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Hu Pingzhou glanced at Lin Zeyuan, said lukewarmly, "You're welcome," and walked straight to the main seat to sit down.

"You can sit down too."

"Thank you, Shibo." Lin Zeyuan cupped his hands again, and then sat down again, with a respectful gesture.

"I had some government affairs to deal with before. I was negligent for a moment. I forgive you, Mr. Lin." Hu Pingzhou deliberately called himself his official and made it clear that he wanted to alienate Lin Zeyuan.

Lin Zeyuan's eyes flashed with displeasure, but then he quickly revealed a respectful smile.

"Uncle Shibo is busy with government affairs. I am the one who caused the disturbance. I hope you can forgive me."

Listening to the other party saying "Shi Bo" and shouting affectionately, he looked at Lin Zeyuan's calm expression, without any embarrassment about asking for help.

Hu Pingzhou hesitated for a moment. Could it be that he had misunderstood the other party and did not want to take a shortcut when he came today?

Thinking of his past feelings for his hometown, Hu Pingzhou's tone softened a little, "Why did you come here today?"

Although he didn't really have a good impression of Lin Zeyuan after hearing what happened before, but if he really just wanted to pay a visit, or what he wanted did not involve the court, he might still be able to help because of his past friendship.

If it were in the past, Lin Zeyuan would definitely have to make excuses. After all, what he is best at is planning and plotting while pretending to be aloof.

But now, he was preoccupied with his predicament as a ninth grader in the Hanlin Academy, and yesterday, Chu Huanyan sent someone to the door to say that he wanted to break off the engagement, and Yue Yiyi accidentally let slip about picking up a guest.

The anxiety in his heart had already made him confused. He didn't notice Hu Pingzhou's expression and hurriedly stood up and spoke.

"Shibo, I'm ashamed to say that my father had high hopes for me at the beginning, but now I'm just a ninth-rank member of the Hanlin Academy, and I've been framed and bullied. I really have no choice, so I want to ask Shibo to see me with you. In terms of friendship with my father, he helped me a little bit. Zeyuan will definitely remember Shibo's great kindness and kindness, and will tie a grass ring in the future to repay him."

Hu Pingzhou's face, which had just softened, instantly darkened.

If Lin Zeyuan is noble, upright, and talented at this moment, then maybe I can really help him.

But unfortunately, this impatience and wanting to take advantage of the situation is what he usually hates the most.

"Shibo?" Seeing that Hu Pingzhou was silent, Lin Zeyuan raised his head and met his disgusted gaze.

With a thump in his heart, Lin Zeyuan realized that he had spoken too hastily, and quickly tried to make amends, "Shibo, I just..."

"That's enough!" Hu Pingzhou slapped the table next to him with a loud sound, "Although your father made a big mistake back then and was ordered to be executed, when he was an official, he was not as good as you. He looks like he's trying to make a profit."

"Shibo, I just made a slip of the tongue. I actually didn't..."

"Nothing?" Hu Pingzhou sneered, "Did you not curry favor with your superiors in the Hanlin Academy, or did you join forces with your mother to scheme against Miss Houfu?"

Lin Zeyuan was stunned and looked at Hu Pingzhou in surprise. After regaining his composure, he spoke hurriedly.

"Shibo, I don't understand what you mean. The Hanlin Academy incident is actually a misunderstanding, and some untrue remarks were spread due to a combination of circumstances. As for the conspiracy with my mother to scheme against Chu Huanyan, it is even more nonsense. .I wonder which shameless rat actually spread such ridiculous nonsense in front of Shibo!"

"Shameless rat?" Hu Pingzhou looked at Lin Zeyuan who had said so confidently, and sneered in his heart.

With this look, if he hadn't inquired about Hanlin clearly, and the previous incident had been told by his elder brother himself, he would have really been fooled by the other party.

"That's right, no matter who it is, it's all malicious slander. Shibo must not believe such villainous remarks..."

"Physician Hu is my eldest brother." Hu Pingzhou said coldly.

All Lin Zeyuan's words of denial were blocked in his throat at this moment.

Doctor Hu? Is it the Dr. Hu who was invited by Chu Huanyan to check her pulse?

What happened before could not be hidden from others, not from him, but how could it be such a coincidence that he turned out to be Hu Pingzhou's eldest brother!

Almost instantly, cold sweat broke out on Lin Zeyuan's back.

Hu Pingzhou snorted coldly, "You can leave now. In short, if you want to rely on me to take a shortcut, you are simply wishful thinking. I will not help you."

"Uncle Shi, I had my reasons for everything before, and it was all because of Chu Huanyan..."

Lin Zeyuan still wanted to quibble, but when he met Hu Pingzhou's eyes, his heart dropped.

From his eyes to his expression, there was an extremely bored coldness, clearly indicating that no matter what he said, it was useless.

Hu Pingzhou's road is probably... broken!

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At night, the Marquis Mansion.

After hearing the report of the crescent moon, Lin Zeyuan spent a whole day in Hu Mansion, and finally left in despair. Chu Huanyan sat at the stone table in the courtyard, looking up at the melting moonlight in the sky, with a smile in her eyes.

Lin Zeyuan was scheming and good at disguise. According to his temperament, he could have pretended to be an upright and learned man in front of Hu Pingzhou. In his previous life, he did exactly that.

It's a pity that the recent series of setbacks have made it impossible for him to calm down.

Especially since he and Yue Yiyi had different opinions, he would be more or less suspicious of Yue Yiyi in his heart, and this doubt and uneasiness would make him more eager to climb up.

"Have you contacted the money lender?" Chu Huanyan asked.

"Don't worry, miss, I've already sent someone to contact you secretly. It's just that Lin Zeyuan is in such a mess now. Will he really borrow such a high interest rate?" Xian Yue said uncertainly.

"He will." Chu Huanyan said firmly.

People like Lin Zeyuan will only blame others for their mistakes.

Maybe he just resented himself before, but from today on, I'm afraid he will resent Hu Pingzhou as well.

And even if it's for revenge, Lin Zeyuan will definitely climb up by any means necessary!

Just as Chu Huanyan expected, in the next two days, the loan lender only showed his face in front of Lin Zeyuan inadvertently, and the latter came to them.

Later, because I felt that the interest rate was too high, I hesitated to borrow money immediately.

But what Chu Huanyan was sure of was that as long as this road was opened in front of Lin Zeyuan and he found a channel through which he could bribe officials but was unable to get money from other means, Lin Zeyuan would risk it sooner or later.

It's just a matter of a long or short time of hesitation, she... is not in a hurry!

"Miss, here we are."

Yun Chen's voice sounded, and the carriage stopped outside the third prince's residence.

Chu Huanyan got off the carriage and looked around.

It seemed that quite a few people had come to the Qingshui Water Drinking Banquet today. There were all kinds of carriages parked outside the originally spacious gate of the mansion, and it was like a bustling crowd.

"Miss, I will go in with you." Yun Chen said.

Chu Huanyan shook her head, "After all, it is a banquet in the prince's palace. It is inappropriate to bring guards in, so Xian Yue can accompany me in. But..."

Chu Huanyan turned to look at Yun Chen, lowered her voice and spoke.

"Stop the carriage a little further away and see if you can sneak in secretly. Be careful not to let others discover it."

Xiao Rongxuan invited himself here, but most likely he didn't have any good ideas.

Although the other party may not really do anything in full view, it is still best to be careful.

After all, she had already suffered a loss during that time with the Zhou family.