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Until he came out of the main hall of Qinghemen, Shen Mingan was still in a daze.

Dali Temple Minister Wei Boran walked beside him to congratulate him, and joked that Ms. Yang was smart since she was a child, and she grew up gracefully.

Wei Boran and Shen Mingan are Jinshi of the same discipline, and they have always had a good relationship with him, and they are about the same age as him, but they already have children in their family.

Seeing that Shen Mingan was not in high spirits, he looked at the dark cloud-covered sky in the distance, and sighed: "The emperor has been eating the golden pill refined by Master Zhao Tianshi for this year. You may not know that you are not in Beijing during this time. After Jindan, the emperor is not always sober, and sometimes he is even a little crazy and does not recognize people. This time you went to Yizhou with the third prince, and the prince listened to you very much. The emperor has begun to be scruples about you. He is now To pave the way for the prince, so I will give you a marriage today, it is a temptation and a restraint, but it is of great benefit to you, and there is no harm to you, this marriage should be accepted no matter what."

"I understand." Shen Ming'an knew that Wei Boran was telling him these words from the bottom of his heart, but the figure of Lu Ciheng was lingering in his mind.

Among the many courtiers, only Lu Ciheng was walking towards him at a fast pace. Shen Mingan watched him approaching, stopped unconsciously, raised his head, and slowly stretched out his hand to touch the glaring spot on his forehead. and asked him if it hurts.

Before the fingertips touched his face, Lu Ciheng's wrist was firmly grasped by Lu Ciheng. Shen Ming'an relaxed his grip, and heard Lu Ciheng gritted his teeth and said: "General Yang's daughter has just reached the age of Ji, you really want to marry her for the sake of the prince. she?"

Shen Ming'an's eyes were foggy, and he lowered his eyes slowly, Lu Ciheng grabbed his wrist and pulled his hand up, "Shen Ming'an, look at me!"

Many courtiers hadn't left yet, they stopped to look at them when they heard the sound, their eyes were full of inquiry and surprise, some of them were meaningful.

"What is the third prince doing?" Wei Boran stood in front of the two of them, barely covering the courtiers' sight.

Lu Ciheng's wrist was clenched red, and Shen Ming'an even felt that his hand was numb due to the impeded blood. He looked into those amber eyes, and said softly, "I will go and tell the emperor to cancel the marriage offer. .”

"Then why did you answer when you were in the hall?!" Lu Ciheng stared at him, blood dripping down his jaw, his eyes were fierce, "The old man gave you a marriage in the hall, didn't you Half-push and half-answer?"

Seeing more and more people looking towards them, Shen Mingan avoided his sight, and tried his best to break away from him, "Let go of me first."

He used all his strength, but he didn't expect to break free from Lu Ciheng's grasp easily, but made Shen Mingan take two steps back because he couldn't stand firmly.

Someone helped him on the waist, and Lu Qingzhi stood behind him at some point, and said falteringly: "Sir, there is something, please help me..."

His voice was anxious, but he didn't dare to look at Shen Mingan, especially Wei Boran, as if he had a guilty conscience.

It's such a weak and incompetent bastard, but Shen Ming'an wants to protect him all the time, helping him and assisting him wholeheartedly. Lu Ciheng looked at Lu Qingshi coldly, "Whenever you have something, what else can you do besides looking for Mr. ?”

Lu Qingshi's complexion was very ugly after being hit by his words. He was always a little afraid of Lu Ciheng, and he couldn't even refute for a while.

Since Lu Qingshi came over, their place has become even more conspicuous. He came with the empress's maid of honor. Lu Qingshi was obviously summoned by the empress. When he saw Shen Mingan on the way, he wanted to hurry Talk to him a few words.

Before Lu Qingshi could say a few words, the palace lady blessed Lu Ciheng and said solemnly: "Third Prince, Empress, please go there with His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."

Lu Ciheng was called over by the queen, and before leaving, he took a look at Shen Mingan, his eyes were burning, as if there was any substance.

Looking at the two of them leaving, Wei Boran frowned and said, "What kind of grudge does this third prince have with you? I clearly remember that although he had a bad temper when he was young, he still respected you very much. Why is my relationship with you so bad now?"

Shen Mingan's eyes were flooded, and he pressed his stomach that was throbbing suddenly and said, "I don't know either."

It seems that their relationship was not so bad when they were in Dongyang Village.

Lu Ciheng would hug him to sleep in the cold blanket to warm him up, and because he didn't eat a bite of that pot of chicken, he would go to the frozen stream every day to catch fish for him.

But within ten days, from the time of arriving in Beijing, the beauty and tenderness in Dongyang Village are gone forever.

Wei Boran looked at him worriedly, "Then what are you going to do now?"

"I'll go to Huaxing Hall first."

Qinghe Gate was some distance away from Huaxing Hall, and because of the cramping pain in his lower abdomen, Shen Mingan walked extremely slowly, and had to stop for a rest after walking a few steps.

The door of Huaxing Hall was wide open, and there were several huge white banners hanging from the entrance of the hall, fluttering in the howling wind, as if they were about to summon the soul.

No one was even guarding the entrance of the hall. Shen Mingan lifted the white cloth at the entrance, and as soon as he entered, he smelled a smell of raw meat with a fishy smell. I haven't eaten until noon today, and I haven't vomited anything.

He suppressed his nausea, and waited for a while to calm down before walking in. The layout of Huaxing Hall was completely different from before. There was a long table in the middle, on which were all kinds of melons and fruits, and many chickens and cows. Red raw meat such as pigs and sheep, eight slender bamboo poles are propped on both sides of the table, and white soul-inducing banners are hung on the poles, with some ghost-like characters drawn with cinnabar on them.

There are alchemy furnaces in the four corners of the southeast, northwest, and beside the alchemy furnaces are guarded bronze beasts. Master Zhao is adding something to the alchemy furnace with his whisk.

The whole hall was filled with smoke, Lu Chengjing heard the voice turning around the white banner, "Why is Taifu Shen here?"

"Your Majesty, I have something to discuss with you..." Shen Mingan endured the discomfort and saluted, and looked at Zhao Tianshi at the side with scruples.

Lu Chengjing followed his gaze, laughed and said, "Tianshi Zhao is a heavenly man who has attained the Tao. There are still things in this world that he doesn't know. Just tell him what you have to say. You don't need to avoid him."

Shen Mingan hesitated for a moment, then said in a hoarse voice: "I want to ask the emperor to cancel the marriage."

Lu Chengjing obviously remembered the scene in the early morning court today, his face suddenly changed, and his voice was sharp, "Why?"

"I, I have someone I like..."

Shen Mingan's heart was beating very fast. Before he came to Huaxing Palace, these words had been rolled over in his heart thousands of times. After he really said them, his tense emotions suddenly relaxed, as if a secret and unknown love had been dissected. Developed in front of others, there is a bit of relief in the anxiety.

What's more, the person in front of him is Lu Ciheng's father.