Trying to suppress his irritation, he simply demanded, "Come inside and explain it to me clearly. Otherwise, you two will be in trouble."
He always uttered threats in the calmest tone.
Cheng Xiran was also a bit annoyed. She was fed up with Helian Duo always wanting to know everything about her. But what could she do? With just a single word from him, she could lose her job. Naturally, she had to treat him with respect.
So she could only tell the reason, "Now that Mrs. Liu has become my father's legal wife, my days in the prime minister's mansion will only get harder. As the legal wife, if she decides to ostracize me, it will be easy. What can I do to fight against her? So I just hoped to use some tricks to get my father to take concubines into the mansion. That way, she would have less energy to focus on me."
Helian Duo twitched the corner of his mouth. "You're quite a smart one to come up with such a devious idea."
Xue Lianyu sighed and said, "So that's why you did this. It's not difficult at all. I'll find some girls for you later. You can choose whoever you like. You don't have to do it yourself."
Xue Lianyu was really sweet - tongued. No wonder other girls liked him.
Since he said so, Cheng Xiran decided to trust him once and left this matter to him with peace of mind.
To thank him and also because she had promised her grandmother before, Cheng Xiran invited him to have lunch at her mansion. Xue Lianyu was overjoyed, but Helian Duo said sarcastically, "Are you two hiding something from me?"
Before they could explain, Helian Duo muttered to himself, "I'm going too at noon. I can't let you two do anything shady behind my back."
"Woodenhead, I've heard that the prime minister said in the court that you abused your power. You led troops to the prime minister's mansion in the middle of the night to question him, which scared him badly... And I heard that after he finished his official business a few days ago, he has been submitting memorials every day about this matter. He won't give up until he gets some justice from you. Isn't it a bit inappropriate for you to go to the prime minister's mansion now?"
After Xue Lianyu said this, Cheng Xiran was stunned for a moment. Then she remembered that night when Helian Duo came through the night, speaking up for her and helping her out of trouble. He was so heroic.
She didn't come back to her senses until she felt her cheeks burning hot. She couldn't help but lower her head.
Helian Duo didn't care, nor did he care about what Xue Lianyu said.
He just smiled and said, "So what? He was the one who committed malpractice for personal gain in the disaster - relief matter. And he even had the nerve to turn the tables on me. He's really shameless."
Xue Lianyu quickly agreed, "Exactly. Because you didn't attend the morning court today, he made a fuss. Although you're the powerful regent, his position is also not low. Someone has to compromise first in this matter, or it will be hard to handle."
"I will never compromise with him," Helian Duo said word by word, clearly showing his attitude.
Xue Lianyu frowned slightly and said in a difficult tone, "But after all, he was a favorite of the late emperor and served by the late emperor's side for many years. Even the new emperor respects him. How can you be so tough with him?"
When the redness and heat on her cheeks faded, Cheng Xiran slowly raised her eyes. She had heard the general story of this matter, so she disliked her father even more. But she still invited them, "Let's not worry about this for now. Since we're all going to the mansion for lunch today, I'll go back earlier and ask the steward to prepare more delicious dishes."
Helian Duo understood her intention.
Only Xue Lianyu still looked puzzled. "This may not be a good idea. Their relationship is at a very tense moment now."