198 Afraid of influential people


    Lóng Wei was feeling energetic after having a good sleep. Li Hua had gone to bring the tea for him despite his refusal. He had told her that he would ask a servant to bring the tea, but she didn’t listen to him.


    He heard the footsteps and turned to look. “Li Hua...” he paused as he saw Xiaoming in front of him.


    “No one was outside, so I could not tell a servant that I wanted to see Brother Lóng Wei,” Xiaoming stated and walked to him.


    “I have not brought any evidence with me, but I brought something which can be useful for Brother Lóng Wei,” he asserted and put a scroll on the table.


    “What’s this?” Lóng Wei queried.


    “The list of tasks that Brother Qiu Mu was assigned toplete.” He did, but not the way he should have. Brother Lóng Wei can find many loopholes,” Xiaoming told Lóng Wei.


    “It seems the Crown Prince also wants to remove Qiu Mu from his position,” Lóng Wei remarked.


    “No. I want to reduce his crimes. I want him to repent,” Xiaoming corrected Lóng Wei, who hummed and shifted his gaze to Li Hua, who had coke inside, holding a tray in her hand.


    Behind her were Liu Jin Yu and Court Lady Hong.


    .....


    Xiaoming turned to look and saw Li Hua. She eventually bowed and greeted him. Liu Jin Yu nced at Xiaoming and tried to read him.


    “I will take my leave,” Xiaoming averted his gaze from Li Hua and looked back at Lóng Wei. He nodded at him when they both heard Li Hua.


    “The Crown Prince shall take this evening tea with my husband,” Li Hua said in her soft tone. Lóng Wei smiled brightly as he rested his hand on his chest.


    Li Hua walked up to the table and put the tray on the table. She gestured to Lóng Wei to ask Xiaoming to drink tea with him. Lóng Wei wondered what Li Hua was trying to say. Xiaoming smiled to see how the two were conversing in gestures. However, Lóng Wei was unable to understand any of her gestures.


    “Please have a seat, Crown Prince,” Li Hua told Xiaoming again. Liu Jin Yu quickly ran forward and pulled out a chair for Xiaoming.


    She motioned her hands towards the chair to gesture to the Crown Prince to take a seat. Li Hua looked at her in astonishment and started to brew the tea for the two princes.


    Xiaoming sat down on the chair while Lóng Wei took a seat on the other chair.


    Liu Jin Yu told Li Hua that she would help her.


    “You don’t need to help her,” Lóng Wei said. “Just stay where you are and keep quiet.” Xiaoming gestured to Liu Jin Yu to stay quiet.


    “What happened to Eunuch Lishi?” Lóng Wei asked. “Did the Crown Prince finally get rid of him?”


    “Brother Lóng Wei can say that.” Xiaoming didn’t go into details.


    Li Hua finished brewing the tea and served it. Lóng Wei asked her to take a seat next to her, but she was hesitant.


    “Have a seat,” Xiaoming told her, “Princess Consort.”


    Lóng Wei gestured to her, and she finally sat down. He asked her if she would drink tea.


    “Later,” Li Hua replied. However, Lóng Wei ced the teacup before her.


    Liu Jin Yu smiled to see them. Wait! She was wrong about Lóng Wei. He was different from what she took him for. He didn’tck empathy.


    “We can drink from the same cup,” Lóng Wei opined, and asked her to drink first. Li Hua told him that she would ask Court Lady Hong to bring another teacup, but Lóng Wei didn’t listen to her. Defeated, she took the first sip.


    Xiaoming looked at both of them. He realized that after two weeks, he had to marry too. Would he fall in love with a woman he chose? The biggest question that troubled him was not once but many times.


    “The Crown Prince didn’t answer where Eunuch Lishi left? Why did the Crown Prince appoint this temporary female servant in his service? I believe that something big happened of which I am unaware of,” Lóng Wei concluded and brought the teacup to sip tea.


    “He betrayed me,” Xiaoming answered. He also didn’t know why he willingly told Lóng Wei. “He did something that hurt me. I asked him not to serve me anymore,” Xiaoming asserted.


    “For the first time in his life, the Crown Prince made a nice decision,” Lóng Wei praised Xiaoming’s decision. “But why did he do that? I am interested in knowing that,” he affirmed.


    Li Hua nced at Xiaoming, wondering what he would answer.


    “They tried to kill Liu Jin Yu,” Xiaoming answered.


    Lóng Wei arched his brow while Li Hua’s eyes grew bigger. She peered at Liu Jin Yu for a while.


    “If the Crown Prince brings any random woman, then it’s evident that the Queen will not like it,” Lóng Wei stated and took another sip. Xiaoming was astonished to hear from him. Lóng Wei was well aware of Zhu Liling’s intentions!


    “Last time he did the same with Li Hua, things went against him,” Lóng Wei muttered and chuckled.


    “But I am here for a temporary period. I will leave the pce in the evening,” Liu Jin Yu interjected in their conversation.


    “First, you are very bold to work in the pce. Second, the more you stay here, everyone will have problems with you, excluding Li Hua and me. Third, the Crown Prince,” Lóng Wei looked into the eyes of Xiaoming, “may not do anything since he is afraid of the influential people around him.”


    Liu Jin Yu looked at Xiaoming, who had his eyes fixed on Lóng Wei. Jin Yu learned that Lóng Wei knew many things. His presence of mind was incredible. Even though he wasn’t in the pce, he concluded everything correctly.


    “Brother Lóng Wei always impresses me,” Xiaoming answered and smiled. The two brothers finished the tea. Xiaoming left the manor with Liu Jin Yu while contemting what Lóng Wei said.


    ‘The Crown Prince may not do anything because he’s afraid of the influential people around him.’