Chapter 587: Give Her Face?
Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations
“By the way, I came here today to tell you that there’s an invitation for you!” After Zhao Xiu hesitated for a moment, she took out an invitation. “Someone came today and sent the invitation in. Before we could see the person clearly, he was already gone!”
When Li Xiaoran and Luo Cheng heard this, they took the invitation from Zhao Xiu.
After reading the contents clearly, Luo Cheng and Li Xiaoran laughed at the same time.
“I really didn’t expect these two people to come back!” Li Xiaoran said, “Husband, are you going?”
Luo Cheng said, “Father, Mother, don’t interfere in this matter. Pretend that you didn’t receive the invitation! No matter what reason the Li family uses to call you two over, don’t go!”
Li Shun and Zhao Xiu were relieved to hear Luo Cheng’s words.
“Alright! Don’t worry, your mother and I definitely won’t go!”
Originally, Luo Cheng wanted Li Shun and Zhao Xiu to stay for dinner, but Li Shun and Zhao Xiu still had something on, so they didn’t stay.
Li Xiaoran looked at her husband and asked, “What do you think?”
Luo Cheng said curiously, “They just came back to show off because Pei Xuanxin got third place! However, this is quite strange. Shouldn’t the one who got third place stay in the capital? Why is he returning to his hometown at this time?”
As he spoke, Luo Cheng called Zi Zheng, who was in charge of the news in the capital recently.
“Zi Zheng, is there any news from the capital? Why has the new third place, Pei Xuanxin, returned to his hometown?”
When Zi Zheng heard Luo Cheng’s question, he replied, “The third place was appointed by the emperor to edit books in the Hanlin Academy. Because he was idle, he received the emperor’s permission to return to his hometown and bring his mother to the capital to settle down!”
“Hanlin Academy?” Luo Cheng didn’t expect Pei Xuanxin to go to Hanlin Academy.
Although it was an idle position, it was already the best official position for someone like Pei Xuanxin, who had no prominent background.
It had to be said that this person was quite lucky.
After Li Xiaoran figured out what was going on in the government, she finally understood why her husband said Pei Xuanxin was lucky.
Li Xiaoran lamented, “He’s indeed lucky. At least, such an idle position doesn’t
involve him in the struggle for power. Otherwise, with a vain wife like Li Yan by his side, he probably wouldn’t even know how he died!”
In fact, what Li Xiaoran was worried about wasn’t baseless.
The reason Pei Xuanxin brought Li Yan back home was because he wanted to avoid the fight between the princes.
As for Li Yan, she had plans to persuade Pei Xuanxin to take sides in the future and strive for meritorious service.
It had to be said that Li Yan was really ambitious!
After hearing that Luo Cheng had been conferred the title of king and Li Xiaoran had become the consort, she was even more eager to climb up the ranks.
Li Yan came back to show off.
After hearing that Luo Cheng and Li Xiaoran didn’t do anything after being conferred the titles, Li Yan secretly mocked these two people.
With such a joyous occasion, if it were her, she would definitely treat the villagers to a meal to liven things up.
If she didn’t liven things up, how could she let others envy her?
Therefore, Li Yan told Pei Xuanxin to send an invitation to Li Xiaoran.
Of course, Li Yan wasn’t stupid. She knew that it would definitely be useless to send the invitations to Li Xiaoran and Luo Cheng, so she asked someone to send it to Li Shun and Zhao Xiu. Moreover, she specially instructed the person who sent the invitation to leave quickly without giving Li Shun and Zhao Xiu a chance to refuse!
The Li family had been well-behaved for a period of time. Even when they heard that Luo Cheng was the Seventh Prince, they didn’t dare to cause trouble.
In the past, Luo Cheng was just a hunter, but even then, they didn’t dare to provoke him, let alone now that he had regained his status as a prince.
When the difference in status between the two sides was too great, the Li family no longer dared to cause trouble. They could only behave themselves and hope that Luo Cheng and Li Xiaoran wouldn’t think of them.
Luo Cheng and Li Xiaoran still had many important things to do, so they naturally didn’t have the time to entertain Li Yan. Thus, they forgot about this matter.
After dinner, Li Xiaoran went to the study to read while Luo Cheng went to a certain room.
The man in black was now sitting in front of the window.
At this moment, there was a plate of fried fish, a plate of peanuts, and a pot of wine in front of him.
The man wasn’t surprised when Luo Cheng arrived, as if he had expected him to return.
“Today is my brother’s birthday. Come over and pay your respects to him!”
Luo Cheng nodded and picked up a wine glass. After he filled it, he poured himself another glass.
After Luo Cheng picked up a glass of wine and clinked it with another glass on the table, he recalled the past and said,
“Xue Shanhui, let’s toast to your brother!”
Xue Shanhui nodded when he heard Luo Cheng’s words. He also picked up the wine glass in front of him and clinked it with the glass in the middle. Then, the two of them drank it in one gulp.
Xue Shanhui suddenly said, “My brother once said that he wasn’t wrong about you!”
Luo Cheng didn’t expect Xue Shanhui to suddenly say this, so he looked at him in confusion.
Xue Shanhui didn’t say anything. Instead, he took out a letter. After Luo Cheng took the letter and read it, his hands started trembling.
“This is your brother’s handwriting!”
Xue Shanhui nodded and poured himself another glass of wine.
“That’s right. This is a letter mv brother left for vou! After reading this letter,
you’ll know why I came to look for you!”
When Luo Cheng heard Xue Shanhui’s words, he opened the letter and read it.
Luo Cheng read the letter for a full fifteen minutes.
Upon seeing the familiar handwriting again, Luo Cheng had mixed feelings.
But when the truth was in front of him, Luo Cheng felt upset.
Luo Cheng said in a choked voice, “Why is he so stupid?! He should have told me the truth. No matter what, it would have been better than him bearing all this alone!”
Xue Shanhui shook his head when he heard Luo Cheng’s words.
“That wouldn’t have been like my brother! My brother left me a letter saying that he’s very glad that he’ll die in your hands in the end. Only by dying in your hands will he feel at ease. You’re right. My brother went astray back then. He actually knew this very well, but he couldn’t turn back! Because once he turned back, many people in the Xue family would have been killed. Therefore, dying in your hands was the best ending for him!”
Luo Cheng didn’t speak, but he felt extremely upset..