. Not only was Actinin Qin protecting her, even the person who didn't like to stay in the house, Yun Dou, had come over.

The two of them had strange expressions on their faces.

Lin Shu could not help but ask: "What happened this early in the morning?"

Even though Cloudbean had lowered her voice, there was still a hint of happiness in her voice. "Miss, Miss, Young Master Lu is here."

She had always called Lu Jingran Young Master Lu, not Master Ningguogongfuda. After all, the latter's name sounded really like a popinjay, unlike Young Master Lu Jing.

Lin Shu was more or less stunned, "Where is he?"

"Right now, he's hiding in your study, telling us not to disturb your sleep. We'll have to wait until she wakes up before we can talk about him …"

Lin Shu facepalmed herself, wasn't this Lu Jingran too ridiculous?

When he waited for her to go to the study, he naturally didn't have a good tone. "..." Does Uncle Jingtang know where this is? It's Duke Mansion. Originally, it was fine if you had come over by sending medicinal ingredients to my grandmother, but now, you barged in without even bidding your farewells. If others were to find out, who knows what kind of reputation the rumors would spread. "

She felt that Lu Jingran had been a little weird that day at the Third Prince's Mansion. However, when she thought about it, there was something weird about him getting drunk.

Lu Jingran didn't even have the time to explain anything, "Did you really see the Mr. Bai at the Liucheng Garden that day?"

His attitude was one of unprecedented seriousness.

Lin Shu said: "I do not dare to be certain, that day in the private box, I vaguely saw that the person looked like the Mr. Bai, at that time there were too many people, and I couldn't even see him clearly, why not ask the Uncle Jingtang, and the other day I saw a middle-aged lady who also entered the private room. She was dressed extravagantly, and looked to be around thirty years old."

"In his thirties?" Lu Jingran muttered, his expression becoming heavier.

The Mr. Bai was close to sixty now, and his wife had died for many years. Originally, when the Old National Duke Ning was still alive, he had wanted to marry her, but he had refused. Even the maidservants that the Old National Duke Ning sent back to him had been sent back safely … Furthermore, even if Mr. Bai truly had set his eyes on a woman, he would not choose to meet her at Liucheng Garden, and he would not be that cautious.

Lin Shu saw that his expression was a little strange. "Is there something wrong?"

Lu Jingran's mind was very annoyed, he only voiced out his suspicions, "... I suspect that the Mr. Bai is colluding with someone to harm me. Otherwise, how could they know my whereabouts so clearly? Even to this day, I still remember my grandfather's reminder before he passed away, saying that if I were to listen to Mr. Bai's words more in the future, even if Mr. Bai loses his life, it will not harm me! "