Fu Jinan took the handkerchief from Li Baoli's hand, looked at it with a frown, turned around and washed it again in the copper basin nearby, wrung out the water, walked to the emperor, bent down slightly, and spread out the handkerchief.
The emperor snorted, pulled off the handkerchief, wiped it himself and threw it into Li Baolin's arms, saying, "I'm not old enough to need your service yet!"
Fu Jinan took a step back and knelt down: "Your Majesty is at the peak of the Spring and Autumn Period. Over the years, I have only wished to fulfill my responsibilities as a son of man, and please ask the Emperor to fulfill my duties."
In one sentence, the emperor couldn't help but feel sore eyes and waved his hands in disgust: "Okay, okay, why don't I just ignore the Xie family's affairs? But you have to remember that now you are King Xuan and my eldest prince. You must not Acting as willfully as before."
Fu Jinan lowered his head and said nothing.
The emperor frowned and said irritably: "Okay, okay, do whatever you like! Get out of here! Don't be an eyesore in front of me!"
Fu Jinan kowtowed: "Yes, father, please don't be angry. I, my son, will retire."
It wasn't until Fu Jinan's figure disappeared that the emperor looked at his back and sighed: "Baolin, do you think I'm really old? I just listened to a few words from others and then hurriedly called them into the palace. This The child has suffered so much since childhood, so what has Xie Hang been doing? Now I think of family ties! And the Xie family of Chen County are still pretending to be dead, aren't they just waiting to see my attitude!"
Li Baolin hurriedly advised: "Your Majesty, calm down. Your Highness Prince Xuan must know your painstaking efforts and know that you care about him, so..."
The emperor waved his hand: "Okay, you don't have to make excuses. It seems that some people are still too idle."
Li Baolin didn't dare to answer this.
Then the emperor suddenly asked: "I heard that Concubine Liu is in the Imperial Garden?"
Li Baolin's heart tightened and he said, "Yes."
The emperor stood up and said, "Let's go. I haven't been to the Royal Garden for a few days. I don't know if the flowers are blooming now."
Li Baolin hurriedly followed and waited on him.
The queen heard that the emperor went to the Royal Garden and was later invited to Zhaoyang Palace by Concubine Liu Guifei. She couldn't help but said: "The emperor just let King Xuan go like that? Didn't you say anything else?"
Jin Fu said: "Going back to the Empress, the royal study is heavily guarded, and the people who serve are tight-lipped, so the servants can't find out anything. I only know that King Xuan lowered his head when he left, and his steps were a little hurried. When the emperor came out, his face seemed to be too. Not very good."
After hearing this, the Queen relaxed her body, picked up the tea cup and blew it gently: "It's good that Prince Xuan and Prince Qing have a small relationship. Now with the addition of the Luo family and the Shen family, and now the Xie family, the emperor can sleep peacefully." That's weird. Go tell the prince that you don't need to be restrained these days, and you can win over those who need to be won over."
Jinfu: "Yes."
Fu Jinan came out of the palace, instead of riding a horse, he took a carriage back home.
In the eyes of interested people, they even thought that he was reprimanded by the emperor and was not even in the mood to ride a horse.
Back in the mansion, Changying came over quietly and whispered: "Your Majesty, I found out clearly. This morning, the Queen used the excuse of delivering soup to the Emperor and came out less than half a cup of tea."
"Half a cup of tea. That's enough to say a lot."
Fu Jinan snorted coldly.
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In the blink of an eye, it was Xie Hang's sixtieth birthday, and most of the dignitaries in the capital had arrived.
Luo Ran picked the right time and came over no matter how early or late. Wei welcomed him warmly and said, "Father and mother were talking about you just now. Why didn't you bring the little emperor's grandson over to make it fun?"
Luo Ran smiled: "There are many people and the weather is hot. I'm afraid they will make noise and disturb everyone's interest."
Mrs. Wei was just polite, and she was very happy that the two of them could come.
Fu Jinan gave Luo Ran a few instructions and then went to the outer study, while Luo Ran followed Wei to the inner courtyard.
As Wei walked, she said, "There are a lot of people today. I'm afraid you might not feel comfortable here. I'll let Ying'er accompany you later."
Luo Ran was very talkative: "No need to bother, you are busy, I can just take a stroll."
"That's not okay."
Wei smiled.
It happened that Xie Ying came over to meet her at this time. She came in a hurry, and a thin layer of sweat appeared on her forehead. When she saw her, she apologized: "Princess, don't blame her."
Luo Ran smiled generously, his eyes fell on her skirt, and asked with concern: "Is Miss Xie's foot feeling better?"
Seeing that there was no one around, Xie Ying lifted up her skirt to reveal a delicate embroidered shoe. She moved slightly and said mischievously: "Okay, as long as you don't run or jump, you'll be fine."
Luo Ran looked at the bright girl in front of him. Although her face was not stunning, she was still beautiful. The broken hair on her temples was wet with sweat and stuck obediently to her white cheeks. The smile just now was cunning and smart. Let alone a man, she When a woman saw him, she couldn't help but be happy.
Xie Ying stepped forward affectionately, took Luo Ran's arm, and said to Mrs. Wei: "Okay, mother, go and do your work. I will leave the princess to my daughter. I promise to take good care of you."
Seeing that Luo Ran didn't refuse, Mrs. Wei smiled and left with a few polite words.
As soon as Wei left, Xie Ying looked at Luo Ran timidly and asked, "Princess, can I call you cousin-in-law?"
Luo Ran smiled and nodded: "Thank you, miss."
Xie Ying smiled happily and rolled her eyes.
Luo Ran suddenly discovered that Xie Ying and Qing Ning at this time were vaguely similar.
Whenever that little girl is satisfied, she will show such a cute smile that people can't help but hold her in their arms, wishing they could agree to anything.
Xie Ying didn't know that Luo Ran was thinking about her child at this time, so she leaned into her ear and whispered: "Cousin, do you know why Ying'er was late just now?"
Luo Ran shook his head.
Xie Yinggui blinked smartly and whispered: "I just heard that Fu Mingzhu asking about you. I deliberately went over and sent her away. Cousin, don't worry this time, she won't be able to come out for a while."
Luo Ran was curious: "Where did you take her?"
Xie Ying looked at Luo Ran and whispered: "Cousin-sister-in-law wants to know?"
Luo Ran looked around and heard the lively chatter and laughter of a woman not far away, and nodded.
She really didn't want to join the crowd.
Xie Ying said proudly: "Sister-in-law, come with me. You will know when we get there!"
So Xie Ying took Luo Ran and turned left and right, and finally arrived at a place similar to the back garden of Fuzhong.
Xie's Mansion is very big. Although it is not as big as Xuan Wang's Mansion, it is much larger than Champion Marquis' Mansion.
Luo Ran saw that bushes as tall as a person were planted here. Compared with the previous one, it seemed much quieter here.
Xie Ying pointed to the pavilion on the rockery not far away: "Let's go to the pavilion. We can see clearly there."
When we boarded the pavilion, sure enough, we had an unobstructed view of the small garden. However, the pavilion was constructed very cleverly. The top could see the bottom, but the bottom could not see here.
I saw a figure walking around in the bushes that seemed to be planted randomly. It had obviously been walking for a while, and its steps were a little messy. I accidentally stepped on something and almost fell to the ground.
"Is that Fu Mingzhu?"
In fact, Luo Ran had already recognized it, but just wanted to confirm it.
