Chapter 73 Trading
On the second day, Lu Ji came home from court. As soon as he walked out of the palace, he looked up and saw a nobleman standing not far away. Needless to say, he was waiting for him.

Because this person was none other than Prince Xian.

Don’t look at Princess Huayang as a superficial fool, but Prince Xian is a very benevolent man. The old sage had nine sons, seven of whom died in the struggle for the throne. The current emperor only has Prince Xian as his brother.

Prince Xian is gentle and elegant, and always behaves in a low-key manner. From the king to the ministers, everyone respects him very much.

Seeing Lu Ji coming out, Prince Xian took two steps towards him and clasped his fists towards Lu Ji: "Lord Lu, how are you?"

Lu Ji returned the greeting and asked, "Your Majesty, are you waiting for me?"

After a pause, without waiting for Prince Xian to answer, he continued, "For your daughter's matter?"

When the story of his disappointing daughter was mentioned, the always proud Prince Xian showed a slight embarrassment on his face, and said carefully: "My disappointing daughter fell into the water in your house a few days ago. I believe Lord Lu knows about this, right?"

Lu Ji said: "No one knows this better than me."

He did not deny it at all, and said frankly: "Because I ordered people to remove the bricks from the arch bridge in the mansion."

Prince Xian did not expect Lu Ji to admit it so readily, and he did not know what to say for a moment.

Seeing that Prince Xian remained silent, Lu Ji spoke again, "Your Majesty, are you here to thank me?"

Prince Xian smiled helplessly: "Lord Lu plotted to murder my daughter, and I should thank you? How can this be justified?"

Lu Ji replied, "I think the prince also knows what your daughter is thinking." Then, Lu Ji said without giving anyone face, "Your daughter came to my private school to study, but in fact, she wanted to have a crush on me."

His own daughter was eager to flirt with a man and brought disgrace upon herself. When Lu Ji said it so bluntly, Prince Xian was immediately embarrassed: "Lord Lu, my daughter is ignorant, but you can't be so cruel as to kill her."

After all, she is my daughter. I am angry, but I can't just watch her being harmed.

Lu Ji smiled faintly and replied, "If she really just coveted me, I wouldn't have to teach her a lesson. But she was so jealous that she insulted my woman and even tried to murder her. That's what touched my bottom line."

Glancing at the pale face of Prince Xian, Lu Ji slowed down his tone and said, "To be honest, such a shameless woman is a disgrace to our family. Your Majesty has failed to teach his daughter well, so you can't blame others for teaching her a lesson. But please rest assured, Your Majesty, as long as she doesn't mess with my woman again in the future, I will keep her behavior that damages my reputation a secret."

The virtuous prince had been respected all his life, but now in his old age, he was verbally humiliated by a young man because of his unfilial daughter. The old prince really wished he could find a hole to crawl into.

I felt extremely regretful. It would have been fine if that evil creature had suffered the humiliation himself, but why should I put myself in such a position to humiliate myself?

He looked at Lu Ji, his pale lips moved slightly, but his throat felt like it was stuffed with cotton. Finally, he sighed heavily: "Forget it, then I hope Lord Lu will show mercy and not spread the matter of my wicked daughter."

Lu Ji replied, "I agree to your promise, Your Highness, but please go back and discipline your wife and daughter, and don't tell the elders in my house about this. Your Highness, please take your daughter's reputation into consideration and cherish your own reputation. I don't want others to cause trouble for my woman."

Although I was angry, there was nothing I could do.

Who made his own daughter so shameless first? If this were to get out, the Prince's Mansion would be laughed at.

Prince Xian had no choice but to grit his teeth and swallow his anger. He nodded, agreeing to Lu Ji's deal, and then sighed and turned to get on the sedan chair.

These past few days have been a complete mess.

The princess fell into the water and was in a coma for five days before she woke up slightly. However, she became stupid and idiotic. The already frail Princess Xian became so anxious and angry that she could not eat or drink and could not even get up.

Prince Xian returned to the palace and went straight to the princess's bedroom. Looking at his sick wife, he couldn't help crying.

"This daughter is a bad thing. I have let it go. We gave birth to her and raised her, which is fair to her. It's her own fault. Princess, please don't blame yourself and stop thinking about it."

Prince Xian knew that his wife's illness was seven parts from her previous childbirth and three parts from her heart. Not having given birth to a son was one thing, but raising an unfilial daughter was the biggest shock to her.

God must be so cruel. My wife is gentle, virtuous, well-educated and sensible, but God gave her such a superficial daughter.

"When Huayang recovers from her illness, I will marry her off far away. I will not allow her to return to the palace. We can live our lives in peace without seeing each other." Prince Xian kept comforting his wife.

Princess Xian, who was lying on the bed, held her husband's hand and sighed, "Your Highness, don't persuade me. After this incident, I have let it go. This daughter is here to collect debts. I only hate myself for being soft-hearted because of her suicide attempt. I begged Yun An to let her go to the private school of Duke Ningguo's mansion, causing her to cause such a shameful incident."

As she spoke, she couldn't help but choke up and said, "Your Majesty's reputation throughout his life has been ruined by this evil creature. I really feel so ashamed of you, Your Majesty."

Prince Xian patted his wife's hand and said, "I just went to look for Lu Ji."

As soon as Prince Xian said this, Princess Xian asked anxiously, "You didn't argue with him, did you?"

"Originally, I wanted to question him. After all, she is my daughter, but he didn't care at all." Prince Xian smiled bitterly helplessly: "But before I could ask him, Lu Ji frankly admitted it, which humiliated me instead."

The virtuous princess sighed, "Your Highness has been wronged." Then she worriedly said, "Will Lu Ji tell anyone? Now, I don't care about that rebellious girl, I just hope she doesn't affect Your Highness's reputation."

"Don't worry, Lu Ji said he won't tell anyone, but he also warned us not to go to the mansion to argue."

"Don't worry, my lord. I won't be so confused."

The couple was talking here when a maid came in and reported that the princess's wet nurse, Zhang, wanted to see her.

Without waiting for the princess to speak, Prince Xian said coldly, "No." Then he reminded her, "Go and tell her to just serve the princess well and not to bother her again."

After the maid took the order and left, the wife of Prince Xian said to her husband, "Although Huayang is my daughter, maybe because she was brought up by Zhang since she was a child, I think Huayang's personality is like hers."

Then, she sighed, "It's my fault too. I can't take care of the child, and I didn't choose someone to serve her. I have always wanted to find someone else for Huayang, but she has set her mind on Zhang and has refused several times."

Prince Xian said, "This Zhang may have grown wild because Huayang has grown up. Don't worry. If you don't like her, after Huayang gets married, don't allow her to follow you and just send her away."

(End of this chapter)