"Jiang Lao Er, what's wrong?" The young man looked at Lu Yun with a sinister look.

Jiang Lao Er immediately smiled apologetically and said, "Sir, I saw that this young lady is pretty, so I wanted her to dance for you to liven up the atmosphere."

The young man's expression softened slightly, his eyes moving around the woman. "Your vision is quite good, but the noise is a bit too loud. Your Excellency has seen all sorts of people. If you make trouble again, don't blame me for being ruthless and sending you and this woman to feed the fish together!"

Jiang Lao Er was sweating profusely. "Yes, yes, I will definitely take care of this matter."

Lu Yun understood that this was a scene of "rape of a woman". Because of the several bead curtains, she couldn't see who was in the cabin, so she quickly got in while the two were not paying attention.

The young man's face changed drastically, and he screamed, "Help, there's an assassin!"

The man at the top was drinking with a half-dressed, delicate woman in his arms, looking intoxicated. He was startled by the noise and dragged the beauty to him. "How dare you! Who are you?"

Lu Yun had a cold face and looked carefully at the situation in the cabin. She felt that the person in front of her looked particularly familiar.

The young man in blue rushed in with several guards armed with swords and surrounded her.

After pondering over and over again, Lu Yun tentatively asked, "Are you Qin Chao?" The man with the same square face as the prince and the little lame leg he had just seen was the one who bullied Dashou when they were young and was beaten up by him.

"Who are you and how do you know my name?" Qin Chao still looked defensive and secretly winked at the little lame boy.

Lu Yun pointed at her attire and said with a smile, "Little Lame Leg, have you forgotten how your leg was broken?"

The eunuch in blue was startled and said with a bitter face, "Your Highness, this is Princess Ning'an."

Qin Chao's expression changed, his eyes wandered, and he finally spoke, "Where did this wild girl come from? How dare she call herself a princess? Come, take her down!"

The guards attacked in unison, and Lu Yun seized her sword to meet them. Her movements were so swift that screams echoed through the crowd. Before anyone could see her movements, the guards were already lying on the ground, wailing, their weapons scattered across the floor.

Lu Yun slowly approached with a knife in hand, and hid under the table. The emperor's grandson was cold and cold. "I don't want to make things difficult for you today. First, turn around and return to the shore as soon as possible. Second, prepare a fast horse for me. I'm in a hurry."

Qin Chao trembled. "Let's talk it over. I'll get someone ready right away!"

The flower boat docked, finally sending the plague god away. Qin Chao breathed a sigh of relief and sat back in the cabin with a gloomy face.

The eunuch in blue observed His Highness's expression and whispered, "Your Highness, do you want to inform the Empress about this?"

Qin Chao looked at him and said, "You sneaked out of the palace and visited prostitutes. In your opinion, who will be punished first, me or her?"

The eunuch in blue knelt on the ground, tears streaming down his face. "I am guilty."

Qin Chao waved his sleeves impatiently, his face growing gloomier. "Father is still under house arrest, and Concubine Cui is so favored that even mother has to stay out of the spotlight for a while."

"What does Your Highness mean?" the eunuch asked cautiously.

"Go back to the palace!" Qin Chao looked at the departing figure with hatred, and waited for his father to ascend the throne to settle the new and old grudges slowly!

On the way back, the flower boat passed a small boat. Qin Chao was attracted by the man in black standing at the bow of the boat. He was tall and straight, with broad shoulders and a narrow waist, and a pair of sharp eyes. With just a glance, Qin Chao felt as if an invisible hand had grasped his heart, and he began to feel nervous unconsciously. The eunuch approached, "Your Highness, do you want it?"

Qin Chao looked at his departing back reluctantly and said, "No need. It's not appropriate to cause trouble now." He turned and entered the cabin, and the sound of stringed instruments rang out again.

Lu Yun rode back to the temple at full speed, only to see that the originally simple and tidy courtyard was now in a mess, and the smell of blood still lingered in the air.

"Master, where have the people living in this yard gone?" Lu Yun hurriedly grabbed someone and asked.

"Amitabha, please follow me, Princess." The monk clasped his hands and bowed.

"Lingjie, please listen to me. Go back and admit your mistake to His Highness, and this matter will be over." Aunt Sun pleaded bitterly.

Lu Ling's eyes were filled with tears. "Auntie, why do you always like to force your daughter to do things she doesn't like to do?"

Aunt Sun burst into tears. "Aunt is doing this for you. Being a prince's concubine is such an honor. It will ensure you have a comfortable life. I heard from Madam that the crown prince has lost power, and the third prince is the only one left. There will be great things in the future. Don't be foolish!"

Lu Ling was stunned, her eyes passing over her mother's graying hair. "For the past twenty years, I have lived according to your wishes. Is there ever a day when I haven't worried about you?"

Aunt Sun was stunned. She subconsciously touched her hair and said reluctantly, "Aunt is destined to worry."

Lu Ling retracted her gaze and looked at her hands. "My daughter doesn't want to go back. She's tired of begging like a canary, not being able to decide what to eat, what to use, or whether to have children."

Aunt Sun covered her mouth and nose, stifling her sobs, and reached out to hold her daughter's shoulders. "Auntie knows it's not easy for you, but, but the Madam has said that if you are expelled from the house, there will be no place for you in our house!"

"Out of the house?" Lu Ling was stunned and asked anxiously, "Why did Auntie say I was expelled? Why would the Third Prince let his daughter leave the house?"

Aunt Sun: "Last evening, Empress Zhao from the palace sent someone to the mansion to reprimand Madam for her poor parenting skills and narrow-mindedness. This morning, the person Madam sent to inquire returned with news that Su had suffered a miscarriage and was injured, making it difficult for her to conceive. Madam Lu went to visit her in person, and there was another commotion. The Third Prince's wife arrived at the palace early this morning."

Lu Ling couldn't hide her disappointment. "Auntie, although I'm eager to leave the house, I'm afraid this matter is not that simple."

Aunt Sun's eyes were filled with horror. "Are you crazy? It's hard for divorced women from ordinary families to remarry, let alone you who were divorced by the royal family. Who would dare to marry you? What will you eat and drink? If you do anything wrong, I will spit on you and drown you. Give up this idea!"

Lu Ling stood up, walked to the cabinet behind her, opened the drawer, and handed a contract to her aunt. "When I got married, didn't my aunt always ask me what the dowry my second aunt gave me was?"

After reading it, Aunt Sun was both delighted and surprised. "Your second aunt gives you half of the profits from Xiefang Pavilion every year?"

Lu Ling nodded. "It's about 700 to 800 taels of income every year, and it never stops. Even if all the dowry is taken back, my daughter still has some money, so it won't be difficult to provide for herself."

Aunt Sun was still worried, "But how easy is it for a woman to live alone?"

Lu Yun pushed the door open and walked in, startling the mother and daughter in the room.

Turning around and closing the door, she had been listening outside for a while. When Aunt Sun was about to pay her respects, Lu Yun helped her up and said, "Aunt, if my eldest cousin comes home, I can help her establish a daughter-in-law."

If one wants to set up his own business, he must first leave the house. Since the Marquis of Ping'an's Mansion does not want my cousin to return, they may have considered expelling her from the Lu family.

When the time comes, please ask Roujia for help and arrange for my eldest cousin to be a female householder in my own farm, and everything will be fine!

The most important prerequisite for all this is that my eldest cousin can leave the house and return home.

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