After the general's legitimate daughter was reborn, the ascetic prime minister pinched her wais

"I haven't thanked the girl for saving my life. Now I owe you another debt. It seems I can't pay it back."

"It takes a little effort, but it doesn't matter."

The night outside the window became darker, and Chu Xu's eyes became dim and unclear.

"Maybe the girl doesn't have to be so polite and unfamiliar with me."

She lowered her eyes and packed the food box, and said politely: "Wen Yan was frightened."

Unexpectedly, he couldn't help laughing: "You are the great benefactor of the Prime Minister's Mansion, what should you be afraid of? I promise that as long as I am here, no one can hurt you in the slightest."

Maybe it was because the night was too quiet, Gao Wenyan could even hear his heart beating rapidly.

She suppressed the excitement in her heart and tried her best to calmly say: "Thank you for your love, Wen Yan is grateful."

Gao Wenyan said tentatively: "There is something I would like to ask the Prime Minister."

She knew that she couldn't remember everything clearly. For example, she couldn't remember whether the "anti-villain" trend had happened in her previous life.

However, the Gao family clearly had no involvement in escorting Prince Gong.

Therefore, Gao Wenyan thought about it and could only guess that it was because of Chu Xu that the trajectory deviated from the previous life. After all, meeting Chu Xu was the biggest change in her life.

Chu Xu admitted readily: "Yes, that's exactly what I did."

"Wen Yan is stupid."

"This prayer is of great significance. It seeks good weather and peace in the coming year. It needs to be done inside and outside the palace at the same time, and Prince Gong, as the messenger of blessing outside the palace, must make this trip flawless."

He also said that the Habayashi Army had no manpower left to ensure the smooth progress of the prayers in the palace. The Holy One originally wanted General Pingxi to accompany Prince Gong on this trip, but he only made some "arrangements", so the escort was changed to the Gao family.

"Why do you want the Gao family to come?"

Chu Xu looked at her and smiled slightly: "With the relationship between you and me, it is natural to repay the favor."

He was so understated that Gao Wenyan naturally thought that he wanted to give the credit to the Gao family.

Later, she discovered that it was much more than that.

Because several guards "accidentally" leaked the news, Lin Qian was already waiting outside before dawn the next day, for fear of missing Gao Wenyan.

"Lin Shulingshi? Lin Qian?" The first person to respond was Prince Gong.

When Lin Qian was led in, he happened to meet Chu Xu coming downstairs. He had not yet recovered from the surprise of seeing Prince Gong, and when he saw Chu Xu again, he couldn't help but feel a little trembling in his heart.

He saluted both of them in turn, and even after being given a seat by Prince Gong with a smile, he remained reserved. He was just a small seventh-grade scholar, and the last time he was summoned by Chu Xu was enough to shock him.

Lin Qian took a look upstairs, but still didn't see Gao Wenyan coming out.

If she knew that she was so nervous, she would definitely make fun of him again: "Seeing the Prime Minister and the Prince are so nervous, where did you get the courage to say that you like me everywhere?"

Also, General Gao is much scarier than them. Lin Qian remembered that when he first met General Gao, his hands were shaking while holding the tea cup, and he couldn't even speak straightly.

General Gao thought there was something wrong with his hand and was particularly concerned about it. Gao Wenting also laughed at him for a long time. He begged several times before Gao Wenting agreed not to tell Gao Wenyan.

Thinking of this, Lin Qian couldn't help but smile, and his nervous heart gradually relaxed.

Chu Xu asked him to look for scriptures, but he didn't follow them for a long time, and even left the capital. So if Chu Xu didn't mention this matter, Lin Qian would naturally not take the initiative to bring it up.

However, Prince Gong refused to open any pot and asked, "I heard that Prime Minister Chu asked you to search for scriptures?"

He secretly glanced at Chu Xu, and his face was indeed cold, but he could only bite the bullet and said: "Yes."

"Wen Yan wanted to take care of your worries, so he came here specifically to ask for advice. I didn't believe it at first, but I didn't expect that Prime Minister Chu was really interested in Buddhism."

Gao Wenyan was listening behind the door, cursing in his heart that Prince Gong was just watching the fun and not taking it too seriously. When he said this, how could he reject Lin Qian in the future?

Seeing that Lin Qian's joy was about to overflow, Gao Wenyan was afraid that he would talk nonsense and opened the door decisively.

"Yan'er!"

Lin Qian immediately stood up and looked up at her, like a puppy that had been waiting for a long time, wagging its tail.

"Hmm. Why are you here?" she asked knowingly.

Lin Qian hurried up to meet you and said happily: "I'm here to find herbs for you! I heard that you were here, so I rushed to see you!"

"Master Lin and Wen Yan are really in love with each other, which is enviable."

After getting along for one day, Prince Gong's name for her changed from the polite "girl" to "Wen Yan".

Gao Wenyan's face froze. She was so good at seeing Lin Qian without any emotion. If she still had to pretend to be sincere, she couldn't do it.

She didn't understand what Prince Gong was meddling with. He was so deliberate, and it seemed like he was testing something.

Chu Xu's expression was indifferent, and there was no emotion at all.

He stood up slowly. When he passed by the two of them, he looked back at Lin Qian and said, "It's just a scripture, but it's so easy for the officials to find it. It's an oversight."

Lin Qian was so frightened that he quickly confessed: "Prime Minister, calm down! I have found many similar ones, but I have never seen that volume. I will go back and continue looking!"

However, Chu Xu didn't seem to hear anything, leaving Lin Qian with a worried look on his face.

The instigator laughed dryly, poured two cups of tea, and asked Lin Qian and Gao Wenyan to sit down.

"This king didn't think it through well. The Prime Minister must not like outsiders knowing about this matter, but it will implicate Mr. Lin."

Sensing Gao Wenyan's appraising gaze, Prince Gong showed an innocent look.

"In this case, I will not disturb you two."

He is also very skilled at running away.

The joy of the chance encounter was gone. Lin Qian was dejected and didn't know what to do.

Gao Wenyan originally wanted Lin Qian and Chu Xu to meet so that she could observe whether there was anything fishy between them. Although the meeting was disrupted by Prince Gong, Gao Wenyan accidentally caught Chu Xu's attitude.

He didn't seem to like Lin Qian very much.

But if the mastermind is not Chu Xu, who is it?

"Yan'er, are you angry?"

She really didn't want to hear this title.

So Gao Wenyan gave a few perfunctory words and asked him to return to Beijing quickly so that he could make up for the situation.

Unexpectedly, Lin Qian mentioned the herb again and said in frustration: "I searched all the medicine shops in the capital, but they all said I had never seen it, so I thought of trying my luck in Shengjiu Town."

Gao Wenyan smiled and said, "It's okay, it's no longer needed."

Hearing this, Lin Qian's eyes dimmed, and his tone was indescribably disappointed: "I can't do anything, I just hope the Prime Minister won't vent his anger on you."

She felt funny in her heart. It turned out that not only the people in the capital, but also Lin Qian himself, also agreed that he was the future son-in-law of the Gao family?

Judging from the time in the previous life, it is indeed very fast.

However, Gao Wenyan would never let him have his wish!

"The Prime Minister is aware of Qiucha and will not vent his anger on irrelevant people."

An inexplicable uneasiness arose in his heart, and he quickly looked up to see Gao Wenyan's expression. But she was clearly smiling, so why did he always feel a chill?

"This... is naturally the best." He murmured.