Dugu Jingyao is reborn as Li Chu's beloved

Chapter 480 Wait and see

Seeing the sky gradually turn red, and figuring it was almost time for dinner, Li Chu slowly stood up and left the palace, heading towards Tianxiang Tower. This meeting was arranged in advance between him and Li Guangbi. To avoid arousing suspicion, they had chosen two private rooms that were relatively close to each other, with only a partition in between.

Li Guangbi had always been cautious, and this time he was even more cautious. He had brought his family along for the feast, having, of course, explained the situation to them beforehand. Halfway through the feast, Li Guangbi found an excuse to quietly leave the table and went to the private room where Li Chu was staying.

Seeing Li Guangbi come in, Li Chu smiled and nodded. After he had bowed, he quickly extended his hand to gesture for him to sit down. Then, Li Chu personally picked up the wine pot, filled a glass for Li Guangbi, and handed it to him, saying, "Master Li, I believe you have encountered a difficult situation. Why not tell me in detail?"

Li Guangbi quickly took the wine glass with both hands, thanked her, sighed deeply, and then slowly began to tell the story. It turned out that the Li family and Concubine Xiao had secretly summoned Li Yuru to the palace recently, and what they discussed in the palace was truly shocking.

After he roughly relayed those words to Li Chu, Li Chu couldn't help but show surprise on his face, feigning exclamation: "I really didn't expect my second brother to do such a thing! He even dared to ask Miss Yuru to conceal the truth for him? This behavior is really too much... I just wonder what your intentions are, Lord Li, and Miss Yuru. Are you still willing to let Miss Yuru become my second brother's princess consort?"

Li Guangbi drank the wine and then said, "Hey, Your Highness, even if we don't want to, what can we do? Ru'er is the Princess of Nanyang County, who was personally appointed by the Emperor. How dare this humble servant...this humble servant disobey the Emperor's order!"

Li Chu pretended to think for a moment and said, "This is also a matter of human nature. Although it is common for a man to have three wives and four concubines, it is not appropriate to have a child with a woman outside before the wife enters the house."

Although Li Guangbi felt that what Li Chu said made sense, he said, "But Your Highness, this is the heir to the throne after all, not an ordinary family. If you don't want to drive the son of a concubine out, just do it."

Li Chu offered him another idea: "Master Li, don't forget that Gu Shiyi wants to be the princess. Since she wants to be the princess, just find a way to let her be. This matter is not Miss Yuru's fault. I believe that the emperor will let it go."

Sure enough, Li Guangbi was enlightened by Li Chu's idea: Yes, he could not directly ask the emperor to cancel the marriage, but if he could find a way to let the emperor know that Gu Shiyi and Prince Nanyang were more suitable, and that Gu Shiyi was pregnant with Prince Nanyang's child, the emperor would certainly not let his future grandson bear the reputation of a "bastard", right?

Li Guangbi quickly poured a glass of wine, stood up and toasted Li Chu, saying, "Thank you, Your Highness, for your advice. If this is successful, I will be loyal to you."

Li Chu gestured for him to sit down, clinked glasses with him, and then said, "Ah~ Lord Li, this is wrong. I just said something that a normal person would say. It took Lord Li's extraordinary wit to come up with a solution."

Li Guangbi quickly said, "Yes, yes, yes, I made a mistake."

After they clinked their glasses, they drank the wine in one gulp. Since they had been out for a while, they were afraid of being discovered, so Li Guangbi bowed and said goodbye.

Seeing that Li Guangbi seemed to understand what he meant, Li Chu felt much more relaxed and started eating and drinking. However, he listened to Dugu Jingyao and did not drink too much.

After eating and drinking, he returned to the palace. Fortunately, he did not return too late, Dugu Jingyao was still awake, but because he had drunk some wine, he still smelled of alcohol, so he only looked at Dugu Jingyao from a distance.

Dugu Jingyao was amused by his behavior, but she pretended to be angry and said, "Donglang, why are you standing so far away? It's like you're avoiding the plague."

Li Chu said, "Ayao, don't be angry. I drank some wine today and I smell of alcohol. I will go back to Chenxiang Pavilion to sleep tonight and come to see you and the child tomorrow."

Dugu Jingyao felt a little sleepy after hearing what he said. She yawned and said, "Alright, I'm a little sleepy too. I'll take care of you then."

What could Li Chu say? He could only endure the loneliness and leave Wangyuexuan and return to Chenxiang Pavilion to rest.

Li Guangbi must have conveyed Li Chu's words to Li Yuru, who was also impatient. According to the report of the spy arranged by Li Chu to keep an eye on Gu Shiyi, Li Yuru went to see Gu Shiyi the next day.

At first, Gu Shiyi thought that Li Yuru was testing her, so she said nothing. She didn't expect His Highness to be like this, and even cry.

It was not until later that she discovered that Li Yuru really did not want to be the princess that she gradually changed her tone and said, "If possible, no one wants to be a concubine, but His Majesty has already issued the imperial decree, what else can we do?"

Because the two people behind were whispering when they were plotting, the spy didn't know what they said specifically.

Of course, when the spy came to report, Li Chu was in Wangyuexuan, so Dugu Jingyao naturally knew it.

Dugu Jingyao thought these two girls were quite interesting. One of them tried her best not to marry Li Xi, while the other tried her best to marry Li Xi, and the two of them could reach an agreement very quickly.

She smiled and said, "Don't tell me, Donglang, I'm really looking forward to their plan! But I'm sure Concubine Xiao and the Li family will have a hard time when the time comes."

Li Chu also laughed and said, "Who made him offend these two women? Let's wait and see!"

Dugu Jingyao rubbed her belly and said, "Well, we'll see."