Aunt Qing forced a smile, and said: "Perhaps the Third Highness wants to marry the Second Miss Lu as his concubine! In fact, the empress can also see that the Third Highness really likes the Second Miss Lu!"
"That won't work either!" The queen snorted, "He will be the emperor in the future. That girl from the Lu family is good, but she is definitely not the candidate for the queen! I can't harm her! Forget it, let him go, after a while He can figure it out!"
Aunt Qing sighed inwardly, and could only agree. However, she did not dare to agree with what the queen said that the third prince would understand after a while.
The third prince, who was depressed this day, planned to go out of the palace to relax. He didn't want to meet Lu Xiaoshu in Houhai by such a coincidence. His heart skipped a beat, and he subconsciously wanted to avoid it—even though he didn't know why.
But he didn't hide in the end, instead he couldn't help but stepped forward to greet her.
Seeing that it was him who was startled, Lu Xiaoshu smiled and said, "It's you, what a coincidence!"
Seeing her smile, the third prince's mood suddenly improved a lot, he nodded and smiled and said: "Yes, it's a coincidence that I didn't want to go out for a stroll!"
Lu Xiaoshu originally wanted to go home, since he met the third prince, he had to talk for a while.
Looking at the shimmering lake, the third prince suddenly felt much more relaxed, and a thought suddenly popped up in his mind: Maybe it's okay to let Xiaoshu be the side concubine? Apart from the concubine, I won't have a third woman, just love her as much...
Although the third prince thought so, he just felt that he should ask her first. If she won't, if she won't—
What will happen, but the third prince didn't think about it anymore.
"Since we met today, how about we take a lake tour? Although I was born in Beijing, I have never swam before!" The third prince invited with a shy smile.
Lu Xiaoshu thought for a while, then nodded and smiled, "Okay! Find a big boat, there are boat dishes to eat, just in time for lunch!"
The third prince naturally had no objection, and the two called a big boat as expected.
After getting on the boat, the boatman slowly shakes the oars at the bow, and the boat gently paddles across the water surface, dragging out meandering water splashes. On the stern, there is a small stove. The boatman's daughter is wearing a floral apron and short pants, and is busy cooking neatly.
In the cabin, Lu Xiaoshu leaned on the window and looked down at the emerald green lake with fine waves. Fishes of different sizes could be seen swimming around from time to time. Like a child, she asked the third prince to come and see.
Seeing her so happy, the third prince felt a little warm in his heart, and stepped forward with a smile. It seemed that as long as he saw her, his mood brightened for no reason.
Today he was pretentious and he is a person who is not very good at hiding his feelings, so he was unavoidably a little uneasy, and when talking to Lu Xiaoshu, he would answer irrelevant questions from time to time, and Lu Xiaoshu immediately noticed it.
"What's wrong with you? Did you encounter any troubles?" Lu Xiaoshu asked with concern. She just said, how could the third prince invite her to swim in the lake when he was so good
"I-no, nothing!" Of course the third prince had encountered troubles, and they were troubles related to her, but he didn't have the courage to speak out.
Lu Xiaoshu stared straight at him with bright eyes, curled his mouth and said, "You still said no, it's almost written on your face! If you treat me as a friend, tell me yes Why not?" She paused for a moment, then asked again: "Could it be that the crown prince has troubled you because of your meritorious service in disaster relief?"
The third prince shook his head, and said with a wry smile: "Although the prince is not very friendly to me, and what he said is a bit -, but he didn't cause me any trouble!"
"Then, what difficult errand did the emperor send you?" Lu Xiaoshu guessed again.
"No - no." The third prince said again.
"That's weird!" Lu Xiaoshu couldn't help but laughed himself, and said with a smile: "Then I really can't think of anything else that you have to worry about, you have a lot of preoccupations! You shouldn't be happy, right? Soon you will have your own mansion!"
As soon as he talked about the mansion, he remembered what she said jokingly about the princess, and he felt a little depressed.
This is a good opportunity, he looked at the unobstructed lake, the blue waves are rippling, the weeping willows are like waterfalls in the distance, and there are large lotus fields near the shore. It is a lotus in full bloom.
The scenery is very good, and the people around are also very good. It must be very good to express your feelings at this time.
The third prince finally plucked up his courage and called out "Xiaoshu!"
Lu Xiaoshu immediately turned to look at him, "Huh?" He suddenly called her, and his tone was different from usual, which made her a little confused.
"I—" Under her eyes, the third prince's courage was vented again, and he avoided the sight of her in a panic: "No, it's nothing!"
Lu Xiaoshu was stunned, couldn't help laughing "puchi", lightly pushed him on the shoulder, and said with a smile: "Why can't you talk about it properly? Why are you hesitating! You don't feel too tired Panic."
The third prince's eyes darkened, and he said softly: "I'm afraid if I say it—you will be angry..."
"Me? Will you be angry?" Lu Xiaoshu was a little surprised and even more confused.
She didn't know what happened to the third prince that would make her angry. Lu Xiaoshu has only one feeling at the moment—it's too absurd.
The third prince finally mustered up his courage, and when the words came to his lips, the words came out in a different way: "Xiao Shu, you, have you thought about—what kind of person do you want to marry?"
"Ah?" Lu Xiaoshu was taken aback, staring blankly at the third prince. She really utterly confused him!
"You're talking about this seriously!" Lu Xiaoshu couldn't help laughing, blinked his eyes and joked slyly: "I didn't expect you to be so gossip!"
"I don't gossip." Although the third prince was very confused about what Lu Xiaoshu was talking about for no reason, he only knew that she didn't answer him, so he asked again seriously: "Xiaoshu, what kind of person do you want to marry? Can you tell me?"
The smile on Lu Xiaoshu's face gradually faded, and he said seriously, "Why did you ask me this?"
The third prince didn't know about the affairs between Zhou Shizhi and her, and few people in the capital knew about it. Nor did she think she should tell him. After all, he is a man of royalty.
"I just want to ask." The third prince said in a low voice, slightly lowering his head.
Lu Xiaoshu was a little annoyed, turned his face aside, and said lightly: "What does this have to do with you?"
The third prince was at a loss for words for a moment, so it really had nothing to do with him - but it was only in her opinion.
"I just want to know," the third prince had already said, and it was not so embarrassing and hard to say. His mind became hot, and the words blurted out: "Will you marry me?"
Lu Xiaoshu's body trembled, if this boat was a small wooden boat with no shelter, she would probably fall into the lake in shock. Even so, she also firmly supported the side of the boat with her hand to stabilize her figure.
"What?" She opened her eyes wide, feeling a great sense of weirdness and awkwardness.
To marry the third prince? She never thought about it, and never thought anyone would. But she just heard him say it plainly.
"I'm serious!" the third prince said again. It's just that he still can't say the words of being a side concubine.
"Then I will tell you seriously." Lu Xiaoshu shook his head and said, "I'm sorry, I don't want to. We can be friends, but I don't want to marry you."
She has never been a procrastinator, and she just doesn't want to. She doesn't want him to misunderstand anything, and she doesn't want Zhou Shizhi to misunderstand anything.
Although she knew that with the third prince's temperament, it was very, very difficult to ask her this question in front of her face, and she felt a little uncomfortable, but she just didn't want to. The more you cut the flesh with a blunt knife, the more painful it will be. It's better to cut the flesh with one cut. Before you can feel the pain, the flesh has already been cut!
It's still good.
But she also knew in her heart that after today, it was impossible for her and him to be friends. Even if he won't be embarrassed, she will, and Zhou Shizhi will be even more so when he finds out.
And Lu Xiaoshu is sure that he will be more embarrassed and uncomfortable than her.
"Xiao Shu..." The third prince's face suddenly became extremely ugly, and apart from being uncomfortable, there was also an indescribable bitterness in his heart: she refused, and it was such a direct rejection, leaving no room for it! In her heart, she must have never had him before, right? Also... Is there anything she can remember about me...
"I will treat you well." The third prince did not give up, and said softly. And he has made up his mind in his heart: if he marries her, he must be the concubine. What side concubine, that's impossible! Even the queen mother couldn't make him change his mind on this matter.
Lu Xiaoshu lowered his head slightly, shook his head lightly, and sighed softly: "Third Prince, don't do this. We - are not suitable!"
Lu Xiaoshu changed his words when he reached the edge of his mouth, thinking it's better to be more polite. I'm afraid that he has never heard such direct words before, so today I can be regarded as not giving him a step down.
"I will treat you well. I will only marry you. Are you—are you unhappy with me?" The third prince said bitterly, knowing that there was little hope, but still couldn't help but want to struggle.
Lu Xiaoshu still shook his head, but this time he didn't speak.
But the look on her face said it all: she didn't care about the third prince's promise at all.
This promise, which would be ecstatic in the eyes of other women, seemed worthless to her.
The third prince's heart finally sank, and he didn't think about it anymore. It can be said that he is the only prince who is willing to say this for her, but she still doesn't care, so what else can he do to impress her
There was a sudden silence in the cabin, neither of them spoke, the silence was a bit uncomfortable.
And Lu Xiaoshu never liked being uncomfortable, so he coughed lightly, and said with a smile: "I still have something to do, I—"
"Why are you so anxious?" The third prince felt even more sad in his heart, raised his head and forced a smile: "Didn't you agree to have lunch?"
Where can Lu Xiaoshu eat anything at this time? Even dragon liver and phoenix gallbladder have no appetite.
But since the third prince had already spoken, she refused because it was not good, so she had no choice but to keep silent, which was regarded as her agreement.