Rebirth: Pampered by the Lord

Xuexue: "It seems that Gu Lingqiao is highly suspicious."

Long Rui: "Yes, actually, I’ve known for a while that she isn’t the real Gu Lingqiao. Her preferences are completely different from when she was a child. The reason I haven’t acted is to test who she really is."

Xuexue: "Prince, you’re so silly. If you knew she wasn’t the real Miss Gu, why didn’t you tell me?"

In the past days, because of Gu Lingqiao, she had often argued with Long Rui. However, this man kept his grievances to himself and didn’t explain to her. Did she really not know better?

Long Rui: "I didn’t have solid evidence, only suspicions, so I didn’t share it with you."

Xuexue laughed: "It’s fine now, all the misunderstandings are in the past."

Long Rui reached out to hold her in his arms, his chin brushing against Xuexue’s hair, and said, "Yes, it’s all in the past. It’s wonderful to have you by my side."

Xuexue: "Prince, how do you plan to deal with this fake Gu Lingqiao?"

Long Rui frowned slightly and said: "The spies from Wei Country keep appearing, they surely have some sort of conspiracy. We shouldn’t alert them yet. Let’s wait a bit longer and see what they do."

Xuexue looked up, puzzled, at Long Rui: "Gu Lingqiao is such a dangerous person, are you really going to let her stay in the Prince’s Mansion?"

Long Rui: "Don’t worry, I’ve assigned people to monitor her day and night. She won’t be able to cause much trouble. Besides, with Lin Kong missing, we need Gu Lingqiao to draw him out."

Xuexue thought for a moment and felt that Long Rui’s decision was indeed correct, so she nodded in agreement.

To relax their opposition’s vigilance, Long Rui pretended to be poisoned and stayed in bed to see any of their further actions.

Xuexue cautiously said, "Prince, just in case, from now on, let me handle all your meals."

Long Rui laughed: "That last incident was just an accident. You don’t need to worry too much. The steward is one of us; if anything happens, just instruct him."

The position of the War Prince’s Mansion steward was so important that Long Rui certainly wouldn’t let the Emperor’s people exploit it. The current steward was an old subordinate of his, who had been with him for many years. The steward was simply disinterested in the political games and intrigues, which is why he humbled himself to be a steward, as a way of serving the Prince.

Xuexue nodded: "That’s good."

"Brother Rui, Brother Rui, Lingling is here to see you!" Again came the noisy voice of Gu Lingqiao from outside.

Xuexue said with a half-smile: "Prince, your confidante is here again. It’s so sweet to hear ’Brother Rui’ all the time."

Long Rui playfully tapped her nose: "What confidante? It’s clearly a vixen spirit trying to seduce your husband. Aren’t you worried?"

Xuexue: "As the saying goes, a fair lady is a gentleman’s pursuit. I understand, Prince, don’t worry about it."

"What fair lady? More like Zhu Bajie."

"Pfft...! Prince, your mouth is so sharp!"

"It’s true, she’s already unattractive and yet wears such heavy makeup like a ghost. Where’s the beauty in that?"

The two flirted and bantered in the room, while outside, Gu Lingqiao was getting louder and more enthusiastic: "I advise you dogs to get out of the way, or I’ll have Brother Rui chop off your heads."

Without orders from the master, the guards naturally did not dare to let her in.

Xuexue stood up: "Alright, since your childhood friend is here, I’ll leave now."