Chapter 514: Yin Marriage (3)
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
Wei Jiaoniang wished she could point her fingers at the tip of the other party’s nose.
“She’s dying?” Lu Shi’s expression instantly changed, and he frowned. “Isn’t Qin’er having a fever?”
He knew that his sister Lu Qin was sick yesterday, but his mother said that his sister only caught a cold. The doctor said that she would recover after two days of medicine.
His sister had grown up. As a man, he couldn’t go to her boudoir casually. In addition, he had to be on duty for the next two days, so he didn’t go to his sister’s courtyard. He didn’t expect his sister to be so sick!
Wei Jiaoniang stared at his face for a while. From the looks of it, he didn’t seem to know anything about Lu Qin.
“You… come here!” Wei Jiaoniang pointed at his nose and said arrogantly.
Lu Shi greeted a few colleagues who were patrolling with him and got off the horse. He followed Wei Jiaoniang to a remote place with no one around.
Wei Jiaoniang quickly explained the cause and effect of the matter. In the end, she emphasized, “Yanfei said that the Hua family is making use of Lu Qin for a Yin marriage!”
Lu Shi was dumbfounded, as if he was listening to a heavenly book.
He only understood one main point. The Hua family wanted a Yin marriage to harm his sister.
Lu Shi also had some friendship with Gu Yuan and knew that there was no need for Gu Yuan’s sister to lie to them. Furthermore, everyone in the capital knew Second Lady Gu’s ability.
Lu Rui’s face instantly darkened. His thin lips pursed into a straight line as he said hatefully, “I’ll go find that kid surnamed Hua!”
His sister had reached adulthood last year, and his mother had been nagging about choosing a good marriage for her. He had specially instructed his parents to let him see her.
On the day of the blind date at Baiyun Temple, he also went to see his aunt’s nephew.
At that time, her aunt had praised Hua Xi to the skies, but Lu Shi felt that her eyes sometimes wandered, giving off an unrighteous feeling.
However, his mother and sister were very satisfied with Hua Xi. They praised him for being knowledgeable and kind-hearted. Furthermore, the Hua family was an aristocratic family. They also had their eldest aunt as a matchmaker.
His mother said that Hua Xi was the best candidate for his sister.
He kept silent, thinking that perhaps he had a biased opinion of his brother-in-law, which was why he found fault with everything about Hua Xi.
Lu Shi gritted his teeth tightly. He was angry and regretful.
Lu Shi held the sheath on his waist with one hand, and veins popped out on the back of his hand. He was about to kill someone.
“Then do you know where the Hua family is?” Wei Jiaoniang’s tone was still not good. She felt that Lu Shi was really unreliable.
Lu Shi was speechless. Then, he forced a fawning smile. “1 don’t know. Don’t you know?”
1 knew it! Wei Jiaoniang raised her chin and pointed at the city gate. “The city gate has already been closed. We can’t go tonight.”
Looking at the towering city gate in front of him, Lu Shi calmed down a little. He held his saber and said seriously, “Jiaoniang, wait for me at the restaurant beside you and Sister Yanfei. 1’11 go home first.”
With that, he swung back into the saddle. His mount seemed to sense the uneasiness in its master’s heart. It neighed twice in slight anxiety, its nostrils blowing thick air.
Before he left, he looked down at Gu Yanfei and asked nervously and uneasily, “Is it too late now?”
His voice was tense, and his face was dark and blurry under the dark night sky.
Gu Yanfei met his obscure and unconcealable eyes with clear eyes and nodded gently.
“After the engagement ceremony, both parties will form an alliance. When the man officially lays down the betrothal and signs the marriage contract, the marriage will be considered successful. Ah Qin will really be difficult to save.”
Lu Shi said, “I understand.” Then, he squeezed the horse’s stomach and galloped away.
The streets of the capital were almost empty in the evening. He rode his horse to his heart’s content, and his back was soon swallowed by the night.
Wei Jiaoniang and Gu Yanfei looked at each other. The two girls led the horses and temporarily went to a restaurant by the roadside to sit down.
By the time most of the pot of tea was drunk, the sky was completely dark.
The sound of horses’ hooves could be heard on the streets again. On this quiet night, the sound of horses’ hooves on the stone road was exceptionally clear.
The sound of horse hooves approached. After a while, they saw Lu Shi dismount at the entrance of the restaurant and enter the lobby with a dark expression.
Not only did Lu Shi fail to convince his mother, but he also brought very bad news.
“The Hua family will be coming tomorrow to make the betrothal!”
Lu Shi rubbed the space between his eyebrows in frustration and complained, “In the past, my grandmother told me in private that my mother looked gentle and capable, but she was actually a fool. 1 didn’t believe it. Sigh, my grandmother has sharp eyes!”
“The betrothal ceremony is tomorrow?” Wei Jiaoniang looked at Gu Yanfei and said anxiously, “Yanfei, what should we do?”
Calculating the days, tomorrow should have been the day of the Hua family’s Lu family’s small engagement, but now, it has become the day of the betrothal. From the blind date between the two families and the exchange of invitations to the betrothal, it hadn’t exceeded io days, right?
The Hua family was in such a hurry. No matter how one looked at it, something was wrong. This wasn’t a celebration.
Lu Shi poured himself a cup of tea and downed it in one gulp. He said resolutely, “Tomorrow morning, when the city gate opens, I’ll personally make a trip to the Hua family.”
He planned to sleep here tonight. When the city gate opened tomorrow morning, he would go to Anci County.
“It’s getting late. You two girls should go back quickly. I’m here.” Lu Shi put on the act of a big brother and waved his hand, indicating for Gu Yanfei and Wei Jiaoniang to leave quickly. He was quite touched. It was also a blessing in life for his sister to have friends like this.
Especially Gu Yanfei. He was really like her brother Gu Yuan, cold on the outside but warm on the inside.
Wei Jiaoniang almost had goosebumps from Lu Shi’s almost loving gaze. Just as she was about to speak, she heard Gu Yanfei say,
“No.”
These three words attracted Wei Jiaoniang’s gaze.
“Didn’t you say that the betrothal is coming tomorrow?” Gu Yanfei casually played with the white porcelain teacup in her hand. “Then let’s wait for tomorrow.”
“Fourth Brother Lu, go buy some cinnabar and talismans..”