Chapter 234: No Intention Of Hiding Anything

It was a basket of peaches and a few fish.

Long Yang said warmly, These are peaches that you picked. As for the fish, I caught them myself. The fish reared in the imperial holiday home have a very good flavor; I believe you will enjoy them.

Lu Liangwei immediately curtsied to him. Thank you for bestowing these upon me, Your Majesty.

Long Yangs expression cooled slightly when he saw her behaving so formally. Its merely a trifle.

All he genuinely wanted was to give her a few fish as a present; it could not be counted as bestowing anything.

He did not linger. Once Zhao Qian had set the gifts down, Long Yang left together with his subordinates.

Zhu Yu approached and said somewhat hesitantly, Miss, His Majesty

Lu Liangwei rubbed the s.p.a.ce between her brows. She was getting a slight headache.

His Majesty had no intention of hiding anything.

He had taken the time to see her home and had gifted her with both peaches and fish. Something as blatantly obvious as this would quickly reach the ears of her grandmother and father.

She gave this some thought and had someone bring everything into the mansion. After that, she did not even bother to change her clothes but headed straight for Longevity Hall.

Longevity Hall.

The Dowager d.u.c.h.ess had already received word of what had transpired at the front gates.

The moment Long Yang departed from the mansion, the servants had already reported the matter to her.

When Lu Liangwei entered, she saw the Dowager d.u.c.h.ess sitting there and drinking tea, looking serene and very much at ease.

When Lu Liangwei saw this, she felt a twinge of nervousness.

She did not believe that what had transpired at the front gate would have gone unreported to the Dowager d.u.c.h.ess.

Youre here? When the Dowager d.u.c.h.ess saw Lu Liangwei coming in with a dejected look on her little face, she could contain herself no longer and spoke first.

When Lu Liangwei heard this, she immediately trotted toward the Dowager d.u.c.h.ess. Kneeling beside the Dowager d.u.c.h.ess feet, she wrapped her arms around the matriarchs legs coquettishly. Grandmother

When the Dowager d.u.c.h.ess saw the distress in Lu Liangweis face, the anger within her heart subsided considerably.

She reached out to gently tousle Lu Liangweis soft hair, asking in a kindly voice, Whats happened? Who has upset my Weiwei?

Lu Liangwei instantly felt aggrieved.

Grandmother, I dont want to go to the Palace

Previously, she had been upfront with Long Yang and declined his advances, but Long Yang refused to accept this. Furthermore, he was the Emperor; it did not matter how unwilling she was, she could not continue turning him down.

If by chance she angered him, she would not be able to bear the consequences.

That was why she actually did feel rather angry.

She was angry at Long Yang and even more furious with herself.

As a result, when facing the Dowager d.u.c.h.ess, she could not help but feel that she genuinely did have a grievance.

This gave the Dowager d.u.c.h.ess pause. She decided not to feign ignorance and immediately pulled Lu Liangwei up.

You silly girl, how did you suddenly end up attracting His Majestys attention for no rhyme or reason?

Lu Liangwei wanted to cry, but the tears would not come. I really didnt do anything.

Could curing the Emperor of his sickness be considered a reason?

The wheels in the Dowager d.u.c.h.ess brain began swiftly turning.

Naturally, she did not want her granddaughter to enter the Palace.

This was not to say that the Emperor was not a good person. In fact, he was an extremely capable man and an effective ruler. The Great Shang Kingdom would not have prospered so much otherwise. In the last few years, practically no outside enemies had dared to disturb its borders.

However, that was from the standpoint of ruling a country.

From a womans point of view, however, the Emperor would not make a good husband.

There was also the matter of His Majesty being much older than Weiwei. If His Majesty were a healthy man, his children would be as old as Weiwei by now.

At His Majestys age, he was old enough to be Weiweis father.

Besides that, he was also the Crown Princes uncle.

If Weiwei married into the Palace, not only she would end up becoming the Crown Princes aunt, but even Lu Yunshuang would need to call her Aunt.

The family relations.h.i.+ps would become extremely complicated and messy.

The Dowager d.u.c.h.ess felt a slight headache coming on just thinking about all of this.

However, she quickly calmed down.

For now, the Emperor had not disclosed his intentions to her yet, which meant that she could take pre-emptive action.

As she looked at the troubled face of her granddaughter, the Dowager d.u.c.h.ess was about to say something when Aunt Lan hurried in from the outside.

Dowager d.u.c.h.ess, Duke Ji is requesting an audience with you.

The Dowager d.u.c.h.ess was startled. What did Ji Qingyuan want with her?