Cypress Boat Floating

"Tell me, what the hell is going on?" As soon as Ye Jianqing returned to the palace, he asked Lu Ci Qiu anxiously.

Lu Ci Qiu handed the things to Yu Qin and told her to put them away properly. Then he pulled Ye Jianqing to sit aside and asked, "Are you angry?"

"I'm not that angry..." Ye Jianqing was pulled by Lu Ciqiu like this, and then she thought of what he had just said about her being his wife. She felt a little embarrassed for a moment, and moved back a little, easily breaking free from Lu Ciqiu's hand. She could feel that the wrist that Lu Ciqiu had just held was warm at the moment. Maybe it was because the weather was too hot! Ye Jianqing thought to herself.

"Don't you want to help her too? Then you have to get closer to her first." Lu Ci Qiu naturally picked up a piece of melon that Huai Xi had just handed over and handed it to Ye Jianqing.

There was nothing wrong with what she said. She really wanted to help Lin Ruoyun. But after hearing what Lu Ciqiu said, Ye Jianqing felt something was wrong. But she couldn't think of a reason to refute it for a while. She took a bite of the melon in her hand. At this moment, her only feeling was that in such a hot summer, eating a bite of cool and refreshing melon was really comfortable!

Seeing that Ye Jianqing had no objection, Lu Ciqiu continued, "She is short of money now, and she has the ability to make money. So, we can give her corresponding compensation by making full use of her talents. Is there any problem with doing this?"

After taking another bite of melon, Ye Jianqing hesitated for a moment before slowly speaking, "It seems... there is really no problem."

"Since there is no problem, do you have any other questions?" Lu Ci Qiu looked at Ye Jianqing's stunned look and couldn't help but feel a little amused. However, he didn't dare to laugh in front of him, so he could only hold it back to avoid angering the other party.

Ye Jianqing frowned tightly, her eyes fixed on Lu Ci Qiu, as if she wanted to find a flaw in his face. Unfortunately, Lu Ci Qiu was very calm and didn't reveal any flaws.

"Then why did you say I was your wife?" Ye Jianqing asked in a serious tone, remaining highly vigilant.

"A man and a woman appear together. What name do you think is more appropriate?" Lu Ci Qiu remained calm and responded unhurriedly.

"You can say we are sister and brother, or brother and sister, why do you have to say that I am your wife? And we are still so young, who would believe this?" Ye Jianqing frowned, obviously not falling into the trap set by Lu Ci Qiu.

Lu Ci Qiu looked at her deeply, his eyes revealing a trace of bitterness and helplessness that was hard to detect, and said softly: "You are not young anymore, many people who were my age had already married and started a family."

Ye Jianqing wanted to refute, but then he thought about it. This was in ancient times! How could it be the same as modern times? In ancient times, people generally got married early. If it were modern times, boys of his age would only think about what to do with exams and homework every day. Who would have the energy to think about getting married and having children? Therefore, there was nothing wrong with what Lu Ciqiu said in ancient times.

"Then...what if Lin Ruoyun finds out our true identities in the future and finds out that we have been lying to her all along, what should we do then? The most taboo thing in making friends is deception!" Ye Jianqing couldn't help feeling a little uneasy when he thought about the possibility that Lin Ruoyun would reveal the truth in the future.

However, Lu Ci Qiu didn't care about it and replied nonchalantly: "Then we can find a way to solve it when the time comes! Besides, she said her last name is Gu today, isn't that deceiving us?"

Ye Jianqing thought about it carefully after hearing this, and then analyzed: "Well... I think the word 'Gu' she said is very likely her mother's surname. Maybe she borrowed this surname temporarily to avoid being discovered by her family."

Lu Ci Qiu patted her shoulder gently and comforted her softly, "Don't think too much. I will arrange people to closely monitor Lin Fanmao. The election is coming soon, and he will definitely make a lot of small moves next. The person in charge of the selection of imperial merchants this year is from the Taiyi Party. With Lin Fanmao's personality, he should try to contact the other party. If we can use the imperial merchant selection to create some trouble for the prince, it would be great."

However, Ye Jianqing was obviously not as optimistic as Lu Ciqiu. She frowned and asked, "The arrangements have been made in the capital, but what about General Ye? Are we just going to ignore it?"

Lu Ci Qiu was silent for a moment and then replied: "According to the memory of the previous life, General Ye's death was most likely caused by Zhou Hao's poisoning. Judging from our previous actions with him, if General Ye had not been poisoned, he would have been fully capable of dealing with all the assassins and returning to the capital safely. So this time, we only need to eliminate the person who poisoned him."

Lu Ci Qiu paused for a moment here, then stared at Ye Jianqing with a heavy and pleading look, and slowly said: "This time... I want to protect my second brother." Ye Jianqing looked at Lu Ci Qiu in front of her, her heart softened, she really couldn't refuse him like this, so she nodded to show her agreement.