Hearing this, Chancellor Lu was stunned for a moment, then his face turned white with anger. He suddenly stood up, looking around left and right, wanting to find a handy object to beat someone with. He pulled out a feather duster and gripped it in his hand, pointing at Lu Yuanpeng: “You little scoundrel! You… which family’s daughter have you ruined!”

Chancellor Lu had misunderstood, thinking that this rascal Lu Yuanpeng had ruined some family’s daughter, and now that the matter had been exposed, he came running to him for rescue, saying he wanted to marry the girl.

“Grandfather!” Lu Yuanpeng was startled by his grandfather, his eyes wide and round: “How can you think of me like that? Although I’m usually unreliable, I would never do anything to bully men or tyrannize women!”

Chancellor Lu thought about it and realized this was indeed the case. But then another thought made his heart skip beats…

“Did you secretly pledge yourselves to each other? Without crossing any lines? Was there any… any physical…”

Seeing his grandfather so angry that he couldn’t speak properly, Lu Yuanpeng quickly raised his hand and swore: “No physical intimacy! My feelings for her arise from emotion but stop at propriety. She’s a complete blockhead who doesn’t even know that your grandson has feelings for her! But… recently her family has been arranging her marriage, so I got anxious! Grandfather… please, you must help me!”

Lu Yuanpeng kowtowed again with loud thumps.

Chancellor Lu breathed a sigh of relief. Seeing his grandson like this made his heart ache. Feelings arising from emotion but stopping at propriety, with the girl not even knowing—this wasn’t a big deal. It wasn’t worth this stinking boy scaring him, an old man with one foot in the grave, like this!

Although Chancellor Lu favored the Wei Bugong family’s daughter, ultimately his stinking grandson had to be willing too. Fortunately, the two families hadn’t made things official yet—he had only asked Lu Jin to inquire about the Wei family’s intentions. If they had made it official, and then this boy fell for someone else… bringing the Wei family’s daughter home without caring for her would truly make him guilty toward Wei Bugong and the girl.

The relieved Chancellor Lu felt that since Lu Yuanpeng had found a girl he fancied, satisfying him wasn’t a bad thing, but he would inevitably need to apologize to Wei Bugong. He said: “Look at yourself! It’s just arranging a marriage, not finalizing an engagement. Get up, get up! A gentleman fears not when misfortune comes, rejoices not when fortune arrives. Look at your elder brother, then look at yourself! Stand up and speak properly!”

Chancellor Lu also breathed a sigh of relief. Taking a fancy to someone else’s daughter was indeed better than Lu Yuanpeng causing a great disaster. Chancellor Lu put down the feather duster in his hand, feeling much calmer: “Having a girl you like isn’t a big deal. As long as your words and actions haven’t crossed lines and the girl is from a respectable family, we’ll first send someone to hint to the girl’s family. If the girl is also willing, we’ll make it official!”

In Chancellor Lu’s view, although Lu Yuanpeng had been wild and mischievous in the past, he ultimately wasn’t some unforgivable villain. As long as the other party had a clean family background, with the Lu family’s current status, proposing marriage should be perfectly reasonable.

The fact that Lu Yuanpeng rushed into Chancellor Lu’s study in such a panic as soon as he returned to the mansion alarmed the household’s eldest master, Lu Jinxian. Lu Jinxian had the same reaction as Chancellor Lu, thinking Lu Yuanpeng had caused some trouble again. Moreover, for Lu Yuanpeng to be so urgent about seeing his father, the trouble must be significant. Naturally, he couldn’t sit still.

As soon as Lu Jinxian entered the door, he heard his father talking about Lu Yuanpeng’s marriage. From the tone… this stinking boy, Lu Yuanpeng, seemed to have found someone he fancied.

Lu Jinxian first bowed to his father, then smiled as he looked toward Lu Yuanpeng: “Our family’s Little Six has grown up. Having a girl he fancies is a good thing. Making such a big commotion… I thought Little Six had caused some tremendous disaster again.”

Lu Jinxian was Lu Yuanpeng’s eldest uncle and had always doted on Lu Yuanpeng. Lu Yuanpeng had caused quite a few troubles that Lu Jinxian had cleaned up. It wouldn’t be excessive to say he treated Lu Yuanpeng like his own son. Since his nephew had found a girl he fancied, he as the eldest uncle also wanted to know which family’s daughter it was.

Lu Jinxian glanced at his father sitting steadily with an air of composure, calmly picking up his teacup to drink tea, then spoke for his father to Lu Yuanpeng, who had already stood up: “I wonder which family’s daughter Little Six has taken a fancy to. Tell us about it. If her family background is respectable, your eldest aunt can go test the waters first.”

The more Lu Jinxian spoke like this, the more guilty Lu Yuanpeng felt. He licked his lips, saw his eldest uncle giving him meaningful glances to speak to his grandfather, and saw his grandfather picking up his teacup, pretending not to care while drinking tea. Steeling his heart, he spoke: “It’s the Bai family’s Fourth Miss…”

Hearing the words “Bai family,” Chancellor Lu nearly spat out the tea in his mouth. The teacup spun in his hand, spilling all over his clothes. Chancellor Lu, not caring that his clothes were wet, stood up with a start, staring at his grandson with round eyes identical to Lu Yuanpeng’s, looking quite frightened and completely lacking the demeanor befitting a chancellor: “Who did you say? Who?!”

Lu Yuanpeng shrank his neck and mumbled quietly: “Grandfather, a gentleman fears not when misfortune comes, rejoices not when fortune arrives… that’s what you said!”

“Not rejoice about…”

Chancellor Lu ultimately couldn’t bring himself to say the crude word “shit.” He rushed out from behind his desk, pointing at Lu Yuanpeng… scaring Lu Yuanpeng into constantly backing away while saying: “Grandfather… Grandfather, I truly like Bai Fourth Young Master. In this lifetime, I must marry her or no one! Fourth Young Master is the sister most beloved by the Bai sisters. They even bring her along when fighting battles. Back then, during the battle with Great Liang, the Bai sisters rushed to Great Liang day and night to rescue Fourth Young Master. In this world, noble families can’t avoid the custom of currying favor with the powerful, but they don’t truly like Bai Fourth Young Master. Only I am sincere!”

Hearing Lu Yuanpeng’s words, not only did Chancellor Lu not calm down, but the fire in his heart burned even more fiercely. He turned around, grabbed the feather duster, and was about to strike: “Is ‘Bai sisters’ something you can call them? Is ‘Bai Fourth Young Master’ something you can call him? That’s our Great Zhou’s Emperor… that’s our Great Zhou’s Prince Gaoyi! You presumptuous little rascal, is Prince Gaoyi someone you can aspire to?”

The fact that Lu Yuanpeng liked Bai Jinzhi also shocked Lu Jinxian. Although Chancellor Lu had said… when their sons married, they wouldn’t consider anyone above the third rank, Lu Jinxian had aspirations for the Lu family to advance further and wasn’t satisfied in his heart. He believed that precisely because His Majesty currently trusted them, the Lu family should make plans for themselves. If the sons in the family—or even the clan—had good in-law families, the family’s honors and blessings would continue.

“Father, Father!” Lu Jinxian quickly stepped forward to protect Lu Yuanpeng and stop his father. “Father, don’t be hasty first. Let Yuanpeng finish speaking. Perhaps both Yuanpeng and Prince Gaoyi have feelings for each other, then we could arrange a good match! We can’t delay the child’s future just because our Lu family needs to be cautious. Marriage is a lifelong matter. Although it’s about parental orders and matchmaker’s words, we should still listen to the child’s intentions.”