Carrying the little lucky star, leading the villain on the road to exile

Chapter 128. Testing
Rong Ruiyuan heard the noise outside and was about to get angry, but then he thought about his current situation.

He sat up and called out, "Peifeng?"

"Master, Peifeng is going to prepare hot water. Is there anything you need?" Gu Baijiang was waiting outside early, while the rest of the Gu family were busy preparing breakfast.

In order to make a good impression on the Third Prince, Liu Yun, along with Gu Antong and Xu Yulan, started preparing very early on.

She recalled all the cooking skills and dishes that he had previously forgotten, and managed to cobble together two dishes from the available ingredients.

"Mother, this porridge should be alright, right?" Gu Antong kept her eyes on the carriage and quickly tidied herself up when she heard the noise.

"Quickly find some clean bowls and fill two bowls with the contents." Liu Yun directed the task while busy with the pot, and even the official Ming, who was by the Third Prince's side, had to be served with care.

Seeing that his family was all fussing over the Third Prince, Chen Dafu whispered a few words to his family and then quietly left from the corner.

When he arrived at Gu Kaiyuan's place, he found the couple enjoying their noodles. If he wasn't mistaken, there were two eggs on top of the noodles.

He couldn't help but swallow. The Bai family really thought things through in every way. Why couldn't he have such a good in-law?

“You guys are living a very comfortable life,” Chen Dafu said. He arrived uninvited and, not feeling embarrassed at the sight of others dining, found a rock to sit on.

Gu Kaiyuan picked up a piece of pickled bamboo shoot for Bai Suihe before saying, "Lord Chen has quite the refined taste. Instead of preparing his luggage, he has the leisure to visit others at this time."

“It wasn’t peaceful last night. I’m an old man who doesn’t sleep much, and I have something on my mind, so I wanted to talk to someone about it.”

As for those belongings, my wife at home will take care of them.

Aren't you curious about who your guests were yesterday?

Gu Kaiyuan said, "No matter who the guests are, I trust my father and the others will make the arrangements."

Besides, given our current situation, we can't even afford to be hospitable. They might leave soon anyway, so why should I bother?

"You're quite open-minded. Judging from your father's attitude, the person who came must be someone of high status. Aren't you tempted?"

After Gu Kaiyuan finished the last mouthful of noodle soup, he walked to the side, rinsed himself briefly with the water he had fetched that morning, and then slowly said, "Lord Chen knows the identity of the person who came, right?"

If you ask me, you were once a senior official in the court, yet you don't even go over to greet your master?

"Lord Chen, you can't do this. You have to seize every opportunity. Maybe they'll be in a good mood and grant you a pardon."

"Is this what the Gu family plans?" Chen Dafu felt contempt when he saw that Gu Kaiyuan had washed Bai Suihe's dishes. This was the price of being a kept man.

"I don't know about that. Why don't you ask my father?" Gu Kaiyuan put the bowl into the basket, cleaned up all the water, and packed his things. They were ready to set off at any time.

"Lord Chen, I don't know what your purpose is in coming here, and I don't want to find out, but I want to tell you that you've probably come in the wrong direction if you're trying to find out anything from me."

My father and his family never consult me ​​about anything; I know less about household affairs than the miscellaneous matters on the estate.

If you ask me how to cultivate land and farm in Lingnan in the future, I can explain it to you in detail.

Chen Dafu: "Look at you, you just like to speculate wildly. Do you think I, Chen Dafu, am that kind of person?"
"I came here simply to ask if our Chen family can travel with you." With the Third Prince here, he dared not follow behind the Gu family any longer, and now the only place he had his eye on was Gu Kaiyuan's side.

"You can't tell me about this. How to arrange the personnel is all up to the guards. As long as it's arranged by Lord Liu and his men, I have no objection and dare not object. Don't you agree, Lord Chen?"

Chen Dafu rubbed his hands together. "Of course I know these principles. It's just that I'm not familiar with the escorts, and I was hoping you could help me make connections."

"I didn't come here to ask for your help because I saw you getting along well with them..."

Gu Kaiyuan: "That's easy."

Chen Dafu was overjoyed; at least he had made some progress.

“As long as Lord Chen is willing to spend the money, perhaps Lord Liu and the others can also get on the carriage.” Gu Kaiyuan said seriously, “However, given your situation, preparing a hundred or eighty taels should not be a problem.”

Bai Suihe raised her sleeve to cover her face. She didn't know where Chen Dafu got his confidence from, daring to point fingers at the big villain. Now she would see how he would get out of this mess.

Chen Dafu's face froze instantly. "You want this much silver?"

"Lord Chen, don't you know? This shouldn't be the case!" Gu Kaiyuan said in surprise. "You have to make sacrifices to ask for favors anywhere, let alone in the current situation."

Lord Chen is about to set off. If you're willing, you'd better hurry, otherwise, such casual changes aren't allowed on the road.

“It is indeed a bit troublesome,” Chen Dafu was so angry that he wanted to turn around and leave, but when he thought of Rong Ruiyuan, he held back. “How about this, I will follow behind you today, so that I can at least have some peace and quiet.”

With the help of the two maids, Bai Suihe had already returned to the carriage, and Zhuang Datou and the others were already harnessing the carriage.

Seeing that Chen Dafu was still arguing, Bai Suihe could only remind him, "Husband, I've finished packing. Please check if there's anything I've forgotten."

Gu Kaiyuan said, "I remembered that I had picked up some firewood yesterday and it was still there. I brought it back right away."

After saying that, he ignored Chen Dafu and hurriedly ran away.

Chen Dafu, “…” Couldn’t they have come up with a more plausible excuse? There was plenty of firewood along the way, why did they have to put it in the car and take it with them?

Gu Kaiyuan slipped away, and Bai Suihe was too embarrassed to approach him, so he could only bite the bullet and slowly return to the Chen family's group.

Madam Chen had already packed all the luggage, and her son and daughter-in-law were also covered in it. When they saw Chen Dafu return, they knew that he had not achieved his goal.

All I could do was whisper a few words of advice, “Follow behind and gradually increase the distance, try not to show your face, or just go over and greet me openly and naturally.”

"Long hair, short brains, what do you know? If I could show my face, I would have done so long ago."

Our whole family came here on a mission. If we are exposed, all the suffering we've endured will have been for nothing.

Next, I'll tell all the little brats to keep a low profile and try not to cause trouble for the Gu family.

Now I just hope this master leaves as soon as possible.

"If he achieves his goal, should we continue to follow him?" Madam Chen was puzzled as to why she would have such a thought.
Chen Dafu glanced at her. "That's beyond our control. What does that have to do with us?"