"Mother, what are you thinking about? I have always just admired Lu Xingyue." Rong Zhao lay on his back on the queen's lap. He paused and pursed his lips, "Of course, his face is indeed not bad. But I really don’t have any feelings for him between men and women, it was just his identity that I was interested in at the beginning.”
Seeing that her expression was frank and not lying, the queen was relieved and said, "That's good. If you still miss him, I'm really afraid that you will do something irreversible."
"How is this possible? I am the legitimate princess, and I have the choice of any husband in the world. Why should I lower myself to compete with others for my husband?"
Rong Zhao thought of something and his eyes dimmed again.
She didn't want to snatch it, but she couldn't be with her sweetheart.
The queen then asked, "Then who do you like?"
Rong Zhao was silent for a moment, turned around and lay on her knees, and whispered: "Mother, it doesn't matter who my daughter likes, right? Princess Shang seems to have unlimited glory, but in fact she is controlled by others. If I love him, I will never let him To be so wronged.”
The queen's hand stroking her hair paused, and she said clearly: "So he has real power."
Rong Zhao: "...Mother, don't be so smart at this time, right?"
The Queen smiled, and then her expression dimmed again, "Once you become the Prince Consort, you will no longer be in power. It is true that you will not be reconciled to being a wealthy, idle, ambitious man for the rest of your life. Is it because he doesn't want to, or are you unwilling?"
"He wants me to do it, but I don't. Since I like him, I naturally hope that he can show his ambition and leave a name in history. How can he be willing to tame an eagle and become a chicken, and tame a wolf and become a dog?"
The queen was startled, and her heart was touched. She gently rubbed Rong Zhao's black hair for a long time, and said in a trembling voice: "My son, my son..."
Thousands of words, all kinds of sorrows, finally turned into these two sighs.
The two of them are destined to have trouble sleeping tonight, and the one from Chunhua Palace is also having trouble sleeping.
The imperial concubine had bathed and changed clothes early and was ready to rest, but the emperor did not turn over the sign. The night was long and boring, so it was better to sleep. As soon as she lay down and felt sleepy, the palace maid Pearl hurried in.
"Your Majesty, there is news from the imperial study room. Your Majesty has summoned Marquis Mingying and his wife, and Princess Rong Zhao has also gone."
The imperial concubine woke up instantly, "What did you say?"
Pearl repeated obediently, and finally added: "It is said that they stayed in there for a long time. Nothing happened to the last three people when they came out. Now they have dispersed."
The imperial concubine immediately sat up, lifted the curtain, and asked solemnly: "How are Marquis Mingying's legs?"
Pearl: "Our eyeliner said he can walk without any problems, and he looks like he is not injured."
The imperial concubine frowned, "How could this happen? How is it possible? Yuzhuo and I said that the plan has been completed, how can there be no problem with his legs?"
Of course Pearl didn't know, so she could only stand on the side and didn't dare to talk to him casually.
The imperial concubine thought for a long time but came up with no result. She gritted her teeth and said, "Go and deliver a message to His Highness the Fifth Prince and ask him to enter the palace tomorrow."
"yes."
Pearl took the order.
The imperial concubine closed her eyes, knowing that this road was dead. Lu Xingyue didn't know whether to call him lucky or lucky.
It was absolutely impossible for her to give up just like that after finally inserting herself into Jin Yiwei.
After thinking about it, she still wanted to win over him.
Lu Xingyue has a tough temper and is difficult to deal with, but his wife comes from a small family, so it's hard to handle a mere concubine?
Her eyes lit up and she had a plan in mind.
He summoned Yingluo and gave detailed instructions.
Little did they know that the people she wanted to win over had already become enemies with them, and her plan was aborted before it could be carried out.
*
The carriage stopped at the corner gate of the Duke's Mansion. Lu Xingyue got off the carriage first, stood by the carriage and waited, and extended his hand when Shen Lansui came out.
Shen Lansui put his hand up naturally, and Lu Xingyue immediately tightened it, took Zhou Quan's lamp to shine on her feet, and whispered: "Slow down."
After all, Lu Xingyue was an adult man, with strong firepower. After being outside for so long in the cold wind, he had completely recovered after getting into the carriage and riding all the way, and his palms were extremely warm.
Shen Lansui held it and didn't even want to let go.
She stepped on the low stool and carefully got out of the carriage. Seeing that Lu Xingyue had no intention of letting go, she let him go.
Zhou Quan stepped forward and was about to knock on the door when the corner door opened from the inside. Shen Lansui raised his eyes and met the worried eyes of Xia Mulang and others from Guan Chun Appreciation.
These people didn't know how long they had been waiting here in the cold weather, and their faces were all red from the cold.
Shen Lansui felt hot in her heart and couldn't help but laugh: "What are you all doing here? Welcome us?"
Meng Cheng got off the carriage at the back, heaved a sigh of relief and rubbed his hands, saying, "Everyone is worried about the madam and the young master."
Just when Shen Lansui was about to speak, Lu Xingyue held her hand and stepped forward: "Go in and say, it's cold outside."
"Okay." Shen Lansui's face was slightly warm and she followed him through the door.
Shang Xia pulled Guan Chun and made way for the two of them. Guan Chun stared blankly at the hands of the two intertwined for a while, took a sharp breath, held Shang Xia's hand firmly and whispered in surprise. : "Did you see it? Did you see it?! The madam and the young master are holding hands!!!!"
"Is their relationship so good?"
"When did it happen?!"
This is also the sentiment of Mulang and the others. They have been either following the young master or his wife all day long, and they didn't see any clues. Why did these two people suddenly become so inseparable?
They were so surprised that they suppressed their worries. They only made eye contact along the way. At other times, they stared furtively at the hands of Lu Xingyue and Shen Lansui.
After walking for a while, Shen Lansui listened to the rustling sounds around him, tilted his head slightly and leaned closer to Lu Xingyue, and whispered: "Do they think we can't feel it?"
There was a smile in Lu Xingyue's eyes, "Maybe."
"But their eyes were too direct. I felt like my hands were being stared at."
Lu Xingyue gently raised their intertwined hands and said with a smile, "Nothing to wear, it's fine."
Before Shen Lansui could react, Lu Xingyue suddenly let go of her hand.
The group of tails behind and Shen Lansui were both stunned. Unexpectedly, the next moment Lu Xingyue held Shen Lansui's hand again, spread his fingers, slowly but firmly put his fingers through the gaps between her fingers, and finally tightened his palm. Close to each other.
The fingers are clasped together, this is a more intimate and ambiguous action than before.
The tails immediately held their breath, and their eyes flashed faster.
Shen Lansui: "..."
Why is your face getting hotter?
"Let's go."
Lu Xingyue's expression remained as usual, without any trace of panic.
Shen Lansui couldn't help but reflect on whether he thought too much and was too sensitive?
Just holding hands...what a ghost!
Who is a good person who keeps his fingers crossed when everything is fine? !
So what does Lu Xingyue mean?
No, what does he mean by being so calm?
Shen Lansui's heart was filled with a roaring tsunami and the sky was collapsing, but she couldn't see anything on her face.
She pretended to be calm and glanced at Lu Xingyue with her peripheral vision, but she saw that his ear beads were crimson, and even the small piece of skin under his earlobe turned red.
She was relieved instantly, ah, she wasn't very calm either.
