Chapter 1328

Lady Lu wasn't reluctant to part with money; it was just a few tens of thousands of taels for betrothal gifts, which her father-in-law, Marquis Pingjiang, could easily embezzle in the Northwest.

She just felt that Chen Guanfu was purely wishful thinking and self-righteous. Don't wait until everything is prepared, and then—oops, the marriage is canceled. By then, the loss of face would be huge.

"Even if we have to prepare, we should wait until the marriage is a done deal before preparing. Things are all ready-made, it won't take much effort. Even if we are betrothing the heir, it's more than enough."

The Marquis's mansion had accumulated treasures beyond count over hundreds of years.

Plus, Marquis Pingjiang was fighting wars and gathering wealth in the Northwest; he wouldn't dare boast of being richer than the country, but at least he had millions in assets. Otherwise, why would the second branch cling to the Marquis's mansion so tightly, refusing to split the family? They were waiting for Marquis Pingjiang to come back and clarify things before they would agree to split the family.

"Do you really think their marriage won't happen?" Chen Guanfu had a bureaucratic mindset; he thought marriage was beneficial to the heir, so there was no reason to refuse.

Although Chen Guanlou was a Heavenly Jiang Jiang Yucheng with a very low rank, he was a Ninth-Rank martial artist and had the Marquis's mansion behind him. This status was not high, but it wasn't low either.

The key was that he also had a handsome face.

Young ladies love a handsome man.

This was clearly a husband candidate tailored for Song Anxu.

If she missed this, she definitely wouldn't find another one so suitable.

Lady Lu couldn't explain so many grand principles, nor did she know about Chen Guanlou's wild operations. After all, Chen Xiaolan and Chen Guanlou, the sister and brother, were both people with tight lips.

The two nephews, Su Erbao and Su Xiaobao, had also been beaten by Chen Xiaolan and had kept their mouths shut. Plus, children forget things easily.

In other words, now, the people who knew about Chen Guanlou's wild operations were limited to just those few.

Lady Lu knew nothing; she relied entirely on a woman's intuition.

"I think it won't happen. The matter between Guanlou and the heir has been making a huge noise for so long, yet the palace hasn't made a move. I think this situation is unusual. I'm afraid it's not as simple as we think. Why don't you ask Guanlou about his thoughts yourself? If he needs the Marquis's mansion's help, we'll know where to start."

Chen Guanfu nodded; these words made sense.

Marriage, after all, was not the bureaucracy.

Song Anxu was young and not an old bureaucratic fox. He had to remind the two of them properly that such a great marriage could not be missed.

Chen Guanlou went to the Lu Prince's mansion's capital residence after getting off work. He liked the chef at the Prince's mansion's residence; the food they made was superb.

Unexpectedly, he hadn't walked many steps after leaving the Heavenly Prison's main gate when he was blocked by Chen Guanfu.

"Let's find a place to talk!"

Chen Guanlou: "You're treating?"

Obviously!

Chen Guanfu gave him a look, telling him to figure it out himself.

And so, the two brothers went to a pleasure boat, the top-tier pleasure boat, with Chen Guanfu paying the bill.

Chen Guanlou was happy, and for a moment he was so lost in pleasure that he almost forgot his promise to Song Anxu: that while she was in the capital, he wouldn't mess around.

Fortunately, his willpower was good, and he held on.

In this day and age, someone like him who kept his promises could be called a rare animal.

After playing for a while, he took the initiative to ask: "What do you want with me? We've drunk the wine, eaten the food, and hugged the beauties; it's time to talk business. I have to go to the Prince's mansion's residence in a while; I have an appointment with Song Anxu."

"I asked you out today to ask you, how are things between you and the heir? When are you getting married?" Chen Guanfu, as the elder brother, the clan's eldest son, and the Marquis's heir, had a very upright attitude. He was just a worried 'parent'!

"Get married? I'm not getting married!" Chen Guanlou shook his head repeatedly; he knew how happy single life was, and he resisted married life just as much. Just like tonight, if it were in the past, he would definitely have been out having fun all night.

But now, sigh...

This was before marriage; it would be even more miserable after marriage. That was the heir, the Prince's mansion's successor.

Don't try to trample the face of a future Prince into the ground. Even if this Prince was a woman. Don't try to challenge the other party's bottom line either.

And don't expect a woman who could kill her way out of the inner chambers to inherit a Prince's title to be a love-struck fool.

Even if she really were a love-struck fool, indulging her husband without a bottom line and letting him mess around outside, the Imperial relatives wouldn't allow it. The Emperor wouldn't allow it even more!

Doing so would be humiliating the face of the Imperial relatives and slapping the Song family in the face.

By then, not only would he not have a good ending, but Song Anxu wouldn't have a good ending either. If it were more serious, perhaps the Prince's title and fief would be gone.

Oops, played for nothing.

So, the decision not to get married was too correct.

Chen Guanfu couldn't understand at all. "Why not get married? Is it that the heir doesn't agree?"

"It's not that she doesn't agree, but that I'm not willing."

"You're not willing?" Chen Guanfu was shocked, his worldview almost shattered. He had thought of all kinds of possibilities, but never expected that Chen Guanlou himself wasn't willing.

"You... are you going to start with love and end with abandonment?" he asked with great difficulty.

Chen Guanlou shook his head. "She and I have an agreement: just have children, no marriage."

Then, he laid out the whole process and the considerations from all sides. He pointed out the various benefits of not getting married, the benefits to himself.

"I definitely can't control myself; I definitely can't get married."

Asking him to give up the whole forest for one tree—absolutely impossible!

Sigh!

Chen Guanfu sighed after listening.

He was a man, so of course he understood Chen Guanlou's thinking; there was nothing wrong with it! This matter...

"When your child inherits the Prince's mansion in the future, what will you do?"

"I'll continue being my Heavenly Jiang Jiang Yucheng."

After hearing this, Chen Guanfu's cheek muscles twitched; he was about to die of anger.

"Can't you have some ambition? The father of the future Lu Prince is a Heavenly Jiang Jiang Yucheng—is that appropriate?"

"There's nothing inappropriate about it. If he thinks it's inappropriate, then don't acknowledge me; I don't care to acknowledge him either. If he wants to acknowledge me, then don't look down on my profession."

Chen Guanlou was a lone wolf, very free and easy.

Children and such were all debt collectors. Don't get involved.

If the little brat could manage him, that would be turning the world upside down!

Chen Guanfu had nothing to say.

As expected of the rebellious Chen Guanlou, his ideas were always incompatible with the secular masses, always so unexpected yet so logical.

"Aren't you afraid the Emperor will issue a decree to grant the marriage?"

"No need to worry. Song Anxu will handle the Emperor. She and I are both young, and our health is very good; maybe by now she's already pregnant. Once she stabilizes the pregnancy, she'll set off to return to the fief. She won't come to the capital again for two or three years."

"What if it's a girl?"

"That's something she needs to worry about; I don't need to worry."

Chen Guanlou spread his hands, looking like a rascal who only took responsibility for providing the seed and didn't care about after-sales service.

Chen Guanfu laughed in anger. "I really don't know if it's the heir's luck or misfortune to meet you!"

"It must be luck! If you were in Song Anxu's position, would you need marriage?" Chen Guanlou asked this question very seriously.

Chen Guanfu was silent.

He thought about it carefully and shook his head slowly. "No need!"

Indeed, there was no need.

Song Anxu having no marriage, only a son, was the best choice. Especially with Chen Guanlou's status, it was simply tailored for her.