691. Chapter 691

Ye Zhen and Lu Shiming returned home. Looking at the familiar place, she felt comfortable all over.

"It's great to be home." Ye Zhen said with a smile, "You don't know, when I am outside, what I miss most is home. Mom, I want to eat your delicious food tonight."

"Snack food." Mr. Pei gave her an angry look.

Lu Shiming smiled and said to Ye Zhen, "I originally planned to buy a new house and move out, but I just found a house that I like after a long time, so I will continue to live here with you."

Ye Zhen pretended to be unhappy and looked at Lu Shiming, "Dad, are you going to argue with your daughter? I have already told you that this house is mine, and that is your home. Why do you want to move out?"

"That's what I told your father, he is just stubborn." Ms. Pei said with a smile, "Okay, let's talk about it later. Yaoyao just came back, so let her take a breather."

Lu Shiming coughed lightly, "I'm going to the study, and you two can go talk privately."

"Look at your father, you can't talk about him." Pei's face was full of smiles, obviously not really complaining about Lu Shiming.

The mother and daughter returned to the house. Ye Zhen's former maid had already received the news and was waiting for her outside the door. Dai Mei and Yu Ping couldn't help but blush when they saw her coming back.

Ye Zhen looked at them with a smile, "Hey, don't cry. Aren't you supposed to be happy that I'm back? Why don't you look happy at all? Do you feel that your free days are gone?"

Dai Mei and others burst into laughter, "Look at what the girl said, it seems like the slaves are lazy."

Mrs. Pei looked at her daughter with a smile in her eyes. After not seeing her for a year, she felt that Yaoyao seemed a little different, but she couldn't explain exactly what was different.

"Mom, let's go in." Ye Zhen took Ms. Pei's arm, "This time I passed by Jinkou City and bought a lot of interesting small items, including some bottles that overseas doctors specifically asked the kilns here to make. , I also brought a box back."

"You are so courageous that you even dared to go to the military camp. Who was with you all the way?" Mrs. Pei didn't know who Ye Zhen came back with. Lu Xiangzhi always separated two letters from his family when he came back. Both father and son felt that there were some things outside that were not suitable for the women in the family to know. They were not looking down on them, but protecting them.

Ye Zhen said with a smile, "I heard that my eldest brother was injured and there were not enough medicinal herbs in the military camp. I was anxious and went to Liusha City without thinking too much. Later I heard that the emperor was going on a personal expedition. I was thinking about you. I followed him back to Kyoto."

"Fortunately, you are not injured. What kind of place is the military camp? You dare to go to a girl's house." Mrs. Pei nodded her forehead, "If there is another time, I can't spare you."

"Yes, yes, mother, I don't dare anymore." Ye Zhen said with a smile.

Mrs. Pei asked about Ye Zhen's life in the capital city again. The mother and daughter talked for a long time before Ms. Pei remembered that her daughter had just come back. She must be exhausted from the bumpy road for a few days, "...I almost forgot that you just came back." , I’ll go to the kitchen and make you some delicious food, you can take a rest quickly.”

"Okay." In fact, Ye Zhen didn't feel tired. Mo Rongzhan took good care of her along the way, but she naturally wouldn't say that she came back with the emperor.

After freshening up, she went to the study to see Lu Shiming.

Lu Shiming didn't ask her how she was doing in Wangdu City. Obviously, he knew what she was doing.

"Is the emperor in the carriage that brought you back today?" Lu Shiming looked at Ye Zhen and asked.

Ye Zhen knew that she couldn't hide it from him, her cheeks turned red and she nodded, "It's him."

Lu Shiming sighed, "A few days ago, the Ministry of Internal Affairs sent news back, saying that it was the emperor's wish that we prepare for your marriage."

"Dad..." Ye Zhen looked up. Was Mo Rongzhan already arranging their marriage when they were on the road?

"It turns out that you didn't have to keep filial piety for the old lady, otherwise the marriage wouldn't have been delayed until now." Lu Shiming said in a low voice.

Ye Zhen frowned slightly, "Dad, my grandmother treated me like my biological granddaughter. If I get married during her mourning period, wouldn't I be ashamed of her love and care for me?"

Lu Shiming nodded lightly. He couldn't ask Yaoyao to treat the rest of the Lu family as relatives. Even he felt that they were not worthy of helping. As for Lu Lingzhi who was sent to the wasteland, he couldn't mention it in front of Yaoyao. , "There are a few things you don't know about the year you left Kyoto, so I'll tell you about them."

"Dad, tell me." Ye Zhen said.

"Your second uncle..." Lu Shiming paused, "It was Lu Shixun who went into business with others after the family split and lost all his money. He even sold the Lu family's original mansion."

Lu Shixun had always wanted to make a comeback because of his failure in Jinkou City. Unfortunately, he was too eager for quick success and was easily taken advantage of by others. It was not difficult for Ye Zhen to guess the reason why he lost money, "I remember that the mansion was divided into two. Mrs. Liu agreed Did he sell the mansion?"

Speaking of the Liu family, we have to mention Lu Lingzhi, "Not long after you left Beijing, the Liu family sold the other half of the house."

Ye Zhen was stunned, "Sold? Then where does she live?"

Lu Shiming shook his head, "She left Kyoto after selling the house. If I guessed correctly..."

"She went to the wasteland to find Lu Lingzhi." Ye Zhen's voice was slightly cold. Apart from the wasteland, she couldn't think of anywhere else Liu would go.

"That's what I guessed too." Lu Shiming nodded lightly, "The wasteland is a place of bitter cold. Even strong men may not be able to endure it. I'm afraid it will be difficult for them..."

Ye Zhen raised her eyes and looked at Lu Shiming, "Dad, do you want Lu Lingzhi to come back?"

"Dad didn't mean that. It's just that he has been disabled in martial arts and is like a useless person. He is a nephew after all. I can't bear it." Lu Shiming sighed.

"As long as he doesn't go back to Kyoto, he can be anywhere." When Ye Zhen whispered, this was her biggest concession, just don't let her see Lu Lingzhi again.

Lu Shiming looked at her with gentle eyes. This daughter was still very kind in her heart. He was very disappointed in Lu Lingzhi, but after all, she was the eldest grandson of the Lu family and the old lady's favorite child during her lifetime. He couldn't be an uncle. Really brushing it off, "I understand."

Ye Zhen didn't want to say anything more about Lu Lingzhi, "Dad, is there anything else?"

"One more thing..." Lu Shiming said, "Lu Jing'er became the fifth prince's concubine, and they got married just last month."

"What?" Ye Zhen exclaimed, "How could she become the fifth prince's concubine?"

Lu Shiming smiled bitterly, "I really don't know about this."

"Anyway, it doesn't matter to us who she marries. When the house was divided, the second wife had no friendship with us at all. We had already promised that we would not interact with each other." Ye Zhen said in a low voice. It's not that she can't marry well, it's just... ...She became the concubine of the Fifth Prince, which is weird no matter how you think about it.