The female supporting role is really here to mess things up

Lu Qingxi didn't know who that person was, but seeing the old man in front of him with a head full of white hair and a temperament that transcended the world, he must not be an ordinary person.

Looking back at the plot, the only person who can match the one in front of me seems to be the national teacher who is known as the old immortal. However, the plot also says that unless the emperor summons him, even the prince cannot summon the national teacher to his house, let alone appear in a teahouse.

I temporarily crossed out both of them, thinking that they might be people outside the plot. However, this old man looked like an immortal, so he must be no ordinary person. So the identity of the young man opposite him might not be simple either.

She asked Xiao Huan to help her stand up, and told the man opposite that she could leave first. "Since you are busy, I won't bother you any more. It seems that the senior is in a hurry, so I can thank you another day."

Seeing this, Xiao Yuebai became anxious and didn't care about the national teacher in front of him. He quickly spoke to stop the woman opposite. "I don't have anything important to do here. Miss, please sit here for a while. I will come back after talking to... Senior."

Lu Qingxi felt embarrassed by the desire in his eyes. Her eyelashes trembled. She thought that the man opposite had just saved her and she didn't want to offend him. She nodded gently and sat down again.

Seeing the woman's obedient appearance, Xiao Yuebai lowered his head and chuckled. Then he walked towards the imperial teacher at the door.

"Senior, please follow me to the private room next door. I think the recent events are all trivial matters, so we can keep it short."

The Imperial Master only said "OK" and retreated to the door, waiting for the young man's action. But when the man closed the door, he looked at the girl sitting in the private room.

Others couldn't see it, but he could. The woman was full of golden luck, as if connected to all directions. The darkest one was connected to the deposed prince in front of him. But the one that connected the two of them was different from the others: their one was passing to each other, while the others were slowly moving towards the woman unilaterally.

The Imperial Master was startled. The woman sitting in the private room must be the second daughter of the Lu family who was rumored to have bad behavior. But it seemed that the rumor was wrong. Just now, the woman's words and deeds were elegant, and her every move revealed her extraordinary temperament and cultivation. How could she be a person of bad character... not to mention her rare beauty in the mortal world. He sighed in his heart, this woman is definitely not an ordinary person.

Xiao Yuebai opened a private room opposite the door and entered it with the Imperial Master one after the other.

Before he could close the door, he heard a self-deprecating voice coming from the man behind him.

"I no longer have any position. I don't know how a deposed person like me could have lured the Imperial Master out of the palace, or even come to look for him in person."

The Imperial Master paused for a second before closing the door. When he turned around, the man in front of him had lost his gentle demeanor in front of the woman and had returned to his familiar coldness.

The Imperial Master's face remained calm, and his heart was not disturbed at all by the words of the deposed Crown Prince.

"I will not get involved in any court disputes. Don't worry that I am here to do something to Your Highness. It's just that there is something that shouldn't be kept in the Imperial Master's Mansion. I need to follow God's will and hand it over to Your Highness."

He took something out of his sleeve and handed it to the young man with both hands.

Xiao Yuebai looked at the paper in front of him, and then looked at the master in front of him. After a while, he finally reached out to take it. He didn't know if it was because his palm was too cold, but the paper still seemed to be burning hot when it landed on his hand.

Xiao Yuebai gently stroked the paper with his thumb for a few times before opening it. The words inside were exactly the same as those written on the paper that the national teacher gave to the prince a few days ago. There were a few big words lying there: "The two daughters of the Lu family are both destined to be phoenixes, one rises while the other falls."

Combined with the Phoenix Fate of the Shangshu Mansion's eldest daughter, which has been discussed recently in the capital, he immediately understood the meaning of these words. He slowly folded the paper in his hand, and the large words gradually disappeared from his sight as the paper was folded.

However, when the sunlight shone through the window into the gaps in the paper, the two words "Yue Qing" seemed to be given life and jumped into his eyes.

The man's pupils dilated for a moment, and then returned to normal the next moment. But a calm face does not mean a calm heart. Isn't Yue Bai referring to himself and Lu Qingxi?

Xiao Yuebai knew in his heart that marrying the second daughter of the Lu family would indeed be beneficial to him...Now he only had his mother's family - the Earl's Mansion to rely on. Although he and Murong Feng had been good brothers since childhood, the Prime Minister had not yet decided whether to support him.

If Lu Qingxi's maternal family, the Duke's Mansion, could help, the chances of winning the throne would be much greater... However, the second Miss Lu doesn't seem to be very likable...

Although the Duke's Mansion is ruled by Old Madam Song, the Duke and his wife have already gone out to travel. Now the main force of the Duke's Mansion in the court comes from Song Yi...

Given Song Yi's upright character, it was highly unlikely that he would help his cousin, whom he ignored, to fight for power.

Even if Song Yi is willing, I am not a good person now, and I will use some means to achieve my goals, but the second lady of the Lu family is not a good person, and I already have someone in my heart. Even if I don't have a partner, I will forget it if I spend my life with a woman like that.

Even though the woman he liked had been traveling with Song Yi, Xiao Yuebai did not think of her as the second young lady of the Shangshu Mansion. The impressions of the two identities in his mind were really different.

If Lu Qingxi knew all this, she would definitely ask the system why this plot was added. But in fact, this plot also existed in the original plot, and Xiao Yuebai at that time also chose not to marry Lu Qingxi, but the power she cultivated privately was suppressed by the destiny of heaven and could never become a force to be reckoned with... In the end, she had to give up.

After Xiao Yuebai and other imperial teachers left, he stayed quietly in the room for a while, holding a fan in his right hand and tapping it gently on the palm of his hand again and again to calm himself.

Although he had been deposed for half a year, he had never thought of giving up that position, and was still secretly cultivating his own power. Although destiny required him to rely on a woman, if he was really destined to be, he should be able to accomplish things without relying on a woman.

Besides, he already had someone in his heart, and that woman was so kind and smart, he could not let her be wronged because of another woman. Then he remembered that the beauty was still waiting for him on the other side, and he hurriedly walked out.

Xiao Yuebai still chose to give up the marriage with Lu Qingxi as the plot said. The funny thing is that this time the reason was more for Lu Qingxi herself. The gears of fate have begun to turn, and the entanglements between the two will become more and more...

Lu Qingxi originally thought that the two of them would talk for a long time, but they were over in just half a cup of tea.

After hearing her mistress' instructions, Xiaohuan was about to push the door and go downstairs to ask the waiter for paper and pen, but she almost bumped into Xiao Yuebai who was eager to open the door to see her lover.

The two of them stood at the door for a while. Lu Qingxi looked at the two stunned people and burst out laughing.

"Xiao Huan, since the young master is back, you don't have to go downstairs to get me paper and pen to leave a message." Xiao Huan finally came back to her senses after hearing her young lady's words. She seemed to have found her backbone and immediately walked quickly back to her young lady's side.

Xiao Yuebai understood what the woman meant after hearing her words. He slowly walked towards the master and servant, nodded politely, and sat back in his original seat.

The handsome man, who had restrained his edge, listened gently to the words of the woman opposite him, agreeing with her from time to time, and almost always spoke according to the woman's thoughts.

Xiaohuan, who was standing by, was very happy watching this scene. This young man saved her young lady. He looked even better than the prince and had a gentle personality. I just didn't know what his family background was like. If they were well matched, wouldn't he be a perfect match for her?

Xiao Huan carefully observed the man opposite her with the critical eyes of her future son-in-law. Although the man's clothes were low-key, the material was very good. His conversation was also good, which made her even more satisfied.

She couldn't help but tug on her young lady's sleeve and said, "Young lady, I see you two have been chatting for so long, how come you still don't know the name of this young man?" After saying that, she looked at the man sitting opposite her with shining eyes.

After hearing this, Xiao Yuebai thought about it in his mind and spoke.

"It's my fault. I forgot to tell you my origins. I'm Gu Zishu, the cousin of the eldest son of the Earl's Mansion. If you want to find me in the future, just send someone to deliver a letter to the Earl's Mansion."

Now that I am a crippled virgin, I am afraid that if I get involved with her too much, it will disturb her life. I also don't want her to have any different opinions about me because of my identity.

I thought to myself, although it is inconvenient to tell her my real name, I don't want to lie to her. Xiao sounded like a royal family, so I had to change it to my mother's surname. Zishu is my courtesy name, and I changed my cousin to cousin. It's not too much of a lie to her.

Lu Qingxi heard the man's name and felt that it seemed familiar, but she couldn't remember where she had seen it. She was going to give her real name, but when she thought of her "good reputation" outside, she paused and changed her words, giving the name of her cousin in real life.

"So it's Mr. Gu. I'm Li Wanqing. I'm a daughter of the Li family, a branch of the Duke's Mansion."

Xiaohuan, who was standing next to her, heard a name she had never heard of before and couldn't figure out what her young lady meant, but she always listened to her young lady, so she kept her mouth shut and stood a little closer to her young lady.

Xiao Yuebai on the opposite side couldn't help but start whispering after knowing the name of her lover.

"Wanqing, can I call you Wanqing from now on?"

In fact, Lu Qingxi has not yet gotten used to being called cousin, but it is the other party's freedom to call her whatever she wants.

"Mr. Gu, you can call me whatever you want. It's getting late, and I can't stay any longer." As she said this, she took off a jade pendant from her waist and handed it to him.

"I have been wearing this jade pendant since I was a child. Master Gu, please accept it for now. If you need help in the future, you can take this jade pendant to the Duke's Mansion for help."

Xiao Yuebai took the jade pendant and held it tightly in his hand. "I will listen to Wanqing."

After leaving the teahouse, Lu Qingxi took Xiao Huan back home. Xiao Yuebai was worried about the master and servant, so he followed them from a distance. When they reached a fork in the road, they were blocked by two masked women in black.

"Please don't worry about my young lady's safety. Please stop."

As soon as Ying Yiying finished speaking, she showed her badge to the man in front of her.

Xiao Yuebai saw the words "Duke's Mansion" written on the waist badges in the hands of the two people, and knew that the two people opposite were indeed protecting Lu Qingxi. He put the fan in his hand into his sleeve, and then clasped his fists to the two people.

"If that's the case, Xiao... I'm relieved. I'm also worried about Miss Li's safety. I'd like to trouble you two to protect your young lady."

After saying that, he turned around and left with peace of mind.

Although Ying Yi and Ying Er did not understand why the handsome man in front of them called their young lady Miss Li, they did not want to talk to him. They waited until they saw the man walking away before they set out to catch up with their young lady.