Chapter 46: Such an opportunity is truly once in a lifetime!

In the decorated Pei Mansion, no one had a happy expression on their face. After Pei Aosong settled Su Wanqiu and called the House Physician Liu Shouyi to look at her leg injury, he brought the Prime Minister's family and Song Fu and Song Mu to the hall, then told the servants to serve tea and bring up the heated food. Here in the hall, the Former Prime Minister and the current Prime Minister's family gathered together, and the air in the room was almost about to freeze into ice.

"No need to eat, I am here to get the Letter of Release for Concubine and the household registers." Song Fu said coldly, "I will leave as soon as I get them."

Su Hongtu didn't answer. He truly had nothing to say to this Former Prime Minister.

Pei Aosong knew this place was not suitable for staying long, lest he would start a war as soon as he opened his mouth.

So he said he was going to write the Letter of Release for Concubine and walked away, leaving a room full of people who were at daggers drawn staring at each other.

Even Su Chunyan walked out of the dining table, saying she was going to see her sister's leg injury.

After she walked out of the hall, she finally breathed a sigh of relief and muttered, "Father's appearance is truly terrible."

She looked around in the Pei Mansion, wanting to find Lu Zhenting's figure, but she didn't see Lu Zhenting after looking in several places. Helplessly, she grabbed a servant who was walking by with tea and asked.

The servant bowed respectfully to her, called her Second Young Lady, and pointed to the Jiaohua Garden, "General Lu and the wet nurse of that little Yaksha went over there, saying they were going to pack up Concubine Lin's things and take them away."

Su Chunyan was a little annoyed. She knew deeply that General Lu was someone who liked to fight injustices, but he didn't open his eyes to see what kind of person he was "saving" this time. He might think he was saving a beauty, but this was clearly saving a vixen!

However, now that he was in the Pei Mansion, as long as she sent away that wet nurse, she would inevitably be alone with Lu Zhenting. Such an opportunity was truly once in a lifetime.

Su Chunyan saw the servant holding high-quality Longjing tea, so she took it directly and said, "Go and brew another pot."

After saying that, she walked into the Jiaohua Garden holding the Longjing tea.

Lu Zhenting and Guo Shi brought the child to the Pei Mansion. The servants were all afraid that going to the Jiaohua Garden would cause them trouble, so they took a detour.

Therefore, packing up Lin Jiaojiao and Zhu Geer's luggage could only be left to Guo Shi, who was familiar with the Jiaohua Garden. Lu Zhenting held the child and let Guo Shi be responsible for packing.

He had no experience in how to raise an infant, and he didn't have any toys in his hand, so he grabbed Zhu Geer's little hand and touched the weapons he carried. As soon as Zhu Geer's little hand touched the cold touch of the weapons, he let out a giggle.

"You little thing look ugly and cute, but you actually like weapons. It's truly surprising." Lu Zhenting felt good about the little baby who liked to touch weapons, "He is a good seedling for martial arts."

Suddenly, a young girl's coquettish voice blew into the room with a gust of wind, "Brother Lu, are you thirsty? I brought you high-quality Longjing tea, drink some to moisten your throat?"

Lu Zhenting didn't want to lift his head, but Su Chunyan still twisted her light waist and walked into the room, handing the tea she was holding to his lips.

Lu Zhenting couldn't avoid it, backed away two steps repeatedly, and hugged the Zhu Geer in his arms tighter, "Be careful, the tea will burn the child."

I don't know why, but as soon as she approached Lu Zhenting, the Zhu Geer who was giggling suddenly pouted his little mouth and cried out loud. Lu Zhenting couldn't coax him no matter what.

Guo Shi, who was packing in the room, heard the sound and came over. As soon as she saw Su Chunyan, she got angry, "You little girl, why are you so disliked by Zhu Geer!"

"You...!" Su Chunyan originally wanted to break out, but thinking that Lu Zhenting was here, she endured it and changed into a smiling face, "Brother Lu, look, is this child hungry?"

Guo Shi rolled her eyes at Su Chunyan, but still hugged the child back into her arms to coax him.

When she was ready to lift her clothes to breastfeed, Lu Zhenting hurriedly turned his back and walked out of the room. Su Chunyan saw the opportunity and followed him out.

"Brother Lu," Su Chunyan followed behind him, looking like a shy girl in love, "I heard that the Imperial Palace is arranging an autumn hunt on the Mid-Autumn Festival,

Whenever the topic of male-female team pairings for the autumn hunt came up, the first person who came to Lu Zhenting's mind was Lin Jiaojiao; if he brought her along, he would have no need to fear being injured by wild beasts.

Last year during the autumn hunt, he encountered a black bear ambush and was swiped on the back by the black bear's claw, taking over a month for the wound to finally heal. If Lin Jiaojiao had been by his side at that time, that wound would surely have healed much faster.

Lu Zhenting gazed at the falling leaves, thinking that if he could bring her along for this year's autumn hunt, that would be excellent; he would only need to place her in a safe spot and could then hunt to his heart's content.

Seeing Lu Zhenting not speaking, Su Chunyan assumed he had tacitly agreed. Her eyes lit up, and she said happily, "Brother Lu, you are agreeing to this, then."

"Agree to what? What are you saying?" Lu Zhenting's train of thought was interrupted, and only then did he react to ask her, "Miss Su, I didn't hear clearly what you said just now."

Su Chunyan felt displeased, but she could only bite her lower lip and repeat what she had just said.

Lu Zhenting walked aimlessly, his mind not on Su Chunyan's request. "I have no interest in the top prize. If you want that 'Ten Thousand Autumns Landscape Painting,' you might as well go find Xiao Yifei; he was the one who took the top prize last year."

Xiao Yifei is the head of the Emperor's Brocade Guard, possessing remarkable lightness skills; when he moves, it is as if he is treading on clouds, and even the most alert animals cannot detect him. He also wields hidden weapons with great skill, hunting wild beasts with lightning speed—a point that even Lu Zhenting deeply admires.

But Su Chunyan's focus was not on the top prize, but on teaming up with him! How could General Lu be so oblivious to her intentions!

Thinking of this, she wanted to stomp her feet in anger, but she still needed to maintain the reserved aura of a noble lady of the Capital, so she did not let it out.

Su Chunyan continued to probe, "I have heard that Lord Xiao is used to acting alone, he..."

Before she could finish, she was interrupted by Lu Zhenting, "Isn't that just perfect? Miss Su can enjoy the autumn flowers with your sisters; I estimate that in less than a quarter of an hour, Xiao Yifei will have taken the top prize and returned to seek his reward from the Emperor."

How could this Lu Zhenting be so impervious to reason! Su Chunyan felt displeased, but she still had to maintain a smile on her face, "What if Lord Xiao already has a partner? This young lady has heard that Sister Mei from the Duke of Pei Mansion holds him in high regard..."

Lu Zhenting, however, remained impervious, "Then you should find someone else."

At this moment, the two walked to the lakeside of the Pei Mansion, and Su Chunyan suddenly missed her footing and fell straight into the icy Lotus-Viewing Lake!

"Brother Lu, save me! Help!" The lake water made it difficult for Su Chunyan to breathe; she thrashed about, trying to grab onto something, but there were only withered lotus stalks in the Lotus-Viewing Lake, and even if she grabbed one, it just snapped.

Lu Zhenting had originally intended to jump into the lake to save her, but he suddenly remembered Song Fu saying he was a philandering general, and all at once, he no longer wanted to play the hero saving the beauty.

If he were to save Su Chunyan, it would be even easier for Lin Jiaojiao to misunderstand him in the future, making it even harder to marry her.

It just so happened that Pei Aosong had just finished writing the Letter of Release for Concubine in his study, and this Lotus-Viewing Lake was located on the west side of the study, barely twenty steps away—extremely close.

Hearing someone fall into the water, Pei Aosong hurried over to see what was happening. As soon as Lu Zhenting saw him walk out, he immediately walked over quickly and gave him a direct push from behind, "Go save her quickly, I'll go call your House Physician!"

Pei Aosong, caught off guard by such a push from a proper military general, fell straight into the water.

He was just about to climb back to the shore to lecture Lu Zhenting, but hearing the bursts of cries, he could only swim over to save the person.

Seeing that he had gone to save her, Lu Zhenting strode away from the lakeside. Soon, in the nearby Jinxiu Garden, he saw someone carrying a medicine chest coming out. Lu Zhenting waved at him and called out, "House Physician! Someone in your Pei Mansion has fallen into the water!"

Liu Shouyi had just finished checking Su Wanqiu's leg injury; upon hearing that someone had fallen into the water, he hurriedly followed Lu Zhenting toward the lake.

By this time, Pei Aosong had already pulled Su Chunyan out of the lake. Su Chunyan was shivering from the freezing lake water, her whole body soaked, strands of hair sticking to her snow-white skin. Her wet clothes had become filthy, covered in sludge, and the fabric clung to her body, revealing her delicate curves.

Pei Aosong was also soaked through. He ordered someone to bring his own cloak and wrapped Su Chunyan tightly in it. The Su family members arrived at the sound, and upon seeing the two of them soaked, they quickly understood what had happened.

"You wicked girl, how could you let your brother-in-law see your body!" Prime Minister Su Hongtu, without a word of explanation, gave Su Chunyan a slap!