Seeing His Royal Highness the Crown Prince enter, Lu Bingzhen slowly stood up and saluted respectfully, "My maid pays homage to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince." Xiao Min calmly stared at the girl in front of him, "Qingning County Lord, you don't need to be polite, please stay calm."
There was a long moment of silence after the ceremony. Lu Bingzhen seemed to be fiddling with the tea set in his hand as if he didn't know how to speak. After refilling the tea for His Royal Highness, Lu Bingzhen finally spoke.
"On the night of the Lantern Festival, I have not personally thanked His Highness the Crown Prince for his kindness in rescuing me. I really wanted to thank His Highness the Crown Prince that day."
Xiao Min's expression was indifferent, as if he was not the one who saved people, "I'm afraid Madam Lu Jiu invited Gu to come here today not only to express her gratitude for this matter. If there is anything else, Madam Lu Jiu might as well say it directly. If not, Gu will go first." left."
The cold one was completely different from that day on Shangyuan Festival.
Lu Bingzhen hesitated and said, "If I have not misunderstood, does His Highness the Crown Prince want my daughter to enter the East Palace and become the Crown Princess?"
Xiao Min still stared at the girl in front of him calmly, "So what? After hearing this, the Ninth Lady is going to be engaged to the Seventh Lang of the Wang family."
After Lu Bingzhen took a deep breath, he could only pretend not to hear His Highness the Crown Prince's words, and went on to say, "If that's the case, I have a few things I want to ask His Highness the Crown Prince."
It seemed that he was gradually overcoming some difficulties, and Lu Bingzhen's words gradually became fluent.
"Your Highness is the crown prince, so you know that the family is powerful, there are more and more new nobles in the imperial examination, and the founding heroes are becoming increasingly lonely. How should Your Highness deal with the relationship between these three people? Hulu Khan in the north is ambitious, and there are people in the southwest. When the refugees are in chaos, what will your Highness do as the Crown Prince who overlooks the world? If His Highness ascends to the throne one day, how will you defend the loyal and the traitorous, bring peace to the world, and create a prosperous age?"
With a click, Pei Jian, as an official of the East Palace, instantly pulled out the sword at his waist, "Ninth lady, have you made a mistake? The prince is the prince, and your highness has never thought about climbing to the top of Yuji. These are all yours. It’s just conjecture.”
Her Royal Highness the Crown Prince looked calm as usual and said lightly, "Mrs. Lu Jiu is so brave. She dares to ask Gu Gu these things? Does Mrs. Lu Jiu know that people who know these things are either loyal to the East Palace like Pei Jian, or they are just like Pei Jian?" I can shut up forever. Even so, Madam Lu Jiu also wants to know?"
Xiao Min, who had always been friendly to Lu Bingzhen and did not look like an imperial prince, showed his fangs as one of the rulers for the first time. Being courteous to the virtuous corporal and listening to the wise are just a means of ruling his subordinates, but the underlying character of his character is one that cannot be argued with and a superciliousness derived from his status.
The supreme imperial power gave him the ability to turn the world upside down, and in the process also shaped his irrefutable character. The young Crown Prince relied on it to gain a moment of respite in the strange palace and court of Yunbo, but in the process, his character was changed and shaped by power.
His Highness the Crown Prince is completely different from Wang Jian, the seventh son of the Wang family, who is completely gentle in character and treats others with courtesy. That is to say, Lu Bingzhen entered his heart when he was young, which made Xiao Min give in to his increasingly cold heart on the road to becoming emperor.
The Crown Prince in the eyes of Lu Bingzhen is a different person from the Crown Prince in the eyes of Pei Jian and others, officials in the court, and even the emperor and empress.
Just when Pei Jian thought that the prince was going to treat Lady Lu Jiu with a cold face this time, Lu Bingzhen smiled slightly and said, "Today is the Si Festival, and it is rare for His Highness to leave the palace. Since His Highness is willing to come to the Lu family tent for an appointment, Then His Highness the Crown Prince must have something to say."
Pei Jian wanted to say something more, but His Royal Highness the Crown Prince raised his hand to stop him, "Pei Jian, you go out first. I have something to say to Lady Lu Jiu."
Pei Jian, who had never dared to refuse His Highness the Crown Prince's orders, immediately clasped his fists in salute and left the curtain. Cai Bing Rongxue and other domestic servants were also sent away, and for a while only His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and Lu Bingzhen were left in the curtain.
No one knew what the two people said inside the curtain, and no one dared to ask what the two people said. The only thing the people waiting around knew was that His Royal Highness did not seem to stay too long in the curtain.
About two-quarters of an hour later, His Highness the Crown Prince strode away from the curtained tent. After that, he lingered briefly on Leyouyuan before ordering people to drive back to the palace. After returning to the palace, he went straight to the palace where the Queen was staying.
Shortly after His Highness the Crown Prince left the tent, Cai Bing Rongxue returned to the tent to serve Lu Bingzhen. The smart Cai Bing had already guessed what his little lady meant, so he just asked in confusion.
"Ninth Lady, why didn't you choose the Seventh Lang of the Wang Family? Obviously, the Seventh Lang of the Wang Family and you were born in the same aristocratic family, and they are still close family friends. Your Excellency and Madam obviously also prefer the Seventh Lang of the Wang Family. Especially since the Seventh Lang of the Wang Family himself is more temperamental than the prince. Your Highness is much gentler and is willing to promise you so many things."
Lu Bingzhen did not fool Cai Bing. In her eyes, Cai Bing, who had grown up with her and was loyal to her, should not be fooled.
So after pondering for a while, Lu Bingzhen replied seriously, "Cai Bing, you are right. Wang Jia Qi Lang is indeed a good husband who can be trusted for life. He has a gentle temperament, outstanding talents, and handsome appearance..."
After that, His Highness the Crown Prince was no longer in the mood to listen any more. He originally thought that Lu Bingzhen came to him this time because he knew his wishes and responded to his wishes. But at the moment, it seems that Lu Bingzhen really does it for the Fan Yang Lu family and all the people in this world. She doesn't seem to have the slightest affection for a son or daughter that a young woman of this age should have in her heart.
His Royal Highness the Crown Prince gritted his teeth and thought in his heart. She was really worried about the future of the Fan Yanglu family after the imperial examination system. She was also really worried that I couldn't defeat those brothers and the imperial dynasty could only have a violent new king. How could she? Don't you want to be alone at all?
Okay, okay, Lu Bingzhen, since I am waiting for you to enter the East Palace and become the crown princess, I will personally teach you how to be a crown princess.
Because of this, His Highness the Crown Prince missed Lu Bingzhen’s last words. "But I don't have any feelings towards my cousin from the Wang family, it's just brother and sister. So it's not a pity not to marry my cousin from the Wang family."
Among the two people, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is the heir apparent with imperial power, while Lu Bingzhen is a daughter of the Fan Yang Lu family, the head of a wealthy family, who spent all their efforts to cultivate a noble daughter.
In this power game between the aristocratic family and the royal family, the two men, as representatives of their respective powers, were pushed together by all forces in the whirlpool of the times. Of course, this is looking at this issue from Lu Bingzhen’s perspective. From the perspective of His Royal Highness Prince Xiao Min, there is also the joy of realizing many years of long-cherished wishes.
However, in the stories that were circulated later, there were not so many parts of power competition. Everyone sung about the deep love between Xiao Min and Lu Bingzhen, the two emperors who had no harem and had the same surname. They all sang about the prosperous age when the two saints came to the court and the harvest was abundant.
Since then, the Shangsi Festival has become a good opportunity for young men and ladies to get together. Countless young men and ladies have met and made love on Leyouyuan. The popularity of outings and outings during the Leyou Yuan Shang Festival is even greater than it was in previous decades.
However, the two people today still have no idea what will happen in the next few decades.
After that, Liu Niang and Qi Niang took each other back to the curtain. Qi Niang was keenly aware that Sister Ninth seemed to be in a much more relaxed mood. Although she was puzzled, she was still very happy for Sister Ninth.
Under the urging of Caibing and Rongxue, Lu Bingzhen returned to Lu's house as grandly as when he came, after finishing the work of treating diseases by Yuan Huan by the river.
The first thing she did after returning home was to pay her respects to her mother, Mrs. Li. Mrs. Li stared at her daughter for a long time. There was no sadness in A Rui's eyebrows, but instead there was a magnanimous determination.
This made Mrs. Li even more worried. Her daughter A Rui was obviously determined. It would be fine if the decision favored Wang Jia Qi Lang, but if not... Li simply didn't want to think about that ending.
Perhaps because she was afraid of what might happen, Mrs. Li heard her daughter say clearly, "Mother, don't get engaged to my seventh cousin from the Wang family. I have thought about it. I am willing to follow my grandfather's wishes and marry into the East Palace."
Mrs. Li barely maintained her composure, sent her daughter away with a smile, turned around and hurriedly ordered her servants to deliver a letter to Lu Qi's government office, asking Lu Qi to return home as soon as possible.
When Lu Qi entered the inner courtyard with a cold and dusty body, what he saw was his wife Li, who was crying in the mirror. Lu Qi's heart sank suddenly as today was the Shangsi Festival, and both his daughter and the prince had gone to the river in Leyouyuan to perform a healing ritual.
"Did Jiuniang listen to her father's words and marry into the East Palace and get involved in this muddy water?"
Under the light, Ms. Li nodded with an expression on her face. Lu Qi smiled bitterly when she saw this, "Why did I raise such an obedient and sensible daughter? Sometimes I would rather A Rui think about herself as much as Wu Niang. "
Hearing this, Mrs. Li could no longer hold back her tears. She choked and said, "As long as Ah Rui wanted something of her own, I wouldn't feel so sad. I would rather Ah Rui was yearning for the prince." , it is better to be greedy for imperial power and wealth than to get involved in the muddy water of the palace for the sake of the family. My A Rui."
Lu Qi's heartache was no less than that of Li's, but her daughter had had big ideas since she was a child, and her father, as the patriarch of the Fan Yang Lu family, had the same intention.
At present, Lu Qi and his wife can really only prepare to marry their daughter into the East Palace as the crown princess.
At such a moment, Lu Qi felt a strong dislike for the aristocratic family, which even included the Fan Yang Lu family from which he was born.
Later, what even Lu Qi himself did not expect was that the Fanyang Lu family did, as Lu Zhi expected, use Lu Bingzhen to enter the palace and become the crown prince and even the queen, and quickly rose to become the most popular powerful family at that time.
However, at the same time, the Fanyang Lu family also completely lost its foundation as a family that could last from generation to generation under the operation of Lu Qi and his daughter. From then on, the Fan Yang Lu family could only rely on passing down poems and books and cultivating imperial examination scholars to consolidate their power in the court, and completely lost their monopoly in the court that came from aristocratic families.
