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Chapter 67 Brothers and Brothers Respect
"Brother!" The young man walked up to Lu Qing, looking surprised and delighted to see him here. "I thought you wouldn't come, but I didn't expect to see you here!"

Lu Qing stood up and smiled at him warmly, reaching out his hand to point at the boy's head and said, "It's been a long time since we last met. You've grown a lot taller. In a year or two, you'll probably be taller than me."

"Brother, please stop teasing me!" The young man smiled and waved his hands, his eyes bright. "I'm already past the age of twenty, there's no reason for me to grow any taller. Brother, you just like to make fun of me!"

Zhu Yu didn't understand the identity of the visitor for a while, but fortunately, she was just an follower of Lu Qing, so she didn't need to speak to anyone and could only watch from the side.

This man, who claimed to be over 20 years old, was only slightly taller than Zhu Yu by a forehead. He was not as broad-shouldered and narrow-waisted as Lu Qing. His whole body was thin. He had beautiful facial features, deep eyes, and a high nose bridge. The only thing was that his skin color was a little darker than others.

What he said made Lu Qing laugh too.

"Really? It's my fault for being so confused. I actually forgot that you've grown up so much, and I still treated you as a child." Lu Qing corrected me with a smile, "I've told you many times that if you want to call me, call me brother. It's wrong to call me eldest brother!
Look! That’s your elder brother!”

As he spoke, he raised his chin in the direction of the corridor.

The young man turned his head to look in the direction he pointed, and Zhu Yu also looked in that direction.

A man walked in slowly from outside. He was about the same height as Lu Qing, wearing a moon-white robe and a small white jade crown on his head. He had a very elegant temperament.

As he walked along, people around him hurriedly saluted him and greeted him respectfully, but he just glanced at them indifferently with his phoenix eyes and nodded. His clear and cold temperament made it seem as if the joys and sorrows of the world had nothing to do with him.

The young man who was talking to Lu Qing shrank his neck and muttered to Lu Qing softly, "I don't know why, but every time I see Big Brother, I feel as nervous as if I were being questioned by the teacher about my homework!"

Lu Qing smiled and patted him: "Go ahead, go say hello, otherwise if you get caught by 'Mr.' first, you'll be even more embarrassed!"

The young man pursed his lips, nodded, and greeted him with a polite smile: "Big Brother, you are here too!"

"Long time no see." The man in white had a calm tone, and it was impossible to tell whether he was a relative or not. He spoke to the young prince, and his eyes glanced from him to Lu Qing behind him.

Lu Qing looked nonchalant and bowed to the man.

The man just nodded slightly and walked away.

The young man breathed a sigh of relief after seeing the man in white walk away. He glanced behind Lu Qing and said, "Brother, this person behind you looks unfamiliar. Is he from your family? I've never seen him before."

"This is the chief official of my household. He rarely accompanies me on my outings." Lu Qing replied nonchalantly, and then asked Zhu Yu, "Did you greet Prince Shu just now?"

After hearing what he said, Zhu Yu finally figured out the identity of this young man. He didn't expect that he was the seventh prince of Emperor Jin, the only offspring of the now popular Concubine Duan. Among all the princes who had left the palace to set up their own residences, he was the only one who could enter and leave the harem to visit his mother anytime and anywhere.

She hurriedly and solemnly paid her respects to the Prince of Shu, Lu Ze, according to the male etiquette.

Lu Ze didn't seem to be one to bother with formalities, so he casually waved his hand and let it go. "Brother, why didn't you bring your tall, imposing bodyguard with you today?" he continued, asking Lu Qing. "When I came here, I was thinking that if I could meet him this time, I would definitely ask you to lend him to me for a while! So that he could teach me kung fu!"

So that every time I go to the palace to see my mother, she will laugh at me for being frail!"

"Don't do anything reckless about this." Lu Qing smiled and patted Lu Ze on the head. "My guard is a fool. If he really hurt you, I'm afraid Concubine Duan will shed tears.

If you're interested in learning Kung Fu, and since it's General Cao's birthday today, why don't you just accept him as your master? This would be a great honor, more precious than any birthday gift!"

"Brother, just have fun with me!" Lu Ze laughed heartily. "If I, with my talent, were to become General Cao's disciple, I'm afraid General Cao would cry from noon to late at night!"

The two chatted for a while, and the yard suddenly became noisy again. Three people walked in from outside, and the yard suddenly became like a pot of boiling water. No matter what they were doing just now, they all started to rush to the door.

This time, there was no need for Lu Qing to tell Zhu Yu in a roundabout way, Zhu Yu could recognize the person himself.

Two of the three people were familiar faces. The one walking in front was Zhao Bi, the Duke of Yan. The old man still had an arrogant look on his face and walked with a strong momentum. He was obviously here to celebrate General Cao's birthday, but from his momentum, it seemed as if he was the protagonist of the day.

The second prince, Prince Yi Lu Zhang, who has been in the limelight in and outside the capital in recent days, followed behind Duke Yan. As soon as he appeared, he was surrounded by a crowd. At this moment, he was greeting others with a warm face.

Behind Duke Yan and Lu Zhang followed a man in his twenties, who was also dressed in luxurious clothes. However, at this moment, everyone was eager to curry favor with Duke Yan and Lu Zhang, leaving him aside. He looked a little lonely, but he still had to stand there with dignity, looking down on the people around him.

Lu Ze frowned. "Why is Zhao Boce so useless? Wherever Second Brother is, he's bound to be around!"

"You're being a bit biased." Lu Qing smiled. "Duke Yan is your second brother's maternal grandfather, and also Zhao Boce's grandfather. It's normal for him to follow his grandfather."

Lu Ze sighed and said, "Brother, I'm going to go say hello to my second brother!"

Zhu Yu could guess from their conversation just now that the man in white with a cold temperament should be the eldest son born to Emperor Jin's first wife, Queen Wang, Prince Xu Lu Chao.

Excluding Lu Qing, Emperor Jin, the Empress, and concubines had a total of seven sons. Among them, the fifth and sixth princes died before they reached adulthood. Now, except for the third and fourth princes who were guarding the border, the rest of the princes had all come to Cao Tianbao's mansion.

In Zhu Yu's opinion, those people's respect for Lu Qing was more like a superficial appearance, and they showed more respect than respect to Xu Wang Lu Chao out of consideration for the late queen and the eldest son.

Their enthusiasm for Lu Ze stems more from the great favor that Concubine Duan currently enjoys from Emperor Jin.

But to Lu Zhang and Duke Yan, those people's fawning and flattery were genuine and without any impurities.

(End of this chapter)