Seeing the palace servants removing the food from the table, Lu Shen couldn't help but scolded: "What a shame!" He had removed the food before he had eaten?
The palace servants had no choice but to kneel down and apologize, imitating Commander Lu's address: "Madam, I ordered my servants to remove the food."
Lu Shen endured it. If such a trivial matter were to happen, he didn't know what the woman would think of him when she came back to see him. He waved his hand to leave, called Shen Yan in, and asked, "Where is Madam?"
Shen Yan replied: "Madam said she was going to Tianshui Pavilion to read, and the little princess also went with her. Do you want me to order someone to chase her back?"
Chase it back? Lu Shen sat there and snorted: "You are so brave!"
Chapter 100
Lu Shen said this with a cold face, but he didn't look like he was angry at others. Finally, he said: "Put the food on the table!"
Shen Yan stood bent over, waving his hand when he heard the words. The palace people filed in cautiously, holding food boxes, and there was no sound except setting food and setting chopsticks.
After dinner, Lu Shen went to his study to review the memorials, send them to the Zhongshu Province in Luoyang, send them directly to the local government office, or summon all ministers and workers in the south of the Yangtze River. Before he knew it, it was time for lunch and he put down his pen to ask around: "Is the princess back?"
They reported back: "The princess has returned and is talking to Uncle Guo."
Lu Shen then stood up and ordered all the ministers to leave: "Let's discuss this in the afternoon!" He walked along the verandah, pushed the door open, and saw that there was no one in the pavilion. He vaguely heard Ah Zhao's coquettish voice: "Go, go, go." , Mother has already agreed, so don’t keep your word..."
After walking out the door again, he saw Ah Zhao sitting on a stone bench next to the gardenia bushes, holding a delicate crystal glass lantern in his hand and pulling Cui Hao's sleeve: "Little uncle, go ahead, go ahead." .”
Cui Hao was a little embarrassed: "It's better to report back to His Majesty first and not be in a hurry for a while."
Ah Zhao snorted dissatisfiedly, looked up and saw Lu Shen, and said with a smile, "Dad!"
Cui Hao also immediately turned around to salute: "Your Majesty!"
Ah Zhao has always been afraid of heat, and Jiangzhou is three points hotter than Luoyang. She is in good spirits, except that the bangs on her forehead are soaked. Lu Shen hugged her and stood up. Seeing that there was no one else in the court, he wiped her sweat and asked casually, "Where did the lantern come from?"
Ah Zhaoguo talked like he was pouring beans out of a bamboo tube: "In the morning, my mother took me out to play. There were many, many books in that place. Then my uncle came to pick me up. My mother said that there were still some books that she had not finished reading, so she called me I came back by myself. When I came out, I met an older brother. My uncle talked to him for a while. He was carrying two beautiful lamps and gave one to me."
As she spoke, she held up the lantern to show Lu Shen: "Look, this lantern can still turn."
Lu Shen exclaimed: "I came back alone." He asked again: "Where are you going to play again?"
Ah Zhao tilted his head, but without saying anything, he got down from Lu Shen's arms and reached for Cui Hao's hand. Cui Hao didn't dare to hide it, so he replied: "There will be a catering class performing in Qiyuan tonight. I mentioned it to the eleventh sister, and the princess made a fuss about going."
Lu Shen never allowed Ah Zhao to go to such a crowded and mixed place. Not only was he not allowed to go, but anyone who mentioned it would also be punished. This time he didn't say anything, he was quite absent-minded and just gave a faint hum.
Ah Zhao stepped forward and shook Lu Shen's hand: "Daddy, daddy, just ask me to go. Mother agreed..."
After a long while, Lu Shen finally nodded: "It's not too late. You must be back before dark."
Azhao jumped up with joy, fearing that Lu Shen would regret it, so he quickly took Cui Hao's hand and ran out.
Lu Shen stood in the pavilion for a long time. The cicadas in the shade of the trees in midsummer were extremely noisy. He became more and more upset. He walked towards the study and walked three or five steps on the waterfront bridge. He suddenly turned around and ordered: "Prepare the car and go to Tianshui Pavilion."
Tianshui Pavilion is not far from Xuanpinghou Mansion, just a street. He did not reveal his identity or alert others. He only used the post from the Xuanping Hou Mansion to lead people to the library.
Tianshui Pavilion is said to be a book pavilion, but it is actually a private garden. There are lotus plants in the small marsh and the mountains are green, which is quite impressive. From a distance, I saw Lin Rong reading in the open pavilion near the lake, flipping through the book and writing something with a pen. A man in green shirt stood in front of the window. He didn't know what he said, but Lin Rong smiled and nodded.
Lu Shen stood still and ordered: "Go from the back."
After walking along the lake shore for a while, Lu Sheng just stood at the entrance of the open pavilion when he heard the voice of the man in green shirt: "Miss Rong, I have to say what I mean from the bottom of my heart. I hope it won't be too rude."
Lin Rong groaned and closed the book: "That's all you say."
Jiang Minxing stood there, leaned over and bowed to Lin Rong, saying: "Previously, I was surveying the river in Qiantang County. Unfortunately, I fell into the river. It was a life-and-death situation. Fortunately, Miss Rong came to my rescue and calmed down. Only then did I Come back to life.”
When he said this, his face turned red unconsciously. He lowered his head slightly and did not dare to look at Lin Rong. He paused and said, "Miss Rong is a doctor who saves lives and wounds with a benevolent heart. But after all, she is a woman who saved me ashore that day. My clothes were all wet, and then I spoke harshly to me. After all, it was harmful to my reputation. Miss Rong only wanted to save people, so she didn’t take it to heart and didn’t mention it. As long as I didn’t mention it and pretended If nothing happens, then he is undoubtedly a despicable person."
Lin Rong said: "This is not..."
As soon as he said a few words, he was interrupted by Jiang Minxing: "Young lady is a life-saving grace for me, and my reputation has been damaged because of me. If the girl doesn't think I am humble, I am willing to hire the girl as my wife. Marriage is a major event, although it is a serious matter. The orders of my parents and the words of the matchmaker, but I think that people like Miss Rong must make the decision on their own. I have informed the Ming family that the family is kind and strict, and as long as the girl agrees, I will immediately go to Qiantang County to propose marriage to Mr. Zhang. "
The young man stood three steps away. After saying such words, his face was already red. Without waiting for Lin Rong to say anything, he raised his hands to Lin Rong: "Miss Rong, there is no need to answer me immediately. Such a big matter should be done carefully." Just think about it. I have been studying in Tianshui Pavilion these days and will leave after autumn. If the girl understands it and puts the pot of gardenias on the bluestone platform, I will know."
Then, he leaned over again and said, "You're too abrupt, girl." After saying that, as if he was afraid that Lin Rong would say something immediately, he immediately turned around and walked towards the lake shore.
Stumbling and panicking like that, Lin Renzongjun couldn't help but get up, propped up his chin, and sat looking at the lake for a long time. Then he put away his writing and went back, calling out as he walked: "Kingfisher, let's Let's go back."
He called out, but received no response. He strangely went to the right wing room and saw Lu Shen who had arrived at some unknown time. He was sitting on an armchair with a solemn expression on his face, looking over solemnly. He was obviously suppressing his anger and snorted coldly. Said: "My fair lady and a gentleman are very fond of each other. Wouldn't it be a good idea to prevent an erotic affair from being revealed? It would miss your good fortune."
Kingfisher was kneeling aside, shivering. Seeing Lin Rong coming over, he couldn't help but call out in a low voice: "County Lord."
I don't know how much of Jiang Minxing's words made Lu Shen listen. He was afraid that he would implicate others again, so he told Kingfisher: "It's okay, you go out first."
Kingfisher glanced at Lin Rong worriedly and quietly exited the door.
Lin Rong glanced at Lu Shen lightly and ignored him. He turned around and put away his pen and ink. Suddenly, Lu Shen pinched his wrist, slammed it against the door and asked, "Don't you have anything to say?"
Lin Rong's wrist was so painful that he kicked him bitterly. Even with all his strength, in Lu Shen's opinion, it was just an itch: "What's there to say, Lu Shen, I don't plan to go back. You just think I'm dead."
How could Lu Shen hear this sentence? He only heard a hint of agreement from this sentence. He leaned over and held the red lips in his mouth, and asked lingeringly: "To measure your breath with your mouth, that's how it is." To measure one’s anger with words?”
Lu Shen has been practicing martial arts all year round. Lin Rong could not resist even if he exerted a little force. She was angry and anxious for a moment, and her hands and feet felt numb. However, Lu Shen was not worried about getting her at this time, and he was thinking about the four words "to judge one's breath with words". I don't know how long it took, until Lin Rong felt like he was about to lose his breath, and then Lu Shen was asked to let go. She lay limply in Lu Shen's arms, most of her hair on her temples had fallen away, and she was panting. A large mouthful of fresh air poured into her lungs, which made her feel better.
Lu Shen was startled, and most of his anger dissipated. He could only caress Lin Rong's back and comfort her: "Are you okay?"
Lin Rong waited for a while and then stood up. His expression was neither sad nor happy, but his face was much paler. He straightened his hair and asked coolly: "Your Majesty, do you want me to serve you here?"
Such cold eyes made Lu Shen feel guilty and choked to the point of speechlessness: "You..."
Lin Rong stood up and straightened his clothes: "Since it's not the case, then I'll leave." After that, regardless of what Lu Shen did, he pushed the door open and left.
Lu Shen sat there, his anger completely gone, he only felt angry and annoyed. She was obviously trying to flirt with women and wanted Hongxing to get out of the wall, so she had a reason to look down on him? But I still feel guilty like this.
After sitting for a long time, he stood up and told Shen Yan: "Go and find out what Jiang Minxing did, and make sure there are no mistakes." Before leaving, he caught a glimpse of the gardenias on the table, frowned and ordered: "Throw away all these evil gardenias. "
After returning to the mansion, he reviewed the memorial in the study for a long time. It was not until lights out that he went to the bedroom in the backyard.
Ah Zhao was already asleep. Lin Rong had just taken a shower and was sitting on the bed wiping his hair. When he saw him coming, he ignored him and treated him like air.
Lu Shen shamelessly sat there, thinking over and over again, clenching his fists and coughing, and said, "What happened during the day was my fault."
Lin Rong originally thought that he was here to ask questions, and he would definitely say something that he was too lazy to pay attention to. When he saw him blurting out this sentence, he was stunned and slightly surprised. Although he didn't say anything, he asked But his eyes turned to Lu Shen, no longer taking him for granted.
Lu Shen continued: "I know that you have the desire to help the world and save people. When you save people in a desperate situation, you don't care about men, women, old or young, and you only treat others as patients."
Lin Rong's face became even more surprised, and Lu Shen continued: "As the saying goes, caring leads to chaos. I have been guarding Luoyang for you for three years. It's better for you. I have a senior brother on the left and Jiang Minxing on the right. What do you think of me? ?Although you look down on them..."You also look down on me...
Is Lin Rong being soft or hard? When Lu Shen was provoked by such half-soft and half-hard words, he couldn't help but retort: "Why did you have a beautiful lady after guarding for three years? In the pavilion of Xuanzhou, I don’t know how many beauties came as tribute.” Why are you pretending to be innocent?
Lu Shen frowned, as if he didn't remember anything at all: "What kind of beauty?"
Lin Rong snorted and said coldly: "What are you pretending to be? I've seen him in Qingzhou before?"
Lu Shen then suddenly realized: "I had forgotten about her. She is probably still in Qingzhou." At that moment, he ordered Kingfisher who was waiting on the side: "Go out and ask Shen Yan if Wang Meiren is still in Qingzhou?"
This made Lin Rong even more angry and kicked him angrily: "You are really a sinner!"
Lu Shen was not annoyed, and a smile appeared on his face unconsciously: "Just send her away, give her more rewards." Then he lowered his head to kiss Lin Rong's eyebrows, and said: "Tomorrow I will give you a big gift, go to sleep ,Do not bother you."
Before she could curse, she walked out the door.
Chapter 101
When Jiang Minxing returned home, his uncle Jiang Taifu was sitting in front of the hall to test the knowledge of the school's nephew. He had a straight face and his answers were not very satisfactory to him. Suddenly someone opened the curtain and said: "The second master is back."
Jiang Minxing stepped in and said hello: "Uncle!"
Taifu Jiang hummed, closed the book, waved his hands to order all his nephews and nephews to leave, and then asked him: "Are you going to Tianshui Pavilion to study again today?"
Jiang Minxing nodded: "Yes!"
When Taifu Jiang heard this, he was silent and started talking: "You have little talent. You read the Analects of Confucius at the age of nine. By the time you reach the age of fourteen or fifteen, you are already quite talented. At that time, the late emperor wanted to pick you up, but you thought that even though you were studying, Many times, you may not clearly refuse when things happen. Now, you have been walking outside for four or five years, but have you decided to become an official? "
Jiang Minxing nodded: "I wonder when your Majesty will summon me?"
Only then did Grand Tutor Jiang sigh with satisfaction, stroking his beard: "Well, this is me, Erlang of the Jiang family. Your Majesty has known to summon you for your talent in river management, and I'm afraid it was only in the past four or five days. Your Majesty looks at people, regardless of their origins. Regardless of whether you are a member of a noble family or a common citizen, if you want him to treat you differently, you must have real talent and hard work."
Then he turned around and asked, "Your father told me yesterday that your marriage has been decided?"
Jiang Minxing said: "She is the female disciple of Mr. Zhang, a famous doctor in Qiantang."
Taifu Jiang frowned when he heard this: "Is your background too low?"
Jiang Minxing said: "Your Majesty doesn't judge people by their origins. If you are smart and humble, you naturally don't dare to meet people with this."
Taifu Jiang was not very satisfied, but he burst out laughing after hearing this: "Okay!"
After sitting for a while, Jiang Minxing said goodbye and left, but he didn't sleep well either. He tossed and turned for a long time, raised the curtain and stood up, sighing in front of the candlelight, until dawn, then he reluctantly fell asleep. Dimly, I heard someone calling outside: "Second Master, get up quickly, the imperial edict has arrived, the imperial edict has arrived."
Jiang Minxing stood up, and Taifu Jiang was already waiting in the atrium. A small yellow doorman stood there, holding a roll of yellow silk in his hand, smiling and saying auspicious words: "Taifu Jiang's family has another Qilin son, Your Majesty." In the south of the Yangtze River, the children of various aristocratic families were not summoned. Only the Jiang family of Huzhou has this honor. Yesterday, His Majesty also told the people around him that Taifu Jiang is a good steward of the family."
Although Taifu Jiang was called Taifu, he was the Taifu of the previous dynasty. In this dynasty, he only received a casual position. He was naturally happy when he heard this and presented a plate of gold and silver to the little Huangmen. Before leaving, he told Jiang Minxing: "I thought it would be four or five days before His Majesty could summon you. Unexpectedly, it was today. I wanted to entrust you with some important matters for the emperor, but it was too late. Your talent in water control, I There is nothing to worry about, but His Majesty has a deep heart, and when responding to an edict, you must think twice before speaking out."
Jiang Minxing agreed and followed Xiaohuangmen all the way to the west by car. He stopped at the gate of Xuanpinghou Mansion and was surprised: "Your Majesty did not live in the palace, but stayed at Xuanpinghou Mansion?"
The little Huangmen smiled, helped him out of the carriage, and said: "Where did you say this? Xuanpinghou Mansion is a relative. Your Majesty was very kind and affectionate to the late Queen. She lived in Xuanpinghou Mansion. This is not surprising. .”
He led him in for a while, and told him as he walked: "The imperial edict is correct. When you enter, you should kowtow first and say hello. Your Majesty will ask you to get up before you get up. Do not look up at you, and do not look around. When your Majesty asks you, you will only answer."
Jiang Minxing is still a young man. Although he has been traveling for several years, he can't help but feel worried when he sees such a battle. Along the way, even though it was early morning, I was already sweating slightly.
When he arrived at the corridor, Xiao Huangmen ordered him to wait at a distance: "Wait first, someone will tell you to come in soon, so don't wander around."
Jiang Minxing agreed, bowed and stood there, letting the morning breeze blow, and his somewhat confused mind finally became more awake. He looked at the horizon, and the sky was starting to get dim. I didn't know how long I had been standing in the corridor, and my legs and feet were feeling slightly numb. Then I saw palace attendants coming in and out carrying clothes. Immediately, there were faint voices coming from inside. Although they were a little far away, the windows on the side were half open, so a few words could be heard.
Someone from the palace went in with some clothes and whispered back: "Your Majesty!"
The man hummed and asked someone, "I've sent you some new clothes. Do you want to take a look?"
After waiting for a while, I heard the woman's lazy voice, as if she had just been woken up. She looked impatient and murmured in a low voice: "Get out!"
The man was not angry, and still said patiently: "When I took a bath last night, I wet your close-fitting clothes. You don't need these, I'm afraid you won't have anything to wear today. According to your habit, you don't have any tattoos, so I'll make do with it for the time being. That’s it…”
Don't listen to anything inappropriate, let alone a royal secret. If you listen to this question and answer, your Majesty or one of the empresses in the palace will not be able to listen to such intimate matters. Just as Jiang Minxing was thinking about whether to take a few steps back, he heard Zhu Cui shaking on the bed tent, and a familiar female voice came from inside: "What do you mean by getting wet? What are you doing with my clothes?"
Jiang Minxing couldn't tell that it was Dr. Lin Ronglin's voice. He froze there for a moment, his mind went blank, not knowing whether to advance or retreat. He unconsciously took a step forward. There was a large pot of lush orchids in front of the half-open window. Through the flowers and leaves, in the distance, there were layers of azure curtains that had been rained down. Behind the curtains, you could vaguely see them. A woman in a green shirt was sitting on the bed with her back to her, her black hair spread over her shoulders, as if she had just woken up and had not yet gotten up. Sitting on the edge of the bed was a man in a silk shirt, holding a pile of newly made women's clothes. Even though he was complained, he still had a smile on his face: "Try it!"
When the woman saw that he didn't answer, she seemed to get even more angry. She suppressed her voice and said in confusion: "Wet it, just dry it, no new ones are needed." Then she ordered: "Kingfisher, go and take a look..." He stopped mid-sentence, raised the tent and stood up: "Forget it, I'll go alone."
Jiang Minxing felt chills in his heart. When he saw the woman getting up, he wanted to take a step forward to get a closer look. However, he saw the small yellow door coming out of the side door. He hurriedly pulled her and walked further away before giving him a lesson: "How many times have I told you to stay where you are and don't move around? You still dare to go to the window, but do you see anything? It is a serious crime to keep you in the palace. Taifu Jiang is a compassionate man and entrusts you to his slaves before he comes. , something is going to happen to you, but how can you have the nerve to see him?"
Jiang Minxing nodded, not knowing what to say anymore. After all, he didn't give up. He stuffed a piece of yellow jade he brought with him into the little Huangmen's hand and asked: "This is the first time for a commoner to see a driver. I don't have good etiquette. How can I hope?" Father-in-law, please give me some advice. Just now, I was in the corridor and heard only a few words from Your Majesty and Your Majesty. If I summon you later, I wonder what I should call them?"
