After watching Lu Bingzhen discuss the carriage, the wheels rumbled away.
Watching His Royal Highness the Crown Prince looking thoughtfully at the carriage of the Ninth Lady of the Lu family. Pei Jian asked His Highness the Crown Prince in a low voice, "Your Highness, since you have invited the Ninth Lady of the Lu family to visit the East Palace, you can also renovate the East Palace according to her wishes.
Then why not send someone to ask the ninth lady of the Lu family what she meant the day after His Majesty issued the decree? Instead, he had to wait for nearly a month until the empress called the ninth lady of the Lu family into the palace before speaking? "
His Royal Highness the Crown Prince did not answer Pei Jian's question immediately. Instead, he looked at Pei Jian with a half-smile, and asked something that had nothing to do with Pei Jian's question, "Today I asked you to invite the nine ladies of the Lu family to share the ride." , did you say something?"
Pei Jian's heart tightened and he broke out in a cold sweat, remembering how His Highness the Crown Prince had protected the Ninth Lady of the Lu family a few times in the past. He originally thought that His Highness the Crown Prince's indifference on the Shangsi Festival was because he no longer cared about the Ninth Lady of the Lu family, but now it seemed that His Highness the Crown Prince was just hiding his feelings even deeper.
"I have nothing to say." After saying that, Pei Jian lowered his head with a guilty conscience and did not dare to look at His Highness, thinking that he didn't say much in the first place, but his tone was too businesslike and cold.
Just as he was thinking this, Pei Jian heard His Royal Highness the Crown Prince say coldly, "Pei Jian, it seems that you did not take what Gu said last time to heart. Today is Gu's last warning to you. Gu Nian is with you and has been loyal to you for many years. For my sake, I won’t let you get out of the East Palace this time, go back to the East Palace and get fifty military sticks yourself, and next time it will be two hundred military sticks.”
Two hundred military sticks can beat someone to death. The bad premonition came true, and Pei Jian responded awkwardly, "Yes, I will go and receive the punishment now, and I will never dare to do it again."
After saying that, Pei Jian wanted to leave, but was stopped by His Highness the Crown Prince, "Wait a minute, don't you want to know why I have to wait so long? I might as well tell you directly. Because if Gu sends someone ahead of his mother, she will only let her down. She feels that I have plotted against her in order to get a wife. But if I wait until the queen is summoned before I show my kindness, the queen will think that I am doing all this just to be filial to my mother."
The clear tone of defense was to tell Pei Jian that from now on, respecting the future crown princess should be regarded as a top priority. Pei Jian knew in his heart that this was the last chance His Highness the Crown Prince gave him. If he went against His Highness the Crown Prince's wishes, the friendship of more than ten years as a companion would be gone.
Two days later, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince came to Lu's house to pick up Lu Bingzhen as promised.
When he was taken out of the Lu family, Lu Bingzhen still didn't know how the Crown Prince persuaded his family and parents and took him out of the house, bypassing the four nuns who came to teach the future Crown Princess.
Under Mrs. Li's worried and pleased eyes, Lu Bingzhen got on the carriage. It wasn't until the carriage slowly stopped that Lu Bingzhen finally understood. It turned out that she was invited to the Princess Mansion in the name of Princess Guangde, the fifth princess and sister of His Highness the Crown Prince.
The fifth princess, Princess Guangde, was the direct princess who was born to Queen Wen when she was in the dormitory. Her husband-in-law was really not suitable for her in terms of status. Princess Guangde's consort, he is neither a powerful person nor a noble family, but a man of the clear stream.
Aunt Feng once said that Princess Guangde's consort was chosen by His Majesty. Before, Queen Wen had held several flower-viewing banquets and polo parties just as she had chosen the Crown Princess for His Royal Highness, but in the end, His Majesty quietly passed over Queen Wen and directly issued an edict to confer marriage, leaving Queen Wen helpless. .
Thinking about it now, from about that time onwards, His Majesty's fear of His Royal Highness had already begun to show signs of being jealous. Then he deliberately betrothed His Highness the Crown Prince's sister to the Qingliu family, which had no power and even had to supervise His Highness the Crown Prince's words and deeds.
This is not only to prevent His Highness the Crown Prince from using the marriage of his sister, Princess Guangde, to make friends with powerful ministers, but also to use Princess Guangde's husband's family's duty of supervising the Prince's words and deeds to provoke conflicts between Princess Guangde and His Highness the Crown Prince's siblings. , gradually alienated Princess Guangde and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.
Fortunately, Princess Guangde's personality is as cheerful as the Queen's, but not domineering, and the five consorts are also courteous and gentle. The two have been in harmony with each other for a long time, and they can be called a loving couple. This can be considered a blessing in disguise.
As for power, Princess Guangde has also thought clearly. If her brother can successfully ascend the throne, her future as the sister of the new emperor will not be bad; and if her brother is unfortunately replaced by another brother, then she may still be able to marry into a high-ranking and powerful family. Will die faster.
Today, Princess Guangde knew that her younger brother had invited the future crown princess to go out in her own name. She had been waiting in the main hall early in the morning. She was ill and did not go to the plum blossom appreciation banquet earlier, and then she had no chance to meet him. Lu Bingzhen said a few words.
Therefore, when her younger brother, the prince, came to see her, Princess Guangde, although she teased her younger brother a few words, she happily agreed.
"My dearest daughter, please see Princess Guangde. May Princess Guangde be blessed and safe."
"Qingning County Lord, you don't need to be so polite. I don't like to pay attention to these things, not to mention that I and you will be a family soon."
Seeing the young lady bowing respectfully and saying hello, Princess Guangde naturally would not embarrass her. She helped her up with a smile, raised her hand and took off a gold armband inlaid with sapphires from her wrist and gave it to her.
Princess Guangde saw that her younger brother, the Crown Prince, wanted to help the young lady of the Lu family in person when she got off the carriage, and took care of her every step of the way. She began to guess that this marriage was not a coincidence as her mother said. , but was promoted by the younger brother himself.
She was a good and knowledgeable sister, so she immediately helped the maid leave the flower hall, giving her brother and the future princess a chance to talk in private.
His Highness the Prince said without any emotion, "Let's go, I will take you to the East Palace to have a look."
For a moment, Lu Bingzhen simply wondered if she had heard wrongly, "Your Highness, you said you wanted me to go to the East Palace?" Lu Bingzhen was confused. She knew that the East Palace was not entirely in the palace, but in a corner of the palace, with a separate The door leads to the outside of the palace. But just go directly?
Xiao Min actually knew that this decision was abrupt, but he still pretended to be calm and said to Lu Bingzhen seriously, "You will have to move to the East Palace in a year at most. Right now, the East Palace is reorganizing and repairing the houses. Of course you have to take this opportunity to go See if it suits you. If there's anything you want to fix, bring it up now, and it'll be almost done by the time you move in."
The truth is that the place where you may live for a long time in the future should be comfortable to you. Taking advantage of the opportunity that the East Palace is being renovated due to the prince's wedding, renovating it together will be more natural and more covert than starting work later. Otherwise, there is no guarantee that the crown princess will not have a reputation for being extravagant when the time comes to renovate it.
Thinking of it... Even though Lu Bingzhen believed in her noble status as a daughter of a family, she never thought of intervening in the layout of her future husband's house before marriage.
Lu Bingzhen's heart suddenly jumped when she thought of the word "future husband". She looked up and saw the eyes of His Highness the Crown Prince looking down at her seriously and tenderly. Looking into each other's eyes, the two of them coughed uncomfortably and turned their heads.
Cai Bing, Rong Xue and Pei Jian, who followed His Highness the Crown Prince out, all felt that the atmosphere between the two was a bit strange.
His Royal Highness the Crown Prince's attitude was so natural that on the way to the East Palace, Lu Bingzhen gradually felt that it was normal to go and see how the East Palace house was being renovated. This discomfort immediately dissipated when Lu Bingzhen arrived at the East Palace and saw the aerial view of the entire East Palace.
Which little lady hasn’t played Jiajiajiu when she was a child? This is a large-scale real-life banquet scene, and it is also the East Palace where the prince lives. As long as you don't directly use something that can only be used by your majesty, such as the five-clawed dragon, there is no problem of exceeding the regulations. It can be said that you can make any changes you want.
"Do you like the way your yard looks now? If you like it, why don't you draw a drawing and send it to the East Palace, and let the craftsmen build a Liuchun dock for you in the East Palace according to the drawing?"
Hearing this, Lu Bingzhen shook his head, "It doesn't matter whether I build Liuchunwu or not. In fact, I haven't lived in Liuchunwu for long. If possible, I like Xifu Begonia. I wonder if I can plant it in the East Palace. How many Xifu crabapples are there?”
This is the first time Lu Bingzhen has made a request to His Highness the Crown Prince. There is no way His Highness the Crown Prince would not agree. Not to mention planting a few Xifu Begonias, but just asking the East Palace to plant Xifu Begonias all over the East Palace. I'm afraid His Highness the Prince will agree to it.
At that moment, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince summoned Fu Shuang, the manager of the East Palace and the internal eunuch, "Fu Shuang, go and buy some Xifu Begonias to bring into the palace. Don't go to the Ministry of Internal Affairs and buy them yourself. The things in the Ministry of Internal Affairs are just what they look like. It’s fresh, but actually I don’t know how many layers of oil have been wiped off inside.”
The eunuch named Fu Shuang had a smile on his face but was not flattering. He agreed crisply and asked, "Does your Highness have any other instructions? I have sent someone to buy them together." After His Highness the Crown Prince waved his hand, Fu Shuang smiled again. He asked Lu Bingzhen, "What do you want from Qingning County? Dim sum milk from East Street? Beads and flower jewelry from Linlang Pavilion?"
Lu Bingzhen said openly and openly, "Mr. Fushuang is very polite, I have nothing to ask for." Her eyes were clear and clean, without any embarrassment or arrogance towards an eunuch, just like she would treat an ordinary person. . This ordinaryness made Fu Shuang even more fond of his future master.
Fu Shuang quickly responded, "Hey, that's good. I'll go and buy Xifu Begonia right now."
After Fu Shuang left, His Highness the Prince pointed to the northwest corner of the overlooking map, "This place was originally the school ground in the East Palace. I heard that you liked to go horse riding in the suburbs when you were in Lingzhou, so I asked you to expand it. One lap, and you can run horses without going to the outskirts of the city."
As if he was worried that Lu Bingzhen really liked to go horse racing in the suburbs, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince said in a soothing tone, "If you really want to go out of the palace to go horse racing in the future, please tell me and I will make arrangements. Otherwise, the Crown Princess will go out of the city too many times in ceremonial process. Those gossips are making irresponsible remarks again."
Thinking of the identity of the fifth prince-in-law, Lu Bingzhen, who was not obsessed with horse racing in the suburbs, did not want the cheerful and generous Princess Guangde to be caught between her brother and her husband. She said calmly, "I can do it for you. Your Highness will arrange it."
