Surprise! The villain is my brother, stay calm!

From now on, he won't have to worry about anything happening to Sun Qiming. Sun Qiming has the Prince of Wu as his father-in-law, so even the prince will have to think twice.

The King of Wu's father saved Your Majesty's life, so Your Majesty will more or less protect the descendants of your benefactor.

Minister Sun, who was originally somewhat unwilling, saw that his son accepted County Lady Lan Xi so quickly, and County Lady Lan Xi was quite gentle to his parents-in-law. How could she be arrogant and domineering?

Although she looks a bit burly, she is not ugly, and her son does not reject her. In addition, the Sun family is now very popular, and she is instantly happy again. This is better than letting her son marry Lin Weiwei!

After that, Sun's father no longer minded his son's contact with Lu Zhanxing. After all, his son had the protection of his father-in-law, the King of Wu, so it didn't matter. He could even be more assertive since he had this kind of marriage.

After the marriage, Sun Qiming seemed to feel the power of this marriage. He was originally just a small Jinwu guard, but was promoted to a royal guard guarding the palace gate.

You should know that most of the Imperial Guards are His Majesty's confidants, and he was able to join the Imperial Guards directly because of his father-in-law.

From being dissatisfied in the beginning to being obsessed with it now, every time he went to find Lu Zhanxing, he was very boastful, saying that County Lady Lan Xi never knew how to do needlework, but started to learn it for him. If he praised her a few words, County Lady Lan Xi would be happy the whole day and liked to buy him expensive clothes and jewelry.

Lu Zhanxing took a look at Sun Qiming, who looked very proud, and indeed found that he was now wearing more expensive clothes.

"Alright, alright, I know your wife is fine. You don't have to show off in front of me. My wife is no worse than yours. My father-in-law is the Prime Minister."

Who doesn’t have a good father-in-law?

If I were willing to take the duty, my father-in-law would arrange me to work in a "leisurely" place in no time.

Sun Qiming then stopped smiling, picked up the teacup on the stone table and took a sip, then said, "Have you heard? The third prince of Dayan is preparing to return home."

Lu Zhanxing nodded. Yan Xiao has been in Daqian for nearly a year. It’s time for him to go back, right?

"He has been holding farewell banquets these past two days. It's strange. You guys have a pretty good relationship, so why didn't he invite you?" Sun Qiming was puzzled.

"Because we are friends, we avoid suspicion."

After all, Yan Xiao is the third prince of Dayan. It's okay to play together occasionally, but if they are together often, it will easily arouse the suspicion of that person in the palace.

After all, the Duke of Anguo's Mansion is a family of military generals. If they are suspected of colluding with Dayan, they will face the death penalty for treason.

Therefore, Yan Xiao usually chooses to play with other noblemen in the capital and rarely comes to find him. This is also a tacit understanding between them.

In general, Lu Zhanxing didn't hate Yan Xiao. Instead, he thought he was very smart.

But if you think about it carefully, Yan Xiao in the book is indeed extremely powerful. Although his background is controversial, he has been able to secretly accumulate a lot of power.

If the Fourth Prince had not suddenly changed sides, Yan Xiao would have successfully seized the throne from the Crown Prince of Yan. As the saying goes, people cannot stand being talked about.

Two days later, Yan Xiao invited him to meet at Qingyao Painting Boat.

"I heard that Brother Lu used to like to come here for fun, but since he got married, he has come less often?"

Yan Xiao and several noblemen in the capital have been here several times and think this place is really nice. The women here are proficient in music, chess, calligraphy and painting, and they won't even jump on you at will. Most of them are polite and well-mannered. No wonder so many literati like to come here.

Lu Zhanxing sat at the low table with one leg propped up, playing with his wine glass in a casual manner, looking at Yan Xiao with a lazy and somewhat smiling look, and said nonchalantly: "You have to be more restrained after getting married. I heard that you are going back to your country?"

Yan Xiao reached out and picked up the wine jug, poured the crystal clear nectar into the wine glass, took a sip and then replied: "I have been here for nearly a year. If I don't go back, I will be disliked."

After saying that, he deliberately winked at Lu Zhanxing, as if hinting at something.

At this moment, his previous idle temperament of laughing, scolding, being cynical and playing with the world disappeared, replaced by dignified, calm, steady and dignified, with the bearing of a prince, which made people look sideways.

Lu Zhanxing raised his eyebrows in surprise but not surprise, and couldn't help but chuckle: "Could it be that all the royal family members are drama queens?"

This temperament changes so easily?

Yan Xiao's eyes fell on Lu Zhanxing's handsome face, with a smile on his face, and he said with a double meaning: "Same here!"

It's the same for everyone, so don't be too shocked.

Lu Zhanxing was stunned, chuckled, picked up the teacup and drank, hiding his helplessness. Damn it, if I could be a playboy in peace, who wouldn't want that?

In order to be a salted fish, she has to force her elder brother to take a more difficult path. Is it easy for her?

"Mr. Lu, let's make a deal!"

Yan Xiao suddenly said in a serious tone: "I can help your elder brother return to the capital to take up his post in a short time, and your Anguo Mansion will help me ascend to the throne when I need it."

Lu Zhanxing did not respond. He sat there lazily, narrowing his eyes slightly, with a faint smile on his lips. He casually played with the wine glass in his hand, and said with a hint of ridicule, "Why? You have been in the capital for a year, wandering around the nobles of various families, but you still haven't found anyone to cooperate with?"

"They..."

Yan Xiao shook his head helplessly, with a hint of helplessness and disappointment in his eyes: "They don't deserve it!"

Those people were either really brainless fools or dandies, or they thought themselves superior, and some even didn't even take him, the prince, seriously. Only Lu Zhanxing was different.

Although she is also a dandy, she is unrestrained and outspoken, but also tactful and smart. Her perfect counterattack during the autumn hunt and her calm response to the assassin all show her uniqueness.

Although she is just a commoner, she is the undisputed leader among these playboys. Even Yang Jingyi from the Duke of Qing’s Mansion is not her match.

From then on, he seemed to have found his own kind. After several more attempts and finding out what she had done, he guessed that she was hiding her true abilities.

And he was testing her all the time, even telling her directly that he wanted that position.

But she was not surprised at all, and she immediately saw through her purpose of wandering among those noblemen.

This made him even more certain that Lu Zhanxing was of the same kind as himself, just like a cat that had the wildness of a wolf but appeared to be harmless and could strike at any moment and deliver a fatal blow.

The reason why he rarely went out to play with Lu Zhanxing was naturally to hide this line and so as not to attract the attention of Emperor Qian.

In addition, the Anguo Mansion is a family of military generals, so there will naturally be old members of the Lu family on various borders. No matter which aspect, they are the best candidates for cooperation.

Therefore, Lu Zhanxing is indeed qualified to negotiate with him.

Lu Zhanxing had no idea that he was being glorified by Yan Xiao invisibly. He was just a parasite who clung to powerful people and whose goal in life was to lie down.

"I'm sorry, Third Prince. I'm not worthy of you. I'm just an ordinary dude. Besides, our Anguo Mansion is in decline now. I'm afraid I can't help you. Besides, aren't you afraid that I will pass the news to the Crown Prince of Yan?"

No matter what kind of relationship he had with the third prince of Dayan, it was impossible for him to cooperate with people from other countries, especially since Dayan was eyeing Daqian.

The future of Daqian is in the hands of my eldest brother. How can I help the prince of another country?

Moreover, Yan Xiao was so powerful, yet he hid himself so deeply without anyone noticing. This shows how cunning he was.

In the book, if the Fourth Prince hadn't disrupted his plan, the Yan Kingdom would probably not have perished.

"You won't!" Yan Xiao looked at her seriously again: "Besides, I won't let you have this chance."

Since he dared to say it, he must have a strategy to deal with it.

If Lu Zhanxing dared to tell anyone, he would drag the Anguo Mansion with him to be buried with him.

A country's generals colluded with the enemy country, committed treason, confiscated their property and exterminated their clan. Would Lu Zhanxing dare to do that?

Lu Zhanxing naturally understood what Yan Xiao meant, and couldn't help but sigh, thinking that he was not the son of destiny after all.

If it were the Fourth Prince, he would have succeeded long ago.

Yan Xiao felt that the atmosphere was a bit heavy, and said with a smile: "You and I are good friends, you will definitely not do this, right?"

"Of course! We're good friends!"

What a ghost! My good friend actually wants to ransack my house and exterminate my entire clan?